Cockermouth renamed Groton
- When
- 1796
- Where
- Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire
In 1796, grantee Samuel Blood succeeded in renaming the New Hampshire town of Cockermouth after his hometown, Groton, Massachusetts.
The town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, had originally been named Cockermouth in honor of Charles Wyndham, Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont, Great Britain's Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1761 to 1763. In 1796, one of the later grantees, Samuel Blood, succeeded in renaming the town after his hometown, Groton, Massachusetts. The supplied passages describe this renaming rather than a formal incorporation act, and no passage states an incorporation date.
Sources
- Groton, New Hampshire Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-30
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