The Fort at Number 4 was the northern most English settelment along the Connecticut River in New Hampshire untill after the French and Indian War more than 30 miles (50 km) from the nearest English settlement at Fort Dummer. The town is now known as Charlestown, New Hampshire. Building was started in 1740 by brothers Stephen, Samual and David Farnsworth. By 1743 there were 10 families settled in a square of interconected houses with a stockade and guard tower. The English people are an indigenous European ethnic group originating in the lowlands of Great Britain and today represent a fairly homogenous composite population descended from a combination of Anglo-Saxons and Celts with Scandanavians, Jutes, and Normans, with minor recent mixture with other groups worldwide. ... The Connecticut River as seen from the French King Bridge in western Massachusetts The Connecticut River is the largest river in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont, through Western Massachusetts and central Connecticut into Long Island... State nickname: The Granite State Other U.S. States Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch (D) Senators {{{Senators}}} Official languages English Area 24,239 km² (46th)  - Land 23,249 km²  - Water 814 km² (3. ... The French and Indian War is the American name for the decisive nine-year conflict (1754-1763) in North America between Great Britain and France, which was one of the theatres of the Seven Years War. ... Categories: US geography stubs | Vermont state parks | Vermont history | American forts ... Charlestown is a town located in Sullivan County, New Hampshire. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

King George's War

In 1744 with the ongoing King George's War many of the outlying farms and buildings were burned by the French and their Indian allies. Some of the settlers along with some Indian warriors were killed in ambushes and small skirmishes. Other settlers were taken prisioner to be ransomed back in Canada. The settler families abandoned the fort in the fall of 1746 and it was occupied by Capt. Stevens and 30 militia troops in the spring of 1747. On April 7, 11 days after Capt. Phineas Stevens and his men arrived the fort was besieged by a large force of French militia and Abenaki warriors (said be be 700 strong though it was probably much less) under the commend of Ensign Boucher de Niverville of the French Marines. The siege lasted 3 days until the French and Indians decided that it was better to head back to Canada than assult the fort with a direct attack, thus saving the settlements to the south and east from devesating raids. // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births February 6 - Pierre-Joseph Desault, French... King Georges War is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the 1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... A militia is a group of citizens organized to provide paramilitary service. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Abenakis. ... In the military of various countries, ensign is a junior rank of commissioned officer. ... France Marines is the name of a commune in the département of Val dOise, France. ...

French and Indian War

During the last of the French and Indian Wars, the Fort at Number 4 saw many soldiers stationed at the fort to protect the frontier including Colonel Nathan Whiting's Regiment of Connecticut and Colonel John Goffe’s New Hampshire Regiment. In 1759 Robert Rogers sought help for his hungery rangers in the return from there raid on St. Francis Quebec. Also at the time General Jeffrey Amherst ordered a road to be built between the Fort at Number 4 and the newly captured fort at Crown Point on the shores of Lake Champlain in New York in which Capt. John Stark and a company of Rangers along with Col. Goffe's Regiment built the Crown Point Military Road as it was known is 77 1/2 miles (125 km) long with many Blockhouses along its route to protect the supplies and travelers through the wilderness that would later become Vermont. With the defeat of the French in 1761 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763 the need for the fort was ended. The French and Indian Wars is a name used in the United States for a series of conflicts in North America that represented the actions there that accompanied the European dynastic wars. ... State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Senators Chris Dodd (D) Joe Lieberman (D) Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Rogers (8 November 1731 – 18 May 1795) was born to James and Mary Rogers on November 18, 1731, in Methuen, a small town in northeastern Massachusetts. ... Rogers Rangers were a group of colonial militia that fought for the British during the French and Indian War. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... Jeffrey Amherst by Joshua Reynolds Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (sometimes spelled Geoffrey, he himself spelled his name as Jeffery) (January 29, 1717 - August 3, 1797) served as an officer in the British army Born in Sevenoaks, England, he became a soldier aged about 14. ... Crown Point is a town located in Essex County, New York. ... Landsat photo Lake Champlain, named for the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who encountered it 1609, is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in Quebec. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... John Stark (August 28, 1728 - May 8, 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. ... A 19th-century-era block house in Fort York, Toronto In military science, a blockhouse is a small, isolated fort in the form of a single building. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official languages None Area 24,923 km² (43th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Treaty of Paris, often called the Peace of Paris, or the Treaty of 1763 was signed on February 10, 1763, by the Kingdom of Great Britain, France and Spain with Portugal in agreement. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

American Revolution

Though the fort was no longer there, General John Stark gathered the New Hampshire Militia Regiments here on there way to the Battle of Bennington in 1777. The Battle of Bennington (August 16, 1777) was an important battle during the American Revolution in which British forces were defeated by American troops. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Fort Today

The fort has been reconstructed to how it looked during King George's War and has a group of living historians who portray the settlers and town militia. Also the Fort host both French and Indian War and American Revolutionary War reenactments every summer. Reenactors of the American Civil War Historical reenactment is an activity in which participants recreate some aspects of a historical event or period. ...

Outside links

http://www.fortat4.com/