Scotch-Irish Settlement
N 42° 53.647 W 071° 17.688
19T E 312630 N 4751611
Scotch-Irish Settlement - Derry
Waymark Code: WMA71
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2006
Views: 39
The text on the marker reads "In April 1719, sixteen Presbyterian Scotch-Irish families settled here in two rows of cabins along West Running Brook easterly of Beaver Brook. Initially known as Nutfield, the settlement became Londonderry in 1723. The first year, a field was planted, known as the Common Field, where the potato was first grown in North America."
Marker Name: Scotch-Irish Settlement
Official Marker Number: 58
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Derry
Date Marker Established: 1969
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