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Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason were both out to establish colonies and whatnot, as was the fad of the time. Gorges ended up splitting land with Mason...Gorges obtained Maine and Mason established New Hampshire.

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Who founder the colony of New Hampshire?

Captain John Mason and Ferdinando Gorges


In 1622 Blank and Captain John Mason received a grant of land in northern New England in present day New Hampshire and Maine?

Sir Ferdinando Gorges


Who else besides John Manson controlled the lands of New Hampshire and Maine?

Sir Ferdinando Gorges had Maine and John Mason governed New Hampshire.


In 1622 Captain John Mason and who received a grant of land in northern New England in present-day New Hampshire and Maine?

walter raliegh


What did John Mason find in 1622?

In 1622, Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received a patent from the Council for New England for all the territory lying between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers.


Who controlled the lands of New Hampshire and Maine?

Captain John Mason for New Hampshire and Sir Ferdinando Gorges for Maine.


Who found New Hampshire in New England?

the colony that became the state of New Hampshire was founded on the division in 1629 of a land grant given seven years previously by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges (who founded Maine). The colony was named New Hampshire after the English county ofHampshire, one of the first Saxon shires. Hampshire was itself named after the port of Southampton, which was known previously as simply "Hampton".


Founded by john mason?

New Hampshire Colony


Who are Gorges and Mason?

They were the two people from Europe who first settled the colony New Hampshire, I think... or they led colonists there first.


What colony did John mason start and why?

New Hampshire ( founded by John Mason )


What group of people lived in the new England colonies?

The people who first lived in the New Hampshire colony were mainly English because the Englishmen John Mason and John Wheelwright founded this colony in 1638. It was an English colony from 1638 to 1776.


When did New Hampshire become a colony?

November 7th, 1623. It was founded by John Mason.

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