Established in
1730 as Narragansett Number 5 for
the benefit of soldiers who fought
against the Narragansett Indians in
Rhode Island, it was re-granted first
as Souhegan East, then as Bedford in
1750. The town was named for Lord
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford,
Secretary of State for the Southern
Department (1748–1751), and a close
friend of Governor Benning
Wentworth, whose first wife, Diana
Spencer, was cousin to the Duke of
Marlborough. Bedford's first
moderator was Mayor John Goffe, son
of Colonel John Goffe for whom
Goffstown was named.
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