Province of New Hampshire
FORMER COLONY IN NORTH AMERICA, PART OF GREAT BRITAIN
New Hampshire Colony; Colony of New Hampshire; Province of New-Hampshire; Province of new hampshire; New Hampshire Province; British New Hampshire; Colonial New Hampshire
The Province of New Hampshire was a colony of England and later a British province in North America. The name was first given in 1629 to the territory between the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers on the eastern coast of North America, and was named after the county of Hampshire in southern England by Captain John Mason, its first named proprietor.