The Boston Globe, October 13th, 2002
How did Pelham, N.H., get its name? A. Although Pelham was not incorporated as a town until 1746, and indeed was considered part of Massachusetts, its settler history goes back to John Butler and David Hamblett. In 1721, the two Woburn men started clearing land in what is now Pelham, returning the next year to plant and build a cabin. In 1723 they brought their families to the property and all moved into the single cabin. Lore has it that the two men disagreed over the amount of work each was doing in household chores, solving it by building a stone wall down the center of the cabin to establi...
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