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The territory of present-day Stoddard, initially known as Monadnock Number 7 and known locally as Limerick, was first granted by the Masonian Proprietors on May 10, 1752 to Colonel Sampson Stoddard of Chelmsford, MA, and to a group comprising Rev. Thomas Parker, William Blodgett, John Butterfield, Nathaniel Richardson, and others. The charter was renewed on November 4, 1767. The town of Stoddard, NH, was incorporated on November 4, 1774, in honor of Colonel Stoddard. Colonel Stoddard never settled in Stoddard. The first permanent settler was John Taggert who came from Peterborough in 1768.