Buried: Old Pine Tree Cemetery, Lebanon, Grafton, NH

"Nathaniel Storrs N.H. Mil. Rev. War"

FATHER

Cornelius Storrs

MOTHER

Martha Porter

WIFE

Ruth Hall

CHILDREN

1. Constant Storrs b. 01 Apr 1772

2. Nathaniel Storrs b. 14 Mar 1774

3. Jesse Storrs b. 10 Mar 1776

4. Ruth Storrs b. 11 Aug 1778

5. Martha Storrs. b. 18 Apr 1780

6. Salley Storrs b. 13 Mar 1782

7. Fidelia Storrs b. 01 Nov 1784

8. Ziba Storrs b. 14 Apr 1789

From the Storrs Family in America by Charles Storrs 1886
Nathaniel Storrs went from Mansfield to Lebanon, Grafton County, NH, and purchased lands about 1769. His deed is dated in that year, but he did not make Lebanon his residence until 1771. At that time various citizens of Mansfield were among the proprietors and settlers of the new towns of Lebanon and Hanover, H. H. and Nathaniel Storrs was one of them. "that part of the town where he and his brother Constant settled was on a road running from west to east, a little south fo the centre of the town, a road which, by order of the Governor of the State, was laid out eight rods wide, and was called the 'King's Highway.' The soil was fertile, but covered with a heavy growth of timer, requiring much labor to clear off so that crops of grain might be raised sufficient for the wants of the family. In addition to getting rid of the forest trees, there were many rocks to remove before the plough and harrow could be used to advantage. The grain, where sown, had to be hoed in by hand, and it was many years before improved implements of husbandry came into use." Mr. Abel Storrs of Lebanon, grandson of Nathaniel Storrs, says of his grandfather:
"He was not a man easily discouraged by the hardships incident to a frontier life, and his robust health, firmness, and decision of character enabled him to overcome many obstacles. Before his death he had the satisfaction of seeing his farm mostly cleared of forest, and a large part of it under cultivation. He also had the pleasure of seeing a large and healthy family of grown sons and daughters, most of whom lived to marry and settle in life."
Nathaniel Storrs was in person tall and portly. he took great interest in the Congregational church of Lebanon, of which he was a deacon for many years. He died at Lebanon of a fever, Aug, 25, 1813 in the sixtieth year of his age. Mrs. Ruth Hall Storrs also died in Lebanon, April 3, 1832."

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