Editing Lee, New Hampshire (section)

== History ==

Lee was first settled by Europeans in 1657 as part of the extensive early [[Dover, New Hampshire|Dover]] township. It includes Wheelwright Pond, named for the Reverend [[John Wheelwright]], the founder of [[Exeter, New Hampshire|Exeter]].

Wheelwright Pond was the site of a noted early battle during [[King William's War]]. [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]], incited by the government of [[New France]], attacked Exeter on July 4, 1690. They were pursued by two infantry companies raised for the purpose, who overtook them at Wheelwright Pond on July 6, 1690. Fierce fighting on that day would leave 3 officers and 15 soldiers dead, together with a large number of Indians. Among the dead were Captain [[Noah Wiswall]], Lieutenant Gershom Flagg, and Ensign Edward Walker of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].<ref>Old East Parish Burying Ground: [http://www.interment.net/data/us/ma/middlesex/oldeast/settlers.htm 1st Settlers Monument] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123190251/http://www.interment.net/data/us/ma/middlesex/oldeast/settlers.htm |date=January 23, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|title=A Comprehensive Historical Sketch of Crystal Lake in Newton Centre, Massachusetts
|author=Newton Centre Improvement Association
|year=1911
|publisher=Stetson Press
|location=Boston, Massachusetts
|page=6
|url=http://www.newtonconservators.org/images/crystallakebook1911.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530015246/http://www.newtonconservators.org/images/crystallakebook1911.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2009 |url-status=live
|access-date=March 6, 2010
}}</ref><ref name=Smith>{{cite book
|title=History of Newton, Massachusetts
|author=Samuel Francis Smith
|year=1880
|publisher=The American Logotype Company
|location=Boston, Massachusetts
|page=[https://archive.org/details/historynewtonma00smitgoog/page/n161 187]
|url=https://archive.org/details/historynewtonma00smitgoog
|quote=wiswall.
|access-date=March 9, 2010
}}</ref>

In 1735, [[Durham, New Hampshire|Durham]], which included Lee, separated from Dover. Then Lee, in turn, would separate from Durham on January 16, 1766, when it was established by [[Colony|Colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]]. It was among the last of 129 towns to receive a charter during his administration, and named for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] General [[Charles Lee (general)|Charles Lee]], who later joined the American Revolution.

Lee is hometown for numerous faculty of the [[University of New Hampshire]] in Durham. In 2007 the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]] assigned the town its own [[ZIP code]]—03861.<ref name=gregg>{{cite web|url=http://gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1bc1b7f9-802a-23ad-4ba0-8b687bcacc6a&Region_id=&Issue_id= |title=New Zip Code for Lee, New Hampshire |date=June 11, 2007 |access-date=July 9, 2007 |work=Senator Gregg website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703055514/http://gregg.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=1bc1b7f9-802a-23ad-4ba0-8b687bcacc6a&Region_id=&Issue_id= |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>