Brigadier General Jonathan Moulton played an important role in the early history of New Hampshire and many tales of his adventures would become legendary.
19 Facts About Jonathan Moulton
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Jonathan Moulton is the namesake of the town of Moultonborough in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
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Jonathan Moulton was born in the town of North Hampton.
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Jonathan Moulton spent much of his childhood as an apprentice to a cabinetmaker.
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Jonathan Moulton worked as a silversmith and formed the Moulton and Towle Silversmithing Company.
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Jonathan Moulton ended up leaving the silversmithing trade to his partner and the company is still called Towle Silversmithing Company today, where it still manufactures silverware and kitchen utensils.
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Jonathan Moulton was appointed as a captain of a ranger company in the New Hampshire Militia.
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Also during this time, Jonathan Moulton opened a store in Hampton and started importing goods from Europe and the West Indies.
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Jonathan Moulton's regiment guarded the 18-mile seacoast of New Hampshire against British invasion.
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Jonathan Moulton was promoted to Brigadier General by George Washington who was impressed with his battlefield skills.
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Jonathan Moulton settled in North Hampton, New Hampshire and was one of the first people to paint his house colonial white.
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Jonathan Moulton participated in a feud over farm land with a neighbor which was exacerbated by a series of slanderous editorials written in The Boston Post, Boston's major newspaper at the time.
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Mysteriously, the Jonathan Moulton's barn was burned down and no one ever claimed responsibility.
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Jonathan Moulton expressed that he was more upset about losing the animals than losing the barn itself, which could be re-built.
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Jonathan Moulton's body was moved in the middle of the night before burial and his tombstone disappeared.
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Jonathan Moulton found the largest set of boots in all of the Province of New Hampshire.
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Jonathan Moulton had cut off the soles of the boots and put the boots over a hole in the floor and all the gold coins fell into the basement of the house.
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The devil, after being outsmarted by Jonathan Moulton, burned down his house in revenge.
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Jonathan Moulton was in fact buried without a tombstone and the site of his grave is unknown.