Tuftonboro is
the only New Hampshire town owned by just one man, John
Tufton Mason, for whom the town was named. Mason was
heir to the Masonian Claim, the undivided lands of northern
New Hampshire, which he sold to a group of Portsmouth
merchants in 1746, thereafter known as the Masonian Proprietors.
They disposed of the land via grants to prospective settlers
prior to the American Revolution. Situated on the shore
of Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuftonboro includes the villages
of Melvin Corner, Melvin Village, and Mirror Lake. Reprinted
from www.nhes.state.nh.us
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