John Ham of Dover, "may have been a nephew of 'Old Ham,' that is, William Ham who came to Richmond Island in 1635 in the ship 'Speedwell.'  John Ham's name first appears in Dover, NH records in 1665.  From that date on he appears constantly, serving on juries, as Constable in 1686, as Surveyor, and as Town Clerk in 1694.  He was a Lieutenant in the Militia.  When his will was made in 1727  he described himself as a 'Yeoman, being Anchand.'  He lived in Charrison Hill."  From the Goss Ancestry, compiled by George H. Smith.