[2] Granted by the Masonian Proprietors in 1749, the town was named after Sir Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, who was in charge of convoy service between Barbados and the colonies.

Although the soil is rocky and unsuited for cultivation, cider was made in considerable quantities, and maple syrup to some extent.

[3] Middleton was situated on the road between the New Hampshire Seacoast and Wolfeboro, the location of colonial governor John Wentworth's summer home, "Kingswood".

[4]) Neglect of the road caused the governor to bill the proprietors for repairs he had to make for safe travel to Kingswood, built in 1771.

[5] Middleton's old Town Hall, located on King's Highway, was built in 1795 as a meetinghouse on Ridge Road.

That water is primarily contained by Sunrise Lake, previously known as the Old Dump Reservoir, near the southern corner of the town.

Jones Brook flows through the center of town and joins the Branch River in the northern part of Milton.