Chapter History
Peterborough Chapter
The Peterborough Chapter was organized on June 16, 1910, in Peterborough, New Hampshire, with thirty-nine members. Named for the town, the chapter was organized by Bethia Ames Alexander.
| Past Chapter Regents | Term |
| Bethia Ames Alexander | 1910-1912 |
| Nellie Farrar Cummings | 1912-1914 |
| Annie Colburn Jellison | 1914-1915 |
| Hattie Howard Miller | 1915-1916 |
| Anna Clark Tenney | 1916-1917 |
| Alice Lovejoy Taggart | 1917-1918 |
| Lenora J. Smith Hunter | 1918-1920 |
| Etta M. Smith | 1920-1921 |
| Nellie Marsh Thomas | 1921-1922 |
| Eva Wilkins Derby | 1922-1923 |
| Martha E. Cutler | 1923-1924 |
| Flora Barber Ware | 1924-1925 |
| Sophia Taggart Needham | 1925-1926 |
| Mary Ellen Knight | 1926-1927 |
| Emma Pettee Cummings | 1927-1930 |
| Ethel C. Grimes | 1930-1931 |
| Ina M. Tenney | 1931-1932 |
| Ariel B. Cutler | 1932-1933 |
| Beth Adams | 1933-1934 |
| Clara M. Townsend | 1934-1935 |
| Bessie M. Kemp | 1935-1936 |
| Lelia T. Harrington | 1936-1937 |
| Eva M. Davis | 1937-1939 |
| Charlotte F. Lawrence Low | 1939-1940 |
| Harriett Hammond Forbes | 1940-1941 |
| Bertha Holt Carr | 1941-1942 |
| Marion Perkins Peirce | 1942-1943 |
| Vada Marion Kemp | 1943-1944 |
| Beatrice Whittemore Lewis | 1944-1945 |
| Mildred Bagley Diamond | 1945-1946 |
| Ethel Grimes Sweeney | 1946-1949 |
| Effie Prichard Moore | 1949-1952 |
| Marion Howes Lambert | 1952-1955 |
| Lena Prichard Safford | 1955-1958 |
| Bertha Greenwood Clark | 1958-1961 |
| Alice Nichols Carll | 1961-1963 |
| Margaret Hallett Lang | 1963-1965 |
| Helen Reed Peterson | 1965-1967 |
| Louise Harriman Taylor | 1967-1970 |
| Mabel Pneuman Wardwell | 1970-1974 |
| Harriet Bartram Tarrant | 1974-1976 |
| Lucy Elinor Blair | 1976-1980 |
| Jeannette O. Stahl | 1980-1982 |
| Lucy Blair | 1982-1984 |
| Carole Morse Bradley | 1984-1986 |
| Irene Ewen Thibault | 1986-1988 |
Mary Varnum Platts Chapter
The Mary Varnum Platts Chapter was organized on May 2, 1945, in Rindge, New Hampshire, by Alice Todd MacInnis, and was named for Mary Varnum Platts.
Mary Varnum was born in Rowley, Massachusetts, about 1705. She married Captain Abel Platts on April 21, 1725, and in 1728, the family moved to Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Captain Platts worked with Nathan Hayward's surveying party to mark the boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In 1742, Captain Platts purchased a tract of land in Rindge, New Hampshire.
While the French and Indian War hindered their initial efforts to build, the Platts moved to Rindge in 1751; making Mary Varnum Platts the first woman settler of Rindge. Mary died sometime after 1777 and is buried on the farm near Pool Pond. Her grave is unmarked. Abel is buried at the Meeting House in Rindge.
| Past Chapter Regents | Term |
| Alice Todd MacInnis | 1945-1948 |
| Dorothy A. Flagg | 1948-1949 |
| Grace Ferguson | 1949 |
| Amy Belle Rice | 1949-1950 |
| Beatrice W. Elliott | 1950-1953 |
| Martha Rieunels Hale | 1953-1954 |
| Mrs. James B. Petty | 1954-1956 |
| Nola Coombs Fitzgerald | 1956-1959 |
| Ruby Rowella Troup | 1959-1962 |
| Elizabeth Scott Doty Sawyer | 1962-1964 |
| Florence Gibson Whippie | 1964-1966 |
| Betty Sherwin Pangborn | 1966-1969 |
| Elizabeth W. Sampson | 1969-1972 |
| Betty Sherwin Pangborn | 1972-1974 |
| Barbara Williams Nichols | 1974-1977 |
| Wilma Hale Jewell | 1977-1980 |
| Dr. Coral Grout | 1980-1981 |
| Alice C. Lamont Stearns | 1981-1988 |
Mary Varnum Platts - Peterborough Chapter
The two chapters merged on June 1, 1988, to form the Mary Varnum Platts - Peterborough Chapter.
| Past Chapter Regents | Term |
| Alice C. Lamont Stearns | 1988-1991 |
| Mary Louise Sanders Chamberlain | 1991-1998 |
| Phyllis Hall Whitaker | 1998-2001 |
| Carol Ruth Naas | 2001-2007 |
| Doris Lovelace Glendinning | 2007-2016 |
