Walton commanded Fort William and Mary before 1684 , and again from 1697 to 1708 . He was appointed ensign in 1690 , when New Hampshire and Massachusetts were reunited . He was a selectman of Portsmouth town from 1688 to 1692 . He served as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1695-1698 , and again 1716-1733 . He commanded the New Hampshire provincial troops during the siege of Port Royal 1710 , and commanded a combined regiment of New Hampshire and Rhode Island troops during the Quebec Expedition 1711 . He was appointed by mandamus a member of the provincial council in 1716 , on which he served until 1733 . In 1682 Walton 's property and his father 's inn were the victims of a " stone-throwing devil " that harassed them in a series of poltergeist-like events . '' Lithobolia '' , a narrative of the case , was published 1698 in London
Quebec Expedition 1711
Quebec Expedition
Shadrach Walton