My granfather was a Baptist minister and in that denomination (at that time) they moved a lot.
One church made a memory quilt for my grandmother and each member signed it. I think it was before 1900. I had never heard anything about it, but when my mother died, it was given to me. I had never heard of the village in NH either so it took a while to do anything.
The church closed many years ago so I called town hall asking about people whose name was on the quilt. My sister and I decided to give it to the historical society -- they were thrilled and the curator was a descendent of one of the signers. My sis took it up and they had a very nice ceremony of thanks
I wish I had taken a pix -- it wasn't a pretty pieced quilt -- just the squares with signatures.
I hope the Dorcas quilt finds a good home
Mim