Vital Records of Essex, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Aaron L Abel Abigail Abner Adoniram Almira Andrews Anna Benjamin Betsy Beverly Burnham C. R. ch C. R. Sarah Caleb Capt Caroline Charles Choate Clarissa Cogswell consumption Daniel Danvers David Dennen dropsy dysentery Ebenezer Edward Eleazer Eliza Elizabeth Emily Enoch Esther Eunice Francis George George W Gilman Gloucester Goodhue Hamilton Hamlet Harriet Haskell Henry Ipswich Isaac Jacob James Jane Jeremiah Joanna Jonathan and Mary Joseph Josiah Judith July 15 July 20 June 14 June 15 Knowlton Lufkin lung fever Lydia Lydia Ann Manchester Maria Martha Mary Ann Mears Michael Moses Nancy Nathan Nathaniel Noah and Hannah Norton Nutter old age Oliver Perkins and Rachael Polly Procter Rachel Robert Rufus Ruth Salem Sally Samuel Sept ship carpenter shipwright shoemaker Story Susan Susan Andrews Susanna Tabitha Tho[ma]s Thomas ue]l W[illia]m Wenham widr William H yeoman Zacheus
Popular passages
Page 1 - Differences in duplicates, and explanatory or other matter which seemed necessary or desirable, appear in brackets. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties, but the full information concerning each person is given only under his or her name. An asterisk after...
Page 1 - These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman.
Page 1 - Double dating is used in the months of January, February and March, prior to 1752, whenever it appears in the original, and also, whenever from the sequence of entry in the original the date may be easily determined. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and in the alphabetical arrangement the various forms Should be examined, as items about the same family may be found under different spellings.
Page 1 - EXPLANATIONS The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks ; in the church records ; in the returns made to the Salem Quarterly Court ; in the cemetery inscriptions ; and in private records found in family Bibles, etc.
Page 3 - Cemetery. h. — husband; hour. inf. — - infant. int. — intention of marriage. jr.
Page 3 - ABBREVIATIONS a. — age. abt. — about. b. — born. bef. — before. bet. — between. bp. — baptized. bur. — buried. c. R. 1. — church record, First Church.
Page 3 - Cemetery inscriptions copied by Alfred Poor, in 1867, and now in possession of the Essex Institute.
Page 42 - Gloucester, a. 16 y., d. Mitchel and Lydia, and John Nutter, widr., a. 32 y., cordwainer, s.