Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 2Essex Institute, 1918 - Registers of births, etc |
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Page 2 - 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...
Page 3 - Oxford, and consequently publishment was made elsewhere. The double date is used in the months of January, February and March prior to 1752 only when it so appears in the original, and instances of the modern form after 1725 are not uncommon. When places other than Oxford and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
Page 3 - 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 32 - Russell. rec. — recorded. rem. — removed. ret. — return. s. — son. sr. — senior. т. c. — town copy. unm. — unmarried. w. — wife; week. wid. — widow. widr. — widower. . . . y. — year. 7 br. — September. 8 br. — October. 9 br. — November. 10 br. — December.
Page 5 - CT. R. — court records, Essex Co. Quarterly Court. d. — daughter; day; died. Dea. — deacon. Dist. — district. dup. — duplicate entry. E. and C. — Errors and corrections of City records.
Page 5 - ABBREVIATIONS a.— age. abt. — about. b. — born. bef. — before. bet. — between. bp. — baptized. bur. — buried. c.
Page 4 - Salem was planted in 1626 by Roger Conant and his associates who came from a fishing settlement at Cape Ann. The first colony of settlers arrived in 1628 under the leadership of Capt. John Endicott. The Indian name for the locality was Naumkeag. Bounds between Salem and Saugus (now Lynn), and Salem and Marble Harbor (Marblehead), were established Mar. 4. 1635. Sept. 7, 1643, part of Salem called Enon was established as Wenham. May 14, 1645, part of Salem called "Jeffryes Creeke" was set off as the...
Page 3 - 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 10 - PR 81. — Record now in possession of Miss Ann Treadwell. p. R. 82. — Records kept by Benjamin Blanchard now in possession of the Essex Institute. p. R. 83. — Diary of Benjamin Lynde (printed), Boston, 1880. p. R. 84. — Diary of William Pynchon (printed), Boston, 1890. p. R. 85. — Bible record now in possession of Philip Arrington.
Page 19 - Batchelder. p. в. 318. — Bible record now in possession of William J. Lefavour. p. R. 319. — Bible record now in possession of Miss CM Lefavour. p. R. 320. — Bible...