Vital Records of West Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849

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Essex institute, 1918 - Registers of births, etc - 122 pages
 

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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 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 - 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 3 - 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 5 - ABBREVIATIONS a.— age. abt. — about. b. — born. bef. — before. bet. — between. bp. — baptized. bur. — buried. c. R.
Page 5 - Cemetery. h. — husband ; hour. inf. — infant. int. — intention of marriage. jr. — junior. m. — male ; married ; month. p. R.
Page 16 - George Henry, s. Henry and Hannah, Sept. 24, 1835. Harriet Newell, d. Henry and Hannah, Dec. 30, 1839.
Page 4 - This name was changed on June 14, 1820, to West Newbury. The population of West Newbury at different periods was as follows: 1820, 1,279.
Page 6 - ABBREVIATIONS k. — husband; hour. inf. — infant. int. — intention of marriage. jr. — junior. от. — male; married; month. p. R. 1. — Family record now in possession of James L.

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