INDEX
History of the early settlement of Bridgewater
in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
including an extensive family register.

Nahum Mitchell
Boston:
Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright 1840

[Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]

EXPLANATIONS.

• a. before a date, stands for about
• b. for born
• d. for death or died
• m. for married
• s. for son
• ss. for sons
• w. for wife
• gra. for graduate or graduated
• B. U. for Brown University
• D. for daughter
• Ds. for Daughters
• H. U. for Harvard University
• *Added to a name or date of a birth, signifies that the person died in youth or without issue
• W. B. for West Bridgewater
• S. P. for South Parish of Bridgewater, now Bridgewater
• E. B. for East Bridgewater
• N. B. for North Bridgewater
• Tit. for Titicut.
• Other abbreviations will occur, which being usual and common, need no explanation.