INDEX
Vital Records Of Dover Massachusetts To The Year 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund Boston Mass. 1908

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

Explanations & Abbrevations will be found below. BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS THIS publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, November 6, 1901, as follows: Voted: That the sum of $20,000, from the bequest of the late Robert Henry Eddy, be set aside as a special fund to be called the Eddy Town-Record Fund, for the sole purpose of publishing the Vital Records of the towns of Massachusetts, and that the Council be authorized and instructed to make such arrangements as may be necessary for such publication. And the treasurer is hereby instructed to honor such drafts as shall be authorized by the Council for this purpose. Committee on Publications. C. B. TILLINGHAST, FRANCIS EVERETT BLAKE, CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON, DON GLEASON HILL, EDMUND DANA BARBOUR. Editor. F. APTHORP FOSTER. THE TOWN OF DOVER, Norfolk County, was established as a district July 7, 1784, from part of Dedham. March 7, 1791, bounds between the district of Dover and Dedham were established. March 31, 1836, the district was made a town. Population by Census; 1790 (U.S.), 485; 1800 (U.S.), 511; 1810 (U.S.), 548; 1820 (U.S), 548; 1830 (U.S.), 497; 1840 (U.S.), 520; 1850 (U.S.), 631; 1855 (State), 745; 1860 (U.S.), 679; 1865 (State), 616; 1870 (U.S.), 645; 1875 (State), 650; 1880 (U.S.), 653; 1885 (State), 664; 1890 (U.S.), 727; 1895 (State), 668; 1900 (U.S.), 656; 1905 (State), 636. EXPLANATIONS. 1. WHEN places other than Dover and Massachusetts are named in the original records they are given in the printed copy. 2. In all records the original spelling is followed. 3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual may be found under different spellings. 4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed. 5. Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an item, ie., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other entries of the record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used only when they occur in the original text, or to separate clauses found there — such as the birthplace of parents in late marriage records. ABBREVIATIONS. a.---- age abt.— about b.—born ch.—child chn.— children Co. —county C.R.1.- church record, First Parish C.R.2.- church record, Baptist Church of Needham and Dover d.-- daughter; died; day Dea. — deacon dup. — duplicate entry G.R. - gravestone record, Highland Cemetery h.—husband hrs.— hours inf.— infant int. —publishment of intention of marriage Jr.— junior m. — married; month min.— minutes M.R. — Middlesex County record, East Cambridge P.R.1. - private record, from the Wilson Diary, now in the possession of Mrs. Lillian (Wilson) Bond P.R.2. - private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Leonard Draper, of Dover P.R.3. — private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of George L. Howe, of Dover P.R.4. - private record, from family record, in the possession of George L. Howe, of Dover P.R.5.—private record, from Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Lillian (Wilson) Bond, of Dover P.R.6.--- private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith P.R.7.— private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith P.R.8.— private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith P.R.9.—private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith P.R.10.—private record, from family record in the possession of Elbridge Mann. P.R.11.— private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Elbridrige Mann P.R.12.--- private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Emma Battelle Colburn P.R.13.— private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Caroline Newell P.R.14. — private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mr. George Battelle P.R.15.—private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Jonathan Whiting P.R.16.— private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mr. George Ellis Chickering P.R.17.— private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of George Ellis Chickering P.R.18. —.private record, from family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. George Draper Everett P.R.19.— private record, from family record in the possession of Mrs. Lillian (Wilson) Bond, of Dover prob.—probably rec.— recorded s.---- son Sr.-- senior w.— wife; week w.--- widow widr. — widower y.— year 1st.— first 2d- second 3d.—third MA INDEX