Vital Records Of
Lynn Massachusetts
To The End Of The Year 1849

Published By The Essex Institute, Salem, Ma 1905

[Transcribed by Sandra Boudrou]

Births - ABBOTT to BERREY Births -BERRY to BROOKS Births -BROWN to CHARAMEL Births - CHASE to CUTLER Births - DAGER to FOSS Births - FOSTER to HAMPSON Births - HAND to HOWARD 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 many private records found in family Bibles. 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 wife. When the places other than Lynn and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. 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. The vital records kept by the Salem Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, which are now in the custody of the Lynn Meeting, include the entire district, and while these records have been separated and credited to their respective towns when specifically stated, this fact should be always considered. Several of the earlier Lewis families, whose names appear on the original records, and which were presumably written by Alonzo Lewis while town clerk, properly belong to Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea. LYNN According to Rev. Samuel Danforth's almanac for 1647 the settlement at Lynn began as early as 1629. These settlers are supposed to have come from Salem, and their number was greatly augmented in 1630, at the time of the arrival of Winthrop and his company. Governor Dudley says that some of the passengers settled "upon the river Saugus." The early name of this locality was Saugus, and its freemen were admitted as members of the General Court in 1630. It was not until Nov. 20, 1637, that the present name was mentioned in the Colonial records, when it was recorded "Saugust is called Lin." The name was given in compliment to Rev. Samuel Whiting, the first minister, who had formerly lived in Lynn, Norfolk County, England. On May 29, 1644, part of the territory was included within the limits of the new town of Reading. On July 3, 1782, a part of Lynn was established as the district of Lynnfield, and on Feb. 17, 1815, another part of the town of Saugus. Lynn was incorporated as a city, Apr. 10, 1850. The population of Lynn at different periods was as follows: 1765, 2198 1776, 2755 1790, 2291 1800, 1837 1810, 4087 1820, 4515 1830, 6138 1840, 9367 1850, 14257 1900, 68513 ABBREVIATIONS a. age abt. about b. born bef. before bet. between bp. baptized bur. buried CR1 Records of the Salem Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends CR2 First Congregational Church records, Lynnfield CR3 Congregational - Universalist Church records, Saugus CR4 South Street Methodist Church records CR5 First Congregational Church records CR6 First Baptist Church records R7 Unitarian Church records CR8 St Stephen's (Episcopal) Church records ch. child chn. children Co. county CT. F. court files, Essex Co Quarterly Court CT. R. Court record, Essex Co Quarterly Court d. daughter; day; died Dea. Deacon dup. duplicate entry GR1 gravestone record, Old or Western Cemetery GR2 gravestone record, Eastern Cemetery GR3 gravestone record, Friends' Cemetery GR4 gravestone record, Swampscott Cemetery GR5 gravestone record, Greenlawn Cemetery, Nahant GR6 gravestone record, Old Lynnfield Centre Cemetery GR7 gravestone record, Old Burying Ground, Saugus Centre GR8 gravestone record, South Lynnfield Cemetery GR9 gravestone record, Pine Grove Cemetery GR10 gravestone record, New Light Cemetery, Broad St. h. husband; hour inf. infant int. intention of marriage jr. junior m. male; married; month PR1 Interments in the Old or Western Cemetery PR2 Bible record now in possession of Ezra Johnson PR3 Coffin Papers. Essex Institute Manuscript Collections PR4 Vital records in Lewis' History of Lynn PR5 Zaccheus Collins' diary, now in possession of the Essex Institute PR6 Common-place book of Richard Pratt now in possession of Walter Hawkes PR7 Bible record now in possession of Samuel A. Parker of Saugus PR8 Bible record now in possession of Frank E. Parker of Saugus PR9 Bible record now in possession of Daniel F. Knowlton of Swampscott PR10 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Enoch S. Johnson PR11 bible record now in possession of Miss Ellen A. Collins of Swampscott PR12 Bible record now in possession of S. Oliver Breed PR13 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Benjamin Cushing PR14 Bible record now in possession of John J. Blaney of Swampscott PR15 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Sarah P. Ingalls of Swampscott PR16 Record from sampler now in possession of Mrs. Mary E. Walter of Chicago PR17 Bible and other family record now in possession of Mrs. Charles O. Mudge PR18 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Enoch S. Johnson PR19 Bible record now in possession of Elbridge H. Johnson PR20 Record from sampler now in possession of William E. Baker PR21 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Annie Rideout of Swampscott PR22 Bible record now in possession of Walter W. Johnson PR23 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Edward B. Churchill PR24 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Judith H. Honors of Swampscott PR25 Bible and sampler records now in possession of Frank W. Palmer PR26 Bible record now in possession of Garland A. Chamberlain PR27 Bible record now in possession of Charles F. Penney PR28 Bible record now in possession of Miss Harriet E. Holder PR29 Bible record now in possession of Henry A. Pevear PR30 Bible records now in possession of George H. Martin PR31 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. William S. Waite PR32 Bible record now in possession of Wilbur F. Newhall of Saugus PR33 Bible record now in possession of George H. Mansfield of New Boston, N.H. PR34 Bible record now in possession of M. F. Delnow PR35 Bible record now in possession of Charles S. Viall PR36 Bible record now in possession of Miss Maria L. Johnson PR37 Bible record now in possession of Charles H. Newhall PR38 Bible record now in possession of Thomas Rhodes of Saugus PR39 Bible record now in possession of Capt. C.P. Jayne of Quincy PR40 Bible record now in possession of Andrew Mansfield of Lynnfield PR41 Family record now in possession of Gustavus Frelinghuysen Nourse PR42 Bible record now in possession of Miss Elizabeth Ann Jackson PR43 bible record now in possession of Richard Breed PR44 Record from family register now in possession of Alfred A. Arrington PR45 Bible records now in possession of Mrs. Lydia M. Lewis PR46 Record from sampler now in possession of Mrs. A. Jus. Johnson PR47 Bible record now in possession of Hon. Peter M. Neal PR48 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. James H. Conner PR49 Bible records now in possession of Frederick A. Phillips PR50 Bible record now in possession of John Campbell Robinson of Boston PR51 Bible record now in possession of Dr. Benjamin Percival PR52 Bible record now in possession of Oliver R. Howe PR53 Diary of Joseph Lye, now in possession of Henry F. Tapley PR54 bible record now in possession of George L. Shorey PR55 Record from sampler now in possession of Miss Mary Anna Sweetser PR56 Bible record nod in possession of Guilford S. Newhall PR57 Bible record now in possession of William C. Lamphier PR58 Bible record now in possession of Zephaniah H. Spinney PR59 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Lydia Ellis Galloupe PR60 Bible record recently in possession of the late J.E.F. Marsh of New Ipswich, N.H. PR61 Bible record now in possession of Miss Sarah J.K. Southwork PR62 Bible records now in possession of Mrs. B.F. Alley PR63 Bible record now in possession of George H. Chadwell PR64 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. William Lyon PR65 Record from sampler now in possession of Mrs. John H. Wentworth PR66 Bible record now in possession of Joseph Blaney of Swampscott PR67 Bible record now in possession of Francis E. Lord PR68 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George Rhodes PR69 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Edward A. Alley PR70 Record from sampler now in possession of Phillip W. Blood PR71 Family register now in possession of the Misses Breed, 52 Broad St PR72 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. C. Nelson Orcutt PR73 Bible records now in possession of the Misses Breed, 52 Broad St PR74 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Abigail B. Clifford PR75 Family records now in possession of Oliver R. Furbish PR76 Record from sampler now in possession of Isaiah Graves PR77 Bible record now in possession of Miss Martha F. Harney PR78 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Joshua R. Johnson PR79 Bible record now in possession of T. Merritt Newhall PR80 Bible record now in possession of Walter H. Breed PR81 Bible record now in possession of Charles H. Haddock PR82 Bible record now in possession of Samuel J. Hollis PR83 Bible records now in possession of Mrs. Samuel J. Hollis PR84 Bible record now in possession of Miss Julia P. Hood PR85 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Grace P. Leighton PR86 Family record now in possession of William N. Parrott PR87 Bible record now in possession of Charles W. Tewksbury PR88 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Mary E. Whiton PR89 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. B.W. Redfern of Swampscott PR90 Family record now in possession of Mrs. James E. Hilton PR91 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Martha Ingalls PR92 Bible record now in possession of Miss Sarah R. Alley PR93 Bible record now in possession of heirs of John L. Alley PR94 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Eugene Wood PR95 Family record kept by Benjamin Burchstead Johnson PR96 Bible record now in possession of Robert W. Vickary PR97 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Leonard B. Usher PR98 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Clara E. Spinney PR99 Bible record now in possession of Thomas P. Nichols PR100 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Israel A. Newhall PR101 Record from sampler now in possession of Mrs. J. Horton Bubier PR102 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Amos F. Breed, 19 Union St PR103 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. S. John Boyce PR104 Bible record now in possession of Miss Elizabeth D. Page PR105 Bible and sampler record now in possession of the Lummus family 31 Franklin St. PR106 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Caroline A. Hallowell PR107 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Nathaniel Fellows PR108 Bible record now in possession of James Sliver Newhall PR109 Bible record now in possession of Miss Mary Caroline Newhall PR110 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Micajah N. Goodridge PR111 Bible record now in possession of Miss Lizzie Lee Bacheller PR112 Family record now in possession of Miss Abby M. Bowen PR113 Bible record now in possession of Joseph Wesley Breed PR114 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Clara M. Downing PR115 Family record now in possession of John C. Houghton PR116 Family record now in possession of heirs of Marshall S. Parrott PR117 Family record now in possession of William P. Sargent PR118 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. William T. Gray PR119 Bible and other family record now in possession of Mrs. Helen P. Bubier PR121 Bible and other family records now in possession of Misses Lydia A. and Sarah M. Currier PR122 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Charles I. Jacobs PR123 Family record now in possession of heirs of Capt. Samuel Mudge PR124 Bible record now in possession of Miss Lydia A. Newhall PR125 Bible records now in possession of the heirs of John Norwood, 369 Summer St PR126 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Joseph Nye PR127 Family register now in possession of Mrs. James Tarbox PR128 Family register now in possession of Fred S. Rankins PR129 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Wesley Breed PR130 Family register now in possession of Miss Mary C. Burrill PR131 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Alexander Ingalls Dight of Natick PR132 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. William Frye PR133 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Lydia M. Hammond PR134 Bible record now in possession of Rufus Kimball PR135 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Sarah Newhall PR136 Record from sampler now in possession of Misses Lucilla and Annie Phillips of Nahant PR137 Bible record now in possession of James H. Richards PR138 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George W. Wheeler PR139 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Frank S. Winship PR140 Bible record now in possession of John W. Berry PR141 Bible record now in possession of Israel Augustus Newhall PR142 Family register now in possession of Frederick A. Gordon PR143 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Harriet E. Sanborn PR144 Bible record now in possession of Miss Emily A. Orcutt PR145 Family record now in possession of the Lakeman family, 185 Franklin St PR146 Bible record now in possession of Miss Clara D. Poole PR147 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Nathan B. Skinner PR148 Bible record now in possession of Amos Rhodes PR149 Bible record now in possession of the heirs of Moses Kelly, 19 Bond St PR150 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Samuel H. Barnes PR151 Bible record now in possession of the Misses Belle and Helen M. Hollis PR152 Bible record now in possession of Charles Orin Lewis PR153 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. James L. Southworth PR154 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Charles Welsh PR155 Bible record now in possession of Charles A. Ramsdell PR156 Bible record now in possession of Florimond B. Mower PR157 bible record now in possession of the heirs of Joseph Anderson PR158 Record now in possession of Mrs. Joseph P. Dearborn PR159 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Sophronia A. Estes, widow of Mark PR160 Bible record now in possession of Herbert H. Estes PR161 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Lizzie Adams PR162 Record now in possession of Mrs. Mary E. Wright, widow of George C. PR163 Bible record now in possession of Joseph M. Rowell PR164 Bible record now in possession of the heirs of Mrs. Sophia S. Lewis, 34 Lexington St. PR166 Sampler now in possession of Mrs. Charles A. Hathaway PR167 Record in possession of Mrs. William L. Searles PR168 Bible record now in possession of Joseph M. Rowell PR169 Bible record now in possession of Philip A. Newhall PR170 Bible record now in possession of George Webb Mudge PR170 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Webster Brown PR172 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. E. McIntosh PR173 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. A.M. Moore PR174 Bible record now in possession of Miss Elmina R. Tozzer PR175 Bible record now in possession of Miss Annie Chase PR176 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Francis D. Wilson PR177 Bible record now in possession of the heirs of George Webb Mudge PR178 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. G.A. Smith PR179 Bible record now in possession of George Edward Hilton PR180 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Nathaniel H. Lord PR181 Bible record now in possession of Aaron Newhall PR182 Family record now in possession of the heirs of William M. Newhall PR183 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George H. Clapp PR184 Bible record now in possession of George H. Newhall PR185 Sampler now in possession of Mrs. A.R. Bunting of Swampscott rec recorded s. son sr. senior t.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 MA INDEX