THIS publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 6 November, 1901, as follows:
Voted: That the stun 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. HENRY ERNEST WOODS.
THE TOWN OF MEDFORD was established September 28, 1630, from common land. April 19, 1754, a part of Charlestown was annexed to Medford.
June 21, 1811, a part of Medford was annexed to Charlestown.
June 10, 1817, a part of Malden was annexed to Medford.
The town of Medford was incorporated as a city in 1892.
Population by Census: -
1765 (Prov.), 790;
- 1776(Prov.), 967;
- 1790 (U.S.), 1029;
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1800 (U.S.), 1114;
- 1810 (U.S.), 1443;
- 1820 (U.S.), 1474;
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1830 (U.S.), 1755;
- 1840 (U.S.), 2478;
- 1850 (U.S.), 3749;
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1855 (State), 4603;
- 1860 (U.S.), 4842;
- 1865 (State), 4839;
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1870 (U.S.), 5717;
- 1875 (State), 6627;
- 1880 (U.S.), 7573;
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1885 (State), 9042;
- 1890 (U.S.), 11079;
- 1895 (State), 14474;
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1900 (U.S.), 18244
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places other than Medford 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 might 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, i.e., 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
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abt. ---- about
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b.---- born
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ch. ---- child
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chn. ---- children
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Co. ---- county
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C.R.1. ---- church record, First Parish, Unitarian
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C.R.2. ---- church record, Second Church, Congregational
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C.R.3. ---- church record, Mystic Church, Congregational
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C.R.4. ---- church record, Grace Church, Episcopal
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d. ---- daughter; died; day
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Dea. ---- deacon
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dup. ---- duplicate entry
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G.R.1. ---- gravestone record, Salem Street Cemetery
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G.R.2. ---- gravestone record, Cross Street Cemetery
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h. ---- husband
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hrs. ---- hours
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inf. ---- infant
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int. ---- publishment of intention of marriage
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Jr. ---- junior
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m. ---- married; month
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mm. ---- minutes
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M.R. ---- Middlesex County record (East Cambridge)
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P.R.1. ---- private record, from a diary kept by Dea. Benjamin Willis, 1751-1764, now in the possession of Miss Martha A. Cushing, of Medford.
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P.R.2. ---- private record, from a diary kept by Rev. David Osgood, 1776-1822, now in the possession of the Medford Public Library, Medford.
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P.R.3. ---- private record, from the Cushing Book, 1785-1833, owned by Mrs. Mary Weston and Miss Martha A. Cushing, of Medford.
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P.R.4. ---- private record, from Bible of Simon Tufts, now in the possession of the Medford Historical Society, Medford.
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P.R.5. ---- private record, from Bible of Benjamin Hall Jr., now in the possession of the Medford Historical Society, Medford.
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P.R.6. ---- private record, from Hall Bible, now in the possession of Daniel A Gleason, of Medford.
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P.R.7. ---- private record, from Bible of Andrew Hail, now in the possession of Mrs. Wiliam Story Sargent, of West Medford.
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P.R.8. ---- private record, from Bible of Silas Wild, now in the possession of Miss Helen Tilden Wild, of Medford.
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P.R.9. ---- private record, from Bible of Isaac Sprague, now in the possession of William C. Sprague, of Medford.
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P.R.10. ---- private record, from Bible of Aaron Blanchard, now in the possession of Miss Sarah J. Blanchard, of Medford.
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P.R.11. ---- private record, from Bible of Henry Withington, now in the possession of Henry Withington, of Medford.
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P.R.12. ---- private record, from Bible of Nahum Mitchell, now in the possession of Edward W. Mitchell, of Medford.
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P.R.13. ---- private record, from a letter of Converse Francis Jr. to Rev. Charles Brooks, now in the possession of the Medford Historical Society, Medford.
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P.R.14. ---- private record, from Bible of John King, now in the possession of Dudley Hall, of Medford.
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P.R.15. ---- private record, from Bible of James Tufts, now in the possession of Mrs. Susan T. Brooks, of Medford.
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P.R.16. ---- private record, from Bible of George W. Porter and a record of the Family of Dr. Jonathan Porter, now in the possession of Edward Turner Bigelow, of Medford.
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P.R.17. ---- private record, from Bible of Darius Waitt, now in the possession of J. O. Goodwin, of Medford.
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P.R.18. ---- private record, from Bible of Daniel Peaslee, owned by the heirs of Orchard Peaslee, of Medford.
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P.R.19. ---- private record, from Bible of Zacharias Shed, now in the possession of Mrs. Georgianna I. Turner, of Medford.
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P.R.20. ---- private record, from Bible of Artemas Heywood, now in the possession of Mrs. Lucy B. Conery, of Medford.
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P.R.21. ---- private record, from Bible of Henry Buxton, now in the possession of Mrs. Lucy B. Conery, of Medford.
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P.R.22.---- private record, from Bible of Jonathan Brooks, now in the custody of Mrs. Sarah Warner Brooks, of Medford.
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P.R.23. ---- private record, from Bible of Rev. Charles Brooks, now in the custody of Mrs. Sarah Warner Brooks, of Medford.
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P.R.24. ---- private record, from Bibles of Dea. John Symmes, now in the possession of Miss Alice Frances Symmes, of Winchester.
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P.R.25. ---- private record, from Symmes Family Record, a manuscript now in the possession of Miss Alice Frances Symmes, of Winchester.
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P.R.26. ---- private record, from Bible of Marshall Symmes, now in the possession of Mrs. Oliver Locke Wellington, of Winchester.
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P.R.27. ---- private record, from Bible of John Albert Symmes, now in the possession of Miss Amelia Maria Symmes, of Winchester.
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P.R.28. ---- private record, from Bible of Elijah Smith, now in the possession of Miss Amelia Maria Symmes, of Winchester.
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P.R.29. ---- private record, from Bible of Gardner Fifield, now in the possession of James Francis Fifield, of Medford.
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P.R.30. ---- private record, from Bible of Edward Eells of Hanover, now in the possession of Miss Mary Smith Clark, of Medford.
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P.R.31. ---- private record, from Bible of Samuel Clark, now in the possession of Miss Mary Smith Clark, of Medford.
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P.R.32. ---- private record, from Bible of Elisha Livermore Tainter, now in the possession of Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Medford.
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P.R.33. ---- private record, from Bible of John Sparrell, now in the possession of Miss Emeline Augusta Sparrell, of Medford.
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P.R.34. ---- private record, from Bible of Nathan Wait, now owned by the children of Nathan W. Wait, of Medford.
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P.R.35.---- private record, from Bible of Susan Smith Wait, now owned by the children of Nathan W. Wait, of Medford.
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P.R.36. ---- private record, from Bible of John Howe, now in the possession of Miss Elizabeth W. Howe, of Medford.
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P.R.37.---- private record, from Bible of Abner S. Crooker, now owned by William J. Crooker, of Natick.
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P.R.38.---- private record, from Bible of William Fernald, of Charlestown, containing a record of the Teel family, now in the possession of Edward W. Teel, of Medford.
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P.R.39. ---- private record, from Bible of Henry Burridge, now in the possession of Mrs. Trenry Burridge, of Medford.
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P.R.40. ---- private record, from a copy of the Reed Family Bible, now in the possession of the Medford Historical Society, Medford.
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P.R.41. ---- private record, from Bible of Pyam Cushing, now in the possession of Mrs. Phoebe Cushing, Medford.
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P.R.42. ---- private record, from ledgers and day-books of Gov. John Brooks, M.D., 1787-1816, now owned by Daniel N. Howard, of Medford. Also a. day-book, 1808-1809, now in the possession of Edward W. Mitchell, of Medford.
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P.R.43. ---- private record, from Bible of Benjamin Wellington, now in the possession of James Everett Wellington, of Medford.
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P.R.44. ---- private record, from an account book kept by Aaron Blanchard, 1827-1847, now in the possession of the Medford Historical Society, Medford.
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P.R.45. ---- private record, from statements made by Civil War Veterans or their families, now deposited in the Armory, Medford.
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P.R.46. ---- private record, from the diary kept by Chief Justice Samuel Sewell, now in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
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prob. ---- probably
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rec. ---- recorded
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s. ---- son
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Sr. ---- senior
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M.R. ---- Undertakers' Returns
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w. ---- wife; week
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wid. ---- widow
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widr. ---- widower
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y. ---- year
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18t. ---- first
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2d. ---- second
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3d. ---- third
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