INDEX
Vital Records Of Winchendon, Massachusetts,
To The End Of The Year 1849.
Worcester, Massachusetts:
Published By Franklin P. Rice, Trustee Of The Fund.
1909.

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

Births - ABBOTT to DYER Births - EDMONDS to KNOWLTON Births - LACY to SHAY Births - SHELDON to WYMAN Marriages - ABBOT to DYER Marriages - EATON to LYMAN Marriages - McAFEE to SAWYER Marriages - SCOLLY to YOUNG Deaths - ABBOTT to MURDOCK Deaths - NASH to WYMAN & Unidentified Publisher's Note. THE list of , Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town Books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end of the year 1849. Some additions have been made from other sources, and these are indicated in each instance by proper reference. All of the records are condensed in print as much as is consistent with intelligibility, accuracy, and completeness of information. 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. When places other than Winchendon and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. ABBREVIATIONS. a.---- age b. ---- born Bap. ---- baptized ch.----child C.R. ---- church record d ---- daughter; day; died Dea. ---- deacon D.M. ---- District of Maine dup. ---- duplicate entry G.S.1. ---- gravestone, Centre Cemetery G.S.2. ---- New Boston Cemetery G.S.3. ---- Riverside Cemetery h. ---- husband inf. ---- infant int. ---- publishment of intention of marriage Jr. ---- junior m. ---- male; married; month M.R. ---- Middlesex County Registry N.S. ---- new style G.S. ---- Old style P.R. ---- private record s.----son Sr. ---- senior vat---- Vital Records w. ---- wife wid.----widow widr. ---- widower The age given in the Deaths is in years unless otherwise indicated. WINCHENDON, Worcester County. THE town of Winchendon was established June 14, 1764, from the plantation called "Ipswich-Canada." A part of Royalston was annexed, and the bounds of Winchendon extended to the New Hampshire line June 17, 1780. Parts of Winchendon were annexed to Gardner in 1785 and 1794 and a part of Gardner was annexed to Winchendon in 1787. Population at different periods: 1765, 519; 1776, 519; 1790, 946; 1800, 1,092; 1810, 1,173; 1820, 1,263; 1830, 1,463; 1840, 1;754; 1850, 2,445. Population in 1905, 5,933. Number of Births printed - 3064 Marriages 1,180 = 2,360 names Deaths 1.137 6,611 total MA INDEX