INDEX
Vital Records Of Dracut, Massachusetts,
To The Year 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society,
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund.
Boston, Mass., 1907.
[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]
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 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.
Henry Ernest Woods.
The Town Of Dracut, Middlesex County, was established February 26, 1701, from common land.
Population by Census: -
1765 (Prov.), 1173;
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1776 (Prov.), 1173;
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1790 (U.S.), 1217;
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1800 (U.S.), 1274.;
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1810 (U.S.), 1301;
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1820 (U.S.), 1407;
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1830 (U.S.), 1615;
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1840 (U.S.), 2188;
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1850 (U.S.), 3503;
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1855 (State), 1966;
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1860 (U.S.), 1881;
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1865 (State), 1905;
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1870 (U.S.), 2078;
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1875 (State), 1116;
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1880 (U.S.), 1595;
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1885 (State), 1927;
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1890 (U.S.), 1996;
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1895 (State), 2443;
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1900 (U.S.), 3253
EXPLANATIONS. -
1. When places other than Dracut and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
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2. In all records the original spelling is followed.
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3. The various spellings of a name should be exAmmed, as items about the same family or individual might be found under different spellings.
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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.
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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 marrian 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 Congregational
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C.R.2. ---- church record, Pawtucket
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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, Old Ground, Varnum Avenue
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G.R.2. ---- gravestone record, Woodbine Cemetery
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G.R.3. ---- gravestone record, Pawtucket Graveyard
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G.R.4. ---- gravestone record, Garrison House Burial Ground
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G.R.5. ---- gravestone record, New Boston Burying Ground
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G.R.6. ---- gravestone record, East Dracut Burying Ground
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G.R.7. ----gravestone record, New East Dracut Graveyard
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G.R.8. ---- gravestone record, Hildreth Burying Ground
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G.R.9. ---- gravestone record, Hildreth Burying Ground, Butler-Hildreth Section
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G.R.10. ---- gravestone record, Varnum Burying Ground, East Dracut
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G.R.11. ---- gravestone record, Oakland 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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min. ---- minutes
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M.R. ---- Middlesex County record (East Cambridge)
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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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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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1st. ---- first
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2d. ---- second
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3d. ---- third
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