INDEX
Vital Records Of The Town Of Halifax Massachusetts
To The End Of The Year 1849

Literally Transcribed Under The Direction Of
George Ernest Bowman, Editor Of "The Mayflower Descendant"
And "Vital Records Of Brewster, Mass."

Published By The Massachusetts Society Of Mayflower Descendants
At The Charge Of The Old Colony Town Record Fund
Boston, Massachusetts 1905.

Editor- George Ernest Bowman
Nathaniel U. Walker
Edward H. Whorf
Stanley W. Smith
George Ernest Bowman
Coommittee on Publication; Charles A. Hopkins

DEATHS, 1841-1849 [transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

HALIFAX, MASS, VITAL RECORDS. REGISTER [P. 1] DEATHS IN THE TOWN OF HALIFAX FOR THE YEAR PRECEEDING No. - WHEN REGISTERED. - NAME - SEX - AGE. Yrs. Mos. Dys. - OCCUPATION. - DATE OF DEATH. - PLACE OF INTERMENT. -- DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH. -- PLACE OF BIRTH. -- NAME AND SURNAME OF PARENTS. -- IF A MARRIED FEMALE, THE NAME OF HUSBAND. 1841 1. May 9th -- Nathaniel Sylvester -- Male -- 61 -- Farmer -- May 9th 1841 -- Halifax -- Consumption 2 -- Susannah Harlow -- Female -- 70 -- -- May 17, 1841 -- Halifax -- Consumption -- 3 -- Rebecca Briggs -- Female -- 93 -- -- May 23rd 1841 -- Halifax -- Old Age -- 4 -- Rebecca Bosworth Female -- 45 -- -- May 23rd 1841 Halifax -- Liver Complaint -- Halifax -- Asaph & Elisebeth Bosworth 5 -- Asaph Bosworth -- Male -- 75 -- Farmer -- June 7, 1841 -- Halifax -- Dropsy in the Chest -- Halifax 6 -- Child of Isaac Sturtevant(twin) -- Infant -- -- July 16, 1841 -- Halifax -- Premature Birth -- Halifax -- Isaac & Hannah Sturtevant 7 -- Child of Isaac Sturtevant(twin) -- Infant -- -- July 22, 1841 -- Halifax -- Premature Birth Halifax -- Halifax -- Isaac & Hannah Sturtevant 8 -- Mary Wood -- Female -- 2 -- -- August 8th 1841 -- Halifax -- Inflamation in Bowels -- Halifax -- Cyrus & Lucy Wood 9 -- Jane Wood -- Female -- 26 -- -- October 27 1841 -- Halifax -- Puer Peral Disease -- Bridgewater 10 -- Joseph Tinkham -- Male -- 77 -- Farmer -- December 18th 1841 --Halifax -- Infiamation Kidneys -- Halifax 1842 11 -- Child of Mr. Clapp Female -- 3 -- -- February 6th -- Halifax -- Inflamation in Bowels -- Mr. Clapp 12 -- Amanda Richmond -- Female -- 21 -- -- February 13th -- Halifax -- Inflamation in Stomach -- Halifax -- Ebenezer P. Richmond 13 -- Christiana Thompson Female -- -- 15 -- April 30th -- Halifax -- Bowel Complaint -- Halifax -- Isaac & Ann T. Thompson FROM MAY 1st 1842 TO MAY 1st 1843 1842 1 -- Mary Sears -- Female -- 83 6 -- -- May 8th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- 2 -- Horatio Wood -- Male -- 22 -- Farmer -- May 30th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Timothy & Mary Wood 3 -- Lydia Everson -- Female -- 61 -- -- May 25 -- Halifax -- -- -- Joseph Everson 4 -- Lydia Holmes -- Female -- 90 -- -- August 13 -- Halifax -- Old Age -- Halifax -- Oliver Holmes 5 -- Luther Fuller -- Male -- 28 -- Farmer -- October 6th -- Halifax -- Erysipelas -- Halifax -- Samuel & Nancy Fuller 6 -- Joshua T. Fuller -- Male -- 22 -- Merchant -- October 25 -- Halifax -- Typhus Fever -- Halifax -- Sylvanus & Priscilla Fuller 7 -- Samuel Fuller -- Male -- 79 -- Farmer -- November 10 -- Halifax -- -- Halifax 8 -- Newcomb Bourne -- Male -- 78 -- Farmer -- December 14 -- Halifax -- Erysipelas -- Middlebrough 9 -- Nathaniel Morton -- Male -- 51 -- Farmer -- December 25 -- Halifax -- Consumption 1843 10 -- Jonathan Waterman -- Male -- 52 -- Farmer -- January 2 -- Halifax -- Erysipelas -- Halifax -- Elisha & --- Waterman 11 -- Clara Waterman -- Female -- 50 -- -- January 4th -- Halifax -- Erysipelas -- Halifax -- Newcomb & Dulsina Bourne 12 -- Daniel W Bourne -- Male -- Infant -- -- January 5 -- Halifax -- -- Halifax Abram & Mary Ann Bourne 13 -- Molly Jackson -- Female -- 64 -- -- February 16 -- Halifax -- -- George W. Jackson 14 -- Revd Abel Richmond -- Male -- 73 -- A Minister -- April 13th -- Halifax -- Erysipelas -- Abington FROM MAY 1st 1843 TO MAY 1st 1844 1 -- Thomas Perkins -- Male -- 76 -- Farmer -- May 11th -- Halifax 2 -- Samuel Churchell Male -- 82 11 16 -- Farmer -- June 14th -- Halifax -- Old Age 3 -- Hannah Holmes -- Female -- 66 2 22 -- August 9 -- Halifax -- Cancer -- -- Melvin Holmes 4 -- Thomas Pope -- Male -- 85 7 19 -- Mechanic July 1st -- Halifax 5 -- Hannah Fuller -- Female -- 24 9 II -- September 25 -- Halifax -- Typhus Fever -- Halifax -- Sylvanus & Priscilla Fuller 6 -- Hannah Wood -- Female -- 76 8 0 -- October 5th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax 7 -- Widow Sedman -- Female -- 95 -- -- October 15 -- Halifax -- Old Age -- Halifax -- 8 -- Ephraim Fuller -- Male -- 30 -- Farmer -- December 11 -- Halifax -- Typhus Fever -- Halifax -- John & -----Fuller 9 -- Ruth Richmond -- Female -- 59 5 27 -- December 28th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Abel Richmond [p. 2] 1843 10 Turner -- -- 2 -- -- December 28th -- Halifax -- unknown -- -- Sumner & Ann Mariah Turner [P. 2] MAY 1st 1844 ZADOCK THOMPSON REGISTRAR. 11 -- Julia Theyer -- Female -- 16 11 22 -- November 16th -- Halifax -- Bowel Complaint 12 -- John P Howard -- Male -- 0 4 0 -- November 30th -- Halifax -- unknown 1844 13 -- Maria Turner -- Female -- 16 -- -- January 11 -- Halifax -- unknown -- -- Sumner & Arm Maria Turner 14 -- Nehemiah Thompson -- Male -- 68 8 12 -- Farmer -- January 21st -- Halifax -- -- -- Asa & Rebecca Thompson 15 -- Mary Fuller -- Female -- 4 8 -- -- February 4th -- Halifax -- 16 -- Ebenezer Fuller -- Male -- 61 2 24 -- Farmer -- February 20 -- Halifax -- FROM MAY 1st 1844 TO MAY 1st 1845 1 -- Martha Thompson -- Female -- 60 1 19 -- May 31st -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Zebadiah Thompson 2 -- Mercy Morton Tillson Female -- 1 7 22 -- June 8th -- Halifax -- Affection of Bowels -- Halifax -- William & Clara Tilison 3 -- Child of Horatio Bonney -- -- -- June 10th -- Halifax 4 -- Mr. Wells -- Male -- 80 -- -- June 17th -- Halifax -- Apoplexy -- 5 -- Sarah S. Mitchell Female -- -- -- July 6th -- Halifax -- Fever -- Middleborough -- George Mitchell 6 -- Priscilla Waterman Female -- -- -- July -- Halifax -- Old Age -- 7 -- Henry Churchell -- Male -- 1 2 0 -- August 2nd -- Halifax -- Bowel Complaint -- 8 -- Solomon Sturtevant Male -- 66 10 15 -- Died in Rochester -- August 17th -- Halifax -- found Dead in the field -- Halifax -- Simeon & Ruth Sturtevant 9 -- Susannah Sampson Female -- 55 3 30 -- August 18th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Benjamin & Hannah Bosworth 10 -- Child of Sylvanus Thomas -- 0 7 0 -- September 5 -- Halifax -- 11 -- Francis Harlow -- Male -- 34 -- -- September 18 -- Bridgewater -- Typhus Fever -- Halifax -- Sylvanus & Polly Harlow 12 -- Joseph A. Simmons Male -- 26 -- Operative in Factory -- October 6 -- Halifax -- Typhus Fever -- 13 -- Mary E. Jackson -- Female -- 0 6 20 -- October 6 -- Halifax -- Chronic Disenterry -- 14 -- Child of Marcus Theyer -- -- -- November 7 -- Halifax -- 15 -- Child of Sylvanus Leach -- -- Halifax -- 16 -- Nathaniel Rider -- Male -- 64 0 15 -- Farmer -- December 8th -- -- -- January 1845 -- Duxbury -- Consumption -- -- Nathl & Priscilla Rider 1845 17 -- Susanna Richmond -- Female -- 77 -- -- January 4th -- Halifax -- Apoplexy -- Abington Andrew Richmond 18 -- Elisebeth Bosworth -- Female -- 73 8 6 -- -- March 6th -- Halifax -- Lung Fever -- Halifax -- Asaph Bosworth 19 -- Adin Tubbs -- Male -- -- Operative in Factory -- March 22 -- Typhus Fever -- 20 -- Leonice F Morton -- Female -- 9 7 16 -- -- April 5th -- Halifax -- Obstruction -- Halifax -- Albert & Rachel Morton 21 -- Joanna Morton -- Female -- 73 3 9 -- -- April 28th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Doctr Nathaniel Morton 22 -- Hannah Tilisnn -- Female -- 91 5 12 -- -- April 24 -- Halifax -- Apoplexy -- FROM MAY 1st 1845 TO MAY 1st 1846 - ZADOCK THOMPSON REGISTRAR MAY 1st 1846 1 -- Sarah S. Fuller -- Female -- 21 -- -- May 5th -- Halifax -- affection of Brain -- Middleborough Sylvanus R. Fuller 2 -- Caleb Morey -- Male -- 62 -- Farmer -- May 16 -- Halifax -- Erysipelas -- 3 -- Martha W. Pope -- Female -- 0 2 0 -- -- June 4th -- Halifax -- Influenza -- Halifax -- Henry & Lydia Pope 4 -- Frances Pool -- Female -- 45 -- -- June 7th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Caleb Pool 5 -- Thomas Drew jr -- Male -- 38 -- Farmer -- July 22nd -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Thomas & Lucy Drew 6 -- Andrew Richmond -- Male -- 79 7 27 -- Farmer -- August 24 -- Halifax -- Old Age -- Abington 7 -- Hepzelrth Read -- Female -- -- Operative in Factory -- September 20 -- Halifax -- Drowned in Factory Pond [P. 3] 1845 8 -- Revd Flavell Shurtleff -- Male -- -- Baptist Preacher -- October 14 -- 9 -- Thomas Fuller -- Male -- -- Farmer -- October 15 -- Halifax -- Typhus Fever -- Halifax -- Thomas & Hannah Fuller 10 -- Charles H. Bryant -- Male -- -- -- December 18th -- Drowned -- Halifax -- Paul & ----- Bryant 11 -- Sally Fuller -- Female -- -- -- December -- Halifax -- Consumption -- -- Thomas Fuller 1846 12 -- John Tillson -- Male -- 93 3 15 -- Farmer -- January 8th -- Halifax -- Old Age -- Halifax -- John & ----- Tillson 13 -- Deborah Churchell -- Female -- 84 8 28 -- -- January 12 -- Old Age -- -- Samuel Churchell FROM MAY 1st 1846 TO MAY 1st 1847 1 -- 1847 June -- Nathan Perkins -- Married -- 52 8 25 -- Farmer -- June 14th 1846 -- Halifax -- Intus Susceptio -- Halifax -- Thomas & Mercy Perkins 2 -- June -- Mercy O. Thompson -- Married -- 27 3 13 -- -- June 23rd 1846 -- Halifax -- Puerperal Convulsion -- Halifax -- Cyrus Thompson 3 -- June -- Lydia Loring -- Widow -- 85 -- -- July 29th 1846 -- Halifax -- Old Age -- Halifax -- Jacob Loring 4 -- June -- Caroline Thompson -- Single -- 22 4 -- -- August 2nd -- Halifax -- Puperal Convulsion -- Elkanah Thompson 5 -- June -- Infant - Nevins -- -- -- -- August -- Halifax -- Diarhea -- Halifax -- William & ----- Nevins 6 -- June -- Wade -- -- -- -- September 10 -- Halifax -- Dysentary -- Halifax -- Leavitt & Salvina Wade 7 -- June -- Ripley -- -- 1 6 -- -- September 12 -- Halifax -- Dysentary -- Halifax -- Ripley 8 -- June -- Emily Boyden -- -- 2 -- -- September 17 -- Halifax -- Dysentery -- Halifax -- William & Emily Boyden 9 -- June -- Lydia Sampson -- Widow -- 87 -- -- September 23rd -- Plympton -- Cholera Morbus -- -- Gideon Sampson 10 -- June -- Mary T. Perkins -- -- 5 -- -- September 25 -- Halifax -- Cholera Infant -- Halifax -- Jason & Anna Perkins 11 -- June -- Obadiah Lyon -- Married -- 70 5 22 -- Farmer -- September 27 -- Halifax -- Morasmus -- Halifax -- Obadiah & Lydia Lyon 12 -- June -- Ruth Churchell -- Single -- 51 -- -- October 11th -- Halifax -- Dropsy -- Halifax -- Samuel & Deborah Churchell 13 -- June -- Priscilla Leach -- Married -- 76 -- -- December 24 -- Halifax -- Consumption -- -- Thompson Leach 14 -- June -- Mary Greenough -- Married -- 18 -- -- February 15th -- Canker -- Halifax -- William C. Greenough 15 -- June -- Mercy Sears -- Widow -- 85 -- -- March 4th -- Halifax -- Measles -- Halifax -- Holmes Sears 16 -- June -- Mercy Bosworth -- Widow -- 79 -- -- March 6th -- Halifax -- Measles -- Halifax -- Waterman Bosworth 17 -- June -- Charles Sturtevant -- Single -- 24 1 3 -- Shoemaker -- March 30th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Dependence & Sally Sturtevant 18 -- June -- Name unknown -- Married -- -- -- April -- Taunton -- Typhus Fever -- Ireland -- unknown 19 -- June -- Berrin -- -- 2 -- -- April -- Halifax -- Inflamation Bowels -- Halifax -- Berrin 20 -- June -- Hannah Thompson -- Single -- 73 1 4 -- -- April 27 -- Halifax -- Old Age -- Halifax -- Joseph & Jerusha Thompson [p. 4] DEATHS IN THE TOWN OF HALIFAX FOR THE YEAR PRECEEDING MAY 1st 1848 ZADOCK THOMPSON REGISTRAR. 1 -- May 24th 1847 -- Miranda Fuller -- Single Female -- -- 24 -- -- May 24th 1848 -- Halifax -- Tumor on Liver -- Halifax -- Thomas & Sally Fuller 2 -- July 19th -- Philip Hadley -- Male -- 71 8 16 -- -- July 19th -- Halifax -- Chronic Inflamation -- unknown -- unknown 3 -- July -- Sylvanus Harlow -- Male -- -- Farmer -- July -- Typhus fever -- -- Isaac Harlow 4 -- September 10th -- Bonney -- -- -- -- September 10th -- Halifax -- Dysentary -- -- John Bonney 5 -- September 12th -- Ephraim Fuller -- Male -- -- -- Sept 12th -- Halifax -- Bowel Complaint -- Halifax -- Chipman & Hannah Fuller 6 -- Franklin W. Thompson Male -- -- Shoemaker -- Halifax -- Disease of Heart -- Halifax -- Jacob & Emeline Thompson 1848 7 -- January 15th -- Holmes Female Widow -- -- -- January 15th -- Halifax -- Consumption -- unknown -- unknown 8 -- January 21st -- Marcia Soule -- Female Single -- 52 8 4 -- -- January 21st -- -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Jabez & Lucy Soule 9 -- January 25th -- Reuben Thompson -- Male Widower -- 78 8 16 -- Farmer -- January 25th -- Halifax -- Apoplexy 10 -- February 15th -- Judah Wood -- Male Widower -- 87 0 9 -- Farmer -- February 15th -- Halifax -- Apoplexy -- Halifax -- Judah & Hannah Wood FROM MAY 1st 1848 TO MAY 1st 1849 1848 1 -- May 14th -- Desire Sylvester female,Married -- 73 -- -- May 14th -- Halifax -- Cancer in Stomach -- Reuben Sylvester 2 -- May 17th -- Deborah Cornish -- Female, widow -- 76 -- -- May 17th -- Halifax -- Dropsy -- Halifax -- John & Betty Leach 3 May 25 -- Rolinda Hebbard -- Female,Married -- 27 -- -- May 25th -- North Bridgewater Lung Fever -- Halifax -- Wm H. H. Hebbard; Cyrus & Fear Richmond 4 July -- Alpha Brett -- Male, Married -- 70 -- Blacksmith -- July -- North Bridgewater Consumption -- North Bridgewater 5 August 4th -- Maria Sturtevant -- Female,Single -- 27 9 -- -- August 4th -- Halifax -- Tumor in throat -- Halifax -- Ward & Lucinda Sturtevant 6 August 29th -- Sally Sturtevant -- Female, Married -- 67 -- -- August 29 -- Halifax -- Apoplexy -- Halifax -- Zenas Sturtevant 7 September 5th -- Charles William Thompson Male -- 1 1 -- -- September 5 -- Halifax -- Bowel Complaint -- Halifax -- Zadock & Lydia Thompson 8 September 11th -- Ignatius Thompson -- Male, single -- 74 6 -- Preacher -- September 11 -- Halifax -- Cholera Morbus -- Halifax -- Asa & Rebecca Thompson 9 October -- William H. Hebbard -- Male -- 4 -- -- October -- North Bridgewater Bowel Complaint -- Halifax -- William H. H. & Rolinda Hebbard 10 November 24th -- Else Britton -- Female, married -- 68 -- -- November 24 -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Plympton -- Zepheniah L. Britton 11 November 26 -- Thompson -- Female -- -- -- Nov. 26th -- -- -- Halifax -- -- Halifax -- Otis & Betsy Thompson 12 December 28th -- Jane Sturtevant -- Female, married -- 36 -- 4 -- -- December 28th -- Halifax -- Canker -- West Bridgewater Isaac Sturtevant 13 December -- Joanna Briggs -- Female,Married -- -- -- Decr -- -- -- -- -- -- Pembroke -- Lewis Briggs 14 December -- Lucas -- -- 8 -- -- Decr -- -- -- Halifax -- Martin B. Lucas 1849 15 February 3rd -- Hiram Thompson -- Male -- 3 -- -- February 3rd 1849 -- Halifax -- Inflamation in Bowels -- Halifax -- Isaac & Anna Thompson 16 February 20th -- Bethiah Pool -- Female, widow -- 80 -- -- February 20 -- Halifax -- Consumption. -- Carver -- John Pool 17 April 13th -- Rolinda Hebbard Female -- 3 -- -- April 13 -- Halifax -- Inflamation Lungs -- North Bridgewater Wm H. H. & Rolinda Hebbard 18 April 14 -- William Perkins -- Male -- -- 15 -- -- April 14 -- Halifax -- Morasmus -- Halifax -- Friend S. & Anna Perkins 19 April 20 -- Wilson Perkins -- Male -- -- 21 -- -- April 20 -- Halifax -- Morasmus -- Halifax -- Friend S. & Anna Perkins 20 May 7th -- Samuel Wood -- Male, single -- 84 10 10 -- Farmer -- May 7th -- Halifax -- Paralysis -- Halifax -- Judah & Hannah Wood 21 May 12th -- Infant --- Holmes Female -- -- -- May 12th -- Halifax -- -- Halifax -- Martin W. & Jane Holmes 22 June 10th -- Mercy Wood -- Femal, widow -- 59 -- -- June 10 -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Timothy Wood 23 June 17th -- Experience Thompson Female, Widow -- 73 -- -- June 17 -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- Nehemiah Thompson 24 July 21st -- Martha Sturtevant Female, Married -- -- -- July 21st -- Halifax -- Consumption -- Halifax -- John Sturtevant 25 August 26 -- Azel Bryant -- Male, Married -- 56 -- Laborer -- August 26th -- Halifax -- Dysentary -- Middleborough 26 September 11th -- Rebecca Bryant -- Female -- 4 -- -- September 11 -- Halifax -- Dysentary -- Halifax -- Azel & Abigail Bryant 27 September 30 -- Bonney Female -- 2 -- -- September 30 -- Halifax -- Convulsion fitts -- Halifax -- John & ----- Bonney 28 December 16 -- Phillips -- 1 5 -- -- December 14 -- -- -- -- Aaron & Phillips 29 December 31 -- Aaron Phillips -- Male, married -- 20 -- -- December 31st -- Typhus Fever --