VITAL RECORDS
of
WORTHINGTON
Massachusetts
To the Year 1850
Published by the
New England Historic Genealogical Society
at the charge of
The Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass.
1911.
[transcribed by Coralynn Brown]
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This publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, November 6, 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: Henry Winchester Cunnigham Charles Knowles Bolton Edmund Dana Barbour Henry Edwards Scott F. Apthorp Foster. Editor: F. Apthorp Foster The Town of Worthington, Hampshire County, was established June 30, 1768, from the new plantation called Number Three. March 12, 1783, part of Worthington was included in the new town of Middlefield. June 21, 1799, part of Chester was annexed to Worthington. Population by Census: 1776 (Prov.) 639 1790 (U.S.) 1116 1900 (U.S.) 1223 1810 (U.S.) 1391 1820 (U.S.) 1276 1830 (U.S.) 1179 1840 (U.S.) 1197 1850 (U.S.) 1134 1860 (U.S.) 1041 1855 State) 1112 1860 (U.S.) 1041 1865 (State) 925 1870 (U.S.) 860 1875 (State) 818 1880 (U.S.) 758 1885 (State) 763 1890 (U.S.) 714 1895 (State) 648 1900 (U.S.) 675 1905 (State) 614 1910 (U.S.), 659. EXPLANATIONS 1. When places other than Worthington and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. 2. In all items from town records the original spelling is followed, and no attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records or to harmonize conflicting names or dates. 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. Marraiges 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; and where a marriage appears without the intention recorded, it is designated with an asterik. 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 to show the difference in the spelling of a name in the same entry, to indicate the maiden name of a wife, to enclose an imperfect portion of the original text, and to separate clauses in the original text - such as in the birthplace of a parent in late records. ABBREVIATIONS a. - age abt. - about b. - born bp. - baptized bur. - buried ch. - child Chn. - children Co. - county C.R. or CR - church record, Church of Christ, Worthington d. - daughter; died; day Dea. - deacon dup. - duplicate entry GR1 - gravestone record, South Worthington Cemetery GR2 - gravestone record, Ringville Cemetery GR3 - gravestone record, cemetery near Johnson place GR4 - gravestone record, cemetery near Curtis place GR5 - gravestone record, North Cemetery GR6 - gravestone record, Center Cemetery h. - husband hrs. - hours inf. - infant int. - publishment of intention of marriage Jr. - junior m. - married; month min. - minutes PR1- private record, from a Marble family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Abner Witt of Worthington PR2 - private record, from a family Bible, now in the possession of Samuel Hills of Worthington. PR3 - private record, from a Stone family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Aaron Stevens of Worthington. PR4 - private record, from a Kelly family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Ransom Scott of Worthington. PR5 - private record, from Perry family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. A. D. Perry of Worthington PR6 - private record, from a Cole family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Samuel Cole of Worthington. PR7 - private record, from a Burr family Bible, now in the possession of Clement F. Burr of Worthington. PR8 - private record, from the Granger family Bible, now in the possession of William Granger of Worthington. PR9 - private record, from family Bibles, now in the possession of Alfred Stevens of Worthington PR10- private record, from the Sanderson family Bible, now in the possession of Frank Sanderson of Worthington PR11 - private record, from a family Bible, now in the possession of Orville A. Dodge of Wortington PR12 - private record, from Everett family Bibles, now in the possession of James Everett of Worthington PR13 - private record, from a Skelton family Bible, now in the possession of Perly Skelton of Worthington PR14 - private record, from a Brown family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Amanda Brown of Worthington PR15 - private record, from a Cross family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. E. B. Cross of Worthington. PR16 - private record, from a Parish family Bible, now in possession of the heirs of Milton Parish late of Worthington PR17 - private record, from a Benton family Bible, now in the possession of Henry Benton of Worthington PR18 - private record, from a Pierce family Bible, now in the possession of Ernest Thayer of Worthington PR19 - private record, from a Brown family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Martha Humphreys of Worthington PR20 - private record, from the Stone family Bible, now in the possession of Miss M. F. Stone of Worthington PR21 - private record, from the Bartlett family Bible, now in the possession of Horace F. Bartlett of Worthington PR22 - private record, from the Pease family Bible, now in the possession of George W. Pease of Worhington. PR23 - private record, from the Hewitt family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Caroline Hewitt of Worthington. PR24 - private record, from the Burr family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. E. S. Burr of Worthington. PR25 - private record, from the Drury family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. A. P. Drury of Worthington. rec. - recorded s. - son Sr. - senior w. - wife; week wid. - widow widr. - widower y. - year. |