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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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CONCORD REGISTERS
CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS
1635-1850
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PRINTED BY THE TOWN
Beacon press : THOMAS TODD, PRINTER, 7-A BEACON STREET BOSTON
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PREFACE.
AT the Annual Meeting of the citizens of the Town of Concord, held March 30, 1891, it was voted, "that a committee of five persons be appointed by the moderator, who should procure the printing of the town's ancient reg- isters of births, marriages, and deaths." "The moderator appointed Grindall Reynolds, John S. Keyes, Chas. H. Wal- cott, Samuel Hoar, and George Tolman."
The book which this committee now offers to their fellow citizens for their approval is the result of the labors given under this vote.
Concord is one of the oldest of our New England towns, having been settled in 1635. It has been termed with truth one of the "seed towns." The descendants of the original settlers are scattered far and wide over the whole country. It is probable that the number of such descendants living outside of the town far exceeds the num- ber of those living in it at the present time. Naturally enough, there has been a great and growing desire on the part of many of these to obtain trustworthy information in respect to those from whom they are descended, or to whom they are related by ties of blood. There has been perhaps a still greater desire on the part of those who still live in the town to have the means of information which really exist put into an available and convenient form. For these reasons and others, which will occur to those who are in-
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terested in genealogical matters, the town took the action of which this work is the fruit.
The committee wish to say a few words about the character and formation of the book. The lists as printed are intended to be an actual transcript of the original rec- ords. To those records in every case we have gone back and have never relied on any copy, even when it has been officially certified to be correct. These original records have been followed, too, in every particular -in spelling, in abbreviations, in punctuation, in use of capitals, and the like -that is, as nearly as modern print can be made to follow ancient and sometimes almost illegible manuscript. A fact may be stated, probably not generally known, that for some years the records of births, marriages, and deaths were kept only in the town; in other years, only in the county books; and in still other years, both in the town and county records. Where such duplicate records exist we have followed the Town Record Book, at the same time comparing it carefully with the County Book, and stating in footnotes any discrepancies that may have appeared. The official record of deaths has also been compared with the records of the First Church and with the old gravestones, and the differences similarly noted. Wherever in the Town Record of deaths the age of the person dying is not stated, it has been supplied in brackets, wherever possible, from the church records, the gravestones, or the death notices in the local newspapers. To the record of the deaths in the town books we have added such others as do not ap- pear in those books, but are found in the church records or on the gravestones. Nothing which appears in brackets or footnotes is to be taken as a part of the record. Such additions, where no authority is quoted, rest upon the gen-
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eral knowledge of the compilers. Particular attention is called to the index. Some features have been introduced into this index which certainly are not common in indexes of this kind, perhaps altogether unknown in them. Not only is attention called to the pages on which the names of persons appear, but it is stated whether on that particu- lar page is found the record of a birth, a marriage, or a death. This enables the seeker to avoid much unnecessary examination of pages which do not record the kind of facts for which he is looking.
All the members of the committee appointed by the town have given much interest and a good deal of general supervision to the work; but it is simple justice to say that the great burden of investigation and labor has fallen upon Mr. George Tolman, one of the committee. He has given unremitting care and a very large portion of his time to the preparation of the book. He has sought in every direction for information which might cast side light upon the Town Records themselves. If the book shall prove to have the merits that such a book ought to have, a full measure of credit should be given to Mr. Tolman. It is the hope of the committee that this book will be found to be as correct in its statements as it is possible for human care to make it, and that the prolonged inquiries which have been made have given it as much of the quality of thoroughness and completeness as the existing sources of knowledge will permit, and that it will furnish trustworthy information in respect to the men and women who have lived and played their part in one ancient and honorable New England town.
THE EARLIEST RECORD.
Ir any record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Concord was kept previously to the year 1640, such record has not been preserved. It is very probable that the early colonists took no pains to make public registration of such matters.
In September, 1639, the General Court ordered that "records be kept of the days of every marriage, birth, and death of every person within this jurisdiction." No particular officer was charged with this duty in the several towns, but "Mr. Stephen Winthrop was chosen to record things at Boston."
In June, 1642, the General Court ordered that the "Clerks of the Writs" in the several towns should record all births and deaths, and deliver a return of the same yearly to the Recorder of the court belonging to the jurisdiction in which they live. Persons author- ized to marry were to return the names of persons married by them, and the date of the marriages, to the Recorder of the court.
In compliance with these requirements of law, two returns of births and deaths, one in 1644 and one in 1645, were made by Simon Willard to the Recorder at Boston. The original volume is now in the office of the City Registrar at Boston, together with a copy made in the year 1856. In 1851 a copy of that portion of the record relating to towns in Middlesex County was made under the direction of the County Commissioners, and now forms a part of the first volume of the Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Middle- sex County, in the office of the Clerk of the Courts at Cambridge. This copy contains some errors, which are here corrected in foot-notes. These returns have been printed in the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. IV, p. 271, and Vol. VIII, P. 347.
THE BOSTON RECORD IS AS FOLLOWS :
A register of the berths & burialls in Concord from the yeare 1639 untill the first month 1644 according to or account.
Susanna the daught' of Thomas Atkinson was borne 28°. (2°) 1641.
Hannah the daught' of Thomas Atkinson was borne the 5°. (1º) 1643. Thomas Baguley dyed the 18°. (1º) 1643.
Hannah the daught' of James Bennet was borne the 1º. (4°.) 1640. Thomas the sonne of James Bennet was borne the 16°. (8°.) 1642. mary the daughter of James Bloud was borne the 12°. (5°.) 1640. William Bowstred buried 31° (8°) 1642.
Joseph the sonne of Henry Brookes was borne the 12°. (2°.) 1641. Boaz the sonne of Thomas Browne was borne the 14°. (12°.) 1641. Dorothie the daught' of m' Peter Buckley was borne the 2º. (6°.) 1640.
. Peter the sonne of m' Peter Buckley was borne the 12º (6°) 1643. Peter the sonne of m' Edward Buckley was borne the 3º. (11º.) 1640. Sarah the daughter of m' Thomas Buckley was borne the 12°. (6º.) 1640. Richard the sonne of William Busse was borne the 6°. (5°.) 1640. Anne the daughter of William Busse was borne the 18°. (12°.) 1641 Hannah the daughter of John Chandler was borne 28° of 12º 1640.
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CONCORD BIRTHIS AND DEATHIS
Sarah the daughter of w"" Costin was borne the 24°. (1º.) 1642. Phebe his daugt' borne 10° (2°) 1642.'
Thomas Dane had a daughter borne 24° (12°). 1642.
The wife of Thomas Doggett dyed 23°. (6°.) 1642.
Lidia the daught' of Roger Draper was borne the 11º. (9º.) 1641 John the sonne of Walter Edmunds was borne the 2°. (5°.) 1640.
Sarah the daughter of Robert Edwards was borne the 12º. (7º.) 1640. & buried 26°. (7º) 1640.
John the sonne of John Evarts was borne 29°. (12°) 1639.
Judah the sonne of John Evarts was borne 27° (8°) 1642
mary the daugt' of George ffowle was borne 24°. (9º.) 1640. Peter the sonne of Georg ffowle was borne 2°. (10°.) 1641. James the sonne of George ffowle was borne 12º. (1º.) 1642.
Joseph the sonne of Henry ffarwell was borne 26°. (12°.) 1640. Ephraim the sonne of m' 'Thomas fflint was borne 14°. (11º) 1641.
Hannah the daught' of William ffuller was borne the 8º. (6°.) 1641.
Elizabeth the wife of William ffuller dyed 24°. (5°.) 1642.
mary the daughter of Thomas ffoxe was borne the 18°. (7º.) 1642. & dyed. 9°. (8°.) 1642.
Elisabeth the daught' of Thomas ffoxe was borne the 18° (7º) 1642 Robert Gamlin was buried the 7°. (7°.) 1642.
Isabell the wife of nathan Halsted dyed. 15°. (1°) 1641
John the sonne of willm Hartwell was borne the 23°. (12º.) 1640.
Richard Harvy had twoe daughters borne the 25°. & 26°. of the (9º) month
1639. & both buried the 28°. (9º.) 1639. margaret his wife dyed. 2º (10°.) 1639.
John the sonne of George Heyward was borne 20°. (10th) 1640.
Joseph the sonne of Georg Heyward was borne the 26°. (1°.) 1643
mary the daughter of James Hosmore was borne 10° (11º) 1639. & dyed 18°. (6°.) 1642.
mary the wife of James Hosmore was buryed 11º (3º.) 1641.
Steven the sonne of James Hosmore & Alice his wife was borne 27°. (9º.) 1642.
Eliphelet the sonne of m' John Jones was borne the 9º. (11º.) 1640. Josiah the sonne of Richard Lettin was borne 20° (12°.) 1640.
Richard Lettin also had another sonne borne the 12º. (7º.) 1643 Hanna the daught' of w™ Hunt was borne 12º. (12°.) 1640.
Joseph the sonne of Ambros martin was borne the 8º. (9º.) 1640. Sarah his daught' was borne 27°. (8°.) 1642.
John the sonne of Joseph miriam was borne the 9º. (5°.) 1641. Joseph miriam dyed. 1º. (11°) 1640.
Elisabeth the daught' of Georg miriam was borne 8°. (9º.) 1641.
mary the daught' of John myles was borne 11º. (12º.) 1639.
James the sonne of william Odle was borne the 2°. of the 11º month 1639. & was buried 4°. (2°.) 1641.
Rebecca the daughter of william Odle was borne the 17º (5°) 1642.
Eunice the daughter of Luke Potter was borne the 2º. (1º.) 1640
Rebecca the daughter of Luke Potter was borne the 2º. (8º.) 1643. & dyed IIº (8°) 1643.
Stephen the sonne of James Posmore was borne the 13º. (9º) 1642 2
I So recorded. Evidently an error in the date of this or the next preceding entry.
2 Unquestionably this should be Hosmore, instead of Posmore ; and the entry is a dupli- cate of a preceding one, the discrepancy of fourteen days in the date being accounted for by the (probable) fact that the record was originally made from memory.
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RECORDED AT BOSTON.
Alice Prentice dyed. 8° (1º.) 1643.
Elisabeth the daught' of Richard Rice was borne the 27°. (8º.) 1641. John y" sonne of Richard Rice was borne 23° of the 12º month 1643. mary the wife of Symon Rogers dyed. 1º (6°) 1640. George Squiers had a sonne borne 11º. (1°.) 1643.
Sarah the wife of w"" Symons buried. 3º. (2°.) 1641.
A daughter of Benjamin Thwing dyed. 23°. (6°.) 1642.
Ruth the daught' of John Tompkins was borne 1º. (4°) 1640. John the sonne of John Tompkins was borne the 25°. (7º) 1642. Rebeccah the daught' of Benjamin Turney was borne 16°. (12°.) 1639. Sarah his daught' was borne. 11º. (10°) 1641. & ruth was borne 28° (11º.) 1643.
Remembrance the daughter of William Vnderwood was borne 27°. (12º.) 1639.
Samuel the sonne of moses wheate was borne the 25°. (8º) 1640.1 Hannah his daught' borne. 12°. (12°.) 1642.2
moses the sonne of moses wheate buried. 28°. (4°) 1641. Hannah the daught' of moses wheate was borne 19°. (12°). 1642 2 Sarah the daught' of Georg Wheeler was borne 30°. (1º.) 1640 John the sonne of Georg Wheeler was borne the 19º 1º. 1643. Ephraim the sonne of Joseph Wheeler was borne 14° (2° 1640. buried. 19º
(5°) 1642.
Elizabeth wife of Joseph Wheeler buried 19° (5°) 1642 3
Joseph the sonne of Joseph Wheeler was borne the 1º. (10°.) 1641. buried 18°. (5°) 1642.
Mary the daughter of Joseph Wheeler was borne the 20° (7º) 1643.
Sarah the daught' of Timothie Wheeler was borne 22°. (4°) 1640.
Jane the wife of Timothie Wheeler dyed 12° (12°) 1642. vxor Timothy Wheeler dyed 12°. (12°) 1642.
John the sonne of Obadiah Wheeler was borne 27° (11º) 1640. Ruth the daughter of Obadiah Wheeler was borne 23°. (2°.) 1642.
A sonne of Obadiah Wheeler was borne 25°. 10. 1643 and dyed 29°. (9°.) 1643.4
Isaac the sonne of Ephraim Wheeler was borne 23°. (10°.) 1642 Allice the daught' of Thomas Wheeler dyed 17º (1°) 1640.
Symon the sonne of Symon Willard was borne 31°. (11º.) 1639.
Sarah the daughter of Symon Willard was borne 24°. (5°.) 1642. or 27°. of the 4°. month :
Abigail the daughter of michael wood was borne 10°. (2°.) 1642.
Hannah the daught' of Thomas & Elizabeth Dann borne 13 (1) 1645 Christian the daught' of Robert & Christian Edwards borne 15 (1) 1645.
' The County record says 1641. 1640 is the original record.
^ Duplicate entries of course ; probably first made from memory, and the discrepancy of seven days to be accounted for by the fact that the day of the week, rather than the date, was remembered when the second record was made.
3 This is according to the original record at Boston. The copied County record says 1643. Dr. Savage (Gen. Dict., Vol. IV, p. 498), following the latter, expresses himself as puz- zled by the birth of a daughter, Mary, 20, 7, 1643, two months after the death of the mother. In fact, however, as the record shows, Joseph Wheeler's wife, Elizabeth, and her sons, Ephraim and Joseph, died almost at the same time, probably from some malignant disorder, and they were buried, one on the ISth, the other two on the 19th of July, 1642. The daughter, Mary, born fourteen months later, was by Joseph Wheeler's second wife, Sarah.
4 So recorded.
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mary the daught' of Georg & mary ffowle borne 9 (12) 1644. William Haulsted dyed 27 (5) 1645. Samuel son of William & Jasan Hartwell borne. 26 (1) 1645. Doras ' the daught' of John & Dorothie Held borne. 22 (3) 1645. Sara the daught' of, Georg & Mary Heywood 2 borne. 19 (1) 1645. Hannah the daught' of James & Alice Hosmer borne 16 (6) 1644. Rebecca the daught' of Joseph & Sarah Wheeler borne. 6 (7) 1645. mary the daughter of George & Katherine Wheeler borne 6 (7) 1645. Samuel the son of Obadiah & Susan Wheeler borne 22 (12) 1644.
I Dorcas.
2 Properly Hayward.
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MIDDLESEX COUNTY REGISTER.
THE COUNTY RECORDS.
THE next instalment of Concord births, etc., with similar records from other towns in Middlesex County, is found in the first volume of Middlesex Deeds. These records were also copied in 1851, under the direction of the County Commissioners, and are included in the first volume of Middlesex County Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in the office of the Clerk of the Courts, at East Cambridge. No contemporary copy of the original exists at Concord. The record at Cambridge is mutilated in a few places by the breaking of the edges of the leaves, so that several dates are now lost.
CONCORD BIRTHS : DELIVERED IN, 1650.
Mary the Daughter of James & Alis Hosmer borne. 14th. (2) mo. 16- Abouehope the Daughter of Simon and Mary Willard borne. 30. (8) mo. 164- Nathaniel the sonne of William and An Busse the 15th. (1) mo. 1646 : Gershum the sonne of John and Dorithy Held. the 23th (1) mo. 1647 John the son of John and An Smedly : the 31th. (8) mo. 1646 :
Thankefull the daughter of Tho : and Mary Stow. the. 6th. (9) mo : 1646 Hannath the Daughter of George and Mary Hayward : the 20th. (2) mo. 1647 Simon the sonne of George & Mary Hayward the 22th. (11) mo : 1648. Samuell the sonne of Josua and Mary Edmunds the 16 : (12) mo : 1649 Simon the sonne of Simon & Mary Willard the 23th. 9th. 1649
Elizabeth the daughter of Tho : and Elizabeth Dane. the. 25th. (10) mo : 1648 Dorithy the daughter of John and Dorithy Held, the (16) of the (8) mo : 1649 Mary the daughter of Tho : and Bridget Browne, the (26) 1 : mo : 1646 Eliezer the sonne of Tho : & Bridget Browne, the. (5) mo 1649 : Sarath the daughter of Thomas & Sarath Wheeler the 10th 4 mo : 1649 Josepth the sonne of William & An Busse the (4) 3th mo. 1649 : Hannath the daughter of Tho : and Martha Bateman the 28. (7) mo : 1645 : Samuell the sonne of Tho : and Martha Bateman the 7th. (12) mo : 1648 : Hanna the daughter of Tho : and Hanna ffox the 25th (7) mo : 1648 Thomas the sonne of Thomas and Hannath fox the (26th (12) mo : 1649 : Marthe daughter of William & Jassin Hartwell the 25th (2) mo : 1649 : Hannath the daughter of Moses and Tamzen Wheat the 15th (11) mo. 1643 Rebecka daughter of Moses and Tamsen Wheat the 16th (4) mo. 1644' John sonne of Moses and Tamsen Wheat the 19th (9) mo : 1649 Mary daughter of William and Mary Butricke, the 19th (7) mo : 1648 : Nathaniell sonne of Nathaniell and Mary Ball, the 28 of the (7) mo : 1649. Henry sonne of James and Isabel Tailor the 21 of the (8) mo : 1648 Vnice daughter of luke & Mary Potter, the (2) of the (2th) mo : 1641 : Luke sonne of Luke and mary Potter, the 30th. of the (3) mo : 1646 : Samuell the sonne of luke and mary Potter, the 1. of the (2) mo. 1648 Dorithy Daughter of luke and mary Potter, 9tl (2) mo : 1650 : Mary daughter of William and mary Tailor. the 19th of the (12) mo : 1649 Sarath daughter of George and Susana Miriam the 17th (5) mo : 1649 Elizabeth daughter of George and Susana Miriam the IIth (9) mo : 1641 Samuell the sonne of George and Susana Miriam the 21. (5) mo : 164-
' This is according to the record. Plainly an error in this or the next preceding entry.
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CONCORD BIRTHIS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHIS,
Hanna daughter of George and Susana Miriam 14th of the (5) mo. 16- Abigall daughter of George and Susana Miriam the 15th of the (5) mo. 16- Susana daughter of Obadia and Susan Wheeler the 17th of the (1) mo : 164- Sarath daughter of William and Sarath Vnderwood, the 25th (7) mno : 1641 Prissilla daughter of William and Sarath Vnderwood the 16. of the 12th. 1646
Aquilla sonne of William & Sarath Vnderwood the (3) of the 5th mo : 1647 Rebecca daughter of William and Sarath Vnderwood the 25. (10) mo : 16- Rebecca daughter of Christopher and Vrsilla Woolly the 24th (5) mo : 164- Hanna daughter of Christopher & Vrsilla Woolly the 24th of the (11) mo 16-
Sarath daughter of Christopher & Vrsilla Woolly the (8) of the (3) mo : 16- Joshua sonne of William and Rachell ffletcher the roth of the (1) mo 16- lidia daughter of William and lidia ffletcher the (30) 1th mo 1647
Jonathan sonne of Tho : and mary Addams the (6) of the (1) mo : 1646 and Pelatia his sonne also borne the same day 1646
Timothy sonne of Tho : and mary Addams the 15 of the (2) mo : 1648 : Sarath daughter of Robert and Jane Procter 12 of the (8) mo. 1646 Gurshum sonne of Robert and Jane Procter the 13 of the (3) mo : 1648 : mary daughter of Robert and Jane Procter the (8) of the (2) mo : 1650 Samuell sonne of Babtist and Kathrine Smedley the 27. (1) mo : 1646 mary daughter of Babtist and Kathrine Smedley the (7) (4) mo : 1648 : George sonne of Tho : and Mary Addams the 29th. of the (3) mo : 1650 :
CONCORD DEATHS THE DAYES MONTHES AND YEARES as followeth
Mary Mousgraue died the 25th of the 10th 1649
Elizabeth daughter of Tho : and Elizabeth Dane the 20. of the (4) mo : 1649 : Rebecca wife of Tho : ffox died. the 11. (3) mo. 1647.
Jane the daughter of moses and Tamsen Wheat the 13. (8) mo. 1648 : Dorcas daughter of John and Dorithy Held. the I. of the (3) mo. 1650 : mary Daughter of William and mary Butricke the 1. (9) mo. 1648 : John sonne of Nathaniell and mary Ball the 27. (5) mo : 1649 :
Nathaniell the sonne of Nath : and Mary Ball the 23. (9) mo : 1649 : Henry sonne of James and Isabell Tailor the 24. (10) mo : 1648 Mary the wife of Luke Potter the (8) of the (2) mo. 1644. Mary daughter of George and Susan Mirriam the 10. (6) mo 1646 Susana the wife of Obadiath Wheeler. the 24. (1) mo : 1649 : Rebeca daughter of William and Sarath Vnderwood. (6) 2 : mo : 1650 Hanna daughter of Christopher and Vrsilla Woolly the 21. (12) mo : 1648 : George Ross died the 20th of the (3) mo. 1649
CONCORD MARIAGES
Thomas ffox and Hanath Brookes maried the 13th (10) mo : 1647. James Tailor and Isabell Tomkins the 19 (8) mo. 1641 Luke Potter and Mary Edmunds the 19. of the (8) mno. 1644 : Christopher Woolly and Vrsilla Wodell the 26. (12) mo : 1646 : William ffletcher and Lidia Bats the 7th (9) mo. 1645.
Robert Procter and Jane Hildreth the last (10) mo : 1645.
Babtist Smedley and Kathrine shorthose. the 27. (1) mo. 1645.
Delivered into Court, the 17th (7) 1650 :
BY SIMON WILLARD.
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CONCORD REGISTERS-BOOK 1.
THE CONCORD REGISTERS. BOOK I.
FROM the date (September 17, 1650) when Simon Willard made the foregoing return, until February, 1654, no record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Concord is to be found either in the books of the Town or in those of the County. It is probable, however, that such a record was made here, and duly transmitted to the County Recorder, as required by law, no copy of the record being retained at home. This had evidently been the custom up to that time, and Simon Willard, who had " delivered into court " all the foregoing records, continued in the office of Town Clerk during this period, and would hardly have been likely to neglect this duty.
The First Book of the Town Registers was begun by Robert Meriam, Town Clerk fron 1654 to 1668, and continued by John Scotchford, his successor in that office from 1668 to 16So. Each of these Clerks made due returns to the County Recorder. Down to and in- cluding the second entry on page 7 of the Concord original, these returns were copied into the first volume of the Probate Registry; front and after that they were copied into books kept for this special purpose, and now in the office of the Clerk of the Courts. A great many errors occur in these copies, due partly to carelessness of the official Recorder ; partly to his lack of familiarity with Concord family names, and partly to the crabbed hand- writing of our carlier Town Clerks and their arbitrary and varying notions of orthography. When the County Registers were recopied in 1851, into the volumes now in use, these errors were perpetuated, and a few new ones added. Where these errors are of importance, we have noticed them in foot-notes.
In the following pages, the marginal figures in brackets denote the pages of the original volume.
[1] here begineth ye records of mariags & berthes, & deathes from febeuery : 1654.
# me ROBERT MERIAM recorder
Sara dafter of Joseph merriam & Sara his wife, borne the 2th. agust, 1654 Samiwell sonne of James Tailer & Elizabeth his wife, borne, ye 21th June 1656:
George the sonne of George haward & mary his wife borne, 2th July 1654 : Mary daftuer of Samiwell stratton & mary his wife, borne, Jeneury 19th 1656. John Sonne of nathaniell stow & Elizabeth his wife borne the 29th June, 1657. Danill Sonne of william how & mary his wife died 4. June 1657.
John ; Sonne of William Tailer & mary his wife. borne the, 19th october. 1656. Samiwell Sonne of William Tailer & mary his wife borne 3th July 1655 Samiwell Sonne of william Tailer & mary his wife died 16th July 1655 Abraham Sonne of william Tailore & mary his wife borne 14th nouemb' 1656 ffrancies ffletcher, and Elizabeth Wheler were maried the Irth october 1656.
Samiwell Sonne of ffrances ffletcher & Elizabeth his wife borne 6h october 1657.
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CONCORD BIRTHIS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHIS,
John haward, and Rebake Atkison were maried 17h agust. 1656 :
Rebake daftuer of John haward and Rebake his wife borne, 9h september 1657.
Rebake haward daftuer of John haward & Rebake his wife died the 27th Septemb 1657.
Joseph merriam and Sara stone were maried, 12h July 1653.
John Sonne of William Buttrike & Sara his wfe, borne, 21 Septem. 1653.
Samiwell sonne of william Buttrike & Sara his wife, borne. 12: Jenery : 1654
Edward sonne of william Buttrike & Sara his wife, borne, 6 Jenery 1656 Edward sonne of william Buttrike & Sara his wife, died 15th January 1656 [2] Isake Sonne of Thomas ffoxce & hana his wife borne the 17h october, 1657.
Josia Willard, and hana hosmer were maried, the 2oh march 1656
John Belouse, and mary wood were maried the 9th may 1655.
Mary daftuer of John Bellouse & mary his wife, borne, the 26th apl 1657.
Samiwell Sonne of John Bellouse & mary his wife borne the 22th Jenur 1657.
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