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The executive committee, June 2, 1851, bought twelve and one half acres of land on Petty's Plain of Franklin Ripley, George T. Davis and Daniel Wells. Work was begun at once and on the 7th day of October, 1851, consecration serv- ices were held on the grounds, Reverend Dr. Willard of Deer- field offered the prayer, Reverend Dr. Strong read appropri-
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1850]
ate selections from the Scriptures and an original hymn by Dr. Strong was sung. The first stanza was as follows :
" With chastened hearts and solemn rite We come to consecrate the place Where men of differing creeds unite, And rest alike in death's embrace."
The procession was led by Merrill's Band, and consisted of the three fire companies, the clergymen, the orator, the offi- cers of the corporation, the Misses Stone's and Misses Wil- liams's schools, the children of the public schools and many citizens. It was a long and imposing procession. The ad- dress of the occasion was by the Reverend John Williams, then president of Trinity College, Hartford, afterwards Bishop of Connecticut. After the return of the procession to the village a collation was served at the Mansion House through the liberality of Henry W. Clapp, Esq.
The eligible lots were soon taken and in June, 1852, eight acres were added by purchase from Albert Smead. This land is the westerly part of the cemetery and is now bounded by the road to the present Agricultural grounds. Other lands were bought and in 1855 the cemetery had twenty-four acres and ninety rods of land. In 1886 the purchase of eight acres and eighty rods of land from Mrs. Jane Goodnow, called the " Cephas Root " lot, and the more recent addition of other land deeded to it as a gift by heirs of the late James Newton and a small piece purchased from the estate of Manley Mc- Clure has increased the cemetery to its present extent of about forty acres. After the corporation was formed a foot bridge over Green river was planned and would have been built but the highway over Green river and across Petty's Plain, past the Agricultural grounds, was about this time located and made, and the necessity for a foot bridge obviated. Be- fore that bridge and the highway were built the only entrance to the cemetery was by the bridges near the Wiley & Russell works.
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GREEN RIVER CEMETERY
[1850
The cemetery received a legacy of $2,000 by the will of the late Isaac Miles, the income to be used for improvements, and also a small legacy from the late Rufus Howland. Mrs. Maria Hovey Hosmer, daughter of the late Dr. Daniel Hovey, by her will sets apart the sum of $ 5,000, and makes provision for a share in her residuary estate, which will eventually come to the Green River Cemetery. It has what is called a " Per- petual Care " fund by which persons may pay into the treas- ury of the association $150 or $200, and have the income of that sum, or so much as is needed set apart to care for indi- vidual lots. This fund is kept separate and apart from other funds of the association and is fast increasing. When a suita- ble entrance to the grounds has been completed, a keeper's lodge and a chapel built, the cemetery will become one of the most beautiful burial places in western Massachusetts.
The present officers of the association (1900) are : Presi- dent, Frank O. Wells; Secretary and Treasurer, Charles F. Packard ; Assessors, Charles R. Lowell, F. R. Allen, A. F. S. Lyons and Frederick Clapp.
October 5, 1857, Right Reverend John B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop of the Diocese of Boston, obtained from David R. Wait and Charles H. Munn a conveyance of three acres of land lying south of the Green River Cemetery lands, paying therefor the sum of $145, "said tract being subject to a right of way of the Green River Cemetery Company, and is to be held by the said John B. in trust for the Catholic community for the purpose of a free burial ground."
In this yard lie the remains of quite a number of the early Irish emigrants who sought homes in America soon after the famine in Ireland, in 1848, but the large majority of the lots are neglected and uncared for, and the condition of the plot is a lasting disgrace to the people whose friends are there buried.
CALVARY CEMETERY
The land now occupied by the Catholics for cemetery
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1877]
purposes was purchased by Bishop Patrick T. O'Reilly in May, 1877, from Mrs. Mary Nash, and contains ten acres. It has been properly fenced, and laid out into suitable lots, with convenient avenues, and has been brought into an attrac- tive condition by the cultivation of trees and shrubs.
The land is naturally light and sandy, but admirably suited for the purposes for which it is used. The westerly portion of the cemetery was consecrated by Bishop Beaven, Labor Day, September 5, 1898.
When an ample water supply can be afforded, with the continued careful management which it is apparent the grounds now receive, this cemetery with its many large and costly monuments will take rank with any other in this vicinity, for there are no people who excel the devoted members of the Catholic faith in their respect and honor to the memory of their deceased friends.
CHAPTER XLVIII
MARRIAGES
Consecrated by Reverend Roger Newton between November, 1761 and November, 1816.
December 17th 1761. John Bolton & Martha Megee, both of Colrain.
April 10th 1762. Matthew Severence & Experience Nash ; Greenfield.
May 12th. Joseph Hastings & Annis Mun.
July ye Ist. Philip Root of Montague & Abigail Smead.
Lieutenant Catlin of Deerfield & Abigail Denio.
January 1763. Joseph Stebbins & Miss Hinsdale of Deer- field.
February. Eliphalet & Esther ; Indians.
March 25. Caleb Wright & Sarah Mitchel.
May. Thomas Judd of Hadley & Esther Graves.
December. Samuel Hinsdale & Miss Eunice Mac- Dowell.
January 1764. John Senet of Bradford & Margeret Me- creles (McCrillis) of Colrain.
February. John Wells & Tamar Rice.
February. Elisha Hinsdale & Sarah Atherton.
March. Abisha Hollen & Thankful Wells.
September. Lemuel Smead & Sarah Nims.
November. Sam'll Shattuck & Chloe Field, of Bernard- ston.
April 1765. Seth Denio & Rebekah Allen.
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MARRIAGES
1765-1771]
July 1765. Mr. Bell & Jennet Stewart of Colrain.
January 2d 1766. John Corfiran & Sarah Fulton, both of Colrain.
January 28. Abraham Bass of East Hoosac & Rhoda Mitchell.
February 6. Hugh Riddle & Jean Morris, both of Col-
rain.
December. James Perry & Abigail Hawks, both of Charlemont.
January 7, 1767. Elijah Monrose and Sarah Henderson both of Halifax.
February 12. John Howland & Naomi Bascome.
February 17. Benjamin Henry & Martha Ayres, both of Colrain.
January 14 1768. James Wild & Catherine Mills both of Colrain.
January 21. Jonathan Smead & Rosanna Patterson of Colrain.
July 13. Ebenezer Wells and Mary Arms.
December 15. John Fulton and Susanne Stewart of Col- rain.
July 1769. Timothy Bascom & Abigail Atherton.
January 16 1770. Francis Mun & Rebekah Childs, both of Deerfield.
March 22. Nathaniel Dodge & Betsey Pool, both of Shelburn.
August. Thomas Taylor & Cynthia Corse.
January 1771. Lemuel Hastings & Eunice Bascome.
May 9. John Ransom & Susannah Pool.
May 9. Ebenezer Searls & Lydia Graves.
June 13. Daniel Smead & Tirzah Wells. June 13. (Ebenezer) Bardwell of Montague & Philomena Smead (bap. Irene).
December 5. Samuel Stoughton of Greenfield & Sarah Mun of Northfield.
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MARRIAGES [1772-1774
March 19 1772. Benjamin Dodge of Colchester & Tabitha Dodge of Shelburn.
May 31. Elijah Wells & Hannah Billings.
June 8. Jonathan Hoit of Deerfield & Abigail Nash. . "
October J. Reuben Wells & Experience Severance.
October 15. Caleb Sheldon of Bernardston & Dorithy Denio.
October 27. Benjamin Horsley and Ruth Risley.
November 12. Silvanus Allen & Martha Stebbins.
August 4 1773. George Grenolds (Grennell) & Lydia Stephens.
August 19. George Haskins & Rebekah Denio.
September 15. Isaac Newton & Sebera Denio.
September 23. Ithemar Allen & Eunice Risley.
September 28. John Smead & Urania Arms.
October 14. Seth Hawks & Esther Wells.
October 14. Daniel Pickett & Submit Hastings.
November 12. Abel Simons & Lucy Brown.
November 25. Daniel Nash & Anne Atherton.
November 25. Silvanus Nash & Tryphena Hudson.
January 6 1774. Matthew Ellis & Anna Clark both of Colrain ; also William McKee (McGee?) & Molly Clark both of Colrain.
January 13. Ariel Hinsdale & Thankful Severance.
January 19. Abner Smead & Hannah Albert (Alvord).
- March IO. Thomas Judd of South Hadley & Thankful Allen.
March 14. Phinehas Jones & Mary Brooks.
April 21.
David Gains & Elizabeth Tubbs.
April 28. Ebenezer Nims & Margaret Paterson.
August 23. Bernard Davison & Betsey Allen.
September 27. Elijah Dwight of Belcher (town) & Diana Hinsdale.
October 30. Enos Denio & Ruth Brooks.
November. Medad Hastings & Sarah Hawkins.
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MARRIAGES
1774-1779]
December 29 1774. Elihu Field & Hephzibah Dickinson, both of Deerfield.
January 18 1775. Uriah Fitch & Diadema Chapman who were published at Shelburne.
August IO. Abner Wells and Elisabeth Allen.
January 12 1776. David Caldwell & Sarah Denio.
May 20 1777. Elijah Risley & Deborah Waters.
June IO. Solomon Smead & Esther Smith.
August 14. James Roberts & Esther Nims.
December 18. Solomon Denio & Esther Pannell of Col- rain.
January 26 1778. John Ewers of Montague & Hannah Morley.
January 29. Chilieb Hale of Bernardston & Mercy
Mayhew.
February 24. Gad Alvard of South Hadley & Thankful Holland.
April 14. Artemas Rice of Charlemont & Katherine Taylor of Shelburne.
April 14. Also Abner Nims & Sarah Taylor, both of Shelburne.
April 16. Sam'l Deane and Eunice McDowell.
April 29. Simeon Cary and Abigail Bacon.
Sept'r 17. Tubal Nash & Mary Corse.
Sept. 28. Joseph Severance & Mercy Allen.
Octob'r 23. Ebenezer Graves & Anna Chapin.
Octob'r 30. Ethan Billings & Submit Belding of Amherst.
Novemb'r 5. John Newton & Elizabeth Arms.
Decemb'r 31. Eben'r Roberts & Submit Brooks.
January 6, 1779. Ebenezer Allen & Sarah Bush. March 21. Joseph Gains & Elisabeth Tubbs.
April 2. John Morley & Miriam Brooks.
June 3. Zebediah Slate of Bernardston & Mary Atherton.
May 21. Lem'l Bascome & Abigail Allen.
May 24. Obed Wells & Caroline Grennell.
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MARRIAGES
[1779-1782
August 5 1779. Amasa Smead & Sarah Deane.
Novemb'r 22. Enos Rice & Mercy Moffett, the latter from Northfield.
January 24, 1780. Apollos Allen & Deborah Pardy.
June. Roger Edgcom & Sarah Wells.
Septemb'r 14. Asher Newton & Chloe Cors.
Mr. Stanhope & Mrs. Tubb.
Decemb'r 7. Thaddeus Merrill (of Rowe) & Chloe Smead.
January 4, 1781. James Cors & Hannah Stebbins.
March 12. Moses Field of Leverett and Mary Spelman of Greenfield.
March 18. John Wells of Deerfield and Desire Elliot.
April 26. William Mckinsey & Mary Guillows.
May 2. Zadock King & Thankful Michel both of Deer- field.
May 17. Daniel Taylor & Eunice Wells.
June 14. Levi Wells & Mehitable Wells.
August 30. Oliver Hastings and Dorothy Cary.
Octob'r 26. Benjamin Dean & Experience Allen.
" Also Daniel Wells & Rhoda Newton.
Decemb'r 6. Ithamar Burt & Prudence Dickinson both of Deerfield.
Decemb'r 27. Gideon Dewey & Joanna Allen.
January 31, 1782. Asa Wells of Bernardston & Susanna Crandal of Greenfield.
Feb. 21. David Hoit & Elizabeth Ball both of Deerfield.
Feb. 28. Isaac Newton & Hester Lord.
March 5. William Sprague & Anna Stephens.
March 21. John Sanderson & Hannah Johnson.
April II. Elisha Wells & Tirzah Severance.
May 16. John Bush & Lydia Arms.
May 19. James Pickett & Katherine Rosseter.
August 7. Sam'] Boies ye 3d. of Blanford & Anne Dick of Pelham.
1782-1784]
MARRIAGES 705
Nov. 28 1782. Thanksgiving ; Solomon Sheldens & Pru- dence Thayer both of Bernardston.
Nov. 28. Moses Scott & Eunice Woods.
Ezra Mudge & Sarah Munn.
January 23, 1783. Obediah Horsford of Thetford & Abigail Carrier.
Feb. (in fact Jan. 29). David Dickinson & Betsey (Elizabeth) Ashley of Deerfield.
Feb. 27. Joseph Simons & Elisabeth Wells.
March 2. Job Graves & Abigail Wells.
April (28). Hilkiah Hawks & (Joanna) Brooks.
July 2. Amos Jepperson & Sarah Derby.
July 31. Ebenezer Martindale & Lydia Carey.
Sept'r 7. Sam'l Pickett and Mary Cors.
Sept. 18. Elnath'n Sanderson & Sarah Strickling (Strick- land).
Sept. 18. Beriah Willard & Katharine Wells.
Oct. 12. Edward Billings & Rebecca Arms of Deerfield.
Nov. 10. Amos Allen & Abigail Hoit.
Dec. II. Joseph Nash & Rebecca Bascome.
A portion of Mr. Newton's diary from 1783 to 1790 is missing. In 1783 the town clerk of Greenfield commenced to enter upon the records Intentions of Marriage. These entries from December 1, 1783, to November 10, 1790, are found below.
Dec. 28, 1783. Elijah Smith & Pollie Stebbins.
Joseph Stanhope & Bathijah Smalle.
Feb. 3, 1784. Asa Smith & Abigail Brooks.
March 24. Benjamin Carrier & Jerusha Ballard.
May 22. John Severance Bernardston & Zerviah Nichols of Greenfield.
Oct. 17. Selah Hastings & Susanna Smith. CC Mingo Proctor & "Tenor" (Rev. Dr. New- ton's servant).
Nov. 18. Joseph Bascom & Esther Judd.
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MARRIAGES
[1784-1786
Nov. 18 1784. William Chadwick & Carolina Stanhope. Silvanus Sistle & Lucy Horsley.
Jan. 15, 1785. Elihu Atherton & Hepsy Leach.
Jonas Stanhope & Mary Allen.
Feb. 13. 20. Ebenezer Wells & Mary Whipple.
" 27. Reuben Ingram & Mary Hitchcock.
March 12. Ebenezer Arms Jr. & Mary White.
Abner Darling & Chloe Derby.
April 6. Jesse Fairchild & Mary Stevens.
16. Frederick Loveland & Rhoda Combs.
May 7. George Darling & Jane Severance.
May 25. John Sawtell & Anna Denio.
July 3. Joshua Combs & Anna Loveland.
Aug. 19. Josiah Parmenter of Northfield & Hannah Childs of Greenfield.
Sept. 24. Eleizer Wells & Anna Wells.
Oct. 8. Jesse Johnson & Hannah Cohoon.
Oct. II. Hull Nims & Hannah Newton. (m. Dec. I. 1785.)
Oct. 14. Amos Cornwell & Abigail Severance.
Nov. 2. Joel Allen & Mary Smead.
21. Solomon Severance & Hannah Hoit.
Jan 7. 1786. Giles Webster & Huldah Thornton.
March 4. George Morley & Joanna Whitten.
12. John Kemp of Shelburne & Hannah Wells of Greenfield.
April 9. Joseph Wrisley & Naoma Stricklin (Strickland). May 27. Joseph Phillips & Martha Bascom. 28. Joel Smith of Greenfield & Elisabeth Dickinson of Whately.
Sept. 16. Abner Arms & Mary Denio.
Elias Bardwell & Irena Allen.
Andrew Wilkens & Ruth Allen.
23. Micah Phillips & Lois Temple. Oct. 29. Jonathan Hawks of Deerfield & Mercy French of Greenfield,
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MARRIAGES
1786-1788]
Oct. 29 1786. Matthew Severance & Mary Wells.
Nov. 2. Robert Cone & Sarah Cook.
26. John Alvard of Brookfield & Abigail Smead of Greenfield.
Jan. 12, 1787. Joseph Nutting & Huldah Convers.
Feb. 4. John French & Elisabeth Bascom.
April 6. Ephraim Hastings & Margaret Hitchcock.
21. A. Field Wells & Abigail Burnham.
30. Oliver Atherton & Mary Bascom.
May 7. John Crossett of Wardsborough & Olive Car- penter of Greenfield.
Aug. 4. William McHard & Temperance Whipel.
Nathan Jacobs of Brattleborough & Sarah Clerk.
Sept. 29. Adverdis (Edwardus) Allen of Greenfield & Hannah Brown of Leyden.
Sept. 29. Eli Hamilton of Greenfield & Avis Southard of Pelham.
Sept. 29. Eber Hamilton & Catherine Seeton.
Oct. 2. Jonathan Wolles of Gilford & Jemima Webster of Greenfield.
Oct. 26. Elijah Allen & Eunice Smead. Oliver Cone & Esther Wellman.
Nov. I. William Smalley Esq. Guilford & Susannah Bascom.
Nov. I. Salmon Howland & Welthy Wise.
Dec. 5. Reuben Ingram of Leyden & Tabitha Arms of . Greenfield.
Jan. 20, 1788. John Allen & Lucretia Wrisley.
Feb. I. Jonathan Hall & Mary French.
Mulford Phillips & Thankful Smalley.
March 22. John Foster of Bernardston & Mendal Ather- ton of Greenfield.
May 12. Joel Wells of Greenfield & Abigail Hawks of Deerfield.
May 18. Quintus Allen & Doratha Stebbins.
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MARRIAGES [1788-1790
Sept. 9 1788. Samuel Newton & Sibella Weld.
16. John Wells of Brattleborough & Anna Arms of Greenfield.
Dec. I. Selah Allen & Thankful Allen.
Jan. 24, 1789. Benjamin Hastings Jr. & Rachel Strick- land.
Feb. 12. Job Allen & Pheba Pickett.
March 21. Jonathan Allen & Cloe Bascom.
July 14. Abel Torry & Lydia Anderson.
July 18. John Alvord of Greenfield & Rhoda Mather of of Shelburne.
July 19. Daniel Brooks of Greenfield & Levyna Morgan of Northfield.
Sept. 29. Isaac Foster Jr. of Greenfield & Rebekah Hunt of Belchertown.
Sept. 29. Jonathan Washburn & Elizabeth Joice.
Nov. 6. Julius Chapin & Tabitha Strong.
Jan. 1. 1790. Elihu Goodman & Sarah Smead.
" 6. Simeon Munn & Pheba Clerk.
" " Eli Smead & Submit Corss.
30. Jeremiah Andrews & Lucy Loveland.
Feb. 20. William Wait of Greenfield & Hepzibah Reed of Lexington.
March 19. Eliphaz Allen & Unice Putnam. Elijah Lamb & Hannah Wells.
April 8. Simeon Wells of Shelburne & Abigail Stebbins of Greenfield.
May 6. Oliver Sage & Polly Denio.
" 21. Nathaniel Bass & Martha Anderson.
" 22. Moses Miller Mitchell & Bathsheba Smith.
Oct. 28. Jonathan Juett Horsley & Abigail Gibbs.
Nov. 4. Ebenezer Corss & Grate Wells.
II. Capt. William Moore of Greenfield & Patte Buckminister.
Nov. II. Ambrose Ames & Hannah Allen.
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MARRIAGES
1790-1793]
Then follows from Mr. Newton's diary.
Nov. 1I, 1790. Zerah Alvard & Hannah Nims both of Shelburne.
Novb'r 28. Joseph Severance & Lydia Nims both of Shelburne.
Thursday, Decemb'r 9. Ambrose Ames & Hannah Allen.
January 13, 1791. Elijah Alvard & Anne Bascome.
April 12. Jesse Hutchinson & Charlotte Griswold.
Novemb'r 3. Jonathan Field of Winchester & Abigail Usher.
Novemb'r 7. Melchial Strohn and Fanny Usher.
Decemb'r 12. Ephraim Wheeler & Mary Demonlett.
January 1, 1792. Abiel Stevens & Margaret McHard.
19. Joel Graves & Elizabeth Billings.
March I. Elihu Graves and Eleanor Smith.
Ebenezer Wilkinson & Prudence Graves.
April 12. Jonathan Atherton & Huldah Chamberlain.
Joseph Mott of Goshen & Naomi Lyons.
The above carried to the Town clerk, viz., Mr. D. Wells, April 17, 1792.
April 26, 1792. Peter Brooks of Glossenbury & Mary Wetmore.
August 27. Rev'd. Mr. Jonathan Leavitt of Heath & Mrs. Terzah Ashley of Deerfield.
Sept. 3, 1792. Sam'l. Wells, Jr. & Electa Bascom.
Octob'r 16. Dr. Israel Farrell & Miss Peggy Clark. 18. Mr. Ellis & Widow Stanhope.
Nov. 19. Wm. Smally & Ruth Martindale.
Nov'b'r 29. Zimri Howland & Katherine Cooke.
Feb'y 19, 1793. Sam'l Newton & Peggy Wallace.
March 26. Jehiel Gains & Derinda Allen.
April 24. Levi Stiles & Diana Martindale.
The above carried to the Town clerk the last day of Ap'l, I793.
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MARRIAGES [1793 -- 1797
May 15, 1793. Abel Guillow & Betsey Wheeler.
June 6. Seth Arms & Dolly Denio.
Aug. 22. David Risley Jr & Olive Starks.
August 29. Rufus Chamberlain & Lydia Atherton. Also James Severance & Elisabeth Severance.
Decemb'r I. Sam'l Stebbins & Aseneth Bascom.
Jan. 1, 1794. Consider Shattuck & Anna Atherton.
23 Francis Wood & Eunice Hastings.
March 15. Moses Richards & Sally Stoughton.
Abner Wells & Ruth Strickland.
April 23. Anan Bass of Charlemont & Dorothy Martin- dale.
May 22. Joel Willman & Betsy Baker both of Gill. Octob'r 30. Eleazer Derby & Lucy Webster both of Gill. Also
Octob'r 30. Jabez Frazier & Sabra Denio.
Nov. 6. Israel Phillips & Mary Bascom both of Gill.
Nov'r 20. Warham Hitchcock & Olive Wells.
Decemb'r 25. David Newell & Achsah Clark.
January 28, 1795. Samuel Phillips & Betsey Lyon.
Feb'y 5. Dan Chapin & Dorothy Wright.
Feb'y II. David Munn of Deerfield & Philena Clark.
Sept. 3. Jonathan Sprague & Anna Risley of Gill.
Novemb'r 22. Dan'l Clay & Lucinda Smead.
Decemb'r 31. John Corse & Sarah Atherton.
Jan'y 14, 1796. Aaron Skinner Jr & Charity Nims both of Shelburne.
Jan'y 21. Elias Bascom of Orwell in Vermont & Thank- ful Graves.
June 8. Enoch Clark & Anna Hutchinson.
Octob'r 9. Erastus Coleman & Cornelia Billings.
Decemb'r 15. Noah Munn Jr. & Mercy Simons of Gill.
Feb'y. 22, 1797. Ichabod Potter & Chloe Loveland both of Gill.
Feb'y 28. Daniel Steel & Clarissa Darby.
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MARRIAGES
1797-1801]
June 15, 1887. Robert Murdock of Shelburne & Polly Nutting.
July 10. Timothy Hale of Bernardston & Tirzah Sprague of Gill.
Sept'r, 6. Benjamin Smead of Brattleborough & Clarissa Hall.
Feb'y. 23, 1798. Sayward Phelps of Northampton & Elizabeth Amsden of Deerfield.
May 22. Timothy Venalarus & Rosanna Henneman ; (Negroes).
July 5. Silas Brooks & Elizabeth Jones.
Aug. 5. Zenas Bardwell & Susy Fellows both of Shel- burne.
Aug. 26. Ozias H. Newton & Hannah Smead.
Sept'r 9th. (in the Meeting House) Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Lambert of Newbury in Vermont & Miss Abigail Newton.
" A New form of Marriage used upon this occasion-You do each of you declare before God & this assembly that you do take & wed one another as husband & wife, promising to cleve to each other, & dwell together in all chastity, to render mutually due benevolence & perform the various duties of the married state with Fidelity & perseverance until death shall you part (severally & singularly) declare & promise."
Novemb'r. 18. Charles Hitchcock & Mercy Thornton.
Decemb'r 20. Joseph Battis & Diana Hinsdale.
Feb'y II, 1799. Ezekiel Rice of Putney & Hannah Bil- lings.
January 15, 1800. Solomon Henderson of Bennington & Betsey Wells.
May 29. Caleb Stratton of Northfield & Betsey Strong.
Sept'r. II. Aaron White & Christina Severance.
October 14. Joseph Wise Jr. of Deerfield & Welthy Fox of Bernardston, Mr. Cook being absent.
Jan'y 10. 1801. Aaron Green & Clarissa Cushman.
Feb'y. 5. Ruel Allen and Lucy Johnson.
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MARRIAGES [1801-1806
Feb'y 21, 1801. Edward H. Wells & Sarah Wells.
Nov. 19. Ebenezer Ames & Huldah Newton.
Nov. 26. Elihu Severance & Polly Hitchcock. Benjamin Averill & Lovina Holland.
January 7, 1802. Jonath'n Pierce & Mary Woodard.
" Rufus Severance & Sarah Newton.
Feb'y II. Nathaniel Bement of Suffield, Con't. & Sarah Hastings. June 6. Lords Day ; Evening; Proctor Pierce & Sukey Newton.
Nov. 6. Jonath'n Bird & Betsey Grennell.
Nov. II. George Wilson & Mercy Nutting.
Jan'y. 15, 1803. Oliver Wilkinson & Betsey Munn.
Jan'y 29. John Taggart of Jeffrey, N. H., & Polly Rog- ers of this town.
April 6. Benjamin Smith of Hadley & Widow Dolly Armes.
Nov. 15, 1804. Joseph Severance Jr. & Elizabeth Hub- bard.
Ap'l. 17, 1805. John Denio & Harriot Stiles.
Apr'l II. Roswell Lombard of Springfield & Cornelia Hall of this town.
May 29. Spencer Root & Lydia Bordwell both of Mon- tague. July 28. Joseph J. Buckingham of Boston and Melinda Alvord of Montague.
Nov. 12. Elijah Alvord Esq., of Greenwich & Sabra Wells.
Nov. 19. Asaph Smead & Mary Newton.
Decemb'r. 18. Joseph Otis of Colrain & Violetta Hinsdale. Decemb'r. 31. John Hastings & Paris Bacon.
Jan'y. 2d. 1806. James Wm. Hoxe and Mary Hitch- cock. The same day Mr. Hoxe began to occupy my store. Ap'l. 13. Enos H. Burt & Mary Atherton. Nov. 27. Oliver Potter & Sarah Alexander.
713
MARRIAGES
1806-1812]
Dec. 13, 1806. Ira Arms & Sophia Allen.
Feb'y. 25, 1807. Mr. Avery Williams of Leverett & Miss Clarissa Grinnell of this town.
May 20. Anson Hitchcock of Bernardston & Betsy Bacon.
July 12. John Eson Jr. of Leydon & Olive Atherton.
6. Alpheus F. Stone & Rachel Willard.
14. Loring S. Field of Gill & Mary Hubbard.
Octob'r 4. James Taylor & Mary Perry.
Jan'y 7, 1808. Richard B. Callender of Chester, Ver't & Caroline Smead.
April 28. Thursday, Lemuel Warner of Hadley & Martha Allen of Greenfield.
May 21. Solomon Wells & Chloe Atherton.
May 30. Curtis Newton & Salome Sawtell.
Nov. 27. John Redfield of Gilford, Connet'tt & Pamelia Wells.
Dec. 31. Hooker Leavitt & Nancy Munn.
Feb'y 1, 1809. Solomon Smead Esq. & Mrs. Larinda Burke of Bernardston.
May 17. Holmes Mayhew & Lunetta Woodard.
July 6. Reuben Graves of Montague & Ruby Bissel of Greenfield.
July 23. Calvin L. Munn & Mary Swan.
Feb. 17, 1810. John Corss of Leyden & Lucy Lee of this place.
Feb. 20, 1811. Ebenezer Goodell of Westminister, Vt. & Rosanna Smead of this town.
Oct. 22. Jonathan Root of Montague & Caroline Wells. Nov. 5. Ferdinan Hunt Wright of Northampton & Olive Ames.
Feb. 5. Charles Dexter of Dover, Vt. & Lucinda Bas- com of Greenfield. Feb. 8, 1812. Horace Adams of West Haven, Ver. & Orra Billings of Greenfield.
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714
MARRIAGES
[1812-1816
Nov. 5, 1812. Ezra Purple, Bernardstone & Clarissa Smead.
Nov. 10. Charles Stearns, Shelburne & Sally Risley.
Dec'r 2. William Pynchon of Springfield & Esther Bil- lings of Greenfield.
July 26, 1813. Ansel Phelps & Hannah Ames.
March 24, 1814. Peter Bray (? ) of Colrain & (illegible).
May 8. Melvin Mayhew & Lucy Webster.
May 18. Peter Newcomb of Bernardston & Tirzah Smead.
Nov. 25, 1816. Capt. Moses Arms & Widow Mary Swan.
Chapter 84, Acts of 1857, required the town clerks of each town to make a certified copy of any record of a marriage recorded in the books of said town, or in any records of any magistrate or minister of said town, before the year 1800, and transmit the same to any other town in the commonwealth in which either of the persons married resided.
Under this act the following returns were made to Green- field :
HATFIELD
Date of Marriage.
Name of Parties.
Residence.
By Whom Married.
Dec. 25, 1777
Elisha Wells.
Greenfield.
Rev. Jos. Lyman.
Rhoda Graves.
Hatfield.
June 16, 1791.
Rufus Graves.
Greenfield.
Rev. Jos. Lyman.
Esther Wells.
Hatfield.
BARRE
Feb. 13, 1794.
William Moore.
Greenfield.
Rev. Josiah Dana.
Patty Buckminster.
Barre.
WHATELY
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