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April 19, Bartholemew Ballard, Townsend, Rusha Lawrence, Ashby.
April 23, William Sanders, Townsend, Patty Stevens, Townsend.
May 22, David Lock, Jr., Ashby, Rebekah Wesson, Townsend.
May 25, Noah Ball, Townsend, Betsey Wesson, Townsend.
September 21, Asa Walker, Jr., Ashby, Joanna Wesson, Townsend.
October 27, David Leviston, Townsend, Sarah Adams, Ashby.
November 10, Abner Adams, Townsend, Sarah Sartell, Townsend.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1796. November 22, Stephen R. Ballard, Plymouth, N. H., Betsey Pollard, Ashby.
December 15, James Adams, Townsend, Sybil Gaschett, Townsend.
December 22, Lieut. Nathan Conant, Townsend, Mrs. Hannah Potter, Townsend.
December 29, Elias Boutell, Townsend. Abigail Baldwin, Pepperell.
1797. January 5, Uzziel Withee, Groton, Elizabeth Stevens, Townsend.
January 10, Samuel Bailey, Townsend, Betsey Keyes, Townsend.
January 26, Elijah Wright, Ashby, Levina
Lawrence, Ashby.
February 23, Lemuel Shipley, Townsend. Phebe Jones, Ashby.
May 31, Abel Gilson, Milford, N. H., Sally Mace. Fitchburg.
June 6, Abel Taylor, Ashby, Abigail Rice, Ashby.
August 1, Benjamin Spaulding, Jr .. Townsend, Sybil Sanders, Townsend.
This closes the record of marriages by Rev. Samuel Dix, who died the twelfth of the following November.
Marriage performed by Rev. John Bullard :-
1797. December 20. Zacheus Richardson, Townsend, Mary Ball. Townsend.
Marriages performed by Daniel Adams, Esq. :-
1797. November 7, Salome Sherwin. Townsend, Beula Seaver, Townsend.
1798. January 2, Jonathan Spaulding, Townsend. Hannah Going. Lunenburg.
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MARRIAGES.
1798. February 20, David Batchelor, Townsend, Sarah Adams, Townsend.
November 13, John Adams, Townsend, Jane Bartlett, Townsend.
I799. September 18, Benjamin Wallace, Townsend, Re- bekah Whitney, Townsend.
November 24, James Simons, Townsend, Susanna Stevens, Townsend.
November 28, James Wallace, Townsend, Betsey Brown, Townsend.
"The church's book of Records," commencing 1800, contains the following marriages, performed by Rev. David Palmer, and recorded by him. Where no place of residence of either party is recorded, the presumption is that they belonged to Townsend. An exact copy of Mr. Palmer's records is here presented :-
I800. February 18, Aaron Fessenden, Nancy Wetherbee. February 19, Hezekiah Richardson, Jr., Anna Farwell, Mason.
April 9, Solomon Sanders, Jr., Lydia Sanders. April 24. Levi Sherwin, Hannah Hildreth.
April 27. Uriah Searl, Nabby Giles. June 26, Levi Morse, Sarah Davis.
August 17, Daniel Adams, Leominster, Nancy Mullikin.
September 16, Darius Sherwin, Lucy Kimball.
October 5, Joseph Russell, Carlisle, Susanna Giles.
November 7, Levi Conant, Eunice Sanders, Lun- enburg.
1801. February 4, Levi Richardson, Eunice Weston. February 22, John Fessenden, Betsey Fessenden. Charlestown.
March 3, Samuel Miller, Sylvia Keep.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1801. March 15, John Williams, Brookline, Lucy Foster. June 7, Jonathan Wallis, Milley Conant. August 9, Michael Bonditt, Reading, Polly Dix. October 8, James Clark, Packersfield, Betsey Dix. October II, Samuel Keep, Sarah Conant. December 3, Peter Putnam, Susanna Keep. 1802. February 14, Asa Wallis, Milley Conant. March II, Benjamin Fessenden, Levina Stevens. March 22, Benjamin Smith, Woburn, Sibyl Tur- ner, Townsend.
April II, Isaac Wallis, Susanna Streeter. May 27, Jonathan Hartwell, Jr., Esther Warren. July 25, Abner Bills, Hannah Campbell. October 14, Abel Spaulding, Lucy Perham Pierce. November II, Abiel Baldwin, Lucy Gasset.
November 15, Stephen Lovejoy, Sally Flint.
November 25, George Wilson, New Ipswich, Sally Wallis.
November 29, John King, Polly Nutting.
1803. January 18, Jacob Sawyer, Anna Foster. February 21, Luther Spalding, Boston, Betsey Flagg.
March 8, Peter Shumway, Oxford, Sarah Spald- ing.
April 28, Silas Kerly, Fitchburg, Mary Holt. May 19, Jonas Farmer, Jr., Hannah Wright.
June -, Kendall Gowing, Lunenburg, Polly Flagg.
October 9, Putnam Haywood, Melinda Warren. October 16, Thomas Warren, Betsey Conant. November 3. Joel Adams, Polly Stone.
November 15, Isaac Bailey, Jaffrey, N. H., Susan Stevens.
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1803. December 13, Francis Butterfield, Jane Sanders. December 29, Moses Spaulding, Pepperell, Sally Scales.
1804. April 4, Solomon Griswold, Eliza Wallis. May 27, Simeon Smith, Boston, Elizabeth Kidder. September 2, Robert P. Wood, Hannah Brown. October 4, Abel Adams, Hannah Heald. November 4, Richard W. Pierce, Sarah Farrar. 1805. February 14, Daniel Warner, Ruth Emery. February 21, Isaac Spaulding, Lucy Emery. March 5, John Clemons, Hannah Pierce.
March 7, Joseph Shattuck, Pepperell, Betsey Pierce.
March 7, Jonathan Holt. Susanna Jenkins. May 27, Silvanus Howe, Charlestown, Sally Stone. November 4, Abner Austin, Betsey Jewett. December 25, Abel Keyes, Sarah Bowers.
1806. January 27, John Pike, Hannah Fessenden. April 17, Samuel Scales, Lucy Hildreth.
May 28, Samuel Prentice, Grafton, Sally Searle Baldwin.
1807.
November 2, Samuel Warner, Hannah Wallis. January 26, William Davis, Baltimore, Vt., Phebe Sanders.
February 26, Jonathan Kimball, Waterford. Elizabeth Bowers.
March 2, William Nay, 3d, Peterborough, Rebekah Foster.
April 2, John Green, Jr., Pepperell, Fanney Hosley.
September 17, James Swan. Bradford, N. H., Olive Conant.
October I, James Wilder, Hingham, Abigail Sylvester.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1807. October 15, Asa Kendall, Leominster, Lydia Adams.
October 29, Daniel Tarbox, Rachel Stevens.
November 19, Samuel Russell, Mason, N. H .. Martha Carter.
November 26, Hezekiah Douglas, Watertown. Elizabeth Davis.
I808. February 16, Edmund Bachelder, Baltimore, Vt .. Rachel Bartlett.
March 10, John Proctor, Polly Hartwell.
March 13, Imla Keep, Susanna Sylvester.
April 11, Whitney Farmer, Nancy Scales. April 19. John Bernard, Rachel Warren.
May 25, David Hazen, Groton, Jane Turner. May 29. Ebenezer Fletcher, New Ipswich, Sybil Spaulding.
September 12, Isaac Sanders, Hannah Sanders. September 15, Jeremiah Ball, Elizabeth Haynes. November 6, James Adams, Nancy Pratt.
1809.
November 30, David Emerson, Reading. Selina Gasset.
December 21, Abraham Seaver, Lucy Lawrence. December 21, Oliver Reed, Letty Wilson.
December 26, Isaac Turner, Esther Spaulding.
ISIO.
January 9, James Emery, Grafton, Vt., Elizabeth Wilder.
January 18, George Flint, Molly Sanders.
January 18, Jonathan Pierce, Lydia Conant. Pepperell.
March 29. Stephen Scales, Patty Hildreth.
June 14. James Jaquith, Wilmington, Sarah Blodget.
July 15, Nathan Farrar, Betsey Bartlett. September 2, Joel White, Hannah Davis.
October 21, Zacheriah Hildreth, Hannah Sawtell.
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MARRIAGES.
ISII. January 14, Austin, Mason, Rebekah Farmer.
February -, Joel Prentice, Lucy Scales.
February -, David Putnam, Boston, Orpha Scales.
April 15. Solomon Fessenden, Hannah Flagg. July -, Benjamin Brooks, Betsey Wallis.
September 5, Asa Wyman, Sally Searl.
November 21, Isaac Kidder, Lucy Pratt.
November 21. Luther Gilbert. Acton. Esther Waugh.
1812.
December 17. John Emery, Jr., Patty Stone. January -. John Flint, Betsey Sanders. May 7, James Sanders, Jr., Mary Sanders. July 28, Benj. Reed, Boston, Nancy Kidder. August 27, John Campbell, Dolly Baldwin.
September, 17, James French. Jr., Wilton, N. H .. Polley Whitney.
October 1. Abel Hosley, Hannah Warner. November 26, Jacob Sanders, Jr., Salina Gassett.
1813. April 22, Jeptha Wright, Brookline, Polley Hosley. May II, Joel Conant, Boston, Charlotte Warren. May II, Samuel Searl, Jr., Betsey Tarbell. September 30, Daniel Giles. Betsey Stone. September 30, Samuel Whitney. Polley Wallace. November 25. Jacob Cowdrey. Ashby, Hannah Blood.
1814. January 19, Rogers Weston, Mason, Polly Winn. February 9. Thaddeus Morse, Polly White.
March 1, Walter Hastings, Esq .. Roxanna War- ren.
April 22, John Sanders, Isabel Roberts, Ashby. May 25. Simon Bruce, Mary Lawrence. May 25, Ezra Lee, Amherst, Polly Sartell.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1814. June I, Robert Campbell, Polly Dix. June 9, Phinehas Austin, Ruth Baldwin.
June -, Solomon Green, Emily Potter. December 1, John Scales, Nancy Emery.
December 4, Simeon Green, Nancy Eaton, Lunenburg.
December 13, Doct. Josiah Richardson, Pepperell, Betsey Stone.
December 22, Quincey Sylvester, Sally Wallis.
1815. January 22, George Green, Pepperell, Polly Baldwin.
February 16, Levi Adams, Leominster, Hannah Adams.
March 2, Reuben Flagg, Hollis, Abigail Emerson.
March 29, Josiah Sawtell, 3d, Rebekah Man- ning.
April 18, John Warner, Lovia Conant.
May 4, William Pratt, Sibyl Stone.
June 29, Lewis Stiles, Betsey Hartwell.
July 9, Frederick Reed, Peterborough, Hannah H. Lewis.
ISI6.
December 7, Martin Bartlett, Elima Grayham.
December 15, Phinehas P. Dix, Clarrissa Rand.
January 1, John Kinsman, Fitchburg, Nancy Sherwin.
January II, Levi Piper, Baltimore, Vt., Mariam Bartlett.
March II, Josiah D. Stiles, Leominster, Hannah Bowers.
March 12, David Lawrence, Ashby, Betsey Kendall, Ashby.
March 12, Stephen Kendall, Ashby, Lydia C. Burr, Ashby.
April II, Jabez Lawrence, Ashby, Elizabeth Piper, Ashby.
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MARRIAGES.
1816. April 23, Daniel Shattuck, Concord, Sarah Edwards, Ashby.
May 2, Isaac Preston, New Ipswich, Sarah Sawtell, 3d.
May 6, Eleazer Rice, Rebekah Johnson.
May 19, John Currier, Susan Foster, Ashby.
May 26, Thomas Ingalls, Rindge, Polly Stone.
June 4, Nathaniel Cummings, Anna Fletcher, Dunstable.
June II, Cushing Wilder, Nancy Spaulding.
October 24, William Wesson, Jr., Dolly Hodge- man.
October 31, Ezekiel Wellington, Ashby, Susan Haskell, Ashby.
November 7, Daniel Tuttle, Ashby, Rebecca Burr, Ashby.
November 12, Stephen Marble, Ashburnham, Polly Flint, Ashby.
December 5, Isaac Foster, Cinthia Barrett, Ashby. December 8, Jonas Webber, Mason, N. H., Sarah White.
December 15, Samuel Merriam, Mason, N. H., Lucy Davis.
December 19, William Farr, Lucy Puffer, Ashby. December 28, Otis Moore, Harvard, Sukey Baldwin.
December 31, Eben". Jewett, Jr., Hollis, N. H., Elizabeth Walker.
1817. January 16, Charles Cutler, Prudence Holden, Ashby.
January 21, Thaddeus D. Prentice, Goshen, N. H., Cynthia Manning.
March 6, Josiah Foster, Lucinda Hodgeman, Ashby.
March 16, Wyman Parker, Millbury, Achsah Gutterson.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1817. March 20, Isaac Patch, Abigail Flint. March 23, Levi Warren, Lydia Wright.
May 25, Josiah Spaulding, Fanny Hildreth. July 17, Oliver Wheeler, Boston, Mary Whitney, Ashby.
August 26, Francis S. Bacon, Ashby, Melinda Kendall, Ashby.
October 5, Samuel Wheeler, Stoneham, Betsey Foster.
October 21, Stephen H. Fletcher, Wilton, N. H., Sally Foster.
December 2, Josiah Wilder, Ashby, Susan Flint, Ashby.
December 16, Samuel Brooks, Sally Campbell.
December 25, Marshall Atherton, Shirley, Sa- phronia Shattuck.
1818. January 28, Abner Bills, Betsey Cummings. March 29, John Davis, Olive Wadsworth.
April 16, Samuel Manning, Margaret Craige.
April 23, Samuel Haynes, Sibyl Stone. May 7, Bemsley Lord, Rebecca Conant.
May 19, Thomas Ingalls, Rindge, N. H., Betsey Richardson.
May 27, Jonathan Henry, Lunenburg, Mary Gutterson.
June 25, Abner Proctor, Betsey Davis.
June 25, William Turner, Ludlow, Vt., Sally Going.
August 19, Joshua Richardson, Polly Richardson. September 17, Elnathan Davis, Polly Adams. October 10, Buckley Hodgeman, Betsey Pratt. November 12, John Adams, Groton, Sally Searle. November 26, Aaron Upton, Reading, Abigail Damon, Ashby.
December 3. John W. Bancroft, Betsey Adams.
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MARRIAGES.
1819. January 13, Elijah Childs, Upton, Elizabeth Jenkins.
February 3, Bolter Colson, Sharon, N. H., Polly Spaulding.
April 27, Abijah Severance, N. Ipswich, N. H., Hannah Searle.
May 13, Stephen Austin, Sally Spaulding.
May 20, Robert Jefts, Sally Green.
June 3, Jacob Blake, Savoy, Martha Edwards.
June 27, Joel Emery, Mary Sylvester.
October 28, Benjamin Blaney, Hepzibah Davis, Shirley.
November II, Hawly Hale, Flint, Ashby. November 30, Jonathan Hubbard, Abigail Taylor.
December 2, Paul Hayward, Ashby, Betsey Taylor, Ashby.
December 14, Ebenezer Barrett. Mary Fuller.
December 19. Joseph Simonds, Brookline, N. H., Betsey Tarbell.
1820. January 9, Sam1. Richardson, Dublin, N. H., Polly Kidder.
January 18, Edward Smith, Lunenburg, Mehitabel Richardson, Ashby.
January 26, James Wilder, Sterling, Arethusa Manning.
March 16, Walker Gassett, Pepperell, Betsey Hall.
March 23, John Withington, Mason, N. H., Hannah Spaulding.
March 30, Samuel Jenkins, Jr., Harriett L. Conant.
April 9, Peter Stevens, Hannah R. Shipley.
April 23, Joseph Proctor, Mitty Bartlett. May 9, John Hodgeman, Sarah Wesson.
October 1, Samuel Graham, Jr., Ascenath Adams.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1820. October 12, Joseph Estabrook, New Ipswich, Abigail Lawrence, Ashby.
November 23, Levi Kendall, Lucy Kendall, Ashby.
November 23, Eri Lewis, Mason, N. H., Roxey Going.
December 28, David Wood, 3d, Lunenburg, Polly Sherwin.
182I. January 23, Peter S. Sloan, Nancy Hill.
February 6, Oliver Laughton, Shirley, Rachel Gilson.
February 15, James Lancey, Brookline, N. H., Azubah Shattuck.
March 20, John Howard, Ashby, Eliza Spaulding.
March 29, Daniel Warner, Betsey Hosley, Pepperell.
April 19, Joseph Adams, Martha Butterfield.
May 31, Sylvester Hildreth, Westford, Mary Hildreth.
July 26, Jonathan Pierce, Molly Bacheler, Shirley. August 28, Jonathan Divol, Tamson Farrow.
September 21, William Going, Charlestown, Nancy Flagg.
September 21, Isaac Beard, Betsey Spaulding.
October 15, George Hartwell, Mason, N. H., Sally Whitney.
October 24, Joseph H. Hildreth, Louisa Conant.
November 8, Cephas Manning, Huldah Green.
December 6, Joel Searle, Sally Gleason, Shirley. December 6, Warren Foster, Sally Searle.
December 16, Nathan Powers, Rhoda C. Butter- field, Pepperell.
December 20, Joseph Simonds, Bethiah Spauld- ing.
December 27, Asa Sanders, Patty Bailey.
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MARRIAGES.
I822. February 7, Doct. Nehemiah Cutter, Pepperell. Mary Parker, Pepperell.
March 19, Clough R. Miles, Abby Willard, Shir- ley.
March 26, Phinehas Page, Rindge, N. H., Mary Spaulding.
April II, Leonard Whitney, Sibyl Newell, Pep- perell.
April 14, Eben". Stone, Eluthea Hayward.
May 2, Benj". Spaulding, Jr., Betsey Searle.
May 28, Walter Carleton, Lunenburg, Lucinda Barrett.
May 30, Marshall Lewis, Sally Adams. August 20, Luther Adams, Sally Rand.
August 22, Asa Hodgeman, Sally Jenkins.
August 29, Doct. Ptolemy Edson, Chester, Vt .. Susanna Pratt.
October 23, James Kidder, Eunice L. Williams.
March 18, Capt. Josiah Sawtell, Rindge. N. H .. Sibyl Stone.
April 17, Abel Keyes, Rebekah Weston. April 17, Levi Blood, Pepperell, Hannah Sawtell. May I, George Rockwood, Annah B. Stickney. May 4, Ralph Warren, Betsey Sherwin. May 27, William Manning, Jr., Mary Craige. May 27. Wallis Little, Martha Hammond, Shirley.
June 15, Daniel Bolles, Clarissa Warren. July 6, Samuel Howard, Harriett Haywood. January 29, Jotham Bartlett, Sarah Wilder. March 15, William Mead, Martha Gilson.
1824.
March 23, Bolter Colston, Sabria Shattuck. March 23, Asa Graham, Mitty Adams. March 31. Joel Manning, Nancy P. Verder. April 15, Levi Flagg, Jr., Lunenburg, Olive East- man.
1823.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1824. April 22, Peter Manning, Sally Stone.
April 22, Ephraim Hodgeman, Mason, Sibyl San- ders.
April 29, Capt. William Park, Lydia Trull.
May 9, Amos Eaton, Ashby, Abigail Sherwin.
May 27, Jonathan Warren, Mason, Rebekah Beard.
June 10, William Zwiers, Louisa Zwiers, Lan- caster.
June 30, Chas. H. Peabody, Pepperell. Grace S. Ide, Newfane, Vt.
October 5, Ezra Emery, Sally Warner.
October 7. Benjamin Spaulding, 3d, Eliza Evans. October 14, George Shed, Pepperell, Abigail Stickney.
November 10, Benj. Dix, Jr., Mehitable Smith.
December 14, Charles Gilchrist, Lunenburg, Isabel Craige.
1825. January 12, Zela Bartlett. Abigail Boutelle. February 23, Jonathan Wythe, Jr., Betsey Holt.
April 20, Wm. D. Kidder, Chelmsford, Caroline Shipley.
June 12, Jonathan P. Bailey, Mary Clark. July 3, Emerson Hardy, Concord, Louisa Barrett. October 27, Luke Holt, Dracut, Lucia Palmer. November 12, Thos. Bailey, Cambridge, Eliza Boutelle, Boston.
November 24, Nathaniel Whiting, Lunenburg, Mary Adams.
December II, Isaac Manning, Rosellana With- erell, Brookline.
1826.
January 26, David Lane, Jr., Bedford, Betsey B. Simonds.
February 21, Ezra Baker, Marlboro, N. H .. Caroline Adams.
March 28, John McRoberts, Ashby, Mary Sanders.
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1826.
May 31, Capt. Sam1. Scripture, Nelson, N. H .. Rebekah Conant.
June I, Stephen Burnham, Wilton, N. H., Mary Rockwood.
June 15, Zimri Sherwin, Susan Sawtell.
August 3, Daniel Prentice, Sibyl Smith.
September 3, Colburn Green, Brookline, N. H .. Sarah Colson.
October 3, Samuel Bailey, Mary Hart.
October 5, Levi Stearns, Direxa Jewett.
October 26. Phillip Farnsworth, Brookline, N. H .. Abigail Dix.
November 2, Benjamin Adams, Abigail Going.
December 21, John Whitcomb, Abigail Richard- son.
1827. January 4, Edward G. Darby, Laura Sherwin.
February 22, Edward G. Adams, Lunenburg. Patty S. Spaulding.
February 22, Aaron Swett, Salisbury, Lydia But- ters.
February 25, Nathan Whitney, Bolton, Eliza Stevens.
March 8, Daniel Dix, Jr., Eunice Gilson.
April 8, Elisha D. Barber, Sherburne, Sarah Dix.
May 1, Doct. Right Cummings, Lancaster, Mary Lawrence.
May 29, - - Lancy, Brookline, N. H., - Going, Lunenburg.
May 31, Daniel Giles, Hannah Hart.
June 14, Chas. Johnson, Southborough, Elvira Locke.
August 9. John Snow, Charlestown, Hannah Marshall, Lunenburg.
October -, Royal Russell, Bedford, Roxey B. Sloan.
November -, Samuel J. Cook, Lunenburg, Syl- via Spaulding.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1827. December 16, Seth Stevens, Keziah Davis.
December 18, Calvin B. Hartwell, Shirley, Susan Hammond, Shirley.
December 30, Capt. Eben". Rawson, Boston, Leah Davis.
1828. February 27, Levi Simonds, Fitchburg, Lydia Putnam, Fitchburg.
April 1, Joseph Warner, Rebekah Page, Shirley. April 3, Jesse Sanderson, Charlestown, Marilla Turner.
April 10, Jonathan Spaulding, Mary Warner.
April 15, Joel Spaulding, Jr., Mary P. Cook, Lunenburg.
April 23, Benjamin Wallis, Susan Spaulding.
April 24, Capt. Jeptha Cumings, Dunstable, Asenath Warren.
May 7, John Whitcomb, Leominster, Betsey
Warner.
May II, John Hildreth, Sarah Jepson.
May 28, Benjamin Smith, Ruth Blood.
June 26, Solomon Jewett, Jr., Melinda Ball.
September 16, Richard Warner, Olive Swan.
October 5, John Pierce, Charlestown, Jane Sander- son, Lunenburg.
October 9, Asher Peabody, Mason, N. H., Susan A. Amsden.
October 9, Benj. F. Jewett, Pepperell, Martha Warner.
October 27, John Preston, Elizabeth S. French.
December 25, Asa Messer, Lunenburg, Hannah Dodge.
1829.
April 15, Parker D. Lane, Lowell, Abigail E. Hodgman, Lowell.
April 23, Thos. E. Daniels, Worcester, Lucy Sherwin, Fitchburg.
May 28, Eli Baldwin, Polly Spaulding.
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1829. June 2, Jonathan Wythe, Emma Kemp. July 21, Horace Fessenden, Betsey Searle. July 26, Daniel Shattuck, Lucinda Wetherby. December 10, Aaron Manning, Lois Fessenden. December 29, William Johnson, Abigail Flagg.
1830. January 28, Samuel Joslyn, Nancy Stone. March 2, Levi Simonds, Fitchburg, Eliza Putnam. March 4, Asa Mars, Brookline, Sally Foster.
April 8, John E. Lake, Rindge, N. H., Mary Ann Sawtell.
April 13, Joseph Whitney, Bolton, Eliza Sanders. April 29, M. T. Jones, Lunenburg, Ann F. Snow, Lunenburg.
May 13, Calvin Boutelle, Thirza Pierce.
May 20, Edwin Smith, Goffstown, N. H., Sibyl Wallis.
May 30, William Spaulding, Pepperell, Mary Tarbell.
June 3, John Spaulding, Eliza Spaulding, Shirley. July II, Benjamin Hodgeman, Jr., Mary Gilson. September 16, Noah Ball, Jr., Huldah Tenney. September 26, Andrew Shattuck, Lunenburg. Rebekah Green.
October 14, Luther Boutelle, Groton, Hannah Conant.
October 14, Silas Withington, Sarah Nutting. November 4, Samuel Warner, Sally Lewis.
Marriage performed by Rev. William M. Rogers :-
1831. October 2, Abram S. French, Lois P. Richardson.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
Marriages of Townsend people found in the records of the town of Groton :-
1731-2. January 5, Shadrack Whitney, North Town, Prudence Lawrence.
1732. April 4, James Hosley, North Town, Eunice Jewett.
April 25, John Albee, North Town, Abigail Searle, North Town.
1742. December 9, William Richardson, Townsend. Mary Hobart.
1747. April 2, William Wallis, Townsend, Eunice Nutting.
1752. January 22, Benj. Brooks, Jr., Townsend, Eliza- beth Green.
1753. December 17, James Lock, Jr., Townsend, Han- nah Farnsworth.
1755. April 16, John Stevens, Townsend, .Susanna Tarbell.
May 29, Jonas Sawtelle, Elizabeth Albee, Town- send.
1759. January 2, Jonas Baldwin, Townsend, Ruth Wilson.
January 10, Solomon Stevens, Townsend, Hannah Tarbell.
1760. March 19, Jonathan Spaulding, Townsend. Elizabeth Sawtell.
1763. December 8, James Giles, Townsend, Elizabeth Green.
1765. May 15, Josiah Stevens, Townsend, Mary Lawrence.
1771. June 4, Reuben Tucker, Townsend, Relief Farnsworth.
Marriages of Townsend people, performed at Mason, New Hampshire, by Rev. Ebenezer Hill. Where the
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name of the town is not given the presumption is that the person belonged to Mason :-
1791. March 17, Jonas Baldwin, Jr., Townsend, Pru- dence Haven.
1796. June 24, Edward Taylor, Townsend, Sally Brooks.
October 27, Stephen Withington, Polly Austin, Townsend.
I798. February 17, Pearly Sanders, Townsend, Sarah Todd, Townsend.
1799. February 12, Jonathan Blood, Townsend, Rachel Squire, Townsend.
1800. July I, Aaron Warren, Townsend, Sally Wheeler.
I80I. November 10, John Withington, Sally Spaulding. Townsend.
1809. December 21. Samuel Stone, Jr., Townsend, Lucy Wheeler.
1810. December 13, Jesse Seaver, Townsend, Betsey Warren.
1818. April 19, Pearly Sanders, Townsend, Hannah Robbins.
1820. December 26, Caleb Bucknam. Townsend, Louisa Brooks Snow.
I821. November 18, Jonas Brown, Townsend, Phebe Winship.
I822. November 28, John Jenkins, Townsend, Loisa Brown.
1823. December 21, Joseph Merriam, 2d, Nancy Davis. Townsend.
1825. January 13, Jesse Sanders, Townsend, Mary Ann Kemp.
1827. July 5, Daniel Bills, Townsend, Lucretia Tucker, Townsend.
1828. May 9, Josiah Sawtell, Townsend, Rebecca Barber.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
1829. October 29, Ebenezer Hodgeman, Townsend, Mary Ann Blood.
1832. April 10, Stow A. Verder, Townsend, Eliza D. Douglass.
1833. March 12, Amos Herrick, Mrs. Mary Barrett, Townsend.
May 14, Jonas Farmer, Townsend, Gratia Grant. December 19, Eliab Going, Jr., Townsend, Hannah Warren.
1835. December 10, Capt. Eliab Going, Townsend, Mrs. Dorcas Humphries.
Marriage performed by Rev. Joseph B. Hill, of Mason :-
1843. April 26, Abel F. Adams, Townsend, Lydia M. Newhall.
The following catalogue of marriages was received and recorded by Daniel Adams, town clerk of Townsend, agreeably to the act of 1857, chapter 84, section 4 :-
Marriages performed by Rev. Daniel Chaplin :-
1798. Andrew Dodge, Groton, Sally Bowers, Townsend. 1798. James Giles, Jr., Townsend, Nabby Fitch, Groton.
Marriage performed by Rev. N. Webb :-
I771.
Ezra Holbrook, Townsend, Mehitabel
Tyler,
Uxbridge.
Marriages performed by Ebenezer Bridge :-
1745. Noah Emery, Townsend, Mary Barrett. Townsend. 1756. Daniel Taylor, Townsend, Lydia Burge, Town- send.
1764. Benj. Spaulding, Townsend, Patty Barrett, Town- send.
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Marriage performed by James Prescott, Esq. :- 1742. Joseph Herrick, Townsend, Lois Cutler, Townsend.
Marriages performed by Rev. Willard Hall :-
1753. Ebenezer Ball, Townsend, Rebecca Butterfield, Westford.
1759. Eleazer Taylor, Townsend, Sarah Keyes, West- ford.
1766. James Barrett, Townsend, Mary Fletcher, West- ford.
Marriages performed by Rev. Matthew Scribner :- I780. Isaac Green, Townsend, Abigail Chamberlain, Westford.
1781. Josiah Burge, Jr., Townsend, Precilla Barnes. Westford.
Marriage performed by Isaac Wright, Esq. :-
1786. Abram Ball, Townsend, Deliverance Perham, Westford.
Marriages performed by -- (name not given) . 1766. Hezekiah Richardson, Townsend, Elizabeth Howe, Woburn.
1757.
1769. John Waugh, Townsend, Mary White, Littleton. Oliver Farnsworth, Townsend, Jemima Haywood. Dunstable.
1769. Abram Clark, Townsend, Olive Taylor, Dunstable.
Marriage performed by Rev. William Lawrence :-
1769. Edward Farwell, Townsend, Rachel Allen, Lin- coln.
Marriage performed by Rev. Ebenezer Sparhawk :- 1785. Bazaleel Spaulding, Townsend, Hannah Barrett. Templeton.
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HISTORY OF TOWNSEND.
Marriages performed by Rev. David Stearns :-
1750. Archabald White, Townsend, Margaret McClure, Lunenburg.
1760. Thomas Gary, Lunenburg, Elizabeth Farwell, Townsend.
1769. Amos Heald, Townsend, Betsey Davis, Lunen- burg.
Marriage performed by Thomas Prentice, Esq. :-
I747. Gustavus Swan, Lunenburg, Isabella Wilson, Townsend.
Marriages performed by Rev. Zabdiel Adams :-
1795. Aaron Keyes, Townsend, Sally Kimball.
1789. Abel Keyes, Townsend. Sally Bailey, Lunenburg.
1791. Jonathan Messer, Jr., Lunenburg, Betsey Brown, Townsend.
Marriage performed by Rev. Jonathan Townsend :- 1766. William Parkman, Townsend, Lydia Adams, Medfield.
Marriages performed by Rev. Samuel Ruggles :-
I740. September 30, Hezekiah Richardson, Townsend, Elizabeth Walker, Billerica.
1739. James Stevens, Townsend, Mary Richardson, Billerica.
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