Author: Topsfield Historical Society

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-22

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780282980962

Excerpt from Vital Records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 The following records of births, marriages, and deaths, include all entries to be found, in the books of record kept by the town clerks (no records of intentions of marriage before 1850 are pre served in the custody of the Haverhill city clerk, nor has ex tended search brought them to light in private hands) in the church records (which are very imperfect) in the returns made to the Salem Quarterly Court; in the cemetery inscriptions and in private records found in family Bibles, etc. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explana tory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to show the difference in the spelling of a name in the same entry; and to indicate the maiden name of a married woman. When places other than Bradford and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed Copy. Marriages are printed under the names of both parties. Double dating is usual in the months of January, February, and March, prior to 1752, whenever it appears in the original and also, when ever from the sequence of entry in the original the date may be easily determined. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and in the alphabetical arrangement the various forms should be examined, as items about the same family may be found under different spellings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.