Now surrounded by the Berkshire towns of Adams, Savoy, Windsor, Dalton, Lanesborough and New Ashford, Cheshire was incorporated in 1793. Settlement, however, began as early as 1767. Many of the first settlers came from Rhode Island and Connecticut, and an early ministers came from Nova Scotia.

This collection of vital records includes six volumes of data, covering the years 1793-1892. Fire destroyed a register listing the births and deaths of about 1844-1857.

Cheshire Marriages 1793-1864 and Some Births and Deaths. Book 1. 174 pages.

Most records in this book are marriages and marriage intentions, with a few births and deaths interspersed. Births, and some deaths, are arranged by family. Other deaths are recorded chronologically among the marriages or intentions. Some of the pages listing births and/or deaths are: 3, 9, 14, 22-23, 30, 34, 36, 39, 41, 49 and 57.

Marriages & Intentions 1781, 1792-1805, pp 1-51

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Births & Deaths 1764-1812, pp intermittent

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Marriages & Intentions 1802-1837, pp 52-121

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Births 1805-1807, p 57

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Intents & Marriages 1837-1844, 1850-1864; pp 122-174

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Cheshire Births, Deaths, Marriages 1797-1834.

There are no marriage dates in this book. A few related deaths are included with the births.

Deaths 1796-1800, p 1

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Births by Family 1782-1835; pp 3-13, 21-22, 25-28

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Military Pension 1815, p 24

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Cheshire Register of Births 1858-1859, Marriages 1845-1859, Deaths 1858-1859.

Births 1858-1858, pp 1-4

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Marriages 1845-1859, pp 5-11+

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Deaths 1858-1859, pp 12-14

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Cheshire Births 1860-1892. 72 pages.

Incidental data are: the 1874 marriage (in Pittsfield) of John Henry Martin (born Cheshire) & Eliza Josephine Couch (born New Ashford); the 1940 name change of Mary W. Bennett to Florence Mary Sherman; and the 1914 voter registration of Emon E. Martin, age 38.

Births 1860-1868, pp 1-25

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Births 1868-1883, pp 26-55

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Births 1883-1892, pp 56-72

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Cheshire Marriages 1860-1892. 39 pages.

Marriages 1860-1883, pp 1-28

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Marriages 1884-1892, pp 29-39

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Cheshire Deaths 1860-1892. 53 pages.

Deaths 1860-1878, pp 1-30

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Deaths 1878-1892, pp 31-53

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