MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS
FREETOWN 1686-1890

Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1985
LC 82-81851, ISBN 0-931248-91-4 (ISBN 0-931248-23-X Set)
30 to 40-frame double-image format at 32X reduction
14 volumes on 37 fiches
Copyright 1985 by Jay Mack Holbrook

FICHES 1-4: Records 1686-1764, Bk 1
FICHES 5-10: Records 1759-1795, Bk 2
FICHES 11-13: Records 1795-1847, Bk 3
FICHES 14-15: Records 1836-1871, Bk 5
FICHES 16-18: Records 1822-1892, Bk 6
FICHES 19-20: Vital Records 1843-1855
FICHES 21-22: Birth Records 1856-1890, Bk 12
FICHES 23-24: Marriages 1854-1890, Bk 11
FICHES 25-26: Deaths 1852-1890, Bk 10
FICHES 27-28: Birth Index to Bks 1,2,3,5,6,9,12
FICHES 29-30: Marriage Index to Bks 1,2,3,5,9,11
FICHES 31-32: Intentions Index to Bks 1,2,3,5,6
FICHES 33-34: Death Index to Bks 1,2,3,5,6,9,10
FICHES 35-37: Vital Records Index 1686-1844

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The Freetown vital records include 14 volumes of data and indexes for the years 1686-1890.

 

Freetown Records 1686-1764. Number 1. 227 pages.

Most births (and a few related deaths) range from 1686-1764, with a few earlier and later dates. Marriages and marriage intentions extend from about 1719-1758. Much of this book is very hard to read; some of the ink is completely faded away. Pages 1-150 are mostly town records from about 1688-1758, interspersed occasionally with vital records; e.g., pages 1, 9-10, 13-14, 16, 20-21, 108 and 114. Pages 151-227 are mostly vital records with some scattered town records.

Index to Town & Vital Records ca 1686-1764

FICHE 1

Town & Vital Records ca 1688-1758, pp 1-65

FICHE 1

Town & Vital Records ca 1699-1772, pp 66-145

FICHE 2

Vital & Town Records ca 1679-1803, pp 146-227

FICHE 3

Town Records 1737, 3 pages

FICHE 4

 

Freetown Records 1759-1795. Number 2. 488 pages.

Besides town records of 1759-1795, this book lists births and related deaths circa 1737-1810, marriages circa 1753-1795, and marriage intentions circa 1759-1795. Some pages are impossible to read because of faded or blurred ink.

Town Records 1759-1772, pp 1-87

FICHE 5

Town Records 1772-1781, pp 88-177

FICHE 6

Town Records 1781-1789; pp 178-225, 254-267

FICHE 7

Marriages 1753-1792, pp 226-254

FICHE 7

Town Records 1789-1793, pp 268-321

FICHE 8

Births & Deaths 1737-1810, pp 322-362

FICHE 8

Marriage Intentions 1759-1762, pp 363-369

FICHE 8

Marriage Intentions 1763-1795, pp 370-417, 454

FICHE 9

Town Records 1765-1795; pp 418-459

FICHE 9

Marriages 1791-1795, 1748-1766; pp 464-467

FICHE 10

Town Records 1755-1793, pp 469-484+

FICHE 10

 

Freetown Records 1795-1847. Number 3. 266 pages.

Vital records include births (and related deaths) from about 1739-1847; death registers for most years from 1826-1841; and marriages and intentions from about 1795-1836. Pages in this book are numbered, but the numbers are almost impossible to decipher. Accordingly, numbers below are estimated as 1-105 on fiche #11, 106-215 on fiche #12, and 216-266 on fiche #13.

Marriages 1795-1828; pp 1, 81-104

FICHE 11

Marriage Intentions 1795-1826, pp 2-80

FICHE 11

Births 1804-1826, p 105

FICHE 11

Births & Deaths 1739-1856; pp 106-207, 214-215

FICHE 12

Marriages 1828-1835, pp 120, 210-213

FICHE 12

Deaths 1826-1828, 1834-1838; pp 208-209

FICHE 12

Births & Deaths 1800-1847, pp 216-222

FICHE 13

Deaths 1840-1841, p 223

FICHE 13

Intentions 1826-1836; pp 224-234, 250-253, 265-266

FICHE 13

Town Records 1795-1836, 1845; pp 235-249, 254-264

FICHE 13

   

Freetown Records 1836-1871. Book 5. 325 pages.

FICHES 14-15

Intentions, pp. 100-149, 248, 259-299; marriages, pp. 150-168, 212-227, 245-247; births & deaths, pp. 199-211; deaths, pp. 250-256.

   

Freetown Records 1822-1892. Book 6. 325 pages.

FICHES 16-18

Births and deaths, pp. 1-19; marriage intentions, pp. 253-254; militia rolls and burial plots also included.

   

Freetown Register of Births 1843-1855, Marriages 1844-1853, Deaths 1843-1851. Book 9. 60 pages.

FICHES 19-20

   

Freetown Birth Records 1856-1942. Book 12. 135 pages.

FICHES 21-22

Births 1856-1890, pp. 1-53.

   

Freetown Marriages 1854-1959. Book 11. 142 pages.

FICHES 23-24

Marriages 1854-1890, pp. 1-41.

   

Freetown Deaths 1852-1940. Book 10. 141 pages.

FICHES 25-26

Deaths 1852-1890, pp. 1-59.

 

Freetown Birth Index for Books 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 24.

References name to page and book.

Birth Index ca 1686-1942+; A, P, B-M

FICHE 27

Birth Index ca 1686-1942+, M-Z

FICHE 28

 

Freetown Marriage Index for Books 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 31.

References name to page and book.

Marriage Index ca 1719-1959+, A-M

FICHE 29

Marriage Index ca 1719-1959+, M-Z, S

FICHE 30

   

Freetown Marriage Intentions Index for Books 1,2,3,5,6.

FICHES 31-32

 

Freetown Death Index for Books 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 23.

References name to page and book. Death records before 1826 are incomplete, being listed incidental to birth records.

Death Index <1764-1940+, A-W

FICHE 33

Death Index >1940, W-Z

FICHE 34

 

Freetown Indexes to Births, Marriages & Intentions, and Deaths 1686-1844.

Book 16. 308 pages. This is not a typical index. Rather, it is an alphabetical transcript of early records. General reference is given to town books 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 above, as well as to grave stones and other unspecified data. Precise references to sources of information, however, are not provided. In the marriage section, intentions seem to be noted with an "in" preceding the name in the bride column. Some writing is hard to decipher because of faded ink.

Births ca 1655-1849, pp 1-75

FICHE 35

Marriages & Intentions ca 1719-1846, pp 81-137

FICHE 36

Deaths ca 1648-1847+, pp 281-295

FICHE 36

Map, Original Purchasers & Sales Deed 1659, pp 296-298

FICHE 36

Out-of-Town Marriages ca 1714-1799, pp 299-301

FICHE 36

Out-of-Town Marriages ca 1714-1799, pp 302-306

FICHE 37

Revolutionary War Records 1775-1780, pp 307-308

FICHE 37

   
     
     
       
       
 
     
     

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