VITAL RECORDS

BECKET

To the end of the year 1849

Transcriptions of the "Tan Book"
Published by
The New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston, MA
1903

Title page

The town of Becket, Berkshire County, was established June 21, 1765, prior to which time it was the new plantation called Number Four.

March 12, 1783, a part of Becket was included in the new town of Middlefield.

February 3, 1798, certain common lands lying between Becket, Blandford, Chester, and Loudon were annexed to Becket.

March 1, 1810, a part of Loudon was annexed to Becket.

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Populatoin by Census:

SURNAME INDEX

Births
Abbot - Austin
Bailey - Butts
Carey - Crowley
Daniels - Dwolf
Eldridge - Ely
Finney - Freland
Gilbert - Green
Hall - Huntington
Jagger - Johnson
Keefe - Krake
Lamb - Lyman
Manion - Mills
Nesbit - Norcott
Olmsbory - Ormsby
Parsons - Putnam
Rodgers - Rudd
Scot - Stuart
Taylor - Turner
Van Deusen - Viets
Wadsworth - Wording
Unidentified

Marriages
Abbe - Ayres
Babcock - Button
Cadwell - Cushman
Danforth - Dwolf
Eames - Ely
Farrar - Fuller
Gaines - Green
Hale - Hyde
Ingham - Ives
Jaggar - Judd
Kellogg - Knox
Lamphere - Lyon
Mack - Moses
Nash - Nugen
Olcott - Owen
Palmer - Putnam
Randall - Russell
Sacket - Sweet
Taylor - Tyler
Underwood
Van Deusen - Viets
Wadsworth - Wright

Deaths
Adams - Austin
Baird - Broga
Cadwell - Crary
Davis - Dwolf
Foster - Freeman
Gilbert - Gleed
Harris - Huntington
Jennings - Johnson
Kimball - Kingsley
Lee - Lyman
Maning - Moore
Newton - Noyes
Osborn
Perkins - Putnam
Rodgers - Rudd
Scott - Streator
Taylor - Tuttle
Wadsworth - Williams