VITAL RECORDS

HAMILTON

MASSACHUSETTS

To the end of the year 1849

Transcriptions of the "Tan Books"
Published by
The Essex Institute
Salem, MA
1908

HAMILTON

The territory comprising the town of Hamilton was originally a part of Ipswich, known as the "Hamlet." The parish was incorporated Oct. 14, 1713 as the Third Church of Ipswich. The town was incorporated as Hamilton on June 21, 1793. It is said that the name was suggested by Rev. Manasseh Cutler, D.D., pastor of the church, who as a member of Congress, had an acquaintance with Alexander Hamilton.

The population of Hamilton at different periods was as follows:

1800,	749.	1820,	802.	1850,	889.
1810,	780.	1830,	748.	1905,	1,646.
		1840,	818.

EXPLANATIONS and ABBREVIATIONS

SURNAME INDEX

Births
Adams - Appleton
Bailey - Butler
Carlton - Cutler
Dane - Dunnels
Edward - Edwards
Foss - Frothingham
Gallop - Greenleaf
Harding - Hunt
Jackson - Jowder
Kelly - Knowlton
Lakeman - Lummus
Marsh - Munroe
Neal - Nuttin
Orway
Parks - Preston
Quarles
Rament - Rust
Safford - Story
Tibbetts - Tuttle
Negroes

Marriages
Abbot - Appleton
Baker - Buzzell
Caldwell - Cutler
Dane - Dunnels
Edwards - Etheredge
Fasset - Frothingham
Gammon - Griffin
Haley - Hull
Ingersol
Jackson - Jowders
Kelly - Knowlton
Lakeman - Lund
Mccann - Morse
Neal - Nutting
Obear - Ordway
Page - Putnam
Quarles
Rappall - Rust
Safford - Symonds
Tarr - Tuttle
Wallis - Wyatt
Negroes

Deaths
Adams - Appleton
Bagly - Burrows
Caldwell - Cutler
Dane - Dunnals
Elder - Eveleth
Fairfield - Friend
Gentlee - Goodhue
Ham - Hunt
Jaques - Jowders
Kelly - Knowlton
Lakeman - Lummus
Mccreaf - Moulton
Neal - Nutting
Patch - Procter
Quarles
Rappall - Rust
Safford - Story
Thorndike - Tuttle
Surname Missing