EXPLANATIONS

The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks; in the church records; in the returns made to the Salem Quarterly Court; in the cemetery inscriptions; and in many private records found in family Bibles. 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 explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a wife.
When places other than Ipswich and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. Double-dating is used in the months of January, February and March, prior to 1752, whenever it appears in the original, and also whenever 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.
Many baptisms appear on the town records, between 1700 and 1800, in some cases supplementing a family record in which several of the births are missing. In the following pages these are incorporated and treated as town records.
In the eighteenth century marriages, "Mrs." is often used to indicate mistress, an unmarried woman, instead of a widow, as at the present time.
In the Chebacco and Hamlet parishes during the early part of the eighteenth century, intentions of marriage, which do not appear on the town books, were entered on the church books.

VOLUME III


This volume contains baptisms, marriages and deaths taken from a book of records of the First Congregational Church of Ipswich, which has come to hand since 1910, supplemented by Bible records, church records, and gravestone records, the same not being included in the Ipswich Vital Records published in 1910.
NOTE: Surnames in red in volumes 1 & 2 are links to the volume 3 entries.

ABBREVIATIONS
a age inf infant
abt about int intention of marriage
b born jr junior
bef before m male; married; month
bet between rec recorded
bp baptized s son
bur buried sr senior
CC Copy of Essex Co. Court records at the Clerk of Court's office, made by Alfred Kimball in 1856 unm unmarried
ch child w wife; week
chn children wid widow
Co county widr widower
CTF court files, Essex Co. Quarterly Court 7br September
CTR court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court 8br October
Dea deacon 9br November
dup duplicate entry xbr December
h husband; hour    

CHURCH RECORDS
CR1 First Congregational Church
CR2 Sourth Church
CR3 Linebrook Parish Church
CR4 Chebacco Parish Church
CR5 The Hamlet Parish Church
CR6 Methodist Church
CR7 Fourth Church

CEMETERY RECORDS
GR1 Old Burying Hill
GR2 Sourth Cemetery
GR3 Nourse Family Cemetery
GR4 Old Essex Cemetery
GR5 Hamilton Cemetery
GR6 Sprint St. Cemetery, Essex

PRIVATE RECORDS
Bibles, Family Records, Etc.
PR1 Bible record now in possession of George Haskell
PR2 Extracts from Mr. Whipple's account books, Hamilton, printed in the Essex Institute Historical Collections
PR3 Lord's records of deaths, now in possession of the Essex Institute
PR4 Memoranda of grave digging by Jonathan Foster of Linebrook, formerly in possession of Mrs. Elisha Andrews of Topsfield
PR5 Copy of Rev. Theophilus Pickering's account book, in the Wheatland manuscripts, now in possession of the Essex Institute
PR6 Records from papers in possession of the First Church
PR7 Interleaved almanac of Nathaniel Lord, now in possession of the Essex Institute
PR8 Copy of family record, now in possession of Mrs. Daniel Fuller Appleton
PR9 Bible record now in possession of the heirs of Mrs. Louise A. Lakeman
PR10 Story broadside now in possession of the Essex Institute
PR11 Essex Cemetery inscriptions copied by Alfred Poore in 1867
PR12 Hamilton Cemetery inscriptions copied by Alfred Poore in 1867
PR13 Old Burying Hill inscriptions copied by Alfred Poore in 1867
PR14 Copy of the Diary of Rev. Daniel Rogers of Ipswich to the Hammett manuscript in the Ipswich Public Library
PR15 Copy of Daniel Warner family record in the Hammett manuscript in the Ipswich Public Library
PR16 Bible record of the Foster family now in possession of M.V.B. Perley of Salem
PR17 Bible record now in possession of George Millett of Rowley
PR18 Bible record now in possession of William M. Conant
PR19 Bible record now in possession of George A. Galloupe of Beverly
PR20 Bible record now in possession of Miss Angeline A. Foster of Lynn
PR21 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Peter Clark of Beverly
PR22 Bible record of the Smith family among Perly Derby manuscripts in possession of the Essex Institute
PR23 Account book now in possession of Willis H. Ropes of Salem
PR24 Bible record now in possession of M.V.B. Perley of Salem
PR25 Bible record now in possession of Henry P. Sutton
PR26 Bible record now in possession of M.V.B. Perley of Salem
PR27 Bible record now in possession of Charles Kennison of Beverly
PR28 Bible record now in possession of the Home for Aged Women, Peabody
PR29 Bible record now in possession of William S. Appleton
PR30 Memorandum book of Dr. Benjamin Jones of Beverly in possession Hon. Horatio G. Herrick of Lawrence
PR31 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George Russell of Danvers
PR32 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Mary O. Smith of Danvers
PR33 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Sarah E. Perry of Danvers
PR34 Deaths from the Boston News Letter
PR35 Bible record now in possession of Miss Rebecca Manning of Salem
PR36 Record of digging William Sherwin's grave in settlement of his estate in Essex Co. Probate Records
PR37 Diary of Nathaniel Scott now in possession of John W. Nourse
PR38 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Willis Augur
PR39 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Thomas Condon
PR40 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Fred Fall
PR41 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Lucy R. Farley
PR42 Bible record now in possession of the Alonzo B. Fellows
PR43 Bible record now in possession of Misses Jewett, Market St
PR44 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Gardner A. Brown
PR45 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Albert S. Brown
PR46 Bible record now in possession of the Misses Baker, South Main St
PR47 Bible record now in possession of E. Newton Brown
PR48 Record now in possession of Francis A. Hubbard
PR49 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John Heard
PR50 Bible record now in possession of Miss Ruth Hovey
PR51 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Eliza Ann Walton
PR52 Bible record now in possession of the Misses Jewett, Market St
PR53 Bible record now in possession of George H. Lord
PR54 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. S.E. Lakeman
PR55 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Francis Wade
PR56 Bible record now in possession of Miss Lucy S. Lord
PR57 Bible record now in possession of Smith Hayes
PR58 Bible record now in possession of Charles H. Noyes
PR59 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Richard Glazier
PR60 Bible record now in possession of George R. Farley
PR61 Bible record now in possession of Augustine Staniford
PR62 Bible record now in possession of John M. Dunnels
PR63 Bible record now in possession of William A. Spiller
PR64 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. E.K. Brown
PR65 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John S. Glover
PR66 Copy of Bible record now in possession of Hon. John J. Currier of Newburyport
PR67 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Moses Harris
PR68 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Amos Scotton
PR69 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John H. Blake
PR70 Bible record now in possession of Eben Bailey
PR71 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Charles Carter
PR72 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Saunders
PR73 Bible record now in possession of Miss Roxanna C. Cowles
PR74 Bible record now in possession of Edward W. Choate
PR75 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Lizzie Baker
PR76 Bible record now in possession of Eunice H. Stanwood
PR77 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Perkins Smith
PR78 Bible record now in possession of Miss Anna W. Ross
PR79 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Frank Kyes
PR80 Bible record now in possession of Dr. Frank Kyes
PR81 Bible record now in possession of George A. Lord
PR82 Bible record now in possession of Miss Abby Newman
PR83 Bible record now in possession of Miss Lucy Ann Lord
PR84 Bible record now in possession of Nathaniel T. Lowe
PR85 Bible record now in possession of Daniel Appleton
PR86 Bible record now in possession of Henry Sutton
PR87 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Willett
PR88 Bible record now in possession of Miss Kate Titcomb
PR89 Bible record now in possession of Miss Anna W. Ross
PR90 Bible record now in possession of Miss Lizette S. Ross
PR91 Bible record now in possession of Luther Wait
PR92 Bible record now in possession of Miss Sarah E. Haris
PR93 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Howard Dodge
PR94 Bible record now in possession of Miss S.E. Lakeman
PR95 Bible record now in possession of Miss S.E. Lakeman
PR96 Bible record now in possession of Miss S.E. Lakeman
PR97 Bible record now in possession of Miss Emily Patch
PR98 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Lizzie Baker
PR99 Bible record now in possession of Charles H. Noyes
PR100 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Francis H. Wade
PR101 Bible record now in possession of Miss Emma Wait
PR102 Bible record now in possession of Miss Etta Russell
PR103 Bible record now in possession of Charles F. Rutherford
PR104 Bible record now in possession of Miss Nellie F. Wade
PR105 Bible record now in possession of Thomas R. Lord
PR106 Bible record of Abigail Staniford
PR107 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Andrew Lowe
PR108 Bible record now in possession of Edward Choate
PR109 Bible record now in possession of the Ipswich Historical Society
PR110 Bible record now in possession of Henry Brown
PR111 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George W. Baker
PR112 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. James W. Bond
PR113 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Joseph Willcomb
PR114 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Edwin H. Damon
PR115 Family record now in possession of Clarence Newman of Westminster
PR116 Copy of Bible record now in possession of Philip E. Clarke
PR117 Bible record now in possession of Miss S. Sophia Nourse
PR118 Deaths from a diary kept by Rev. David T. Kimball
PR119 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Charles Mills of Rockport
PR120 Bible record now in possession of Miss Lena B. Pool of Lynn
PR121 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Henry Smith of Rockport
PR122 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Scott Stevens of Rockport
PR123 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Ada H. Whitney of Rockport

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Last Updated: 25 September, 2007