VITAL RECORDS

METHUEN

MASSACHUSETTS

To the end of the year 1849

Transcriptions of the "Tan Book"
Published by the
Topsfield Historical Society
Topsfield, MA
1909

Title Page

METHUEN

The town of Methuen is composed of a part of what was formerly Haverhill, together with adjoining common lands. On December 8, 1725, the General Court passed an Act "That the West part of said Town of Haverhill with the land adjoining be, and hereby are set off and constituted a separate Township by the name of Methuen."

The first town meeting was held March 9, 1725-6, and in 1728-9 Rev. Christopher Sargent, the first minister, was settled.

April 17, 1847, a part of the town was included in the new town of Lawrence, and April 4, 1854, a part was annexed to Lawrence.

The population of Methuen at different periods was as follows:

1765,	933.	1800,	1,253.	1830,	2,006.
1776,	1,326.	1810,	1,181.	1840,	2,251.
1790,	1,297.	1820,	1,371.	1850,	2,538.
		1900,	7,512.

EXPLANATIONS and ABBREVIATIONS

SURNAME INDEX

Births
Abbet - Ayer
Bachelder - Buttrick
Calton - Cushing
Dalton - Dyer
Eastman - Everet
Fales - Frye
Gage - Gutterson
Haford - Huse
Ingalls - Ingals
Jackman - Jones
Keen - Knight
Lad - Lyon
McArce - Murry
Nayson - Nudd
O’Neil - Osgood
Pace - Putnam
Ratacon - Russell
Safford - Sweet
Taber - Tylr
Varney - Varnum
Waldo - Wyman
Young
Negroes
Surname Missing

Marriages
Abbot - Ayr
Bachalder - Buzzell
Caldwell - Curtis
Dale - Dyer
East - Ewens
Fairbanks - Furber
Gage - Guttragee
Hacket - Hyde
Ilsley - Ingulls
Jack - Judge
Kaguer - Knox
Lad - Lyon
McAllaster - Muzzey
Nason - Noyse
Ober - Osgood
Pace - Putny
Quimby - Quin
Randell - Ryn
Safford - Symons
Taber - Tyler
Upton
Varney - Varnum
Wait - Wyman
Yeaton - Young

Deaths
Abbott - Ayer
Babson - Butters
Calton - Currier
Dale - Dustin
Eaten - Emery
Fales - Fuller
Gage - Gutterson
Hafford - Hyde
Ingalls - Ingals
Jennes - Jones
Kelley - Kinison
Ladd - Lynch
McCabe - Morss
Neal - Noyes
Ordway - Over
Pace - Putnam
Reed - Russ
Sargant - Sweatt
Tarbox - Tyler
Waite - Wright
Surname Missing