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; the church records now in the custody of the town clerk; cemetery inscriptions; Bible records and other private records particularly those now in the possession of Mrs. Martha J. Averill of Middleton. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been retained. All duplication of the town clerk's record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used only when they occur in the original record, usually enclosing the maiden name of a wife.
When places other than Middleton 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.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a |
age |
|
h |
husband |
| abt |
about |
|
inf |
infant |
| b |
born |
|
int |
intention of marriage |
| bef |
before |
|
jr |
junior |
| bp |
baptized |
|
m |
male; married; month |
| ch |
child |
|
s |
son |
| chn |
children |
|
SR |
Salem town records |
| Co |
county |
|
sr |
senior |
| CTR |
court record, Essex Co., coroner's return |
|
unm |
unmarried |
| d |
daughter; day; died |
|
w |
wife |
| DC |
copy of town records made by Moses Dorman |
|
wid |
widow |
| Dea |
deacon |
|
widr |
widower |
CHURCH RECORDS
| CR |
church record |
CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1 |
Oakdale Cemetery |
| GR2 |
Timothy Fuller Cemetery |
| GR3 |
Merriam Cemetery |
| GR4 |
Symonds Cemetery |
| GR5 |
Fuller Cemetery, North District |
| GR6 |
Cemetery near East School House |
| GR7 |
Elliot Cemetery |
| GR8 |
Fuller Cemetery on the Benjamin Richardson farm |
| GR9 |
Richardson Cemetery |
| GR10 |
Smith Cemetery, Centre District |
| GR11 |
Flint Cemetery, near paper mills |
| GR12 |
Howe Cemetery, North District |
PRIVATE RECORDS
(Bibles, Family Records, Etc.)
| PR1 |
Bible records and private records now in the possession of Mrs. Martha J. Averill |
| PR2 |
Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Eunice Fletcher |
| PR3 |
Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Harriet P. Averill |
| PR4 |
Record of coffins made by Col. Benjamin Peabody, and now in the possession of Clinton Stiles |
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