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 cemetery inscriptions; and in 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 clerk's 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 Rockport and Massachuesetts 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. 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
bet between m male; married; month
bp baptized rec recorded
bur buried s son
ch child sr senior
chn children unm unmarried
co county w wife; week
d daughter; day; died wid widow
Dea deacon widr widower
dup duplicate entry y year

CHURCH RECORDS
CR1 First Congregational Church
CR2 First Baptist Church
CR3 First Methodist Church

CEMETERY RECORDS
GR1 Sandy Bay Cemetery
GR2 Beech Grove Cemetery
GR3 Folly Cove Cemetery

PRIVATE RECORDS
(Bibles, Family Records, Etc.)
PR1 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Ellen A. Tarr
PR2 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Etta Stillman
PR3 Family record of Caleb Strong Choate
PR4 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Charles Brown of New York City
PR5 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Benjamin Knowlton
PR6 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John W. Butman
PR7 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John E. Knowlton
PR8 Bible record now in possession of F. Noble Griffin
PR9 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Fred S. White of Gloucester
PR10 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Jennie Pickering
PR11 E. Pool manuscript now in possession of Mrs. C.W. Pool
PR12 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Nathaniel Richardson
PR13 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Charles E. Batchelder
PR14 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Mary A. Anderson of Gloucester
PR15 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Emma Babson
PR16 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Levi Lowe
PR17 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Jesse Savage
PR18 Family record now in possession of Mrs. William McDonald
PR19 Family record now in possession of Mrs. C.W. Pool
PR20 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Rhoda Torrey
PR21 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Thomas W. Nelson
PR22 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Sarah Seward of Ipswich
PR23 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Jane C. Witham
PR24 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Elbridge Witham
PR25 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Rachel Brewton of Gloucester
PR26 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Judith Ann Griffin
PR27 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Alonzo Whitney
PR28 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Viola Douglas of Gloucester
PR29 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Emma F. Hall of Gloucester
PR30 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Charles F. York
PR31 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Alice E. Blanchette of Gloucester
PR32 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Wilton Wadsworth
PR33 Bible record now in possession of Edwin J. Jaskell of Westbrook, ME
PR34 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Frank G. Hale
PR35 Bible record now in possession of Miss Carrie Dennison of Gloucester
PR36 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Cora A. Robbins of Rockport
PR37 Family record now in possession of Philip Baltchford
PR38 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Dennison Hooper of Gloucester
PR39 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Alice Murdock
PR40 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Emily Daggett
PR41 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John S. Knights
PR42 Family tree now in possession of Mrs. Alice Boynton Walker of Brookline, MA
PR43 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Charles Dorman
PR44 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George McLane
PR45 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Zenas S. Nickerson
PR46 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Eliza Rowe of Springfield, MA
PR47 Bible record now in possession of Fred E. Pool
PR48 Family record now in possession of Clarence E. Pool
PR49 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Abbie Davison
PR50 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Joseph Carter
PR51 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Ada H. Whitney
PR52 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Abbie E. Davison
PR53 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Charles Mills
PR54 Family chart now in possession of Mrs. Lelia F. French of Gloucester
PR55 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Betsey G. Gott
PR56 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Allan Lufkin
PR57 Family record now in possession of Annie E. Rowe
PR58 Family register now in possession of Albert Norwood
PR59 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Jennie Pickering
PR60 Family record now in possession of Mrs. John F. Poole
PR61 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Newman
PR62 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. John S. Knights
PR63 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Mary L. Marshall
PR64 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Sarah J. Low
PR65 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Levi. Cleaves
PR66 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Levi Robinson
PR67 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Miriam Dann
PR68 F. Pool manuscript now in possession of Mrs. C.W. Pool
PR69 Bible record now in possession of Wakefield Hodgkins
PR70 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Jane C. Witham
PR71 Family record now in possession of Mrs. George A. Lowe
PR72 Family register now in possession of Mrs. George B. Shepard
PR73 Family register now in possession of Joshua Howard Poole
PR74 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Mary R. Scripture
PR75 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. George Poland
PR76 Family record now in possession of Mrs. Ella Lindberg
PR77 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Edward Grimes
PR78 Bible record now in possession of Nathaniel Fears
PR79 Bible record now in possession of Miss Eunice Richardson of Vineland, NJ
PR80 Bible record now in possession of Charles H. Gamage of Gloucester
PR81 Bible record now in possession of Miss Catharine Amelia Giles
PR82 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Alpheus Goodwin
PR83 Bible record now in possession of Freeman Harris Abbott of Gloucester
PR84 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. James B. Rowe
PR85 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Joseph Conley
PR86 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Prescott Mitchell
PR87 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Elmer Bowen of Lowell
PR88 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Hattie Mitchell
PR89 Bible record now in possession of Gorham N. Lane
PR90 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. L. Cleaves Parsons
PR91 Bible record now in possession of J. Paul Weber
PR92 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Alonzo Tuttle
PR93 Bible record now in possession of Albert W. Hale
PR94 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Alfred Thurston of Gloucester
PR95 Bible record now in possession of Nathaniel Pool
PR96 Bible record now in possession of Albert W. Hale
PR97 Bible record now in possession of William H. Jordan of Gloucester
PR98 Bible record now in possession of James H. Clark
PR99 Bible record now in possession of Albert C. Pool
PR100 Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Jesse Savage
PR101 Family register now in possession of Mrs. Harriet A. Lewis of Gloucester
PR102 Bible record now in possession of Newton B. Pool
PR103 Family record now in possession of Miss Grace Brooks

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Last Updated: 19 September, 2007