EXPLANATIONS
The following record 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 several 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 explanatort matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record, and to indicate the maiden name of a wife.
When places other than Saugus and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriages 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 |
| d |
daughter; day; died |
|
wid |
widow |
| Dea |
Deacon |
|
widr |
widower |
| dup |
duplicate entry |
|
y |
year |
CHURCH RECORDS
| CR1 |
Universalist Church records |
| CR2 |
Methodist Church records |
CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1 |
Old Cemetery, Saugus Centre |
| GR2 |
New Cemetery, Saugus Centre |
PRIVATE RECORDS
(Bibles, Family Records, Etc.)
| PR1 |
Bible records now in possession of Samuel A. Parker |
| PR2 |
Bible record now in possession of Frank E. Parker |
| PR3 |
Bible record now in possession of Wilbur F. Newhall |
| PR4 |
Bible record now in possession of Charles F. Penney |
| PR5 |
Records from diary of Joseph Lye of Lynn, now in possession of Henry F. Tapley of Lynn |
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