EXPLANATIONS
1. When places other than Dover and Massachusetts are named in the original records they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all records the original spelling is followed.
3. The various spellis of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual may be found under different spellings.
4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marrige and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and where a marriage appears without the intention recorded, it is designated with an asterisk.
5. Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an item, i.e., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other entries of the record, is bracketed. Parenthese are used only when they occur in the original text, or to separate clauses found ther—such as the birthplace of parents in late marriage records.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a
| age
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| min
| minutes
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| abt
| about
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| MR
| Middlesex County record, East Cambridge
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| b
| born
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| prob
| probably
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| ch
| child
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| rec
| recorded
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| chn
| children
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| s
| son
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| Co
| county
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| Sr
| senior
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| d
| daughter; died; day
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| w
| wife; week
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| Dea
| deacon
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| wid
| widow
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| dup
| duplicate entry
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| widr
| widower
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| h
| husband; hours
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| y
| year
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| inf
| infant
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| 1st
| first
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| int
| intention of marriage
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| 2d
| second
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| Jr
| junior
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| 3d
| third
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| m
| married; month
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CHURCH RECORDS
| CR1
| First Parish
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| CR2
| Baptist Church of Needham and Dover
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CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR
| Highland Cemetery
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PRIVATE RECORDS
(Bibles, Family Records, Etc.)
| PR1
| From the Wilson Diary, now in the possession of Mrs. Lillian (Wilson) Bond
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| PR2
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Leonard Draper, of Dover
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| PR3
| From family bible, now in the possession of George L. Howe, of Dover
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| PR4
| From family record, in the possession of George L. Howe, of Dover
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| PR5
| From Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Lillian (Wilson) Bond, of Dover
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| PR6
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith
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| PR7
| From Family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith
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| PR8
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith
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| PR9
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Edeler (Chickering) Smith
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| PR10
| From family record in the possession of Elbridge Mann
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| PR11
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Elbridge Mann
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| PR12
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Emma Battelle Colburn
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| PR13
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Caroline Newell
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| PR14
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mr. George Battelle
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| PR15
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Jonathan Whiting
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| PR16
| From Family Bible, now in the possession of Mr. George Ellis Chickering
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| PR17
| From family Bible, now in the possession of George Ellis Chickering
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| PR18
| From family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. George Draper Everett
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| PR19
| From family record in the possession of Mrs. Lillian (Wilson) Bond, of Dover
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