VITAL RECORDS

of

BILLERICA

MASSACHUSETTS

To the end of the year 1849

Transcriptions of the "Tan Book"
Published by
The New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston, MA
1908

BILLERICA

The town of Billerica, Middlesex County, was established May 29, 1655, from common land.
May 26, 1658, bounds between Billerica and Andover, Essex County, were established.
October 10, 1666, bounds between Billerica and Woburn were established.
October 12, 1669, bounds between Billerica and Woburn were established.
June 27, 1706, bounds between Billerica and Chelmsford and Concord were established.
September 23, 1729, a part of Billerica was included in the new town of Bedford.
December 17, 1734, a part of billerica was established as tewksbury.
July 28, 1741, bounds between Billerica and Woburn were established.
February 26, 1767, a part of Billerica was annexed to Bedford.
April 28, 1780, a part of Billerica was included in the second district of Carlisle.
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Population by Census:
1765, 1,776   1820, 1,380   1860, 1,776  
1776, 1,500   1830, 1,374   1870, 1,833  
1790, 1,191   1840, 1,632   1880, 2,000  
1800, 1,383   1850, 1,646   1890, 2,380  
1810, 1,289         1900, 2,775  


EXPLANATIONS and ABBREVIATIONS

SURNAME INDEX
Births
Abbot - Avery
Bacan - Butters
Cann - Cutter
Dacy - Dutton
Eames - Everett
Fairbrother - Furbush
Galusha - Gustus
Hadley - Hyde
Ingals
Jaques - Judkins
Keaton - Kneeland
Laherry - Lyman
Mace - Myers
Nason - Nurs
Olney - Osgood
Page - Putnam
Quinland
Raddin - Ryan
Salter - Symes
Talbot - Tyler
Upton
Walker - Wyman
York - Young
Unidentified
Negroes
 Marriages
Abbot - Avary
Bacon - Butters
Caldwell - Cutter
Damforth - Dutton
Eames - Everett
Fairbrother - Furnew
Garfield - Grover
Hagget - Hyde
Ingalls - Ives
Jaco - Judkins
Karkin - Kneeland
Laine - Lyman
Maccarty - Muzey
Neal - Nutting
Okell - Osgood
Page - Putney
Rainger - Russel
Safford - Symms
Tainter - Tyler
Underwood - Upton
Virgin
Wait - Wyman
York
Unidentified
Negroes
 Deaths
Abbot - Artherton
Bacan - Butterfield
Carey - Cutter
Daland - Dyar
Easty - Everett
Fairbanks - Fuller
Gleason - Grimes
Haile - Hutchinson
Jaques - Jones
Kemp - Kittridge
Laine - Lynd
Makee - Muzzy
Needham - Norton
Olney - Osgood
Page - Putnam
Rand - Russell
Sanders - Symmes
Tarball - Tyler
Virgin
Walker - Wyman
Young
Unidentified
Negroes

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