VITAL RECORDS

SHIRLEY

To the end of the year 1849

Transcriptions of the "Tan Book"
Published by
The New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston, MA
1918

Title page

The town of Shirley, Middlesex County, was established as a district January 5, 1753, from a part of Groton.

January 25, 1765, certain land known as Stow Leg was annexed to the district of Shirley.

August 23, 1775, the district was made a town by general act.

February 6, 1798, a part of Groton was annexed to Shirley.

March 3, 1846, and April 25, 1848, bounds between Shirley and Lunenburg (Worcester County) were established.

February 14, 1871, a part of Shirley was included in the new town of Ayer

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Population by Census:

SURNAME INDEX

Births
Adams - Ayer
Bailey - Butterfield
Campbell - Cutter
Daniel - Dwight
Easterbrook - Estabrooks
Fairbank - Fuller
Gardner - Griffin
Haheir - Hyatt
Irving - Ivory
Jarvey - Jupp
Kelley - Kneland
Lancy - Lyon
Mccarty - Murphy
Neat - Nutting
Orr - Orswell
Page - Putnam
Rae - Russell
Sanders - Sullivan
Tarbel - Tyler
Vose
Walker - Wyman
Unidentified
Negroes

Marriages
Abbot - Ayars
Bailey - Buttrick
Campbell - Cutter
Daby - Dwight
Eames - Evans
Fageas - Fuller
Gaffield - Greenwood
Hadley - Hutchinson
Irving - Ivory
Jackson - Jupp
Kelcey - Knights
Laken - Lyon
Mccload - Munrow
Newell - Nutting
Olivers - Oxford
Page - Putnam
Ramsdell - Russell
Safford - Swiers
Tainter - Tyler
Upton - Urving
Vinton
Wait - Wyman
Zwiers
Unidentified

Deaths
Abbott - Ayer
Baker - Buttrick
Campbell - Cummings
Daby - Dwight
Eames - Elliot
Fairbank - Fuller
Gardner - Grover
Hadley - Hyett
Ivory
Jackson - Jupp
Kelsey - Kittridge
Larrabee - Lyon
Mccarthy - Munson
Neat - Newell
O'connor - Osgood
Page - Prouty
Redding - Russell
Safford - Sweers
Tarbell - Turner
Walker - Wyman
Unidentified