EXPLANATIONS

1. When places other than Stow and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all records the original spelling is followed, and no attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records orto harmonize conflicting names or dates.
3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual might be found under different spellings.
4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the name of both parties, but the full information concerning each party is given only in the entry under his or her name. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed, 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. Parentheses are used only when they occur in the original text, or to separate clauses found there — such as the birthplace of a parent, in late records.
6. In 1831 a copy was made of the first volume of records, which has since become defaced and mutilated. Items taken from this Town Copy are so marked.

ABBREVIATIONS
a age   jr junior
abt about   m married; month
b born   MR Middlesex County record, East Cambridge
bur buried   min minutes
ch child   RR Rebellion record
chn children   rec recorded
Co county   s son
d daughter; died; day   sr senior
Dea deacon   TC town copy
dup duplicate entry   w wife; week
h husband   wid widow
hrs hours   widr widower
inf infant   y year
int publishment of intention of marriage  

CHURCH RECORDS
CR First Church of Christ

CEMETERY RECORDS
GR1 Old Cemetery at "Stow Lower Village"
GR2 Hillside Cemetery

PRIVATE RECORDS
(Bibles, Family Records, Etc.)
PR1 Stow family Bible, now in the possession of Andrew J. Smith of Stow
PR2 James B. Porter Bible, now in the possession of Lydia W. Porter of West Acton
PR3 Family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Henry Fowler of Concord Junction
PR4 Wolcott family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Abijah Wolcott of Stow
PR5 Family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Herbert Marshall of Stow
PR6 Records of the Christopher Wilder family, now in the possession of Mrs. Sarah Hastings of Pittsfield
PR7 Charles T. Walcott Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Emma Herrick of Waltham
PR8 John Walcott Bible, now in the possession of Henry Wetherbee of Stow
PR9 Silas Parks Bible, now in the possession of Lewis Parks of Stow
PR10 Robert Wolcott Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Hannah Gates of Stow
PR11 Private records of the John Miles family, now in the possession of Mrs. S.A. Miles of South Acton
PR12 Whitney family Bible, now in the possession of W.H. Whitney of Concord Junction
PR13 Records of the Jonathan Priest family, now in the possession of Mrs. Benjamin Folsom of Stow
PR14 Asa Whitney Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. D.P. Muzzy of Cambridge
PR15 John Gates Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. William Peck of Stow
PR16 Ephraim W. Stone Bible, now in the possession of Albert M. Stone of Hanford, California
PR17 John Walcott Bible, now in the possession of Miss Sue Smith of Hudson
PR18 John Gates Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. William Peck of Stow
PR19 Silas Brooks Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Joseph Reed of Maynard
PR20 Asabel Smith Bible, now in the possession of Miss Sue Smith of Hudson
PR21 Nathan Brooks Whitman Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Annie L. Brigham of Marlboro
PR22 Benjamin Herrick Bible, now in the possession of Marshall Herrick of Bolton
PR23 Jeremy Underwood Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Laura Miles of Natick
PR24 Joel Gates Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. S.M. Lawrence of Stow
PR25 George Stow family records, now in the possession of Geroge Stow Jr. of Stow
PR26 From private records of Stephen Stow, now in the possession of George Stow of Stow
PR27 The Eliphalet Tenney Bible, now in the possession of Eliphalet Tenney of Stow
PR28 George Stow Bible now in the possession of Mrs. Edmund Stow of Stow
PR29 From private records, now in the possession of Mrs. Edmund Stow of Stow
PR30 Moses Whitney Bible, now in the possession of J.F. Whitney of Stow
PR31 Priest family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Frank Hallock of Stow


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Last Updated: 24 March, 2008