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TOWN
OF GREAT BARRINGTON, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
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EXPLANATION
OF VITAL RECORDS OF
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
to the Year 1850.
Published by the
New-England Historic Genealogical Society,
at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass. 1904.
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This
publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by
the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 6 November 1901,
as follows:
Voted:
That the sum of $20,000, from the bequest of the late Robert
Henry Eddy, be set aside as a special fund to be called the
Eddy Town-Record Fund, for the sole purpose of publishing the
Vital Records of the towns of Massachusetts, and that the Council
be authorized and instructed to make arrangements as may be
necessary for such publication. And the treasurer is hereby
instructed to honor such drafts as shall be authorized by the
Council for this purpose.
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Committee on Publications. |
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C. B. Tillinghast, |
Francis Everett Blake, |
| Charles
Knowles Bolton, |
Don
Gleason Hill, |
| Edmund
Dana Barbour. |
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| Editor |
| Henry
Ernest Woods. |
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| Stanhope
Press |
| F.
H. Gilson Company |
| Boston,
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The
Town of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, was established June
30, 1761, from a part of Sheffield.
February 16, 1773, a part of Great Barrington was included in
the new district of Alford.
February 16, 1773, lands adjoining Great Barrington were annexed.
October 21, 1777, a part of Great Barrington was included in the
new town of Lee.
February 11, 1779, a part of Great Barrington was annexed to Alford.
February 18, 1819, a part of Great Barrington was annexed to Alford.
Population by Census: 1765 (Prov.) , 550;
1776 (Prov.), 961; 1790 (U.S.), 1373;
1800 (U.S.), 1754; 1810 (U.S.), 1784;
1820 (U.S.), 1908; 1830 (U.S.), 2264;
1840 (U.S.), 2704; 1850 (U.S.), 3264;
1855 (State), 3449; 1860 (U.S.), 3871;
1865 (State), 3920; 1870 (U.S.), 4320;
1875 (State), 4385; 1880 (U.S.), 4653;
1885 (State), 4471; 1890 (U.S.), 4612;
1895 (State), 4794; 1900 (U.S.), 5854.
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EXPLANATIONS.
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When places other than Great Barrington and Massachusetts
are named in the original records, they are given in the printed
copy. Prior to 1843, the vital records of Great Barrington
are very imperfect.
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In
all records, the original spelling is followed.
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The
various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about
the same family or individual might be found under different
spellings.
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Marriages
and intentions of marriages are printed under the names 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; and where a marriage appears
without the intention recorded, it is designated with an asterisk.
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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 birth-place
of parents, in late marriage records.
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ABBREVIATIONS.
a.
— age
abt. — about
b. — born
ch. — child
chn. — children
Co. — county
C.R.I. — Church record, First Congregational
C.R.2. — Church record, St. James's Episcopal
d. — daughter; died; day
Dea. — deacon
dup. — duplicate entry
G.R. — gravestone record, South Cemetery
h. — husband
inf. — infant
int. — publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. — junior
m. — married; month
P.R.I. — private record, from docket of Moses Hopkins,
Justice of the Peace
P.R.2. — private record, from docket of Thomas Ives,
Justice of the Peace
prob. — probably
rec. — recorded
s. — son
Sr. — senior
w. — wife; week
wid. — widow
widr. — widower
y. — year
1st. — first
2d. — second
3d. — third
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