Published
by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society,
At the Charge of
The Eddy Town-Record Fund.
Boston, Mass.,
1902
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 such 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.
Committee on Publications.
C. B. TILLINGHAST,
FRANCIS EVERFTT BLAKE,
CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON,
DON GLEASON HILL,
EDMUND DANA BARBOUR.
Editor.
HENRY ERNEST WOODS.
THE TOWN OF HINSDALE, Berkshire County, was established
June 21, 1804, from a part of Partridgefield (now Peru).
Population by Census: 1810 (U. S.) 822; 1820 (U. S.), 822; 1830
(U. S.), 780; 1840 (U. S.), 955; 1850 (U. S.), 1253; 1855 (State),
1361; 1860 (U. S.), 1511; 1865 (State), 1517; 1870 (U. S.), 1695;
1875 (State), 1571; 1880 (U. S.), 1595; 1885 (State), 1656; 1890
(U. S.), 1739; 1895 (State), 1650; 1900 (U. S.), 1485.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. WHEN places other than Hinsdale 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 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 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.
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 birth-place of parents, in late marriage records.
ABBREVIATIONS.
a.
-- age
b. -- born
ch. -- child
chn. -- children
Co. -- county
C.R. -- church record.
d. -- daughter; died; day
Dea. -- deacon
dup. -- duplicate entry
f. -- female
G.R. -- gravestone record.
h. -- husband
inf. -- infant
int. -- publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. -- junior
m. -- married ; male; month
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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