Published by
the New-England Historic Genealogical Society,
At the Charge of
The Eddy Town-Record Fund.
Boston,
Mass.,
1903.
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 EVERETT BLAKE,
CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON,
DON GLEASON HILL,
EDMUND DANA BARBOUR.
Editor.
HENRY ERNEST WOODS.
THE TOWN OF
Lee, Berkshire County, was established October 21, 1777, from parts
of Great Barrington and Washington, The Glass Works Grant, and a
part of William's Grant.
March 7,
1806, bounds between Lee and Lenox established.
February
7, 1820, bounds between Lee and Lenox established.
Population
by Census: 1790 (U.S.), 1170; 1800 (U.S.), 1267; 1810 (U. S.)
1305; 1820 (U. S.), 1384; 1830 (U. S.), 1825; 1840 (U. S.), 2428;
1850 (U. S.), 3220; 1855 (State), 4226; 1860 (U. S.), 4420; 1865
(State), 4035; 1870 (U. S.), 3866; 1875 (State), 3900; 1880 (U.
S.), 3939; 1885 (State), 4274; 1890 (U. S.), 3785; 1895 (State),
4066; 1900 (U. S.), 3596.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places
other than Lee 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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