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TOWN
OF BECKET, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
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TO VITAL RECORDS OF BECKET, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE YEAR 1850 |
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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.
Stanhope
Press
F. M. GILSON COMPANY
BOSTON. U.S.A.
THE
TOWN OF BECKET, Berkshire County, was established June
21, 1765, prior to which time it was the new plantation called
Number Four.
March 12, 1783, a part of Becket
was included in the new town of Middlefield.
February 3, 1798, certain common
lands lying between Becket, Blandford, Chester, and Loudon
were annexed to Becket.
March 1, 1810, a part of Loudon
was annexed to Becket.
Population
by Census: 1776 (Prov.), 414; 1790 (U.S.) 751; 1800 (U.S.),
930; 1810 (U.S.), 1028; 1820 (U.S.), 984; 1830 (U.S.), 1063;
1840 (U.S.), 1342; 1850 (U.S.), 1223; 1855 (State), 1472;
1860 (U.S.), 1578; 1865 (State), 1393; 1870 (U.S.), 1346;
1875 (State), 1329; 1880 (U.S.), 1123; 1885 (State), 938;
1890 (U.S.), 946; 1895 (State), 888; 1900 (U.S.), 994.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places other than Becket 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
Co. -- county
d. -- daughter; died; day
Dea. -- deacon
dup. -- duplicate entry
f. -- female
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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