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. W. GILSON COMPANY
BOSTON. U.S.A.
THE TOWN OF PERU, Berkshire County,
was formerly Partridgefield.
July 4, 1771, the new plantation
called Number Two was established as Partridgefield.
March 12, 1783, a part of Partridgefield
was included in the new town of Middlefield.
June 21, 1804, a part of Partridgefield
was established as Hinsdale.
June 19, 1806, the name of Partridgefield
changed to Peru.
Population by Census: 1776 (Prov.), 376; 1790 (U.S.), 1041;
1800 (U.S.), 1361; 1810 (U.S.), 912; 1820 (U.S.), 748; 1830
(U.S.) 729; 1840 (U.S.), 576; 1850 (U.S.), 519; 1855 (State),
487; 1860 (U.S.), 499; 1865 (State), 494; 1870 (U.S.), 455;
1875 (State), 443; 1880 (U.S.), 403; 1885 (State), 368; 1890
(U.S.), 305; 1895 (State), 305; 1900 (U.S.), 253.
PERU'S
PROUD PATRIOTISM,
"Here am I, send me, send me."
This might well be the slogan of the Peru boys who - 11 of them
- registered and offered no excuse for not serving. Let us present
the honor list again: --
George A. Baumann, David Cochrane,
Enos (smudge)eltfaner Curtin, Harry W. Wigglesworth, Edward
F. Messenger, Lawrence A. Mongue, Frank Nasciento, Ernest A.
Orpin, Dwight P. Raymond, William Wallace and Clarence E. Wisner.
That Is a record to be proud of.
We question, whether any town in the country can equal it. Into
the 58 percent which goes to indicate the number in this commonwealth
of those who claim exemption from military service, Peru has
no part. We have no way of predicting the ebb and flow of the
great battle, but this we do know that the boys from Peru will
give a good account of themselves and justify the confidence
and hopes of those who send them forth to war.
[Transcriber's
note: glued into original book, hand-written "JUNE 1917"
- likely a newspaper clipping.]
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places other than Peru 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
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
