MASSACHUSETTS
TO THE YEAR 1850
PUBLISHED
BY THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
AT THE ROBERT HENRY EDDY MEMORIAL ROOMS AT THE CHARGE OF
THE EDDY TOWN-RECORD FUND
BOSTON, MASS.
1913.
This
publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by
the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, November 6, 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
JAMES PARKER PARMENTER
HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT
EDMUND DANA BARBOUR
HOSEA STARR BALLOU
G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, JR.
Editor
HENRY EDWARDS SCOTT
THE
TOWN OF RICHMOND, Berkshire County, was established June 21,
1765, under the name of Richmont, from a new plantation called Yokum
Town and Mount Ephraim.
February 26, 1767, part was established as the district of Lenox.
April 24, 1772, certain estates were set off from Lenox to Richmont.
March 3, 1785, the name of Richmont was changed to Richmond.
March 27, 1834, bounds were established between Richmond and West
Stockbridge.
Population
by Census: 1765 (Prov.), [921]; 1776 (Prov.), 921; 1790 (U.S.),
1255; 1800 (U.S.), 1044; 1810 (U.S.), 1041; 1820 (U.S.), 923; 1830
(U.S.), 844; 1840 (U.S.), 1097; 1850 (U.S.), 907; 1855 (State),
970; 1860 (U.S.), 914; 1865 (State), 944; 1870 (U.S.), 1091; 1875
(State), 1141; 1880 (U.S.), 1124; 1885 (State), 854; 1890 (U.S.),
796; 1895 (State), 701; 1900 (U.S.), 679; 1905 (State), 601; 1910
(U.S.), 650.
EXPLANATIONS
1. WHEN places other than Richmond and Massachusetts are named in
the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all items from town records the original spelling is followed,
and no attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records
or to harmonize conflicting names or dates.
3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items
about the same family or individual may be found under different
spellings.
4. A baptism is not printed, if it occurs within one year after
the recorded date of birth, although any variations found in the
baptismal record are added to the birth record. But a baptism is
printed, if it occurs more than one year after the recorded date
of birth of a child of the same name and parents, no attempt being
made to decide whether the child baptized is identical with the
child of the birth record or is another child of the same name.
5. The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden name,
if it is known. But if the maiden name cannot be determined, the
entry appears under the husband's name, with a dash enclosed in
brackets to signify that the maiden name is unknown. If it is not
known whether the surname is that of a married or unmarried woman,
? m. is placed in brackets after the Christian name.
6. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the names
of both parties. 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.
7. 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 to show the difference in the spelling of a name in the
same entry, to indicate the maiden name of a wife, to enclose an
imperfect portion of the original text, and to separate clauses
in the original text -- such as the birthplace of a parent in late
records.
ABBREVIATIONS.
a. -- age
abt. -- about
b. - born
pb. -- baptized
bur. -- buried
ch. -- child
chn. - children
C.R. -- church record, Congregational Church
Co. -- county
d. -- daughter; day; died
Dea. -- deacon
Dec'd. -- deceased
dup. -- duplicate entry
Ens. -- Ensign
G.R.1. -- gravestone record, private lot on Mr. Sharp's farm,
near railroad station
G.R.2. -- gravestone record, Centre Cemetery
G.R.3- -- gravestone record, Southwest Cemetery, Cone Hill
G.R.4. -- gravestone record, Northeast Cemetery (Lindsay)
G.R.5. -- gravestone record, Cole lot
G.R.6. -- gravestone record, inscription in a field belonging
to Mr. Coleman, on the Pittsfield road
G.R.7 -- gravestone record, North Cemetery, on the Pittsfield
road
h. -- husband
hrs. -- hours
inf. -- infant
int. -- publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. -- junior
Lt. -- Lieutenant
m. -- married; month
min. -- minutes
q.v. -- which see; whom see
rec. -- recorded
s. -- son
Sr. -- senior
w. -- wife; week
wid. -- widow
widr. -- widower
y. -- year
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