Transcript:Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849

Vital records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849

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Explanations

The following records of births, marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks ; in the church records ; in the cemetery inscriptions ; in the returns made to the Middlesex Co. Quarterly Court ; and in private records found in family Bibles, etc. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record ; also to indicate the maiden name of a wife.

When places other than Tewksbury and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. Double-dating is used in the months of January, February and March, prior to 1752, whenever it appears in the original, and also whenever from the sequence of entry in the original the date may be easily determined. In all records the original spelling of names is followed and in the alphabetical arrangement the various forms should be examined, as items about the same family may be found under different spellings.

The book of records covering the period from 1829 to 1844 was destroyed by fire.

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Tewksbury

The territory comprised within the limits of this town was originally a part of Billerica, and was established Dec. 17, 1734 as the town of Tewksbury. It is supposed to have derived its English name from Tewksbury in the County of Gloucester, England. The Indian name was Wamesit, from the tribe of that name whose camping ground was in this locality.

A part of Tewksbury was annexed to Lowell Mar. 29, 1834.

The population of Tewksbury at different periods was as follows :—

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Abbreviations

a.—age.

abt.—about.

b.—born.

bef.—before.

bet.—between.

bp.—baptized.

bur.—buried.

C. R. 1.—Congregational Church records.

C. R. 2.—Baptist Church records.

ch.—child.

chn.—children.

Co.—county.

CT. R.—court record, Middlesex Co. Quarterly Court.

d.—daughter ; day ; died.

Dea.—deacon.

dup.—duplicate entry.

G. R. 1.—gravestone record, Old Cemetery.

G. R. 2.—gravestone record, Tewksbury Cemetery.

G. R. 3.—gravestone record, South Tewksbury Cemetery.

G. R. 4.—gravestone record, Northwest Cemetery.

h.—husband ; hour.

inf.—infant.

int.—intention of marriage.

jr.—junior.

m.—male ; married ; month.

P. R. 1.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Mary Clark of Lowell.

P. R. 2.—Note book record now in possession of Miss Mary Clark of Lowell.

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P. R. 3.—Framed record now in possession of Mrs. Zephaniah P. Foster.

P. R. 4.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Ada Bridges.

P. R. 5.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Esther Marshall.

P. R. 6.—Record now in possession of Miss Ada Bridges.

P. R. 7.—Bible record now in possession of Henry Learnard.

P. R. 8.—Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Paul Smith.

P. R. 9.—Bible records now in possession of Miss Mary F. Spaulding.

P. R. 10.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Harriette Rea.

P. R. 11.—Bible record now in possession of Albert Trull.

P. R. 12.—Bible record now in possession of George Pilsbury.

P. R. 13.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Lizzie Rogers.

P. R. 14.—Bible record now in possession of Frederick Bailey of Lowell.

P. R. 15.—Record now in possession of Miss Alice Marshall.

P. R. 16.—Bible record now in possession of Mrs. Alonzo Marshall.

P. R. 17.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Esther Marshall.

P. R. 18.—Record now in possession of Mrs. Lucy A. Clewley of Woburn.

P. R. 19.—Bible record now in possession of Miss Letitia Clark of Ballardvale.

rec.—recorded.

s.—son.

sr.—senior.

unm.—unmarried.

w.—wife ; week.

wid.—widow.

widr.—widower.

y.—year.

Contents.

• List of names.