Index
Holliston, Middlesex Co., Ma, Vital Records To 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund.
Boston, Mass. 1908.

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

Births - ABBOTT to BUZZELL Births - CAPER to EVENS Births - FAIRBANCKS to HUTCHINSON Births - INGAMELLS to MUZZY Births - NEWALL to SWIFT Births - TABER to YOUNG & Unidentified Marriages - ABBOTT to CUZZENS Marriages - DABY to INGALLS Marriages - JACOBS to PUTNAM Marriages - QUIGGLE to WRIGHT & Unidentified Deaths - ADAMS to HUTCHINS Deaths - INGALLS to WOOD, Unidentified & Negroes 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. C. B. Tillinghast, Francis Everett Blake, Charles Knowles Bolton, Don Gleason Hill, Edmund Dana Barbour. Editor. F. Apthorp Foster. THE TOWN OF HOLLISTON, Middlesex County, was established December 3, 1724, from a part of Sherborn. April 28, 1781, a part of Hopkinton was annexed. March 3, 1829, bounds between Holliston and Medway were established and a part of Medway annexed. February 11, 1833, a part of Holliston was annexed to Framingham. March 27, 1835, a part of Holliston was annexed to Milford, and bounds between Holliston, Hopkinton, and Milford were established. March 16, 1846, a part of Holliston was included in the new town of Ashland. Population by Census: 1765 (Prov.), 705; 1776 (Prov.), 909; 1790 (U.S.), 875; 1800; (U.S.), 783; 1810 (U.S.), 989; 1820 (U.S.), 1042; 1830 (U.S.), 1304; 1840 (U.S.), 1782; 1850 (U.S.), 2428; 1855 (State), 2894; 1860 (U.S.), 3339; 1865 (State), 3125; 1870 (U.S.), 3073; 1875 (State), 3399; 1880 (U.S.), 3098; 1885 (State), 2926; 1890 (U.S.), 2619; 1895 (State), 2718; 1900 (U.S.), 2598; 1905 (State), 2663. EXPLANATIONS 1. WHEN places other than Holliston 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. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed. 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 birthplace of parents in late marriage records. ABBREVIATIONS. a. ----age. abt. ----about. b. ----born. ch. ----child. chn. ----children. Co. ----county. C.R.1. ----church record, First Congregational. C.R.2. ----church record, Methodiat. d. ----daughter; died; day. Dea. ----deacon. dup. ----duplicate entry. G.R.1. --- gravestone record, Central Cemetery. G.R.2. ----gravestone record, East Holliston Cemetery. G.R.3. ----gravestone record, Old North Cemetery. G.R.4. ----gravestone record, Old South Cemetery. G.R.5. ----gravestone record, Braggville Cemetery. G.R.6. ----gravestone record, West Cemetery. G.R.7. ----gravestone record, Lake Grove Cemetery. h. ----husband. hrs. ----hours. inf. ----infant. int. ----publishment of intention of marriage. Jr. ----junior. m. ----married; month. min. ----minutes. M.R. ----Middlesex County record, East Cambridge.. P.R.1. ----private record, from Currier family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Louise F. Despeaux of West Upton. P.R.2. ----private record, from family record of Timothy Daniels, now in the possession of Miss Sylvia Daniels of Holliston. P.R.3. ----private record, from family record of Samuel Messinger, now in the possession of Miss Mary M. Hartshorne of Webster. P.R.4. ----private record, from family record of N. W. and J. D. Alley, now in the possession of Miss Lauraetta Elizebeth Alley of Holliston. P.R.5. ----private record, from family record in the possession of Miss Mary E. Wilder of Gloucester. P.R.6. ----private record, from Littlefield family record, now in the possession of Henry B. Littlefield of Holliston. P.R.7. ----private record, from Metcalf family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Annie Pond of Philadelphia, Pa.. P.R.9. ----private record, from Bridges family Bible, now in the possession of George Adams of Holliston. P.R.9. ----private record, from Bridges family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Aaron E. Claflin of Holliston. P.R.10. ----private record, from Foristall family record, now in the possession of George H. Moody of Holliston. P.R.11 ----private record, from Belcher family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Mary Standish of Holliston. P.R.12. ----private record, from Chamberlain family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Mary Standish of Holliston. P.R.13. ----private record, from Holmes family Bible, now in the possession of Albert Holmes of Holliston. P.R.14. ----private record, from Rockwood family Register, now in the possession of Mrs. John H. Andrews of Holliston. P.R.15. ----private record, from Foristall family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Sarah Foristall of Holliston. P.R.16. ----private record, from Dickinson family Bible, now in the possession of Henry P. Dickinson of Holliston. P.R.17. ----private record, from Littlefield family record, now in the possession of Joseph H. Dewing of Holliston. P.R.18. ----private record, from Holbrook-Bridges family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Alonzo Howe of Holliston. P.R.19. ----private record, from Fisk family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Freeman Battelle of Holliston. P.R.20.----private record, from Claflin family Bible, now in the possession of Ethan C. Claflin of Holliston. P.R.21. ----private record, from Shippee family Bible, now in the possession of John D. Shippee of Holliston. P.R.22. ----private record, from Eames-Gassett family Bible, now in the possession of John D. Shippee of Holliston. P.R.23. ----private record, from Daniels family Register, now in the possession of John D. Shippee of Holliston. P.R.24. ----private record, from Phipps family Bible, now in the possession of Judge Willis A. Kingsbury of South Framingham. P.R.25. ----private record, from Wilder family Bible, now in the possession of Miss L. E. Wilder of Holliston. P.R.26. ----private record, from Leland family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Jones Thompson of Holliston. P.R.27. ----private record, from Cutler family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Mary E. Cutler of Holliston. P.R.28. ----private record, from Albee-Fiske family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Susan Littlehale of Holliston. P.R.29. ----private record, from Leland family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Aratus Comey of Holliston. P.R.30. ----private record, from Bellows family Register, now in the possession of Miss Lucy Bellows of Holliston. P.R.31. ----private record, from Phipps family Bible, now in the possession of Joseph Pierce of Holliston. P.R.32. ----private record, from Whiting family Bible, now in the possession of James N. Whiting of Holliston. P.R.33. ----private record, from Harriman family Bible, now in the possession of James N. Whiting of Holliston. P.R.34. ----private record, from Cutler family Bible, now in the possession of Albion M. Cutler of Holliston. P.R.35. ----private record, from Warfield family Bible, now in the possession of John N. Fiske of Holliston. P.R.36. ----private record, from Pierce family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. George M. French of Holliston. P.R.37. ----private record, from Phipps family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Benjamin Willey of Holliston. P.R.38. ----private record, from Morse family Bible, now in the possession of Willard Morse of Holliston. P.R.39. ----private record, from Barber-Mellen family Bible, now in the possession of George W. Leland of Holliston. P.R.40. ----private record, from Bullard family Bible, now in the possession of Henry Bullard of Holliston. P.R.41. ----private record, from Travis family Bible, now in the possession of George H. Nichols of Holliston. P.R.42. ----private record, from Leland family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Ruth Leland of Holliston. P.R.43. ----private record, from Gage family Bible, now in the possession of Watson P. Gage of Holliston. P.R.44. ----private record, from Farrington family Bible now in the possession of Mrs. Watson P. Gage of Holliston. P.R.45. ----private record, from Travis family Bible, now in the possession of Miss Josephine Travis of Holliston. P.R.46. ----private record, from Fisk family Bible, now in the possession of James Fiske of Holliston. P.R.47. ----private record, from Stone family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. George Crawford of Holliston. P.R.48. ----private record, from Slocom family Bible, now in the possession of G. W. Slocom of Holliston. P.R.49. ----private record, from Batchelder family record, now in the possession of Miss Emily Batchelder of Holliston. P.R.50. ----private record, from Phipps family Bible, now in the possesson of Mary L. Adams of Westboro. P.R.51 ----private record, from John Stone's Account Book, now in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston. prob. ----probably. rec. ----recorded. s. ----son. Sr. ----senior. w. ----wife; week. wid. ----widow. widr. ----widower. y. ----year. 1st. ----first. 2d. ----second. 3d. ----third. MA INDEX