Index
Vital Records Of Lincoln Massachusetts
To The Year 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]







THIS publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by the NEW ENGLAND Histroic GENEALOGICAL Society, November 6, 1901, as follows:

Voted: That the sum of S20,000, 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 LINCOLN, Middlesex County, was established Apr. 19, 1754, from parts of Concord, Lexington and Weston.

POPULATION BY CENSUS:
  • 1765 (Prov.), 649;
  • 1776 (Prov.), 775;
  • 1790 (US.), 740;
  • 1800 (US.), 756;
  • 1810 (U.S.), 713;
  • 1820 (U.S.), 706;
  • 1830 (U.S.), 709;
  • 1840 (U.S.), 686;
  • 1850 (U.S.), 719;
  • 1855 (State), 721;
  • 1860 (U.S.), 718;
  • 1865 (State), 711;
  • 1870 (U.S.), 791;
  • 1875 (State), 834;
  • 1880 (U.S.), 907;
  • 1885 (State), 901;
  • 1890 (U.S.), 987;
  • 1895 (State), 1111;
  • 1900 (U.S.), 1127;
  • 1905 (State) 1122.


EXPLANATIONS.
  • 1. When places other than Lincoln and Massachusetts are named in the original records they are given in the p[inted 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 may be found under different spellings.
  • 4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are p[inted 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, Church of Christ
  • C.R.2. ----church record, Unitarian Congregational Society
  • d. ----daughter; died; day
  • Dea. ----deacon
  • dup. ----duplicate entry
  • G.R.1. --- gravestone record, Old Cemetery
  • G.R.2. ----gravestone record, Triangle Cemetery
  • G.R.3. ----gravestone record, New 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 Bible of Mrs. Hannah Flint Brooks, now in the possession of Mr. Wallace and Miss Stella Brooks, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.2. ----Private record, from Harrington family Bible, now in the possession of Mr. George F. Harrington, of South Lincoln.
  • P.R.3. ----Private record, from Jenkens family Bible, now in the possession of Mr. George F. Harrington, of South Lincoln.
  • P.R.4. ----Private record, from Bible of Mr. George Nelson, of Lincoln, now in his possession.
  • P.R.5. ----Private record, from Bible of Peter Underwood, now in the possession of Mr. Samuel Underwood, of South Sudbury.
  • P.R.6. ----Private record, from Weston family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Charles s. Smith, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.7. ----Private record, from Wheeler family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Augusta Scripture, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.8. ----Private record, from Bible of Mr. Charles s. Wheeler, of Lincoln, now in his possession.
  • P.R.9. ----Private record, from Bible of Amos Bemis, now in the possession of Miss Julia Bemis, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.10 ----Private record, from Bible of Daniel Weston, now in the possession of Miss Georgian a Weston, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.11. ----Private record, from Hoar family Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Ellen Swift Campbell, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.12. ----Private record, from Bible of Joseph A. Wheeler, now in the possession of Sarah M. Wheeler, of South Lincoln.
  • P.R.13. ----Private record, from Bible of James Jones, now in the possession of Mr. Abijah Jones, of South Lincoln.
  • P.R.14. ----Private record, from Bible of Mr. George M. Baker, of South Lincoln, now in his possession.
  • P.R.15. ----Private record, from Bible of Charles H. Whitney, now in the possession of Mr. Louis A. Whitney, of Kendal Green.
  • P.R.16. ----Private record, from family record of Daniel Haynes, now in the possession of Mr. Sherman, of Lincoln.
  • P.R.17. ----Private record, from family record of Samuel Hartwell, now in the possession of Mrs. Mary Rogers, of Cambridge.
  • 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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