INDEX
Vital Records Of
Montgomery, Massachusetts, To The Year 1850.
Published By The New-England Historic Genealogical Society,
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund.
Boston, Mass., 1902.

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]








THE TOWN OF MONTGOMERY, Hampden County (formerly in Hampshire County, until 1812), was established November 28, 1780, from parts of Westfield, Norwich, and Southampton. February 25, 1792, a part of Montgomery was included in the new town of Russel March 6, 1792, parts of Norwich and Southampton were annexed to Montgomery.

POPULATION BY CENSUS:
  • 1790 (U.S.), 449;
  • 1800 (U.S.), 560;
  • 1810 (U.S.), 595;
  • 1820 (U.S.), 604;
  • 1830 (U. S), 579;
  • 1840 (U.S.), 740;
  • 1850 (U.S.), 393;
  • 1855 (State), 413;
  • 1860 (U.S.), 371;
  • 1865 (State), 353;
  • 1870 (U.S.), 318;
  • 1875 (State), 304;
  • 1880 (U.S.), 303;
  • 1885 (State), 278;
  • 1890 (U.S.), 266;
  • 1895 (State), 275;
  • 1900 (U. S), 273.
EXPLANATIONS.

1. When places other than Montgomery 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 of that name.

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.

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 a 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
  • abt.---- about
  • b. ----born
  • ch.---- child
  • chn. ---- children
  • co.---- county
  • J---- daughter; day; died
  • Dea.---- deacon
  • dup.---- duplicate entry
  • f.---- female
  • h. ---- husband
  • inf. ---- infant
  • int. ---- publishment of intention of marriage
  • Jr.---- junior
  • m.---- male ; married ; month
  • rec.---- recorded
  • s. ---- son
  • Sr.---- senior
  • w. ----wife
  • wid.---- widow
  • widr. ---- widower
  • y.---- year
  • 2d. -- second.


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