Greenfield, Franklin Co., MA
Marriages & Deaths
Extracted From
History of Greenfield
Shire Town of Franklin County, Massachusetts
Francis M. Thompson
Vol II, Greenfield, Mass, 1904

[Transcribed by Jane Devlin]




Chapter XLVIII - MARRIAGES

Consecrated by Rev. Roger NEWTON between November 1761 & November 1816

    1761
  • 17 Dec, John BOLTON & Martha MEGEE, both of Colrain

    1762
  • 10 Apr, Matthew SEVERENCE & Experience NASH; Greenfield
  • 12 May, Joseph HASTINGS & Annis MUN
  • 1 Jul, Philip ROOT of Montague & Abigail SMEAD
  • -- ---, Lt. CATLIN of Deerfield & Abigail DENIO

    1763
  • -- Jan, Joseph STEBBINS & Miss HINSDALE of Deerfield
  • -- Feb, Eliphalet & Esther; Indians
  • 25 Mar, Caleb WRIGHT & Sarah MITHCEL
  • -- May, Thomas JUDD of Hadley & Esther GRAVES
  • -- Dec, Samuel HINSDALE & Miss Eunice MacDOWELL

    1764
  • -- Jan, John SENET of Bradford & Margeret MECRELES (McCRILLIS) of Colrain
  • -- Feb, John WELLS & Tamar RICE
  • -- Feb, Elisha HINSDALE & Sarah ATHERTON
  • -- Mar, Abisha HOLLEN & Thankful WELLS
  • -- Sep, Lemuel SMEAD & Sarah NIMS
  • -- Nov, Sam'll SHATTUCK & Chloe FIELD, of Bernardston

    1765
  • -- Apr, Seth DENIO & Rebekah ALLEN
  • -- Jul, Mr. BELL & Jennet STEWART of Colrain

    1766
  • 2 Jan, John CORFIRAN & Sarah FULTON both of Colrain
  • 28 Jan, Abraham BASS of East Hoosac & Rhoda MITCHELL
  • 6 Feb, Hugh RIDDLE & Jean MORRIS, both of Colrain
  • -- Dec, James PERRY & Abigail HAWKS, both of Charlemont

    1767
  • 7 Jan, Elijah MONROSE & Sarah HENDERSON, both of Halifax
  • 12 Feb, John HOWLAND & Naomi BASCOME
  • 17 Feb, Benjamin HENRY & Martha AYRES, both of Colrain

    1768
  • 14 Jan, James WILD & Catherine MILLS, both of Colrain
  • 21 Jan, Jonathan SMEAD & Rosanna PATTERSON of Colrain
  • 13 Jul, Ebenezer WELLS & Mary ARMS
  • 15 Dec, John FULTON & Susanne STEWART of Colrain

    1769
  • -- Jul, Timothy BASCOM & Abigail ATHERTON

    1770
  • Francis MUN & Rebekah CHILDS, both of Deerfield
  • 22 Mar, Nathaniel DODGE & Betsey POOL, both of Shelburn
  • -- Aug, Thomas TAYLOR & Cynthia CORSE

    1771
  • -- Jan, Lemuel HASTINGS & Eunice BASCOME
  • 9 May, John RANSOM & Susannah POOL
  • 9 May, Ebenezer SEARLS & Lydia GRAVES
  • 13 Jun, Daniel SMEAD & Tirzah WELLS
  • 13 Jun, (Ebenezer) BARDWELL of Montague & Philomena SMEAD (bap. Irene)
  • 5 Dec, Samuel STOUGHTON of Greenfield & Sarah MUN of Northfield

    1772
  • Benjamin DODGE of Colchester & Tabitha DODGE of Shelburn
  • 31 May, Elijah WELLS & Hannah BILLINGS
  • 8 Jun, Jonathan HOIT of Deerfield & Abigail NASH
  • 1 Oct, Reuben WELLS & Experience SEVERANCE
  • 15 Oct, Caleb SHELDON of Bernardston & Dorithy DENIO
  • 27 Oct, Benjamin HORSLEY & Ruth RISLEY
  • 12 Nov, Silvanus ALLEN & Martha STEBBINS

    1773
  • 4 Aug, George GRENOLDS (GRENNELL) & Lydia STEPHENS
  • 19 Aug, George HASKINS & Rebekah DENIO
  • 15 Sep, Isaac NEWTON & Sebera DENIO
  • 23 Sep, Ithemar ALLEN & Eunice RISLEY
  • 28 Sep, John SMEAD & Urania ARMS
  • 14 Oct, Seth HAWKS & Esther WELLS
  • 14 Oct, Daniel PICKETT & Submit HASTINGS
  • 12 Nov, Abel SIMONS & Lucy BROWN
  • 25 Nov, Daniel NASH & Anne ATHERTON
  • 25 Nov, Silvanus NASH & Tryphena HUDSON

    1774
  • 6 Jan, Matthew ELLIS & Anna CLARK, both of Colrain
  • 6 Jan, William McKEE (McGEE?) & Molly CLARK, both of Colrain
  • 13 Jan, Ariel HINSDALE & Thankful SEVERANCE
  • 19 Jan, Abner SMEAD & Hannah ALBERT (ALVORD)
  • 10 Mar, Thomas JUDD of South Hadley & Thankful ALLEN
  • 14 Mar, Phinehas JONES & Mary BROOKS
  • 21 Apr, David GAINS & Elizabeth TUBBS
  • 28 Apr, Ebenezer NIMS & Margaret PATERSON
  • 23 Aug, Bernard DAVISON & Betsey ALLEN
  • 27 Sep, Elijah DWIGHT of Belcher(town) & Diana HINSDALE
  • 30 Oct, Enos DENIO & Ruth BROOKS
  • -- Nov, Medad HASTINGS & Sarah HAWKINS
  • 29 Dec, Elihu FIELD & Hephzibah DICKINSON, both of Deerfield

    1775
  • 18 Jan, Uriah FITCH & Diadema CHAPMAN who were published at Shelburne
  • 10 Aug, Abner WELLS & Elisabeth ALLEN

    1776
  • 12 Jan, David CALDWELL & Sarah DENIO

    1777
  • 20 May, Elijah RISLEY & Deborah WATERS
  • 10 Jun, Solomon SMEAD & Esther SMITH
  • 14 Aug, James ROBERTS & Esther NIMS
  • 18 Dec, Solomon DENIO & Esther PANNELL of Colrain

    1778
  • 26 Jan, John EWERS of Montague & Hannah MORLEY
  • 29 Jan, Chilieb HALE of Bernardston & Mercy MAYHEW
  • 24 Feb, Gad ALVARD of South Hadley & Thankful HOLLAND
  • 14 Apr, Artemas RICE of Charlemont & Katherine TAYLOR of Shelburne
  • 14 Apr, Abner NIMS & Sarah TAYLOR, both of Shelburne
  • 16 Apr, Sam'l DEANE & Eunice McDOWELL
  • 29 Apr, Simeon CARY & Abigail BACON
  • 17 Sep, Tubal NASH & Mary CORSE
  • 28 Sep, Joseph SEVERANCE & Mercy ALLEN
  • 23 Oct, Ebenezer GRAVES & Anna CHAPIN
  • 30 Oct, Ethan BILLINGS & Submit BELDING of Amherst
  • 5 Nov, John NEWTON & Elizabeth ARMS
  • 31 Dec, Eben'r ROBERTS & Submit BROOKS

    1779
  • 6 Jan, Ebenezer ALLEN & Sarah BUSH
  • 21 Mar, Joseph GAINS & Elisabeth TUBBS
  • 2 Apr, John MORLEY & Miriam BROOKS
  • 3 Jun, Zebediah SLATE of Bernardston & Mary ATHERTON
  • 21 May, Lem'l BASCOME & Abigail ALLEN
  • 24 May, Obed WELLS & Caroline GRENNELL
  • 5 Aug, Amasa SMEAD & Sarah DEANE
  • 22 Nov, Enos RICE & Mercy MOFFETT, the latter from Northfield

    1780
  • 24 Jan, Apollos ALLEN & Deborah PARDY
  • -- Jun, Roger EDGCOM & Sarah WELLS
  • 14 Sep, Asher NEWTON & Chloe CORS
  • 14 Sep, Mr. STHANHOPE & Mrs. TUBB
  • 7 Dec, Thaddeus MERRILL (of Rowe) & Chloe SMEAD

    1781
  • 4 Jan, James CORS & Hannah STEBBINS
  • 12 Mar, Moses FIELD of Levverett & Mary SPELMAN of Greenfield
  • 18 Mar, John WELLS of Deerfield & Desire ELLIOT
  • 26 Apr, William McKINSEY & Mary GUILLOWS
  • 2 May, Zadock KING & Thankful MICHEL, both of Deerfield
  • 17 May, Daniel TAYLOR & Eunice WELLS
  • 14 Jun, Levi WELLS & Mehitable WELLS
  • 30 Aug, Oliver HASTINGS & Dorothy CARY
  • 26 Oct, Benjamin DEAN & Experience ALLEN
  • 26 Oct, Daniel WELLS & Rhoda NEWTON
  • 6 Dec, Ithamar BURT & Prudence DICKINSON, both of Deerfield
  • 27 Dec, Gideon DEWEY & Joanna ALLEN

    1782
  • 31 Jan, Asa WELLS of Bernardston & Susanna CRANDAL of Greenfield
  • 21 Feb, David HOIT & Elizabeth BALL, both of Deerfield
  • 28 Feb, Isaac NEWTON & Hester LORD
  • 5 Mar, William SPRAGUE & Anna STEPHENS
  • 21 Mar, John SANDERSON & Hannah JOHNSON
  • 11 Apr, Elisha WELLS & Tirzah SEVERANCE
  • 16 May, John BUSH & Lydia ARMS
  • 19 May, James PICKETT & Katherine ROSSETER
  • 7 Aug, Sam'l BOIES ye 3d. of Blanford & Anne DICK of Pelham
  • 28 Nov, Thanksgiving; Solomon SHELDENS & Prudence THAYER, both of Bernardston
  • 28 Nov, Moses SCOTT & Eunice WOODS
  • 28 Nov, Ezra MUDGE & Sarah MUNN

    1783
  • Obediah HORSFORD of Thetford & Abigail CARRIER
  • -- Feb (in fact 29 Jan) David DICKINSON & Betsey (Elizabeth) ASHLEY of Deerfield
  • 27 Feb, Joseph SIMONS & Elisabeth WELLS
  • 2 Mar, Job GRAVES & Abigail WELLS
  • (28) Apr, Hilkiah HAWKS & (Joanna) BROOKS
  • 2 Jul, Amos JEPPERSON & Sarah DERBY
  • 31 Jul, Ebenezer MARTINDALE & Lydia CAREY
  • 7 Sep, Sam'l PICKETT & Mary CORS
  • 18 Sep, Elnath'n SANDERSON & Sarah STRICKLING (STRICKLAND)
  • 18 Sep, Beriah WILLARD & Katharine WELLS
  • 12 Oct, Edward BILLINGS & Rebecca ARMS of Deerfield
  • 10 Nov, Amos ALLEN & Abigail HOIT
  • 11 Dec, Joseph NASH & Rebecca BASCOME

    A portion of Mr. NEWTON's diary from 1783 to 1790 is missing. In 1783 the town clerk of Greenfield commenced to enter upon the records Intentions of Marriage. These entries from 1 Dec 1783 to 10 Nov 1790 are found below:

    1783
  • 28 Dec, Elijah SMITH & Pollie STEBBINS
  • 28 Dec, Joseph STANHOPE & Bathijah SMALLE

    1784
  • 3 Feb, Asa SMITH & Abigail BROOKS
  • 24 Mar, Benjamin CARRIER & Jerusha BALLARD
  • 22 May, John SEVERANCE of Bernardston & Zerviah NICHOLS of Greenfield
  • 17 Oct, Selah HASTINGS & Susanna SMITH
  • 17 Oct, Mingo PROCTOR & "Tenor" (Rev. Dr. NEWTON's servant)
  • 18 Nov, Joseph BASCOM & Esther JUDD
  • 18 Nov, William CHADWICK & Carolina STANHOPE
  • 18 Nov, Silvanus SISTLE & Lucy HORSLEY

    1785
  • 15 Jan, Elihu ATHERTON & Hepsy LEACH
  • 13 Feb, Jonas STANHOPE & Mary ALLEN
  • 20 Feb, Ebenezer WELLS & Mary WHIPPLE
  • 27 Feb, Reuben INGRAM & Mary HITCHCOCK
  • 12 Mar, Ebenezer ARMS, Jr., & Mary WHITE
  • 12 Mar, Abner DARLING & Chloe DERBY
  • 6 Apr, Jesse FAIRCHILD & Mary STEVENS
  • 16 Apr, Frederick LOVELAND & Rhoda COMBS
  • 7 May, George DARLING & Jane SEVERANCE
  • 25 May, John SAWTELL & Anna DENIO
  • 3 Jul, Joshua COMBS & Anna LOVELAND
  • 19 Aug, Josiah PARMENTER of Northfield & Hannah CHILDS of Greenfield
  • 24 Sep Eleizer WELLS & Anna WELLS
  • 8 Oct, Jesse JOHNSON & Hannah COHOON
  • 11 Oct, Hull NIMS & Hannah NEWTON (m. 1 Dec 1785)
  • 14 Oct Amos CORNWELL & Abigail SEVERANCE
  • 2 Nov, Joel ALLEN & Mary SMEAD
  • 21 Nov, Solomon SEVERANCE & Hannah HOIT

    1786
  • 7 Jan, Giles WEBSTER & Huldah THORNTON
  • 4 Mar, George MORLEY & Joanna WHITTEN
  • 12 Mar, John KEMP of Shelburne & Hannah WELLS of Greenfield
  • 9 Apr, Joseph WRISLEY & Naoma STRICKLIN (STRICKLAND)
  • 27 May, Joseph PHILLIPS & Martha BASCOM
  • 28 May, Joel SMITH of Greenfield & Elisabeth DICKINSON of Whately
  • 16 Sep, Abner ARMS & Mary DENIO
  • 16 Sep, Elias BARDWELL & Irena ALLEN
  • 16 Sep, Andrew WILKENS & Ruth ALLEN
  • 23 Sep, Micah PHILLIPS & Lois TEMPLE
  • 29 Oct, Jonathan HAWKS of Deerfield & Merch FRENCH of Greenfield
  • 29 Oct, Matthew SEVERANCE & Mary WELLS
  • 2 Nov, Robert CONE & Sarah COOK
  • 26 Nov, John ALVARD of Brookfield & Abigail SMEAD of Greenfield

    1787
  • 12 Jan, Joseph NUTTING & Huldah CONVERS
  • 4 Feb, John FRENCH & Elisabeth BASCOM
  • 6 Apr, Ephraim HASTINGS & Margaret HITCHCOCK
  • 21 Apr, A. Field WELLS & Abigail BURNHAM
  • 30 Apr, Oliver Atherton & Mary BASCOM
  • 7 May, John CROSSETT of Wardsborough & Olive CARPENTER of Greenfield
  • 4 Aug, William McHARD & Temperance WHIPEL
  • 4 Aug, Nathan JACOBS of Brattleborough & Sarah CLERK
  • 29 Sep, Adverdis (Edwardus) ALLEN of Greenfield & Hannah BROWN of Leyden
  • 29 Sep, Eli HAMILTON of Greenfield & Avis SOUTHARD of Pelham
  • 29 Sep, Eber HAMILTON & Catherine SEETON
  • 2 Oct, Jonathan WOLLES of Gilford & Jemima WEBSTER of Greenfield
  • 26 Oct, Elijah ALLEN & Eunice SMEAD
  • 26 Oct, Oliver CONE & Esther WELLMAN
  • 1 Nov, William SMALLEY, Esq., Guilford, & Susannah BASCOM
  • 1 Nov, Salmon HOWLAND & Welthy WISE
  • 5 Dec, Reuben INGRAM of Lyden & Tabitha ARMS of Greenfield

    1788
  • 20 Jan, John ALLEN & Lucretia WRISLEY
  • 1 Feb, Jonathan HALL & Mary FRENCH
  • 1 Feb, Mulford PHILLIPS & Thankful SMALLEY
  • 22 Mar, John FOSTER of Bernardston & Mendal ATHERTON of Greenfield
  • 12 May, Joel WELLS of Greenfield & Abigail HAWKS of Deerfield
  • 18 May, Quintus ALLEN & Doratha STEBBINS
  • 9 Sep, Samuel NEWTON & Sibella WELD
  • 16 Sep, John WELLS of Brattleborough & Anna ARMS of Greenfield
  • 1 Dec, Selah ALLEN & Thankful ALLEN

    1789
  • 24 Jan, Benjamin HASTINGS, Jr., & Rachel STRICKLAND
  • 12 Feb, Job ALLEN & Pheba PICKETT
  • 21 Mar, Jonathan ALLEN & Cloe BASCOM
  • 14 Jul, Abel TORRY & Lydia ANDERSON
  • 18 Jul, John ALVORD of Greenfield & Rhoda MATHER of Shelburne
  • 19 Jul, Daniel BROOKS of Greenfield & Levyna MORGAN of Northfield
  • 29 Sep, Isaac FOSTER, Jr., of Greenfield & Rebekah HUNT of Belchertown
  • 29 Sep, Jonathan WASHBURN & Elizabeth JOICE
  • 6 Nov, Julius CHAPIN & Tabitha STRONG

    1790
  • 1 Jan, Elihu GOODMAN & Sarah SMEAD
  • 6 Jan, Simeon MUNN & Pheba CLERK
  • 6 Jan, Eli SMEAD & SUbmit CORSS
  • 30 Jan, Jeremiah ANDREWS & Lucy LOVELAND
  • 20 Feb, William WAIT of Greenfield & Hepzibah REED of Lexington
  • 19 Mar, Eliphaz ALLEN & Unice PUTNAM
  • 19 Mar, Elijah LAMB & Hannah WELLS
  • 8 Apr, Simeon WELLS of Shelburne & Abigail STEBBINS of Greenfield
  • 6 May, Oliver SAGE & Polly DENIO
  • 21 May, Nathaniel BASS & Martha ANDERSON
  • 22 May, Moses Miller MITCHELL & Bathsheba SMITH
  • 28 Oct, Jonathan Juett HORSLEY & Abigail GIBBS
  • 4 Nov, Ebenezer CORSS & Grate WELLS
  • 11 Nov, Capt. William MOORE of Greenfield & Patte BUCKMINISTER
  • 11 Nov, Ambrose AMES & Hannah ALLEN

    Then follows from Mr. NEWTON's diary:

    1790
  • 11 Nov, Zerah ALVARD & Hannah NIMS both of Shelburne 28 Nov, Joseph SEVERANCE & Lydia NIMS, both of Shelburne
  • 9 Dec, (Thursday), Ambrose AMES & Hannah ALLEN

    1791
  • 13 Jan, Elijah ALVARD & Anne BASCOME
  • 12 Ap, Jesse HUTCHINSON & Charlotte GRISWOLD
  • 3 Nov, Jonathan FIELD of Winchester & Abigail USHER
  • 7 Nov, Melchial STROHN & Fanny USHER
  • 12 Dec, Ephraim WHEELER & Mary DEMONLETT

    1792
  • 1 Jan, Abiel STEVENS & Margaret McHARD
  • 19 Jan, Joel GRAVES & Elizabeth BILLINGS
  • 1 Mar, Elihu GRAVES & Eleanor SMITH
  • 1 Mar, Ebenezer WILKINSON & Prudence GRAVES
  • 12 Apr, Jonathn ATHERTON & Huldah CHAMBERLAIN
  • -- ---, Joseph MOTT of Goshen & Naomi LYONS (the above carried to the Town clerk, viz., Mr. D. WELLS, 17 Apr 1792)
  • 26 Apr 1792, Peter BROOKS of Glossenbury & Mary WETMORE
  • 27 Aug, Rev'd Mr. Jonathan LEAVITT of Heath & Mrs. Terzah ASHLEY of Deerfield
  • 3 Sep, Sam'l WELLS, Jr., & Electa BASCOM
  • 16 Oct, Dr. Israel FARRELL & Miss Peggy CLARK
  • 18 Oct, Mr. ELLIS & Widow STANHOPE
  • 19 Nov, Wm. SMALLY & Ruth MARTINDALE
  • 29 Nov, Zimri HOWLAND & Katherine COOKE

    1793
  • 19 Feb, Sam'l NEWTON & Peggy WALLACE
  • 26 Mar, Jehiel GANES & Derinda ALLEN
  • 24 Apr, Levi STILES & Diana MARTINDALE
  • 15 May, Abel GUILLOW & Betsey WHEELER
  • 6 Jun, Seth ARMS & Dolly DENIO
  • 22 Aug, David RISLEY, Jr., & Olive STARKS
  • 29 Aug, Rufus CHAMBERLAIN & Lydia ATHERTON
  • 29 Aug, James SEVERANCE & Elisabeth SEVERANCE
  • 1 Dec, Sam'l STEBBINS & Asenth BASCOM

    1794
  • 1 Jan, Consider SHATTUCK & Anna ATHERTON
  • 23 Jan, Francis WOOD & Eunice HASTINGS
  • 15 Mar, Moses RICHARDS & Sally STOUGHTON
  • 15 Mar, Abner WELLS & Ruth STRICKLAND
  • 23 Apr, Anna BASS of Charlemont & Dorothy MARTINDALE
  • 22 May, Joel WILLMAN & Betsy BAKER, both of Gill
  • 30 Oct, Eleazer DERBEY & Lucy WEBSTER, both of Gill
  • 30 Oct, Jabez FRAZIER & Sabra DENIP
  • 6 Nov, Israel PHILLIPS & Mary BASCOM, both of Gill
  • 20 Nov, Warham HITCHCOCK & Ollive WELLS
  • 25 Dec, David NEWELL & Achsah CLARK

    1795
  • 28 Jan, Samuel PHILLIPS & Betsey LYON
  • 5 Feb, Dan CHAPIN & Dorothy WRIGHT
  • 11 Feb, David MUNN of Deerfield & Philena CLARK
  • 3 Sep, Jonathan SPRAGUE & Anna RISLEY of Gill
  • 22 Nov, Dan'l CLAY & Lucinda SMEAD
  • 31 Dec, John CORSE & Sarah ATHERTON

    1796
  • 14 Jan, Aaron SKINNER, Jr., & Charity NIMS both of Shelburne
  • 21 Jan, Elias BASCOM of Orwell in VT & Thankful GRAVES
  • 8 Jun, Enoch CLARK & Anna HUTCHINSON
  • 9 Oct, Erastus COLEMAN & Cornelia BILLINGS
  • 15 Dec, Noah MUNN, Jr., & Mercy SIMONS of Gill

    1797
  • 22 Feb, Ichabod POTTER & Chloe LOVELAND both of Gill
  • 28 Feb, Daniel STEEL & Clarissa DARBY
  • 15 Jun, Robert MURDOCK of Shelburne & Polly NUTTING
  • 10 Jul, Timothy HALE of Bernardston & Tirzah SPRAGUE of Gill
  • 6 Sep, Benjamin SMEAD of Brattleborough & Clarissa HALL

    1798
  • 23 Feb, Sayward PHELPS of Northampton & Elizabeth AMSDEN of Deerfield
  • 22 May, Timothy VENALARUS & Rosanna HENNEMAN (negros)
  • 5 Jul, Silas BROOKS & Elizabeth JONES
  • 5 Aug, Zenas BARDWELL & Susy FELLOWS both of Shelburne
  • 26 Aug, Ozias H. NEWTON & Hannah SMEAD
  • 9 Sep, (in the Meeting House) Rev. Dr. Nathaniel LAMBERT of Newbury in Vermont & Miss Abigail NEWTON ["A New form of Marriage used upon this occasion - You do each of you declare before God & this assembly that you do take & wed one another as husband & wife, promising to cleve to each other, & dwell together in all chasity, to render mutually due benevolence & perform the various duties of the married state with Fidelity & perseverance until death shall you part (severally & singularly) declare & promise."]
  • 18 Nov, Charles HITCHCOCK & Mercy THORNTON
  • 20 Dec, Joseph BATTIS & Diana HINSDALE

    1799
  • 11 Feb, Ezekiel RICE of Putney & Hannah BILLINGS

    1800
  • 15 Jan, Solomon HENDERSON of Bennington & Betsey WELLS
  • 29 May, Caleb STRATTON of Northfield & Betsey STRONG
  • 11 Sep, Aaron WHITE & Christina SEVERANCE
  • 14 Oct, Joseph WISE, Jr., of Deerfield, & Welthy FOX of Bernardston, Mr. COOK being absent

    1801
  • 10 Jan, Aaron GREEN & Clarissa CUSHMAN
  • 5 Feb, Ruel ALLEN & Lucy JOHNSON
  • 21 Feb, Edward H. WELLS & Sarah WELLS
  • 19 Nov, Ebenezer AMES & Huldah NEWTON
  • 26 Nov, Elihu SEVERANCE & Polly HITCHCOCK
  • 26 Nov, Benjamin AVERILL & Lovina HOLLAND

    1802
  • 7 Jan, Jonath'n PIERCE & Mary WOODARD
  • 7 Jan, Rufus SEVERANCE & Sarah NEWTON
  • 11 Feb, Nathaniel BEMENT of Suffield, Con't. & Sarah HASTINGS
  • 6 Jun, (Lord's Day, Evening) Proctor PIERCE & Sukey NEWTON
  • 6 Nov, Johath'n BIRD & Betsey GRENNELL
  • 11 Nov, George WILSON & Mercy NUTTING

    1803
  • 15 Jan, Oliver WILKINSON & Betsey MUNN
  • 29 Jan, John TAGGART of Jeffrey, N. H., & Polly ROGERS of Greenfield
  • 6 Apr, Benjamin SMITH of Hadley & Widow Dolly ARMES

    1804
  • 15 Nov, Joseph SEVERANCE, Jr., & Elizabeth HUBBARD

    1805
  • 17 Apr, John DENIO & Harriot STILES
  • 11 Apr, Roswell LOMBARD of Springfield & COrnelia HALL of this town
  • 29 May, Spencer ROOT & Lydia BORDWELL, both of Montague
  • 28 Jul, Joseph J. BUCKINGHAM of Boston & Melinda ALVORD of Montague
  • 12 Nov, Elijah ALVORD, Esq., of Greenwich & Sabra WELLS
  • 19 Nov, Asaph SMEAD & Mary NEWTON
  • 18 Dec, Joseph OTIS of Colrain & Violetta HINSDALE
  • 31 Dec, John HASTINGS & Paris BACON

    1806
  • 2 Jan, James Wm. HOXE & Mary HITCHCOCK (The same day Mr. HOXE began to occupy my store.)
  • 13 Apr, Enos H. BURT &Mary ATHERTON
  • 27 Nov, Oliver POTTER & Sarah ALEXANDER
  • 13 Dec, Ira ARMS & Sophia ALLEN

    1807
  • 25 Feb, Mr. Avery WILLIAMS of Leverett & Miss Clarissa GRINNELL of this town
  • 20 May, Anson HITCHCOCK of Bernardston & Betsey BACON
  • 12 Jul, John ESON Jr., of Leydon, & Olive ATHERTON
  • 6 Jul, Alpheus F. STONE & Rachel WILLARD
  • 14 Jul, Loring S. FIELD of Gill & Mary HUBBARD
  • 4 Oct, James TAYLOR & Mary PERRY

    1808
  • 7 Jan, Richard B. CALLENDER of Chester, Ver't & Caroline SMEAD
  • 28 Apr, (Thursday), Lemuel WARNER of Hadley & Martha ALLEN of Greenfield
  • 21 May, Solomon WELLS & Chloe ATHERTON
  • 30 May, Curtis NEWTON & Salome SAWTELL
  • 27 Nov, John REDFIELD of Gilford, Connet'tt & Pamelia WELLS
  • 31 Dec, Hooker LEAVITT & Nancy MUNN

    1809
  • 1 Feb, Solomon SMEAD, Esq., & Mrs. Larinda BURKE of Bernardston
  • 17 May, Holmes MAYHEW & Lunetta WOODARD
  • 6 Jul, Reuben GRAVES of Montague & Ruby BISSEL of Greenfield
  • 23 Jul, Calvin L. MUNN & Mary SWAN

    1810
  • 17 Feb, John CORSS of Lyden & Lucy LEE of this place

    1811
  • 20 Feb, Ebenezer GOODELL of Westminister, Vt., & Rosanna SMEAD of this town
  • 22 Oct, Jonathan ROOT of Montague & Caroline WELLS
  • 5 Nov, Ferdinan Hunt WRIGHT of Northampton & Olive AMES
  • 5 Feb, Charles DEXTER of Dover, Vt., & Lucinda BASCOM of Greenfield

    1812
  • 8 Feb, Horace ADAMS of West Haven, Ter. & Orra BILLINGS of Greenfield
  • 5 Nov, Ezra PURPLE, Bernardstone, & Clarissa SMEAD
  • 10 Nov, Charles STEARNS, Shelburne, & Sally RISLEY
  • 2 Dec, William PYNCHON of Springfield & Esther BILLINGS of Greenfield

    1813
  • 26 Jul, Ansel PHELPS & Hannah AMES

    1814
  • 24 Mar, Peter BRAY (?) of Colrain & (illegible)
  • 8 May, Melvin MAYHEW & Lucy WEBSTER
  • 18 May, Peter NEWCOMB of Bernardston & Tirzah SMEAD

    1816
  • 25 Nov, Capt. Moses ARMS & Widow Mary SWAN

Chapter 84, Acts of 1857 required the town clerks of each town to make a certified copy of any record of a marriage recorded in the books of said town, or in any records of any magistrate or minister of said town, before the year 1800, and transmit the same to any other town in the commonwealth in which either of the persons married resided. Under this act the following returns were made to Greenfield:

    HATFIELD
  • 25 Dec 1777, Elisha WELLS of Greenfield & Rhoda GRAVES of Hatfield, by Rev. Jos. LYMAN
  • 16 Jun 1791, Rufus GRAVES of Greenfield & Esther WELLS of Hatfield, by Rev. Jos. LYMAN

    BARRE
  • 13 Feb, 1794, William MOORE of Greenfield & Patty BUCKMINSTER of Barre, by Rev. Josiah DANA

    WHATELY
  • 24 Mar 1785, Ebenezer ARMS, Jr., of Greenfield & Mary WHIET of Whately, Rev. Rufus WELLS, personal record
  • 24 Aug, 1786, Joel SMITH of Greenfield & Elizabeth DICKINSON of Whately, Rev. Rufus WELLS, personal record

    GREENWICH
  • 25 Nov 1790, Jon'a JEWETT of Greenfield & Abigail GIBES of Greenwich, by Rev. Joesph BLODGETT, parish record

    NORTHFIELD
  • 7 Jul 1768, Jon'a SPRAGUE, of Greenfield, & Mariam BROOKS, of Greenfield, by Seth FIELD, J.P.
  • 24 Nov 1768, Seth CARY, of Greenfield & Abigail HOLTON, of Northfield, by Seth FIELD, J.P. 3 Feb 1785, Sylvanus SARTWELL, of Barre, & Lucy HOSLEY, of Greenfield, by Seth FEILD, J.P.
  • 27 Aug 1789, Dan'l BROOKS, Jr., of Greenfield, & Lavina MORGAN, of Northfield, by Seth FIELD, J.P.
  • 8 Dec 1791, Berwin FOOT, of Greenfield, & Melinda FIELD, by Rev. John HUBBARD
  • 29 Aug 1793, Charles WILLIAMS, of Northfield, & Clarissa SLADE, of Greenfield, by Rev. John HUBBARD

    AMHERST
  • 10 Dec 1787, Eli HAMILTON of Greenfield & Avis SOUTHWOOD of Pelham, by Rev. David PARSONS

    SUNDERLAND
  • 13 Mar 1797, Asa KEMP of Greenfield & Catherine GARDNER of Whately

    SPRINGFIELD
  • 31 Mar 1768, Battis DENIO of Greenfield & Mary MILLER of Springfield
  • 3 Sep 1794, Thomas DICKMAN of Greenfield & Nancy CHURCH of Springfield, by Rev. Joseph LATHROP
  • -- Nov 1798, Enos DENIO of Greenfield & Phoebe BREWSTER of Springfield, by Rev. Bezaleel HOWARD

    SOUTH HADLEY
  • 30 Nov 1784, Joseph BASCOM of Greenfield & Esther JUDD of South Hadley, by Rev. Joel HAYES

    WILLIAMSBURG
  • 9 Mar 1797, Seth WELLS of Greenfield & Polly SMITH of Williamsburg, by Rev. Joseph STRONG

    NORTHAMPTON
  • 8 Jan 1795, John RUSSELL of Greenfield & Electa EDWARDS of Northampton, by Rev. Solomon WILLIAMS

    LEXINGTON
  • 30 May 1790, William WAIT of Greenfield & Hepzibah REED of Lexington, by Rev. Jonas CLARK

    HADLEY
  • 3 Jan 1765, Matthew CLARK of Greenfield & Anne FARRAND of Hadley

    WEST SPRINGFIELD
  • 2 Mar 1769, Isaac NEWTON of Greenfield & Esther HOPKINS of West Springfield

    BERNARDSTON
  • 6 Mar 1788, Nathan NICHOLS of Bernardston & Polly NEWTON of Greenfield, by Rev. Amasa COOK
  • 29 May 1793, Moses Miller MITCHELL of Greenfield & Lydia HALE of Greenfield, by Rev. Levi HODGE
  • 26 Mar 1795, Jared GEORGE of Greenfield & Roxanna ALLEN of Bernardston, by Rev. Amasa COOK
  • -- --- 1796, Samuel ROGERS of Greenfield & Polly DICKINSON of Bernardston, by Rev, Joshua COOK
  • 24 Dec 1791, Consider CUSHMAN of Bernardston & Rhoda GAINES of Greenfield

    LYDEN
  • 13 Oct 1790, Josiah D. CHILDS of Greenfield & Hannah WILBUR of Lyden

    DEERFIELD
  • 4 Jun 1792, Daniel FORBES of Greenfield & Clarissa DICKINSON of Deerfield, by John WILLIAMS, J.P.
  • 21 Jun 1792, Eliel GILBERT of Greenfield & Hannah ASHLEY of Deerfield, by Rev. John TAYLOR
  • 23 Dec 1792, Joshua CLAPP ob & Nabby BARNARD of Deerfield, by Rev, John TAYLOR
  • 23 Dec 1792, Hart LEAVITT of Greenfield & Rachel BARNARD of Deerfield, by Rev. John TAYLOR
  • 23 Dec 1792, John STONE, M. D., of Greenfield & Sally BARNARD of Deerfield, by Rev. John TAYLOR
  • 6 May 1794, John ROWLEY of Deerfield & Dinah FREEDOM of Greenfield, by Rev. John TAYLOR
  • 23 Dec 1798, William MITCHELL, of Greenfield & Mercy WISE of Deerfield, by David SEXTON, J. P.

    Recorded in Vol 3, page 405, town records:

  • 20 Feb 1814, John PHELPS & Almeda, dau. of Asher NEWTON, all of Greenfield, by Elijah ALVORD, J. P.
  • 29 Sep, 1818, Ezra CHASE, of Bristol, Vt., & Tirzah WELLS of Greenfield, by Elihu ROOT, J.P.
  • 20 May 1819, Joseph COBB & Rebekah ALEXANDER, both of Deerfield, by Elihu ROOT, J.P.
  • 25 Apr 1814, Isaac NEWTON, Jr., & Margaret WILLARD, by Rev. Roger NEWTON





DEATHS IN GREENFIELD RECORDED BY REV. ROGER NEWTON

    1761
  • Aug, Thankful, dau. of Sam'll MUN
  • Nov, John ALLEN
  • Dec, Asa WELLS

    1762
  • 22 Apr, Patience, dau. of Lucy BILLING
  • -- Jan, Thomas, son of Thomas NIMS
  • 2 Sep, Wm. BROOKS
  • 23 Sep, Zenas NASH
  • 28 Sep, Joseph NASH
  • 2 Oct, Quartus NASH
  • 13 Dec, Widow of Isaac FOSTER

    1763
  • 1 Aug, Elihu, son of Widow Sarah ATHERTON
  • -- Oct, Joel, son of Thomas NIMS

    1764
  • -- Jan, Noah, son of Noah ALLEN
  • -- Sep, Eiphaz, son of Noah ALLEN
  • -- Sep, Joseph BASCOM
  • -- Oct, Reube, son of Sam'l MUN
  • -- Oct, Martha, dau. of Dan'l NASH

    1765
  • -- --- Consider, son of Ebenezer WELLS
  • -- Mar, Abigail, dau. of David SMEAD
  • 4 May, Isaac, my son

    1767
  • 12 May, Abigail, wife of Jonathan SPRAGUE
  • 14 Aug, Rachel, dau. of David ALLEN
  • 16 Oct, Umphry, Negro Serv't to Ens. CHILDS

    1768
  • 13 Apr, Darius HINSDALE
  • 21 Apr, Joshua WELLS
  • 25 Nov, Nathan, son of Benjn. HASTINGS, Jr.
  • 2 Dec, Isaac, my 3d son

    1769
  • -- ---, Ephraim, son of Joel WELLS
  • -- ---, A child of Noah ALLEN

    1770
  • 18 Dec, Widow Abigail ALLEN

    1771
  • -- Apr, Dianthe, dau. of Ebenezer WELLS, Jr.
  • -- May, Martha, dau. of Matthew SEVERANCE
  • 5 Oct, Annis, dau. of Joseph HASTINGS
  • 20 Oct, Mary, dau. of Joseph HASTINGS
  • 12 Nov, Sarah, dau. of Joseph HASTINGS
  • 8 Dec, Lydia, dau. of Sam'll SHATTUCK
  • 25 Jul, (Mercy) wife of Jonathan CATLIN

    1772
  • 15 Oct, Mrs. ADAMS, a woman that belonged to Halifax

    1773
  • 4 Jul, Elizabeth, wife of James CORSE
  • 19 Oct, Adonijah, infant son of Oliver ATHERTON
  • 5 Nov, Lucy BILLINGS

    1774
  • -- ---, Mrs. DENIO (probably Anna Coombs DENIO)
  • 5 Apr, Robert MITCHELL
  • (probably 1 May), Widow Elizabeth WELLS (widow of Joshua)
  • -- ---, Mary MARTINDALE (perhaps Molly, dau. of Lemuel, b. 20 Apr 1755)
  • 16 Aug, Lieut. Benjn HASTINGS
  • 29 Sep, Widow PRUDENCE HASTINGS (widow of Benj. jr.)
  • 30 Nov, Sarah HINSDALE (dau. of Elisha)
  • 27 Dec, Sarah CORSE (dau. of Daniel)

    1775
  • 11 Mar, Lydia MITCHELL, an infant
  • 16 Mar, Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer ARMS
  • 20 Mar, Ethiel DEAN
  • 25 Jul, Widow Mary SEVERANCE (widow of Joseph)
  • -- Oct, William MITCHELL
  • 26 Dec, Seberah, wife of Isaac NEWTON

    1776
  • 6 Jan, Onesimus NASH, by slipping down with a stich of wood upon his shoulder
  • 20 Jan, John CORSE (son of Dan)
  • -- ---, Daniel GRAVES (died) in ye army
  • 1 Mar, Mindwell ATHERTON, aged 92 yrs wanting a few days (widow of Joseph)
  • 11 Apr, Aaron DENIO, Jr.
  • 27 May, Leucy TAYLOR
  • 30 Jun, ye wife of Elisha WELLS (Mehitable)
  • 15 Jul, Mary, wife of Sam'l MUN
  • 15 Nov, Mercey, wife of George HOWLAND, Jr.

    1777
  • 22 Mar, Submit, wife of Asher CORSE
  • 28 May, Caleb WRIGHT
  • 30 Jun, Rhoda ALLEN (dau. of John)
  • 1 Aug, Elizabeth, dau. of Sam'l DERBY
  • 7 Aug, Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer WELLS, Jr.
  • 11 Aug, another son of Ebenezer WELLS & Zimri, son of Capt. Agrippa WELLS
  • 15 Aug, a son of John MCHERD
  • 19 Aug, a dau. of Deacon (Ebenezer) GRAVES, by name Electa, also Lydia, dau. of Abel SIMONS & Chester, son of George GRENNELLS
  • 20 Aug, George, son of George GRENNELLS
  • 22 Aug, a son of MCHERDS
  • 24 Aug, Abner, son of Abner ARMS, & a young son of Sam'l SHATTUCKS
  • 26 Aug, Abigail, dau. of Lem'l BASCOM
  • 29 Aug, a child of Dan'l SMEAD
  • 30 Aug, John, son of Abner ARMS, & Agrippa, son of Capt. Agrippa WELLS
  • 31 Aug, a child of Jonathan SPRAGUE
  • 1 Sep, Elijah, son of Abner SMEAD
  • 3 Sep, Erastus, son of Eleazer WELLS
  • 10 Sep, a dau. of Lemuel SMEAD
  • 11 Sep, the wife of Charles PHELPS, Esq., of New Malborough
  • 12 Sep, a child of Medad HASTINGS< & Susanna, a dau. of mine
  • 14 Sep, a child of Dan'l SMEADS, one of Joseph WELLS, one of Medad HASTINGS & one of Seth HOWLANDS
  • 15 Sep, one of Joseph HASTINGS
  • 17 Sep, a child of Lemuel HASTINGS, & one of Phineas JONES
  • 18 Sep, Warren, son of Isaac FOSTER
  • 20 Sep, Elizabeth, dau. of Dan CORSE, & John, son of Lemuel HASTINGS. About this time died also a son of Deacon GRAVES (Solomon, 23 Sep)
  • 8 Nov, Sam'l MUNN
  • 16 Dec, Ruth, wife of Enos DENIO

    1778
  • 3 Jan, Pollie, dau. of Agrippa WELLS
  • 20 Jun, Thomas, son of Thomas LOVEMAN
  • 23 Jun, David, son of Dan CORSE
  • -- Jul, Mrs. RICE, wife of Benj'n RICE at Grass Hill (Gill)
  • 3 Aug, an infant of G. GRENNELL
  • 25 Oct, a child of John GRAVES
  • 29 Oct, a child of John GRAVES
  • 30 Oct, the wife of Timothy BASCOM
  • 30 Nov, a child of Mr. CUSHING

    1779
  • 29 May, Eunice, wife of Samuel HINSDALE
  • 19 Jun, Mary, wife of Capt. Timothy CHILDS

    1780
  • 3 Mar, a dau. of Lemuel SMEAD
  • 27 Apr, another dau. of Lemuel SMEAD
  • 29 Apr, Aaron DENIO
  • 1 May, Sebera, a child of Isaac NEWTON
  • 18 Jul, Mr. HOWSKINS, a man 90 yrs old

    1781
  • 23 Jan, Esther, wife of Isaac NEWTON
  • 23 Jan, about this time died two infant children of Phineas JONES
  • 18 Feb, Joanna CORSE, dau. of James CORSE, she was b. 25 Mar O. S. 1751, age 30 yrs, 10 mos, 11 dys
  • 19 Feb, Mary CHILDS, dau. of Capt. Timothy CHILDS, ae 35
  • 10 Apr, Cloe, wife of Sam'l SHATTUCK
  • -- Feb, Dorothy, wife of Allen NICHOLS
  • -- Nov, a child of Mr. CLARK's
  • 20 Nov, Mercy, dau. of Capt. CHILDS
  • 12 Dec, Capt. Timothy CHILDS

    1782
  • -- Feb, a child of Sam'l DEAN
  • 23 Apr, the wife of Adam WELLMAN
  • 29 Apr, Ebenezer SMEAD, son of Dea'n David SMEAD
  • 17 Jun, Clarissa, infant dau. of George GRENNELL
  • 7 Sep, Abigail, dau. of George HOWLAND, ae 10 wks
  • 14 Oct, Dollie, dau. of Moses ARMS
  • 5 Nov, Mehetabel, wife of Jonathan SMEAD, ae abt. 70
  • 26 Dec, John, son of John CLARK

    1783
  • 14 Mar, Amaziah, child of Jeremiah BALLARD
  • 15 Mar, Gideon, son of Gideon SAGE
  • 17 Mar, Sarah, dau. of John NEWTON
  • 30 Mar, Elizabeth, wife of Elihu BASCOM
  • 29 Apr, Violet, a negro child
  • 30 Apr, Jonathan SMEAD, ae 76
  • 15 Jun, a child of Philip BALLARD
  • 13 Aug, Lemuel MARTINDALE, abt. ae 50, by a Blow at or against the Midriff from a stick of wood whihc he suddenly broke
  • 18 Aug, Lydia, an infant dau. of Jonatha'n SMEAD
  • 27 Sep, James CORS, in the 90th year of his age
  • 31 Oct, Ebenezer SMEAD, in the 78th year of his age
  • 23 Nov, Sam'l STEBBINS

    1784
  • 3 Jan, Tabitha, wife of Abner ARMS
  • 2 Feb, Sam'l MUNN
  • (17) May, Elizabeth WELLS, wife of Capt. Ebenezer WELLS
  • 21 Jun, Abigail SMEAD, widow of Eben'r SMEAD
  • 22 Jun, Esther, a Babe of Jonathan SMEAD's
  • 5 Oct, Abigail, infant child of Seth HOWLAND
  • 14 Oct, Katherine, wife of James PICKETT
  • 16 Oct, an infant of Capt. Isaac NEWTON
  • 13 Nov, Hannah, dau. of Asa STRONG

    Records from 1784 to 1790 are missing.

    1790
  • 13 Oct, died in Travel with her infant, the Wife of Miller MITCHELL
  • 30 Oct, Dr. Zecheriah CONVERS suddenly by an appoplectic Fit - a man who had been capable of doing good & peculiar for his contentment with small Things & for his refraining from resentlful reviling Language & conduct toward mankind
  • 16 Dec, Twin children of Joseph BASCOM in a few Hours after they were born.

    1791
  • 6 May, a Male child of Enos RICE, ae 9 months
  • 21 May, a dau. of Benjamin RICE, Jr.
  • 20 Jul, Eunice, wife of Lem'l HASTINGS in the 40th yohra
  • 18 Aug, Sam'l, Infant child of Asa MUNN
  • 23 Aug, Anna, wife of Elijah ALVORD
  • 24 Aug, David ALLEN
  • 31 Oct, Caroline, child of Lem'l HASTINGS
  • 27 Dec, Synthia, dau. of Lem'l HASTINGS

    1792
  • 29 Feb, the wife of George LOVELAND, Jr.
  • 18 Mar, Asa MUNN
  • 12 Apr, the oldest dau. of John MOWLEY & an infant child of Enos RICE
  • 29 Apr, a Child of Jonas STANHOPE
  • 22 May, a Child of Elijah SMITH, by a fish bone
  • 11 Jul, a Child of Isaac FOSTER, Jr.
  • 5 Aug, the Widow Ruth FOOT, ae 86
  • Sep, an infant child of Benjamin HORSELY

    1793
  • 7 Jan, a child of William WALKER
  • 16 Jan, Abner ARMS, ae 65
  • 4 Feb, Thomas NIMS, ae 75
  • 11 Feb, a young Child of Mr. WEBSTER
  • 25 Feb, an Infant of Wm. SMARLLY
  • 26 Feb, a young child of John EWERS
  • 11 Apr, an Infant child of Jonathan WASHBURN, born with an imperfect head
  • -- May, Polly LOGAN, a child about 4 yrs old
  • 19 Jul, Asael STANHOPE, drowned
  • 3 Aug, an Infant child of Elijah ALLEN
  • -- Oct, the Widow SMALLY
  • 17 Nov, Rachel, dau. of Capt. J. PHILLIPS
  • 7 Dec, the wife of Enos RICE

    1794
  • -- a child of Joseph NASH, supposed to be smothered in bed
  • 10 Apr, Seth HOWLAND, in the 59th yoha
  • 16 Jun, Joel, son of Hull NIMS
  • 11 Aug, a child of Asher NEWTON, also a child of Selah ALLEN
  • 24 Aug, a child of Joel ALLEN
  • 7 Oct, Polly, dau. of Levi WELLS
  • 9 Oct, a Child of Joel WELLS
  • -- Nov, a Child of John BUSH
  • 22 Nov, a child of Medad HASTINGS

    1795
  • 28 Jan, a Child of Mr. LOGAN
  • 18 Feb, Abigail, wife of George HOWLAND in the 90th yohra (of Gill)
  • 11 Mar, a Child of Elijah ALVORD's
  • 24 Mar, a Child of Eleazer WELLS, Jr.
  • 26 Mar, the wife of Walter AVERY, on a journey to this place
  • -- May, Mary, wife of John BATTIS
  • 16 Jun, a child of Amos ALLEN, Jr.
  • 10 Sep, Joel, son of Jonahtn SMEAD, being nearly 16 yrs old
  • 30 Sep, Tirzah, dau. of Elisha WELLS, being abt 10 mos old
  • 5 Oct, Eliza, dau. of Capt. Caleb CLAP
  • 12 Oct, Hart, son of Ebenezer ALLEN, Jr., 2 yrs old
  • 13 Oct, Harriet, dau. of Capt. Caleb CLAP, abt 10 yrs old
  • 20 Oct, a Child of Ebenezer ALLEN
  • 30 Oct, a Child of James COBB
  • -- Dec, a Child of David STRICKLEN

    1796
  • 19 May, a child of Theophilus GRISWOULD, scalded by hot water in a Dish Kettle
  • 26 Aug, Lucinda, dau. of Abner WELLS
  • 28 Aug, Isabella, dau. of Capt. Caleb CLAP
  • 11 Sep, Richard, son of the wife of Dr. Edward BILLINGS
  • 4 Dec, Sam'l HOWE, a young man from Dorchester in Vermont, by an abcess upon the lungs.
  • 27 Dec, a male child of Job GRAVES, of the throat Distemper
  • 31 Dec, Tartallus, son of Joseph HASTINGS

    1797
  • 2 Feb, Abner SMEAD
  • 4 Mar, Phebe BILLINGS
  • 6 Mar, a child of Sam'l PICKETT's
  • 25 Mar, a child of Joseph HASTINGS
  • 27 Mar, Amos ALLEN in the 75th yoha
  • 20 Aug, a child of Jabez FRAIZER's
  • 9 Sep, James MOORE, a native of Ireland
  • 26 Dec, a son of Ebenezer GRAVES, Jr.

    1798
  • 7 Feb, Asa STRONG, ae 69
  • 19 Feb, Widow Anna ATHERTON, ae 84
  • 7 Aug, Widow Martha NASH (widow of Daniel)ae 73
  • 27 Sep, a child of Jabez FRAIZER
  • -- Oct, John LYON
  • 28 Nov, Hannah ALVORD in the 79th yohra

    1799 25 Jan, Widow Sarah HINSDALE in the 83rd yohra (widow of Samuel)
  • 2 Mar, Seth ARMS, kiled by a Sled, ae 39
  • 15 Mar, infant child of Joseph ATHERTON
  • 28 Mar, a child of Elijah LAMB
  • 30 Mar, Richard CAREY in ye 83d yoha
  • 16 Apr, John Adams, son of Richard E. NEWCOMB, nearly 8 mos old
  • 23 Jul, Romus, a Negro man, ae 63

    1800
  • 7 Feb, David WELLS, ae 74
  • 1 Mar, Solomon, son of Solomon SMEAD, Esq.
  • -- Mar, Mr. ELLIS
  • 8 Jun, Eben/zr, son of Eben'r GRAVES, Jr.
  • 7 Aug, Sally, wife of Dr. John STONE, ae 26
  • 16 Oct, an infant child of Amos ALLEN
  • 21 Dec, an Infant child of Walter BROWN

    1801
  • 27 Jan, Dinah, a Negro Woman
  • 31 Mar, Ebenezer ALLEN, of a cancer, in the 76th yoha
  • -- Mar, an Infant child of Anna MITCHEL
  • 30 Apr, Samuel PICKETT by the Pleurisy, in the 82nd yoha
  • 24 May, Saml. WELLS, in the 72nd yoha
  • 3 Jun, Widow --- CARY, in the 65th yohra
  • 16 Jun, The wife of Selah ALLEN
  • 8 Jul, Patience, wife of John BELL
  • 3 Aug, Mercy, wife of Joseph SEVERANCE,
  • -- Jul, an Infant child of Mr. WHITE
  • 31 Aug, Beriah, son of Beriah WILLARD, also a young child of Mr. STILES; the former by a wood from a Rakes tail; the later by falling into scalding water
  • 6 Sep, an infant male child of Thomas DICKMAN
  • 1 Oct, a child of Joel WELLS, with the Dysentery
  • 6 Nov, a child of Elijah SMITH, ae 2
  • 18 Oct, a child of Elijah SMITH, ae 6
  • 20 Nov, John BATTIS, ae 77
  • 25 Nov, a young child of Mr. BROOKS
  • 1 Dec, Mehetabel, wife of Capt. Agrippa WELLS, ae 60

    1802
  • -- ---, a Male Infant & Twin of Asher NEWTON
  • 30 Apr, Enos DENIO, very suddenly, with some secret inward Disorder. He came home with his team, unwell on Thursday 28th, towards night & expired the next morning about sunrise. His Disorder did appear in no measure to deprive him of his Reason.
  • 11 Jul, John STRICKLAND Jr., ea 53, his Disorder began with a pain in his right arm which soon remov'd to the left & from thence to his head, upon which he soon expired.
  • 18 Jul, Abigail, dau. of Jeremiah NEWTON, ae 8
  • 30 Jul, Thomas J., son of Capt. Ambrose AMES, ae 14 mos
  • 1 Aug, John, son of Calvin MUNN, 3 yrs
  • 4 Aug, Dan'l, a young child of Dan'l CLAY
  • 6 Aug, Jonath'n, son of Jonath'n LEAVITT, Esq., 9 mos
  • 7 Aug, William GRENNELL, son of Wise GRENNEL, 2 yrs
  • 7 Aug, Maria, dau. of Richard E. NEWCOMB, ae 8 yrs
  • 7 Aug, Guy, son of D'l CLAY, ae 4 yrs
  • 7 Aug, a child of Sam'l PIERCE, ae 18 mos
  • 10 Aug, the wife of Richard NEWCOMB, ae 31 yrs
  • 12 Aug, Silvanus TAYLOR, ae 14 yrs, he was taken sick in this place but died in Montague where his Parents live
  • 12 Aug, a dau. of Wm. WAIT, ae 20 mos
  • 14 Aug, Stephen, the only remaining child of Dan'l CLAR
  • 13 Aug, a young child of Sally PITH
  • 15 Aug, Anna, dau. of Sam'l PIERCE, ae 3 yrs
  • 19 Aug, Nabby, dau. of Sam'l PIERCE, ae 10 yrs
  • 19 Aug, a negro child of belonging to Caesor, ae 2 yrs
  • 20 Aug, George, son of Jerom RIPLEY, Esqr., ae 2 yrs
  • 21 Aug, a child of Obed WELLS, ae 3 yrs
  • 22 Aug, a male child of Dan'l FORBES, ae 1 yr
  • 22 Aug, a mile child of Wm. STARR, ae 1 yr
  • 23 Aug, a child of Quintus ALLEN
  • 25 Aug, a dau. of Quintus ALLEN, ae 10 yrs
  • 25 Aug, a dau. of Obed WELLS, ae 12 yrs
  • 26 Aug, a son of Hull NIMS, ae 3 yrs
  • 28 Aug, Cela, dau. of Lem'l HASTINGS, ae 17 yrs
  • 29 Aug, the widow Margaret WELLS, ae 72 yrs, (widow of Lt. Samuel)
  • 29 Aug, a son of Quintus ALLEN, ae 6 yrs
  • 29 Aug, Sam'l LYMAN, on a visit to Northampton, ae about 35 yrs
  • 29 Aug, a son of Ebenezer ARMS, ae 2 yrs
  • 30 Aug, Sarah D., of Sam'l NEWTON, ae 8 yrs
  • 1 Sep, a son of Quintus ALLEN, ae 4 yrs
  • 2 Sep, a child of Joseph NUTTING, ae 2 yrs
  • 3 Sep, a son of Obed WELLS, ae 10 yrs
  • 3 Sep, a dau. of Asher NEWTON, ae 7 yrs
  • 4 Sep, a son & only child of Silvanus BURNHAM, ae 3 yrs
  • 6 Sep, one of the twin children of Obed WELLS, ae 3 mos
  • 6 Sep, a child of Sam'l NEWTON, ae 1 yr
  • 8 Sep, a child of Miller MITCHEL, ae 18 mos
  • 9 Sep, Obed, son of Obed WELLS, ae 16 yrs
  • 9 Sep, a dau. of Levi WELLS, ae 5 yrs
  • 10 Sep, a child of Anna MITCHELL, ae 6 yrs
  • 11 Sep, a dau. of Beriah WILLARD, ae 5 yrs
  • 12 Sep, Mrs. POST, wife of Cornelius POST, ae 73 yrs, not by the Dysentery
  • 13 Sep, a child of Charles HITCHCOCK, ae 2 yrs
  • 13 Sep, wife of John NEWTON, ae 60 yrs
  • 19 Sep, wife of Elijah MITCHELL, ae 69 yrs
  • 23 Sep, a son of Richard E. NEWCOMB, ae 3 yrs

    The whole number which have died of the Dysentery since the 18th of July is 47

  • 25 Sep, a son of Joel ALLEN, ae 4 yrs
  • 28 Sep, Joseph NEWTON, ae 67
  • 30 Sep, a child of Mr. LEWIS, ae 7 yrs, not by the Dysentery
  • 1 Oct, a child of Field WELLS, ae 4 yrs
  • 1 Oct, a dau. of Wm. GRENNELL, ae 17 yrs
  • 5 Oct, a child of Mr. LEWIS, ae 1 yr
  • 11 Oct, a son of Field WELLS, ae 9 yrs
  • 12 Oct, Mehitabel, dau. of Jonathan SMEAD, ae 21 yrs
  • 21 Oct, a son of Joel SMITH, d. by a fall from a cart in a few Hours after the accident happened, ae 7 yrs
  • 21 Oct, a child of Thomas SMEAD, of the Dysentery, ae 8 yrs
  • 21 Oct, the wife of Joel SMITH by the Dysentery in conncection with other Complaints, particularly a Passage which extended from her Stomach to & through her back, out of which issued a great part of her food for several years.
  • 31 Oct, the wife of Jonathan SMEAD, of the Pleurisy, ae 58, also a dau. of Obed WELLS, ae 7 yrs
  • 3 Nov, a dau. of Theopholus GRISWOLD, ae 14 yrs
  • -- Dec, a child of Marsh BISSEL, by a singular Complaint on its back with which it was born.
  • 30 Dec, Mira, dau. of Capt. Agrippa WELLS, suddenly by the effects of a Boil or swelling.

    the whole Number from the beginning of this year is 68 -- 57 of which died of the Dysentery --

    1803
  • 14 Apr, a male child of Consider CUSHMAN, ae 8 yrs
  • 1 May, Widow Rebecca PICKETT, ae 82
  • 2 Jun, William WELLS, ae 22, of a lingering consumptive Disorder
  • 19 Jun, Widow Martha STEBBINS, of the Palsy, ae 75 (widow of Samuel)
  • 1 Jul, a dau. of Samuel STEBBINS, ae 7, in consequence of a fall from the Bed
  • 3 Jul, a dau. of Mr. Newell ae 5 yrs, from the Canker Rash
  • 5 Jul, a dau. of Selah ALLEN, ae 2 yrs, of the Dysentery
  • 6 Jul, Alexander HAMILTON, by the amputation of his leg, ae 28 yrs
  • 18 Jul, Amelia, dau. of Rose, a Negro woman living inthe Bounds of Deerfield, ae 12 yrs (by the Dysentery)
  • 3 Aug, Porter, son of Wm. MITCHELL, ae 2 yrs
  • 7 Aug, Joel, son of Julia SMEAD, ae 3 yrs, both by the Dysentery
  • 7 Aug, the wife of Thomas BILLINGS, of the Pleurisy
  • 26 Aug, Fanny DAVISS, in the 17th yohra, of the Dysentery
  • 22 Aug, a child of Mr. MAYHEW, of the Dysentery
  • 26 Aug, Cornelius POST, of lingering ails, ae 84
  • 15 Sep, Hannah B., dau. of David RIPLEY, of the Dysentery, ae 14 mos
  • 17 Sep, Chester, son of Ebenezer GRAVES, Jr., of the Dysentery, ae 20
  • 25 Sep, Cornelia, dau. of Benjamin SMEAD, of the Dysentery, ae 19 mos
  • 24 Sep, a son of Ebenezer GRAVES, Jr., of the Dysentery, ae 12
  • 4 Nov, a female child living with Marsh BISSEL after having the Dysentery & hooping Cough, ae 3 yrs
  • 22 Nov, a child of Mr. Adams, ae 7 mos -- (whole Number 22)

    1804
  • 3 Jan, Sam'l, son of Dr. STONE, Canker Rash, ae 5
  • 4 Feb, Asher, son of Asher NEWTON, ae 4 yrs
  • 7 Jan, Anna, wife of Dan'l NASH
  • 17 Jan, Azor, son of Solomon SMEAD, Esq., ae 27
  • 29 Jun, Widow Christina MARTINDALE, ae 68 (widow of Lemuel)
  • 23 Jul, Elizabeth, wife of Silas BROOKS, (of Consumption) ae perhaps 28
  • -- Jul, before this, on the same Month, a child of Dan'l BROOKS, ae a few months
  • 18 Oct, Charles HITCHCOCK, ae 32
  • 19 Oct, a child of Mrs. WATKINS, ae -- year
  • 20 Oct, wife of Deacon Eb'r GRAVES, ae 73
  • 24 Oct, Agrippa, son of Levi WELLS, ae 3
  • 10 Nov, son of Elijah SMITH, ae 3
  • 26 Nov, Orne, son of John WELLS, ae 14
  • 30 Dec, wife of John STRICKLAND, ae 84
  • 22 Dec, Joseph WELLS, ae 74

    1805
  • 7 Jan, Hannah, wife of Eleazer WELLS, ae 73
  • -- Apr, a child of John BELL
  • 15 Jun, Eleazer WELLS, ae 78
  • 16 Oct, a child of Job GRAVES, ae 4
  • 18 Oct, a son of Darius KINGSLEY, ae 2, & the twin Children of Jonathan WELLS immediately after they were born
  • 21 Oct, Mrs. Abigail NEWTON, ae 66 yrs, 2nd Apr last

    1806
  • (21) Jan, Lieut Benj'n HASTINGS, not far from 77 yrs of age
  • 29 Mar, a son of Silvanus NASH, ae 22 (Jonathan)
  • 21 Apr, Mr. WILSON, a foreigner, ae 35
  • 6 May, wife of Rufus GRAVES, of the Consumption
  • 8 May, 1 Clock in the morning, Dr. (Edward) BILLINGS d. of the jaundice & scurvy
  • 21 May, a little Boy, ae 9, the son of Levi STILES, by Bleeding at the stomach in consequence as was supposed of a fit
  • 2 Jun, Joseph HASTINGS, more than 60 years of age, of the gravel; not being able to attend his funeral, his friends procured Mr. HIBBERD, who preached upon the occasion
  • -- Sep, Sarah, wife of Rufus SEVERANCE
  • 1 Oct, a son of Oliver WILKINSON, ae 1
  • 5 Oct, Joseph MOTT, ae 44
  • 25 Oct, Phineas JONES
  • 15 Nov, William, son of Mr. John WELLS, of the Canker, ae 16 mos
  • 9 Dec, the wife of Jonathan SEVERANCE, ae 76
  • 10 Dec, David SMEAD, Esq., ae 75
  • 30 Dec, Joanna DEWY, ae 46

    1807
  • 24 Feb, E. NIMS, ae 84
  • 8 Mar, Infant child of Mr. SMEAD
  • 10 Apr, Dwight, son of Eli GRAVES, ae 7, of the Rattles
  • 8 Jun, Sterling BIRD, of the Consumption, ae 29
  • 22 Jun, Mrs. COWL, the mother in law of Field WELLS, ae 72
  • 2 Dec, a dau. of Calvin HALE, suddenly, not known whether by worms or a putrid fever, ae 3
  • 28 Dec, a dau. of Mr. NEWELL, ae 12
  • 30 Dec, Polly, dau. of Dea. Solomon SMEAD, suddenly of a putrid fever, within 16 hours after she was known to be ill, ae 17

    1808
  • 2 Jan, Esther, wife of Solomon SMEAD, Esq., within 14 hours after she became sensibly sick, of a peculiarly putrid fever
  • 4 Jan, Nabby, dau. of S. SMEAD, Esq., expired of this terrible fever the same day she was taken sick.
  • 13 JAn, of the same Malady, Esther, the dau. of S. SMEAD, Esq., ae 10, within a few hours after she was taken ill
  • 28 Jan, of the same Malady, Ebenezer, son of Sol. SMEAD, Esq., who had been sick about a week
  • 1 Aug, Infant of Thomas SMEAD, very suddenly, in a few minutes after it began to complain, 6 wks old
  • 5 Apr, a Child & son of Mr. CUSHMAN, in about 16 hours after it was taken ill, between 3 & 4 yrs old
  • 18 May, Otis, ae 5, son of Job GRAVES
  • 25 Jun, Epaphrodiuts LOVELAND, ae 56, of a mortification in his arem being blooded
  • 1 Jul, James LOGAN, ae 70, suddenly by a kind of Pleurisy in his side attended with ulcers
  • 3 Jul, a child of Jonathan WELLS, ae 5 mos
  • -- Aug, Widow Mary TRAIN, ae 81
  • 9 Sep, a Negro woman, ae 30
  • 9 Sep, a dau. of Elijah SMITH, ae 5
  • 30 Oct, Lords Day early in the morning, suddenly of an appoplectic fit as is supposed, Rachel, wife of Dr. Alpheus STONE
  • 9 Dec, Robert CONE, Jr., ae 21, of the consumption
  • 26 Dec, Benj'n HORN, ae 2

    1809
  • 20 Jan, Solomon, son of Job GRAVES, ae 25, by a disorder in his head, after having been in a languishing estate two years
  • 17 Feb, Solomon, son of Solomon SMEAD, Esqr, ae 8, of the spotted fever
  • 24 Mar, Capt. Agrippa WELLS, ae 70
  • 3 Apr, Mary, wife of Richard JOHNSON, ae 74
  • 1 Sep, Daniel SMEAD, Jr., of a fever, a candidate for a Degree next week at Williamstown College; a youth of Piety & modest virtue & good collegiate acquirements, ae 22
  • 10 Sep, John HENRY, a Dutchman & foreigner, ae 56
  • 18 Dec, a male Infant, son of Philip ALEXANDER
  • Obed WELLS drowned in the Sound, off Gardner's island about 5 weeks ago (10 Nov)

    1810
  • 1 Jan, d. of the Rattles, a dau. of Mr. BATES, ae 12
  • 26 Jan, a dau. of Selah ALLEN, ae 3, of the Rattles
  • 6 Jan, Robert Field WELLS, son of widow Lina WELLS, by bleeding at the nose, ae 8
  • 4 Feb, son of Amos GILES by a Typhus fever, ae 22
  • 3 Feb, an infant child of Philip ALEXANDER
  • 13 Mar, an infant child of Dan'l NASH, Jr., a child of Eben ARMS
  • 20 Mar, a son of Porter JOHNSON, ae 4
  • 9 May, a dau. of Widow Margaret JENNINGS, ae 12, Typhus fever
  • 22 Jul, William, son of Jerom RIPLEY, Esq., ae 4
  • 2 Sep, Widow LOVELAND, by suicide committed by mental derangement
  • 12 Oct, Susanna, dau. of Daniel NASH of Consumption, ae 26
  • 17 Dec, Martha, dau. of Col. Eliel GILBERT, ae 3
  • 19 Dec, the wife of Daniel PICKET, ae 50
  • 23 Dec, Capt. Samuel STEBBINS, ae 40, of complicated Diseases
  • 31 Dec, Hannah NIMS, ae 17, of Consumption

    1811
  • 1 Mar, a child of Eber NASH, 7 mons
  • 13 Mar, Harry LYMAN, ae 23
  • 19 Mar, a son of Oliver SAGE was drowned, ae 3
  • 8 Jun, Lucy, dau. of Jont'h SMEAD, Jr., of the Rattles, ae 5
  • 4 Aug, Hannah, wife of Ebenzr ------
  • -- ---, ----- H wife suddenly in Child birth
  • 19 Aug, David, son of David RIPLEY, ae 3
  • 2 Sep, a child of Oren MUNN, ae 2
  • 4 Sep, Mr. THAYERS, ae 72
  • 23 Sep, Widow Hannah SMEAD, by Appoplexy, ae 57 (widow of Abner)
  • 23 Nov, Richard JOHNSON, ae 77
  • 1 Dec, Willis CHILDS, ae perhaps 57

    1812
  • 29 Jan, Samuel SMEAD of the Palsy, ae 73
  • 12 Feb, a child of Frencis LESTER, of the throat Distemper, ae 16 mos
  • 16 Feb, Silas, son of Simeon MUNN, of St. Antonis Dance
  • -- Mar, a child of Hawks WELLS, ae 2
  • 28 Mar, a son of Julia SMEAD, ae 5
  • 4 Apr, Job ALLEN, ae 60
  • 19 Apr, Mrs. PRATT, ae 62
  • 14 Apr, Widow, Sarah SMEAD, ae 66 (widow of Lemuel)
  • 12 Jun, Capt. Caleb CLAP, by suicide, ae 60, Capt. William TRYON, ae 75, by cancer
  • 6 Jul, Ebenezer ARMS, Esqr, ae 52
  • 26 Oct, John, son of Nathan DRAPER, ae 18 mos
  • 7 Nov, Grate(ful) SMEAD, ae 32
  • 9 Nov, Elijah MITCHEL, ae 86

    1813
  • 24 Feb, Julia, wife of Reuben BRYANT, ae 27, Jonathan BIRD, ae 27, Mosely CLARK, ae 30
  • 25 Mar, Caroline NEWTON, spotted fever, ae 10
  • 30 Mar, Wm. JOYCE, ae 80
  • 22 Apr, Abigail (prob. Jerusha), the widow of Ebenezer ALLEN, ae 85, Clement SMITH, ae 48
  • 23 May, Sarah, wife of Maj. Elihu LYMAN, ae 65, Tirzah, wife of Daniel SMEAD, ae 61
  • -- Jun, Stephen PRATT
  • 9 Aug, Silvanus NASH, ae 67
  • -- Oct, Hannah ROOT, ae 73
  • -- Oct, Benjamen SWAN
  • 14 Oct, Sophronia MOT, a child
  • 6 Oct, Jonat'h ATHERTON, ae 71
  • 31 Dec, Thankful MILLER, ae 24

    1814
  • 26 Apr, Deacon (Ebenezer) GRAVES, ae 88
  • (8) May, Asher CORS, Jr., ae 39
  • (14) May, the widow of Asher CORS, Jr., (Lucy GRINNELL) ae 39
  • 3 Jun, the wife of Capt. (Alexander) MORGAN
  • 6 Jun, the wife of (Joseph) NUTTING

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