Wrentham, Norfolk Co., MA, Vital Records
Extracted from
New England Historical & Genealogical Register




A REGISTER OF MARRIAGES IN WRENTHAM, 1681 to 1724
Volume 4, January 1849, pages 85 - 86


  • 7 Sep 1681, Joseph KINGSBURY & Mary DONIER
  • 23 May 1682, John ALDIS & Mary WINCHESTER
  • 27 Oct 1683, Samuel SHEARS & Elizabeth HEATH
  • 9 Apr 1684, Eleazer MEDCALF & Meletiah FFISHER
  • 20 Jun 1684, John FFALE & Abigail HAWS
  • 6 Jan 1685, Ephriem POND & Deborah HAWS
  • Mar 1686, John ELLES of Dedham & Elizabeth FFISHER
  • 19 Apr 1687, Jonathan WIGHT & Elizabeth HAWS
  • 25 Mar 1688, Edward GAY & Rebecca FFISHER
  • 21 Mar 1688, Eleazer FFISHER & Hannah LENARD
  • 24 Dec 1688, John WHITING & Mary BILLINGS
  • 23 Jul 1695, Thomas THURSTON & Mehitable MAYO or MASON
  • 22 Jan 1691, Thomas BACON & Hannah FFALE
  • 5 Oct 1691, Daniel FFARINGTON & Abigail FFISHER
  • 9 Jan 1691, Benjamin HALL & Sarah FFISHER
  • 7 Feb 1695, Ebenezer FISHER & Abigail ELLES
  • 14 Jan 1695/6, John WARE & Mehitabel CHAPEN
  • 14 Apr 1697, Eliazer KINGSBURY & Sarah MACCANE
  • 14 Aug 1696, Andrew BLAKE & Sarah STEVENS
  • 12 Oct 1696, Nathaniel WARE & Mary WHEELER
  • 13 Oct 1698, Marke FFORCE & Deborah MACCANE
  • 7 Dec 1698, Nath'l ROCKET & Joanna ELLES
  • 6 Feb 1689 (?), John BLAKE & Joanna WHITTING
  • 13 Feb 1700/1, Eliazer WARE & Mary HAWS
  • 27 FEb 1700/1, Anthony HANCOCK & Ruth MACCANE
  • 7 May 1701, Joseph CONELL & Martha FFALE
  • 1 Dec 1701, William MAN & Bathiah ROCKET
  • 11 Jan 1701/2, John BELL & Elizabeth HEATON
  • 18 Nov 1702, Thomas THROOP & Abigail WARE
  • 7 Jan 1702/3, Robert BLAKE & Sarah GUILD
  • 7 Jan 1702/3, Samuel SEARS & Betheah GUILD
  • 28 Feb 1703, Theodore MAN & Abigail HAWS
  • 26 May, 1703, John GEORGE of Dorchester & Judith ROCKET
  • 19 Dec 1704, Nath'l MAN, of Wrentham, & Elizabeth GEORGE, of Dorchester
  • 17 Jan 1705, Henry HANCOCK, of W., & Mary DELAWAY of Cambridg
  • 13 Sep 1705, Daniel MACCANE & Mary HEETON
  • 26 Dec 1705, Ralf DAY & Mary PUFFER
  • 12 DEc 1706, John DAY & Ruth PUFFER
  • 17 Dec 1706, Nath'l HEETON, of W., & Meriah MORS of Medfield
  • 24 Dec 1706, Georg FAIRBANK of Sherburne, & Lydia GAY of W.
  • 30 Apr 1707, Samuel DAVIS & Hannah MAN
  • 13 Jun 1707, Michael WILSON & Sarah BUMPAS, of Taunton
  • 4 Dec 1707, Michael WARE & Jane WIGHT
  • 4 May 1708, Sam'l DEARING & Mary MAN
  • 16 Dec 1708, Sam'l FISHER & Mary ROCKET
  • 5 Jan 1708/9, Joseph WARE & Hannah WOOD
  • 3 Feb 1708/9, John PARTRIDGE, of Medfield, & Anna POND
  • 25 Feb 1707/8, Anthony HANCOCK Jr. & Elizabeth GODDARD
  • 29 Mar 1709, Mark FFORCE & Sarah HILLS
  • 27 Nov 1709, Thomas MAN & Hannah ALDIS
  • 20 Dec 1709, Joshua FFAIRBANKS & Hannah WARE
  • 21 Dec 1709, John WARE Jr. & Dorothy WOOD
  • 15 Feb 1709/10 Eleazer METCALF & Judith GEORGE
  • 25 May 1710, William PUFFER & Elizabeth GUILD
  • 10 Aug 1710, Samuel RAY & Meriam SMITH
  • 21 Nov 1710, Rob't TITOS, of Rehobeth, & Sarah DEARING
  • 20 Dec 1710, Daniel HAWS & Beriah MANN
  • 1 Mar 1710/11, Robert WARE & ELizabeth WIGHT
  • 18 Apr 1711, Nath'l WHITNY & Margaret MAN
  • 9 Jul 1710, Peter ADAMS & Sarah HILL, of Medfield
  • 3 Oct 1711, Thomas BACON & Esther THURSTON
  • 8 Nov 1711, Henry HANCOCK & Elizabeth ROBINSON
  • 21 Jun 1711, John GUILD & Mercy FOSTER
  • 23 Dec 1712, Michael METCALF & Abiael COLBORN
  • 24 Sep 1713, John ADAMS & Sarah FAIRBANKS
  • 29 Dec 1713, Daniel KINGSBURY & Elizabeth STEVENS, of Dedham
  • 23 Dec 1713, Stephen RANGER & Hannah FAIRBANKS
  • 29 Jul 1714, Benjamin SLACK & Jerusha WHITING
  • 12 May 1715, Sam'l KINGSBURY, of Dedham, & Johana GUILD
  • 2 Jun 1718, Eliezer FISHER Sr., & Mary MACCANE
  • 26 Nov 1718, Ezra POND & Abigail FARRINGTON
  • 17 Dec 1718, Hezekiah HAWES & Esther WARE
  • 11 Jul 1719, Richard PUFFER & Anna HANES, by Rev. Henry MESSINGER, being the first he married
  • 30 Dec 1719, Isaac FISHER & Esther MAN
  • 9 Feb 1719/20, Dan'l THURSTON & Deborah POND
  • 18 Feb 1719/20, Pelatiah MAN & Jemima FARRINGTON
  • 24 Feb 1719/20, John WHITING & Mary WIGHT
  • 26 Feb 1719/20, Robert WARE & Elizabeth HOLBROOK
  • 16 Jun 1720, Nath'l BRIGGS & Judith GUILD
  • 29 Jun 1720, Nath'l WIGHT & Ruth HAWES
  • 14 Sep 1720, Sam'l ELLIS & Dorothy HALL
  • 4 Jan 1720/1, Thomas SKINNER & Abigail DAY
  • 13 Feb 1720/1, Jonathan WIGHT & Jemima WHITING
  • 15 Feb 1720/1, Eben'r CLARK & Anna FISHER
  • 8 May 1721, Thomas DUNHAM & Sarah WIGHT
  • 6 Jul 1721, John SMITH & Ruth MACCANY
  • 7 Sep 1721, Lewis SWEETING & Zebiah WHITING
  • 30 Nov 1721, Ichabod POND & Milcah FARRINGTON
  • 5 Dec 1721, Timothy METCALF & Mary CASNO
  • 12 Dec 1721, James CHEEVER & Meletiah METCALFF
  • 7 Feb 1721/2, Edward HALL & Hannah FISHER
  • 20 Feb 1721/2, Samuel BULLARD & Elizabeth WIGHT
  • 15 May 1723, Joseph FISHER & Mary SWEETSER
  • 6 Jun 1722, Francis NICHOLSON & Sarah WARE
  • 14 Jun 1722, Edward GAY & Rachel PUFFER
  • 9 Jan 1722/3, Nath'l WIGHT & Hannah POND
  • 24 Jun 1724, Benj GRANT & Betty WARE





BIRTHS IN WRENTHAM, 1668 to 1696
Volume 4, January 1849, pages 83 - 84

Children of Samuel & Mary SHEARS --

  • Mehitible, b. 1 Feb 1668
  • Solomon, b. 20 Feb 1670
  • Grace, 29 Feb 1672
  • Judith, 17 Jun 1675
Children of William & Ruth MACCARE --
  • Mary, b. 1 Feb 1669
  • Sarah, 10 Aug 1671
  • Deborah, 23 May 1674
Children of Joseph & Mary KINGSBURY --
  • Elizabeth, b. 14 May 1670
  • Eleazer, b. 12 May 1673
  • Hannah, b. 26 Jul 1675
  • Marah, b. 19 Jul 1680
Children of Samuel & Melatiah FISHER --
  • Ebenezer, b. 20 Dec, 1670
  • Hannah, b. 25 Oct 1672
  • Abigail, b. 16 Feb 1674
Children of John & Mary WARE --
  • John, b. at Dedham, 17 Jun 1670
  • Eleazer, b. at Dedham, 13 Jul 1672, d. 1672
  • Eleazer b. 28 Sep 1676
Children of John & Joanna WARE --
  • Abigail, b. at Dedham, Jan 1680
  • Joseph, b. 2 Jun 1681; Mary, b. 15 Nov 1684
  • Zachariah, b. 16 Nov 1684, d. 1684
  • Benjamin, b. 8 Jul 1688
Child of John WARE --
  • Hannah, b. 24 Sep 1687
Child of ___ MOSMAN --
  • Elizabeth, b. 24 May 1675
Child of John & Sary LAURANCE --
  • Mary, b. 16 Mar 1682
Children of Rev. Samuel & Esther MAN --
  • Mary, b. 7 Apr 1674
  • Samuel, b. 8 Aug 1675
  • Theoder, b. 8 Feb 1680
  • Thomas, b. 24 Oct 1682
  • Hannah, b. 12 Jun 1685
  • Boriah, b. 30 Mar 1687
  • Velatiah, b. 2 Apr 1689
  • Margaret, b. 21 Dec 1691
  • Esther, b. 26 Jun 1696
Children of Robert & Sarah WARE --
  • Robert, b. 6 Dec 1680
  • Michael, b. 11 Jun 1683
  • Margaret, b. 6 Jun 1685
  • Jonathan, b. 28 Feb 1687
  • Sarah, b. Mar 1689
  • Esther, b. 7 May 1693
Children of Michael & Mary WILSON --
  • Sary, b. 18 Feb 1675
  • Mary, b. 16 Feb 1677
  • Michael, b. 6 Feb 1681
  • Silence, b. 16 Feb 1683
  • Noah, b. 4 Sep 1686
  • Henry, b. 9 Apr 1690
Children of Benjamin & Judith ROCKET --
  • Judith, b. 17 Mar 1681
  • Mary, b. 2 Oct 1683
  • Patiant, b. 20th 3d mo 1686
  • Hezekiah, b. 26 Aug 1688
Children of John & Abigail DAY --
  • Ralph, b. 9 Dec 1681
  • Abigail, b. 12 Jan 1684
  • Jonathan, b. 21 Mar 1687
  • Abigail, b. 1 Nov 1693
Children of Daniel & Abigail HAWES --
  • Abigail, b. 15 Nov 1681
  • Daniel, b. 30 Mar 1684
  • Josiah, b. 6 Apr 1686
  • Hezekiah, b. 22 Nov 1688
  • Ruth, b. 9 Jul 1691
  • Benjamin, b. 14 Mar 1696
Children of John & Hannah FFAIRBANKS --
  • Joshua, b. 18 Mar 1682
  • Abigail, b. 17 Aug 1684
  • Nathaniel, b. 9 May 1687
  • Sarah, b. 22 Mar, 1690
  • Deborah, b. 1 Aug 1692
Children of John & Mary ALDIS --
  • Sarah, b. 26 Feb 1682
  • Elizabeth, b. 7 Jul 1685
  • Joanna, b. 4 Nov 1687
  • John, b. 7 Oct 1690
  • Josiah, b. 14 Jul 1694
Children of John & Abigail FALES --
  • John, b. 22 Apr 1685
  • John, b. 17 Apr 1689
  • Joseph, b. 8 Sep 1691
Children of Jonathan & Elizabeth WIGHT --
  • Jeane, b. 6 Sep 1688
  • Elizabeth, b. 28 Jun 1692
  • Mehitabel, b. 6 Sep 1694
  • Marah, b. 13 Oct 1696
Children of Samuel & Hannah DEARLING --
  • Hannah, b. 23 Jan 1688
  • Sarah, b. 3 Dec 1689
  • Hannah, b. 16 Apr 1691
Children of Eleazer & Hannah FISHER --
  • Eleazer, b. 19 Dec 1688
  • Hezekiah, b. 29 Sep 1691
  • Hannah, b. 15 Oct 1695
Children of Cornelius & Anna FISHER --
  • Jonathan, b. 22 Feb 1691
  • Cornelius, b. 29 Sep 1692
  • Isaac, b. 19 May 1694
  • Anna, b. 28 Mar 1696
Children of Eleazer & Lydia GAY --
  • Lydia, b. 20 May 1685
  • John, b. 25 Aug 1687
Children of Edward & Rebekah GAY --
  • Mary, b. 23 Jan 1689
  • Rebekah, b. 19 Aug 1690
  • Thomas, b. 30 Jul 1692
  • Hannah, b. Feb 1694
  • Edward, b. 2 Jul 1696
Children of Eleazer & Melatiah METCALF --
  • Eleazer, b. 30 May 1685
  • Michael, b. 21 May 1687
  • Samuel, b. 15 Jan 1689
  • Ebenezer, b. 8 Jan 1691
  • Jonathan, b. 9 Apr 1693
  • Melatiah, b. 21 Arp 1695
Children of Thomas & Mehitable THURSTON --
  • Mehitable, b. 1 Aug 1686
  • Mary, b. 16 Mar 1688
  • Thomas, b. 2 Nov 1689
  • Ichabod, b. 9 Aug 1692
Children of Benjamin & Elizabeth FORCE --
  • Benjamin, b. at Newport, R.I., 1 Jan 1690
  • Thomas, b. 13 Sep 1693
  • Matthew, b. 25 Arp 1695
Children of Ephraim & Deborah POND --
  • Ephraim, b. 21 Oct 1686
  • Daniel, b. 22 Sep 1689
  • Deborah, b. 13 Sep 1693
  • Samuel, b. 29 Dec 1695
Children of Robert & Joanna POND --
  • Anna, b. 2 Oct 1689
  • Sarah, b. 30 Sep 1692
  • Robert, b. 18 May 1695
Child of John & Hannah POUND --
  • Daniel, b. 2 Apr 1690
Children of John & Rachel BOND --
  • Hannah, b. 16 Mar 1693
  • Rachel, b. 19 Oct 1695
Children of John & Mary WHITING --
  • Nathaniel, b. 2 Feb 1691
  • Mary, b. 14 Oct 1692
  • John, b. 16 Jan 1695
Children of Nathaniel & Mary DUNHAM --
  • Mary, b. 3 Aug 1690
  • Nathaniel, b. 10 Jul 1693
Child of Anthony & Sary HANCOCK --
  • Anthony, b. 26th day, 12th mo, 1684
Child of James & Judith MEAD --
  • Grace, b. 11 Dec 1692
Child of James & Mehitable MEAD --
  • James, b. 9 Oct 1694
Child of William & Ruth PUFFER --
  • William, b. 17 Jul 1696
Child of Richard & Ruth PUFFER --
  • Richard, b. 17 Jul 1689
Children of Nathaniel & Mary HEATON --
  • Sarah, b. 1 Jun 1687
  • James, b. 25 Mar 1690
  • Abigail, b. 3 May 1695
Children of John & Joanna BLAKE --
  • James, b. 1 Oct 1689
  • Anna, b. 7 Oct 1691
  • Bridget, b. 27 Mar 1693
  • John, b. 22 Jul 1694 & Mary, b. 8 Apr 1696
Child of Thomas & Hannah GEORGE --
  • Hannah, b. 12 Aug 1695
Child of Benjamin & Prosillea GRANT --
  • Benjamin, b. 16 Oct 1695
Child of Benjamin & Sarah HALL --
  • Sarah, b. 20 Feb 1695
Child of John & Elizabeth MACCANE --
  • Elizabeth, b. 18 Aug 1695
Child of Josiah & Mary WHITNE --
  • Mary, b. 5 Mar 1696
Child of Thomas & Hannah BACON --
  • Thomas, b. 26 Nov 1693
Children of Daniel & Abigail FARRINGTON --
  • Jemima, b. 11 May 1695
  • Abigail, b. 11 Oct 1696


"1676 - March Ye 30th. Ye Inhabitance ware drawn of by rason of ye Endien Worre."

"1680 - August Ye 21st. The Rev. Mr. MAN returned to Wrentham again and divers Inhab'nts."

No births were recorded between 1677 and 1679.






DEATHS IN WRENTHAM, 1673 to 1704
Volume 3, January 1849, pages 31 - 33



  • The first person buried in the Burying-Place of this town was an infant son of John & Mary WARE who d. 10 Feb 1673
  • Mary LITTLEFIELD, wife of John d. 13 Jan 1674
  • Jonathan, son of Cornelius & Sary FFISHER d. 9 Nov 1675
  • Eliazur, son of John & Mary WARE d. Sep 1675
  • Sarah, son of Corn's FISHER d. 28 Feb 1675
  • Elizabeth, dau of James & Anna MOSTMAN d. 6 Mar 1675/6
  • Natha'l CROSMAN, son of Rob. & Sarah killed by the Indians d. 8 Mar 1675/6

    March ye last the Inhabitants were drawn off by reason of war

  • Mary, wife of Joseph KINGSBURY, d. 31 Jul 1680
  • William, son of Wm. & Ruth MACCANE, Killed by his own gun accidently d. 6 Jul 168_
  • Sarah, dau of John & Sarah GUILD d. 7 Dec 1682
  • Silence WILSON in the 10th year d. 24 Feb 1683
  • Sarah LAWRENCE d. 25 Mar 1684
  • Mehitable, wife of Thom's THURSTON, d. 11 Aug 1692
  • Ichabod, son of Thom's THURSTON, d. 29 Aug 1692
  • Mary, dau of Thom's THURSTON, d. 30 Mar 1688
  • Joseph KINGSBURY died in an awful & dreadful way 16 Dec 1688
  • Isaac BLAKE d. 8 Mar 1689
  • Hezekiah, son of Benj & Judith ROCKET d. 1689
  • Solomon SHEARS d. 6 May 1689
  • Sarah LAWRENCE, wife of John, d. 30 Aug 1690
  • Hannah, dau of Sam'l & Hannah [no last name given] d. 26 Oct 1689
  • Hannah, wife of John POND, d. 2 Jan 1691
  • Abigail, dau of John & Abg'l DAY, d. 1692
  • Elizabeth, dau of John & Melitiah FISHER, d. 1693
  • Ruth FISHER d. 28 Jul 1693
  • Judith, wife of James MEADS, d. 9 Oct 1694
  • Priscilla, dau of Benj. & Priscilla GRANT, d. 14 Jul 1694
  • Mary, dau of John & Sarah LAURANCE, d. 8 Dec 1694
  • Mary, dau of Edw'd & Rob't GAY, in her 7th yr, d. 7 Oct 1695
  • Robert, son of Rob't & Joanna POND, d. 28 May 1694
  • --None PUFFER, son of Rich'd & Ruth, d. 2 Jan 1699
  • Cornelius FISHER d. 2 Jan 1699, bieng the first head of a family who died in the town in a natural way for 30 years
  • John BLAKE d. 25 May 1700
  • Sarah, dau of Benj & Sarah HALL, d. 6 May 1697
  • Sarah HANCOCK d. 17 Nov 1700
  • Thomas THURSTON d. 15 Dec 1704
  • Ephraim POND, d. 22 Dec 1704
  • Mary GAY in her 5th year, d. 30 May 1705
  • Thomas, son of Thomas & Hannah GEORGE, d. 17 Sep 1704
  • Hannah, dau of Thomas & Hannah GEORGE, d. 17 Sep 1704
  • Tho's GEORGE, the father, d. 31 Oct 1704
  • John GEORGE d. 21 Sep 1704
  • John MACCANE, son of John & Eliz'h, d. 9 Jan 1701
  • Hannah, wife of Cornelius FISHER, d. 6 Mar 1701
  • Ebenezer GUILD, son of John & Sarah, d. 13 Sep 1701
  • Tho's PUFFER of Providence d. 11 Jul 1702
  • Dea. Samuel FISHER d. 5 Jan 1703
  • Mehitable, dau of Jona WIGHT d. 3 Sep 1704
  • Samuel WHITING d. 2 Apr 1704
  • Anna BLAKE, dau of John & Joanna d. 8 Apr 1704
  • Mary SHEARS, wife of Samuel, d. 26 Apr 1704
  • Theodoras MAN, dau of Theodore, d. 1 Sep 1703
  • Eleazer METCALF d. 14 May 1704

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