Vital Records of Brookline, Massachusetts to the end
of the year 1849
Published By
The Essex Institute
Salem, Mass.
1929
Newcomb & Gauss Co.
Printers
Salem, Mass.
EXPLANATIONS
The following records of
births, marriages and deaths in-
clude all entries to be found in the books of record kept by
the town clerks; in the church records; in the cemetery inscrip-
tions ; and
in the private records found in family Bibles, etc.
These records are printed
in a condensed form in which every
essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of
the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but
differences
in entry and other explanatory matter appear in
brackets.
Parentheses are used when
they occur in the original records;
also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman, and
to show variations in the spelling of a name in the
same entry.
When places other than
Brookline and Massachusetts are
named in the original records, they are given in the
printed
copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed
under
the names of both parties. When both the marriage and
intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record
is printed; and when a marriage appears without the inten-
tion being recorded, it is designated by an asterisk. In all
records the original spelling of names is followed, and the
various forms of family names have been placed in one alpha-
betical arrangement.
BROOKLINE
Nov. 13, 1705, part of
Boston called Muddy River.
Feb. 22, 1825, bounds
between Brookline and Boston confirmed.
Feb. 24, 1844, part of
Roxbury annexed.
June 18, 1870, part
annexed to Boston.
Nov. 4, 1870, the act
accepted by Boston.
Apr. 27, 1872, bounds
between Brookline and Boston established.
May 8, 1874, part annexed
to Boston.
May 27, 1890, bounds
between Brookline and Boston established.
Apr. 13, 1894, bounds
between Brookline and Boston established.
Mar. 28, 1907, bounds
between Brookline and Newton established.
The population of
Brookline at different periods was as follows:
1765, 338 1840, 1,365 1890, 12,103
1790, 484 1850, 2,516 1900, 19,935
1800, 605 1865, 5,262 1910, 27,792
1810, 784 1870, 6,650 1915,
33,490
1820, 900 1875, 6,675 1920, 37,748
1830, 1,043 1880, 8,057
ABBREVIATIONS
a.—age.
abt.—about.
B.—Brookline.
b.—born.
bef.—before.
bet.—between.
bp.—baptised.
bur.—buried.
Capt.—Captain.
C. R. 1.—Church record, First Parish Church.
C. R. 2.—Church record, First Baptist Church.
certif.—certificate.
ch.—child.
chn.—children.
Co.—county.
d.—daughter; day; died.
dec.—deceased.
dup.—duplicate entry.
Ens.—ensign.
grandd.—granddaughter.
grands.—grandson.
G. R. 1.—gravestone
record, Walnut Street Cemetery.
h.—husband;
hour.
inf.—infant.
int.—intention
of marriage.
jr.—junior.
Lt.—lieutenant.
m.—male;
married; month.
P. R. 1.—burials and
inscriptions in the Walnut Street Cemetery, with notations compiled by Miss
Harriet lma Cummings and published by the Brookline
Historical Society.
rec.—recorded.
rem.—removed.
ret.—returned.
s.—son.
sr.—senior.
T. C.—town copy.
unm.—unmarried.
w.—week;
wife.
widr.—widower.
y.—year.