Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Charge of the
Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass., 1911
THIS publication is issued
under the authority of a vote passed by the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, November 6, 1901, as follows:
Voted: That
the sum of $20,000, 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.
Henry Winchester Cunningham
Charles
Knowles Bolton
Edmund Dana Barbour
Henry Edwards Scott
F. Apthorp
Foster
Editor, F. Apthorp Foster
Stanhope Press
F. H. Gilson
Company
Boston, U.S.A.
THE TOWN OF CARVER, Plymouth
County, was established June 9, 1790, from a part of Plympton.
February 8, 1793, bounds between Carver and Plympton
were established.
January 20, 1827, part of Carver was annexed
to Wareham.
March 24, 1849, bounds between Carver and
Middleborough were established.
Population by Census: 1790
(U.S.), 847;
1800 (U.S.), 863;
1810 (U.S.), 858;
1820 (U.S.),
839; 1830 (U.S.), 970;
1840
(U.S.), 995; 1850 (U.S.), 1186;
1855 (State), 1205; 1860 (U.S.), 1186;
1865
(State), 1059; 1870 (U.S.), 1092;
1875
(State), 1127; 1880 (U.S.), 1039;
1885
(State), 1091; 1890 (U.S.), 994;
1895
(State), 1016; 1900 (U.S.), 1104;
1905
(State), 1410; 1910 (U.S.), 1663.
EXPLANATIONS.
1.
WHEN places other than Carver and Massachusetts are
named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all items from town records the original spelling
is followed, and no attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records
or to harmonize conflicting names or dates.
3. The various
spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the SH.me family or
individual might be found under different spellings
4. Marriages
and intentions of marriages 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 where a
marriage appears without the intention recorded, it is designated with an
asterisk.
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 to show
the difference in the spelling of a name in the same entry, to indicate
the maiden name of a wife, to enclose an imperfect portion of the original text,
and to separate clauses in the original text - such as the birthplace of a
parent in late records.
ABBREVIATIONS
a. - age
abt. - about
b. -
born
ch. -- child
chn. - children
Co. - county
C.R.1. - church
record, Congregational Church
C.R.2. - church record, Baptist Church
d. -
daughter ; died ; day
Dea. - deacon
dup. - duplicate entry
G.R.1.
- gravestone record, Lakenhatn Cemetery,
North Carver
G.R.2. - gravestone record, Center Cemetery
G.R.3.
-gravestone record, Wenharn Cemetery, East Carver
G.R.4.- gravestone record,
Union Cemetery, South Carver
h. - husband
hrs. - hours
inf. --
infant
int. - publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. - junior
m.
- married ; month
min. - minutes
P.R.1. - private record, from
a copy of the Bible record of Benjamin Shurtleff, 2d, now in the possession
of Mr. Benjamin Shurtleff of Revere
P.R.2.-private record, from a copy of the
Bible record of Benjamin Shurtleff, 3d, of Boston, now in the possession of
Mr. Benjamin Shurtleff of Revere
P.R.3. - private record, from a copy of the
Fuller Bible record, now in the possession of Mrs. Theron M. Cole of North
Carver
P.R.4.- private record, from the Hammond family Bible, now
in the possession of Mrs. Benjamin W. Robbins of Carver
P.R.5---private
record, from the Cole family Bible, now in the posses sion of Mrs. Theron M.
Cole of North Carver
P.R.6. -private record, from a manuscript in the
Cole Bible, now in the possession of Mrs. Theron M. Cole of North
Carver
P.R.7.-privale record, from the Bible of William Shurtleff, now
in ths possession of Maria E. Lucas of East Carver
R.R. - Rebellion
Record
rec, - recorded
s. - son
Sr. -
senior
w. - wife ; week
wid. - widow
widr. -
widower
y. - year
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