Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B. Member of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society.
Boston, Mass., 1917.
Number of Births printed ............ 4,396
Marriages ..... 1,619X2
= 3,238 names
Deaths ....................
2,381
10,015 total
Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street.
HARVARD.
June 29, 1732, parts of Groton, Lancaster and Stow made the town of Harvard.
February. 25, 1783, part included in the new district of Boxborough.
June 14, 1906, bounds between Harvard and Littleton established.
June 14, 1906, bounds between Harvard and Boxborough established.
Population by Census :
1765 (Prov.), 1,126; 1865(STATE), 1,355;
1776 (Prov.), 1,315; 1870 (U.S.), 1,341;
1790 (U.S.), 1,387; 1875 (State),1,304;
1800 (U.S.), 1,319; 1880 (U.S.), 1,253;
1810 (U.S.), 1,431; 1885 (State),1,184;
1820 (U.S.), 1,597; 1890 (U.S.), 1,095;
1830 (U.S.), 1,600; 1895 (State),1,162;
1840 (U.S.), 1,571; 1900 (U.S.), 1,139;
1850 (U.S.), 1,630; 1905 (State),1,077;
1855(State), 1,533; 1910 (U.S.), 1,034;
1860 (U.S.), 1,507; 1915 (State), 1,104;
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places other than Harvard or Massachusetts are named in the original
records they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all items from the records the original spelling of the names is given,
and any additions made to the spelling of the record are enclosed in brackets.
3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the
same family or individual may be found under different spellings.
4. The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden name, when it
is known, but if the maiden name is unknown the entry appears under the husband's
name with a dash enclosed in brackets, i.e., [-], to signify that the maiden name
is not known.
5. In taking records from gravestones it is often the case that the family
name of a woman as given on the stone is not that under which she was born, so,
therefore, many births may appear under a married name instead of the original,
which is not shown on the stone. In many cases names are evidently those of wives,
though not so specified. All dates of birth found on the gravestones in the town
are given in the book, but from this it is not to be inferred that the persons are
born in this town, as in a great many cases they are not.
6. Marriages and intentions are printed under the name of both parties. When
both the marriage and intention are recorded, only the marriage record is printed,
and the date of the intention is not given, except when needed to make more clear
the date of the marriage. When the marriage appears without the intention recorded
it is designated with an asterisk.
7. Additional information which does not appear in the original town record,
i.e., any difference shown in other records of the same person, is enclosed in parentheses,
with the source of the information indicated.
ABBREVIATIONS.
a. - age; aged
abt. - about
b. - born
bp. - baptized
bur. - buried
cb. - child
C.R.1. - church record, First Congregational Church
C.R.2. - church record, Calvinistic Congregational Church
C.R.3. - church record, Baptist Church, Still River
d. - daughter; died; day
Dea. - deacon
dec. - deceased
dup. - duplicate entry
G.R.1. - grave record, Old Cemetery
G.R.2. - grave record, Shaker Cemetery
G.R.3. - grave record, Bellevue Cemetery
G.R.4. - grave record, private cemetery near Littleton road
b. - husband; hours
inf. - infant
int. - publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. - junior
md. - married
m. - month
N.S. - new style
o.s. - old style
prob. - probably
rep. - reputed
s. - son
Sr. - senior
S.R. - Shaker record
T.C. - town copy
unm. - unmarried
w. - wife; weeks
wid. - widow
widr. - widower
y. - year