Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society
At the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund

Boston, Mass. 1902

THIS publication is issued under the authority of a vote passed by the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 6 November, 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 Eday Town-Record Fund, for the sole purpose of publishing the Vital Records of the towns of Massachusetts, and that the Counci 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.
C.B. Tillinghast
Francis Everett Blake
Charles Knowles Bolton
Don Gleason Hill
Edmund Dana Barbour
Editor, Henry Ernest Woods

Stanhope press
H. Gilson Company
Boston, U.S.A.

ABBREVIATIONS.
a. — age
b. — born
ch. — child
chn. — children
Co.  — county
C.R. — church record.
d. — daughter; died; day
Dea. — deacon
dup. — duplicate entry
f. — female
G.R. — gravestone record.
h. — husband
inf. — infant
int. — publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. — junior
m. — married ; male ; month
prob. — probably
rec. — recorded
s. — son
Sr. — senior
w. — wife ; week
wid. — widow
widr. — widower
y. — year
1st. — first.
2d. — second
3d. — third.

THE TOWN OF HINSDALE, Berkshire County, was established June 21, 1804, from
a part of Partridgefield (now Peru).