Vital Records of Milford, 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
.......6,044
Marriages
.... 1,617X2=3,234
names
Deaths
...............
1,594
10,872
total
Boston: Wright & Potter Printing
Company
Milford.
April 11, 1780, part of Mendon made the town of
Milford.
March 27, 1835, bounds
between Milford, Holliston and
Hopkinton established, and parts of
Holliston and Hopkinton annexed to
Milford, and part of Milford annexed to Hopkinton.
April 1, 1859, bounds between Milford
and Holliston established.
April 7, 1886,
part of Milford established as Hopedale.
May
16, 1907, bounds between Milford and Upton established.
May 16, 1907, bounds between Milford and
Hopkinton established.
POPULATION.
1790 (U. S.), 839; 1870 (U. S.), 9,890;
1800 (U.
S.), 907; 1875 (State), 9,818;
1810 (U. S.), 973;
1880 (U. S.), 9,310:
1820 (U. S.), 1,160; 1885 (State), 9,343;
1830 (U.
S.), 1,360; 1890 (U. S.), 8,780;
1840 (U. S.), 1,773; 1895 (State),
8,959;
1850 (U. S.), 4,819; 1900 (U.S.), 11,376;
1855 (State), 7,489; 1905
(State), 12,105
1860 (U. S.), 9,132; 1910 (U. S.), 13,055;
1865
(State), 9,108; 1915 (State),
13,684.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places other than
Milford 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
en-
closed 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
ch. - child
C.R. - church record,
First Church (Congregational), formerly Second Parish
of Mendon
d. -
daughter; died; day
Dea. - deacon
dec. - deceased
dup. - duplicate
entry
G.R.1. - grave record, Pine Grove Cemetery
G.R.2. - grave record,
St. Mary's Cemetery
G.R.3. - grave record, Vernon Grove Cemetery
G.R.4. -
grave record, Hopedale Cemetery
G.R.5. - grave record, Warfield Cemetery,
South Hopedale
G.R.6. - grave record, Purchase Street Cemetery
b. -
husband; hours
inf. - infant
int. - publishment of intention of
marriage
Jr. - junior
md. - married
mo. - months
N.S. - new
style
O.S.-old style
prob. - probably
rep. - reputed
s. - son
Sr.
- senior
T.C. - town copy
unm. - unmarried
w. - wife; weeks
wid. -
widow
widr. -
widower