Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts to the Year 1850

Worcester, Massachusetts:
Published by Franklin P. Rice, Trustee of the Fund. 1906.

Stanhope Press
F. H. Gilson Company
Boston, U.S.A.

Publisher's Note.
THE  list of Phillipston Births, Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town  Books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end  of the year 1849. Some additions have been made  from other sources, and these are indicated in each instance by proper reference.
All of the records are condensed in print as much as is consistent with intelligibility, accuracy, and completeness of information.   Differences in duplicates, and explanatory or other matter which seemed necessary or desirable, appear in brackets.
Marriages  and intentions of marriage are printed under the names  of both parties, but the full information concerning each person is given only under his or her name. An asterisk after a marriage  indicates that the intention was not found recorded, and  in many cases this is accounted for by the fact that neither party belonged in Phillipston, and consequently publishment was made  elsewhere.
The  double date is used in the months of January, February, and  March prior to 1752 only when it so appears in the original, and  instances of the modern form after 1725 are not uncommon.   When   places other than Phillipston and Massachusetts are named  in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.

ABBREVIATIONS.
a. - age
b. - born
ch. - child
chn. - children
C. R. - church record
d. - daughter; died; day
Dea. - deacon
dup. - duplicate entry
G. S. - gravestone record
h. - husband
inf. - infant
int. - publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. - junior
m. - male ; married ; month
N. S. - New Style
O. S. - Old Style
P. R. -private record
rec. - recorded
s. - son
Sr. - senior
w. - wife;
wid. - widow
widr. - widower

The age given in the Deaths is in years unless otherwise indicated.

PHILLIPSTON.
THIS town was originally established as " Gerry," October 10, 1786, from parts of Athol and Templeton. A  part was annexed to Royalston, February 26, 1799, and another portion to Athol, February 28, 1806.  Its name was changed to Phillipston, February 5, 1814.

Population at different periods: 1790, 740; 1800, 802;  1810,839;  1820,916; 1830,932;  1840,919;. 1850, 809.  Population in 1905, 442.

Number  of Births printed ............1,522
Marriages   ............581-1,162 names
Deaths.  ..............       794
                                      3,478 total