Vital Records of Richmond, Massachusetts to
the Year 1850
Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Robert Henry
Eddy Memorial Rooms at the Charge of the Eddy Town-Record
Fund
Boston, Mass., 1913
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
James Parker Parmenter
Edmund Dana Barbour
Henry Edwards
Scott
Hosea Starr Ballou
G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr.
Editor, Henry Edwards
Scott
Stanhope Press
F. H. Gilson
Company
Boston, U.S.A.
THE TOWN OF RICHMOND,
Berkshire County, was established June 21, 1765, under the name of
Richmont, from a new plantation called Yokum Town and Mount
Ephraim.
February 26, 1767, part was established as the district of
Lenox.
April 24, 1772, certain estates were set off from Lenox to
Richmont.
March 3, 1785, the name of Richmont was changed to
Richmond.
March iy, 1834, bounds were established between Richmond and
West Stockbridge.
Population by Census: 1765 (Prov.),
[921];
1776 (Prov.), 9215 1790 (U.S.), 1255;
1800 (U.S.),
1044; 1810 (U.S.), 1041;
1820 (U.S.), 923; 1830 (U.S.),
844;
1840 (U.S.), 1097; 1850 (U.S.), 907;
1855 (State),
970; 1860 (U.S.), 914;
1865 (State), 944; 1870 (U.S.),
1091;
1875 (State), 1141;1880 (U.S.), 1124;
1885 (State), 854;
1890 (U.S.), 796;
1895 (State), 701; 1900 (U.S.),
679;
1905 (State), 601 ; 1910 (U.S.),
650.
EXPLANATIONS
1. WHEN places other than Richmond 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 same family or individual may be found under different
spellings.
4. A baptism is not printed, if it occurs within one year
after the recorded date of birth, although any variations found in the baptismal
record are added to the birth record. But a baptism is printed, if it occurs
more than one year after the recorded date of birth of a child of the same name
and parents, no attempt being made to decide whether the child baptized is
identical with the child of the birth record or is another child of the same
name.
5. The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden
name, if it. is known. But if the maiden name cannot be determined, the entry
appears under the husband's.name, with a dash enclosed in brackets to signify
that the maiden name is unknown. If it is not known whether the surname is that
of a married or unmarried woman, ? m. is placed in brackets after the Christian
name.
6. 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.
7.
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
bp. -
baptized
bur. - buried
ch. - child
chn. - children
C.R. - church
record, Congregational Church
Co. - county
d. - daughter; day;
died
Dca. - deacon
dec'd. - deceased
dup. -duplicate entry
Ens. -
Ensign
G.R.1. - gravestone record, private lot on Mr. Sharp's farm, near
railroad station
G.R.2. - gravestone record, Centre Cemetery
G.R.3. -
gravestone record, Southwest Cemetery, Cone Hill
G.R.4. - gravestone record,
Northeast Cemetery (Lindsay)
G.R.5. - gravestone record, Cole lot
G.R.6. -
gravestone record, inscription in a field belonging to Mr. Coleman, on the
Pittsfield road
G.R.7. - gravestone record, North Cemetery, on the
Pittsfield road
h. - husband
hrs. - hours
inf. - infant
int. -
publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. - junior
Lt. - Lieutenant
m. -
married; month
min. - minutes
q.v. - which see; whom see
rec. -
recorded
s. - son
Sr. - senior
w. - wife; week
wid. - widow
widr.
- widower
y. - year
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