Vital Records
Of Roxbury, Massachusetts To The End Of The Year 1849
Volume I – Births.
Volume II – Marriages and Deaths.
Published By
The Essex Institute
Salem, Mass.
1925
Newcomb & Gauss Co.
Printers
Salem, Mass.
EXPLANATIONS
The following records
of births, marriages and deaths in-
clude
all entries to be found in the books of record kept by
the
town clerks; in the church records ; in the cemetery inscrip-
tions; and in private records. These records are printed in
a condensed
form in which every essential particular has been
preserved.
All duplication of the town clerks' record has
been
eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory
matter
appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they
occur
in the original record; also to indicate the maiden
name
of a wife.
When places other than Roxbury and Massachusetts
are
named in the original records, they are given
in the printed
copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage
are printed under
the names of both parties. In all records
the original spel-
ling of names is followed and in the alphabetical
arrangement
the various forms should be examined, as items
about the same
family may be found under different spellings.
ROXBURY
The Town of Roxbury was first mentioned in the list
of
plantations on Sept. 28, 1630. Mar. 4, 1633, bounds between
Roxbury and Boston established. Apr. 7, 1635, bounds
be-
tween Roxbury and Newe Towne established.
May 25, 1636,
and
May 2, 1638, certain lands granted to Roxbury. May 16,
1638, bounds between Roxbury and Dedham established.
Oct.
7, 1641, the bounds between Boston and Roxbury at Muddy
River were established. Mar. 16, 1660, certain lands granted
to
Roxbury. May 12, 1675, bounds between Roxbury and
Dedham established. Mar. 16, 1836, bounds between Boston
and
Roxbury were established. Apr. 19, 1837, bounds between
Boston and Roxbury were established. Apr. 23, 1838,
part of
Newton was annexed to Roxbury. Feb. 24, 1844, part
of
Roxbury annexed to Brookline. Town of Roxbury incor-
porated as a city, Mar. 12, 1846. May 3, 1850, bounds be-
tween Roxbury and Boston established. May 24, 1851, part
of
Roxbury established as West Roxbury. Apr. 3, 1860, part
of
Roxbury annexed to Boston, which Act was accepted by
Roxbury Apr. 16, 1860, and by Boston
May 8, 1860. June 1,
1867, the City of Roxbury was annexed to Boston. Sept. 9,
1867, the Act was accepted by Boston and Roxbury. Jan. 5,
1868, the Act of June 1, 1867, took effect.
The population of Roxbury at different periods has
been
as
follows:
1765.....1,487
1810.....3.669 1840......9,089
1790.....2,226
1820.....4,135 1850.....18,373
1800.....2,765
1830.....5,247 1860.....25,137
1870.....34,772
ABBREVIATIONS
a.—age.
abt.—about.
b.—born.
bef.—before.
bet.—between.
bp.—baptized.
bur.—buried.
C. R. 1.—church record, First Religious Society (Unitarian).
C. R. 2.—church record, First Congregational Parish
of West Roxbury (Unitarian).
C. R. 3.—church record, First Congregational Society
of Jamaica Plain (Unitarian).
C. R. 4.—church record, Dudley St. Baptist Church.
C. R. 5.—church record, St. James Episcopal Church.
C. R. 6.—church record, Eliot Congregational Church.
C. R. 7.—church record, South Congregational Church,
West Roxbury.
certif.—certificate.
ch.—child.
chn.—children.
Co.—county.
CT. R.—court records, Suffolk Co. Quarterly Court.
d.—daughter; day; died.
Dea.—deacon.
dup.—duplicate entry.
G. R. 1.—gravestone record, Eliot Cemetery.
G. R. 2.—gravestone record, Westerly Cemetery.
G. R. 3.—gravestone record, Walter St.(West Roxbury) Cemetery.
G. R. 4.—gravestone record, Jamaica Plain Cemetery.
G. R. 5.—gravestone record, Warren Cemetery.
h.—husband;hour.
inf.—infant.
int.—intention of marriage.
jr.—junior.
m.—male; married; month.
rec.—recorded.
rem.—removed.
ret.—return.
s.—son.
sr.—senior.
T. C.—Town copy.
unm.—unmarried.
w.—wife; week.
wid.—widow.
widr.—widower.
y.—year.