Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year
1850
Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, A.B., S.B., member of the New
England Historic
Genealogical Society.
Boston, Mass.,
1910.
Number of Births printed .............
8462
Marriages
.................... 2571 x 2 =5142
names
Deaths
........................................... 3522
17126 total
Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Company
Boston,
U.S.A.
WRENTHAM
was first settled in 1660 by settlers from Dedham
and was then known by the
Indian name of
Wollomonopoag.
October 15, 1673,
land was granted to the inhabitants of Wollomonopoag
and the town was
incorporated under the name
of Wrentham.
The town
was afterwards temporarily abandoned, and in the first
volume of vital records
it is recorded that on March 30, 1676, "ye Inhabitance
ware drawn of by Rason of
ye Indien warrs." The same record further states
that in 1680 Rev. Mr. Man and
divers inhabitants returned
to
Wrentham.
November
27, 1719, part of Wrentham was included in the
new
town of Bellingham.
March 2, 1778, part of Wrentham was established as
the town of Franklin.
June 10, 1778, part of
Wrentham was taken to form part of the town
of Foxborough.
February 18, 1830, part of Attleborough was annexed
to Wrentham.
February 7, 1831, part of Wrentham
was annexed to Foxborough.
February 23, 1870, part
of Wrentham was taken to form part of the
town of Norfolk.
April 4, 1905, part of Wrentham was taken to form the town of
Plainville.
Population by Census : 1765 (Prov.), 2022;
1776
(Prov.), 2879; 1790 (U.S.), 1767;
1800 (U.S.),
2061; 1810 (U.S.), 2478;
1820 (U.S.),
2801; 1830 (U.S.), 2698;
1840 (U.S.),
2915; 1850 (U.S.), 3037;
1855 (State),
3242; 1860 (U.S.), 3406;
1865 (State),
3072; 1870 (U.S.), 2292;
1875 (State),
2395; 1880 (U.S.), 2481;
1885 (State),
2710; 1890 (U.S.), 2566;
1895 (State),
2584; 1900 (U.S.), 2720;
1905 (State),
1428.
EXPLANATIONS.
1. When places other than Wrentham or Massachusetts
are named in
the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
2. In all
records the original spelling is followed.
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. Marriages are
printed under the names of both parties. When a
marriage appears that has its
intention recorded it is designated with
an asterisk. No record of intentions of
marriage is to be found in Wrentham
except between Feb. 15, 1826, and Feb.
18, 1843.
5. 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, is
bracketed.
ABBREVIATIONS.
a. - age
abt. - about
b. - born
bp. - baptized
ch. - child
Co.
- County
C.R. - church record
d. - died: daughter: day
Dea. -
deacon
dec. - deceased
dup. - duplicate entry
G.R.1. - grave record,
Wrentham Centre Cemetery
G.R.2. - grave record, Great Plain
Cemetery
G.R.3.- grave record, Plainville Cemetery
G.R.4. - grave record,
Shepardville Cemetery
G.R.5.- grave record, Sheldonville Cemetery
G.R.6.-
grave record, West Wrentham Cemetery
G.R.7. - grave record, Pondville
Cemetery
G.R.8. - grave record, Norfolk, formerly North
Wrentham Cemetery
h. - husband
hrs.- hours
inf. -
infant
int. - publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. - junior
m.
- male: monti
md. - married
min. - minutes
prob. - probably
s. -
son
Sr.- senior
S.R. - Suffolk court record
T.C. - from Town
Copy
unm. - unmarried
w. - wife
wid. - widow
widr. - widower
y. -
year
1st. - first
2d. - second
3d. - third