Source Information

Ancestry.com. Watertown, Massachusetts, East Precinct Records, 1697-1737 and Pastors' Records, 1686-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
Original data: Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precint Affairs 1697 to 1737 and Record Book of the Pastors 1686 to 1819. Boston, MA, USA: David Clapp and Son, Printers, 1906.

About Watertown, Massachusetts, East Precinct Records, 1697-1737 and Pastors' Records, 1686-1819

This database is a record of the affairs of the east congregational precinct and book of the pastors in Watertown, Massachusetts, located in Middlesex County. Contents include records of baptisms, marriages, communions, confessions, covenants, and issues voted upon at meetings. At the time of publication, this work was one of the only ones dedicated solely to Watertown ecclesiastical affairs. This database would be of great value to those with ancestors from Watertown because it makes reference to many members of the East Congregation.