Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts

Alphabetical indexes to the vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, up to the year 1850, supplemented by information from bible records, church registers, cemetery inscriptions and other private sources to include the diary kept by Samuel Wight and his daughters.

The town of Bellingham, Norfolk County (formerly in Suffolk County, until 1793), was established November 27, 17 19, from parts of Dedham, Mendon, and Wrentham. On February 23, 1832, bounds between Bellingham and Franklin were established.

Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850

Explanations

1. When places other than Bellingham and 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 might be found under diferent spellings.
4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the names of both parties, but the full information concerning each party is given only in the entry under his or her name. 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.
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 of the record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used only when they occur in the original text, or to separate clauses found there — such as the birthplace of parents, in late marriage records.

Abbreviations

Source

Woods, Henry Ernest, editor, Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Boston, Mass. : Published by the New-England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.