In this particular page-by-page copy of those records there are given all the vital records contained in this first volume of the official Sheffield Massachusetts town records. Although all the names and dates are as given in the record book, some abbreviation of wording has seemed advisable. In the book a marriage record is usually given in this form:
”August 16: 1736. Then John Smith and Mary Jones were Lawfully Joynod together In Marriage”.
A birth, is usually recorded in this manner:
”James Smith, Son of John Smith and that which his wife Mary bore to him was born May 19, 1737”.
In the case of several families where the marriage had occurred before the parents came to Sheffield there is no marriage record and the family record begins at the top of the page with the birth of a child. There are a few cases of out-of-wedlock birth records in which the word wife is omitted and the full name of the mother given.
In the death records even of adults the name of the father and mother are usually given.
Early vital records of Sheffield, Massachusetts
Index
Adams (Addams), 5, 16, 25, 39
Alexander, 90
Allin, 88
Amsdon, 127
Andrus, 52
Ashley, 7, 10, 80, 111, 112, 131
Austin, 2, 24, 25, 28, 53, 56, 62, 65,80, 100, 109, 115, 136, 140, 147
Avens, 67, 134
Bagley, 133
Bailey, 148
Baldwin, 85
Barbaria, 56
Barber, 126
Barnard, 131
Barrin, 125
Barrit, 12, 114
Barry, 64
Bassit, 89
Bates (Baits), 5, 23, 133
Beales, 19, 46, 141
Bell, 5
Benedict, 70
Bignall, 4
Bill, 141
Bird (Burd), 24, 57
Bishop, 8
Bixby, 25
Boardman (Bordman), 18, 47, 83, 104
Bozworth, 48
Braman, 126
Brewer, 38
Briant, 135
Brookins, 128
Brounson (Brunson), 122, 147
Burghart, 57, 81
Burnham, 115
Burril, 113
Bush, 15, 81, 85, 107, 114, 123, 139, 143
Cadwell, 90
Callander (Calander), 3, 11, 13, 16, 33, 41, 44, 53, 63, 81,90, 103, 114, 117, 123, 135, 136, 143, 149, 151
Castle (Casel, Cassell), 7, 8, 22
Chapman, 115
Chipman, 31
Church, 3, 19, 21, 66, 83, 85, 114, 117, 124
Churchill, 60
Clark, 39, 60
Cleavland, 35, 38, 52
Collins, 109
Colver, 70
Corbin, 24, 126
Cornwell, 54
Cowle (Cowles), 40, 107
Curtiss, 146
Davis, 43, 135
Day, 55
Dean, 127
De Lemetter, 49
Dewey, 1, 5, 12, 20, 35, 39, 54, 62, 63, 68, 80, 90, 105, 125, 126, 141, 142, 148, 151
Dibble, 138
Dickinson, 34, 38
Downing, 9, 129, 136, 138
Drake, 42, 102, 113
Dromond, 138
Dykeman, 18
Egelstone (Egalstone), 10, 65, 112, 117, 120
Eldridge, 113, 125
Fairchild, 48, 136
Fellows, 21, 111
Fenton, 125
Ferry (Fere, Ferre, Ferrey), 38, 50, 51, 61, 68, 122, 135, 141
Fitch, 121, 136
Fox, 45, 110, 136
Freeman, 38, 43
Gadenier, 7
Galusha, 119
Gillitt, 35, 554
Goes, 81
Goodrich, 1a, 5, 23, 85
Grainger (granger), 26, 90, 149
Graves, 122
Grigs, 5
Grimes, 86, 166
Gunn, 18, 69, 84, 116
Gurd, 134
Hall, 43
Hamlin, 113
Hanmor, 35
Harmon (Hermon, Herman), 6, 36, 130
Harris, 136
Herrenton, 3
Hickok (Hickock), 118, 152
Higbe, 40
Highstand, 56, 105, 149
Hines, 110
Holcomb, 12, 26
Holmbeck, 20, 27, 54
Holmes (Homes), 130, 133, 138
Hooker, 87
Hopkins, 102, 111
Horskins, 112, 114
Howard, 11, 38, 130
Hubbard (Hubberd), 37, 56, 113, 153
Hubbell, 20, 101
Huddleston, 5
Hufman, 126
Huggins, 27, 64, 68, 110, 126, 140, 153
Hunt, 54
Husse, 136
Hutchinson, 80
Huxley, 149
ingerham, 141
Ingersole (Ungersole), 7, 30, 55, 59, 66, 84, 87, 125, 131
Jackson, 25
Jacob, 56, 144
Johnson, 34,45, 65, 88, 133
Jones, 42
Jostlyn, 1a
Joy, 47
Joyner, 63
Karner (Carner), 56, 86, 133, 134, 135, 138
Kelct, 122, 147
Kellogg, 2, 19, 23, 31, 33, 45, 54, 58, 82, 86, 100, 110, 118, 122, 125, 125a, 126, 130, 143
King, 4, 46, 81, 108, 112
Knap, 125
Kniest, 56
Keyes, 9, 69, 112, 129
Lebaroun (LeBaron), 81
Lawrence, 136
Lawton, 6
Lee, 1, 35, 52, 112, 113
Lenard, 63, 135
Lewis, 22, 136
Loomis, 27, 50, 125, 134, 137, 138
Marble, 49
Messenger, 126, 142
Mieles, 22
Miller, 39, 42, 81, 113, 135, 150
Moore (Moor), 127, 137
Mower, 70
Mun, 126
Nash, 19, 46, 47, 113
Nichols (Nickells, Nickolls), 12, 53
Noble, 1, 2, 4, 6, 15, 28, 32, 57, 67, 70, 81, 84, 85, 89, 105, 120, 121, 124, 126, 132, 135, 143, 150, 153
Nokeware, 25
Nothrop, 106
Obryn, 100
Olds (Old), 6, 9, 12, 88, 121, 122, 123, 125a
Omsted, 136, 148
Orainer, 136
Owen, 34, 49, 64, 69, 105, 114
Packson, 17
Page, 148
Palmer, 80, 135, 154
Palmeter, 38, 66
Parkis, 83
Payne, 43
Pearammy, 59
Pell, 9, 125
Pettit, 102
Phelps, 13, 49, 87
Pier, 26, 80, 86, 124
Pixley, 13, 17, 18, 49, 55, 67, 90
Plaistridge, 88
Plough, 20
Race, 126
Raymond, 153
Richardson, 148
Rissing, 38
Robb, 35, 141
Roberts, 32
Root, 10, 22, 40, 67, 90, 104, 108, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124, 142
Roredbok, 25
Rutherford, 102
Sacket, 3, 38, 132, 148, 152
Sackson, 17
Sanford, 131
Saverhill, 83, 87, 132
Saxton, 64, 106, 125a, 128, 150
Sears, 147
Sedgwick, 58
Seger, 18, 36, 45, 145
Sharp, 80, 149
Shears, 110
Shed, 122
Sheldon (Shelden), 8, 89, 118, 136, 138
Shipman, 37
Showley, 15
Slate, 138
Sloan, 142
Smith, 5, 7, 13, 14, 15, 34, 63, 66, 82, 86, 125, 126, 127, 135, 136, 149, 154
Spaulding, 67, 127, 133, 134
Spencer, 23, 50, 55, 59
Speer, 20, 27, 47, 104, 137
Stanton, 129
Steele, 108
Stevens (Steevens), 18, 22
Stockwell, 20, 23
Strong, 22
Surdam, 15, 43
Taylor, 36, 66, 68, 86, 105, 116, 133, 145
Thatcher, 43
Treat, 85, 101
Tremain (Tremane), 80, 86, 123
Trescott, 11
Trumble, 8
Tucker, 62
Vallance, 89
Vandeusen (Vandusen), 18, 54
Vanguilder, 56
Vanvolcemburgh, 25
Vosburgh, 10, 67, 105
Voshere, 134
Wadhams, 125
Wakefield, 145
Walker, 8, 139
Ward, 131
Warren (Warne, Worn), 50, 81, 134
Watson, 90, 123, 145, 149
Webster, 105
Welch, 3, 70, 86, 131, 132, 135
Welden, 61
Wescoat, 32
Westover, 10, 11, 16, 29, 30, 32, 40, 50, 52, 127, 130, 133, 146, 147, 148
Wheeler, 22
Whipple, 83
White, 15
Willard, 43
Williams, 9, 90
Winchell, 14, 41, 57, 125, 138
Winslow, 23, 85
Woolman, 61
Wright, 14, 52
Younglove, 18, 27, 43, 66, 85, 112, 123, 135
Source
Kellogg, Joseph M.; Shepard, E. I.; Early vital records of Sheffield, Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas : 1939.