EXPLANATIONS
The list of Oakham Births, Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end of the year 1849. Marriages and Deaths from the records of the First Church and Deaths from the gravestone inscriptions in the Burial Grounds have been added to make the record as complete as possible, and these sources are indicated in each instance by proper reference.
All of the records are condensed in print as much as is consistent with intelligibility, accuracy, and completeness of information. Differences in duplicates, and explanatory or other matter which seemed necessary or desirable, appear in brackets.
Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties, but the full information concerning each person is given only under his or her name. An asterisk after a marriage indicates that the intention was not found recorded, and in many cases this is accounted for by the fact that neither party belonged to Oakham, and consequently publishment was made elsewhere.
The double date is used in the months of January, February and March prior to 1752 only when it so appears in the original, and instances of the modern form after 1725 are not uncommon.
When places other than Oakham and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a
| age
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| Jr
| junior
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| b
| born
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| m
| male; married; month
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| ch
| child
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| OS
| Old Style
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| chn
| children
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| PR
| Private record
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| CR
| Church record
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| rec
| recorded
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| d
| daughter; day; died
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| s
| son
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| Dea
| deacon
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| Sr
| senior
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| DR
| Death record
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| w
| wife
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| dup
| duplicate entry
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| wid
| widow
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| h
| husband
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| widr
| widower
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| inf
| infant
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| 2d
| second
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| int
| intention of marriage
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CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1
| Old Cemetery by the Church
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| GR2
| Southwest Cemetery
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| GR3
| West Cemetery
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| GR4
| South Cemetery
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| GR5
| Boyd Cemetery
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| GR6
| Green Hollow Cemetery
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