Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbe - Atwood Bacon - Byxby Cafferies - Cutter Dadmun - Dyer Eames - Evens Fairbank - Fuller Gallagher - Guy Haden - Hyde Ingersal - Irving Jackson - Judd Kelley - Kyes Lackey - Lyon Mabry - Murphy Nason - Nutt O'Brien - Ozburn Painter - Putnam Quarles - Quarls Raftery - Ryder Sanborn - Sullivan Taft - Tyerl Underwood - Uourin Valentine - Vose Wadkin - Wyman Young - Yourings Unidentified Negroes	Abbe - Axdell Bachellor - Byxby Calley - Cutter Dadman - Dyer Eager - Everett Fairbank - Fuzze Gaffield - Gyres Haden - Hyde Ide - Ivery Jackman - Jordan Kanite - Kolister Lackee - Lyon MacFarland - Murphy Nason - Nutt Oakes - Overing Paine - Putnam Quimby Rand - Ryan Sabin - Swift Taft - Tyler Underhill - Upham Vaill - Vilas Wadkins - Wyman Young Unidentified Negroes	Abbe - Andrus Bagley - Byxbe Caferie - Cutter Daniels - Dunton Eames - Emes Fairbank - Frost Gamage - Guy Haden - Hyde Ingraham - Ingram Jackson - Jones Kelly - Knowlton Lackey - Lyon Mabury - Moulton Nason - Nutt Onthank - Osborne Painter - Proctor Rand - Russell Sadler - Swift Taft - Tylor Underwood Valentine - Vose Wabor - Works Unidentified Negroes

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Abbe - Atwood Bacon - Byxby Cafferies - Cutter Dadmun - Dyer Eames - Evens Fairbank - Fuller Gallagher - Guy Haden - Hyde Ingersal - Irving Jackson - Judd Kelley - Kyes Lackey - Lyon Mabry - Murphy Nason - Nutt O'Brien - Ozburn Painter - Putnam Quarles - Quarls Raftery - Ryder Sanborn - Sullivan Taft - Tyerl Underwood - Uourin Valentine - Vose Wadkin - Wyman Young - Yourings Unidentified Negroes	Abbe - Axdell Bachellor - Byxby Calley - Cutter Dadman - Dyer Eager - Everett Fairbank - Fuzze Gaffield - Gyres Haden - Hyde Ide - Ivery Jackman - Jordan Kanite - Kolister Lackee - Lyon MacFarland - Murphy Nason - Nutt Oakes - Overing Paine - Putnam Quimby Rand - Ryan Sabin - Swift Taft - Tyler Underhill - Upham Vaill - Vilas Wadkins - Wyman Young Unidentified Negroes	Abbe - Andrus Bagley - Byxbe Caferie - Cutter Daniels - Dunton Eames - Emes Fairbank - Frost Gamage - Guy Haden - Hyde Ingraham - Ingram Jackson - Jones Kelly - Knowlton Lackey - Lyon Mabury - Moulton Nason - Nutt Onthank - Osborne Painter - Proctor Rand - Russell Sadler - Swift Taft - Tylor Underwood Valentine - Vose Wabor - Works Unidentified Negroes

The town of Hopkinton, Middlesex County, was established December 13, 1715, from certain common lands, and the plantation called Moguncoy.
June 14, 1735, part of Hopkinton included in the new town of Upton.
April 28, 1781, part of Hopkinton annexed to Holliston.
March 8, 1808, part of Hopkinton annexed to Upton.
March 27, 1835, part of Milford annexed to Hopkinton, part of Hopkinton annexed to Milford, and bounds between Hopkinton, Holliston and Milford established.
March 15, 1846, part of Hopkinton included in the new town of Ashland.

Population by Census:

1765	1,027		1820	1,655		1870	4,419
1776	1,134		1830	1,809		1880	4,601
1790	1,317		1840	2,245		1890	4,088
1800	1,372		1850	2,801		1900	2,623
1810	1,345		1860	4,340		1910	2,452

When places other than Hopkinton and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.

In all items from town records the original spelling is followed, and no attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records or to harmonize conflicting names or dates.

The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same family or individual might be found under different spellings.

Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the name of both parties. 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.

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 to show the difference in the spelling of a name in the same entry, to indicate the maiden name of a wife, to enclose an imperfect portion of the original text, and to separate clauses in the original text — such as the birth-place of parents, in late records.

A general guide to how to use these pages.

If you are new to this site, or haven't used the site a lot, please be sure to read the rest of this page. Even if you have used this site a lot, a refresher may be helpful due to the changes that have been introduced.

You can research the records alphabetically or chronologically within surname. Images of the pages from which the transcriptions were done, and the title pages, are available for most towns. A list of abbreviations used is available.

Alphabetic - This is the most common way that the published vital records were presented. All of the same given names were arranged chronologically with names that had middle initials or middle names followed the others. Nicknames would appear alphabeticall according to the spelling, i.e. Nabby, the nickname for Abigail, would be with the names beginning with the letter "N."

In this version, the names are sorted based on the most common spelling. Abbie, Abby, Abigail, Knabby, Nabby, etc., will all appear together and will be chronological. Middle initials and middle names have no influence on the order.

Note: There are going to be errors in the indexing of the names. A woman named Abiel may have been recorded as Abby. The indexing will have her with the Abigails. Please notify me with the Contact page about errors and they will be fixed within a couple days.

Chronologic - The chronologic sort will be most helpful with surnames having lots of entries, especially births. Records that had a missing date, or part, have had the missing portions replaced with zeros and will appear ahead of the others.

Page images - The icon at the left of each record is a link to the image of the page from which the transcription was done. The transcriptions are a tool. The image is the source. It is your responsibility to copy the image for your documentation. Also, the title page should be copied. There is a link to the title page in the navigation bar on transcription pages and image display pages.

Abbreviations - Each town had its own abbreviations used in the published records. Most of these are the same. The abbreviations for the headstones (GR), private records (PR), churches (CR), etc. are all different. There is a link to a list of all abbreviations used for the town in the navigation bar of the transcription pages.

Errors - There are two types of errors.

• Errors in the published records - It is known that errors are in the published records. Not many, to be sure, but they are there. Where I have found them, or have been informed and provided sufficient documentation, the records have been annotated. This appears in red at the end of the line.]
• Transcription errors - Even with the best of proofing, errors occur. If you find one, use the Contact link at the top of the page and tell me about the error. I need to have the town name, type of record, page number, what the error is and what it should be. It facilitates matters if you copy and paste the record in error into the e-mail.

Miscellaneous - As the opportunity has provided, I have tried to research names that had only initials or an initial and a surname to find the full names. Where I've been successful I've added the name in red, i.e. J.R. appears as J[ohn] R. or J[ohn] R[ussel].

The alphabetic and chronologic sort orders and many planned improvements require that towns be transcribed. If you can spare two, or more, hours per week to help with the transcribing, write me.

With the exception of the few people helping with transcribing and indexing, I am the only person working on this project. I do all of the technical work. I correct errors. I put transcriptions into final format. I design the pages. This takes a tremendous amount of time and money. If you find this site useful, please donate what you think it is worth to you by going to the donations page.