EXPLANATIONS
1. When places other than Wayland 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 different spellings.
4. Marriages and intentions of marriages are printed under the name 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, 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 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 a parent, in late records.
ABBREVIATIONS
| a
| age
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| int
| intention of marriage
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| abt
| about
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| jr
| junior
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| b
| born
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| m
| married; month
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| ch
| child
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| min
| minutes
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| chn
| children
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| MR
| Middlesex County Record
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| Co
| county
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| rec
| recorded
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| d
| daughter
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| s
| son
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| Dea
| deacon
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| sr
| senior
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| dup
| duplicate
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| w
| wife; week
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| h
| husband
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| wid
| widow
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| hrs
| hours
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| widr
| widower
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| inf
| infant
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| y
| year
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CHURCH RECORDS
| CR1
| First Unitarian
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| CR2
| Evangelical Trinitarian
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CEMETERY RECORDS
| GR1
| North Cemetery
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| GR2
| Center Cemetery
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| GR3
| Lakeview Cemetery
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| GR4
| Draper private lot, Tower Hill
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