Alphabetic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Adams - Ayote Bachaud - Byrnes Caboury - Cuttler Daignault - Dyer Easty - Everett Fafard - Fuller Gage - Gust Hackett - Hyer Ingham - Irons Jackson - Joslin Kavanagh - Knowlton La Fleur - Lynch MacCenne - Muzsey Nadeau - Nye O'Brian - Owens Paine - Putman Quevillon - Quinn Ramsdal - Ryder Sadler - Sykes Taft - Tyler Underwood Verry - Vinton Wade - Wren Young	Aaron - Ayers Babcock - Buzzell Cady - Cuttler Dadman - Dyer Eady - Everton Fails - Furness Gage - Gunn Hacker - Hyland Ingersoll - Irons Jackson - Joslin Keach - Knox Lackey - Lysure Macher - Muxsom Nason - Nye O'Brian - Owen Packard - Putnam Ramsdail - Rutter Sabens - Switszer Tabor - Tyler Underwood - Upton Varney - Vose Wadsworth - Wyman Yates - Young Negroes	Adams - Arnold Bailey - Butler Cady - Curtis Daniels - Dye Eams - Esty Fairbank - Fuller Gardner - Gyles Hadley - Hutchinson Inman Jackson - Joslin Kavanagh - Knowlton Lakeman - Lynch Mann - Murphy Nelson - Nichols Olney - Orswell Pain - Printice Randall - Ryan Salsbury - Sykes Taft - Tyler Underwood Verry - Vial Wade - Woodworth Young - Youngs

Chronologic Surname Index

Births	Marriages	Deaths
Adams - Ayote Bachaud - Byrnes Caboury - Cuttler Daignault - Dyer Easty - Everett Fafard - Fuller Gage - Gust Hackett - Hyer Ingham - Irons Jackson - Joslin Kavanagh - Knowlton La Fleur - Lynch MacCenne - Muzsey Nadeau - Nye O'Brian - Owens Paine - Putman Quevillon - Quinn Ramsdal - Ryder Sadler - Sykes Taft - Tyler Underwood Verry - Vinton Wade - Wren Young	Aaron - Ayers Babcock - Buzzell Cady - Cuttler Dadman - Dyer Eady - Everton Fails - Furness Gage - Gunn Hacker - Hyland Ingersoll - Irons Jackson - Joslin Keach - Knox Lackey - Lysure Macher - Muxsom Nason - Nye O'Brian - Owen Packard - Putnam Ramsdail - Rutter Sabens - Switszer Tabor - Tyler Underwood - Upton Varney - Vose Wadsworth - Wyman Yates - Young Negroes	Adams - Arnold Bailey - Butler Cady - Curtis Daniels - Dye Eams - Esty Fairbank - Fuller Gardner - Gyles Hadley - Hutchinson Inman Jackson - Joslin Kavanagh - Knowlton Lakeman - Lynch Mann - Murphy Nelson - Nichols Olney - Orswell Pain - Printice Randall - Ryan Salsbury - Sykes Taft - Tyler Underwood Verry - Vial Wade - Woodworth Young - Youngs

The township of Qunshapage.
May 20, 1669, certain lands granted to Mendon.
June 29, 1710, certain lands annexed.
June 1, 1714, purchase of lands from the Indians in 1691 confirmed.
November 27, 1719, part included in the new town of Bellingham.
June 27, 1727, part established as Uxbridge.
June 14, 1735, part included in the new town of Upton.
April 10, 1754, bounds between Mendon and Uxbridge established.
April 24, 1770, part of Uxbridge annexed.
April 11, 1780, part established as Milford.
March 25, 1845, part established as Blackstone.
March 2, 1872, bounds between Mendon and Bellingham established.

Population by Census.

1765	1,898		1830	3,152		1890	919
1776	2,322		1840	3,524		1900	911
1790	1,555		1850	1,300		1910	880
1800	1,628		1860	1,351
1810	1,819		1870	1,175		1920	961
1820	2,254		1880	1,094

When places other than Mendon or Massachusetts are named in the original records they are given in the printed copy.

In all items from the records the original spelling of the names is given and any additions made to the spelling is enclosed in brackets.

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

The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden name, when it is known, but if it is unknown the entry appears under her husban's name.

In taking records from grave stones it is often the case that the family name of a woman as given on the stone is not that under which she was born, so therefore many births may appear uner a married name instad of the original which is not known. In many cases names are evidently those of wives, though not so specified. All dates of births found on the gravestones in the town are given in the book, but from this it is not to be inferred that the persons are born in this town, as in many cases they are not.

Marriages and intentions are printed under the name of both parties. When both the marriage and intention are recorded only the marriage record is printed and the date of the intention is not given, except when needed to make more clear the date of the marriage. When the marriage intention is not recorded it is designated by an asterisk.

Additional information which does not appear in the original town record, i.e., any difference shown in other records of the same person, is enclosed in parentheses, with the source of the information indicated.

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 following 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.