Vital Records of Upton, Massachusetts
to the end of the year 1849
Published by the
Franklin P. Rice, Trustee of the Fund
Worcester, MA
1904
Transcribed by Jerry Lovejoy
BIRTHS
MARRIAGES
DEATHS
Publisher's Note. THE list of Upton Births, Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all which 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 North and South
Burial Grounds have been added to make the record as complete as possible, and these sources are indicated in each
instance by proper reference. ABBREVIATIONS. a. - age UPTON. THIS town was established June 14,1735, from parts of Hopkinton (Middlesex County), Mendon, Sutton, and Uxbridge.
Part was annexed to Westborough January 24, 1763. Part of Hopkinton was annexed to Upton, March 8, 1808.
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 in Upton, 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 Upton and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed
copy.
abt. - about
b. - born
ch. - child
chn. - children
co. - county
C.R. - church record
d. - daughter; day; died
Dea. - deacon
D.R. - death record
dup. - duplicate entry
f. - female
G.S. - gravestone record
h. - husband
inf. - infant
int.- publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. - junior
m. - male; married; month
P.R. - private record
rec. - recorded
s. - son
Sr. - senior
w. - wife
wid. - widow
widr. - widower
y. - year
2d. - second
The age given in the Deaths is in years unless otherwise indicated.
Population at different periods: 1765, 614; 1776, 702; 1790, 833; 1800, 854; 1810, 995; 1820, 1,088; 1830, 1,167;
l840, 1,466; 1850, 2,023.
Population in 1900, 1,937.
Number of Births printed ....... 2,293
Marriages ......1,235= 2,470 names
Deaths .......... 1,180
5,943 total
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