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History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts
Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
from the grant of Dorchester Canada to the present time, 1734-1886; with a genealogical register of Ashburnham families
Author: Ezra S. Stearns
Originally published in 1887
1040 pages on CD-Rom WORD SEARCHABLE
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Sections include:
Introduction Chapter I. The early grants. Seven grants of land... Chapter II. Proprietary history. The township awarded to sixty persons... Chapter III. A record of settlements. Renewed activity of the proprietors... Chapter IV. From the incorporation to the Revolution. Incorporation... Chapter V. Revolutionary history. Situation of the town... Chapter VI. Revolutionary History. Personal notices... Chapter VII. State relations, politics, town officers. A season of disquietude... Chapter VIII. Ecclesiastical history. Early measures to secure preaching... Chapter IX. Ecclesiastical history. The first meeting-house... Chapter X. Ecclesiastical history. The Methodists... Chapter XI. Sacred music. A truthful remark of no great account... Chapter XII. Public schools. Home education... Chapter XIII. The Cushing Academy. Incidental features of the endowment... Chapter XIV. Boundaries. Donations of land to other towns... Chapter XV. Roads and railroads. The primitive roads... Chapter XVI. Hotels and stores. The first Inn... Chapter XVII. Mechanical industries. Prominent position of Ashburnham... Chapter XVIII. The Ashburnham Light Infantry. Zeal in military pursuits... Chapter XIX. War of the Rebellion. Prepared for war... Chapter XX. Physicians... Chapter XXI. Miscellaneous. Pauperism... Chapter XXII. Mortuary records. The early burials... Chapter XXIII. Gleanings. A present to Rev. John Cushing Genealogical register of the early families of Ashburnham Index of names: ABBOTT, Jeremiah, John, Abercrombie, Dr. Otis, Adams, Andrew J., Rev. Daniel £., Ebenezer, Ebenezer Thomas, Henry, Ivers, James, Joseph, John, Levi, Lather B., Melrin O., Nathaniel, Samuel, Stephen, Thomas, Walter R., Allard, Charles W., Ames, Augusta, Stephen, William, Andrews, Albert H., John, Thomas, Appleton, Nathaniel, Samuel, Archambeau, Peter, Ahburnham, Earl of, Atherton, Consider, Ezra, Humphrey, James, Joseph, BAKER, Josiah, William, Balcom, Francis S., Horace, Baldwin, John, John M, Ballard, Benjamin, Bancroft, Harvey M., Jonathan O., Barber, Hezekiah, Barkharddt, Jacob, Barnes, Asa, Barrell, Luther, William, Barrett, Benjamin, Charles, Francis J., George H., James, Lizzie F., Mary S., Oliver, Barrett Samuel, Bates, John, Beals, Charles L, George L., Beede, F. T., Belcher, J., Bellows, Benjamin, Bemis, Albert T., Charles A., Frank W., Justin W., Benjamin, Jonas, Jonathan, William, Bennett, James, John, Moses, Thomas, Bent, Joseph, Roderick, Bernard, Francis, Berry, Thomas, Bigelow, Benjamin, John, Luther, Nathan, Billings, James, Joshua, Bird, Benjamin, Thomas, Biron, Frederick, Bishop, James, Bixby, Aaron B., Black, Sumner, Blackburn, George, Blair, Henry W., Blake, George H., Samuel, William, Blodget, Abraham, Elias, Isaac. Biodgett, James. Mary, Blood, Hiram A., Bond, Daniel, Bourne. Marshall H., Boutelle, Thomas, Bowdoin. James, Bowles, John, Bowman, John, Boynton, HUkiah, Bradlee, Samuel J., Breed, Nathaniel, Bride, Josiah W., Bridge, Jeremiah, Brigham, Charles W., Francis £., Joseph L., Broadhead, John, Brocklebank, Asa, Brooks, Amos, G Dickerson, Elijah, Harvey, Harvey P., Ira, Irving, Judith, Joel, Mary, Newton, Pascal, Peter, Simeon, Thaddeus, William, Brown, Catherine, Daniel, Joseph B., Octavius W., Josiah, Unity, William H., Bullock, Alexander H., Samuel J., Burch, Samuel, Burgess, Ebenezer, Joseph F.. Joshua, C Josiah, Burke, Jame, Burnham, Edwin L., Burr, Pyam, Barrage, Charles W., George S., William F., Bush, C. Webster, Butler, Adam, Leroy A., Nathaniel R., William, Butt, Richard, Samuel, Buttrick, Aaron G., Charles, BuzzelU Reuben A., CAIN, John, Caldwell, John, Oliver G., Call, Isaac, Capron, William Carlisle, David, Carter, Nathaniel, Case, John W., Cassidy, John, Castle, Alfred, Causey, L. P., Chaffin, David, Chamberlain, Charles T., John, Chandler, Jonathan, Samuel, Chaplin, David, Joseph, Levi, Moses, Timothy, Charhore, John, Chase, Richard C., Cheney, Benjamin, Harrison C. Harvey A., Mary, Tristram, William, Choate, John, Church, Benjamin, Charles, Clapp, Edward, Nehemiah, Clark, Benjamin, Daniel, David, Harvey, Jonas M, Joseph E.v Luther, Thomas H., Walter C, Wilder P., Coderre, Louis, Coffin, George, Cole, Samuel, Coleman, James, Job, Conant, Ebenezer, Lvman, Ruth, Conn, John, John A., Constantine, Jacob, Constantine, Widow, Converse, James, Josiah, Robert, Comvay, John, Cook, John L., Robert, William, Coolidge, Elisha. F. S., Henry, John, Jonathan, Cooper, William, Corey, Asahel, George F., Hezekiah, Jonas, Levi, Stephen, Coughlin, Bartholomew, Crane, Ebenezer, Crehore, Horace C, Timothy, Crocker, Alvah, / Crosby, Elvira W., Fitch, Henry, Josiah D., Cummings, Ariel I., Calvin, John L, Cunningham, Ephraim M., Curtice, Joseph, Cushing, Amelia J., Benjamin, David, David M., Doddridge, Edward J., Edwin J., George R., Henry E., Jacob, Job, John, Cushing, Laban, Stephen, Thomrs Park man, Cutler, Asber, William H., Cutter, Nathaniel F., Catting, Samuel, DAMON, Joseph, Dana, Caleb, Ezra, Francis, George. Richard. Richard H., Davenport, William G., Davis, Alonzo P., Charles, Charles E., Deliverance, Ebenezer B., Elnatban, Frank A.. George E., George , John C, John, Joseph, Lucy, Oliver, Day, John B., Dennis, Nathan, Derby, Samuel, Dickenon, Amos, David, Francis, George. Sarah Dodge, Josiah, Theodore A., Donnovan, Timothy, Doolan, Patrick, William, Dow, Lorenzo, Duane, Bernard, Dudley, William, Duncan, George N., Dunham, Howard C, Jerusha, Dunster, Samuel, Dutton, Salmon, Thomas, Dwight, Jonathan, Dwinnell, Jonas W., Waldo, EASTMAN, Cyrus, Eaton, Danforth L., Francis, John, Josiah, Nathan, d Nathaniel L., Eddy, Eliphalet, George W, Edgell, John D., Edson, Daniel, Elijah, Edwards, Thomas, Elliot. Robert J., Ellis, Daniels, Jesse. William P., Emory, Enos, Esty, Jonathan L., Evans, Ermina L., Matthias, Richard, Thomas, FAIRBANKS Cyrus, Emory, Europe H., Francis J., Ithamar, Jacob, J. 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