Methuen, Massachusetts
Vital Records
Births, Marriages, & Deaths
As recorded in the Town Records from 1725 to the end of 1849
Order item B446
FORMAT: PRINT ONLY
The book is 264 pages, NOT indexed, names listed alphabetically, soft cover with a plastic comb binding, and available for $42.98 + $5.00 shipping & handling charge (Add $1.00 S&H for each additional volume ordered).
EXPLANATIONS
The records of births, marriages and deaths in this book include all entries to be found in the books of record kept by the town clerks; in the church records; in the cemetery inscriptions; and in private records found in family Bibles, etc. These records are printed in a condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a married woman.
When places other than Methuen and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only the marriage record is printed; and when a marriage appears without the intention being recorded, it is designated by an asterisk. Double-dating is used in the months of January, February and March, prior to 1752, whenever it appears in the original, and also, whenever from the sequence of entry in the original, the date May be easily determined. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and in the alphabetical arrangement the various forms should be examined, as items about the same family may be found under different spellings.
HISTORY OF METHUEN
The town of Methuen is composed of a part of what was formerly Haverhill, together with adjoining common lands. On December 8, 1725, the General Court passed an Act "That the West part of said Town of Haverhill with the land adjoining be, and hereby are set off and constituted a separate Township by the name of Methuen."
The first town meeting was held March 9, 1725-6, and in 1728-9 Rev. Christopher Sargent, the first minister, was settled.
April 17, 1847, a part of the town was included in the new town of Lawrence, and April 4, 1854, a part was annexed to Lawrence.
The population of Methuen at different periods was as follows:
1765, 933 1830, 2,006
1776, 1,326 1840, 2,251
1790, 1,297 1850, 2,538
1800, 1,253
1810, 1,181 1900, 7,512
1820, 1,371
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