Directory Of The Town Of Lee Massachusetts

Author : Lee Massachusetts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656209279
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Records of the Town of Lee From Its Incorporation to A. D. 1801 written by Lee Massachusetts and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Records of the Town of Lee From Its Incorporation to A. D. 1801: All the Extant Records of the Town Clerks, Town Treasurers, Hopland School District and Congregational Church for That Period; Also Inscriptions From the Cemeteries In the appendix is a brief history of the town's incorporation; a tabulation of the state and county taxes apportioned on the town, and the marriage records of some residents of Lee found elsewhere. The fac similes on pp. 319 - 329, the plate Opposite page 10 and that oppo site p. 79, are from originals in the department of Archives at the State House. The volume thus contains for the period covered, all the public records discovered relating to the town's business, educational, and religious his tory, as well as its vital records. It was in contemplation also, to include a brief military record of the men who served in the Revolutionary war, from the town, or previous to its organization, from the grants or parts of grants now in its limits, but the design was abandoned, as it was found that scarcely any reliable in formation of this kind exists except in the state archives, and all such matter in possession of the state is being published in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Mainly the Object in undertaking this work has been to collect and col late the early vital records of the town. These records are often consulted by persons in search of their ancestry, and frequent inquiries are made by persons at a distance regarding births, marriages and deaths among the early residents here. The information sought for, if in the records, is not always readily found, and is sometimes overlooked unless many pages are carefully scrutinized. Unfortunately the vital records of that period are not complete, the clerks preceding Daniel Wilcox, whose service commenced in 1793, having neglected to enter a considerable part of them. Less then a page of birth records were entered before 1791. Most Of those in this volume were recorded by Daniel Wilcox, and of course many of them some years after that Of birth. The method of arrangement was that followed in this and many other towns until the present uniform system was adopted by the State in 1844. It is believed nearly all the births in town before 1801were finally recorded, but it is known some were not. There is also rea son to believe the record of marriages is incomplete, and few deaths are noted before Dr. Hyde's records commence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.