Conway Vital Records to 1850

Location:: Deerfield, MA
Description:: Early Massachusetts communities tried (not always fully successfully) to record all births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths of town residents, enslaved and free. During the late 1800s, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Essex Institute (now part of the Peabody Essex Museum), and several towns collaborated to collect and begin publishing the extant vital records of over 200 Massachusetts towns and cities, including the town of Conway, Massachusetts, up to the year 1850. Originally part of the town of Deerfield (settled in 1669), Conway became a district in 1767 and was incorporated as a town in 1775.

Table of contents

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	id
• Freeman, Prince, Jr., s. Prince and Anna, May 25, 1776	1770 May 25	Prince Freeman, Jr.,	1431
• Freeman, Mary, d. Prince and Anna, Dec. 9, 1771	1771 Dec 9	Mary Freeman,	1432
• Freeman, Abigail, d. Prince and Anna, Sept. 25, 1773	1773 Sep 25	Abigail Freeman,	1433
• Freeman, Anna, "s n d" d. Prince and Anna, Aug. 8, 1775	1775 Aug 8	Anna Freeman, Jr.,	1436
• Sharp, Caleb, s. of Caleb and Elizabeth, Apr. 13, 1776	1776 Apr 13	Caleb Sharp, Jr.,	1438
• Sharp, Sarai, d. [same - of Caleb and Elizabeth], Feb. 13, 1778	1778 Feb 13	Sarai Sharp,	1441
• Wood, ch. Cesar, May 15, 1778, in C[onway]	1778 May 15	,	1442
• Sharp, William, ch [same - of Caleb and Elizabeth], Feb. 9, 1780	1780 Feb 9	William Sharp,	1444
• Sharp, Doreas, d. [same - of Caleb and Elizabeth], Mar. 4, 1782 ???what is first/last name, see Mary's note below in deaths???	1782 Mar 4	Dorcas Sharp,	1446
• Sharp, Solomon, s. [same - of Caleb and Elizabeth], Apr. 3, 1784	1784 Apr 3	Solomon Sharp,	1447
• Wood, Sally ch. Cesar and Betty, Dec. 30, 1785	1785 Dec 30	,	1448
• Sharp, Joshua, s. [same - of Caleb and Elizabeth], Dec. 21, 1786	1786 Dec 21	Joshua Sharp,	1449

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	id
• Sharp, John, s[on of] Caleb, Nov. 8, 1776 in C[onway] [Sharp Caleb's name reversed in Conway's record here.]	1776 Nov 8	John Sharp,	1439
• Temperance Freeman, dau. Prince, May 10, 1778, a. 3 m., in C[onway]	1778 May 10	Temperance Freeman,	1440
• Wood, ch., Cesar, stillborn, May 15, 1775, in C[onway].	1778 May 15	,	1443
• ___, "negro child of Capt. Billings, Nov. 14, 1780, in C[onway]	1780 Nov 14	negro child,	1445
• Sharp, Caleb, "black man, consumption, July 8, 1799, a. 70 [Sharp Caleb's name reversed in Conway's record here.]	1799 Jul 8	Calab Sharp,	1452
• Wood, Betty, an Indian woman, w. Cesar [(a negro), C.R.], Oct. 12, 1800.	1800 Oct 12	Betty Barnes Wood,	1453
• Sharp, ____ grand child [of] Caleb, Dec. 13, 1810, a. 1 y. 6 m. [Sharp Caleb's name reversed in Conway's record here.]	1810 Dec 13	Grandchild Sharp,	1454
• ____, "Black Male Child who lived at John Field's, Dec. 13, 1810, a. 18 m., C.R.	1810 Dec 13	Black Male Child,	821
• ____, negro woman, stranger, May __, 1817, C.R.	1817 May	negro woman,	822

Entry	Date	AA Name(s)	id
• Sharp, Caleb and Elizabeth Abel, Jr., both of C[onway], int. Sept. 23, 1773	1773 Sep 23	Caleb Sharp, Jr.,	1434
• Sharp, Caleb and Elizabeth Abel, Jr., both of C[onway], int. Sept. 23, 1773	1773 Sep 23	Elisabeth Abel Sharp,	1435
• Cesar and Bette Barne, both of C[onway]., int. June __, 1776	1776 Jun	Betty Barnes Wood,	1437
• [?] Petus, Prince and Hannah Samson, both of C[onway], int. July 8, 1791 [Charles, Ephriam, and Henry Sampson are described as "Indians" in the town records, p. 261; all recorded as dying of "consumption, (age 24) 6/23/1818; 5/10/1842, a. 42; and ?/19/	1791 Jul 8	Prince Freeman,	1450
• [?] Petus, Prince and Hannah Samson, both of C[onway], int. July 8, 1791 [Charles, Ephriam, and Henry Sampson are described as "Indians" in the town records, p. 261; all recorded as dying of "consumption, (age 24) 6/23/1818; 5/10/1842, a. 42; and ?/19/	1791 Jul 8	Hannah Sampson,	1451

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