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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 separate township in 1767.

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-- to 1850 Births

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f 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 ... 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

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-- to 1850 Deaths

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Sharp, John, s[on of] Caleb, Nov. 8, 1776 in C[onway] [Sharp Caleb's n... 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 C...

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. [Shar... 1810 Dec 13 Grandchild Sharp, 1454
• ____, "Black Male Child who lived at John Field's,

Dec. 13, 1810, a. ...

1810 Dec 13 Black Male Child, 821
• ____, negro woman, stranger, May __, 1817, C.R. 1817 May negro woman, 822

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-- to 1850 Marriages

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Sharp, Caleb and Elizabeth Abel, Jr., both of C[onway], int. Sept. 23, 1... 1773 Sep 23 Caleb Sharp, Jr., 1434
• Sharp, Caleb and Elizabeth Abel, Jr., both of C[onway], int. Sept. 23, 1... 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... 1791 Jul 8 Prince Freeman, 1450
• [?] Petus, Prince and Hannah Samson, both of C[onway], int. July 8, 1791... 1791 Jul 8 Hannah Sampson, 1451

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Entry Date AA Name AA Name(s) Owner $  £  s  p  f id