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Deerfield, MA: Vital Records to 1850

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Deerfield Vital Records to 1850
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Deerfield, MA
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Courtesy of Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
Deerfield, MA

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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 Deerfield, Massachusetts, up to the year 1850. The first English settler broke ground at Pocumtuck in 1669. The settlement was incorporated as Deerfield by the Massachusetts General Court (Legislature) in 1673.

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-- to 1850 Births

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Prince, Cesar, s. of Abijah and Lucy 1757 Jan 14 Caesar Prince, 2044
• Prince, Duroxa d. of Abijah and Lucy 1758 Jun 1 Duruxa Prince, 2046
• Prince, Drusilla, d. of Abijah and Lucy 1760 Aug 7 Drucilla Prince, 2045
• Prince, Festus s. of Abijah and Lucy 1763 Dec 12 Festus Prince, Sr., 2047
• Prince, Tatnai s. of Abijah and Lucy 1765 Sep 2 Tatnai Prince, 2048
• Prince, Abijah, s. of Abijah and Lucy [See Sheldon II, p. 265] 1769 Jun 12 Abijah Prince, Jr., 1462
• Pain, Melita, d. of Charles and Rachel, Aug. 8, 1786. Negro. 1786 Aug 8 Melita Paine Newport, 1463
• Pain, Benjamin, s. of Charles and Rachel, Feb. 28, 1792. Negro 1792 Feb 28 Benjamin Paine, 1465
• Pain, Mahala, d. Charles and Rachel, Apr. 14, 1793. Negro 1793 Apr 14 Mahala Paine Manuel, 1466
• Pain, Timothy, s. of Charles and Rachel, Aug. 6, 1796. Negro. 1796 Aug 6 Timothy Paine, 1473
• Pain, Lucinda Day, d. of Charles and Rachel, Apr. 1, 1798. Negro 1798 Apr 1 Lucinda Day Paine Till, 1474
• Pain, Levi Willard, s. of Charles and Rachel, May 16, 1800. Negro 1800 May 16 Levi Willard Paine, 1475
• Manuel, Ann Portland, d. of Prince and Mahala, Mar. 19, 1814. Negro. 1814 Mar 19 Ann Portland Manuel, 1484
• Manuel, Sarah Jane, d. Prince and Mahala, June 17, 1816. Negro 1816 Jun 17 Sarah Jane Manuel, 1485
• Manuel, Samuel Portland, so. of Prince and Mahala, Jan. 1, 1819. Negro 1819 Jan 1 Samuel Portland Manuel, 1487
• Manuel, Charles, s. of Prince and Mahala, Oct. 9, 1821. Negro 1821 Oct 9 Charles W. Manuel, 1490
• Manuel, William, s. of Prince and Mahala, Feb. 9, 1824. Negro 1824 Feb 9 William Manuel, 1492
• Manuel, Martha Ann, d. Prince and Mahala, Feb. 10, 1826. Negro 1826 Feb 10 Martha Ann Manuel, 1494
• Manuel, Barzilla, s. of Prince and Mahala, July 22, 1828. Negro. 1828 Jul 22 Barzilla Manuel, 1495
• Taylor, Joseph Willard, s. of Charles and Sarah, Nove. 18, 1848,... 1848 Nov 18 Joseph Willard Taylor, 1498

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-- to -- Births, Deaths, Marriages

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
[Cole, Cato and Jenny - previously noted in research] ? U.S. Census... 1810 Jin Cole, 1479
[Cole, Cato and Jenny - previously noted in research] ? U.S. Census... 1810 , 1478

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-- to 1850 Deaths

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Tigo, Robbert, negro servant to Jno. Williams, May 11, 1695 1695 May 11 Robert Tigo, 1455
• Pain, [Benjamin], s. of Charles and Rachel, Mar 10, 1792 1792 Mar 10 Benjamin Paine, 1464
• Robert ----- 1793 a. 24 y 1793 , 2054
• Sarah ----- 1794 a. 40 y 1794 , 2055
• Ezra May---, 1802 a. 36 y 1802 May , 2051
• Paine, Susanah, Aug. 1, 1803, a. 23 y. G.R. 2 1803 Aug 1 Susanah Paine, 1025
• Negroes:Jenny, Aug __, 1808 a 90 y, CRI 1808 Aug Jin Cole, 826
• Till, Pride, Nov. __, 1810. Colored stranger CRI 1810 Nov Pride Till, 827
• Manuel, Ann Portland, d. of Prince and Mahala, July 10, 1817. Negro 1817 Jul 10 Ann Portland Manuel, 1486
• Manuel, Charles, so. of Prince and Mahala, Sept. 12, 1822. Negro 1822 Sep 12 Charles W. Manuel, 1491
• Wells, Dwight, Mar. 22, 1824. Negro. 1824 Mar 22 Dwight Wells, 1493
• Freeman, John, March 24, 2824. Negro a. 36 y. CRI 1824 Mar 24 John Freeman, 828
• [At end of Deaths section the following] Negroes:Cato [Ashley], Nov.... 1825 Nov , 829
• Esther July ----, 1829 a. 70 y 1829 Jul , 2050
• Paine (see Pain, Payne), Nancy, Oct. 30, 1830 a. 69 yr CR2 1830 Oct 30 , 833
• Schuyler, _____ May 14, 1832, a 27 y, CRI 1832 May 14 Schuyler Salisbury, 830
• -------w. of Prince june 9, 1833 a. 40 y 1833 Jun 9 , 2049
• Prince July 1, 1855 a. 50 y 1835 Jul 1 , 2052
• [Rachel] Pain (see Paine, Payne), w. of Ch[arles], Nov. 19, 1838, a. 70... 1838 Nov 19 Rachel Hayden Paine, 831
• Payne (see Pain, Paine), Charles, Dec. 9, 1839, a. perhaps 105 y. CR2 1839 Dec 9 Charles Paine, Sr., 834
• Negroes David Sept. 23, 1840, a. 50 y. Indian 1840 Sep 23 David, 1496
• Salisbury, Calvin, Apr. 17, 1843, a. 36 y. Negro CRI 1843 Apr 17 Calvin Salisbury, 832
• Charles, Sept 5, 1835 a. abo. 30 y 1853 Sep 5 , 2053

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-- to 1850 Marriages

Entry Date AA Name(s) $  £  s  p  f id
• Frank and Partheny [Parthena], June 4 [torn] negro servants of Jno... 1704 Jun 4 Frank, 1456
• Partheny and Frank, June 4 [torn] negro servants of Jno Williams. 1704 Jun 4 Parthena, 1457
• Prince, Abijah and Lucey Terry, servant to Ensign Ebenezer Wells, May... 1756 May 17 Abijah Prince, 1458
• Terry, Lucey, servant to Esign Eben[ezer]r Wells and Abijah Prince, May... 1756 May 17 Abijah Prince, 1459
• Prince, Abijah and Lucey Terry, servant to Ensign Ebenezer Wells, May... 1756 May 17 Lucy Terry Prince, 1460
• Terry, Lucey, servant to Esign Eben[ezer]r Wells and Abijah Prince, May... 1756 May 17 Lucy Terry Prince, 1461
• Hagar and Cesar, servants to Samuel Dickinson, Jan. 16, 1778 1778 Jan 16 Caesar Bailey, Hagar Bailey, 2057
• Cesar and Hagar, servants to Samuel Dickinson, Jan. 16, 1778 1778 Jan 16 Caesar Bailey, Hagar Bailey, 2056
• Freedom, Dinah (of Greenfield int.) and John Rowley, May 6, 1794,... 1794 May 6 John Rowley, 1472
• Freedom, Dinah (of Greenfield int.) and John Rowley, May 6, 1794,... 1794 May 6 Dinah Freedom Rowley, 1469
• Syllaman, Cloe and Noble Spencer, Oct. 23, 1794 1794 Oct 23 Noble Spencer, 1471
• Syllaman, Cloe and Noble Spencer, Oct. 23, 1794 1794 Oct 23 Chloe Spencer Freeman, 1468
• Noble, Spencer and Cloe Syllaman [Silliman?], Oct. 23, 1794. [Chloe... 1794 Oct 23 Noble Spencer, 1470
• Noble, Spencer and Cloe Syllaman [Silliman?], Oct. 23, 1794. [Chloe... 1794 Oct 23 Chloe Spencer Freeman, 1467
• Paine, Metita and Amos Newport of Hat. 12/6/1806 1806 Dec 6 Melita Paine Newport, 1477
• Paine, Metita and Amos Newport of Hat. 12/6/1806 1806 Dec 6 Amos Newport, 1476
• Till, William of Hadley, and Lucinda Paine, Dec. 26, 1810. Persons of... 1810 Dec 26 Lucinda Day Paine Till, 1480
• Till, William of Hadley, and Lucinda Paine, Dec. 26, 1810. Persons of... 1810 Dec 26 William Till, Sr., 1481
• Imanuel [also Emanuel], Prince and Mahala Paine, June 30, 1813 1813 Jun 30 Mahala Paine Manuel, 1483
• Imanuel [also Emanuel], Prince and Mahala Paine, June 30, 1813 1813 Jun 30 Prince Manuel, 1482
• Boston, Nancy of Hadley and Charles Pain, int. Oct. 5, 1820 1820 Oct 5 Nancy Boston Paine, 1488
• Boston, Nancy of Hadley and Charles Pain, int. Oct. 5, 1820 1820 Oct 5 Charles Paine, Sr., 1489

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