Vital Records Of Dudley, Worchester Co., Ma
To The End Of The Year 1849
Published By Franklin P. Rice, Trustee of the Fund. 1908.
[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]
THE list of Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town Books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end of the year 1849. Some additions have been made from other sources, and these are indicated in each instance by proper reference.
All of the records are condensed in print as much as is consistent with intelligibility, accuracy, and completeness of information. Differences in duplicates, and explanatory or other matter which seemed necessary or desirable appear in brackets.
Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties, but the full information concerning each person is given only under his or her name.
When places other than Dudley and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
The age given in the Deaths is in years unless otherwise indicated.
Dudley, Worcester County.
THIS town was established February 2, 1732, from part of Oxford and certain common lands. Part of a gore of common land known as "Middlesex Gore" was annexed June 25, 1794. Parts of Dudley were set off to Southbridge in 1816 and 1822, and a part was included in the new town of Webster, March 6, 1832.
Population at different periods: 1765, 748; 1776, 875; 1790, 1,114; 1800, 1,140; 1810, 1,226; 1820, 1,615; 1830, 2,155; 1840, 1,352; 1850, 1,443.
Population in 1905, 3,818.
Number of Births printed....4,570
MarriageS...1,640= 3,280 names