Bridgewater Vital Records (MD 2:90)

[The Mayflower Descendant, 2 [1900]:90]

The Vital Records of Bridgewater, Mass.

THE VITAL RECORDS OF BRIDGEWATER, MASS.

Literally transcribed from the original records,

BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN.

Bridgewater was originally a part of Duxbury, and was incorporated as a separate town 3 June 1656. The first town clerk was John Cary, who kept the records for twenty-five years. The first book of the records was used until 1702. It is in a very dilapidated condition, many entries being incomplete, or entirely lost. Scattered among the records of town meetings are found the records of births, marriages and deaths.

[Vol. 1, p. 4] the child of John Cary

(worn) eleventh whose name is Sarah was Borone the second of August 1667

The twelfe whose name is mahetabell was borne the twenty fowrth of the last month 1670

The Day and yeare of the Berth of the children of John Cary Junior heare in the towne of Bridgwater is as ffolloweth and his mariage was the 7th of Desember 1670

Imprimis his first borne whose name was John was brought forth into the world the sixt of november 1671 And the Lord tooke hime to himselfe And was Buried the nine and twentieth of Desember 71

The Second whose name is Seth was borne the 28th of January 1672

The third whose name is John was borne the 9th of Desember 1674

The fourth whose Name is Nathaniell was borne the 24th of November 1676

The fift whose Name is Eliazer was borne the 27 of September 1678

The sixt whose Names is James was borne the 10th of June 1680

The mariage of James Cary Which was Solemnized : the : 4 : day January in the yeare of our Lord : 1681 :

his first born being a daughter who was borne born in the Sixt of November : in : 1683 : and (deceased) the 24 (day) of the same month *

* The lower half of the leaf is gone.

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