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Moses Cary
A Genealogy of the Families Who Have Settled in the
North Parish of Bridgewater ...

The Online Edition

   Moses Cary, A Genealogy of the Families Who Have Settled in the North Parish of Bridgewater, To Which is Added an Historical Sketch of North Bridgewater (Boston: Printed by Bannister and Marvin, 1824; repr. Wakefield MA: 1903).

   This little book of 48 pages was published three years after North Bridgewater became a town.  It is an interesting introduction to the early families and history of Brockton.  The transcription is from an original copy of the 1903 facsimile reprint.  On the reverse title page the author described how he arranged his work:

   The method pursued, is to name the first of the family—where he came from—whom he married—what office he held, if any—when he died, and at what age—

   Then to name his sons and daughters, mention whom the daughters married, and proceed in the male line, down to the present generation.

   Many of the families had other children, but they died young, and are not known.

   If families have removed, I mention the places to which they have removed, and leave them.

   Note.—The letter m. stands for married; ss. for sons; ds. for daughters.

   This transcription was begun by the late C. J. McNew, and has been completed by the current webmaster.  The printer used a number of type faces in the book, and for the most part I have not tried to emulate them as I know not what fonts may reside on your computer.  I have tried to be faithful to the original text, retaining all errors or oddities in spelling and punctuation as found in the original.  Some typos have been noted by appending [sic] to them.  I have not tried to preserve the original line breaks, and have added some white space to make the text easier to read.