VITAL
RECORDS OF HARDWICK, MASSACHUSETTS
In this issue we present
selected portions of the Vital Records of Hardwick, with births, marriages and deaths of Capt. Jabez’s
descendant. The numbers refers to the number of the individual in the GOFA, and
were assigned by the editor [COH]. We ask readers to review the assignments.
Hardwick is in Worchester County, just north of Ware, and was established in
1739 from a track called Lambstown. Land was split off in 1751 to form part of
the new district of New Braintree, and land was split off in 1801 to form part
of the new town of Dana, later absorbed by Petersham.
EXCERPTS FROM HARDWICK, MA, VITAL RECORDS
BIRTHS/BAPTISMS
Surname HAMMOND p.52
Thimothy,
s. of Capt. Nathaniel and Martha [9074] Olmsted, May 13, 1748
Surname MARSH pp. 74-75
Abby Maria,
d. of Joel S. [9202] and Abigail D. Gleason, b. Dec. 5, 1843
Charles
Smith, inf. s. of Joel [9202 ?], bp. Aug. 21,1842, C.R.
Delphia
[9200], d. of Annar, wid of —— [Joel 9117],
bp. May 20, 1804, C.R.
Dorothy [9114],
d. of Judah and Hannah [Olmsted 9073], at Ware River, bp. Apr. 18, 1751, C.R.
Dwight [9201], s. of Annar, wid. of —— [Joel 9117],
bp. May 20, 1804, C.R.
Elijah
[9108], s. of Judah and Hannah [Olmsted 9073], bp Jan. 1, 1738, C.R.
George P.,
s. of Joel S. [9202] and Hannah Gleason, b. Jan. 16, 1848
Henry
Mandell, s. of Joel S. [9202], bp. ——, 1846, C.R.
Hulda
[9123], d. of Ephraim and Sarah [Olmsted 9076], bp. Sept. 14, 1746, C.R.
Joel [9109], s. of Judal and —— [Hannah Olmsted 9073], bp. Apr. 8,
1739, C.R.
Joel Dwight, s. of Joel [9202 ?], bp. July 27, 1838, C.R.
Joel Smith
[9202], s. of Joel [9117] and Annis, b.Oct. 21,1803
Jonathon
[9115], s. of Judah and —— [Hannah Olmsted 9073, bp. May 31, 1752, C.R.
Joshiah
Gleason, inf. s. of J. [Joel 9202], bp. Sept. 1, 1839 C.R.
Mary , d. of
Judah and —— [Hannah Olmsted 9073], bp. July 7, 1754, C.R.
Mary
[9125], d. of Ephraim and —— [Sarah Olmsted 9076], bp. Oct. 5, 1755, C.R.
Mary Ann,
d. of Dwight [9201] and Mary (Mary C., C.R.), b. Mar. 1, 1819
Noah
[9121], s. of Ephraim and Sarah [Olmsted 9076], bp. Apr. 17, 174, C.R.
Phila
[9199], d. of Annar, wid. of —— [Joel 9117], bp. May 20, 1804, C.R.
Rachel
[9111], d. of Judah and Hannah [Olmsted 9073], bp. Aug. 28, 1743, C.R.
Sarah
[9124], d. of Ephraim and Sarah [Olmsted 9076], at Ware River, bp. Apr. 28,
1751, C.R.
Zenus, s.
of Zenus [9197] and Fanny, b. Dec. 10,1819
Surname OLMSTEAD p. 81
Israel
[9104], s. of Israel [9072] and Annah, bp. June 4, 1758, C.R.
Joseph
[9101], s. of Isaac and Sarah [Israel 9072 ?] at Ware River], bp. Apr. 28,
1751, C.R.
Surname OMSTED p. 81
Jabes [
9129], s. of Moses [9080] and Abigail, b. June 1, 1760
Moses
[9130], s. of Moses [9080] and Abigail, b, June 25, 1762
MARRIAGES
Surname MARSH, p. 208-209
Aaron
[s. of Judah 9116] and Betsey Witherell, both of Ware, Apr. 23, 1809*
Dwight
[9201] and Mary C. Holt, Nov. 4, 1817
Foster [9195], widr, of Ware, s. of Jona[than] and
Anna, a. 57 y, and Catherine H. (Catherine S., int.) Fish, d. of Henry and
Elizabeth, a. 37 y, June 17, 1846
Jam[e]s
S. [9198] and Sarah E. Harwood, both of Ware, Jan. 19, 1841*
Joel
S. [9202] and Abby D. Gleason of New Braintree, int. May 10, 1837
Jonathan
[9191 ?] of Ware, and Mary Paige, Dec. 1, 1824
Judah
[9116] of Ware, and Jerusha Collins, Feb. 20, 1800
Mary Ann, d. of Dwight [9201] and Mary C., a. 26 y.,
and Joel W. Fletcher, Esq., of Leominister, s. of James of Enfield and Eunice
W., b. in Amherst, a. 27 y, Apr. 28, 1845
Phila
[9199] and Martin Mendall, Nov. 8, 1808, C.R.
Polly
[Mary 9183] and John Oakes, int. July 14, 1793
Sewel
[9193 ?] of Ware, and Anna Hasting, May 11, 1815
Surname OMSTAD p. 218
Thankful
[9097] and Joseph Macmichel, Jan. 21, 1756*
Surname OMSTED p. 218
Israel
[9072] and Anna Safford, Nov. 25, 1756
* Intentions not recorded
DEATHS
Surname MARSH p. 309
Delphia
[9200], d. of Joel [9117] and Annis Smith, Mar. 25, 1810, a. 19 y. 9 m. 13 d.,
G.R.2.
D[w]ight
[9201], Jan. 25, 1823, a. 29 y.
Henry M. (Henry Mandell, G.R.2.), s. of Joel S. [9202] and Abby Gleason, June 24, 1847, a. 1
y. 10 m. (a. 22 m. G.R.2.) Dropsy on brain
Joel
[9117], Apr.12, 1804, a. 44 y. 8 m. 24 d. G.R.1. (a. 44 y. 8 m. 3 w. 5 d. C.R.)
Joel
Dwight, s. of Joel S. [9202] and Abby Gleason (s. of J. S. and A.D., G.R.2),
Apr. 18 (22. G.R.2), 1845, a. 6 y. 11 m. Joseph G. (Joseph Gleason G.R.2.), s.
of J. S. [9202] and (A .D., G.R.2.) Feb. 5, 1844, a. 4 y. 8 m.
Zenas
[9197], July 2, 1834, a. 41 y. Consumption
Surname WATSON p. 332
Lucinda
[9160] Oct. 2, 1804, a. 16 y. 11 m. 1 w. 4 d. C.R. [Noted as “of the Gore” in
Page, “History of Hardwick”.]#
#It should be noted that this Lucinda WATSON is not a
Capt. Jabez descendant. It was shown in the last issue that she is not the
daughter of Thankful OMSTED McMITCHELL WATSON [9097], as is stated in the GOFA.