EXPLANATIONS
The following records of births,
marriages and deaths include all entries to be found in the books kept by the
town clerks; in the church records; in the cemetery inscriptions; in private
records found in family Bibles, etc.; in church admissions and dismissals also
those for the years prior to 1784 found in the Berlin town clerks' books,
being copies of the records from that portion of Bolton now a part of Berlin.
No record of marriages were kept from 1821 to 1824.
The town records from 1854 to
1874 were badly faded on the original books and had been traced by the town
clerk of a later period, presenting some difficulties to the compiler.
These records are printed in a
condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved. All
duplication of the town clerks' record has been eliminated, but differences in
entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used
when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a
married woman, and to show variations in the spelling of a name in the same
entry.
When places other than
Berlin
and
Massachusetts
are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.
Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both
parties. When both the marriage and intention of marriage are recorded, only
the marriage record is printed. In all records the original spelling of names
is followed, and the various forms of family names have been placed in one
alphabetical arrangement.
Ball Hill, Carterville, Wheeler
Hill, Sawyer Hill, New
Worcester
and Barnes Hill are sections of
Berlin
. Feltonville is now
Hudson
.
BERLIN
Mar. 16, 1784. Parts of Bolton and
Marlborough
established as the district of Berlin.
Feb. 8, 1791. Part of
Lancaster
annexed to the district of Berlin.
Feb. 15, 1806. Bounds between
Berlin
and Northborough established and part of each town annexed to the other town.
Feb. 6, 1812. The district of Berlin made the town of
Berlin
.
The population of
Berlin
at different periods was as follows:
1790,
512 1800,
590 1810,
591 1820, 625
1830, 692
1840, 763
1850,
866 1860,
1,106 1870,
1,016 1880,
977 1890,
884 1900,
1,003
1910,
904 1920,
868 1930,
1,075
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