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EXPLANATIONS
1.
The fact that a birth, marriage, or death is recorded in Westport does not
prove that it occurred in this town; but when places other than Westport and
Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed
copy.
2. In all items from town records the original spelling is followed, and no
attempt is made to correct errors appearing in the records.
3. The various spellings of a name should be examined, as items about the same
family or individual may be found under different spellings.
4. A baptism is not printed, if it occurs within one year after the recorded
date of birth of a child of the same name and parents or if it is clear that
the child baptized is identical with the child of the birth record; but
variations found in the baptismal record are added to the birth record.
5. The birth of a married woman is recorded under her maiden name, if it is
known. But if the maiden name cannot be determined, the entry appears under
the husband's name, with a dash enclosed in brackets, i.e., [-], to signify
that the maiden name is unknown. If it is not known whether the surname is
that of a married or unmarried woman, ?m. is placed in brackets after the
Christian name.
6. 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.
7. Additional information which does not appear in the original text of an
item, i.e., any explanation, query, inference, or difference shown in other
entries of the record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used to show variations
in the spelling of a name in the same entry, to indicate the maiden name of a
wife, to enclose an imperfect portion of the original text, and to separate
clauses in the original text.
THE TOWN OF
WESTPORT
,
Bristol
County
, Massachusetts
was established July 2, 1787, from a part of
Dartmouth
.
February 25, 1793, February 28, 1795, and March 4, 1805, parts of
Dartmouth
were annexed to
Westport
.
February 20, 1828, a boundary line was established between
Dartmouth
and
Westport
.
April 10, 1861, certain lands lying east and south of a line described,
after the entry of the decree of the United States Supreme Court concerning
the Rhode Island boundary, were recognized as a part of Westport.
June
14, 1894, a boundary line was located and defined between
Fall River
and
Westport
.
Population
by Census
1790
(
U.S.
), 2466;
1800 (
U.S.
), 2361;
1810 (
U.S.
), 2585;
1820 (
U.S.
), 2633;
1830 (
U.S.
) 2779;
1840 (
U.S.
), 2820;
1850 (
U.S.
) 2795;
1855 (State), 2822;
1860 (
U.S.
), 2767;
1865 (State), 2799;
1870, (
U.S.
), 2724;
1875 (State), 2912;
1880 (
U.S.
), 2894;
1885 (State), 2706;
1890 (
U.S.
), 2599;
1895 (State), 2678;
1900 (
U.S.
), 2890;
1905 (State), 2867;
1910 (
U.S.
), 2928;
1915 (State), 3262.
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