This volume offers an organized and concise compilation of vital records for Sutton, Massachusetts dating up to the year 1850. The author has meticulously gathered records of Sutton births, marriages, and deaths primarily from town books, providing valuable information for genealogical and historical research. Each list has been arranged alphabetically by surname, with marriage records beginning on page 195, and death records on page 393.
From the original Publisher's Note: The list of Sutton Births, Marriages and Deaths comprised in this volume includes all that were found in the Town Books covering the period from the earliest date there recorded to the end of the year 1849. Some additions have been made from other sources, and these are indicated in each instance by proper reference.
All of the records are condensed in print as much as is consistent with intelligibility, accuracy, and completeness of information. Differences in duplicates, and explanatory or other matter which seemed necessary or desirable, appear in brackets.
Marriages and intentions of marriage are printed under the names of both parties, but the full information concerning each person is given only under his or her name. An asterisk after a marriage indicates that the intention was not found recorded, and in many cases this is accounted for by the fact that neither party belonged in Sutton, and consequently publishment was made elsewhere. The double date is used in the months of January, February and March prior to 1752 only when it so appears in the original, and instances of the modern form after 1725 are not uncommon.
When places other than Sutton and Massachusetts are named in the original records, they are given in the printed copy.