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Town of Brookfield, Worchester County Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788

Transcribed by Matthew Tooley


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"Warnings Out" for the Town of Brookfield, Worchester County, Massachusetts for the years of 1737-1788.

Abbreviations: w. for wife; ch. for child or children. The first date in each entry is that of the return of the warrant to the Court.


Brookfield, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788

Aug. 21, 1750ALLEN, Benjamin, wife and children
Aug. 21, 1750ALLEN, Aaron, wife and children
May 11, 1757ALLEN, Katherine, widow, ch. Mary, Nathan, from Petersham
Aug. 16, 1757ADAMS, Mary, and child, from Oxford at house of Jeremiah Adams. July 18, 1757
May 2, 1760AYRES, Mary, widow. Dec. 17, 1759
May 11, 1761ALLEN, Zebra, from Mendon
May 11, 1761ABBOT, Nathaniel, w. Elizabeth, and child, from Ashford, Connecticut, Apr. 7, 1761
Aug. 1762ADAMS, Lydia and Edith, poor persons at house of Francis Dodge, from Grafton Jan. 27, 1762. July 15, 1762
May 10, 1763AINSWORTH, Mary, widow, ch. Deborah and ----
May 8, 1764AINSWORTH, Smith, from Woodstock
Jan. 7, 1766AINSWORTH, Benoni, and ch. from Dudley. Dec. 6, 1765
May 11, 1766ADAMS, Mary, from Grafton
May 11, 1766AYNSWORTH, Hannah, w. Martin, from Sturbridge. May 6, 1766
Nov. 5, 1755BRAFORD, Elizabeth, w. Robert, and son Robert, from Western. Oct. 10, 1755
May 11, 1761BANISTER, Benoni, w. and five ch., from Western
May 10, 1763BEAL, John, w. Sarah, ch. Sibyl, Prudence, Hannah, from Sturbridge
May 8, 1764BURNAP, Daniel, w. Elizabeth, from Hopkinton
May 8, 1764BURNET, Sarah, from Oxford
Aug. 20, 1765BURNET, Isabel, from Oxford
Aug. 20, 1765BRIDGE, Isaac, w. Mary, ch. Mary, from Spencer
Nov. 5, 1754COOLEY, Aaron, Marcy, Mary, Moses, from No. 2 called Westmoreland, New Hampshire province
May 11, 1762CHAMPNEY, Samuel and w. from Cambridge
May 11, 1762CURTIS, Sarah, from Charlton. Dec. 10, 1761
May 8, 1764CROSBY, Sarah, infant son William, from Westboro'
May 9, 1759DODGE, Capt. John, w. Ruth, servant Mary Harcess?
May 9, 1759DODGE, Abraham, w. Elizabeth, ch. John and Hannah, from Wendham, Essex Co. Mar. 19, '59
May 8, 1764DEAN, John, from Oakham
May 8, 1764DAVIS, Mary, from Western
Aug. 20, 1765DOMO, Phebe, from Western
Jan. 6, 1767DAVID, Patience, Indian woman, from Grafton. Dec. 1, 1766
May 10, 1763ELWELL, Anna, and infant ch., from Dudley
Aug. 1746FREELAND, James, w. Sarah
Nov. 5, 1755FENTON, John, w. Ann, from Rutland
May 8, 1764FORTUNE, Larnwell, from Medford
Nov. 5, 1754GRATON, Joseph, from Leicester
May 11, 1757GORR, Agnes, ch. William, from Rutland
Feb. 1746GILBERT, Mary, widow
May 10, 1763GILBERT, Sarah, from Ipswich
May 21, 1765GETCHELL, Jacob, from Amesbury
Aug. 20, 1765GOODELL, Keturah
Aug. 20, 1765GOODELL, Jonathan, w. Mary, ch. Ebenezer, Lois, Jonah, Asa, Patience, from Marlborough
May 11, 1761HAYWARD, Jonas, w. Martha, dau. Elizabeth, also Deborah, widow, all from Western
May 11, 1762HOLTON, Israel, w. Sibel, ch. Lydia, Mary, John, Sibel, Israel, Phebe, Mehitable, Artemas, from Spencer
May 8, 1764HARDY, Samuel, w. Tabitha, from Westborough
May 8, 1764HARRROD, Lucy, from Hopkinton. Sept. 5, 1763
Nov. 5, 1764HAGER, Sarah, ten or eleven years old, daughter of Will Hager, deceased, from Western. Oct. 14, 1764
May 21, 1765HAVEN, Asa, from Framingham
Aug. 20, 1765HINDS, ----, w. of Seth, from Ware
Aug. 19, 1766HORR, Sarah, from Shrewsbury. July 20, 1766
Jan. 6, 1767HARRINGTON, William, from Keene, New Hampshire, now with Charles Adams. Sept. 6, 1766
Jan. 6, 1767HASKELL, Anna, from Bolton
Jan. 6, 1767HEWS, Merriam and Mary, from Palmer
May 8, 1764INGRAM, Katherine, from Stafford
May 11, 1762JOHNSON, Mary, widow
Aug. 20, 1765JOHNSON, David, w. and ch. Daniel, David, Oliver, Mary, Rebecca
Nov. 5, 1754LOVELL, Lois, from Worcester
May 11, 1762LEAVENS, John, w. Mary, ch. John, Jr., from Killingly, Connecticut
May 14, 1745McCOY, William, w. Tabitha
Feb. 1746McCOY, Hannah, minor daughter of William
Aug. 1746McMAINS, Robert, w. Elizabeth, ch. Azubah
Nov. 5, 1754MORRIS, James and Deborah, from Sommen in Hampshire County. Apr. 30, 1754
Aug. 20, 1765MIXTER, Samuel, from Waltham
Jan. 6, 1767MORGIN, Paul, w. Hannah, alias Hannah LOVERING, from Exeter, New Hampshire
May 8, 1764NELSON, William. W. Mary, ch. John, Sarah, William, Mary, from Woodstock
May 11, 1766NEWHALL, Martha, Jonas, Abigail, from Palmer. Mar. 3, 1766
Jan. 6, 1767NOWLEN, Margaret, widow, from Wookstock. Feb. 24, 1766
Jan. 7, 1766OWEN, Mary, from Ware
May 10, 1763PADDOCK, Ephraim, w. Sarah, ch. Ephraim, Sarah, Bradford, from Western
May 21, 1765PERRY, Margaret, w. of Joseph, from N. H.
Aug. 20, 1765PRATT, Elizabeth, from Rutland District
May 11, 1766PARKER, Sarah, w. of Nathan, son Jesse, from New Braintree
May 11, 1766PIKE, Samuel, w. Mehitable and children
Aug. 1746REED, Benjamin, w. Mary
May 11, 1757ROGERS, Samuel, w. Captivity, ch. Jemima, Mary, Lucy, Caleb, Samuel, Moses, from Charlton. Dec. 7, 1756
May 21, 1765RICHARDSON, Jonathan, w. Lydia, ch. Thomas, Hannah, Ephraim, Jonathan; grand-ch. Alice Brown, Ruth Deven, Rebecca Deven, Solomon, Jeremiah Deven. Apr. 19, 1765
May 21, 1765ROOD, Isaac, from Sturbridge
Jan. 6, 1767RICHMOND, Robert, Jr. from N. Braintree Dist.
Aug. 21, 1750SABIN, Mary
Nov. 5, 1754SMITH, Margaret, a transient person
Feb. 3, 1756SMITH, James, w. and ch. Elizabeth, James, John, Nanny, Mary, Sarah, from Western
Feb. 3, 1756SMITH, Johnny, w. and one ch. from Western
Feb. 3, 1756SMITH, Simeon
Feb. 3, 1756SMITH, Nathan, w. Katharine and children.
Feb. 3, 1756SANDERS, Noah, w. from Rehoboth
May 11, 1762SCOT, Mary, from Ware
May 11, 1762SENEY, Stepony, negro or mulatto, w. Betty, ch. Samuel, Brooks, Joseph, from Natick
Aug. 20, 1765STEPHENSON, Hannah, from Rutland. Aug. 5, '65
Aug. 19, 1766SMITH, Mary, from Dorchester
May 11, 1757TENANT, Robert, w. Sarah, ch. Thomas, Sarah, Mary, from Ipswich
Feb. 7, 1758VOSE, Richard, w. Rhoda, ch. Asa, Jesse, Ebenezer, Sarah. Nov. 10, 1757
Aug. 18, 1767VELL, John, from Upton. July 7, 1767
Aug. 1746WOOD, Joseph, w. Tabitha, ch. Joseph, Isaac, Elinor, Rebecca
Aug. 21, 1750WHISTON, Increase, w. and three ch.
Nov. 5, 1754WEEKS, Samuel, from Western, now with Amiel Weeks. Oct. 9, 1754
May 10, 1763WOOD, Joseph, w. Dorothy, ch. Jason, Smith, Joseph, Elizabeth
May 10, 1763WOOD, Oliver and Samuel, from York Gov't
May 8, 1764WEDGE, Sarah, from Brimfield
May 21, 1765WOOD, Joseph, w. Dorothy, ch. Jason, Smith, Joseph, Elizabeth, from New York
Aug. 20, 1765WHITNEY, Hannah, from Shrewsbury
Jan. 7, 1766WITT, Elias, from Marlborough
May 21, 1765YOUNG, Ichabod, infant, from Haverhill. Dec. 5, '64

Source: Worchester County Massachusetts Warnings, 1737-1788, With An Introduction By Francis E. Blake, Worchester, Massachusetts: Published By Franklin P. Rice, Trustee of the Systematic History Fund, 1899.