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

Transcribed by Matthew Tooley


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"Warnings Out" for the Town of Petersham, 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.


Petersham, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788

Aug. 1762AMSDEN, Sarah, widow, ch. Mary, Sarah, Amity, Ephraim, Persis. June 30, 1761
May 21, 1765BOYNTON, Sarah, ch. Polly, from Dunstable. Feb. 5, 1765
Aug. 20, 1765ELIOT, Daniel, w. Mary, from Province of New Hampshire, July 16, 1765
May 21, 1765GOODENOW, Lydia, Nov. 15, 1764
Aug. 1760HALL, Stephen, w. Hepzibeth, ch. Hannah, from Pepperell, Jan. 24, 1760
May 8, 1764HARRIS, John, w. Buela, ch. Eunice, Rebecca, Cora, Amy, Dorothy. Mar. 19, 1764
May 21, 1765HOW, Lydia, Feb. 5, 1765
Aug. 20, 1765HUNT, Henry, w. Prudence, ch. Henry Willard, from Paxton. July 16, 1765
May 8, 1764KNAPP, Daniel, w. Hannah, ch. Edward. Mar. 19, 1764
Aug. 18, 1761LAWRENCE, Thomas, w. Hannah, dau. Rebecca
Aug. 18, 1761LAWRENCE, Elias, w. Anna, from Wrentham
May 10, 1763LARKCUM, Job, w. Molly, ch. John, Herbert, from Vollentown, Windham County, Oct. 22, 1762
May 10, 1763PERRY, Ebenezer, w. Mary, ch. Ezra, Caleb, Abijah, Nurse, David, Rhoda, from Stafford, Jan. 18, 1763
Aug. 18, 1767SHATTUCK, Silas, w. Sarah, ch. Susanna Ezekiel, Joshua, Silas, Mar. 20, 1767
May 11, 1762WEEKS, Thomas, w. Hannah, son Samuel, very poor, from Hardwick, Oct. 20, 1761
May 18, 1764WILSON, Hannah, w. of John, Mar. 20, 1764

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.