New Horizons Genealogy

"Specializing in New England and New York Colonial American Ancestry"


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

Transcribed by Matthew Tooley


Try our genealogy search engine


"Warnings Out" for the Town of Grafton, 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.


Grafton, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788

May 14, 1751ARNOLD, Joseph, w. and three ch.
May 2, 1760ADAMS, Mary, and grandson Samuel, poor people. Jan. 29, 1759. Properly belongs in Sutton
May 11, 1762ADAMS, Lydia, poor person, from Brookfield. Nov. 6, 1761
Aug. 16, 1763ALBEE, Samuel. Aug. 8, 1763
May 14, 1754BOSWORTH, Jonathan, w. and four ch.
May 13, 1755BOON, Susanna, about seven years old, at house of Lieut. James Whipple. Mar. 24, 1755
May 2, 1760BELLOWS, Hepzibeth, belongs in Westborough. Also Joseph, poor ch. from same. Jan. 29, '60
May 2, 1760BIGLO, Eunice, poor ch. from Sutton
Aug. 18, 1761BUTTRICK, Ephraim, poor person, from Lancaster, Mar. 25, 1761
Aug. 1762BUTTRICK, Sarah, ch. Edward, from Leominster Dec. 27, 1761. July 2, 1762
Aug. 1762BOONE, Sible, ch. Matilda, from Uxbridge May 1762. July 2, 1762
May 10, 1763BRAYMAN, Nathaniel, from Worcester Apr. 16, 1763. Feb. 7, 1763
Aug. 20, 1765BROWN, David, from Sutton. Mar. 22, 1765
Jan. 6, 1767BOYE, Simeon, from Shrewsbury
Mar. 28, 1774BRUCE, Elijah, w. Mary, ch. Eunice, Elijah, Nathaniel, from Southborough or Framingham. Dec. 17, 1773
Aug. 3, 1760CLAYTON, Alexander, w. Sarah, ch. Sarah, from Upton. July 14, 1760
May 11, 1761CHILD, Abigail, ch. John, Elizabeth. Jan. 3, 1761
Aug. 20, 1765CORY, Sarah, from Stow. May 20, 1765
Aug. 20, 1765CLAYTON, Sarah, w. of Alexander, from Upton. Mar. 22, 1765
Jan. 6, 1767CHASE, Jacob, from Sutton
Jan. 6, 1767CUTTING, James, from Worcester. Sept. 15, 1766
Aug. 18, 1761DAVIS, Thomas, from Stow. Mar. 25, 1761
May 8, 1764DANIELS, John, w. Abigail, ch. Zebulun, Abigail. Mar. 30, 1764
Mar. 28, 1774ELIOTT, Samuel, w. Mehitable, her son, Joseph Blancher, from Sutton. Aug. 2, 1773
Feb. 4, 1755FISHER, Deborah, ch. Abigail, Ephraim, Aaron, Lois, Josiah, Ebenezer, John, at house of Thomas Axtell; Ephraim at house of Jonathan Roes. Jan. 28, 1755
May 10, 1757FLAGG, Eleazer. Dec. 8, 1756
May 11, 1766FLAGG, Josiah, from Upton
Jan. 6, 1767FAIRBANKS, Moses, from Worcester
May 11, 1762FISHER, Daniel, w. Marcy, ch. Timothy, Ichabod, Margaret, Molly, poor people, from Upton. May 25, 1761
Aug. 16, 1763FOSDICK, Hannah, from Boston. May 23, 1763
May 14, 1754GROVER, Benjamin, w. and six ch. Mar. 8, 1754
Aug. 18, 1761GOODWIN, Margaret, from Charlestown. June 23, 1761
Aug. 18, 1761GAMSEY, Elizabeth
May 11, 1756HOW, John, w. Mary
May 11, 1756HOW, Ebenezer, w. Lucy, ch. Elizabeth, Margarite
May 11, 1756HOW, John, Jr., w. Hannah, ch. John, Benjamin, Sarah, Hannah, Joseph, Deborah, Abigail, Ruth
Aug. 20, 1765HILLS, Benjamin, w. Elizabeth, ch. Benjamin, Mary, from Westborough
May 11, 1766HADEN, Moses, w. Mary, from Marlborough
May 11, 1766HEARD, Samuel, poor person, from Stratford. Jan. 27, 1766
Jan. 6, 1767HADEN, Daniel, from Hopkinton
Jan. 6, 1767HAGER, Hannah, from Weston. Mar. 25, 1767
Mar. 28, 1773HEWINS, Alvin. Feb. 14, 1773
Aug. 16, 1743JOHNSON, Rebecca
Aug. 20, 1765JENKS, Hannah. May 22, 1765
Aug. 20, 1765JONES, Elizabeth, from Sutton. Mar. 22, 1765
Jan. 6, 1767KEITH, Simeon, w. Rebecca, s. Simeon, from Uxbridge
Feb. 4, 1755LYON, Josiah and w. Feb. 22, 1754
May 11, 1756LINCOLN, Sarah and child
May 8, 1750MARSH, Josiah
Aug. 16, 1763MINOR, Samuel, w. Deborah, ch. Rebecca, from Sutton. Aug. 8, 1763
Nov. 5, 1764NEWTON, James, Jr., w. Sarah, ch. Rachel, James, Ebenezer. Sept. 12, 1764
May 11, 1756PHELPS, Joshua. Mar. 15, 1756
May 10, 1757PARKS, Abraham, w. Hannah, ch. Abraham. Mar. 9, 1757
May 2, 1760POWERS, Elizabeth and child, from Harvard. Jan. 29, 1759
May 11, 1766POWERS, William, from Uxbridge. Nov. 20, 1765
Jan. 6, 1767PEIRCE, Margaret, ch. Margaret, Mary. Sutton
Aug. 18, 1761RIXFORD, William, w. Anna, ch. Henry, Elizabeth, William, Samuel, Simon, from Medway. Mar. 19, 1761
May 10, 1763ROBERTS, Lucy, from Sutton. Mar. 21, 1763
Aug. 20, 1765RUSS, Joseph. May 22, 1765
Aug. 20, 1765ROLFE, Abigail, ch. Jane, from Westborough. Mar. 22, 1765
Jan. 6, 1767RICE, Martin, from Marlborough
May 13, 1755SMITH, Ezriah, w. and ch. Sarah. Mar. 26, 1755
Aug. 20, 1765SHERBURN, Thomas, from Concord. Mar. 22, 1765
Aug. 20, 1765STEVENS, Susanna, ch. Sarah
Jan. 6, 1767SANGER, Isaac, Jr., w. Susanna, ch. Parcella, from Uxbridge. Also Elizabeth, Abigail, Isaac and w. Mary, Phebe, Lydia, all from Uxbridge
Jan. 6, 1767STEARNS, Sarah, from Worcester
Feb. 6, 1749TYLER, Bertha
May 11, 1756TREANT, George
May 10, 1757TRACY, David, w. Lydia, ch. David, Dorothy. May 4, 1757
May 11, 1766THOMSON, John, from Uxbridge. Nov. 20, 1765
May 14, 1754VICKERY, ----, at house of John Stow. Apr. 22, 1749
Feb. 4, 1755VICKERY, John, w. Lydia, ch. Sarah, William, Lydia, at house of John How, Jan. 28, 1755
May 8, 1750WHITNEY, Ebenezer
May 11, 1756WAIT, Jason, w. Mercy, ch. Jason, Marcy, John, Sarah, Barnabas
May 2, 1760WILLARD, John, w. and ch. Elizabeth, Jonathan, John, Mary, Sarah, from Holden. Jan. 29, '59
Jan. 6, 1767WARD, Gershom, from Upton
Mar. 28, 1773WOOD, Jonathan
Mar. 28, 1773WILLSON, Thomas, w. Lydia, ch. Lydia, Samuel, Hannah

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.