Leicester Massachusetts Marriage Records - 1800

Transcribed by Matthew Tooley

Feb. 15, 1713. Resolve. The petition of those who purchased lands at a place called Towtaid, near Worcester, confirmed, "the town to be named Leicester." First (Congregational) Church organized 1718. Baptist, 1737, at Greenville. Officiating clergymen mentioned: Rev. Benjamin Forster, Rev. Benjamin Conklin.

ALDEN, John, married Elizabeth GLEASON, Feb. 27, 1782.
ALDRICH, Barnabas, married Betty NEWHALL, Mar. 6, 1783.
ALLEN, David, married Sarah BARTON, June 6, 1751.
BABBITT, Samuel of Killingsley, married Abigail GOODSPEED, Dec. 3, 1761.
BALDWIN, Asa, married Abigail WHITE, Mar. 7, 1749.
BALDWIN, Benjamin, Jr., married Mary WHITEMORE, Nov. 10, 1762.
BALDWIN, Benjamin, married Winified GREEN, Apr. 6, 1749.
BALDWIN, Ebenezer, married Phebe BALDWIN, Nov. 26, 1773.
BALDWIN, James, married Tamah VINTEN, Jan. 22, 1756.
BALIES, Frederich, married Hannah BROWN, Apr. 29, 1773.
BEMIS, Jonas, married Dorothy WOOD, Jan. 5, 1758.
BEMIS, Nathaniel of Leicester, married Ruth HARRINGTON of Brookfield, Jan. 10, 1753.
BEMIS, William, married Rebecah WHITE, July 5, 1750.
BIGELOW, Joseph of Framingham, married Sarah STEBINS, Apr. 30, 1756.
BLAIR, James, married Molley WATSON, June 2, 1772.
BLAKE, Josiah, married Mrs. Judith LYON, Sept. 27, 1781.
BOWKER, Elias, married Sarah HARWOOD, Sept. 13, 1757.
BRECKENDRIDGE, William of Kingston, married Agnes TINKLER, Dec. 11, 1746.
BROOKS, Timothy, married Mary GILBERT, Jan. 12, 1758.
BROW, Perley, married Elizabeth WILSON, Apr. 20, 1761.
BROWN, Ephraim of Spencer, married Hannah EDMUNDS of Oxford, Feb. 21, 1755.
BROWN, John, Jr., married Rebecca BALDWIN, July 21, 1757.
BROWNING, James of Rutland, married Rebecca SCOTT, Jan. 15, 1756.
CALL, James, married Hannah MASTERS, Mar. 8, 1757.
CAMPBELL, William of Volentown, married Sarah BARNS, Oct. 1, 1752.
CARLILE, James of Worcester, married Lydia JACKSON, Sept. 27, 1757.
CHAPIN, Gad, married Sarah BROWN, Dec. 31, 1772.
CHILSON, Livy, married Hannah WARRIN, Apr. 5, 1781.
CHOAT, Francis, married Mrs. Betsy LYON, July 29, 1781.
CONVERSE, Robert, married Sarah NEWTON, May 24, 1762.
CROSBY, Jabez, married Mary HAMILTON, June 16, 1757.
CUMINGS, John, married Rachell SNOW, Dec. 14, 1752.
DENNY, Samuel, married Elizabeth HENSHAW (?), Sept. 29, 1757.
DENNY, Thomas, married Mary STORER of Pomfret, Oct. 21, 1755.
DIX, Benjamin of Sturbridge, married Hannah SANDERSON, Mar. 11, 1772.
DODGE, Caleb, married Merriaim GILBERT, Apr. 4, 1757.
DODGE, Francis, married Deborah SYLVESTER, Oct. 16, 1754.
DREWRY, William, married Mary SHAW, both of Spencer, June 22, 1762.
DUNBAR, David, married Hannah HAMMOND, Nov. 16, 1773.
EARLL, Joel, married Percis WITT--, Nov. 28, 1782.
ELLIS, Benjamin, married Dorcas SMITH, Aug. 1, 1751.
FORBUS, Arther of Rutland, married Ruth LAMON, June 30, 1749.
FRINK, William, married Sarah EATON, May 3, 1772.
GARFIELD, Benjamin, married Eunice COOLEY, Apr. 2, 1752.
GARFIELD, Nathaniel, married Tobitha NEWHALL, Aug. 9, 1750.
GARFIELD, Samuel, Jr., married Phebe WORSTER, Aug. 9, 1750.
GATES, Oldham, married Patience BARTLET, both of Spencer, Nov. 20, 1754.
GILBERT, ----, married Abigail NICKOLS, both of Brookfield, Nov. 10, 1772.
GILLHAY (?), William, married Elisabeth BARNS, Sept. 15, 1757.
GLEASON, Jonas, married Lucy HARWOOD, July 8, 1773.
GLEASON, Richard, married Bulah SWAN, Sept. 23, 1773.
GOODWIN, John, married Martha MOWER, both of Worcester, Feb. 11, 1773.
GRATON, James, married Hannah BALDWIN, Apr. 27, 1749.
GRAY, Daniel of Pelham, married Elisabeth LAMMOND, Aug. 18, 1752.
GREATON, James, married Lydia BROWN, Nov. 21, 1782.
GREEN, Benjamin of Leicester, married Lucy MARSTON, of Spencer, Dec. 10, 1754.
GREEN, John, married Mrs. Phebe BROWN, Dec. 15, 1782.
GREEN, Joktan, married Esther NEWHALL, May 27, 1762.
GRIFFEN, Benjamin, married Hannah WEDGE, Nov. 29, 1757.
GUN, Peter, married Clove Rod. REVERA, Oct. 24, 1781.
HARROD, James, married Martha BARNEY, May 21, 1755.
HASTINGS, Ebenezer, married Marriah PORTER, Jan. 24, 1782.
HATCH, Michael, married Martha RICE, Oct. 13, 1773.
HAYWARD, John, married Elizabeth BROOKS, Dec. 29, 1757.
HENSHAW, David, married Mary SARGEANT, Feb. 17, 1774.
HILL, Daniel, married Mary CLARK, Sept. 28, 1769.
HINSHAW, William, married Ruth SERGEANT, Feb. 4, 1762.
JACKSON, Matthew, married Elizabeth WORK, May 3, 1781.
JOHNSON, Ashbael, married Jael PORTER, Oct. 15, 1772.
JONES, Thomas, married Mary BEMUS (?), both of Paxton, Nov. 2, 1769.
KATHAN, Alexander, married Margaret BEARD, Dec. 4, 1755.
KENT, Ebenezer, Jr., married Esther STONE, Oct. 29, 1772.
KINGSLY, Nathan, married Sarah WATSON, Mar. 1, 1781.
LAMB, John, married Abigail SMITH, Apr. 15, 1752.
LAWTON, Pliny, married Lucretia SARGENT, June 18, 1750.
LEWIS, Jabez of Spencer, married Rachel WALLIS of Oxford, Jan. 29, 1763.
LIVERMORE, Jonas, married Sarah WARD, Nov. 10, 1761.
LYND, Daniel, married Sara BEMUS, June 10, 1751.
LYNDE, John, married Rebecca DENNY, Feb. 4, 1755.
LYNDE, Samuel, married Dorcas SMITH, July 5, 1750.
LYNDS, Daniel, married Sarah NEWHALL, Dec. 3, 1772.
MARCH, Jacob, married Eleanor MOORE, July 4, 1781.
MERRIT, Benjamin, married Sarah BLANCHARD, Jan. 28, 1758.
MERRIT, Joseph, married Mary FARNSWORTH, June 25, 1754.
MOWER, Samuel, Jr., married Nancy LEACH, both of Worcester, Dec. 30, 1770.
NEWELL, Daniel of Leicester, married Elizabeth STEBBINS of Spencer, Apr. 7, 1755.
NEWELL, Daniel, married Esther WARRIN, Jan. 17, 1782.
NEWELL, Thomas, Jr., married Deborah SARGENT, July 1, 1756.
NEWTON, David of Rutland, married Meriam SMITH, May 13, 1762.
PALEY, Richard of Sudbury, married Grace RICE (?), Apr. 16, 1755.
PARKER, Ezra, married Mary COOK, both of Worcester, Jan. 30, 1768.
PARKER, Thomas of Gore, married Susanna THOMPSON of Maldin, Dec. 2, 1756.
PARSONS, Benjamin of Palmer, married Elizabeth STONE, Oct. 26, 1762.
PARSONS, Solomon, married Elisabeth TAYLOR, Sept. 5, 1752.
PAUL, Robert of Union, married Elisabeth WATSON, Nov. 23, 175-.
PIKE, Francis, married Keziah MORSE, May 30, 1782.
PIKE, John, married Mehitabel HEYWARD, Dec. 11, 1757.
PRATT, Elisha, married Lucy FLETCHER, Feb. 10, 1757.
RICE, Charles, married Leah JENINGS, Jan. 6, 1758.
RICE, Ephraim, married Thankful WALKER, Apr. 14, 1757.
RICE, Nathan, married Mehitabel BALDWIN, Apr. 23, 1751.
RICHARDSON, Israel, married Susanna FORBUSH, Nov. 10, 1757.
ROGERS, George, married Dolle LIVERMORE, May 23, 1780.
ROLF, Daniel, married Mary ADAMS, Nov. 3, 1757.
SANDERSON, Benjamin, Jr., married Rachell MERRITT, Nov. 12, 1761.
SANDERSON, Hezikiah, married Elizabeth PAIN, Aug. 24, 1780.
SARGEANT, Jonathan, Jr., married Mary EARL, Jan. 24, 1750.
SARGEANT, Phinehas, married Abigail DUNBAR, Mar. 20, 1772.
SARGENT, Samuel, married Mary WASHBURN, Oct. 11, 1781.
SAWIN, Thomas, married Hannah MERRITT, Jan. 7, 1773.
SCOTT, Andrew, married Sarah HINSHAW, Nov. 23, 1780.
SEAGER, Ephraim, married Katey SPROWL, Mar. 10, 1773.
SEAGUR, Oliver, married Lydia CLARK, July 12, 1749.
SERGEANT, Nathaniel, married Ann GARFIELD, Nov. 15, 1753.
SHEFFIELD, Demon, married Esther HOW, both of Worcester, Mar. 5, 1773.
SMITH, George of Rutland, married Jane MCCLEWAIN, June 9, 1752.
SNOW, James, married Lydia MOORE, Jan. 2, 1783.
SNOW, Thomas, married Thankful BELLOWS, Oct. 19, 1756.
SOUTHGATE, Richard, Jr., married Sarah SPRAGUE of Spencer, June 2, 1762.
SPRAGUE, Asa, married Martha WILSON, Mar. 11, 1773.
SPRAIGE, Israel, married Pheebee HASEY, Mar. 25, 1762.
STEARNS, Nathaniel, married Phebe UPHAM, May 3, 1772.
STODDARD, Jonathan of Spencer, married Mary MAY, Oct. 25, 1757.
STOWERS, Abijah, married Tabitha HASEY, Jan. 14, 1762.
TAYLOR, John, married Susanna PARSONS, May 28, 1752.
TENNY, Daniel, married Mrs. Molly BOND, Mar. 28, 1781.
THOMAS, John, married Susanna FARNSWORTH, Sept. 16, 1756.
THOMPSON, William of Holden, married Anna THOMPSON, June 23, 1757.
TOLMAN, Ebenezer, married Ann WILSON, Apr. 24, 1746.
TRUMBLE, Joseph, married Lydia HAYWARD, June 14, 1758.
TUCKER, William, married Anna THOMPSON, both of Gore, Sept. 1, 1756.
VINTON, Abiather, married Rhoda WHEELOCK of Gore, Apr. 14, 1757.
WAIT, Nathaniel, married Pheebee READ, Mar. 18, 1756.
WAITE, Asa, married Zerviah SMITH, Oct. 10, 1771.
WAITE, Thomas, married Mrs. Hannah ALLEN, Oct. 8, 1782.
WARD, Thomas Walker, married Elizabeth DENNY, Nov. 28, 1782.
WARTERS, Thomas, married Rachall COMMINS, May 28, 1782.
WATSON, Matthew, married Mary TAYLOR, Apr. 27, 1762.
WHEELER, Amos of Worcester, married Mary Belcher HENSHAW, May 20, 1762.
WHITEMORE, James, married Dorothy GREEN, Dec. 31, 1761.
WICKER, David, married Ann DAVIS, May 1, 1761.
WILLSON, Benjamin, married Mary STOWERS, July 17, 1748.
WILSON, Joseph of Leicester, married Grace HARRINGTON of Brookfield, Oct. 8, 1745.
WOODWARD, Abell, married Mary WORSTER, Dec. 20, 1750.

Source: Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior To 1800 As Found On The Official Records of Worcester County, First Book, Edited by the Rev. Frederic W. Bailey.