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

Transcribed by Matthew Tooley

"Warnings Out" for the Town of Lancaster, 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.

Lancaster, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788

Aug. 19, 1766	AVERY, Lucy, from Townsend
May 12, 1747	BAGLEY, John, w. and children
Aug. 18, 1761	BALL, Elinor, son Stephen
Aug. 18, 1761	BARNEY, Thomas, w. Martha, ch. John, Martha, Lucy, Supply, from Bolton, Jan. 30, 1758
May 10, 1763	BERNEY, Levi, from Bolton
May 10, 1763	BIXBY, Mejihiboseth (?) from Shrewsbury
May 10, 1763	BANCROFT, Hannah, from Lunenburg
May 10, 1763	BULLEN, Lois, from Worcester, Feb. 22, 1762
Aug. 21, 1764	BROOKS, Jonathan, w. Phebe, ch. John, Joshua, Esther, Sarah, from Charlestown, Jan. 12, '64
Aug. 21, 1764	BROWN, Ephraim, from Bolton, Apr. 14, 1764
Aug. 21, 1764	BRUCE, Lydia, from Framingham, May 28, 1764
Aug. 21, 1764	BROWN, William, Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, Samuel, from Stow
Aug. 20, 1765	BALL, Caleb, from Worcester; w. Elizabeth, from Princeton
Aug. 20, 1765	BRUCE, John, from Framingham, Feb. 12, 1765
Jan. 7, 1766	BENNIT, David, from Harvard
Jan. 7, 1766	BARRIT, Samuel, from Lunenburg
Jan. 7, 1766	BROWN, Sarah, from Leominster
Jan. 7, 1766	BUTLER, Sarah and Nathan, from Bolton, Aug. 6, 1765
May 11, 1766	BALL, Dorothy, from Leominster, Feb. 8, 1766
Jan. 6, 1767	BROWN, Enos, from Newbury
Jan. 6, 1767	BROOKS, Seth, from Bolton
Jan. 6, 1767	BAILEY, Joseph, from Templeton
Jan. 6, 1767	BROWN, Lydia, from Stow
June 11, 1771	BALL, Elijah, from Shrewsbury
June 11, 1771	BROOKS, Jonathan, from Bolton
June 11, 1771	BIGSBY, Joseph, from Shrewsbury
Aug. 21, 1744	COOK, Hains. Jonah Cook, w. and children
May 12, 1747	CHILDS, Nathaniel, w. and family
May 12, 1747	COREY, Thomas
Feb. 4, 1752	CRASFIELD, James, w. and child
Aug. 20, 1765	CLELAND, Thomas, from Colchester, Conn.
Jan. 7, 1766	CHEENEY, Richard, from Petersham
Jan. 7, 1766	CHURCHILL, Samuel, minor, from Stoughton, June, 11, 1764
Jan. 7, 1766	CHURCH, Caleb, from Harvard; w. Elizabeth, from Bolton; ch. Hannah, from Templeton
Jan. 6, 1767	COLBORN, Nathaniel, from Leominster
Jan. 6, 1767	CAMPBELL, Robert, w. Deborah, ch. Robert, Deborah, Elinor, Sarah, Abigail, from Londonderry, N. H. Province, Apr. 22, 1766
May 10, 1757	DIDAMUS, Peter, from Harvard, Dec. 5, 1755
Aug. 18, 1761	DAVIS, Joseph, w. Elizabeth, dau. Sarah, from Lunenburg. Amos Davis from Lunenburg
May 10, 1763	DINAH, mulatto, son Peter, from Leominster
Jan. 7, 1766	DOLE, Lemuel, from Littleton
May 11, 1767	DAVIS, John, from Rutland
Jan. 6, 1767	DIGING, James, from Templeton
Jan. 6, 1767	DEWEY, Sarah, from Charlton
Jan. 6, 1767	DAVIS, Francis, negro, from Medway
Jan. 6, 1767	DEVINE, Sarah, from Hopkinton
May 12, 1747	FARMER, William
May 10, 1757	FOSTER, Stephen, w. Mary, from Lunenburg, July 23, 1757
Aug. 18, 1761	FLUD, Mary and Martha, from Shirley, Nov. 5, 1760
May 10, 1763	FULLER, Amos, w. Mary, from Marlborough
Aug. 21, 1764	FLETCHER, Jonathan, minor, from Groton, Dec. 30, 1763
Aug. 19, 1766	FOSTER, Tabitha, from Lunenburg, Mar. 5, '66
Jan. 6, 1767	FRENCH, Joseph, from Hollis
May 12, 1741	GLAZIER, Zachariah and w. Also in Feb. 1742, with w. and child
Feb. 4, 1752	GRIMES, Andrew and children
Nov. 6, 1753	GRAHAM, Submit, w. of Andrew, from Leominster
Aug. 18, 1761	GRANT, Thomas, from New Hampshire
Aug. 18, 1761	GOODNOW, David, w. Dinah, dau. Elizabeth, from Marlborough
May 10, 1763	GATES, Stephen, w. Dinah, ch. Lemuel, Samuel, Dinah, from Rowley in Canada
May 10, 1763	GOODENOW, Benjamin, son of David, from Shrewsbury, Nov. 19, 1762
May 10, 1765	GOODALL, Nathan, w. Dinah, s. Joel, from Westborough
Aug. 21, 1764	GRAVES, Luther, from Stow
Jan. 7, 1766	GOODWIN, James, from Worcester
Jan. 7, 1766	GAREY, Ichabod, from Westmoreland
Jan. 7, 1766	GOODENOUGH, Mehitable, from Westborough
Jan. 6, 1767	GROUT, Phebe, from Lunenburg
Jan. 6, 1767	GARY, Lucy, from Putney
Jan. 6, 1767	GREEN, Joshua, w. Esther, from Medway
Jan. 6, 1767	GILBREY, Peter, from Plainfield, Mar. 9, 1767
Aug. 21, 1764	HILL, Margaret, ch. Margaret, from Worcester
Aug. 20, 1765	HANCOCK, Thomas, son of Samuel of Bolton. Mar. 7, 1765. Also Samuel, from Stow
Aug. 20, 1765	HOSMER, Josiah, from Concord
Aug. 19, 1766	HAYNES, David, from Sudbury
Aug. 19, 1766	HORSLEY, David, from Billerica
Jan. 6, 1767	HALL, Hannah, from Middleton
Jan. 6, 1767	HALL, George, from Old England
Jan. 6, 1767	HOUGHTON, Joseph, w. Marcy, ch. Martha, Thankful, Feb. 1, 1766. Also Elijah, s. of Joseph, all from Leominster
Jan. 6, 1767	HILDRETH, Jabez, from Templeton
Jan. 6, 1767	HUGGINS, Mathias, w. Johana, from Malden
Jan. 6, 1767	HUBBARD, Thomas, from Groton
Jan. 6, 1767	HASTINGS, Grace, from Bolton
May 13, 1755	JOHNSON, John, w. Mary, ch. John, Kendall, Mary, William, Anna, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, from Bolton. Apr. 14, 1755
May 10, 1763	JUDAWINE (?), William, w. Patience, s. Calvin, from Lunenburg
Aug. 20, 1765	JOYNER, Edward, w. Anna, ch. John, William, Anna, Edward, from Princeton
Jan. 7, 1766	JOHNSON, Joshua, w. Hannah, dau. Milla, from Stow
May 11, 1766	JOHNSON, Joseph, from Harvard
Jan. 6, 1767	JONES, Phebe, from Brookfield
Aug. 18, 1761	KITTRIDGE, David and Lois, negro woman, from Tewksbury
Aug. 21, 1764	KEYES, Stephen, w. Elizabeth, ch. Lovinah, Elizabeth, from Shrewsbury. May 28, 1764
Aug. 21, 1764	KEECH, Benjamin and Mehitable Hair he calls his wife, her ch. Mehitable, Anna, Eliza Hair. His other w. [In?] R. I. or Providence Woods
Aug. 21, 1764	KNIGHT, Russel, w. Mary, ch. Daniel, Elizabeth, Carter, Mary, from Sudbury
Jan. 7, 1766	KNIGHT, Ebenezer, w. Prudence, ch. Prudence, Vashtine, Abel, from Harvard
Aug. 19, 1766	KNIGHT, Sarah, from Sudbury. Feb. 1, 1766
Aug. 19, 1766	KNIGHT, Mary, wife of Russel, dau. Abigail, from Marlborough
Jan. 6, 1767	KNIGHT, Matthew, w. Dinah, from Leominster
Feb. 1739	LEE, Easter, widow
Aug. 21, 1764	LINKFIELD, Benjamin, w. Martha, ch. Jane, Benjamin, Martha, Edward, from Chelmsford. July 13, 1764
Jan. 7, 1766	LORING, John, from Lexington; w. Elizabeth, from Concord, Feb. 12, 1765
Jan. 7, 1766	LAWRENCE, Sarah, widow, from Groton
Jan. 6, 1767	LONGLEY, Mary, from Shirley
Jan. 6, 1767	LINCOLN, Lydia, from Leicester
Aug. 18, 1761	MALCOM, James, w. Mary, from Boston, Dec. 4, 1758
Aug. 21, 1764	MEARS, Thomas, from Bolton. Apr. 14, 1764
Aug. 20, 1765	MEAD, Beulah, from Princeton
Aug. 20, 1765	MEARS, Mary, wife of Thomas, ch. Judith, from Leominster
Aug. 20, 1765	MASON, Elizabeth, from Lexington
May 11, 1766	MAYNARD, Gardiner, from Sherburn
Jan. 6, 1767	MASON, Samuel, from Lexington
Jan. 6, 1767	MCELWAIN, John, w. Levinah, ch. Levinah, from Bolton
Jan. 6, 1767	MOOR, Hugh, w. Marah, from Shirley, Dec. 1, '66
Jan. 6, 1767	MARSHFIELD, Daniel, w. Lydia, from Lynn
Jan. 6, 1767	MCCLARY, Morris, w. Hannah, from Stow
Jan. 6, 1767	MOSMAN, Abel, from Princeton
Aug. 18, 1761	NORCROSS, Asa, w. Elizabeth, from Cambridge
Aug. 21, 1764	NEWTON, Eunice, Ruth, minors, from Marlboro, May 28, 1764
Jan. 7, 1766	NICHOLS, Silence, from Townsend
Aug. 19, 1766	NORTH, Joseph, w. Hannah, from Boston
May 8, 1750	POPE, Thomas
May 8, 1750	PRIEST, Joshua
May 10, 1757	PEREINS, William, w. Lydia, and children, from Harvard, Dec. 5, 1755
May 10, 1757	PRATT, Abigail, from Harvard, Dec. 5, 1755
Aug. 18, 1761	PIKE, Ebenezer, w. Susanna, from Shrewsbury
Aug. 18, 1761	POWERS, Martha, widow, from Shirley
May 10, 1763	PETERS, George, negro, from Newbury, Nov. 30, 1761
Aug. 21, 1764	PARMINTER, Reuben, from Rutland, Sept. 16, '63
Aug. 20, 1765	PERSON, Love, from Winchendon
Aug. 20, 1765	PERRY, Daniel, from Framingham. May, 9, '65
Aug. 19, 1766	POWERS, Jonas, w. Lydia, ch. Jonas, Mary, from Lunenburg
Aug. 19, 1766	PITTSON, Hannah, from Boston
Jan. 6, 1767	PIKE, Nathan, from Framingham
Jan. 6, 1767	PROUTY, Francis, from Deerfield
Jan. 6, 1767	PRATT, Joseph, from Stow
June 11, 1771	PIPER, Susanna, dau. Betty, from Concord, Dec. 1770
Feb. 4, 1752	RUSSELL, Jonathan, w. and children
May 10, 1757	RODY, Mary, from Harvard. Dec, 5, 1755
May 10, 1757	ROBERTS, Amariah, w. Lucy, ch. Lucy, Amariah, Ebenezer, very poor, from Shrewsbury
May 10, 1757	RICE, Ebenezer, from Harvard, Dec. 5, 1755
Aug. 18, 1761	RICHARDSON, Jabez, from Woburn
May 10, 1763	READ, Ephraim, w. Elizabeth, ch. Hannah, Betty, from Harvard. Nov. 13, 1761
Jan. 7, 1766	RUSS, Joseph, from Lunenburg
Jan. 7, 1766	RIDER, James, from R. I. Feb. 11, 1765
Jan. 7, 1766	ROSS, Lois, from Sudbury. Dec. 30, 1765
May 11, 1766	RICE, Moses, w. Sarah, ch. Nahum, Moses, Sarah, Anna, Abigail, from Westborough
Aug. 19, 1766	RUSSELL, Esther, from Bolton
Jan. 6, 1767	RAND, Richard, from Littleton; Millard, from Charlestown
Jan. 6, 1767	RICE, Josiah, w. Sibyl, ch. Sibyl, Josiah, Gideon, Zillah, Lucy, Gardner, from Rutland
Jan. 6, 1767	ROGERS, Perley, from Harvard
Jan. 6, 1767	RUSSELL, Moses, from Littleton
May 12, 1747	STARNS, Timothy, w. and children
Feb. 4, 1752	STARNS, Stephen, w. and children
May 10, 1757	SAMPSON, Lydia, from Boston
May 10, 1763	SHED, Benjamin, w. Elizabeth, from Lunenburg
May 10, 1763	SAWYER, Sylvanus, w. Susanna, twin ch. John, Luke, from Bolton
Aug. 21, 1764	SPAFFORD, Job, w. Mary, ch. Job, Hannah, John, Jacob, from Leominster
Aug. 21, 1764	SMITH, Sebastian, from Princeton, Feb. 21, 1764
Aug. 20, 1765	SPAFFORD, Jonathan, w. Jemima, from Rowley
Aug. 20, 1765	STEARNS, John, from Middleton, Essex County
Jan. 7, 1766	SEVER, Nathaniel, from Westminster
Aug. 19, 1766	STONE, David, from Groton
Jan. 6, 1767	STEWART, Richard, w. Eunice, son Alpheus, from Templeton
Jan. 6, 1767	SEABY (?), Lucy, mulatto girl, from Harvard
Jan. 6, 1767	SEAVER, Catherine, from Templeton
Jan. 6, 1767	SKINNER, Mary, from Princeton
Jan. 6, 1767	TUFFS, William, w. Mary, ch. Aaron, Moses, George, Grimes, Mary, Samuel, Lucy. Also William, Jr., w. Susanna, ch. Susanna, Nathan, servant Benj. Paine, from Medford
Aug. 18, 1761	THURSTON, Peter, from Peperell, Mar. 2, '61
Aug. 20, 1765	THURSTON, Mehitable, from Rowley
Jan. 6, 1767	TILTON, Isaac, from Newbury
June 11, 1771	TOWNSEND, Solomon, Jr., w. Elizabeth. Also John. Also Solomon, from Malden, Oct. 28, 1770
May 10, 1763	UNDERWOOD, Joseph
May 10, 1763	VICKES, Joseph, w. Elizabeth, son Joseph, from Natick, Feb. 22, 1762
Nov. 4, 1740	WOODBURY, Daniel and w.
May 12, 1741	WOODBURY, Humphrey
May 8, 1753	WINCH, David, w. and sereral ch.
May 10, 1757	WOODS, Charles, w. Phebe, ch. Mary, Dinah, Phebe, Elizabeth, Isaac, from Shrewsbury
Aug. 18, 1761	WRIGHT, Ruth, and Esther, a negro, from Woburn, Feb. 12, 1761
Aug. 18, 1761	WINN, Jacob, w. Sarah, ch. Jacob, Sarah, William, Phebe, Esther, from Tewksbury
Aug. 18, 1761	WATTS, Alexander, from Holden, Jan. 4, 1760
Aug. 18, 1761	WOLENSFORD, Lydia, from Concord, Oct. 9, '59
Aug. 18, 1761	WILLIAMS, Jacob, from Shirley
Aug. 18, 1761	WHITTEMORE, Joseph, w. Mary, ch. Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Abigail, from Woburn, Aug. 8, 1758. Also Sarah
May 10, 1763	WINN, Josiah, w. Elizabeth, from Bolton
May 10, 1763	WILLSBY, Joseph, w. Lois, from Harvard
May 11, 1766	WORCESTER, Abijah, from Hartford. Feb. 8, '66
Aug. 19, 1766	WITHINGTON, William, from Stow
Jan. 6, 1767	WILLIAMS, John, from Hollis
May 13, 1746	BURRELL, Rachel, and negro man
May 10, 1757	BATHRICK, Lucy
Aug. 16, 1757	BRINDLY, James, w. Sarah, now at house of Anthony Orion, June 21, 1757
May 10, 1763	BIGSBY, Nathaniel, from Sutton
Feb. 7, 1764	BARRETT, Benjamin, w. Sarah, ch. James, Benjamin, Jan. 24, 1764
May 14, 1765	BUCK, Rachel, widow, ch. Rebecca, Joshua, from Oxford, Aug. 1764
Nov. 3, 1767	BARTON, Benjamin, from Charlton
Sept. 7, 1773	BARTON, Phineas, w. Elizabeth, son Elijah, from Charlton, Mar. 26, 1773
May 13, 1746	CHAPMAN, Stephen. Also Zacharius and several ch.
Aug. 18, 1761	COLEMAN, John. May 22, 1761
Aug. 18, 1761	CUMINGS, John, w. Rachel, ch. Elijah, Rachel, Joseph, Dorothy
Aug. 19, 1766	CUTLER, Amos, w. and dau. Tabitha, from Sutton, May, 1766
Jan. 6, 1767	CROSSMAN, Joshua, w. and ch. Joshua, Sarah, from Hopkinton, Oct. 1766
Nov. 3, 1767	CURTIS, Elizabeth, from Charlton, Oct. 26, 1767
Nov. 3, 1767	CROSSMAN, Ebenezer, w. Mercy, from Taunton
Feb. 1748	DANIELL, Mary
Aug. 18, 1752	DEAN, Mary and daughter
May 2, 1760	DEGOLIER, James, w. and ch. Mary, John, from Charlton, Feb. 2, 1760
May 25, 1750	FARNSWORTH, Reuben, w. and children
May 11, 1761	GLEASON, Joseph, w. and children
Aug. 18, 1761	GILBERT, David, w. Elizabeth
May 14, 1765	GILLMORE, Adam, from Wrentham, Nov. 9, 1764
May 14, 1765	GOODENOW, Lydia, from Rutland. Sept. 24, '64
May 14, 1765	GOULD, Samuel, w. Olive, ch. Levi, from Rutland, July, 1764
Feb. 6, 1753	HENLY, Honora, and child, now at house of Geo. Read
May 11, 1762	HUDSON, Elijah, w. Elizabeth, ch. Abner, now at house of Joel Brigham, Jan. 9, 1762
Aug. 21, 1764	HOLTON, Lydia, from Brookfield, Mar. 1764
May 11, 1766	HOLDEN, Mary, from Concord, in Nov. or Dec. 1765
Nov. 3, 1767	HOW, Silas, w. Beulah, ch. Hannah, Isaac, Esther, Lucy, John, Benjamin, Lydia, from Sturbridge, Feb. 13, 1767
Sept. 1772	HOAR, Leonard, w. Lydia, ch. Leonard, Jacob, Anna, Edward, Jonathan, from Brimfield
Mar. 30, 1773	KENNY, Hannah, from Sutton, Feb. 1773
Feb. 1748	LAWRENCE, Marcy, and children. Also Thaddeus
May 10, 1763	LEWIS, Jabez, w. Rachel, from Spencer, Feb. 18, 1763
May 14, 1765	LYNDE, James, from Rutland, Mar. 1765
Jan. 7, 1766	LEONARD, Charles, from Boston, Dec. 1764
Aug. 21, 1744	MINET, Samuel, w. Mercy
May 10, 1757	MCWATERS, John, Lydia and child
May 11, 1762	MCMURRAY, Mary, from Easton, now at house of Jacob Wicker
Feb. 7, 1764	MANSFIELD, Daniel, w. Eunice, ch. Elizabeth, from Shrewsbury, Jan. 24, 1764
Aug. 21, 1764	MORESEY, Michael, from Ireland, June, 1764
Aug. 21, 1764	MORAN, Michael, from Windham, N. H., Apr. '64
May 14, 1765	MORSE, Sarah, w. of John, from Worcester, Oct. 1764
May 13, 1746	PARISH, John and Elizabeth
Aug. 18, 1761	PEGIN, Indian woman
May 11, 1762	PHELPS, Neomia (?), Feb. 9, 1762
Aug. 1762	PIERCE, Samuel, w. Abigail, ch. Elizabeth, Samuel, Seth, Relief, July 29, 1762
Aug. 18, 1761	RICHARDSON, Philip, w. Susanna, ch. Joseph, Elizabeth
May 10, 1763	RIAN, Miss, supposed from Ireland, Jan. 25, '63
Feb. 7, 1764	RYAN, John, Jr., a foreigner, Jan. 24, 1764
May 14, 1765	RYAN, Margaret, from Boston, Nov. 1764
May 14, 1765	RYAN, Catherine of Ireland, from Boston, June, 1764
May 13, 1746	SAWYER, Ruth
Feb. 1748	SPENCE, John
Nov. 1, 1763	SULLIVAN, Timothy, foreigner, Oct. 24, 1763
Aug. 21, 1764	SNOW, Amos, from Woburn, Feb. 1764
May 14, 1765	SPRAGUE, Anthony, w. Sarah, from Spencer, Oct. 16, 1764
Jan. 6, 1767	SMITH, Mary, from Upton, Nov. 1766
Nov. 3, 1767	SWEAT, John and Nathan, from R. I. Sept. 10, 1767
Sept. 7, 1767	SHEFFIELD, Dennis, w. Esther, from Holliston, Feb. 1773
May 10, 17--	TORREY, Lydia, Abel and family, June 16, 1756
May 11, 1761 (?)	TRAH, Ann, poor person, Jan. 21, 1760
Aug. 21, 1764	TOWN, Hannah, widow, and dau. Hannah, from Oxford, Apr. 1764
May 14, 1765	THOMAS, Submit, from Spencer, Nov. 1764
Sept. 1771	TOREY, Luther, w. Dorothy, ch. Jonathan, Elijah, Joseph, Sarah, Lydia, Abigail, from Abington, Oct. 1770
Nov. 6, 1750	WILCOTT, Benjamin
May 2, 1760	WHEELER, Lucy, from Holden, Feb. 2, 1760
Aug. 18, 1761	WHITTEMORE, Mary
Aug. 18, 1761	WORK, Samuel, w. Mary, ch. Samuel, Jacob, Mary, James, Elizabeth, John, Daniel, from Upton, June 19, 1761
Nov. 1, 1763	WHITTEMORE, Hezekiah, w. Mary, ch. Sarah, Phebe, Mary, from Spencer
Feb. 7, 1764	WHITNEY, Micah, ch. Nathaniel, Eliphalet, Jan. 24, 1764
Aug. 21, 1764	WASHBURN, Ebenezer, w. Dorothy, dau. Susan, from Spencer, Apr. 1764
May 14, 1765	WHITTEMORE, Nathaniel and Lydia, minors, from Shrewsbury
May 11, 1766	WAID, Hepzibah, from Upton, Jan. 1765

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.