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

Transcribed by Matthew Tooley


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

Only two Northborough Warnings appear in the records of the Court. The Editor is indebted to Gilman Bigelow Howe, Esq., Town Clerk of Northborough, who has kindly copied and supplied the complete list from the Town books. These names are in order as they were originally entered.

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.


Northborough, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788

List of persons warned to leave the town by the Selectmen of Northborough, 1766-1793

Apr. 29, 1766PARMENTER, Bethiah, from Hopkinton
July 19, 1766HAGGIT, William, from Shrewsbury
Mar. 23, 1767PHELPS, Joseph, from Lancaster
Nov. 26, 1767MCDONALD, James, from Boston
Dec. 25, 1789PARMENTER, William, w. Submit, ch. Hannal William
Mar. 22, 1790CHANDLER, Thomas, blacksmith, w. Abigail, and children, from Pittsfield
Mar. 22, 1790ROWBUCK, Thomas, a foreigner, from Pittsfield
Mar. 22, 1790MAYNARD, Daniel, laborer, from Stow
Mar. 22, 1790FULLER, Isaac, a minor, from Newton
Sept. 9, 1790HUDSON, Elisha, yeoman, w. Susanna, ch. Willian
Sept. 9, 1790HUDSON, Elisha, Samuel Brigham, Charles, Robert Brec
Sept. 9, 1790HUDSON, Benjamin, last from Wilton, N. H.
Sept. 9, 1790MAYNARD, Abner, Shoemaker, w. Susanna, ch. Abner, Zipporah, Silas, Heman, from Dublin, N. H.
Sept. 9, 1790SEVER, Richard, yeoman, w. Persis, from Cambridge
Sept. 9, 1790NEWTON, Nahum, yeoman, w. Anna, ch. Aaron Beaman, Holesworth, Polly, Winthrop, from Southborough
Apr. 11, 1791STURDIVANT, Caleb, yeoman, w. Sarah, ch. Susanna, Sarah, from Montague
Aug. 1, 1792HARDY, Phineas, shoemaker, w. Sarah, ch. Tilly, Sally, Noah, from Gerry
Aug. 1, 1792GAY, Ebenezer, laborer, w. Hannah, their ch. Leonard, Harmon, Charles Clark, her dau. Sally Cutler, from Westborough
Nov. 3, 1793WARNER, Moses, w. Eunice, and dau. Eunice. Also Elijah Priest. From Harvard
Nov. 3, 1793RICE, Nathan, gentleman, w. Lucy, son Minot, from Berlin
Nov. 3, 1793MAYNARD, Nathan, Nathan, Jr. and w. Mary, ch. Polly, Alvan, Ethan, Lucy, Eber, Leonard, from Westborough
Nov. 3, 1793KEYES, Silas, carpenter, w. Sarah, ch. Sarah, Jemima, Silas, Phebe, Ephraim, Jonathan, from Princeton
Nov. 3, 1793HARTSHORN, Asa, laborer, from Shrewsbury
Nov. 3, 1793HOW, Benjamin, laborer, from Berlin
Nov. 3, 1793TEMPLE, Benjamin, laborer, from Boylston
Nov. 3, 1793WRIGHT, James, laborer, from Boylston
Nov. 3, 1793FULLER, Amasa, laborer, from Cornish, N. H.
Nov. 3, 1793CLARK, Samuel, cordwainer, from Sterling
Nov. 3, 1793STEARNS, Benjamin, a minor, from Shrewsbury
Nov. 3, 1793BOMAN, Joseph, a minor, from Westborough
Nov. 3, 1793BOND, Joseph, a minor, from Westborough
Nov. 3, 1793WAIT, Priscilla, single woman, from Worcester
Nov. 3, 1793BRUCE, Rebecca, single woman, from Marlboro
Nov. 3, 1793MOORS, Lydia, a minor, from Berlin
Nov. 3, 1793CLOVES, Joseph, carpenter, from Worcester
Nov. 3, 1793GLAZIER, Sewell, a minor, from Boylston
Nov. 3, 1793HOLYOKE, Richard, a minor, from Marlborough
Nov. 3, 1793BADCOCK, Abraham, laborer, from Berlin
Nov. 3, 1793BOLTON, John, laborer, from Shirley
Nov. 3, 1793RICE, John, a minor, from Marlborough
Nov. 3, 1793FIFE, Hepzibeh, Jesse, minors, from Berlin
Nov. 3, 1793HENDERSON, William, laborer, w. Rebecca, from Halifax, Vt.
Nov. 3, 1793SULLIVAN, Godfrey, minor, from Westborough
Nov. 3, 1793BENNETT, Hannah, spinster, from Boylston
Nov. 3, 1793GIBSON, Margaret, spinster, from Hopkinton
Nov. 3, 1793HOW, Fanny, spinster, from Westborough
Nov. 3, 1793BAILEY, Bethiah, spinster, from Berlin

List of persons who came to Northborough from other towns and of which due notice was given the Selectmen

May 12, 1778MAYNARD, David, w. and dau.
May 12, 1778FISK, Hannah, w. of Benjamin, and her son Joel. From Westborough. By Dea. Paul Newton
Oct. 9, 1788HOW, Walter, from Shrewsbury. By Isaac How
Apr. 8, 1789STONE, Isaac, w. Rachel, ch. Isaac, Esther, Betsey Annice, from Boylston. Notice by Amos Rice
Apr. 11, 1789HANNAH, John, w. Hannah, ch. Nancy, Charlotte Margaret, Hannah, from Lancaster. Notice by John Wyman
Apr. 24, 1789MOSMAN, Silas, w. Beulah, son Noah. Rebecca Beamis, age 5. Artemas Brown, age about 12. From Bolton. Notice by Dea. Jonathan Livermore
Oct. 21, 1793BARBER, Hannah, from Berlin. Notice by Nathaniel Rice
Mar. 20, 1794MAYNARD, Abner, w. Susanna, ch. Ziporah, ch. Ziporah, Silas Heman, Achsa, Jotham, from Berlin. Notice by Amos Rice
Apr. 4, 1794WHITNEY, James, from Fitzwilliam, N. H. Notice by Artemas Brigham
Feb. 12, 1794BLODGETT, Sally, single woman, from Woburn. Notice by Jeremiah Hunt
Sept. 10, 1794MEARS, Dolly, from Sterling. Notice by Nath. Rice
Sept. 22, 1794BUCE, Anna, from Westborough. Notice by Samuel Wood
Nov. 21, 1794KNIGHT, Betsey, from Sudbury. Notice by A. Parmenter
Nov. 22, 1794MAYNARD, Abner, Jr., a minor from Boylston. Notice by Amos Rice
Dec. 7, 1794FISK, Sarah, from Uxbridge. Notice by Jo. Maynard
Apr. 1795HARVEY, Jonathan, w. Lydia, son Jonas, from Hopkinton. Notice by Joel Rice

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.