Town of Shrewsbury, Worchester County Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788
Transcribed by Matthew Tooley
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"Warnings Out" for the Town of Shrewsbury, 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.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788
| Nov. 7, 1752 | ALLEN, Noah, and w. at house of Nahum Ward, Esq. who is warned not to entertain them longer |
| May 9, 1759 | ARNOLD, Elizabeth |
| May 11, 1766 | ALLEN, Simeon, from Sutton |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | ARNOLD, Abigail, dau. Abigail, from Newton |
| Feb. 4, 1752 | BRIGHAM, Charles, infant at Daniel Allen's, from Marlborough |
| Feb. 4, 1752 | BALL, Beulah, at house of William Brown |
| Feb. 4, 1752 | BINGHAM, Abraham, at house of Daniel Allen |
| Feb. 3, 1756 | BENNIT, Moses, w. Joanna, ch. Moses, Patience, Jemima, Josiah, William, Jan. 12, 1756 |
| May 11, 1762 | BENSON, William, and in Aug. Dido, negroes |
| May 1758 | BENNIT, Samuel, w. Alice, now at house of Nat. Davenport, Feb. 21, 1758 |
| May 1759 | BENNIT, Mary, son Josiah, Nov. 1758 |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | BOSWORTH, Jonathan, w. Susanna, ch. Jonathan, Susanna, Jemima, Hepzibah, Beulah, June 4 |
| May 1766 | BONKER, Josiah, May 6, 1766 |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | BREWER, Nathan, apprentice to Solomon Holman, from Sutton |
| Aug. 16, 1748 | CUTTING, Betty, w. of Zachariah, ch. Jonas, Hannah |
| May 14, 1745 | COMINS, Robert |
| Aug. 16, 1743 | CROUCH, Elizabeth |
| Aug. 1760 | CROSSMAN, James, w. Sarah, ch. James, Sarah, Aug. 12, 1760 |
| May 22, 1761 | CROSEY, Benjamin, ch. Sarah, Benjamin, Rebecca, Hepzibeth, Simon, Elisha, Charles, Abijah |
| May 10, 1763 | COMINS, Elias, Mar. 16, 1763 |
| May 14, 1764 | CUTTING, Lydia, poor, from Worcester, Oct. 16, 1764 |
| May 11, 1766 | CARPENTER, Esther |
| May 11, 1766 | CLEWS, Thomas, w. Sarah, ch. Betty, from Cumberland, N. S., Mar. 24, 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | COMEE, Aaron, from Lexington, Dec. 8, 1766 |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | CURTIS, Rebecca, ch. William |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | CURTIS, Elizabeth |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | CURTIS, Joseph, w. Elinor, dau. Elinor |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | DUNLAP, Samuel, w. Lucy |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | EARLES, Jacob, w. Relief, ch. John, Jacob, Relief |
| May 1758 | FRENCH, Martha, at house of Nicholas Briard, Feb. 2, 1758 |
| May 1759 | FRENCH, Joseph, generally at house of William Goss, Nov. 10, 1758 |
| May 1759 | FOSTER, Thomas, w. Mary, ch. Hannah, Mary, Jemima, Mar. 30, 1758 |
| May 11, 1761 | FLAGG, Solomon, Dec. 18, 1760 |
| Aug. 18, 1761 | FARR, Daniel, ch. Edward, Patience, now at house of Samuel Bennet, Aug. 4, 1761 |
| May 11, 1766 | FLOOD, Mary, Feb. 6, 1766 |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | FASSET, Jonathan, w. Sarah, ch. Jonathan, Sarah, from Bedford, Jan. 5, 1767 |
| Nov. 1748 | GREEN, Sarah |
| Feb. 3, 1756 | GLEASON, Isaac, w. Thankful, ch. Joseph, James, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Thankful, Jan. 6, 1756 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | GOLDSBURY, John, w. Rebecca, ch. Katharine, William, John |
| Feb. 6, 1753 | HIBBERD, Mary, at house of Ensign Daniel Willard |
| May 11, 1756 | HARRIS, Daniel, w. Jerusha |
| May 11, 1756 | HARRIS, Samuel, entertained by Thomas Smith |
| Sept. 21, 1762 | HOW, Sally, residing with Dea. Cyprian Keyes |
| May 10, 1763 | HASTINGS, Edmund |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | HASTINGS, Moses, w. Abigail, son Nevenson |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | HENDERSON, Thomas, w. Hannah, ch. Betty, Samuel |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | HEMENWAY, Simeon, from Framingham |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | HAVEN, William, from Framingham, Jan. 5, '67 |
| May 10, 1763 | JAHAL, Scipio, w. Esther, dau. Alice |
| May 10, 1763 | JAHAL, Molly, alias Mary, Apr. 22, 1763 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | KIMBALL, Ephraim, w. Elizabeth, ch. Hannah, Elizabeth, Susanna, May 1, 1764 |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | KIMLON, Tamsen, ch. Betty |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | LOCKRIDGE, James |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | LOVERING, Mary, July 1, 1763 |
| May 8, 1764 | MOISE, Rachel, Mar. 23, 1764 |
| May 11, 1766 | MAXEY, Elijah, w. Mary, ch. William, Samuel, Elijah, from Worcester |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | MUNROE, Nathaniel, w. Lucy, son Abraham |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | OBENS, John, w. Ruth, from Boxford |
| Aug. 16, 1748 | PRIEST, Joshua, w. Sarah, 2 ch. |
| Aug. 20, 1754 | PIKE, Jacob, w. Elizabeth, ch. John, Jacob, Elizabeth |
| Aug. 20, 1754 | PHILIPS, John, w. Hannah, ch. Sarah, Jonathan, at house of Reuben Moore, July 2, 1754 |
| May 9, 1759 | PIKE, Ebenezer, w. Susanna, Jan. 17, 1758 |
| May 9, 1759 | PRENTICE, Henry, w. Mary, ch. John, Thomas, Jerusha, and Lydia Walker, dau. of said Mary |
| May 11, 1762 | PICKSFORD, William, from Grafton, now with John Sherman, Feb. 1, 1762 |
| May 11, 1762 | PRATT, Elizabeth, Feb. 9, 1762 |
| May 11, 1762 | PERRY, Sarah, alias Benson, white, called by William Benson, (colored) his wife, Feb. 1, '62 |
| Aug. 1762 | PERRY, Abigail, (alias Sarah) at house of Mary Foster, Aug. 2, 1761 |
| May 10, 1763 | PALMER, David, w. Eunice, dau. Eunice |
| May 11, 1766 | PERRY, Daniel, w. Mary, ch. Daniel or Isaac, from Lancaster |
| Mar. 28, 1780 | PAGE, Benjamin, w. Abigail, ch. Hannah, Polly, Ruth, William, Benjamin |
| May 9, 1760 | ROGERS, Elizabeth, son Timothy, Jan. 21, 1759 |
| May 8, 1764 | RUGG, Benjamin |
| May 11, 1766 | RUSSEL, Reuben, w. Mary and child |
| May 11, 1766 | ROBERTS, Hannah, from Grafton |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | RICE, Josiah |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | FLAGG, Eunice, from Marlborough |
| Aug. 1739 | GREEN, Mary, and several ch. |
| May 12, 1752 | GROVER, Eliza, son John Grover, alias Crocker |
| May 9, 1749 | GOODALL, Thomas, w. 2 ch. |
| May 9, 1749 | GREEN, Sarah and child |
| Aug. 19, 1755 | GARFIELD, Benjamin, w. Susanna, he from Westborough, she from Sutton, very poor, June 12 |
| Nov. 2, 1756 | GATES, Samuel, w. Abigail, ch. Abigail, Sarah, from Framingham, Aug. 2, 1756 |
| Nov. 7, 1758 | GORE, Sarah, from Leicester, now at Moses Bellows |
| May 11, 1761 | GOULD, Sarah, from Hopkinton, July 18, 1760 |
| May 11, 1762 | GIBBS, Jacob, w. Sarah, ch. John, Sarah, Hannah, Jerusha, from Rutland |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | GARFIELD, Benjamin, from Sutton |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | GOULD, Mary, from Marlborough, June 12, '64 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | GAMWELL, Joseph, w. Lucy, ch. Joseph, John, Mary, James, Elizabeth, from Westborough, Apr. 1766 |
| May 12, 1747 | HOW, John, Jr., w. Hannah, ch. John, Benjamin, Sarah |
| Feb. 5, 1754 | HARRIS, Stephen, w. and child, from Framingham |
| May 11, 1761 | HARDWAY, Abigail, from Framingham, Mar. 27, 1761 |
| May 11, 1761 | HUTSON (?), Martha, from Sudbury, May 15, '60 |
| Feb. 7, 1764 | HARVEY, Simeon, w. Violet, ch. Hannah, Reuben, Peter, from Westborough |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | HARDY, Samuel, w. Rachel, ch. Benjamin, Martha, from Westborough, May 8, 1764 |
| Jan. 7, 1766 | HEMENWAY, Ichabod, Daniel, w. Thankful, ch. Martha, Daniel, from Framingham, Apr. 4, 1765 |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | JOHNSON, Seth, from Brookfield |
| May 11, 1766 | JOHNSON, Luther, from Framingham, Apr. 15, '65 |
| Nov. 7, 1758 | LEGS, Caleb, from Newton, now at John Newton's |
| May 9, 1759 | LOCK, Eliza and David, from Townsend, Middlesex County, Dec. 5, 1758 |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | LARRABEE, Elinor, from Lynn |
| May 11, 1756 | MANNING, Elizabeth, from Marlborough, now at Beriah Newton's |
| Nov. 7, 1758 | MAYNARD, Jane King, ch. Martha, from Westborough, now at Col. Timothy Brigham's |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | MATTHEWS, Jabez, from Framingham |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | MATHEWS, Abigail, w. of Joel, ch. Samuel, Asabel, Jonas, Zena, from Rockingham, N. Y., Oct. '66 |
| Aug. 18, 1752 | NEWTON, Amos, w. 2 daus., from Stafford, Conn., Apr. 1752 |
| May 10, 1757 | NEWTON, Jonas, poor ch., from Marlborough, Sept. 25, 1756, now at William Onthank's |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | NEWTON, Alpheus, son of Richard, from Westminster, Oct. 25, 1762 |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | NEWTON, Luke, from Braintree |
| Nov. 2, 1756 | POWERS, William, from Marlborough, Aug. 23, '56, now at house of Hananiah Parker |
| May 10, 1757 | PARMENTER, Martha, age and poor, from Sudbury, Middlesex County, now at James Lewis's, Feb. 14, 1757 |
| Nov. 7, 1758 | PIKE, Elizabeth, from Shrewsbury, now at James Bridges |
| Nov. 7, 1758 | PIKE, John, from Shrewsbury, now at Robert Home's |
| May 11, 1762 | PRESCOTT, Mary, ch. Mary Foster, from Acton, Middlesex County |
| May 11, 1762 | PARKER, Asa, from Westborough, Oct. 24, '61 |
| May 10, 1763 | PIERCE, Mehitable, from Framingham |
| May 11, 1766 | PARKHURST, William, from Waltham, Sept. 16, '65 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | PARKER, Abigail, from Hopkinton, Apr. 1766 |
| Feb. 6, 1753 | RUE, Judith, from Marlborough, now at Ezekiel Newton's, who is warned not to entertain her |
| May 10, 1757 | RANDALL, Joshua, poor ch. from Tomson, Killingly, Conn., about 10 years old, now with Eliza Bellows, Feb. 14, 1756 |
| Nov. 7, 1758 | READ, Elijah, poor, from Norwich, Conn., July 8, 1758 |
| May 11, 1761 | RAY, Mary, from Marlborough, Sept. 4, 1760 |
| May 10, 1763 | RYDER, Ebenezer, from Hopkinton |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | RAWSON, Paul, w. Sarah, ch. Tryphena, Joel, Peletiah, from Brookfield, Apr. 1766 |
| Aug. 1737 | STEEL, Joseph, w. 3 ch. |
| May 10, 1757 | SMITH, Sarah, aged, from Westborough, now at Ebenezer Johnson's |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | STACY, Anna, from Framingham, July 5, 1763 |
| May 11, 1766 | STOW, Abraham, from Marlborough, Apr. 5, '65 |
| Nov. 5, 1755 | TUTTLE, Joseph, ch., father unknown, from Framingham, Middlesex Co., now with Elijah Bellows, Oct. 25, 1755 |
| May 10, 1757 | TRAIN, Jonathan, poor ch. from Hopkinton, Feb. 1756 |
| Aug. 1760 | TRAIN, Lucy, poor girl, from Framingham, at house of Thomas Gorhail ?, Jan. 15, 1760 |
| Aug. 16, 1763 | TRUE, William, from Lynn |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | THOMAS, Ruth, from Lebanon, Conn., Sept. 28, '63 |
| Aug. 16, 1737 | WHEAT, Joshua, w. and children |
| May 9, 1749 | WALKER, Ruth |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | WOOD, Sarah, poor ch. from Westborough |
| May 10, 1763 | WOODS, Hannah, from Westborough |
| May 10, 1763 | WINCH, Silas, from Framingham |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | WOODS, Lucy, from Westborough |
| May 14, 1765 | WRIGHT, Nehemiah, w. Mary, ch. Patte, Nehemiah, Mehitable, Margaret, Mary, from Framingham, Apr. 1765 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | WARD, Martha, Calvin, from Grafton, Mar. and Oct. 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | WESSON, William, w. Mary, from Framingham, Sept. 18, 1766 |
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.