Town of Worchester, Worchester County Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788
Transcribed by Matthew Tooley
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"Warnings Out" for the Town of Worchester, 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.
Worchester, Massachusetts Warnings Out, 1737-1788
| Aug. 18, 1761 | ALLEN, Lydia, son Salmon, from Poquioge |
| May 11, 1762 | ADAMS, Rachel, poor, about 20 years old, from Grafton, June, 1761, now at house of Isaac Willard |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | ADAMS, Peter, from Westborough, Aug. 31, '62 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | ANTHONY, Joseph, mulatto boy, from Grafton, June, 1766 |
| May 14, 1745 | BOYDEN, Joseph, Jr., w. Judith, several small ch. poor |
| Aug. 18, 1752 | BULLARD, Jonathan, w. and family |
| May 8, 1753 | BALDRICH, William, w. 2 ch. In house of Ebenezer Starns and Cornelius Waldo, Esq. who are warned not to entertain them longer |
| Feb. 1, 1757 | BLAIR, William, w. Jean, 5 small ch., from Leicester, now at house belonging to late Samuel Thomas, Dec. 21, 1756 |
| Aug. 18, 1761 | BALL, Caleb, w. and child, from Westminster, July 1, 1761 |
| Nov. 3, 1761 | BUCK, Jonathan, w. Rachel, from Sutton |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | BUTLER, James, from Charlton, now at James Glasford's |
| May 10, 1763 | BARRET, John, from Rutland, Oct. 26, 1762 |
| May 21, 1765 | BARRACKS, William, from Shrewsbury, Oct. '63 |
| May 21, 1765 | BROWN, Sene, from Sudbury |
| May 21, 1765 | BROWN, Abigail, from Brookfield |
| May 11, 1766 | BARNS, Betty, from Concord, Nov. 1765 |
| Aug. 19, 1766 | BELKNAP, Joseph, from Holden, June 30, 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | BRADLEY, John, 7 years old, with Timothy Biglo, from Boston, Jan. 1, 1767 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | BROOKS, Joseph, from Boston, Oct. 17, 1766 |
| Feb. 26, 1745 | CROSEY, Sarah and young child |
| Nov. 5, 1745 | COOMES, Jane, indigent |
| May 13, 1746 | CROSBY, Sarah, w. of David, 4 or 5 ch. |
| Aug. 18, 1752 | CHANDLER, Jonathan, Jr., Catharine, Sarah and mulatto child |
| Feb. 1749 | CUTTING, George, aged, now with William McClellan |
| Feb. 1, 1757 | CRASSEY, John, w. and children, from Douglas, now at Capt. Thomas Stearns |
| Feb. 1, 1757 | COLLAR, Abigail, from Shrewsbury, at house of Samuel Hibbert, Jan. 10, 1757 |
| Nov. 1760 | CARRIL, Rosanna, w. of John, dau. Sarah |
| Aug. 18, 1761 | COOK, Thomas, w. from Newton, July 1, 1761 |
| May 21, 1765 | CRAWFORD, Martha, from Leicester, May 1, '65 |
| May 11, 1766 | CON, Rose, from Westborough, Mar. 1765 |
| Feb. 1, 1743 | DUNCAN, John, w. and child |
| May 2, 1760 | DUTTON, Hannah, widow, from Billerica |
| May 11, 1766 | DIX, Elijah, from Firringham, Berkshire County, Mar. 25, 1765 |
| May 1759 | EAGER, Solomon, w. and family, from Marlboro, now at Daniel Barns |
| Nov. 1760 | ELITRAP, Elizabeth, from Boston, Sept. 8, 1760 |
| Dec. 8, 1744 | FREELAND, James, w. Mary, now in John Watson's and Zachariah Brown's house |
| Feb. 1749 | FARNSWORTH, Reuben, w. several small ch. at James Holmes |
| May 12, 1752 | FARMER, William, w. children, from Lancaster, now at Dr. Nahum Willard's |
| May 8, 1753 | FESSENDEN, Mary, minor, in care of Mrs. Mary Fessenden, from Boston |
| May 13, 1755 | FARMER, Abigail, poor, now at Capt. Thomas Stearns, Apr. 17, 1755 |
| May 2, 1760 | FISKE, Jonathan, w. and children. Also John |
| Nov. 1760 | FLEMING, Sarah |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | FARNSWORTH, Aaron, from Groton, Aug. 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | FITTS, Samuel, from Sutton, May, 1766 |
| May 29, 1740 | GLASFORD, Miriam, from Leicester, now at James Glasford's |
| Aug. 21, 1753 | GEORGE, Sarah, minor, at either John Stearns, Jr. or Capt. John Stearns. From Groton or Harvard |
| Nov. 5, 1755 | GILMORE, David |
| May 13, 1755 | GAMBLE, Joseph, w. and child, poor, from Framingham, Middlesex Co., Apr. 7, 1755 |
| Feb. 1, 1757 | GLEASON, Isaac, w. Mary, ch. Lucy, Dorothy |
| Feb. 1, 1757 | GOURLEY, Thomas, w. Catharine, ch. John, William, Thomas, Jeremiah, Jan. 3, 1757 |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | GOODENOW, Abigail, Oct. 1, 1762 |
| May 21, 1765 | GREGORY, Margaret |
| May 11, 1766 | GALE, Daniel, 14 years old, from Sutton, Apr. 1765 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | GRIGGS, John, w. ch. Mehitable, William, Gideon, Anna |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | GRIGGS, Samuel, David and others, from Dedham, May, 1766 |
| Feb. 1749 | HULL, James, w. and several small ch. at Widow Sprout's. Again Nov. 6, 1753, in house belonging to heirs of Jonathan Grout, deceased, came from Sutton, and resided in Worcester six or seven months |
| Aug. 16, 1757 | HAWTHORN, Silas, w. 2 ch., from Rutland, Mar. 1757, now at William Walker's, Sept. 5, '56 |
| Nov. 3, 1761 | HOLDEN, Rachel, widow, Mar. 1761 |
| Nov. 3, 1761 | HULL, ---, widow, ch., from Sutton, June '61 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | HOWARD, Hannah, from Sutton, Feb. 1764 |
| May 2, 1765 | HOLMES, William, w. Mary, from Woodstock, Jan. 10, 1765 |
| Aug. 20, 1765 | HENRY, Elizabeth, from Shirley, Oct. 1764 |
| May 11, 1766 | HAVEN, Daniel, w. and ch. Stephen Mansfield, from Dedham, Apr. 1765 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | HAYDEN, John, child, from Boston, now with John Newton, Feb. 24, 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | HARBACH, Thomas, from Sutton, Apr. 14, '66 |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | HAYDEN, Deborah, from Sudbury, Mar. 24, '66 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | HOLDEN, Daniel, w. Jemima, Nov. 25, 1766 |
| Nov. 5, 1755 | KENNEDY, Thomas, w. ch., from Easton, Bristol Co., May 9, 1755 |
| Aug. 18, 1761 | KNAP, Daniel, w. children |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | KNIGHT, Azael, w. Luce, from Stow, Apr. '62 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | KNEEL, John, from Hingham, Feb. 1764 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | KELLY, Lawrence, transient, June, 1764 |
| May 14, 1754 | LYCETT, ----, w., from Woodbury, Conn., now at Joseph Smith's, Feb. 12, 1754 |
| Aug. 19, 1766 | LYON, Ebenezer, w., from Sutton, Apr. 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | LEWIS, ----, from Boston, Aug. 1, 1766 |
| Aug. 17, 1742 | MCFIN (?), Martha, Again Feb. 26, 1745 |
| Dec. 8, 1744 | MCMAINS, Robert, w. Elizabeth, dau. Azubah. June, '44. Now in Geo. Herrington's house |
| Aug. 20, 1765 | MILLER, Isaac, w. Sarah, ch. Sarah, Patience, Tillotson, Joseph, Issac, Marshall, John, Katharine, William, from Shrewsbury, Aug. 12, '65 |
| Nov. 5, 1755 | MCNEAL, Henry, w. Mary, from Boston, Suffolk Co., very poor, Jan. 6, 1755 |
| May 13, 1755 | MCDONALD, Nicholas, w. indigent, from Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Apr. 17, 1755 |
| Aug. 19, 1755 | MCWATERS, John, w. ch. Elizabeth, Mary, James, indigent, from Shrewsbury, June 23, 1755 |
| May 9, 1759 | MCNEIL, Mary, from Boston, now at house of James Quigley, Aug. 13, 1758 |
| May 2, 1760 | MILLS, Mary and child, from Hopkinton |
| May 11, 1762 | MCDONALD, ----, 2 ch., poor |
| Nov. 2, 1762 | MCINTIRE, Judith, from Charlton, now at James Glasford's house |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | MAN, Obadiah, w. from Spencer, Sept. 1763 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | MAXEY, William, Samuel, minors, from Ipswich, Apr. 26, 1764 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | MAXEY, Elijah, w. son Elijah |
| May 11, 1766 | MCFADDES, Margaret |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | MCFADDIN, Francis, w. at William Oaks' house, from Bolton, Mar. 4, 1766 |
| Nov. 5, 1755 | NORTHGATE, Esau, w., 2 negroes, Jan. 6, 1755 |
| May 11, 1762 | NEWTON, John, w. from Marlborough, now at house of David Cunningham, Apr. 26, 1762 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | NICHOLS, Thomas and family, from Sutton, May, 1766 |
| Nov. 3, 1747 | PETERS, Aaron. Moses Peters is notified not to entertain him |
| Feb. 4, 1752 | PARKER, Robert, w. children, now at Eliakem Rice's who is notified not to entertain them |
| Nov. 6, 1753 | PAUL, Sarah, single woman, with child, from Union, in Colony of Connecticut |
| May 2, 1760 | PERRY, Joseph, w. and children, from Boston |
| May 11, 1766 | PROCTOR, Ephraim, from Harvard, Dec. 1764 |
| May 11, 1766 | PAINE, Sarah, widow, dau. Rosanna, from Bolton, Oct. 1765 |
| May 11, 1766 | QUIRK, William, from Pomfret, Conn., Mar. 19, 1765 |
| Dec. 8, 1744 | REED, Benjamin, w. Mary, Sept. 1744. Now in David Kindal's house |
| May 12, 1752 | ROBERTS, John, w. dau. about 12 years old. Also Philip. Indigent |
| Feb. 1, 1757 | RUTHERFORD, John |
| May 21, 1765 | REDMAN, Moses, from Lancaster, May, 1764 |
| Aug. 19, 1766 | RANDELL, Benjamin, from Watertown, May, '66 |
| Aug. 17, 1742 | SWAN, Dudley Wade |
| May 1759 | SMITH, Jacob, w. children, from Country Gore, Grafton, and Worcester without the bounds of any town, Apr. 1759 |
| Nov. 6, 1759 | SEAGER, Sarah, Sept. 27, 1759 |
| May 2, 1760 | STOCKWELL, John, w. and child, from Sutton |
| May 21, 1765 | SANGER, Solomon, from Watertown, June, 1764 |
| May 21, 1765 | SPRING, Henry, w. Abigail, ch. Mary, Amos, Sarah, from Sudbury |
| May 11, 1766 | SPRING, Kezia, from Waltham, Oct. 1765 |
| May 11, 1766 | STEVENS, Martha, age 11 yrs., from Holden, Sept. 1764 |
| Feb. 1, 1743 | TRACER, Elizabeth |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | TOMBS, a negro, w. Dutchess, from Rutland |
| May 21, 1765 | TUCKER, Zephania, about 8 years old, son of Stephen, from Leicester, Apr. 1, 1765 |
| Aug. 18, 1767 | TUCKER, Martha, w. of Benjamin, ch. Benjamin, Jacob, Davis, Ichabod, from Leicester, Apr. 6, 1766 |
| May 8, 1750 | VERRY, Francis, w. children |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | VENNIM, Martha, minor, from Ipswich, Apr. 26, 1764 |
| Dec. 8, 1744 | WOOD, Joseph, w. Tabitha, ch. Joseph, Isaac, Elinor, Rebecca, June, 1744, now in Obadiah Cooley's house |
| May 1759 | WHETCOMB, Cyrus, w. and family, at house of the late Jonathan Lynds. From Leicester |
| May 2, 1760 | WILSON, ----, widow, and child, from Lexington, Feb. 26, 1759 |
| Nov. 3, 1761 | WALKUP, Jemima, and young child, from Framingham, June, 1761 |
| May 10, 1763 | WATT, John, w. Hannah, ch. Hannah, Sarah, John, Daniel, Elizabeth, Ruth, Martha, from Framingham. Apr. 1762 |
| Aug. 21, 1764 | WHITE, Peter, w. aged and infirm, from Shrewsbury, Nov. 1763 |
| May 21, 1765 | WHITNEY, Abigail, 2 ch. Also Ebenezer, all from Brookfield |
| May 11, 1766 | WHEELOCK, Dorcas, w. of Samuel, from Shrewsbury, Feb. 17, 1766 |
| May 11, 1766 | WALKER, Aaron, w. children, from Rutland |
| Aug. 19, 1766 | WILLARD, Elizabeth, from Grafton, May, 1766 |
| Jan. 6, 1767 | WINCH, David, from Holden, Apr. 14, 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.