VITAL RECORDS
OF THE
Town of Auburn,
(Formerly WARD),
MASSACHUSETTS,
To the end of the year 1850.

With the INSCRIPTIONS from the
OLD BURIAL GROUNDS.

In Memory of

IN WHOSE HONOR
THE TERRITORY OF AUBURN WAS FIRST NAMED,
AND OF

The First Minister of the Town.

"In this work of bringing original material into form for quickreference and practical use, the list of Births, Marriages and Deathsof a place should first be secured and printed, as personal recordsare the real and important foundation of local history."

—Extract from letter conferring Trusteeship of Systematic HistoryFund.

Preface.

The Records of Auburn have a close and important relation to those ofWorcester, Leicester, Sutton and Oxford, towns prominent in thehistory of the early settlement of central Massachusetts. Especiallyare these Records supplementary to the Town Records of Worcester,which have been edited and printed in full by the Trustee of theSystematic History Fund, and they may be considered in reality acontinuation of the work which was comprehended in a plan formed byhim for the practical development of the original historical materialof this section.

With the exception of brief sketches in narrative form, comprisedin certain general works, nothing in the shape of a town historyof Auburn has been printed. Its Records are in a fair state ofpreservation, but accessible only to those who are on the ground.This first publication presents the full personal record (which inevery case is the true foundation of local history) so far as itcan be gathered from the town books, and added to this are theinscriptions from the two older burial grounds in the town, all insystematized form for reference.

Speaking in a general way, all local records of the early period inNew England are incomplete and imperfect, the degree varying to someextent in different places, but none have been found entirely freefrom omissions, discrepancies and other errors. The Records of Auburnafford about the average number of such instances. But this statementshould not carry the implication that the value and practicalusefulness of town and other records are seriously impaired by thesmall percentage of inaccuracies common in all human works, and of

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