The following records of births, marriages and' deaths in clude all entries to be found in the church records; in the cemetery records, and in many private records found in fam ily Bibles and other sources. These records are printed in a Condensed form in which every essential particular has been preserved, All duplication of records has been elimi nated, but differences in entry and other explanatory matter appear in brackets. Parentheses are used when they occur in the original record; also to indicate the maiden name of a wife.

When places other than New Salem and Massachusetts are named, they are given in the printed copy. Marriages are printed under the names of both parties. Double-dating is used in the months of January, F ebruary and March, prior to 1752, whenever it appears in the original, and also when ever from the sequence of entry in the original the date may be easily determined. In all records the original spelling of names is followed, and in the alphabetical arrangement the various forms should be examined, as items about the same family may be found under difierent spellings.

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