Archive:Belchertown, Massachusetts, Vital Records

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The following records were transcribed from microfiche by Sue Rood.

Rochester Rundell Library, Rochester, Monroe Co., NY Microfiche / Gr/929.3744/ M414 be

Massachusetts Vital Records: Belchertown 1765-1893 Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1986 LC 82-81851, ISBN 0-87623-036-2 (ISBN 0-931248-23-X Set) Jay Mack Holbrook

Fiches 1-6: B, M, D & I 1773-1849

Fiche 7: Index: births by Families 1765-1849

Fiche 8-15: Births by Families 1765-1849

Fiche 16-17: Index B, M, D 1843-1857 Book A

Fiche 18-19: Births, Marriages, Deaths 1844-1857

Fiche 20-22: Index to Births 1857-1892 Vol B.

Fiche 23-24: Births 1857-1892 Vol B

Fiche 25-27: Index to Marriages 1857-1893. Vol B

Fiche 28-30: Marriages 1857-1893. Vol B

Fiche 31-33: Index to Deaths 1857-1892 Vol B

Fiche 34-36: Deaths 1857-1892 Vol B

Fiche #2

p. ? This first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two Mr Ezekiel Hartshorn and widow Dorothy Whitney both of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

p. 120 Married 12 Aug 1802 Ezekiel Hartshorn widower & Dorothy Whitney relict of Joshua Whitney of Belchertown

p. ? This sixth day of Novmeber in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred three W. Daniel Whitney and Eleanor ?Vince? both of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

p. 130 This twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five Amasa Fairfield and Lydia Whitney both of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

p. 137 Married in the past year by me Rev ?? 17 June 1805 Amasa Fairfield and Lydia Whitney

p. 145 This tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven Sylvester Wilson and Lucinda Whitney both of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

p. 151 Married 31 December 1807 Sylvester Wilson and Lucinda Whitney both of Belchertown

p. 191 This sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight fourteen Robert Pierce Williams of Boston and Nancy Bliss Whitney of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

p. 206 Married 27 April 1814 Robert Pierce Williams of Boston and Nancy Bliss Whitney of Belchertown

p. 228 This twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Mr. Elijah Whitney and Betsy Field both of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

p. ? Married in year past-no dates given Elijah Whitney and Betsy Field

p. ? This eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Joel Whitney and ?Beatrice? Pheleps both of Belchertown entered with me their intention of marriage.

Married 19 October 1820 Joel Whitney & ? Phelps

Fiche #15 Birth Records Elijah Whitney m. 24 Sep 1848 20 May 1842 [these dates may be death dates] Betty [sic] Field

Elijah W. Jr. 24 June 1819

Susanna 1 Sept 1821

Joseph 17 Jany 1824

Robert 23 Feb 1826

Harriet D. 19 June 1828

Fiche #18 birth records

p. 14 4 Aug 1830 [no name] Whitney, female, father, Silas Whitney, farmer

p. 22 4 Jan 1853 [no name] Whitney, female, father, Robert Whitney, farmer

Fiche #19 deaths

p. 88

30 Oct 1854 ?____? Whitney

p. 94

19 Feb 1857 Betsy Whitney, single 31,

4 Apr 1857 Mrs. Hannah Whitney, married, 30, consumption, husband Robert Whitney

Fiche #27 Index to marriages

Whitney, Artemas H. p. 3

Julia F. p. 21

Wm A. p. 60 - pages copied from register only went up to page 59!!

These pages were VERY difficult to read...

17 Sep 1858 Artemas Whitney m. ??? b. ?? Dunn, residence ??Amhurst

1869 Julia F. 17, married Lyman Thayer, farmer Parents ?Josiah? & Mary Whitney

Fiches 28-30 Marriage records -this register had columns many cells were blank.

p. 48 13 Nov 1846 Miss Susannah Whitney, single & Mr. Harry W. Olmstead of Springfield, blacksmith married in Belchertown. bride b. Belchertown, father- Elijah Whitney, no data for groom

p. 52 30 Nov 1848 Miss Harriet Whitney, single, 20, b. Belchertown & Andrew J. Douglas, 22, of Windsor, VT married in Belchertown. Father Elijah Whitney

p. 56 This entry is at the bottom of the page and the last line with the brides information was very difficult to read..so it may be wrong ?Dec 21? 1851 Robert N. Whitney, farmer, b. Belchertown, & widow (Ann Morgan) Father Elijah Whitney

Fiche #33 Death Index

Whitney, Betsy p. 1 repeat of info on fiche 19

Mrs. Hann p. 1 " "

(no name) p. 5

Caroline M. p. 46

Silas p. 56

Patience p. 72

Mrs. Silas p. 80 [records only went to p. 60]

Davis B. p. 96

Grace p. 140

Fiche #35

p. 46 Caroline M. Whitney, 70, widow, Belchertown, parents Benjamin & Polly Alden, typhoid fever buried Ludlow

p. 56 Silas Whitney, 86 yrs 1 mo 30 das, married, farmer, b. Belchertown, parents Daniel & Elinor Whitney, died of old age, buried Belchertown.

Before 1890

From Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, from Ancestry.com.

Births

WHITNEY

Anna, d. of Daniel and Eleanon, 7 Jul 1812.

Betsey, d. of Daniel and Eleanon, 18 Nov 1818.

Elijah, s. of Ebenezar and Elener, 30 Mar 1791.

Elijah, 24 Sep 1819.

Elijah Jr., s. of Elijah and Betty, 24 Jun 1819.

Mrs. Elijah Whitney, 20 May 1842.

Hamett D., 19 Jun 1828.

Harriet D., d. of Elijah and Betty, 19 Jun 1828.

Joseph, s. of Ebenezar and Elener, Mar 1793.

Joseph, 17 Jan 1824.

Joseph, s. of Elijah and Betty, 17 Jun 1824.

Moses, s. of Daniel and Eleanon, 22 Mar 1806.

Nancy, d. of Daniel and Eleanon, 6 Dec 1814.

Nancy Bliss, d. of Ebenezer and Elener, 26 Jun 1789.

Robert W., 23 Feb 1826

Robert, s. of Elijah and Betty, 23 Feb 1826.

Silas, s. of Daniel and Eleanon, Apr 1804.

Susanna, d. of Elijah and Betty, 1 Sep 1821.

Susanna T., 1 Sep 1822.

-----, ch. of Silas, 4 Aug 1850.

-----, Female, 1850.

-----, ch. of Robert, 4 Jan 1853.

-----, Female, 1853.

Marriages

WHITNEY

Artemas H., 1858.

Mr. Daniel, and Eleanor Vince, 6 Nov 1803.

Daniel, and Eleanon Vence, 22 Nov 1803.

Daniel, and Eleanor Vince, 23 Nov 1803.

Dorothy, and Ezekiel Hartshorn, 19 Aug 1802.

Dorothy, and Ezechiel Hartshorn, 1 Aug 1802.

Ebenezar, and Elener Bliss, 12 Sep 1788.

Mr. Elijah, and Betsey Ficke, 24 Sep 1818.

Mr. Elijah, and Betty Field, 24 Sep 1818.

Mr. Elijah, and Betsey Field, 28 Aug 1818.

Elijah, and Betsy Field, 30 Apr 1819.

Harriet D., d. of Elijah, and Andrew J. Douglass, 30 Nov 1848.

Harriet D., 1848-1849.

Julia A., d. of Josiah and Mary, and Marcus M. Thayer, 1 Oct 1869.

Julia A., 1868.

Lucinda, and Selvester Wilson, 10 Dec 1807.

Lucinda, and Sylvester Willson, 31 Dec 1807.

Lydia, and Amasa Fairfield, 17 Jun 1805.

Lydia, and Amasa Fairfield, 24 May 1805.

Nancy Bliss, and Robert Pearce Williams, 27 Apr 1814.

Nancy Bliss, and Robert Pierce Williams, 6 Apr 1814.

Mr Robert W., s. of Elijah, and Ann Mongeon, 21 Sep 1851.

Robt., 1851.

Susannah, d. of Elijah, and Henry W. Olmsted, 13 Nov 1846.

Susannah, 1846-1847.

-----, and Amasa Fairfield.

Deaths

WHITNEY

Betsey, 19 Feb 1857.

Betsey, 19 Feb 1857.

Betsey, 1857.

Caroline M., 1885.

Ebenezer, -- --- ----.

Mrs. Elijah Whitney, 1842.

Mrs. Hannah N., w. of Robert, 4 Apr 1857.

Mrs. Hannah, 4 Apr 1857.

Hannah, 1857.

Patience, 1865.

Silas, s. of Daniel and Ellenor, 10 Jun 1890.

Silas, 1890.

-----, Female, 1860.

-----, Male, 1854.

-----, 1861.

1841-1910

From "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

Births

Whitney, [Female], birth, 1850, vol. 43, p. 6:

[number] 32; [birthdate] August 4, 1850; [name] ----- Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Silus Whitney; [residence of father] Belchertown; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, [Female], birth, 1853, vol. 73, p. 3:

[number] 2; [birthdate] Jany. 4th, 1853; [name] ----- Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Robert Whitney; [residence of father] Belchertown; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Belchertown; [birthplace of mother] --; [date of record] March 1, 1854.

Whitney, [Female], birth, 1900, vol. 497, p. 225:

[number] 9; [birthdate] March 3; [name] ----- Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] James B., Eva Wilder; [residence of father] Belchertown; [occupation of father] Laborer; [birthplace of father] Vermont; [birthplace of mother] Mass.

Marriages

Pierce, Fannie A. [Whitney], marriage, 1912, vol. 611, page 257:

[number] 6; [marriage date and place] June 8, Easthampton; [date of record] June 4, 1912; [groom] George E. Coates; [residence] South Deerfield; [age] 69; [occupation] Auctioneer; [birthplace] Heath, Mass.; [parents] Calvin G., Sally A. Porter; [number of marriage] Second (W); [bride] Fannie A. (Whitney) Pierce; [residence] Belchertown; [age] 48; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Montague, Mass.; [parents] Otis, Angeline Hall; [number of marriage] Third (W); [officiant] George H. Barrett, Easthampton, Minister.

Whitney, Artemas H., marriage, 1858, vol. 118, p. 48:

[number] 16; [marriage date and place] Sept. 13; [date of record] --; [groom] Artemas H. Whitney; [residence] Amherst; [age] 25; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Dana; [parents] Geo. W. & Prudence Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Jerusha S. Percival; [residence] Amherst; [age] 27; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Amherst; [parents] Ansel & Sylvia Percival; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Rev. H. B. Blake.

Whitney, Harriet D., marriage, 1848, vol. 37, p. 340:

[number] 17; [marriage date and place] Nov. 30, 1848; [date of record] --; [groom] Andrew J. Douglass; [residence] Windsor, Ct.; [age] 22; [occupation] Oar Maker; [birthplace] unknown; [parents] unknown; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Harriet D. Whitney; [residence] Belchertown; [age] 20; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Elijah Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Rev. Moses Curtis.

Whitney, Julia A., marriage, 1868, vol. 209, p. 63:

[number] 20; [marriage date and place] Oct. 1; [date of record] --; [groom] Marcus M. Thayer; [residence] Belchertown; [age] 26; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] William & Philenia Thayer; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Julia A. Whitney; [residence] Belchertown; [age] 17; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Andover; [parents] Josiah & Mary Whitney [NOTE]; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Rev. H. B. Blake.

Whitney, Rob't, marriage, 1851, vol. 55, p. 5:

[number] 24; [marriage date and place] Sept. 1, 1851; [date of record] --; [groom] Mr. Robt. Whitney; [residence] Belchertown; [age] 23; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Elijah Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Miss Ann Magoon; [residence] Belchertown; [age] 27; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] --; [number of marriage] Third; [officiant] Ref. J. M. Rockwood.

Whitney, Susannah, marriage, 1846, vol. 24, p. 179:

[number] 9; [marriage date and place] Nov. 13, 1846; [date of record] May 20, 1847; [groom] Mr. Henry W. Oldmstead; [residence] Belchertown; [age] --; [occupation] Blacksmith; [birthplace] Springfield; [parents] --; [number of marriage] --; [bride] Miss Susannah Whitney; [residence] Belchertown; [age] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Elijah Whitney; [number of marriage] --; [officiant] Rev. Moses Curtis of Belchertown.

Deaths

Whitney, [Female], death, 1860, vol. 139, p. 4:

[number] 39; [death date and place] --; [date of record] --; [name] ----- Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] --; [age] 79; [cause] unknown; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, [Male], death, 1854, vol. 85, p. 3:

[number] 43; [death date and place] Oct. 29; [date of record] --; [name] ----- Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] --; [age] 2 - -; [cause] Unknown; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Robert Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Betsey [NOTE], death, 1857, vol. 112, p. 3:

[number] 8; [death date and place] July 19; [date of record] --; [name] Betsey Whitney [NOTE]; [sex] Female; [marital status] Single; [age] 31; [cause] scrofula; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Caroline M. [Alden], death, 1885, vol. 365, p. 3:

[number] --; [death date and place] Sept. 8; [date of record] Sept. 9; [name] Caroline M. Alden Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 70 - -; [cause] Typhoid fever; [residence] Belchertown, bur. in Ludlow; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Greenwich; [parents] Benjamin & Polly Alden; [parents' birthplaces] American.

Whitney, Electa [Wood], death, 1896, vol. 464, p. 8:

[number] 36; [death date and place] Oct. 27; [date of record] Oct. 28; [name] Electa Wood, Silas Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married; [age] 89 8 3; [cause] Influenza; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] Housewife; [birthplace] Colraine; [parents] Edmund, Margaret; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Mrs. Elijah, death, 1842, vol. 2, p. 276:

[number] --; [death date and place] 1842, May 21; [date of record] --; [name] Ms. Elijah Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] --; [age] 52; [cause] Consumption; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Grace, death, 1900, vol. 505, p. 247:

[number] 28; [death date and place] May 21; [date of record] May 22; [name] Grace Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] --; [age] 2 3 -; [cause] Inflammation of brain; [residence] Belchertown, bur. No. Adams; [occupation] --; [birthplace] No. Adams; [parents] Francis B. Whitney, Cora A. Wilder; [parents' birthplaces] Halifax, N.S., Oxford.

Whitney, Hannah N. [-----], death, 1857, vol. 112, p. 3:

[number] 13; [death date and place] April 4; [date of record] --; [name] Hannah N. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married; [age] 30; [cause] Consumption; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] --; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Patience [Chase], death, 1865, vol. 184, p. 3:

[number] 3; [death date and place] Jany. 13; [date of record] --; [name] Patience Whitney (m.n. Chase); [sex] Female; [marital status] Widow; [age] 72 11 -; [cause] Cancer; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Jacob Chase; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Silas, death, 1890, vol. 410, p. 6:

[number] 36; [death date and place] June 10; [date of record] Dec. 31; [name] Silas Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 86 1 20; [cause] Old age; [residence] Belchertown; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Belchertown; [parents] Daniel & Ellanor; [parents' birthplaces] Belchertown, Wrentham.

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