Source Information

Ancestry.com. Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Birth Records to 1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Eggen, Cheryl, comp. Vital Records of Newburyport MA to the End of the year 1849. Salem, MA, USA: The Essex Institute, 1911.

About Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Birth Records to 1850

This database, consisting of nearly 16,000 birth records, is one portion of the vital records for Newburyport (Essex County), Massachusetts up to 1850. The records include all entries found in the books of record kept by the town clerks, in the church records, in the cemetery inscriptions, and in many private records found in family bibles. At the end of the database, there are two additional groups that may be of interest to those whose family may have lived in Newburyport. These additional parts include a section where the surname was missing (in the surname column, the phrase "Surname Missing" has been included) and a list of African American births that were recorded.

Record Layout:

Field 1:   Surname
Field 2:   Given Name
Field 3:   Son/Daughter (S or D)
Field 4:   Father's Name and Occupation
Field 5:   Mother's Name
Field 6:   Birth/Baptism Date
Field 7:   Additional Information