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The town of Medfield, Norfolk County
(formerly in Suffolk County, until 1793), was
established May 22, 1650, from a part of
Dedham. May 28, 1659, land was granted to
Medfield. October 24, 1713, a part of Medfield
was established as Medway.
Explanations.
When places other than Medfield and
Massachusetts are named in the original
records, they are given in the printed copy.
In all records the original spelling is
followed.
The various spellings of a name should
be examined, as items about the same family
or individual might be found under different
spellings.
Marriages and intentions of marriages
are printed under the names of both parties,
but the full information concerning each
party is given only in the entry under his
or her name. When both the marriage and
intention of marriage are recorded only the
marriage record is printed; and where a
marriage appears without the intention
recorded, it is designated with an asterisk.
Additional information which does not
appear in the original text of an item,
i.e., any explanation, query, inference or
difference shown in other entries of the
record, is bracketed. Parentheses are used
only when they occur in the original text or
to separate clauses found there — such as
the birth-place of parents, in late marriage
records.
The double date is used in the months
from January to March inclusive, prior to
1752, only when it so appears in an entry,
or when it is obvious from the position of
the entry in the records.
Abbreviations
a.— age
abt. — about
b. — born
ch. — child
chn. — children
Co. — county
d. — daughter; died; day
Dea. — deacon
dup. — duplicate entry
h. — husband
hrs. — hours
inf. — infant
int. — publishment of intention of marriage
Jr. — junior
m. — married; month
prob. — probably
rec. — recorded
s. — son
Sr. — senior
w. — wife; week
wid. — widow
widr. — widower
y. — year
2d. — second
3d. — third.
