Collected and arranged by FRANKLIN P. RICE. WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS: PUBLISHED BY FRANKLIN P. RICE, Trustee of the Fund. 1900. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES PRINTED AND NUMBERED. No. 133. 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 quick reference and practical use, the list of Births, Marriages and Deaths of a place should first be secured and printed, as personal records

The Records of Auburn have a close and important relation to those of Worcester, Leicester, Sutton and Oxford, towns prominent in the history of the early settlement of central Massachusetts. Especially are these Records supplementary to the Town Records of Worcester, which have been edited and printed in full by the Trustee of the Systematic History Fund, and they may be considered in reality a continuation of the work which was comprehended in a plan formed by him for the practical development

The Town of Auburn was originally set off from Worcester, Sutton, Leicester and Oxford, and was incorporated on the 10th of April, 1778, with the name of Ward, in honor of General Artemas Ward, of Shrewsbury, a man of great prominence in this region, active as a patriot during the difficulties that caused the separation from the mother country, and receiving on the eve of hostilities the appointment of First Major General in the Revolutionary Army. He was at a later period Chief Justice of the C

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Bailey. 1. In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey , relict of Rev. Isaac Bailey, who died Jan. 5, 1842, aged 86 years & 8 mo. "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." 2. In Memory of Rev. Isaac Bailey , who departed this Life, April 10, 1814, in the 62, year of his age. 3-4. Also of two Sons of Rev. Isaac & Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, who were born, one on the 18, and the other on the 19, of March 1785, and who died one March 21, 1785, and the other Feb. 2, 1790. Ba

Adams. 1. Almira , daughter of Reuben & Sophia Adams, died Dec. 15, 1839, aged 12 years. 2. In Memory of Mr. Reuben Adams , who died Nov. 4, 1838, aged 56 years. Reader be wise to-day Prepare to meet thy God. 3. Sophia Adams died Jan. 31, 1844, aged 62. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: Yea, saith the spirit, from henceforth: for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them. Barnard. [Inscriptions on Barnard Monument:] Base: BARNARD. South side: 4. John C. Barnard ,