Archives Box #1003
Container
Contains 36 Results:
Old Burying Ground: Burials, Receipts, and Plot Maintenance, 1773-1846
Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 004
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1) Payment of six shillings from the Town of Southborough to Jotham Bellows for digging Nathaniel Beel’s grave (1/1/1773)2) Payment of six shillings from the Town of Southborough to Nathan Bridges for making a coffin for Nathaniel Beals (2/10/1773)3) Payment of five shillings from the Town of Southborough to Joseph Newton for “trouble and attendance upon the corps of Nathaniel Beal, deceased” (5/17/1773)4) Payment of five...
Dates:
1773-1846
Southborough Rural Cemetery: Deeds and Upkeep, 1874 - 2022, bulk: 1874, 1895-1915, 1972-2022
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series contains deeds to cemetery plots in Southborough's Rural Cemetery, records related to the maintenance and upkeep of graves, and a plan of the cemetery that was drawn in 1874. Plot deeds are organized alphabetically by the plot owner's surname. Plot deeds provide the date of purchase, name of the lot purchaser and their home address, the lot and range numbers of the purchased plot, and amount paid for the plot in addition to perpetual care.
Dates:
1874 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1874, 1895-1915, 1972-2022
South and West Boundaries of Southborough Rural Cemetery, 1874
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 004
Scope and Contents
Plan drawn by Dexter Newton showing the South and West boundaries of the Southborough Rural Cemetery, and its border with Peter Fay’s property. The plan does not provide the locations of plots or sections within the cemetery, and only documents the cemetery’s exterior borders.
Dates:
1874
First Church of Southborough (Congregational), 1733 - 1873
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes records maintained by the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the First Church of Southborough (Congregational), and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough. Since there was no separation of church and state in Massachusetts until 1806, the majority of records pertain to the First Congregational Church where the pastor was an employee of the town. The congregation was supported through public taxation in the form of a mandatory “Minister Tax''. Surviving...
Dates:
1733 - 1873
Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough, 1832 - 1840
Series — Container: Archives Box #1003
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes records maintained by the Town Clerk’s Office which relate to the First Church of Southborough (Congregational), and the Pilgrim Evangelical Society of Southborough. Since there was no separation of church and state in Massachusetts until 1806, the majority of records pertain to the First Congregational Church where the pastor was an employee of the town. The congregation was supported through public taxation in the form of a mandatory “Minister Tax''. Surviving...
Dates:
1832 - 1840
Membership, Sacramental Records, and Church Functions, 1735 - 1873
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Membership, Sacramental Records, and Church Functions from Southborough's Congregational Church
Dates:
1735 - 1873
Rev. Nathan Stone, 1733 - 1788
Sub-Series — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 027-030
Scope and Contents
This series includes: 1) Communications to the town from Rev. Stone in appreciation for their support after the deaths of his wife, daughter, and son, as well as for an increase in his salary. 2) Receipts and payments for Rev. Stone's salary.
Dates:
1733 - 1788
Receipts and Communications, 1733 - 1759
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 027
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1) Receipt for one-hundred-pounds received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1732 (2/5/1733). Folder: 1003-027.2) Receipt for one-hundred-pounds received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1733 (2/3/1734). Folder: 1003-027.3) Receipt for one-hundred-pounds received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1731, and an additional one-hundred pounds in part for...
Dates:
1733 - 1759
Receipts, 1750 - 1759
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 028
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1) Receipt for fifty-three pounds, six shillings, and eight pence received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1749 (3/17/1752). Folder: 1003-028.
2) Receipt for sixty pounds received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1750 (2/28/1753). Folder: 1003-028.3) Receipt for sixty pounds received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1751 (1/24/1755). Folder: 1003-028....
Dates:
1750 - 1759
Receipts and Communications, 1760 - 1769
File — Container: Archives Box #1003, Folder: 029
Abstract
Documents in this folder:1) Receipt for sixty-five pounds received by Rev. Nathan Stone from the Town as his salary for the year 1759, and an additional nine pounds received at the same time for the wood rate (1/28/1761). Folder: 1003-029.2) Communication from Rev. Nathan Stone to the moderator of a town meeting on August 31st 1761 to be read to the town. In his letter, Rev. Stone thanked the town for making an addition to his salary after the death of his son (8/31/1761)....
Dates:
1760 - 1769