Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records recorded in the Town of Southborough in addition to marriage intentions, burial permits, and corrections and amendments made to vital records. The earliest vital records held in Southborough town date back to 1718 - nine years prior to the town’s separation from Marlborough in 1727. While the format of the records has changed numerous times over the years, there are no known gaps.Massachusetts state law requires town and...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records recorded in the Town of Southborough in addition to marriage intentions, burial permits, and corrections and amendments made to vital records. The earliest vital records held in Southborough town date back to 1718 - nine years prior to the town’s separation from Marlborough in 1727. While the format of the records has changed numerous times over the years, there are no known gaps.Massachusetts state law requires town and...

Abstract Documents in this folder:1) Payment of ten pounds from the Town of Southborough to John Hervey for enlisting in the Continental Army and passing muster (3/3/1777). Mylar Sheet 1, Document 1.2) Payment of ten pounds from the Town of Southborough to Edmund Moore and Capt. William Winchester for enlistment in Continental Service (7/5/1777). Mylar Sheet 1, Document 2.3) Payment of six pence to Ezekiel Collins for “belt and scabbard to a bayonet lost in the service of...

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Militia Lists provide the names of persons enrolled in the town militia, and of those who were liable to be enrolled. Some lists include ages, occupations, and other remarks in addition to names.

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These infantry militia rolls list officers and privates that served under the command of Captain Francis Fay, Captain Peter Brewer, Captain Humphrey Wheeler, Captain Webster Johnson, and Captain Artemas Ward. The rolls note whether or not each soldier had attained the age of 21 years, were in or out of uniform, and what weapons and equipment they were provided.

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Annual lists of persons enrolled in the town militia, and of those who were liable to be enrolled. Some lists include ages, occupations, and other remarks in addition to names.

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Annual lists of persons enrolled in the town militia, and of those who were liable to be enrolled. Some lists include ages, but the vast majority provide only names.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection is composed of records which relate to Southborough’s militia, and document the town's role in military conflicts from the French Indian War forward. There is considerable documentation relating to the Revolutionary War, including enlistment records and payment stubs for local men who served in the continental army. The town’s records relating to the Civil War are even more expansive and provide extraordinarily thorough accounts of local soldiers and their...

Scope and Contents Softbound volume entitled "Complete Record of the Names of all the Soldiers and Officers in the Military Service and of all the Seamen and Officers in the Naval Service of the United States from the town of Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts during the rebellion began in 1861". The ledger is divided into two sections: Soldiers and Officers of the Military Service, and Seamen and Officers of the Naval Service. Listed are each soldier's name, term of enlistment, regiment, company,...

Scope and Contents Handwritten manuscript verion of “A Record of the Soldiers of Southborough During the Rebellion from 1861 to 1866 together with Extracts from Public Documents.” which was published in 1867. It was re-bound under the title “Civil War Soldier Records”. The work provides biographical notes on Southborough's soldiers in the civil war. It includes birthdates, familial relations, enlistment and service details, and other facts relevant to genealogy. Soldiers are listed alphabetically, and their...