West Yarmouth MA Baptisms for 1737-1741
Colonial Records for Crowell, Downs, Hallet and Thatcher Families
May 31, 2009
The original records are among archives of the Congregational Society of West Yarmouth. They are listed here in a three-part series: (1737-1741), (1742-1745), (1746-1752)
1737 Baptisms
Lucretia, daughter to Elisha Thacher, April 24, 1737
James Hallet, son to Timothy, and Joseph Pilcher, baptized May 22, 1737
Hannah, daughter to Joseph and Desire Hawse, May 29, 1737
Stephen, son to Joseph Crowell, June 18, 1737
Thomas, son to Deacon Taylour; Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Hallet, and Hannah, daughter of Ephraim Crowell, bpt July 10, 1737
Desire, daughter to Philip Vincent, July 31, 1737
Thomas Sturgis “ownd the Covenant” (became a church member) Aug. 14, 1737, “and on the same day was baptis’d his son Prince.”
Rebecca, daughter to Jacob Parker, bpt Sept. 11, 1737
Ruth, daughter to Ebenezer Parker, bpt Oct. 16, 1737
Benjamin, son to Elnathan Lewis, Oct. 23, 2737
Lucretia, daughter to Samuel Sturgis, Nov. 20, 1737
Peter, son to Peter Thacher, Nov. 27, 1737
1738 Baptisms
Benja(min), son to Benjamin Thacher, and Elisabeth, daughter to Joseph Hamlen, Feb. 12, 1738
Josiah, son to Thomas Smith, born and bpt Feb. 26, 1738
Experience, daughter to Antipas Lewis, March 19, 1738
Hannah, daughter to Thomas Hawse, March 26, 1738
Susannah, daughter to Samuel Hallet, April 2, 1738
David, son to Josiah Gorham, April 9, 1738
David, son to Thomas Bray, April 16, 1738
Benj(amin), son to John Eldridge, May 21, 1738, “on wc Day my dwelling house was fired but graciously & wonderfully preserved.”
Thankful Crowel, Jo’s daughter, Sept. 17, 1738
James, Edward, Temperance and Elisabeth Sturgis, children of Edward Sturgis, bpt Oct. 12, 1738
1739 Baptisms
Hannah, daughter of Richard and Jane Baxter, Jan. 21, 1739
Joshua, son of Timothy Hallet, and Mercy, daughter of Thomas Sturgis, March 4, 1739
Children of Ebenezer Crowel, March 25, 1739
Elizabeth, daughter of Silas Sears, and Sarah, daughter of William Downs, April 1, 1739
John, son of John Hall, May 13, 1739
Mary, Lydia and Thankful, children of Elisha Wheelden, July 1, 1739
Mercy, daughter of Shobael (Shubael) and Mercy Taylor, July 15, 1739
Samuel, son of Samuel and Temperance Downs (no date given)
Nehemiah, son of Thomas Crowel, and Elisabeth, daughter to Antipas Lewis, July 29, 1739
Mary, daughter of Elnathan Lewis, Aug. 19, 1739
John, son of Judah and SarahThatcher, Aug. 26, 1739
Samuel, son of Samuel and Mary Mathews, Dec. 9, 1739
1740 Baptisms
Joseph, son of Ebenezer Parker, Jan. 6, 1740
David and Sarah Wheelden, the children of Mary, wife of Jonathan Wheelden, Feb. 3, 1740
Abigail, daughter of Edward and Thankful Sturgis, Feb. 10, 1740
Rebecca, daughter of Joseph Hamlen, April 20, 1740
Mehetabel, daughter of Jonathan Hallet, May 11, 1740
Patience, daughter of Joseph Crowel, June 8, 1740
Mary, daughter of Thomas and Mary Hedge, July 6, 1740
Anne, daughter of Ephraim and Rose Crowel, July 13, 1740
Edmund, son of Thomas Bray, Sept. 21, 1740
Joseph, son of Thomas and Judith Smith, born Nov. 22 ; bpt Nov. 23, 1740
1741 Baptisms
Isaack Hall, son of John Hall, Jan. 25, 1741
Joseph, son of Capt. Joseph Thatcher, March 15, 1741
Edmund, son of Ebenezer Crowel, and Ag(a)tha, daughter of Silas Sears, April 26, 1741
William, son of William Downs, April _?_, 1741
Priscilla, daughter of Elisha Wheeldon, May 3, 1741
Thanksful, daughter of Elnathan Lewis, May 24, 1731
Ruth, daughter of Antipas Lewis, June 7, 1741
Dorcas, daughter of John Eldridge, Aug. 9, 1741
Samuel, son of Samuel Hallet, Sept. 10, 1741
Samuel Sturgis, son to Elisha Thatcher, Nov. 18, 1741
Shobael (Shubael), son of Samuel and Temperance Downs, Dec. 27, 1741
(This list is continued)
SOURCE: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. CV (April, 1951)
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