by DPartridge | Dec 30, 2024 | Articles
It is customary in which families have multiple generations of men with the same given name to identify them with a Jr., Sr., II, III, etc. added to their name. No matter how frequently professional genealogists remind researchers that they are not always father-son, too often it is assumed to be this. This ends up attaching the wrong child to the wrong household.
by DPartridge | Dec 27, 2024 | Records
The following Vital records of Medfield, Massachusetts start in 1650 and end in 1849. The Partridge’s settled early in Medfield, as William received land there in 1651, quickly building his house on Bachelor’s Row. The Partridge’s below probably all descend...
by DPartridge | Jul 8, 2022 | Records
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...
by DPartridge | Jul 1, 2022 | Records
These vital records for Milford, Massachusetts end in 1849. The exact starting date is not clear, as the town added records from the First Church of Milford (Congregational) which had formerly been the Second Parish of Mendon. These records preceded the town of...
by DPartridge | Jan 20, 2022 | Articles
This is an older research article that has been moved to the new format. Since the initial writing of this article in 2002, I have made a match for James and identified him as the likely son of William A. Partridge of Georgia.
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