LOCAL HISTORY
Reference books for Northborough, Mass, and vicinity
Abstract of Middlesex Court Files from 1649 [to 1675]. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston. Handwritten transcription of original records: Vol. 1 1649-1664; Vol 2. 1664-1675.
Allen, Caroline. The Children of the Parsonage; a True Story of Long Ago. Boston: G.H. Ellis, 1900.
Allen, Elizabeth Waterhouse. Memorial of Joseph and Lucy Clark Allen (Northborough, Mass.). Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891.
Allen, Rev. Joseph. History of Northborough, Mass., in Various Publications and Discourses. Worcester, Mass.: 1880.
Allen-Johnson Family, Papers, 1759-1992. Manuscript Collections. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 2004.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630. Boston: NEHGS, 2012.
The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts: 1643-1850. Lancaster, Mass.: 1890.
Bigelow, Ella A. Historical Reminiscences of the Early Times in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910: Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals, and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. Marlborough, Mass.: Times Publishing Company, 1910.
Bodge, George Madison. Soldiers in King Philip's War; Being a Critical Account of That War, With a Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620-1677, Official Lists of the Soldiers of Massachusetts Colony Serving in Philip's War, and Sketches of the Principal Officers, Copies of Ancient Documents and Records Relating to the War, Also Lists of the Narragansett Grantees of the United Colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth and Connecticut. Leominster, Mass.: Printed for the Author, 1896.
Brigham, Emma Elisabeth. The History of the Brigham Family: Second Volume. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1927.
Brigham Street Old Burial Ground (Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; 360-380 Brigham Street).
Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler. The History of the Brigham Family: a Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. New York: Grafton Press, 1907-1927.
The Centennial Celebration of the Town of Northborough, Mass., August 22, 1866. Northborough, Mass.: Printed for the Committee, 1990.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County. Deed Records, 1877. Worcester County Registry of Deeds, Worcester.
Concord, Massachusetts : Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. 1895. Boston: T. Todd, 1895.
Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.
Crane, Ellery Bicknell. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924.
DeForest, Heman Packard. The History of Westborough, Massachusetts. Westborough Mass.: Town of Westborough, 1891.
Dow, George Francis. Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. New York: Dover Publications, 1988.
Ellis, Robert P. Northborough in the Civil War: Civilian Soldiering and Sacrifice. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007.
Ellis, Robert P. The Northborough Lyceum: Adult Education in a Nineteenth-Century New England Town. Northborough, Mass.: Northborough Historical Society, 2001.
Ellis, Robert P. To Celebrate Our Town: The First One Hundred Years of the Northborough Historical Society. Northborough, Mass.: Northborough Historical Society, 2005.
Fay, Orlin P. Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and His Descendants. Cleveland, O.: J.B. Savage, 1898.
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield. Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800. Boston: The Riverside Press, 1927.
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield. New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals. New York: Russell & Russell, 1923. (reissued 1967)
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield. The Hundredth Town: Glimpses of Life In Westborough, 1717-1817. Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1889.
Houghton, William A. Our Fathers' Altar: A Centennial Sermon. Worcester Mass.: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1990.
Howard Street Old Burial Ground (Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts)
Howe, Daniel Wait. Howe Genealogies. Boston: NEHGS, 1929.
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861: With a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families in Marlborough to 1800, and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862.
Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis, 1889.
Kent, Josiah Coleman. Northborough History. Newton, Massachusetts: Garden City Press, 1921.
Leclerc, Michael, editor. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. Boston: NEHGS, 2012.
Map of Northborough, Surveyed by Gill Valentine. Northborough Historical Society, 1830.
Mulligan, William H. Northborough During the American Revolution. Northborough, Mass.: Northborough American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1975.
Nason, Reverend Elias. A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts. Boston; B.B. Russell, 1890.
New York, New York. The New York Times, 1898.
Northborough Historical Society. Images of America: Northborough. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000.
Parkman, Ebenezer. The Diary of Ebenezer Parkman (1703-1782): First Part, Three Volumes in One (1719-1755). Edited by Francis G. Walett. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1974.
Parkman, Rev. Ebenezer. The Diary of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, of Westborough, Mass.: For the Months of February, March, April, October and November, 1737. November and December of 1778, and the years of 1779 and 1780. Edited by Harriette M. Forbes. Westborough, Massachusetts: Westborough Historical Society, 1899.
Pease, Charles Stanley. The Indian History of Northborough: An Address Given by the Reverend Charles Stanley Pease, August 29, 1907 , Upon the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Northborough Indian Attack. Northborough,Mass.: Northborough Historical Society, 1980.
Public Archaeology Survey Team, Inc. Phase II Historic Properties Survey, Town of Northborough, Massachusetts: Final Survey Report. http://www.town.northborough.ma.us/Pages/NorthboroughMA_BComm/Historic/nhc/ Final_Reports/Final_Report_Phase_II.pdf : 2014.
Schultz, Eric B. and Tougias, Michael J. King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1999.
Schutz, John A. Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780; a Biographical Dictionary. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997.
Unity and the University, Volumes 17-18. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1886.
Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850: Volume 1. Births. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1908.
Vital Records of Northborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1901.
Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903.
Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice. 1903.
Whitney, Peter. The History of the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: With a Particular Account of Every Town From its First Settlement to the Present Time. Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas, 1793.
Winthrop, John, Esq. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Volume 1. Boston: Phelps and Farnham, 1825.
Allen, Caroline. The Children of the Parsonage; a True Story of Long Ago. Boston: G.H. Ellis, 1900.
Allen, Elizabeth Waterhouse. Memorial of Joseph and Lucy Clark Allen (Northborough, Mass.). Boston: George H. Ellis, 1891.
Allen, Rev. Joseph. History of Northborough, Mass., in Various Publications and Discourses. Worcester, Mass.: 1880.
Allen-Johnson Family, Papers, 1759-1992. Manuscript Collections. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony, 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 2004.
Anderson, Robert Charles. The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630. Boston: NEHGS, 2012.
The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts: 1643-1850. Lancaster, Mass.: 1890.
Bigelow, Ella A. Historical Reminiscences of the Early Times in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910: Including Brief Allusions to Many Individuals, and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. Marlborough, Mass.: Times Publishing Company, 1910.
Bodge, George Madison. Soldiers in King Philip's War; Being a Critical Account of That War, With a Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England from 1620-1677, Official Lists of the Soldiers of Massachusetts Colony Serving in Philip's War, and Sketches of the Principal Officers, Copies of Ancient Documents and Records Relating to the War, Also Lists of the Narragansett Grantees of the United Colonies, Massachusetts, Plymouth and Connecticut. Leominster, Mass.: Printed for the Author, 1896.
Brigham, Emma Elisabeth. The History of the Brigham Family: Second Volume. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1927.
Brigham Street Old Burial Ground (Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts; 360-380 Brigham Street).
Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler. The History of the Brigham Family: a Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. New York: Grafton Press, 1907-1927.
The Centennial Celebration of the Town of Northborough, Mass., August 22, 1866. Northborough, Mass.: Printed for the Committee, 1990.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County. Deed Records, 1877. Worcester County Registry of Deeds, Worcester.
Concord, Massachusetts : Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. 1895. Boston: T. Todd, 1895.
Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.
Crane, Ellery Bicknell. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924.
DeForest, Heman Packard. The History of Westborough, Massachusetts. Westborough Mass.: Town of Westborough, 1891.
Dow, George Francis. Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. New York: Dover Publications, 1988.
Ellis, Robert P. Northborough in the Civil War: Civilian Soldiering and Sacrifice. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2007.
Ellis, Robert P. The Northborough Lyceum: Adult Education in a Nineteenth-Century New England Town. Northborough, Mass.: Northborough Historical Society, 2001.
Ellis, Robert P. To Celebrate Our Town: The First One Hundred Years of the Northborough Historical Society. Northborough, Mass.: Northborough Historical Society, 2005.
Fay, Orlin P. Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and His Descendants. Cleveland, O.: J.B. Savage, 1898.
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield. Gravestones of Early New England and the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800. Boston: The Riverside Press, 1927.
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield. New England Diaries, 1602-1800: A Descriptive Catalogue of Diaries, Orderly Books and Sea Journals. New York: Russell & Russell, 1923. (reissued 1967)
Forbes, Harriette Merrifield. The Hundredth Town: Glimpses of Life In Westborough, 1717-1817. Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1889.
Houghton, William A. Our Fathers' Altar: A Centennial Sermon. Worcester Mass.: Printed by H.J. Howland, 1990.
Howard Street Old Burial Ground (Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts)
Howe, Daniel Wait. Howe Genealogies. Boston: NEHGS, 1929.
Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861: With a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families in Marlborough to 1800, and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862.
Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Worcester County, Massachusetts with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis, 1889.
Kent, Josiah Coleman. Northborough History. Newton, Massachusetts: Garden City Press, 1921.
Leclerc, Michael, editor. Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research. Boston: NEHGS, 2012.
Map of Northborough, Surveyed by Gill Valentine. Northborough Historical Society, 1830.
Mulligan, William H. Northborough During the American Revolution. Northborough, Mass.: Northborough American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1975.
Nason, Reverend Elias. A Gazetteer of the State of Massachusetts. Boston; B.B. Russell, 1890.
New York, New York. The New York Times, 1898.
Northborough Historical Society. Images of America: Northborough. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2000.
Parkman, Ebenezer. The Diary of Ebenezer Parkman (1703-1782): First Part, Three Volumes in One (1719-1755). Edited by Francis G. Walett. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1974.
Parkman, Rev. Ebenezer. The Diary of Rev. Ebenezer Parkman, of Westborough, Mass.: For the Months of February, March, April, October and November, 1737. November and December of 1778, and the years of 1779 and 1780. Edited by Harriette M. Forbes. Westborough, Massachusetts: Westborough Historical Society, 1899.
Pease, Charles Stanley. The Indian History of Northborough: An Address Given by the Reverend Charles Stanley Pease, August 29, 1907 , Upon the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Northborough Indian Attack. Northborough,Mass.: Northborough Historical Society, 1980.
Public Archaeology Survey Team, Inc. Phase II Historic Properties Survey, Town of Northborough, Massachusetts: Final Survey Report. http://www.town.northborough.ma.us/Pages/NorthboroughMA_BComm/Historic/nhc/ Final_Reports/Final_Report_Phase_II.pdf : 2014.
Schultz, Eric B. and Tougias, Michael J. King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1999.
Schutz, John A. Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780; a Biographical Dictionary. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997.
Unity and the University, Volumes 17-18. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1886.
Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850: Volume 1. Births. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914.
Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1908.
Vital Records of Northborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1901.
Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903.
Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice. 1903.
Whitney, Peter. The History of the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: With a Particular Account of Every Town From its First Settlement to the Present Time. Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas, 1793.
Winthrop, John, Esq. The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Volume 1. Boston: Phelps and Farnham, 1825.