Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records

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Unpublished. Microfilm by Jay Mack Holbrook, of the Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983. Also taken from the tombstones in the Central Cemetery and Jones Cemetery, Orange, MA.

Holbrook, Jay Mack, Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891 Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983.

The Orange vital records comprise three volumes of data covering the years 1767-1891. There is one index book for the 1844-1891 period.

The vital records include:

• Indices to Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1844-1891.
• Orange Births and Deaths 1767-1849. 128 pages. (Contains an index with births and deaths arranged by family.)
• Orange Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1844-1850. 31 pages. (Births, pages 1-13; marriages, pages 35-42; deaths, pages 43-52)
• Orange Births, Marriages and Deaths 1851-1891. 549 pages. (Births, pages 1-207; marriages, pages 1-171; deaths, pages 1-171).

Births

WHITNEY

Abel, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, May 21, 1790

Abner, ch. Jabez and Sarah, Jan. 9, 1813

Clancy, ch. Jabez and Sarah, Feb. 8, 1811

Cylanda, ch. Jabez and Sarah, Mar. 17, 1810

Daniel, ch. Jabez and Sarah, May 29, 1824

Eliza, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, May 16, 1799

Emma, ch. William and Sarah, Dec. 12, 1845 (father blacksmith in Orange)

George, ch. Nathan & Sina (name unclear), Aug. 16, 1814

George, ch. Gardner and Persis, Dec. 24, 1848 (adopted by Ammi? Whitney)

Harriet, ch. Harrison and Onda, Jan. 23, 1845 (father merchant in Orange)

Howard, ch. Jabez and Sarah, May 29, 1827

Hugh, ch. Harrison and Anna, Nov. 9, 1846

Jacob, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, Nov. 4, 1804

Josephine, ch. Harrison and Onda, Nov. 19, 1847 (father merchant in Orange)

Lewis, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, Jan. 3, 1802

Loisa, dau. Nathan and Sina, Sep. 27, 1816

Luna, ch. Abel and Sylvia, Sep. 17, 1817

Mary, ch. Abel and Sylvia, Feb. 28, 1815

Matilda, ch. Abel and Sylvia, July 15, 1811

Moses, ch. Jabez and Sarah, May 6, 1816

Philbrook, ch. Jabez and Sarah, Nov. 26, 1820

Polly, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, Apr. 4, 1798

Sally, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, Sep. 16, 1794

Sally, ch. Jabez and Sarah, 13 Sep 1818

Sylvia, ch. Abel and Sylvia, Jan. 9, 1820

Tina, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, June 3, 1796

William, ch. Jabez and Sarah, Aug. --, 1822

----, ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, Feb. 9, 1793

Marriages

WHITNEY

Barzillia, s. Wm. Whitney and Deborah, and Fay or Fry? Elisa, ae 23, single, carpenter, June 15, 1845

Lilla (Shepard) Whitney and Leon Johnson from Orange, in Orange, May 20, 1905

Melvin and Laura Spear from Orange, in Orange, Aug. 25, 1900

Paul and Mildred Hastings from Boston, in Orange, Nov. 24, 1904

Deaths

WHITNEY

Albert, Am. Legion, b. 1867, Central Cem. 1930

Anne, sp. Elmer Whitney, b. 1863, Central Cem. 1934

Charles, s. Abner, ae 21, shot accident, Mar. --, 1851

Eleanor (Robert), sp. Glen Whitney, b. 1895, Central Cem. 1982

Eliza (Peabody), sp. Sumner Whitney, b. 1836, Central Cem. 1918

Elizabeth, sp. Jabez, ae 46, Jones Cem., Orange, Nov. 5, 1808

Elmer, sp. Anne Whitney, b. 1859, Central Cem. 1945

Elmer, sp. Grace (Harding) Whitney, b. 1864, Central Cem. 1961

George, sp. Sarah (Flagg) Whitney, b. 1854, Central Cem. 1930

Glen, sp. Eleanor (Robert) Whitney, b. 1895, Central Cem. 1977

Grace (Harding), sp. Elmer Whitney, b. 1871, Central Cem. 1950

Harriet, sp. Samuel Whitney, b. 1828, Central Cem. 1892

Henry, s. H. and Oreda?, Nov. 20, 1847

Jabez, ae 80, Jones Cem., Orange, Apr. 20, 1849

Ly, sp. Jabez, ae 59, Jones Cem., Orange, Oct. 26, 1846

Mary, dau. Abel and Sylvia, 3 yrs 4 mo. 26 days, July 26, 1818

Polly, sp. Abner, ae 64, of Fitts, Mar. --, 1851

Sally, dau. Jabez and Elizabeth, Mar. 25, 1815

Sally, sp Jabez, ae 64, of dysentary, Oct. 27, 1847

Samuel, sp. Harriet Whitney, b. 1822, Central Cem. 1906

Sarah (Flagg), sp. George Whitney, b. 1859, Central Cem. 1909

Sumner, sp. Eliza (Peabody) Whitney, b. 1827, Central Cem. 1878

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