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Consolidated Index to Plymouth Colony Records Consolidated Index to Plymouth Colony Records Compiled by, and Copyright © 2010-2019 by Dale H. Cook This file is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material directly from plymouthcolony.net, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact [email protected] so that legal action can be undertaken. Any commercial site using or displaying any of my files or web pages without my express written permission will be charged a royalty rate of $1000.00 US per day for each file or web page used or displayed. [email protected] Revised January 18, 2019 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff (Volumes 1-8) and David Pulsifer (Volumes 9-12), Editors Records of the Colony of New Plymouth In New England 12 Volumes, issued bound as 9 or 10 (Boston: The Press of William White, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1855-1861; Reprinted in 6 Volumes - New York: AMS Press, 1968) and Charles H. Simmons, Jr. Plymouth Colony Records (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1996) Vol. 1: Wills and Inventories, 1633-1669 (Two manuscript volumes in one) This file contains the consolidated index to all thirteen volumes: Volume 1 (1855): Court Orders, 1633—1640 Volume 2 (1855): Court Orders, 1641—1651 Volume 3 (1855): Court Orders, 1651—1661 Volume 4 (1855): Court Orders, 1661—1668 Volume 5 (1856): Court Orders, 1668—1678 Volume 6 (1856): Court Orders, 1678—1691 Volume 7 (1857): Judicial Acts, 1636—1692 Volume 8 (1857): Miscellaneous Records, 1633—1689 Volume 9 (1859): Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, Vol. I, 1643—1651 Volume 10 (1859): Acts of the Commissioners of the United Colonies of New England, Vol. II, 1653—1678-9 Volume 11 (1861): Laws, 1623—1682 Volume 12 (1861): Deeds &c. Vol. I, 1620—1651; Book of Indian Records for Their Lands and (as Volume 13, 1996) Wills and Inventories, 1633-1669 Researchers have for more than a century faced a significant obstacle when working with Plymouth Colony Records. Although each of the twelve volumes has an index, there has not, until now, been a consolidated index to all twelve volumes. This index removes that obstacle by obviating the need to search as many as twelve different indices for the records for one person. I have also added Simmons' 1996 transcription of the first two volumes of Old Colony probate records as Volume 13. The index has three sections. The first, and largest, is the index to persons, alphabetized by the primary, most common, or best known spelling of each surname. Alternate spellings of a surname are grouped with the primary spelling. Within each surname entries for given names are alphabetized, followed by alphabetized titles such as Captain, Goodwife or Mr. After each given name or title are first listed vital records entries (births, marriages, deaths and burials, and other entries associated with those events), followed by an alphabetized list of all other entries. Note that I have standardized the spelling of given names under which entries are alphabetized, but have not standardized the spelling of other given names within entries. The second section is the index to places, and the third section is the index to subjects. An alphabetical key to all three sections is provided on the bookmarks tab. There are many errors and omissions in the indices in the individual volumes. Those that I have found have been corrected in this file. If you discover any others please let me know about them by email to [email protected]. Index To Persons A ABBACHICKWOOD (Indian), 10:226 ABBOTT / ABBITT Edward, 8:195 John, 6:118 ABDAS (Indian), 9:48 ABELL / ABEL / ABLE Dorothy, birth, daughter of Preserved, Rehoboth, 16 November, 1677, 8:66 Joanna, 4:46, 54; 13:402 birth, daughter of Preserved, Rehoboth, 11 January, 1681, 8:76 Mary, 13:402 Preserved, 5:37, 56; 6:128 children of, 8:66, 76 chosen ensign, 6:251 freeman, 5:278; 8:209 Robert, 3:115, 220, 222; 4:13; 13:265, 400-402 estate of, 4:46, 54 freeman, 8:178 land granted to, 3:120 licensed to keep an ordinary, 3:104 Widow, 8:120 ABIMELECH (Indian), 6:63 son of Attawanhood and grandson of Uncas, petition in behalf of, 10:413 ABRAHAM John, 6:125 ACANOOTUS / ACCANOOTUS / ACQUANOOTAS (Indian), 5:168; 6:63; 12:235 ACHAWEHETT / ACHAWANAMETT / ACHAWANOMETT, alias MATTHIAS (Indian), 5:156 land of, 12:225, 226 ACKERLEY Henry, testimony of, 10:48, 49 ACOMONT / AKOMONT (Indian), 4:189; 5:71 ADAMS / ADDAMS / ADAMES Anna, birth, daughter of James, Scituate, 18 April, 1649, 8:19 Ellen, 1:19 marriage, 1:30 Eleanor, 2:176; 12:11 James, 1:19; 2:76; 8:188, 196; 12:11; 13:55, 164, 221 marriage, and Frances Varssell, Scituate, 16 July, 1646, 8:19 marriage, 2:108 child of, 8:20, 21 children of, 8:19, 20 discharges Kanelm Winslow, 2:176 receives money for Mr. Shirley, 2:76 John, 1:3, 10, 19; 2:177; 3:71, 135, 148, 188; 8:201; 12:11; 13:35, 55, 393, 465 admitted a freeman, 3:136 freeman, 8:178 his estate settled, 1:19 his heirs, their land at Plain Dealing, 2:28 his land, 12:5 his share of meadow grounds, 1:14 one of the first born children, land granted to, 4:19 Mary, birth, daughter of James, Scituate, 27 January, 1653, 8:20 Richard, birth, son of James, Scituate, 19 April, 1651, 8:20 death, son of James, Scituate, 25 July, 1651, 8:20, 21 William, birth, son of James, Scituate, 16 May, 1647, 8:19 Mr., 13:471 Widow, 1:28; 13:29 ADDAM (Indian), 10:43, 45 testimony of, 10:44 ADDY / ADEY / ADDEY / AUDEY Webb, 1:68, 118; 8:188; 13:33, 55, 215-216 See also WEBB, Addy bound apprentice to Thomas Prence, 1:91 committed to prison, 2:42 deed from John Harmon, 12:113 deed to John Jenney, 12:35 land granted to him, 1:46 presented for disorderly living, 2:36 presented for working on Sabbath, 1:86, 87, 92, 162 William Paddy, vs., 7:4 ADFORD / ADVARD / ADUERD Henry, 8:190 marriage, 2:66 freeman, 8:183 ADIN Jonathan, 7:264 ADKINS Elizabeth, 5:43 ADTOQUANPOKE AND SASEEAKOWETT (Indians), deed to Nokunowitt, 12:240 ADVERD Henry, 13:167, 169 AHANNANPOWETT (Indian), 10:361 AHAZ Charles (Indian), deed from Quatashit, 12:235, 240 AHIUMPUM (Indian), 2:157 AINSWORTH / AINWORTH Mr., 13:188, 210, 293, 336, 357 ALBERSON Nicholas, punished for sundry offences, 5:157 ALBY / ALBEY John, vs. Jonathan Brewster, 7:39 William, 5:49 ALCOCK / ALCOCKE / ELCOCK Ann / Anne, marriage, 2:80 marriage, and Anthony Annible, Barnstable, 1 March, 1645, 8:41 Hannah, birth, daughter of John, Rehoboth, 10 October, 1673, 8:52 John, 7:169, 202 child of, 8:52 administrator of, vs. Joseph Coleman, 7:184 vs. Nathaniel Turner, 7:187 Mr., 10:122, 330 payment to, 10:206 ALDEN / ALDIN / ALLDIN / ALLDEN / ALDON David, 5:195, 246; 6:15, 98, 107, 201; 7:172, 208, 217, 298 deputy from Duxbury, 6:240 freeman, 8:204 petition for land, 5:170 Elizabeth, 12:10 marriage, 2:79 Isaac, 6:262 John, 1:3, 9, 27, 33, 37, 39, 40, 48, 52, 67, 69, 71, 74, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 91, 96, 100, 103, 104, 108, 109, 111, 114, 116, 120, 121, 123, 125, 130, 135, 136, 138, 140, 143, 146, 147, 151, 153, 163, 164, 169; 2:9, 52, 55, 58, 85, 88, 96, 100, 101, 104, 144, 150, 156, 157, 160, 161, 163-166, 171, 177; 3:3, 6, 7, 13, 20-22, 27, 30, 35, 38, 39, 41-43, 47, 55, 56, 62, 67, 71, 73, 76, 77, 82, 84, 87, 89, 90, 95-97, 99, 102-105, 108, 111, 114, 117, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 133, 134, 143-146, 149, 150, 155, 157, 158, 160, 162, 165, 169, 170, 174, 177, 180, 185, 187, 195, 197, 198, 202, 203, 205, 208, 211, 214, 223; 4:4, 8, 11, 17, 25-27, 30, 35, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 56, 59, 69, 70, 74, 79, 87, 89, 105, 111, 113, 119, 132, 134, 135, 140, 145, 157, 160, 167, 173, 186, 188; 5:4, 11, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 42, 49, 52, 54, 68, 80, 84, 89, 95, 100, 103, 107, 123, 130, 133, 134, 137, 142, 148, 152, 157, 158, 179, 186, 203, 211, 217, 237, 251, 255, 264, 268, 270; 6:3, 9, 17, 22, 25, 29, 43, 50, 53, 55, 64, 72, 83, 88, 97, 102, 106, 123, 126, 127, 139, 145, 150, 159, 164, 174, 175, 184; 7:10-15, 48, 49, 52, 54, 57, 58, 63, 64, 66-68, 70-73, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83-85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 96, 98, 101-103, 105, 109, 113, 116, 120, 124, 127, 128, 130, 135-137, 141, 144, 148, 151, 155, 156, 158-160, 164, 165, 167, 169, 171, 172, 174, 177, 181, 186, 190, 192, 194, 196-198, 201, 205, 208, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 223, 229, 233, 236, 243, 249, 253, 258, 260, 273, 276, 279, 286, 287, 292, 295; 8:100, 198; 11:25; 12:6, 10, 40, 89, 113, 128, 131, 151, 153, 154, 163, 175, 178, 179, 227, 228, 241; 13:147, 229-233, 247, 316, 353-354, 373, 407, 429, 431, 524-525, 545, 547 an Assistant, 1:5, 21, 32, 36, 48, 79, 116; 2:153, 166; 3:7, 30, 48, 77, 99, 114, 134, 162, 187, 214; 4:13, 36, 60, 90, 122, 147, 179; 5:17, 34, 55, 90, 112, 143, 163, 194, 229, 256 and Miles Standish, deed to Edmund Freeman, 12:130, 131 arbitrator, 7:42 chosen Assistant, 6:9, 34, 58, 83, 106, 127, 164, 185 commissioner to Yarmouth, 3:117, 132 deposition of, 7:256 Deputy Governor, 4:81; 5:245 freeman, 5:274; 8:173, 174, 203 grants of land and money to, 3:120, 195; 4:95, 109 his lands, 1:40, 51, 71, 73, 76, 91, 95, 102, 110, 135, 137, 142, 168; 12:4 one of Duxbury committee, 2:16, 40, 46, 63, 72, 75, 94, 95, 117, 123, 144 one of the council of war, 2:100; 3:26, 28, 138; 4:142 Treasurer, 3:99, 115, 135 John, Jun., 8:198 admitted a freeman, 2:123 freeman, 5:275 John, Sen., 2:149; 8:189 his land at Titicut, 5:141 Jonathan, 5:91; 6:74, 176; 7:105, 143, 144, 147, 157, 228, 245, 265; 8:198 admitted a freeman, 3:117 captain in Duxbury, 6:218 ensign of Duxbury military company, 3:143 freeman, 5:275; 8:204 selectman, 6:206 Joseph, 3:115, 188; 4:123, 155, 193; 5:19; 6:12, 36, 167; 8:189, 198 admitted a freeman, 3:117 freeman, 5:278 Priscilla, 12:10 Rebecca, 4:7 Ensign, 7:150, 198; 8:133 Mr., 1:50, 51, 59, 90, 92, 112, 115, 145; 2:42, 83, 88, 105, 117, 122, 127, 128, 136, 144, 147; 3:190, 201; 4:40; 8:98, 101, 106, 121, 151; 13:94, 180 allowance to as Treasurer, 8:101, 106 his lands, 1:56 one of the first born children, land granted to, 4:19 ALDREDGE See also ELDREDGE William, 4:170 Widow, prosecuted, 1:100 ALEXANDER John, punished for lewdness, 1:64 ALEXANDER POKANOKETT, alias WAMSITTA, alias WAMSITTA SOPAQUITT, (Indian sachem), 3:192, 5:83, 7:191; 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