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- No.14. Worcester County

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by authority of a Presidential Letter, the Historical Records
Survey was established in January, 1936, under the national direction
of Dr. Luther H. Evans, as a federally sponsored project of the Works
Progress Administration (now the Work Projects Administration). Since
federa sponsorship ceased on August 31, 1939, the sponsorship of the
Massachusetts unit of the survey has been undertaken by Frederic U.
Cook, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The purpose of the project is to survey, preserve and render
accessible historical source materials of all kinds. Its work has
fallen naturally into the following main divisions: public records,
private manuscripts, church records, early American imprints, his—
torical protraits and newspapers. Practically all historical material
falls under one or another of these divisions. In bringing this
material under control certain techniques have been found practicable,
depending on the nature of the subject matter, and using variously the
methods of the inventory, the guide, the calendar, the check list or
the index in the publication of the result. For public records, church
records and protraits, the method of the inventory has worked best;
for historical manuscripts, the guide or, in rare cases where the
material was of unusual importance, the calendar; for imprints, the
check list; for newspaper and court records, the index; and so on.

The actual work of gathering information concerning historical
aterials at their place of storage or custody has in most cases been
preceded by a most necessary and, for both the custodian and posterity,
important task, that of putting records in order; of cleaning, dusting,

refiling, and treating them; and, in short, doing everything possible
to ensure their preservation. This function of the project, often
performed by its workers under almost indescribable conditions of dust,
filth, dampness, poor ventilation, and even vermin may be well re-
garded by future generations as a most important contribution of the
survey.

Scarcely less important, however, are the editorial processes
to which all field information must be subjected before publication.
Here gaps and inadequacies are spotted, inconsistencies reconciled,£ nd
order brought out of chaos. In the field of public records it has
been found necessary not only to sketch briefly the history of the
county or town and its government but also to preface the inventory of
each subordinate office or institution with an outline of its develop-
ment, based upon its OWn records or upon statutory or other sources.
In the inventories of cnurch records, similarly, the preparation of
the history of each church constitutes a task equally arduous with that
of locating and listing its records. In Massachusetts two broader works
have also been undertaken. The general historical background, statutory
origin and functioning of county, city, or town offices have been studied
with a view to providing satisfactory accounts of the development of
county and municipal government generally. These latter undertakings
are now happily nearing completion.

 

  

In the field of county records the survey of eight of the fourteen

counties of Iasse 1111seits are nearing com_11etion, In that of municipal
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’uately sixty of 350 cities and towns have been covered
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also p1oce d3 n3 on six of an estimated ten ~'elur as of t11e inventory of
the records of tre city of Boston. Some 200 11 mseript depositories,
large and small, have been surveyed and a p1el'11 111'nary guide to ther1

published An inven

cry of the records of
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1 stings for t1e other Few En
A listing 01 th: “‘tllcat1ons of the Mas
follows at the end of this volmne

This inventory of the town archives of

series for Mersester County
aicl1ive s as well as research

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and Franklin Counties. The inventory of records
office by Geo~re Leiner and Lavrenee Lehane

visor of rec ords editin"

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Leon Ryther.
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The Historical Ricords SurV'ey :‘ishes to
T‘eials of éuourn for their coefera ationa and interest;
also to Sc _ of thc r'o‘r‘1orre 1th, ¥rederie T; Cook Without uiose
sponsorshin thisx work would not be poss1ble,

Carl J. Wernerblad
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of a number of bibliographies Hf historicalm
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of the Arc11vos of Auburn in Woxwo ster County is volun; 111 of nvroor 4

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of th: Lassachusou*s series.

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So for +he purpose of proyiding useful employment to

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this objective, the project was organized
, Listo orica 11 materials, oeru1cn1ar1J the unou‘
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tar WuiCh is now the site of Auburn were made in 1550 WLQA 3,9Cu ac Vs of
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5 Vqssacm“vett" 3 ensral Court, The Acts and Rssolves, Public and
rivats of the Province 0: Massachusetts Bay; 159¢w1780, Bllvols., .
ogton, 1859 19?9, V (1789~1780), pp.858w859. Hereaftcr cited as PTCVinCE
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girqt estry ;. a: Historical Sketch

the towns of Worcester, leicester and Oxford within three miles
e des13nated for the meetinghouse, “ifih all others living in Sut~

 

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ts a mile and one—half of this place who cared to belong to d1e

30 th Pirish Wgre ;iven the privile:e, provided their names were re istered

in tile s~1r4torv‘ ofii ice Within nine months.1 The new precinct had sev~

enty—f01r membels.~ The first meeting of the new parish was held on July 6,
that veer it was voted ”to begin Preaching as soon as
plans for the erection of a meeting 1y 1se 9 'b], ;.»:;§1
still uncompleted ten vears later.3 The church was
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cordin: to the ”Last List of Estates by which the Taxes are made”,
re only tWer'tv m=mber s of the South Parish who were qualified to

Precinct st tus did not satisfy the inhabitants of the South Parish,
and almost at once thev ce.ran to ask the general court to 1e set off as a
seunrate town. The requests were opposed by Worcester and repentedly de—
nied hv the court. Twice, in 1776 and 1777, spacial mar taxes on the fine
habitants of the South Parish were abated, perhaps with_the1 iope of infli—
encin; them to remain a part of Worcester. The settlers of the prrcinct
were, however, insistent. On April 10,1778, after Worces tL.r ind Withdrawn
its objections in 1777,C the South Pa rish of Worcester “as at last incor~
oorated as a town. In the hi 11 for incorporation the name of the town WTS
sirnoted as Wardhorourh, Cit the name "as anende d after tWo readinrs to

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rd. U Although no reason was siren for the chanze, it as :rooaolv iue to

  

 

tile 00:1 rience of writin: e shorter name. The t0“- Was namedo ter the

  
   

Fe"ol tionvrv hero, naior~sener11 Arte mas Ward, :irst comnander~i.n~ chief
of the arr" in the War for Independence, later a ne nter of the Council of

,he Provin.3ia1 Congress a judre in the countv coir ts, and a represen ntitive
in Coneress./

Not all of the resi idents

new town, for twenty—ei:h n
Luied Withi n the couniar'- 1

Lt certain risiients of the t
but not within
of the towns to

of the area favored the incorporation of

1 ‘, of Sutton whose dwellinzs Were in~
ed at once. The general court ordered
In altho m‘h inclu ed within its boundaries
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1. Erorinc e Acts_and Re olves, V (1759*1750), pP- 85;“9- WhiCh SECT“‘
tsrv J‘e ,.1 1 .nt was not specified. '

  

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“_ er County, Massachusetts, 3.3. Crane, 9d,, 3 vol
New Yorka':1d Ch:ca , Lewis Histo orical P11tlis hing 00., 1994, II, p. 790.

5. .: Tovm Re crds,17??~1848, Franklin 1. Rice, ed., 8 role.,
Worcester, 1870 1%95, IV, p.-17. . 1. '

6. ErO"ince Acts and Resolves I ch; ?8 of 177-8, notes, a. 860,

7. A‘oijah P. Marvin, H*m tory of .orcester Countxg 7 vols., Boston,
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timn of Ward. This provision remained in effect until 18501 wni caused con—
siderable confusion, for the people concerned lived within Vsrd and vet
were nct residents of the town.

At the same time, however, the town gsined he"~ nembers, for the aenerel
ourt prcvided thnt anyone living adjacent to Ward could, if he so desired,
become a legal resident b7 signifying in writin? to the town c erk.? To
complete the estihlishnent of Ward, the court Ordered the clerks of the four
adjacent towns of Worcester, Oxford, leicester and Sutton to deliver he

list valuation list of real and personsl property of hose inh shits
had joined the new town in order thnt their votin? :ualificstirns n
ieterninefl.3 As seen 5s the franchise holders were decided, the we
q town meeting was issued.

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business ch‘iuctefi at this nesting was the e e f
earl? acts of the town government was to grn‘t one huni
pounds for religious purpcses and one hundred wounds f6

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As earl~r as 1779 persons of the Baptist persuasion in
other towns, asked for exemption from the C‘stonorv “inlst
on all resident church menhers at that time. In “srch 181

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nllow dissenters from th: Con reesticnsl Societv the use

 

on week flsvs for lecture, prOViding the Congreeotionslists i
wish to ise the hmise.6 For over a century ani intil 1897 whe. e t ,-
hall was biilt, the Conereeqtionel Church serves as thwn hall On Septenber
15, 1837 it was ”voted to accept the offer of the First geliri‘us Societv
ts build the hisenent storv under their meeting hous e eni tn Us? the sum of
3400 towards iefrivin; the expense on condition thst said Societv fit u
b“senent suitable for a Tcwn House ani aunrn mnt—-e to the town the us e of ssii
bvsenent story for all torn business Whenever th‘ town nav want”. At t
neetinf it was "votei to give liberty to The irst Religious Societv to
the Meeting House to that part of the town ccnnon which said Sccietv hss
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SSleCted”.7 The clurch building was therefor shred usck fiftv feet ans t
belfry ind spire added. The first neeting held in the Dasen ent “ wn £211 mes :“

1. Mass ichu s_etts Generil Court, T‘w ,‘Olves of the venoii nggg
_§§3§Q§§§§£§, l539—1014,19?fl-1Ch3, 37 vols. inc luiin: P for special
BCStOH.1849—1014;égt§* 1850, ch. 43 H:renfter the lsrs r'ill

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vs follows: Tie session laws of l7?O 8.8 os lgvs: of 1339—1914,
7 of 1915—1919, as general 492?: :2. Esesial £918.: of 1919 it “lets, s-
écts. Resolves will be citei ns Resolves 3r Sp 111 Kg solves

P. Province Acts :ind fiesglves V (1769~l780».-Ch. PBWFE 1779, 99- 797*

3. flag“ v (mes—em), ch. 39, pp. 955—956

4. Marvin, 22;.2l£;v I, pp. 243—244

E. lhig;, II, n. 944

5. TOWN OF AUBURN _ TOWN CLTEK _ RECORDS 17861939, 10 vsls., nss.,
III, p. 183. Hereafter cited as Town Re oris. ee entry 8

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In 1889 the church was raised up, the “1119ries'reno"91
gr renoie1e1.Finallv in 1896 tlie town voted to oorrow
:t n ne.w tC-Wn hall an1 07 the following Vnar 1t “1s in
sts erected a church ouili in: in Yes t Auburn 1n 1814.
societ7 nerged with the B -ptist Societv of Nortr Oxfor1,
011111n§ Wes sold,3 and used as a tannerv until it burned in 1883
Fa tist Church in Sutton called a council Pf elders and delegates wYo
-~t Arr il 9, 1815 nn1 formed the First Baitist Church of Ward with twentv~
21,: ht nenbe rs ;5 A Rhnan Cstholic Church was establishe1 in Auturn, at
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church, St. Joseph s Mission, 'was built and maintained as 1 mission f

St. Tohn s Church of “orce ster. Care of this mission was t:a1sferre1 to

St. Anne's in 1881 then, in 1885, to the Church of the S10 e1 Hrsrt both
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of Worcester, 'nu later to the Oxfori :arish, after wiiich it v1s placefi
unfier St. Peter‘ s in Jorcester.

The four nothe r tons 111 not entirely lose contact with Wnr1, for on
February 22, 1779 the gen neral court allowe1 Worcester, Oxfori, Leic9s ter
and Sutton to tax the inhabitants of Word ”as thew were in their respect—
ive to.ns before the incorworation of sn11 town, the acts of incorporation
notwithstaniins”. This or1er continu e1 until the en1 of the ensuin: “e r.7

Even though the town of War3 hai not vet been estnl lis h<=i at the be—
ainnin; of the Revolution, the inhnoitants of the precinct 111 not hesitste
to voice their views on :olitiCQl matters. The recor1s of the Lrecinct
contuin a con3r of the Declaration of Iniepenience nn1 the wrecinct sent
soliiers to the service.

In the turbulent Qays that followei the war, the town of Nari suo~
plie1 a coninnv to augment the forces of Daniel Shavs. 8 This concnnvA
Eelrefl to flout the court 9t Worcester anfi to prevent t11 sittina o?
justices. n January 29,1787 the town ”voted to choose a connittee of
3 to draught a petition to send to the General Court respectin: the in—
harrisnents of town at presen nt laoour und er res 1.ecting the cart then have
taken in the insurrection now subsistinr”.9 In accoriance nith instructions
the connittee irew up the following petition: ”Whereas sunErv of our

”r tM19n Inh bitnnts of this town, have actei (in conjunction Gith others1
h cstilitv seninst the authoritv of s111 Connonwealth . . . net in truth

 

 

 

1. Town necor s, V, p. 93 I www-1111r1,1,1..1711V1.__11v1
9. Town Recorfls, VI, neetinss of Narch 18, March 98,18W6 olso VII,
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3. Crane, on: git., II, p. 790
. 4. S.D. Wcsner, ”History of Auburn” in uistorv cf Worcester‘Cou tv
3. Hamilton Huri, a1., 9 V013,, Philnfielp hie, 1889, I, T. 187 ‘"W '
. 6. Rev. J.J. NcCov, Historv Q; the Cn.tholic Church,-Sprin?f1eld
Diocese, Boston, Hurd and Everts Co., 1900, o. 957 u- .
7, 'grgginge gets and Resolves; V (1769—1780), pp. 985 95%
8. Town Records, II, to. 16—17
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tuatsi about thirty:C miles to tzie ":st of it, was S( confusin: that the mail
t wns was Cnst..ntl“ ettin: mixei. On February 17, 1837 the
r jetitionl allowing tho chnnri of name From Wari to
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is romanin? of Auburn, “an? chanaes have been wrousht in the
1 0 those residents who had oeen parin: taxes to the orixinal
owns more or‘arei by swecial not of the le—islature to pay them to
n the future.4 The ne.t rear a section of Au‘t urn was annexed to
15““V5 ““1 in 1305 the bouniarv between Auburn and Oxford was raaijustw
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fin to chanrc. ayr1c1lture no loo: “ renainei the prinoirml
_ tlw: towrjkwo-le. The in astrial ieveloynant th‘t THC rrn‘a—

.ifir :roun1 thr ominout t11€ woun: nation "as not in the little
Swi 11 oil‘s Wars built along the s 1ftljr running our ans of ‘
began to supplement their laoors in the :1911 1nd
loom an forge. Irofiuotion, Whic
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it PoniWills which later b:came a satinst will.
s t“Cvsi h? Fir: ani suLs91untlf r: built in 1865, 137C,an1 1380, ‘
burn Woolen 11111.,7 In 18?0 a small shop was Openei to suy~
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In 1841 the St onerill: ’anu'"vtu”1 Cc any, now known as
::tile COT1: any, #35 incorgoratsi to WTP11f1CtUT€ cotton ani woolen
Tnois.19 In 1850 one of the moclsn mills, wr1;1nall taniei to be a nriok
' in 1334, oi onfed to the yroiuction tton. This nill
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3. Crane, Op. Cit., I, p.1?3.

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01115 was upprnpriatad for'eiucation. In 1780 th
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2&1 in 1:51, 31:1 nit tiere vere 167 curils enro
_. a; 19 6131; 118 the winter t9rt1.5 11 1359 t1-
syrten1s abolishei.9 The Stcnev lle bu"1din§ was 9
in 1879 Lc1qed two ~c1’cls.7 It obtainei an annual a
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L a. Town Rscoris, II, p1,101, l?7.
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LK_ 5. 333 Schnol Connittee a: the town 2: Auburn f;r the
1.? 1.1.13 1 «3:11 9—7.
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19. Ibid. Year Eniin: March $1 1900, pt. f4, 55.
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the 3"oiloble funds tie fo ollowin; operoyriations were node: $78,000 for the
construction and inrnis nine of the Julia Bancroft school;1 $84,000 er the
Kory D. Stone Scrool; 9 $55,900 for tile Paxochosv School. 3 The Bancroft Schc'l
was opened Segtenoer, 19P7;5 the Stone on1 the Pokachon; Schools in September,
1999 3 In 1973, $950 000 was :ppropriated for the Auburn High School build—

The school was ope-ei for classes on Decenber 16, 1935.7 The schools
t1dav are: Boyce Str eet, Erodes I—III; Julia Bancroft, erodes IV—VIII:
Ston eville :rades IwV; Pakachoas, :rades I—VIII; Marv D. Stone, grades 1—
VIII;nest Agburn, gr odes 1— VI; Md the Auburn Hi :h School. 8 The first librn~
ries were owned by citizens, churches, uni school districts. In 187? a free
library w1s established in the Town Hall, 9 and in 1911 the Merriam Lil ornry
building, a gift to the toWn, was dedicated.10 In 1929 the town voted thst
the official none of the Aul nurn Eree Public Licrqrv be changed tc the Kerriou
Pu blicT ior1r7.11

Manufacturing in Auburn de creased when the older concerns Were aban—
to the repidlv expond1; n; industrial life of norcester. In 199?,
to the statistics of manufactures issuei by the state departnent
Cf labor and industry, the town of Auburn was twenty—fourth in the value of
its industrial products anon; the sixty—one cities and towns of Yorcester
County. Auburn then had four manufacturing establishments with a total in~
vested capital of $1096,477; an emplovnent of tWo hundred and sixty persons
and a total product valued at $947,585. The active business establishments
in the town ht present are: fihe Baldwin Ducchrth Chain Corp orzition, Which
employs two ndre1 men in nalcin: all tvpes of chains, oni is ass essei at
$195,000; the Consolidated Render inf Company, dealing in tallow, :rease,
poultry feed, fertilizer, hides, wool nd raw furs, enplovinf fifty men; the
Que-2r sbury Comb bin: Company; the Shre ewsb r? Conc r~te Block Com pany, nnnu~
focturir; cement blocks and bricks; the Worcester Transit Concrete Company;
and the Pondville Wool en Mills, as ”88$ 1 9t $60,000 and enplovin: about one
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Agriculture, although eclipsed by industry, has always held on inpor~
tent place in the town. The Auburn orange No. 60, P. of H., was organized
July P, 1874. The values of agricultural troducts for the year 1884 as
shown by the tables of the state census of 1885 were as follows: tOtal

 

 

 

1. m1}; Egg“; :91; Year Ending @ecenber 31, 192371.143. "-
2. {£1,511 11:10.11 1??8, 1.. PE; 1%» 1929, p. 98

3. I_b_-__ij__., 10:29, :0. 143

/'. 17233,, 19:27, pp. 145,173.

5. 1013., 1999, p. 150 and to. 4, 5 of §ghggl 33;g;§;

6. Ibid., 1933, r. 33.

7. 7:14., 1035, ,p. f, 13.

8. lbid., 1937, p. 9?.

9. Ibid., 18 73, pp. 11, 1?.

10. 11-11., 1911, pp. 64, 65.

11. 1212;, 1999, p. 39.

1?. Town of Auburn, Ynlugtign List, 1938, pp. 6, P4, 07 U9, 84, 86,
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the j p 1 6A jflA. ‘ .
la 1 value 0' JLLT/ PT°1UCtS. in01uding P90, 716 gallons 0 milc, teZIlc-, max.
‘Ckc'w StTQW: £0639? $50.9?7;vegeta0198, $19,391; animal ore lucts, :v,1:z;
: 1, _ ' 1 y (e. h 1'") Th: -
Ember ' “003 ‘T04uct“I97’er Poultr! products $6,874; total, ¢13i «o -1o%£”ff
, ~’ -ch LYLE

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)nlg n1WD r of farns decreas efl 43p froa 137 to 106.1 The tct 91 a reagg “as
-vI* . «130 flecressei 37% in the same periofi, from 5,952 acres to 3,739.‘ In
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