Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86

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Records of the Essex County Quarterly Courts for the period 1636-86, from which this database originated, have been abstracted and published in a series of nine volumes, produced by the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. The Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volumes 1-9 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911-75) was reprinted in a limited run by Parker River Researchers of Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1988. A typescript version of the original papers and minute books was produced for the period through 1692, but the years between 1686 and 1692 have never been published. The original documents remain for the most part in compressed bundles under the jurisdiction of the Judicial Archives. Although the original documents have not been microfilmed, the typescripts are available on film at the Massachusetts Archives. The database includes names of deponents and their ages, which were required at the time of the deposition.

Sources Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp. Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: Index to the Deponent Records of the County of Essex, Massachusetts. Columbia Point, MA: Massachusetts Archives, 1988.

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