Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870

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Middlesex County is located west of Boston, MA. It includes such historic towns as Cambridge, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln (site of Paul Revere's capture). This database gives a listing of various types of Probate records as wills, administration of wills, guardianships, adoptions, etc. These records are from 1648-1870. Information includes names, residence, nature of document, date, and case number. There are over 52,000 events recorded. Some famous literary families are included in this list including Emerson, Thoreau and Hawthorne. Capt. John Parker, leader of the Lexington Minutemen, is included as well.

Sources Flint, James, comp. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index 1648 - 1870 Volume 2 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA: 1912.

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