Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 and Boston Births, 1700-1800, 2 vols. in 1; by William S. Appleton; Paperback; 661 pp. in all; Published: 1883, 1894, Reprinted: 2005; ISBN: 9780806308104; Item # CF130D

The first of the two Reports under notice is believed to contain every entry of birth, marriage, and death recorded in Boston during the first seventy years of its existence and every entry of baptism on the records of the First Church for the same period. Some 50,000 persons are named in the four classes of records. The subjoined Report contains all births recorded between 1700 and 1800, an additional 60,000 persons.