Vital Records of Watertown, Massachusetts, 1630-1825

The vital records of Watertown were published in four volumes by the Historical Society of Watertown between 1894 and 1906. These records contain 4,548 births from 1632-1823; 2,560 baptisms from 1652-1819; 2,804 marriages and 970 marriage intentions from 1642-1825; 946 deaths from 1630-1818; and 358 burials from 1666-1899. The records also include 6 church admissions from 1691.

The West precinct of Watertown was set-off as the town of Waltham on Jan. 4, 1738. Waltham vital records may be searched in our Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 database. The records of Watertown Farms, which was set-off as the town of Weston on Jan. 1, 1712, are published in: Town of Weston. Births, deaths and marriages, 1707-1850. 1703-Gravestones-1900. Church records, 1709-1825. Appendix and addenda, Cent society, gleanings from the town files, bits of genealogy, errors, indexes, &c. Call number: F74.W74 W57 1901.

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The four original volumes are available in our Boston Research Library, Call numbers: F74.W33 W3 V1-V4.

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