Often, if you are lucky when researching your ancestors in the 1600s, you can find an index that contains the birth dates of your ancestor but I always prefer to find the original record. No matter how careful people are in transcribing from the original record to create the index there is still the possibility of errors or additional information that was not transcribed.
Recently I was able to locate the original birth record of my paternal 6th great grandfather Nathaniel Warner.
Hatfield [Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony] Births
Transcription:
Nathaniel son of Lieutenant Daniel Warner and Martha his
wife born 15 October 1690
Nathaniel was born to Daniel Warner and his second wife Martha Boltwood. Daniel and his first wife Mary Whiting are believed to have had 6 children before her death. Daniel and his second wife Martha Boltwood are believed to have had 11 children. Nathaniel was the last child believed born to Daniel and Martha, the 17th child born to Daniel.
Nathaniel’s father died two years after his birth. His mother lived another 20 years after his
birth. I wonder...what lead Nathaniel to make his
way from Hatfield, Massachusetts to Southold, New York?
Enjoy the journey,
Debby
