Excerpt from Gazetteer of Hampshire County, Mass: 1654-1887 That errors have occurred in so great a number of names is probable, and that names have been omitted which should have been inserted is quite cer tain. We can only say that we have exercised more than ordinary diligence and care in this difficult and complicated feature of book-making. Of such as feel aggrieved in consequence of errors or omissions, we beg pardon, and ask the indulgence of the reader in noting such as have been observed in the subsequent reading of the proofs and which are found corrected in the Erram. It was designed to give a brief account of all the church and other socie ties in the county, but owing in some cases to the negligence of those who were able to give the necessary information, and in others to the inability of any one to do so. We have been obliged to omit special notices of a few. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.