The Essex Antiquarian is a century-old magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts, published monthly from 1897 to 1909. Each year's issues makes up one volume and all 13 volumes are available to read online free of charge. Each volume features an index of surnames, which you can access quickly and easily using the shortcuts provided here for your convenience. Be sure to check each one if your ancestors lived in Essex County. You may find wills, stories, military history, burial information, maps showing where they lived, or other interesting facts you may not be able to find elsewhere.
Volume 1 (1897) [Link] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 1 #8 Aug. 1897 [Link] Hathorne Porter (portrait), Amesbury Inscriptions (Union Cemetery), The Abolitionists (poem), Hathorne Porter, Salem and Ipswich Bounds, 1643, Desc. of Thomas Abbot of Andover, Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution (Cont'd), Will of John Sanders of Salem, 1643, Contractions in Colonial Writings.
Volume 1 #9 Sept. 1897 [Link] Attempted Sale of Provided Southwick, Persecution of Quakers in Essex County, The Ancestor (poem), Desc. of Arthur Abbot of Ipswich, Will of Robert Andrews of Ipswich, 1643, Amesbury Inscription (Union Cemetery, Con'td), Old Norfolk County Records (Cont'd), Ipswich Soldiers 1724, Non-Importation Agreement, Salem 1768.
Volume 1 #11 Nov. 1897 [Link] The Ancient Putnam Sideboard, Amesbury Inscription (Union Cemetery, Con'td), The Mysterious Land (poem), The Earthquake of 1633, The Abraham Family, Colonial Handwriting, Andover in the Louisburg Expedition, Will of Hugh Churchman of Lynn 1640, Old Norfolk County Records (Cont'd).
Volume 1 #12 Dec. 1897 [Link] Early Stone Fireplace (illustration), Methods of Heating in the Olden Time, Will of Joanna Cummings of Salem 1644, Abbot Notes, Old Ironsides, The Frigate Constitution, Acie Genealogy, Amesbury Inscriptions: Salisbury Plains Cemetery (Cont'd), Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution (Cont'd).
Volume 2 (1898) [Link] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 2 #2 Feb. 1898 [Link] Old Adams Homestead, Newbury-Byfield, Adams Genealogy, Training Day (poem), Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution (Cont'd), Petition of Salem Farmers 1667, Will of Richard Ingersoll of Salem 1644, Will of John Goffe of Newbury 1641, Notes of Amesbury Inscriptions: Salisbury Plains Cemetery, A Tale of Ipswich (poem).
Volume 2 #8 Aug. 1898 [Link] Site of Fountain Inn, Marblehead (illustration), Andover Inscriptions: Old South Burying Ground, The Departed Inn (poem), Fountain Inn, Marblehead, Ager Family, Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution (Cont'd), Jonathan Mooer of Newbury, Will of George Pollard of Marblehead 1646, Aborn Notes.
Volume 3 (1899) [Link] [Index to Surnames]
Contents: Abbot Note, Aborn Notes, Alford Notes, Alger Notes, Allen Genealogies, Alley Genealogy, Ambrose Family, Ames Genealogy, The Ancestor's Dream, Andrews Genealogies, Annable Family, Annis Genealogy, The Poor Attorney, Will of Giles Badger, Will of Richard Bailey, Will of John Balch, Will of Richard Bartlett, Beverly Inscriptions: Ancient Burying Ground, Ancient North Beverly Cemetery, Dane Street Cemetery, Dodge's Row Burying Ground, Green Family Burying Ground, North Beverly Meeting House Cemetery, Rev. Isaac Braman, The Bride's Homecoming, The Cooper, Coopers in Salem, The Dark Day, Dark Days, The Days of Old, Drowning Accident, Essex County in 1643, Abraham Foster's Account Book, Will of Jane Gaines, Gloucester in 1857, The Graves of a Household, Early Gravestones in Essex County, Green Family Burying Ground in Beverly, Haverhill Captives, Part of Haverhill in 1700, Will of Luke Heard, Joseph Hovey, Esq., Will of Robert Hunter, Will of Edmund Ingalls, Beverly Inscriptions, Will of Allen Keniston, Liberty Tea, Will of John Lowell, Moll Pitcher, Will of Thomas Nelson, Old Records of Norfolk County, Old Folks Concerts, The Old Home, James Otis, Rev. Jonathan Parsons, Pequot Soldiers, Perkins Papers, Sabbath Day Reminiscences, Part of Salem in 1700, Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, Samplers, Will of Samuel Scullard, Snow Bound, Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, Will of John Spencer, The Tailor, Tailors in the Olden Time, Wellman House in Lynnfield, Will of Matthew Whipple, Will of John Whittingham, Winter of 1716-17, Will of Richard Woodman.
Volume 4 (1900) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 5 (1901) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 6 (1902) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 7 (1903) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 8 (1904) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 9 (1905) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 10 (1906) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 11 (1907) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 12 (1908) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]
Volume 13 (1909) [Link] [Contents] [Index to Surnames]