For anyone searching for early records of Boston, beginning in 1660, here is a list of sources, with a description of each Volume, free to download at Archive,org (link included):
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Early%20History%20of%20Boston
Vol. 1, 1876. [Boston tax lists, etc., 1674-1695] 1876
Vol. 2, 1877. [Bostontown records, 1634-1661. The book of possessions of Suffolk County, Mass.] 1877
Vol. 3, 1878. Charlestown land records, 1638-1802. 1878
Vol. 4, 1880. [Dorchester town records, 1632-1687. 1880]
Vol. 5, 1880. [Bowditch, N. I. "Gleaner" articles] 1880
Vol. 6, 1880. Roxbury land and church records. 1881
Vol. 7, 1881. Boston records, 1660-1701. 1881
Vol. 8, 1882. Boston records, 1700-1728. 1883
Vol. 9, 1883. Boston births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1630-1699. 1883
Vol. 10, 1886. Miscellaneous papers. The Boston directory, 1789. The Boston directory, 1796. 1886
Vol. 11, 1884. Records of Boston selectmen, 1701-1715. 1884
Vol. 12, 1885. Boston records, 1729-1742. 1885
Vol. 13, 1885. Records of Boston selectmen, 1716-1736. 1885
Vol. 14, 1885. Boston town records, 1742-1757. 1885
Vol. 15, 1886. Records of Boston selectmen, 1736-1742. 1886
Vol. 16, 1886. Boston town records, 1758-1769. 1886
Vol. 17, 1887. Selectmen's minutes, 1742/3--1753. 1887
Vol. 18, 1887. Boston town records, 1770-1777. 1887
Vol. 19, 1887. Selectmen's minutes, 1754-1763. 1889
Vol. 20, 1889. Selectmen's minutes, 1764-1768
Vol. 21, 1890. Dorchester births, marriages, deaths to the end of 1825. 1890
Vol. 22, 1890. The statistics of the United states' direct tax of 1798, as assessed on boston. The names of the inhabitants of Boston in 1790, as collected for the first national census. 1890
Vol. 23, 1893. Selectmen's minutes, 1769-1775. 1893
Vol. 24, 1894. Boston births, 1700-1800. 1894
Vol. 25, 1894. Selectmen's minutes, 1776-1786. 1894
Vol. 26, 1895. Boston town records, 1778-1783. 1895
Vol. 27, 1896. Selectmen's minutes, 1787-1798. 1896
Vol. 28, 1898. Boston marriages, 1700-1751. 1898
Vol. 29, 1900. Miscellaneous papers. 1900
Vol. 30, 1902. Boston marriages, 1752-1809. 1903
Vol. 31, 1903. Boston town records, 1784-1796. 1903
Vol. 32, 1903. Aspinwall notarial records, 1644-1651. 1903
Vol. 33, 1904. Selectmen's minutes, 1799-1810. 1904
Vol. 34, 1905. Drake, F. S. The town of Roxbury. 1905
Vol. 35, 1905. Dorchester vital records, 1826-1849. 1905
Vol. 36, 1905. Boston town records, 1796-1813. 1905
Vol. 37, 1906. Boston town records, 1814-1822. 1906
Vol. 38, 1908. Selectmen's minutes, 1811-1818. 1908
Vol. 39, 1909. Selectmen's minutes, 1818-1822. 1909
