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United States Vermont  Addison   Middlebury

Brief History
Middlebury was chartered on November 2, 1761 and was settled just after the Revolutionary War. It is the Shire Town and largest community in Addison county with a population of approximately 8,500.

Middlebury is also home to the internationally recognized Middlebury College which was founded in 1800. Its original purpose was to train young men from Vermont and neighboring states for the ministry and other learned professions of the early 19th century. In 1883, it became one of the first formerly all-male schools in New England to admit women

Town Histories
History of the Town of Middlebury: In the Country of Addison, Vermont (1859), by Samuel Swift - view digital copy of book online.

Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Middlebury is Addison. Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-2612

Maps
1871 map of Middlebury Township

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Middlebury. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.


 * Eubar-Odette Cemetery
 * Friends Cemetery
 * Lees Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Maple Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Merrill Cemetery

Churches
Record of births, marriages, and deaths, in the Society of Friends at Lincoln, Vermont, 1739-1905 are on microfilm at the Family History Center. Order film online.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1806-2002, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Middlebury Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records, 1806-1866, 1901, Land records, deeds, mortgages 1786-1916, and Records of the town of Middlebury, Vermont : from its beginning, to and including the year 1820.

Middlebury Town Clerk 4 Main Street Middlebury, Vermont 05753 Phone: (802) 388-8100 Website: http://www.townofmiddlebury.org/

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Libraries and Historical Societies
Lincoln Library 222 West River Road Lincoln, VT 05443 Phone: (802) 453-2665 Email: lincolnlibraryvt@gmail.com Website: http://www.lincolnlibraryvt.com/