Newbury, Orange County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The town of Newbury was chartered on May 18, 1763. Newbury includes the villages of Newbury, Center Newbury, West Newbury, South Newbury, Boltonville, Peach Four Corners, and Wells River. In the same fashion as Bellows Falls in Rockingham and White River Junction in Hartford, the village of Wells River in Newbury carries a considerably higher recognition factor than the town in which it is located.

Town Histories

 * History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coös country to present time (1902), by Frederic P. Wells - view this book online.
 * 150th anniversary of the settlement of Newbury, Vermont : Old Home Week, August 11-16, 1912 - find tis book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Newbury is Orange. Orange Probate Court 5 Court St Chelsea VT 05038 Phone: (802) 685-4610

Maps
1877 map of Newbury

Cemeteries
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Newbury. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Orange County, website at this link.


 * Jefferson Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Oxbow Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Page Hill - Grow Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Renfrew-Heath Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Rogers Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Town House Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wells River Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Newbury Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records.
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1763-1917, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Newbury Land Records, 1881-1919, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Newbury Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1797-1852; index to deeds, 1797-1939, and Land records, 1823-1908.

Newbury Town Clerk 4982 Main St South P.O. Box 126 Newbury, VT 05051 Phone: (802) 866-5521 Email: clerk@newburyvt.org

Newspapers
The Herald of Randolph

Libraries and Historical Societies
Tenney Memorial Library 4886 Main Street South Newbury, Vermont 05051 Phone: (802) 866-5366 Email: tenneylibrary@gmail.com Website: http://tenneymemoriallibrary.org/