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United States Vermont  Addison   Orwell

Brief History
Orwell was chartered on August 18, 1763. No settlement occurred in town for another eight years, however.

The first settler is recorded as John Charter, a Scotsman who took up residence near what was then known as Rattlesnake Hill, now Mount Independence, in 1771.

By the mid-1770's, a few families were living in town, clearing land for fields and building rudimentary shelters for themselves and their livestock. With the start of the Revolutionary War, most residents returned to the safer, established communities to the south.

Further settlement did not commence until the close of the war.

The British burned nearly all of the buildings in town--and indeed the entire area---before the end of the war. No pre-revolution structures survive in Orwell today.

Town Histories

 * New Haven, a Rural Historical Town of Vermont: Oration by Hon. J.B. Grinnell - view digital copy of this book online.
 * New Haven in Vermont, 1761-1983, by Harold Farnsworth and Robert H Rodgers - find this book in a library.

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

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

Maps
1871 map of New Haven

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


 * Evergreen Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Munger Street Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * New Haven West Cemetery - inscriptions found online.
 * Riverside Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.

Churches
The First Centennial of the Congregational Church in New Haven, Vermont, by Ezra Hoyt Byington, and C. N Thomast is on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1784-1948, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the New Haven Town Clerk's Office. These include Town and vital records of New Haven, Vermont, 1784-1998, and Deeds, 1786-1857; index 1786-1940.

New Haven Town Clerk 78 North Street New Haven, Vermont 05472 Phone: (802) 453-3516 Email: newhavenclerk@gmavt.net Website: http://www.newhavenvt.com/

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Libraries and Historical Societies
New Haven Community Library 8 North Street, Suite 2 New Haven, VT 05472 Phone: (802) 453-4015 Email: nhl@gmavt.net Website: http://www.nhcl.org/