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''United States Massachusetts  [[Plymouth County,

Massachusetts|Plymouth]] Carver ''

Brief History
The first settlers arrived in this area in 1637 when it was still part of Plymouth in Plymouth Colony and

laid in Plymouth County when counties were formed in 1685. For a brief time, that town was part of the

Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689. This town was still in Plymouth County, though was in limbo,

until the "Colony" was merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 that became the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts. This region was split off in 1707 and called Plympton. Carver was created as a separate town

in 1790 and remained in Plymouth County.

== Historical Data == Associated names Carver was once called Mohootset.

Village or section names include Annasnappet, Bate's Pond, East Carver, Ellis Furnace, John's Pond, North

Carver, Popes Point, Quitticus, Shoestring District, South Carver, and Wenham. Border changes

Town Histories
Works written on the town include:
 * Henry S. Griffith, History of the town of Carver, Massachusetts: Historical Review, 1637-1910 (New

Bedford, Mass., 1913).
 * The biographical sketches include the families [not in alphabetical order and there can be several sketches

of one surname]: Barrows, Bowers, Cobb, Cole, Cornish, Ellis, Griffith, Maxim, McFarlin, Murdock, Pratt,

Savery, Shaw, and Shurtleff.
 * Digital versions at Internet Archive,

Google Books, and on

Ancestry ($). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3575530

WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; (with

digital link).
 * Carver Wikipedia page.

Vital Records
The town's vital records are available in many locations: Original records
 * Carver Town Clerk's Office
 * 108 Main Street
 * Carver MA 02330
 * Phone 508-866-3400


 * Microfilm of the originals created by the Family History Library, 1748-1903,.
 * Microfiche of the originals created by the Holbrook Research Institute covering town records that included

vital records and a few other town records, 1712-1892, on 47 fiche. Part of

‘’Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620–1988’‘

at Ancestry ($); Index
 * Official state copy of vital records started in 1841. See the guide to the state for more information

here. Published records
 * Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, 1911).
 * This includes, in part, church records from the Congregational Church (C.R.1) and Baptist Church (C.R.2).

Deaths are included from Lakenham Cem. in North Carver (G.R.1), Center Cem. (G.R.2), Wenham Cem. in East

Carver (G.R.3), and Union Cem. in South Carver (G.R.4).
 * These volumes were microfilmed by the Family History Library, ; and in digital version at Internet Archive,

Google Books, and

Ancestry ($). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1667899

WorldCat (Other Libraries)];.

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Carver. For more details regarding these cemeteries,

see the state guide under cemeteries for books on the subject.
 * 1) Center Cemetery, 1811. (A, C)
 * 2) Central Cemeter, n.d.
 * 3) Lakenham Cemetery, 1718, (A, C)
 * 4) Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 1920.
 * 5) Union Cemetery, 1777. (A, B, C)
 * 6) Wenham / East Carver Cemetery, 1770. (A, C)

Abstracts of the cemeteries above are marked and keyed to: (A). Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, 1911) [see links above under

Vital Records]. (B). New England Historic Genealogical Society, Manuscripts Dept., Boston, Mass. (C). Charles M. Thatcher, Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts (Middleborough, Mass., 1995).

WorldCat (Other Libraries);.

Churches
The following is a list of churches established in town in order of organization date (if known) and

condition of records in the 1889 survey if listed.


 * 1) Congregational Church, North Carver, 1733, records good.
 * 2) Baptist Church, 1791, records good.
 * 3) Advent Christian Church, 1820, records good.
 * 4) Reformed Methodist Church, South Carver, 1831-1867, records good [in private hands in 1889].
 * 5) Methodist Episcopal Church, South Carver, 1867, records good.
 * 6) Our Lady of Lourdes,

1920?
 * 1) Abundant Life Community Church, n.d.
 * 2) Church of the Vine, South Carver, n.d.
 * 3) Cranberry Chapel Assembly of God, n.d.
 * 4) Emmaus Bible Church, South Carver, n.d.
 * 5) Faith Baptist Church, n.d.
 * 6) Living Word Church of Hope, n.d.
 * 7) United Parish of Carver [Baptist], n.d.

Newspapers

 * 1) Carver Reporter, 1988-present.

Libraries and Historical Societies
The following is list of research facilities in town:

Carver Public Library 2 Meadowbrook Way Carver MA 02330 Phone 508-866-3415