Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Salisbury, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns

 * 1638 English settlement of Colchester in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
 * 1640 Colchester becomes Salisbury in newly founded Norfolk County
 * 1654 Salisbury expands and splits into Salisbury Old Town and Salisbury New Town
 * 1668 Salisbury New Town becomes Amesbury
 * 1680 Norfolk County becomes Essex County
 * 1776 Massachusetts Bay Colony becomes Massachusetts, United States

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Adjacent Towns
Essex Co.:  Amesbury | Newbury | Newburyport | New Hampshire: Rockingham Co.:  Seabrook | South Hampton

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Salisbury Town Clerk
5 Beach Road Salisbury, MA 01952 Phone: 978-462-1145 Fax: 978-462-4176 Website

Vital Records

 * Early records.  Information about early residents of Salisbury before 1680 may be found in Norfolk (old) County records. Norfolk (old) County was discontinued in 1680, but her records are still available. For more details about these early records see Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Salisbury Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * Essex County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Military
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