Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Brief History

 * Yarmouth, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office

1146 Route 28 So. Yarmouth, MA 02664 Phone: 508-398-2231 x 1216 Fax: 508-760-4842 Email: [mailto:pgaudet@yarmouth.ma.us pgaudet@yarmouth.ma.us] Website

Establishment and former town name(s)
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997].

7 January 1639: "the names of those to whom graunt of the lands at Mattacheeset, now called Yarmouth..." (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol I, p. 108)

Archiac name: Hokkanom, Mattacheeset, Nobscussett

Section/Villages within the town: Bass River, Camp Station, Hockanum, Middleton, Point Gammon, Pond Village, South Yarmouth, Town House, Weir Village, West Yarmouth, Yarmouth Farms, Yarmouthport, Yarmouth Village.

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Boundary Changes
17 June 1641: Bounds between Yarmouth and Barnstable established.

11 March 1658: Yarmouth and Barnstable agreed upon bounds.

19 June 1793: Part established as Dennis

Adjacent Towns
Barnstable | Dennis | Cape Cod Bay to the north, Nantucket Sound to the south

Cemeteries
Ancient Cemetery (ca. 1639) Centre St, off Rte 6A Yarmouthport

Bass River Baptist Cemetery (1813) 38 Old Main St., on the grounds of Bass River Community Baptist Church South Yarmouth

Civil War Graves Site (no gravestones) off Union St., near Rte 6A

Eldredge-Matthews-Taylor Smallpox Cemetery (1796) North Dennis Rd Yarmouthport

Georgetown Cemetery (1820) High Bank Rd, next to Bass River Golf Course South Yarmouth

Chandler Gray Cemetery (1988) 161 Old Mill Way, at the end of Chandler Gray Rd West Yarmouth

Gideon Gray Cemetery near Wild Rose Terr, off Dinah's Pond South Yarmouth

Methodist Cemetery (1812) Willow St. South Yarmouth

Pine Grove Cemetery (1820) 29 Station Ave South Yarmouth

Quaker Cemetery (1811) 58 North Main St South Yarmouth

Smallpox Cemetery Bray Farm Rd, off Rte 6A Yarmouthport

Smallpox Cemetery (1779) Weir Rd, off Rte 6A Yarmouthport

Taylor-Hall Smallpox Cemetery (1801) located at the 13th hole of the Kings Way Golf Course Rte 6A Yarmouthport

Woodside Cemetery (1753) West Yarmouth Rd and Rte 28 West Yarmouth

Yarmouth Indian Memorial Stone Indian Memorial Dr.

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 618262
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator