Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Sandwich, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
 * Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FS Library book 974.4 H2h 1997].

Parent Towns

 * 6 March 1638: Certain persons were ordered to "... goe to Sanditch, and set forth their bounds of the lands graunted to them". (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol I, p. 80)
 * Archiac name: Pocasset, Pokesset, Sanditch, Scusset, Shaume

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: East Sandwich, Farmersville, Forestdale, Greenville (extinct), Jarvesville, Monument Village (current town of Bourne), Plowed Neck, Sagamore Hill, Sand Hill, Scorton, South Sandwich, Spectacle Pond, Spring Hill, Wakeby

Boundary Changes

 * 2 March 1652: Bounds between Sandwich and Barnstable to be established.
 * 10 June 1662: Bounds between Sandwich and Barnstable to be established.
 * 7 June 1670: Bounds between Sandwich and Plymouth as established Jan. 19, 1663, ordered to be recorded.
 * 29 October 1672: Bounds between Sandwich and Barnstable established.
 * 7 July 1681: Bounds between Sandwich and "Suckanesset" established.
 * 28 October 1684: Bounds established.
 * 28 November 1735: Bounds between Sandwich and lands of the proprietors of Mashpee confirmed.
 * 26 February 1811: Part of the plantation of "Marshpee" annexed.
 * 1 April 1859: Part of the district of "Marshpee" annexed.
 * 13 March 1860: Part of the district of "Marshpee" annexed.
 * 19 March 1872: Part re-annexed to Mashpee.
 * 19 March 1880: Bounds between Sandwich and Falmouth established.
 * 2 April 1884: Part established as Bourne.
 * 27 May 1887: Bounds between Sandwich and Mashpee established and part annexed to Mashpee.
 * 20 April 1905: Bounds between Sandwich and Mashpee established and part annexed to Mashpee.
 * 24 April 1916: Part annexed to Barnstable.

Adjacent Towns
Barnstable | Bourne | Falmouth | Mashpee | Cape Cod Bay to the north

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

Sandwich Town Clerk
145 Main St Sandwich, MA 02563 Phone: 508-888-0340 Fax: 508-888-2497 Email: [mailto:twhite@townofsandwich.net twhite@townofsandwich.net] Website

Vital Records

 * Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich. By Leonard H. Smith, Jr. Clearfield: The Mayflower Descendant, 1901-1935. Online at: Ancestry ($)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Sandwich Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Bay View Cemetery (1864) Main St.
 * Cedarville Cemetery (1805) Rte 6A
 * Forestdale Cemetery (1826) Falmouth Rd
 * Freeman Cemetery (1806) Grove St.
 * Mount Hope Cemetery (1775) Rte 6A
 * New Town Cemetery (1977) Rte. 130
 * Old Quaker Cemetery (ca. 1670s) end Quaker Road (no stones)
 * Old Town Cemetery (1683) Grove St.
 * Percival-Hablin Family Cemetery (1831) Farmersville Rd
 * Poor Farm Cemetery (1823) Crowell and Charles Sts (no stones)
 * Quaker Cemetery (1694) behind Quaker Meetinghouse
 * Saddle and Pillion Cemetery (1676) at the end of Wilson Rd
 * St. Peters Cemetery (1865) Grove and Pine Sts
 * South Sandwich Cemetery (1811) Boardley St.
 * Spring Hill Cemetery (1812) Rte. 6A
 * Tobey Cemetery (ca. 1788) Quake Meetinghouse Rd.
 * Joe Wilson Family Cemetery (1886) off Rte. 130
 * Wakeby-Goodspeed Family Cemetery (1803) Cotuit Rd

Church Records

 * 1646-1850 (*) Society of Friends at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1676-1876 (*) Society of Friends at FamilySearch Catalog - images

City Directories

 * 1900,1908 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Sandwich at Ancestry - index and images ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1665-1770 (*) Sandwich Proprietor'S Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1692-1868 (*) Sandwich Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Sandwich at HomeTownLocator
 * Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
 * Sandwich at FamilySearch Places
 * Sandwich at Google Maps
 * Sandwich at Mapcarta
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page


 * USGS GNIS FID 618259

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * 1839-1883 (*) Sandwich Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * Massachusetts Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Massachusetts Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Other Town Records

 * 1780-1829 (*) Sandwich Town Treasurer at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1839-1930 (*) Sandwich County Commissioners at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Probate Records

 * 1692-1868 (*) Sandwich Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

FamilySearch Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Franklin Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Hingham Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Mount Hope Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * North Dartmouth Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
 * Providence Rhode Island FamilySearch Center
 * Dennis Public Library - Cape Cod Genealogical Society Library - an affiliate library
 * Eldredge Public Library - an affiliate library
 * General Society of Mayflower Descendants - an affiliate library
 * Middleborough Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Provincetown Public Library - an affiliate library