Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Guide to Marion, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ancestry, genealogy and family history, town histories, vital records, city directories, cemetery records and cemeteries, churches, town records, newspapers, maps, and libraries.

Description

 * Marion, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Hanson was the west parish of Pembroke and thus the area was Plymouth Colony in the beginning. The area was placed in Plymouth County when counties were formed in 1685. For a brief time, the area was part of the Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689. The area is 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. When incorporated, the town was part of Plymouth County where it remains.

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

Adjacent Towns
Plymouth Co.: Mattapoisett | Rochester | Wareham | Barnstable Co.:  Bourne | Falmouth | Dukes Co.:  Gosnold

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

Marion Town Clerk
2 Spring Street Marion, MA 02738 Phone: 508-748-3502 Fax: 508-748-3534 Email: [mailto:mbissonnette@marionma.gov mbissonnette@marionma.gov] Website

Vital Records
Published records There are no published vital records for Marion.
 * Microfilm of the originals created by the FamilySearch Library, 1852-1905,.
 * Microfiche of the originals created by Archive Publishing covering vital records, 1852-1910, on 27 fiche. Part of Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620–1988 at Ancestry ($); Index
 * Official state copy of vital records starting in 1841: Massachusetts Archives 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston MA 02125 Phone 617-727-2816 Email [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us] Hours and Directions See the online guide for more information.

Births

 * 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Marion Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Plymouth County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Marion. For more details regarding these cemeteries, see the state guide under cemeteries for books on the subject.


 * Map and locations of cemeteries, with links to other information - at MAGenWeb.


 * Blankenship Cemetery, n.d. (A, C)
 * Evergreen Cemetery, n.d. (D)
 * Handy's Corner Cemetery, 1797. (B)
 * Happy Alley / Quaker Cemetery, n.d. (A, D)
 * Little Neck Cemetery, 18th century. (A, B, D)
 * Marion Cemetery, 18th century. (B)
 * North Marion Cemetery, n.d.
 * Old Landing Cemetery, n.d. (A, D)

Abstracts of the cemeteries above are marked and keyed to: (A). New England Historic Genealogical Society Manuscripts Dept. (B). Charles M. Thatcher, Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts (Middleborough, Mass., 1995). WorldCat (Other Libraries);. (C). Daughters of the American Revolution GRC v. 48. (D). Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, 1914).

Church Records
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.


 * Congregational Church [now First Congregational Church of Marion, 1703, records good.
 * Universalist Church, 1828, records good.
 * Methodist Episcopal Church, 1866, records good.
 * Methodist Protestant church, n.d., extinct by 1889 and records unknown (perhaps the church below).
 * St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 1874.
 * St. Rita's Rectory, n.d.
 * Community Baptist Church of Marion, 1992.

City Directories
Marion was published in 1903/4, 1907, 1909, 1910/1, 1916, 1919, 1924/5, 1926, 1928-1929, 1934.


 * 1910-1935 Massachusetts, U.S., City Directories, Marion at Ancestry - index & images ($), some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) has one of the largest collections of city directories in the country. They are likely to own most of the years listed above. Their collection is in microfiche, microfilm, and books, but there is no online inventory of their holdings except for microfilm. See their guide online.

Other holdings:


 * Ancestry ($) has none.
 * Boston Public Library has 1909-1934.
 * FamilySearch Library (Salt Lake City) has 1903/4, 1907, 1910/1, 1916, 1919, 1924/5, 1928-1929 on.
 * fold3 ($) has none.
 * Massachusetts State Library has 1903/4, 1907, 1910/1, 1916, 1919, 1926.
 * New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston) ($) has 1907, 1910-1911, 1916, 1919, 1928-1929.

Local Histories
The basic data is from the "Historical Data" publication series with additions from various sources. Associated names Village or section names include Bird Island, East Marion, Gifford's Corner, Great Hill, Great Neck, Hamlin's Corner, North Marion, Old Landing, Silver Shell, Sippican, and Sprague's Cove. Border changes

Works written on the town include:


 * Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts: being a History of these Towns and also in part of Marion and a portion of Wareham ([Mattapoisett, Mass.], 3rd ed., 1950), 426 pp. Digital versions of the 1907 edition at Internet Archive and Google Books WorldCat (Other Libraries); ;.
 * Marion Wikipedia page.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Marion at HomeTownLocator
 * Marion at FamilySearch Places
 * Marion at Google Maps
 * Marion at Mapcarta
 * 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
 * Massachusetts Maps State Page

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:
 * 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

Newspapers

 * 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * Marion Sentinel, 1984-present.

Probate Records

 * 1686-1881 Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881 at American Ancestors — index & images ($)

Libraries
Elizabeth Taber Library 8 Spring Street Marion MA 02738 Phone 508-748-1252

Societies
Sippican Historical Society 139 Front Street Box 541 Marion MA 02738 508-748-1116 Email [mailto:info@sippicanhistoricalsociety.org info@sippicanhistoricalsociety.org]