Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

 * Eastham, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Parent Towns
Archiac name:
 * Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997].
 * 1643: Nawsett mentioned in a list of towns having freeman able to bear arms. (Plymouth Colony Rec. Vol. VIII, p.177.)
 * 3 March 1645: "...those that goes to dwell at Nossett..." granted land. (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol. II, p.81.)
 * 2 June 1646: Nawsett established as a town. (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol. 11, p. 102.)
 * 7 June 1651: "That the Towne of Nawsett be henceforth called and knwne by the name of Eastham..." (Ply. Col. Rec., Vol. XI, p. 59.)
 * Nossett, Nawsett

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Eastham Center, Great Pond, Long Pond, Nausett, North Eastham, South Eastham Wikipedia:

Boundary Changes

 * 5 March 1678: Eastham and purchasers on both sides to settle the bounds.
 * 16 June 1763: Part established as the district of Wellfeet.
 * 14 July 1772: Part of Harwich annexed.
 * 3 March 1797: Part established as Orleans
 * 9 March 1839: Part annexed to Orleans.
 * 26 April 1847: Part annexed to Wellfeet.
 * 23 March 1867: Bounds between Eastham and Orleans established and part of each town annexed to the other town.
 * 6 May 1887: Bounds beteen tidewaters of Eastham and Wellfleet established.

Adjacent Towns
Orleans | Wellfleet | Cape Cod Bay to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the east

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

Eastham Town Clerk
2500 State Hwy Eastham, MA 02642 Phone: 508-240-5900 x 223 Fax: 508-240-1291 Email: [mailto:townclerk@eastham-ma.gov townclerk@eastham-ma.gov] Website

Town Reports
The town of Eastham kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Eastham kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Eastham Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Bridge Road Burying Ground (1754) Bridge Road
 * Congregational and Soldiers Cemetery (1813) Rte. 6
 * Evergreen Cemetery (1806) Rte. 6
 * Old Cove Cemetery (1660) Rte. 6

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


 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 619414
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Military
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Nearest Family History Center
Nearest Family History Centers to the town of TOWN: Nearest Affiliate Libraries to the town of TOWN: