Stamford, Bennington County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Stamford is one of the oldest towns in Vermont, chartered in 1753 by Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire. The 1753 date, for the first grant of Stamford, makes this one of the oldest of the New Hampshire Grants. The outbreak of the last of the French and Indian wars kept the grantees from making a settlement within the required amount of time, so Wentworth renewed their grant in 1764. It was chartered by the name of New Stamford, but after the Revolution it dropped the New, and became simply Stamford.

Historical Data
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer is a 5 volume set of historical information by Abby Maria Hemenway with Volume I published in 1867 and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Also available online in PDF format at this link.

Town Histories
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

Brief History of Stamford, excerpts from a 1993 Stamford Historical Society article written in 1993.

Vital Records
The town of Stamford kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Stamford 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.)

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Stamford is Bennington. Bennington Probate Division 207 South St. Bennington, VT 05201 Phone: (802) 447-2705

Maps
1856 map of Stamford

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Stamford. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Bennington County, website at this link.


 * Houghton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lee Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Millard Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sportsmans Road Cemetery (aka Old Bridges Cemetery)

Churches
1. Stamford Community Church   1059 Main Rd.    Stamford, VT 05352    Phone:(802) 694-1533

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Stamford Town Clerks Office. These include Land records, 1777-1913; indexes to land records, 1780-1977, and Town and vital records, 1812-1867.

Town of Stamford 986 Main St Stamford, VT 05352 Phone: (802) 694-1361 Website: http://www.stamfordvt.org/officeofthetownclerk.html

Newspapers
Bennington Banner Newspaper

North Adams Transcript

Libraries and Historical Societies
Stamford Community Library 986 Main St. Stamford, VT 05352 Phone: (802) 694-1379 Website: http://stamfordlibrary.org/stamford/

Stamford Historical Society Town Clerk's office, Stamford, VT Mailing Address: c/o Town Clerk, 986 Main Road, Stamford, VT 05352 Phone: (802) 694-1361