Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Description

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

Parent Towns
Archiac name:
 * Satuckett

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: East Harwich, Harwich Center, Harwichport, North Harwich, Pleasant Lake, South Harwich, West Harwich

Boundary Changes

 * 14 September 1694: Established as a town, formerly a tract of land called "Satuckett" (Prov. Laws, Vol. 1, p. 181)
 * 14 Jul 1772: Part annexed to Eastham.
 * 9 February 1803: Part established as Brewster, with a proviso that certain estates of remonstrants be allowed to remain in Harwich.
 * 21 June 1811: The Daniel Rogers estate in Harwich annexed to Brewster.
 * 25 April 1848: Part of Brewster annexed.
 * 4 April 1862: Bounds between Harwich and Orleans established.
 * 14 April 1862: Bounds between Harwich and Chatham established.
 * 12 July 1945: Bounds between Harwich and Dennis established.
 * 8 May 1947: Act of July 12, 1945, amended and bounds between Harwich and Dennis established.

Adjacent Towns
Brewster | Chatham | Dennis | Orleans | Nantucket Sound to the south

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

Harwich Town Clerk
732 Main St, Harwich, MA 02645 Phone: (508) 430-7516 Website

Town Reports
The town of Harwich kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Harwich 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

 * Harwich Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Banks Street Burial Ground Banks St., no stone
 * Baptist Church Cemetery (1816) Depot St. and Rte 28 West Harwich
 * Chase Family Cemetery Depot St., no stones
 * Christ Church Episcopal Church Cremation Garden behind the Christ Church Episcopal Church Rte 28 Harwichport
 * East Harwich Methodist Cemetery Church St East Harwich
 * End of the Pond Cemetery (1825) Spruce St.
 * Evergreen Cemetery (1807) corner of Cemetery AVe and Rte 137
 * First Congregational Church cemetery (1748) Rte 124 and Main St. Harwich Center
 * First Methodist Cemetery (ca 1758) Queen Anne Rd
 * Hawks Nest Pond Cemetery (1826) off Spruce Rd East Harwich
 * Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery (1869) Rte 124, Pleasant Lake Ave West Harwich
 * Island Pond Cemetery (1778) off Main St, at end of Island Pond Rd
 * Kelley Street Cemetery (1834) off Kelley St.
 * Kildee Hill Cemetery existed nearby Kildee Hill
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1850) 90 Forest ST, located between South and Forest Sts Harwichport
 * North Harwich Cemetery (1792) corner North Main and Depot Sts
 * Pine Grove Cemetery (1813) Pine Grove St. West Harwich
 * South Harwich Cemetery aka Methodist Churchyard Cemetery (1829) Old Chatham Rd South Harwich
 * Harding Ryder Gravesite Rte 39, near the water tower
 * Smith Family Cemetery (1834) Bell's Neck Rd
 * South Harwich Cemetery (1829) Chatham Rd
 * Samuel Tripp Family Cemetery (1832) Harwich
 * Union Cemetery (ca. 1811) Harwich St. and Queen Anne Rd, next to the Harwich United Methodist Church
 * Mehitable Wixon-Chase Family Cemetery (1832) off Lothrop Ave. Harwich

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


 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 618254
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Military
Searchable by Town

Other Town Records
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.
 * Harwich Town Records (Vital Records): 1640-1935 : Courtesy of PlymouthColony.net
 * 1790 Census, Harwich, Barnstable, MA: Sorted by Head of Household

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