Mashpee, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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

Parent Towns
Archiac name:
 * Marshpee, Popponesset, South Sea, Waquoit

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Aquashenet, Chimquist, East Mashpee, Indian Meeting House, Maushop Village, Poponesset, Seconnet, Segreganset, South Mashpee, Succonesset, Wakeby

Boundary Changes

 * 14 June 1763: Lands belonging to the Indians...in Mashpee be and hereby are erected into a district by the name of Mashpee..." for three years. (Prov. Laws, Vol. IV, p. 639)
 * 20 March 1767: Act of June 14, 1763, revived, to be in force until July 1, 1770.
 * 9 February 1776: Act of June 14, 1763, revived, to be in force until the end of the session of the general Court enxt after Nov. 1, 1779.
 * 25 November 1779: Act of June 14, 1763, revived, to be in force until Nov.1, 1785
 * 12 June 1788: Act of June 14, 1763, repealed; in this act the spelling is "Marshpee". The act provides that three presons be appointed as Guardians at Marshpee, for ten years.
 * 30 January 1789: All former laws respecting Marshpee Indians repealed and a board of overseers established.
 * 22 January 1795: Bounds between "Marshpee" and Barnstable established.
 * 7 March 1797: Act of June 12, 1788, made perpetual until repealed by the Legislature.
 * 26 February 1811: Part of the "plantation of Marshpee" annexed to Sandwich.
 * 31 March 1834: the plantation of Marshpee established as the District of Marshpee.
 * 17 March 1841: A tract of land formerly in the plantation of Marshpee annexed to Falmouth.
 * 1 April 1859: Part of the district of Marshpee annexed to Sandwich.
 * 13 March 1860: Part of the district of Marshpee annexed to Sandwich
 * 28 May 1870: Incorporated as a town, by the name of Mashpee, formerly the district of Marshpee.
 * 19 March 1872: Part of Sandwich re-annexed.
 * 18 June 1885: Bounds between Mashpee and Falmouth established.
 * 27 May 1887: Bounds between Mashpee and Sandwich established and part of Sandwich annexed.
 * 28 March 1894: Bounds between Mashpee and Barnstable established.
 * 20 April 1905: Bounds between Mashpee and Sandwich established and part of Sandwich annexed.
 * 24 April 1916: Bounds between Mashpee and Barnstable established.

Adjacent Towns
Barnstable | Falmouth | Sandwich | 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

Mashpee Town Clerk
16 Great Neck RD NO Mashpee, MA 02649 Phone: 508-539-1418 Fax: 508-539-1142 Email: ddami@mashpeema.gov Website

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Mashpee Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
 * Ancient Cemetery aka Lakewood Cemetery (1805)  Lakewood Dr
 * Avant-Amos-Coomb Cemetery (1838)  Rte 130
 * Attaquin Cemetery (1849) Rte 130 near Ashumer Rd
 * Francis Family Cemetery (1798) Pimlico Pond Rd
 * Hicks Cemetery  Falmouth-Sandwich Rd (no stones)
 * Jones-Johnson-Fowler Cemetery (1851)  South Sandwich St and Rte 30 (no stones)
 * Roxanna C. Mye Cemetery  Highview Ave (no stones)
 * Pocknett-Stevens (1871)  Meetinghouse Rd
 * Punkhorn Point aka Skipper-Simon-Holland Cemetery (1835)  Great Neck Rd
 * Tobey Cemetery Site  Summit Pond Estate Development
 * Town Cemetery - Old Indian Cemetery (1770) Rte 28

City Directories

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

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Mashpee at HomeTownLocator
 * Mashpee at FamilySearch Places
 * Mashpee at Google Maps
 * Mashpee 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


 * USGS GNIS FID 618256

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

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Franklin Massachusetts Family History Center
 * Hingham Massachusetts Family History Center
 * Mount Hope Massachusetts Family History Center
 * North Dartmouth Massachusetts Family History Center
 * Providence Rhode Island Family History 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