Monkton, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Monkton was chartered on June 24, 1762 and was organized as a town in 1786. Settlement of the town was sporadic before the Revolutionary War, and many of the early settlers left their homes during the course of the war, seeking safety elsewhere. The overall settlement of the town began after the war.

Most present-day maps show the town's main village as Monkton Boro, although the postal name is just Monkton. At different times the hamlet has been known as The Borough, sometimes spelled Boro, or Burrough.

Overlooking a small body of water in the northern section of town is the village of Monkton Ridge; the body of water there was called simply Monkton Pond from the time the town was settled until a few years ago, when it was renamed Cedar Lake because of the fine stand of cedar that casts its reflection on the surface of the water.

Cemeteries

 * Monkton Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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


 * Barnum town Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Beers Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Boro Cemetery (also known as Monktonboro Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Carter Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * East Monkton Cemetery (also known a Morgan Cemetery) - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * Horan Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Monkton Ridge Cemetery (also known as Ridge Cemetery) - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * Quaker Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * Smith Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in Monkton, visit.

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Monkton:

Monthly meeting records, 1801-1846, Society of Friends. Monkton Vermont are on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Monkton:

Libraries and Historical Societies
Monkton Museum and Historical Society 280 Monkton Ridge North Ferrisburgh, VT 05473 Website: http://monktonvt.com/community/monkton-museum-and-historical-society/

Russell Memorial Library 4333 States Prison Hollow Rd. Monkton, VT 05469 Phone: (802) 453-4471 Email: russellmemoriallibrary@comcast.net Website: http://russelllibraryvt.wordpress.com/

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Monkton: 1871 map of Monkton Township

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Monkton:

The probate district for Monkton is Addison.

Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-2612

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


 * History of Monkton, Vermont, 1734-1961, by Leon V. Bushey, Jessie Thomas, and Howard French - view digital copy of this book online.


 * Around the mountains : historical essays about Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, and Monkton, by William Wallace Higbee; Kathleen McKinley Harris; Mary G Lighthall (1991) - find this book in a library.


 * Monkton History from the “Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT, for 1881-82”, compiled and published by Hamilton Child - view a digital copy of this book online.

Town Records
In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following:

The following are Monkton town records available online: Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1857-1998, can be found on (browse only images).

Vermont, Addison County, Monkton, land records, 1850-1904 can be found on (browse only).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Monkton Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1762-1850; index to deeds, 1786-1950, and Town records, 1788-1905.

Monkton Town Clerk 280 Monkton Rd. P.O. Box 12 Monkton, VT 05473 Phone:(802) 453-3800 Email: TownClerk@monktonvt.com Website: http://monktonvt.com/

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Vital Records

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

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