Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States Massachustts  Barnstable County  Dennis

Establishment and former town name(s)
North Dennis is same as Dennis.

Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997.

19 June 1793: Incorporated as a town, from part of Yarmouth.

Archiac name: Nobscusset, Sesuet

Section/Villages within the town: Dennis Port, East Dennis, North Dennis, South Dennis, West Dennis

Boundary Changes
12 July 1945:

8 May 1947: Act of July 12, 1945, amended and bounds between Dennis and Harwich established.

Neighboring Towns
Brewster | Harwich | Yarmouth | Cape Cod Bay to the north, Nantucket Sound to the south

Cemeteries
All locations in Dennis unless otherwise specifically listed.


 * Cemetery inscriptions of Dennis, Massachusetts FHL
 * B.N. Derick's cemetery records of Dennis, Ma. (part of Mayflower Descendant Legacy) FHL If you visit theFamily History Library, "If you are using a computer in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, you may use this database by clicking here."

Dennis Village (1794)
Old Bass River Rd., Rte 6A


 * Cemetery inscriptions, Dennis Union Church "Did not copy the newer part" FHL

Gravesite of a child who died from smallpox
corner of Setucket and Airline Sts

Hall Family (1696)
Whig St.


 * Cemetery inscriptions, Hall Cemetery FHL

Howes Family (1650)
New Boston Rd


 * Cemetery inscriptions, Howes Cemetery FHL

Indian
Rte 6A, on shores of Scargo Lake (no markers)

Oak Ridge (1970)
Rte 134

Paddock Family (1707)
off Rte 6A


 * Cemetery inscriptions - Paddock Cemetery FHL
 * Paddock family genealogy FHL

Quaker (1720)
Mayfair Rd

Centennial celebrations, etc.

 * The celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of old Yarmouth, Mass. : including the present towns of Yarmouth and Dennis; September 1 and 3, 1889 FHL

Congregational

 * Second Congregational Church Church records, 1728-1810 FHL
 * North Congregational Church Church records, 1814-1850 FHL

Methodist

 * Wesleyan Methodist Church (now United Church of Christ) Church records, 1848-1925 FHL

Directories

 * City Directories (Title in catalog in error) FHL

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 618252
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Military History and Records
Town Records

Town Records

 * Dennis source records: transcription of records of the town of Dennis, Massachusetts FHL