Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Town Clerk
2198 Main St Brewster, MA 02631 Phone: 508-896-4506 Fax: 508-896-8089 Email: [mailto:cwilliams@brewster-ma.gov cwilliams@brewster-ma.gov] Website

Establishment and former town name(s)
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997].

1640: Settled.

19 February 1803: Incorporated as a town, State 1802, c76, from part of Harwich, with a provision that certain estates of the remonstrants be allowed to remain in Harwich.

Archiac name:

Satucket, Sawkatucket

Section/Villages within the town: Brewster Station, East Brewster, North Brewster, South Brewster, West Brewster

Boundary Changes
21 June 1811: The Daniel Rogers estate in Harwich annexed to Brewster

25 April 1848: Part annexd to Harwich

20 February 1861: Bounds between Brewster and Orleans established.

20 June 1935: Bounds between Brewster and Orleans re-established.

12 July 1945: Bounds between Brewster and Dennis established.

Neighboring Towns
Dennis | Harwich | Orleans | Cape Cod Bay to the north

Cemeteries
Brewster Cemetery (1819)  451 Lower Road

Crosby Cemetery (1816) Deer Park Road Nickerson State Park

Dillingham Cemetery (1716) Stony Brook Road West Brewster

Capt. David Eldridge Family Cemetery (1836) two graves off Millstone Road Nickerson State Park

First Parish Cemetery (1703) Breakwater Road, Rte 6A

Lincoln-Foster Cemetery (1827) Long Pond Road, Rte 137

Pine Grove Cemetery (1833) Foster and Old Cemetery Road

Red Top Cemetery (1818) Red Top and Stony Brook Roads

Sears Family Cemetery (1726) off Main St at Airline Road, near Rte 6A West Brewster, near Dennis town line

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 615907
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Town Records

 * No Annual Town Reports for Brewster.

Vital Records
" The Vital Records of the Town of Brewster " is the first volume to be issued at the charge of the " Cape Cod Town Record Fund," and contains copies of all the vital records of Brewster, to the end of the year 1849."


 * 1772-1849