Pomfret, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Pomfret was chartered July 8, 1761. Pomfret was called "New Pomfret" at first because most of the people who settled there came from the Pomfret, Connecticut.

Town Histories
Pomfret, Vermont : in two volumes, by Henry H. Vail - view a digital version of this book at FamilySearch.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Pomfret is Hartford. Hartford Probate Court 62 Pleasant Street PO Box 275 Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone: (802) 457-1503

Military
Enrolled militia records, 1863-1866, are available on microfilm in the Family History Library.

Maps
Map of modern Pomfret.

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


 * Bunker Hill Burying Ground - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Burns Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hewittville Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site

Pomfret, Vermont Cemetery records, 1829-1972, available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records
Digital images of Pomfret Town records, 1967-1996, are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Pomfret Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1769-1880; general index to land records, 1769-1952, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1770-1996, and Town proceedings, 1773-1914.

Pomfret Town Clerk 5218 Pomfret Road, North Pomfret, VT 05053 Phone: (802) 457-3861 Website: http://pomfretvt.us/

Newspapers
The Vermont Standard

Libraries and Historical Societies
Pomfret Historical Society Bartlett Brook Road PO Box 54 South Pomfret, VT 05067 Phone: (802) 457-1021 Abbott Memorial Library 15 Library St. PO Box 95 South Pomfret, VT 05067 Phone: (802) 457-2236 Email: abbottlibrary@gmail.com Website: http://www.abbottmemoriallibrary.org/