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United States Vermont  Windsor   Cavendish

Brief History
The charter for Cavendish was issued by New Hampshire on October 12, 1761 and the Town was rechartered by New York on June 16, 1762. Cavendish was most likely named for William Cavendish, the fourth Duke of Devonshire.

The Town of Cavendish was home to U.S.S.R. dissident and author, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn from 1977 to 1994. The Nobel Laureate called Cavendish home because it was a place where he could find sanctuary and a quiet atmosphere in which to write. Once Communist rule in Russia was over, he decided to return to Russia.

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Town Histories

 * History of Cavendish, Vermont., by Lois Wheeler (1952) - Find this book in a library.
 * Families of Cavendish : the early settlers of the Black River Valley in Windsor County, Vermont : a social and genealogical history, by Linda Margaret Farr Welch, Carmine Guica, and Barbara B Kingsbury (1999) - Find this book in a library.
 * Neither wealth nor poverty; the history of the woolen mills of Gay Brothers, 1869-1944, Tunbridge, Cavendish, Vermont, by Janet Mabie (1944) - Find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Chester is Windsor. Windsor Probate Court PO Box 402 (Cota Fuel Bdg) N. Springfield, VT 05150 Phone: (802) 886-2284

Military Records
Records of enrolled militia, 1863, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Maps
1869 map of Cavendish

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

Hartford

 * Brookside Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Pleasant View Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Simsbury Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Smokeshire Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Spoonerville Cemetery

Deeds to cemetery lots, 1869-1924 (Chester, Vermont) are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Churches
1. Congregational Church of Chester   469 Main Street    Chester, VT 05143    Phone: (802) 875-3382

2. First Baptist Church   162 Main Street    Chester, VT 05143    Phone: (802) 875-2638

3. First Universalist Unitarian Parish   21 North Street    Chester, VT 05143    Phone: (802) 875-3257

4. St. Joseph's Church   148 South Main Street    Chester, VT 05143    Phone: (802) 875-2610

5. St. Luke's Episcopal Church   313 Main Street    Chester, VT 05143    Phone: (802) 875-6000

Town Records
Digital images of Chester Town records, 1790-1996, are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Chester Town Clerk's Office. These include Town records and land records, 1763-1903; indexes to vital records and deeds, 1763-1960, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1996; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1763-1995.

Town of Cavendish Mailing Address: P.O. Box 126 Physical Address: 37 High St. Cavendish, VT 05142 Phone: (802) 226-7291 Clerk Email: j.pixley@comcast.net Website: http://www.cavendishvt.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cavendish-Vermont/147333582005710

Newspapers
Rutland Herald Newspaper

Libraries and Historical Societies
Cavendish Historical Society PO Box 472 Cavendish, VT 05142. Phone: (802) 226-7807 Website: http://www.cavendishhistoricalsocietynews.blogspot.com/

Whiting Library 117 Main Street Chester, VT 05143 Phone: (802) 875-2277 Email: whitinglibrary@yahoo.com Website: www.whitinglibrary.wordpress.com