Middlesex, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

Description
Middlesex, Vermont at Wikipedia

Middlesex was chartered on June 8, 1763. Middlesex took its boundaries from Waterbury, which had been granted the day before. Worcester, which was granted on the same day as Middlesex, took its boundaries from Middlesex. For that reason it has always been assumed this town was named for its location between the other two.

The town's history relates that in the late 1800's Middlesex still had a large bear population, as attested to by the story of a farmer and his wife who went out to find what had killed one of their sheep. The farmer spotted a bear and killed it; then his wife called out that she could see another. The farmer killed that bear, too, and they started back home, only to find the one they had been looking for, a third bear eating a sheep. If that was a sample of the bear population in Middlesex it is easy to see why one section of town was for years known as Beartown. It is claimed that another section was such a miserable place to live that it was called merely Skunks Misery.

Populated Places
Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities, Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Town Records
In New England most original vital records of birth, marriage, and death can be found at the town clerk's office

Middlesex Town Clerk
Middlesex Town Clerk 5 Church Street Middlesex, VT 05602 Phone: 802-223-5915 E-mail middlesxtwnclrk@comcast.net Website: http://middlesexvermont.org/

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

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Middlesex. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Washington County, website at this link.


 * Carr Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Chatterton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Middlesex Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Middlesex Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * North Branch Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Card file of cemetery lots, 1785-1870, is available on microfilm from the Family History Library.


 * Middlesex Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Washington County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

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 Middlesex, 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 Middlesex:

City Directories

 * 1931-1942 Vermont, U.S., City Directories, Middlesex at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * 1936 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Middlesex at Ancestry - index and images ($),some years may be missing
 * Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index and images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Land Records

 * 1600s-1900s at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images; ''Also at: Ancestry ($),
 * Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

 * Middlesex in the making: history and memories of a small Vermont town, Sarah Seidman; Patricia Wiley; Middlesex Historical Society (2006) - find this book in a library.
 * History of the town of Waitsfield : incl. an engraving of Bethany Church at Montpelier, and papers from Marshfield and Middlesex, Perrin B. Fisk (1882) - a digital copy of this book is available online.

Maps
This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps
 * Boundary Map of Middlesex at HomeTownLocator
 * McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
 * Middlesex at FamilySearch Places
 * Middlesex at Google Maps
 * Middlesex at Mapcarta
 * Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
 * Town of Middlesex at Vermont.org
 * Vermont Maps State Page


 * 1873 map of Middlesex

Military
Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
 * United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865
For more Civil War Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
 * United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918
For more World War I Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
 * United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945
For more World War II Military Records see:
 * Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
 * United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

Other 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 Middlesex town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1790 -1858, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Middlesex Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1997, Deeds, 1788-1884 and Town records, 1825-1832, 1847-1914.

Probate Records
The probate district for Middlesex is Washington. Washington District Probate Court 10 Elm St. #3 Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 828-3405

Family History Centers & Affiliate Libraries

 * Essex Vermont Family History Center
 * Montpelier Vermont Family History Center
 * South Royalton Vermont Family History Center
 * Bath Public Library - an affiliate library
 * Thornton Public Library - New Hampshire - an affiliate library
 * Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society - an affiliate library

Societies
Middlesex Historical Society 5 Church Street Middlesex, VT 05602 Email: pwiley3@gmail.com Phone: (802) 272-8074 Website: http://middlesexvermont.org/middlesex-historical-society/