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United States Vermont  Windsor   Norwich

Brief History
The original name of Plymouth was Saltash, under a charter granted by Gov. Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire on July 6, 1761. It wasn't until Feb. 23, 1797 that an act of the legislature changed the name to Plymouth.

Plymouth is the town where Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, was born in and is also buried here.

Plymouth is principally noted for its gold diggings, and the purity of the ore exceeding that generally found in California. Plymouth Five Corners and an area northeast of Tyson were the scenes of extensive gold mining operations, following the discovery of the mineral around 1857. After a time the projects were abandoned and the town of Five Corners had nothing at all but cellar holes and a cemetery to show for all the mining activity.

Town Histories
A history of Norwich, Vermont (1905), by M. E. Goddard, and Henry V. Partridge - this book is available free of charge online.

Norwich University, 1819-1911 : her history, her graduates, her roll of honor, by William Arba Ellis - this book can be viewed online free of charge.

Norwich, Vermont: A History (2011), by the Norwich Historical Society - Available at the Norwich Historical Society. 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 Norwwich is Hartland. Hartford Probate Court 62 Pleasant Street PO Box 275 Woodstock, VT 05091 Phone: (802) 457-1503

Military
List of men liable to enrollment, 1863, are available on microfilm in the Family History Library. Order film online.

Maps
1859 map of Plymouth, VT

1796 Plat map of Plymouth (Saltash), VT is available on microfilm from the Family History Library. Order film online.

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


 * Plymouth Five Corners Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Plymouth Kingdom - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Plymouth Notch Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site
 * Tyson-Pollard Cemetery

Plymouth cemetery records : deaths prior to 1870, available on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Town Records
Digital images of Norwich Town records, 1761-1996, are available online at FamilySearch.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Norwich Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1761-1908; general index to land records, 1761-1884, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1996, and Town records, 1830-1873.

Norwich Town Clerk 300 Main St. Norwich, VT 05055 Phone: (802) 649-1419 Email: Clerk@norwich.vt.us Website: http://norwich.vt.us/

Newspapers
The Vermont Standard

Rutland Herald Newspaper

Libraries and Historical Societies
Norwich Historical Society 277 Main Street P. O. Box 1680 Norwich, VT 05055 Phone: (802) 649-0124 Email: info@norwichhistory.org Website: http://norwichvthistoricalsociety.org/