Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Brief History

 * Salisbury, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Changes of name and jurisdiction

 * 1638 English settlement of Colchester in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
 * 1640 Colchester becomes Salisbury in newly founded Norfolk County
 * 1654 Salisbury expands and splits into Salisbury Old Town and Salisbury New Town
 * 1668 Salisbury New Town becomes Amesbury
 * 1680 Norfolk County becomes Essex County
 * 1776 Massachusetts Bay Colony becomes Massachusetts, United States

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office

5 Beach Road Salisbury, MA 01952 Phone: 978-462-1145 Fax: 978-462-4176 Website

Vital Records

 * Early records.  Information about early residents of Salisbury before 1680 may be found in Norfolk (old) County records. Norfolk (old) County was discontinued in 1680, but her records are still available. For more details about these early records see Norfolk (old) County, Massachusetts.

Adjacent Towns
Essex Co.:  Amesbury | Newbury | Newburyport | New Hampshire: Rockingham Co.:  Seabrook | South Hampton