Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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 * This article is about a city in Massachusetts. For other localities, see Salem

City Hall
http://www.salem.com/Pages/index

Salem City Hall 93 Washington Street Salem, MA 01970

Quick History
Salem, Massachusetts Historical Background

==== Establishment and former town name(s) ====

1620: A patent was granted by King James to the Duke of Lenox  and a council of about forty men to rule, govern and plant this area.

1626: Founded at the mouth of Naumkeag (a Wampanoag Indian name).

1629: Roger Conant directed a company of Fisherman to start a beach community on the shores of Salem. The town was incorporated in 1629.

23 March 1836: Incorporated as a city.

4 April 1836: Act of March 23, 1836, accepted by the town.

Archiac name: Fort Mary, Naumkeag, Nehume, Sholom Naumkeag.

Section/Villages within the City: Atlantic, Baker's Island, Blubber Hollow, Buffum's Corner, Carltonville, Castle Hill, Forest River, Gallows Hill, Juniper Point, Misery Island, Navon, North Salem, Salem Neck, Salem Willows, South Salem, The Point, Turnpike, Winter Island. Old Salem Village where the witch trials began was originally a parish to Salem township. Salem village is now called Danvers Massachusetts.

Boundary Changes
4 March 1634: Bounds established between Marble Harbor and Salem.

4 March 1635: Bounds established between Salem and Saugus, and Salem and Marblehead.

20 November 1637: Bounds between Salem and Saugus certified.

13 March 1639: Bounds between Salem and Lynn established.

5 November 1639: Land granted to inhabitants of Salem establish Salem Village. Marginal note reads: "Land granted to Salem Village, now Wenham"

13 May 1640: Grant of land to inhabitants of Salem for a village at "Jeffryes Creeke" and the bounds of the said village referred to certain men to settle.

3 May 1642:

14 May 1645: Part called "Jeffreyes Creek established as Manchester.

2 May 1649:

19 October 1649:

16 October 1666: Certain islands known by name of the "Miserjes &amp; Bakers island", granted to Salem.

29 May 1664:

7 November 1668:

20 June 1728: Part included in new town of Middleton.

11 September 1753: Part annexed to Beverly.

17 March 1840:

30 April 1856:

3 April 1867:

27 March 1882: Part of Peabody annexed.

Wikipedia

Geographic location: Google

GNIS ID # 619453

Neighboring Communities
Beverly | Danvers | Lynn | Marblehead | Peabody | Swampscott |

New England Historic Genealogical Society Library
99 Newbury Street

Boston, MA 02116-3007

617-536-5740

(See Archives and Libraries under Essex, Massachusetts for hours and library collections) This library holds the many of the early colonial collections for Salem and Salem Village now Danvers, Massachusetts.

Cemeteries
Broad Street Cemetery 5 Broad St.

Charter Street Cemetery 51 Charter St.

Friends Cemetery 396 1/2 Essex St.

Greenlawn Cemetery 57 Orne St.

Harmony Grove Cemetery 30 Grove St.

Howard Street Cemetery 29 Howard St.

St. Mary's Cemetery 226 North St.

St. Peter's Cemetery 22-24 St. Peter St.

Family History Centers
Lynnfield Massachusetts  400 E Essex St Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Phone: 781-334-5586 Call ahead for hours Closed: The month of August

Peabody Essex Museum  161 Essex St Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Phone: 978-745-1876 Call ahead for hours Attention: Microfilms from the Church can be ordered at this facility