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Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

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Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), WorldCat 49562661 ▲ FS Catalog Collection book 974.4 H2h 1997.

5 March 1638: Mentioned in a list of those "allowed to exercise men in Armes",... "ffor Barnestable... Mr. Thom Dimmack..." (Ply. Col. Rec. Vol. XI, p.30)

11 April 1989: Town charter adopted which established city form of government.

Archiac name: Chequocket, Chuckomug, Coa or Cotuit, Cokachoise, Cotachesett, Cummaquid, Kokachoise, Mattakeeset, Mistic, Moskeehtucketqut, Peymechit, Santuite, Satuite, Sepoese, Sepuit, Sipnesset, Skonkonet, Skunkamug, Tamahappaseeacon, Washkotussoo, Wequaquet, Yanno's Land.

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Centerville, Cotuit, Craigville, Cummaquid, Grand Island, Hyannis, Hyannis Port, Marston's Mills, Newtown (extinct), Osterville, Oyster Harbors, Pondsville (extinct), Sandy Neck, Santuit, South Hyannis (extinct), West Barnstable, West Hyannisport, Wianno

Adjacent Towns

Mashpee | Sandwich | Yarmouth | Cape Cod Bay to the north, Nantucket Sound to the south

Boundary Changes

  • 17 June 1641: Bounds between Barnstable and Yarmouth established.
  • 2 March 1652: Bounds between Barnstable and Sandwich to be established.
  • 11 March 1658: Barnstable and Yarmouth agreed upon bounds.
  • 3 June 1662: Additional lands granted to Barnstable.
  • 10 June 1662: Bounds between Barnstable and Sandwich to be established.
  • 29 October 1672: Bounds between Barnstable and Sandwich established.
  • 22 January 1795: Bounds between Barnstable and the district of Mashpee established.
  • 28 March 1894: Bounds between Barnstable and Mashpee established.
  • 24 April 1916: Bounds between Barnstable and Mashpee established and part of Sandwich annexed.

Town Records

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

Barnstable Town Clerk

367 MAIN ST, 1ST FL,
HYANNIS, MA 02601
Phone: 508-862-4044
Fax: 508-790-6326
Website

Vital Records

  • Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich. By Leonard H. Smith, Jr. Clearfield: The Mayflower Descendant, 1901-1935. Online at: Ancestry ($)

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1855

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1865

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