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Fayston, Washington County, Vermont Genealogy

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Description

Fayston, Vermont at Wikipedia

Fayston was chartered on February 27, 1782 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town was organized in 1805, and by 1860, about one-third of Fayston's "heads of household" were people born in Ireland.

Until the rise in popularity of downhill skiing (two major ski areas in Fayston; Mad River Glen and Mt. Ellen), the mountainous western half was valueless except for timber. There is no indication as to why such an insignificant (at the time) parcel was named for the Fays, a family which figured so prominently in the founding of the state, nor is there any indication as to what the family thought of having a town named for them. While they were among the grantees of several Vermont towns, they are not among those of Fayston. [1] [2] [3]

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Town Records

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Fayston Town Clerk

Fayston Town Offices
866 N Fayston Rd.
Fayston , VT 05660
Phone: (802) 496-2454
Website: http://www.faystonvt.com/

Vital Records

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Resources

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Biographies

  • Biographical Encyclopædia of Vermont of the Nineteenth Century. By H Clay Williams. Boston, Massachusetts: Metropolitan Publishing & Engraving Company, 1885. Salt Lake City, Utah : Family Search International, 2018. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Biographical Sketches of Vermonters. By Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, Vermont : Vermont Historical Society, c1947. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. By Hiram Carleton. New York, New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-2.
  • Some Vermont Ancestors: The Bicentennial Project of the Genealogical Society of Vermont. Compiled and ed. by Joann H. Nichols. [S.l.]: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1976. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • The Vermont Historical Gazetteer: a Magazine Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military. By ed. by Abby Maria Hemenway. Burlington, Vermont: A.M. Hemenway, 1868-1923. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vol. 1-6.
  • The Vermont of Today: With its Historic Background, Attractions and People. By Arthur F. Stone. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1929. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Vols. 1-4.
  • Vermonters. By Dorman B.E. Kent. Tucson, Arizona: W.C. Cox & Co., 1974. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Vermont Biography at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Cemeteries

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

  • Center Fayston Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • North Fayston Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • South Fayston Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

Census

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 Fayston, 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 Fayston:

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Local Histories

The history of the towns of Plainfield, Roxbury and Fayston, Abby Maria Hemenway (1882) - view a digital copy of this book online.

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Newspapers

Burlington Free Press

Obituaries

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:

  • Births
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  • Deaths
  • Burials
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  • Appointments
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  • Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote)
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  • Mortgages
  • Name changes
  • Care of the poor
  • School records
  • Surveys
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  • Town meeting minutes
  • Voter registrations
  • Warning outs (of town)

The following are TOWN town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1800-1941, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Fayston Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1782-1853; index to deeds, 1805-1887.

Probate Records

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

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Societies

Fayston Historical Society

References

  1. ↑ About Fayston, VT - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/fayston.html#about
  2. ↑ Fayston History (from the Fayston Town Plan)- http://www.faystonvt.com/history.php
  3. ↑ Town of Fayston - http://usgenwebsites.org/VTGenWeb/Washington-Co-VT.htm#fayston
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