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Maidstone, Essex County, Vermont Genealogy

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Description

Maidstone, Vermont at Wikipedia

Maidstone was chartered on October 12, 1761. Despite Hamilton Child's enthusiastic comment in his 1887 Gazetter that "probably no town in the state has more valuable bottom lands [for farming] than Maidstone," the town never attracted many residents. Its top population was reached with just under 300 at the time of the Civil War, and the number has declined ever since. The population at the 2010 US Census was 208.

Many interesting aspects, such as first automobile, first lawsuit, first physician, etc., of Maidstone's history can be found in the 2007 Maidstone Town Plan. [1] [2]

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Town Records

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Maidstone Town Clerk

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

Maidstone Town Office
508 Vermont Route 102
Maidstone, VT 05905
Mailing Address: PO Box 118, Guildhall, VT 05905
Phone: (802) 676-3210
Email: maidstonetownclerk@gmail.com
Website: http://www.maidstone-vt.org/town-hall

Vital Records

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Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

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 Maidstone. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Essex County, website at this link.

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 Maidstone, 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 Maidstone:

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

Early Settlers of Maidstone, Vermont

Maps

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Migration

Military

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

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Civil War, 1861-1865

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World War I, 1917-1918

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World War II, 1941-1945

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Newspapers

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
  • Marriages
  • Deaths
  • Burials
  • Cemetery records
  • Appointments
  • Earmarks
  • Estrays (stray animals)
  • Freemens' oaths (men eligible to vote)
  • Land records
  • Mortgages
  • Name changes
  • Care of the poor
  • School records
  • Surveys
  • Tax lists
  • Town meeting minutes
  • Voter registrations
  • Warning outs (of town)

The following are Maidstone town records available online:

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Maidstone Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records, Maidstone, Vermont, 1796-2000, and Deeds and land records, 1788-1905; index, 1788-1932.

Probate Records

In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Maidstone:

The probate district for Maidstone is Essex.
Essex Probate Court
Main St.
Box 426
Island Pond, VT 05846
Phone: (802) 723-4770

School Records

Tax Records

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References

  1. ↑ About Maidstone, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/maidstone.html
  2. ↑ Maidstone, Vermont - http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/EssexMaidstone.html
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Towns in Essex County in Vermont articles
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Extinct Towns:
Unincorporated:
Averill | Avery's Gore | Ferdinand | Lewis | Warner's Grant | Warren Gore
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