Monkton, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Town Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

Monkton was chartered on June 24, 1762 and was organized as a town in 1786. Settlement of the town was sporadic before the Revolutionary War, and many of the early settlers left their homes during the course of the war, seeking safety elsewhere. The overall settlement of the town began after the war.

Most present-day maps show the town's main village as Monkton Boro, although the postal name is just Monkton. At different times the hamlet has been known as The Borough, sometimes spelled Boro, or Burrough.

Overlooking a small body of water in the northern section of town is the village of Monkton Ridge; the body of water there was called simply Monkton Pond from the time the town was settled until a few years ago, when it was renamed Cedar Lake because of the fine stand of cedar that casts its reflection on the surface of the water. ^[1] ^[2]

Parent Towns[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

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Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Adjacent Towns[edit | edit source]

Town Records[edit | edit source]

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

Monkton Town Clerk[edit | edit source]

The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.
Monkton Town Clerk
280 Monkton Rd.
P.O. Box 12
Monkton, VT 05473
Phone:(802) 453-3800
Email: TownClerk@monktonvt.com
Website: http://monktonvt.com/

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Births[edit | edit source]

1909-Onward Vermont, Births at MyHeritage — index ($)

Marriages[edit | edit source]

Deaths[edit | edit source]

Divorce[edit | edit source]

Town Reports[edit | edit source]

The town of Monkton kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Monkton kept town reports. (NOTE: Occasionally, these town reports missed vital statistic information from the end of the year. If you don't find your ancestor's vital information, check the following year's town report to see if your ancestor's information was recorded later.)

1949
1951

Resources[edit | edit source]

For more County and State resources see:

Biographies[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Monkton Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
Addison County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Monkton. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.

Barnum town Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
Beers Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
Boro Cemetery (also known as Monktonboro Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
Carter Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
East Monkton Cemetery (also known a Morgan Cemetery) - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
Horan Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
Monkton Ridge Cemetery (also known as Ridge Cemetery) - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
Quaker Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
Smith Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.

Census[edit | edit source]

Vermont Census at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Church Records[edit | edit source]

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 Monkton, 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 Monkton:

1700s-1800s Vermont Miscellaneous Records (Includes Vermont Church Records)(*) Daughters of the American Revolution at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
Vermont Church Records

Monthly meeting records, 1801-1846, Society of Friends. Monkton Vermont are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

City Directories[edit | edit source]

Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing

Compiled Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Judiciary of Vermont at Wikipedia
Vermont Judiciary, Resources for Media at vermont.gov($) - click on Records Request
United States District Court for the District of Vermont at Wikipedia
Vermont Court Records at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Immigration[edit | edit source]

Land Records[edit | edit source]

1600s-1900s Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($),
Vermont Land and Property
1774-1926 County Records Including Deeds of Middlebury, Vermont, 1784-1870; Index to Deeds, 1774-1926 (Addison County, Vermont)(*) Addison County (Vermont). County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.

History of Monkton, Vermont, 1734-1961, by Leon V. Bushey, Jessie Thomas, and Howard French - view digital copy of this book online.

Around the mountains : historical essays about Charlotte, Ferrisburgh, and Monkton, by William Wallace Higbee; Kathleen McKinley Harris; Mary G Lighthall (1991) - find this book in a library.

Monkton History from the “Gazetteer and Business Directory of Addison County, VT, for 1881-82”, compiled and published by Hamilton Child - view a digital copy of this book online.

Maps[edit | edit source]

This selection incudes town, county, state, and historical maps

Boundary Map of Monkton at HomeTownLocator
McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
Monkton at FamilySearch Places
Monkton at Google Maps
Monkton at Mapcarta
Old Maps of Vermont at Old-Maps.com
Town of Monkton at Vermont.org
Vermont Maps State Page

1871 map of Monkton Township

Migration[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

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Revolutionary War, 1775-1783[edit | edit source]

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Civil War, 1861-1865[edit | edit source]

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World War I, 1917-1918[edit | edit source]

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World War II, 1941-1945[edit | edit source]

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Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Addison County Independent ($)
Burlington Free Press
Rutland Herald

Free Online Newspapers for Research at libraries.vermont.gov
List of Newspapers in Vermont at Wikipedia
Newspapers of Record at Vermont State Archives & Records Administration
Vermont Newspapers at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

1800s-current U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
2003-2014 Vermont Obituaries, 2003-2014(*) NewsBank (Naples, Florida) at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
Vermont Obituaries at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Other Town Records[edit | edit source]

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 Monkton town records available online: Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1857-1998, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

Vermont, Addison County, Monkton, land records, 1850-1904 can be found on FamilySearch (browse only).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Monkton Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1762-1850; index to deeds, 1786-1950, and Town records, 1788-1905.

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

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

The probate district for Monkton is Addison.

Addison Probate Court
7 Mahady Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: (802) 388-2612

1749-1999 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
1800-1921 Vermont Probate Files, 1800-1921 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
Vermont Probate Records

School Records[edit | edit source]

Tax Records[edit | edit source]

1861-1866 Internal revenue assessment lists for Vermont, 1861-1866(*) United States. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service at FamilySearch Catalog - images only
Vermont Taxation at FamilySearch Research Wiki

Websites[edit | edit source]

Research Facilities[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Russell Memorial Library
4333 States Prison Hollow Rd.
Monkton, VT 05469
Phone: (802) 453-4471
Email: russellmemoriallibrary@comcast.net
Website: http://russelllibraryvt.wordpress.com/

Museums[edit | edit source]

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