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Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

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Town Information

Description

Pittsford, Vermont at Wikipedia

On Oct. 12, 1761, New Hampshire Gov. Benning Wentworth granted a charter to a new town in the New Hampshire Grants to be known as Pitt's Ford, later changed to Pittsford. The first settlers arrived in 1769 and by 1775, about 200 people lived in the town.

Though Otter Creek offered navigable waters, other streams in Pittsford provided waterpower for mills and a major 19th-century industry - the production of iron. Along the appropriately named Furnace Brook, a blast furnace operated from 1791 to about 1882.

Though a region possessing a rich agricultural heritage in the Otter Creek valley, Pittsford can trace much of its history to one stone - marble. The first quarry opened in 1795 along the town's western ridges, but business boomed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Eventually, 11 quarries were in town. One, the Hollister Quarry, had a depth of 400 feet. 

Since the 1980’s, farming has declined and forests are reclaiming pastures as Pittsford has become a bedroom community with 70% of the working population employed outside of the town.[1][2]

Parent Towns

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places:

Boundary Changes

Adjacent Towns

Town Records

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

Pittsford Town Clerk

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

Pittsford VT Town Clerk
426 Plains Road
Pittsford, VT 05763
Phone: (802) 483-6500
Website: Pittsford Vermont. Town Clerk

Vital Records

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

Births

Marriages

Deaths

Divorce

Town Reports

The town of Pittsford kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Pittsford 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.)

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

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 cemeteries in present-day Pittsford. For location of cemeteries, see Cemteries of Vermont, Rutland County, website at this link. 

  • Baptist Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • East Pittsford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Evergreen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Meeting House Cemetery (aka Congregational Church Cemetery, Pittsford Congregational Church Cemetery) - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  • Saint Alphonsus Catholic 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 Pittsford, 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 Pittsford:


1. Pittsford Congregational Church
    121 Village Green
    Pittsford, VT 05763
    (802) 483-6408

2. Saint Alphonsus Ligouri Church
    2918 US Route 7
    Pittsford, VT 05763
    (802) 483-2301

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

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

History of the Town of Pittsford, VT with biographical sketches and family records (1872)

Pittsford's Second Century:1872-1997, Jean S. Davies, Margaret Armitage, Lois Blittersdorf, Jean Harvie, Phoenix Publishing, 1998.  Find a copy in a library through WorldCat.

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

Rutland Herald online at this link.

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 Pittsford town records available online: Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Pittsford Town Clerks Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1745-1995.

Probate Records

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

The probate district for Pittsford is Rutland.

Rutland Probate Court
83 Center Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 775-0114

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Maclure Library
840 Arch St,
Pittsford, VT 05763
Phone:(802) 483-2972
Website: Maclure Library

Museums

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Societies

Pittsford Historical Society, Inc.
Eaton Hall
3399 US Route 7
Pittsford, VT
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 423
Pittsford, VT 05763
Phone: (802) 483-2040
Website: Pittsford Historical Society, Inc

References

  1. ↑ History Rutland County Vermont, Edited by H. P. Smith and W. S. Rann, Syracuse, NY, 1886.
  2. ↑ Pittsford claims Vermont sunshine, Don Wickman, Rutland Herald Newspaper, Apr. 20, 2006.
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