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Vergennes, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

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Guide to Vergennes, Addison ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Town Information

Description

Vergennes, Vermont at Wikipedia

Although Vergennes was settled as early as 1766 when Donald McIntosh built a homestead on Comfort Hill overlooking the Otter Creek Falls, most of the inhabitants left the county during the period from 1766 to 1783 when boundary disputes with New York and the Revolutionary War made peaceful settlement impossible. After 1783 the population expanded rapidly, and by 1787 it was evident the falls, with its milling and shipping activities, was very different from the outlying agricultural communities. In 1788, residents of the three bordering towns agreed to give up a portion of their land to establish a separate village on the Otter Creek Falls.

On September 19, 1788, Vergennes was incorporated as a city, the third in the new nation and the first in the state. It is the only one of Vermont's cities not to have been first chartered as a town or independant village.  Its name was suggested by Ethan Allen to honor the Comte de Vergennes, French minister of foreign affairs and negotiator of the Treaty of Paris.   [1]  [2]

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Town Records

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

Vergennes Town Clerk

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

Vergennes City Clerk
120 Main St.
PO Box 35
Vergennes, VT 05491
Phone: (802) 877-2841
Website: Vergennes

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 cemeteries in present-day Vergennes. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.  

  • Prospect Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
  • Saint Peters Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
  • Vergennes Burying Ground (Old Vergennes Cemetery) - inscriptions found 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 Vergennes, 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 Vergennes:

Marriage book of Wm. Putnam Rallson, FS Library Collection (records of marriages for Vergennes, VT. 1888-1892) - available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church Records, 1833-1915 - available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.
Includes: Historical notes
List of ministers
Records of baptisms 1833-1915
Families, confirmations, communicants, marriages 1835-1915
Burials 1835-1914
Contributions and offerings
List of meetings

Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society.
Includes: Marriage repertoire, 1856-1947 - find this book in a library.
Baptism repertoire1855-1945 - find this book in a library.

City Directories

Compiled Genealogies

Court Records

Immigration

Land Records

Local Histories

Vergennes, Vermont and the War of 1812, by Norman Ansley, Richard K Adams, Arthur B Cohn, and Kevin James Crisman (1999) - find this book in a library.

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

Addison County Independent ($)
Burlington Free Press
Rutland Herald

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 Vergennes town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1770-1999 at FamilySearch (browse only images).

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Vergennes City Clerk's Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1999; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1770-1999.


Probate Records

The probate district for Vergennes is Addison.
Addison Probate Court
7 Mahady Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: (802) 388-2612

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

School Records

Tax Records

Websites

Research Facilities

Archives

Libraries

Bixby Memorial Library
58 Main Street
Vergennes, VT 05491
Phone: 802-877-2211
Email: bixby_verg@vals.state.vt.us
Website

Museums

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Societies

Vergennes Vermont Historical Society
Website: Vergennes Historical Society

References

  1. ↑ Vergennes, VT History http://vergennes.org/tourism/history/
  2. ↑ History of Vergennes, VT http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/AddisonVergennes.html
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