Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont Genealogy

United States

New England

Vermont

Windsor County

Weathersfield

Town Information

Description

Weathersfield, Vermont at Wikipedia

The town of Weathersfield was chartered on August 20, 1761. Settlement began in the town before 1765 and organization took place in 1768. The first town meeting was held on May 19, 1772.

In 1830 a post office was opened at the village which is now known as Ascutney. The office was named just Corners (not Weathersfield Corners, as was intended).  In 1851 the name of the post office was changed to Ascutneyville and in 1924, it was changed to  Ascutney.

Although Weathersfield has the village of Ascutney and Little Ascutney Mountain, the main peak of Mount Ascutney is over the line in the towns of Windsor and West Windsor.

Populated Places

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

Town Records

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

Weathersfield Town Clerk

Weathersfield Town Clerk
Phone: 802-674-9500
Email: townclerk@weathersfield.org

Vital Records

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

Births

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

Town Reports

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

1887 1890 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1925 1936 1937 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1970 1974 1975 1983 1984 1985

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 Weathersfiled. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Windsor County, website at this link.

• Greenbush Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
• Grout Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Hubbard Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Plain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Plains Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Tolles Graveyard - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Tuttle Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Upham-Aldrich Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
  
• Weathersfield Bow Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.

• Weathersfield Cemeteries List at Find a Grave
• Weathersfield Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Windsor County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Windsor County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Census

• Vermont Census at FamilySearch Research Wiki

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.

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

To see the churches in Weathersfield, 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 Weathersfield:

1. Ascutney Union Church
5243 VT Route 5
Ascutney, VT 05030
Phone: (802) 674-2484
Website: Ascutney Union Church

City Directories

• Various Dates U.S. City Directories, 1860-1960 at MyHeritage - index & images ($) some towns and years may be missing
• Weathersfield directory, 1915-1916 is available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library.

Court Records

• 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

Land Records

• 1600s-1900s Vermont Land Records, Early to 1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($),
• Vermont Land and Property

Local Histories

The early history of Weathersfield, Vermont, by Ernest W. Butterfield - Find the book in a library.  This book is available at Ancestry.com.

Weathersfield (includes Century One and Two), by John L Hurd - Find the book in a library.

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

Maps

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

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

• 1869 map of Weathersfield
• The Vermont Historical Gazetteer is a 5 volume set of historical information by Abby Maria Hemenway with Volume I published in 1867 and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Also available online in PDF format at this link.

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

• Vermont Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
• United States Military Records - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Civil War, 1861-1865

• Vermont Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States Military Records - Civil War, 1861-1865

World War I, 1917-1918

• Vermont Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918
• United States Military Records - World War I, 1917-1918

World War II, 1941-1945

• Vermont Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945
• United States Military Records - World War II, 1941-1945

Newspapers

• 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

• 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

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 Weathersfield town records available online:

Digital images of Weathersfiled Town records 1732-2005 are available online at FamilySearch.

The FamilySearch Library has microfilm of original records from the Weathersfield Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1781-1900; general index to land records, 1781-1925, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1996.

Weathersfield Town Clerk
Physical Address: 5259 VT Route 5
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 550
Ascutney, Vermont 05030
Phone: [802) 674-9500
Email: tclerk@weathersfield.org
Website: Weathers field vt Town-clerk

Probate Records

The probate district for Weathersfiled is Windsor.
Windsor Probate Court
PO Box 402 (Cota Fuel Bdg)
N. Springfield, VT 05150
Phone: (802) 886-2284

• 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

Research Facilities

Libraries

Weathersfield Proctor Library
5181 VT Route 5
Ascutney, Vermont 05030
Phone [802] 674-2863
Email: weathersfieldproctorlibrary@gmail.com
Websire: Weathersfield proctor library

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Societies

Weathersfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 126
Weathersfield, VT 05151
Phone: (802) 263-9345
Website: Weathersfield Community Historical Society

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