Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy

United States

New England

Massachusetts

Barnstable County

Wellfleet

Town Information

Description

• Wellfleet, Massachusetts at Wikipedia
• Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FS Library book 974.4 H2h 1997].

Parent Towns

• 16 June 1763: Incorporated as a district by the name of Wellfleet, from part of Eastham. (Prov. Laws, Vol IV, p. 664
• 23 August 1775: Made a town, by general act under which districts became towns.
• Archiac name: Punnonakanit

Populated Places

Includes Neighborhoods, Villages, Unincorporated Communities,
Districts, and Census-Designated Places: Big Chief Hill, Billinsgate Island (now gone), Briar Lane, Dog Town, Fresh Brook, Great Beach Hill, Great Island, Griffin Island, hen House Hill, Indian Neck, John Brown's Crossing, Lieutenant Island, Money Hill, Pamet Point, Physic Point, Pleasant Point, Pucker Town, South Wellfleet, Spring Valley, The Jungle.

Boundary Changes

• 22 February 1837: Bounds between Wellfleet and Truro established.
• 26 April 1847: Part of Eastham annexed.
• 6 May 1887: Bounds between the tidewaters of Wellfleet and Eastham established.

Adjacent Towns

Eastham | Truro | Cape Cod Bay to the west, Atlantic Ocean to the east

Town Records

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

Wellfleet Town Clerk

300 Main Street
Wellfleet, MA 02667
Phone: 508-349-0301
Fax: 508-349-0317
Email: joseph.powers@wellfleet-ma.gov
Website

Vital Records

Births

• 1636-1924 Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
• 1734-1875 Births, Marriages, Deaths, Ca. 1734-1875 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)(*) Wellfleet Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Marriages

• 1734-1875 Births, Marriages, Deaths, Ca. 1734-1875 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)(*) Wellfleet Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Deaths

• 1734-1875 Births, Marriages, Deaths, Ca. 1734-1875 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts)(*) Wellfleet Town Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog - images
• 1916-1919 Massachusetts Deaths, 1916-1919 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)

Resources

For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

• Wellfleet Cemeteries List at FindAGrav
• Wellfleet Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Catalog
• Barnstable County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places
• Chapel of Saint James the Fisherman (1956)
  Rte. 6
• Chequesset Neck Burial Ground (1716)
  Chequesset Neck Rd
• Duck Creek Cemetery (1740)
  Cahoon Hollow Rd, next to Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
• French Catholic Cemetery (1880)
  Berrio Farm, Sandpiper Hill Rd
• Lombard Family Cemetery (1859)
  Bound Brook, Island Rd
• Oak Dale Cemetery (1825)
  Gross Hill Rd
• Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Cemetery (1899)
  Cahoon Hollow Rd
• Pleasant Hill Cemetery (1819)
  Gross Hill Rd
• Robert Young Cemetery (1799)
  Paine Hollow Rd
• South Wellfleet Cemetery (1822)
  State Hwy Rte. 6
• Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod cemetery inscriptions(*) Rich Family Association at FamilySearch Catalog - images

City Directories

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

Local Histories

• A Comprehensive History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, County of Barnstable, Mass. : From 1644 To 1844. By Enoch Pratt. Yarmouth, Mass. : W.S. Fisher and Co., 1844. Online at: Hathi Trust, Ancestry ($)

Maps

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

• Boundary Map of Wellfleet at HomeTownLocator
• Massachusetts County Map at Mass.gov
• McConnell's Historical Maps of the United States at Library of Congress
• Old Maps of Massachusetts at Old-Maps.com
• Wellfleet at FamilySearch Places
• Wellfleet at Google Maps
• Wellfleet at Mapcarta
• Massachusetts Maps State Page
  
  

• USGS GNIS FID 618261

Military

Some Records are Searchable by Town

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

For more Revolutionary War Military Records see:

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

Civil War, 1861-1865

For more Civil War Military Records see:

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

World War I, 1917-1918

For more World War I Military Records see:

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

World War II, 1941-1945

For more World War II Military Records see:

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

Newspapers

• 1800-Current Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Research Facilities

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• Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts FamilySearch Center
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• General Society of Mayflower Descendants - an affiliate library
• Middleborough Public Library - an affiliate library
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