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United States Vermont  Addison   Monkton

Brief History
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.

Town Histories
History of the Town of Middlebury: In the Country of Addison, Vermont (1859), by Samuel Swift - view digital copy of book online.

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

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

Maps
1871 map of Middlebury Township

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


 * Eubar-Odette Cemetery
 * Friends Cemetery
 * Case Street Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Farmingdale Veterans Cemetery
 * Foote Street Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.
 * Middlebury Cemetery (also known as West Cemetery) - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * Prospect Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * Saint Marys Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find a Grave site.
 * Seeley Cemetery
 * Washington Street Cemetery

Cemetery records of Middlebury, Vermont are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Churches

 * Marriages, 1814-1839, performed by missionaries of the Baptist Church in western Vermont and central New York are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.
 * Records of the town of Middlebury, Vermont : from its beginning, to and including the year 1820 are on microfilm at the Family History Library. Order film online.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1806-2002, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Middlebury Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records, 1806-1866, 1901, Land records, deeds, mortgages 1786-1916, and County records including deeds of Middlebury, Vermont, 1784-1870; index to deeds, 1774-1926.

Middlebury Town Clerk 4 Main Street Middlebury, Vermont 05753 Phone: (802) 388-8100 Website: http://www.townofmiddlebury.org/

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Libraries and Historical Societies
Ilsley Public Library 75 Main Street Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-4095 Website: http://www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org/