Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Genealogy

Guide to Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Massachusetts ancestry, genealogy and family history, town histories, vital records, city directories, cemetery records and cemeteries, churches, town records, newspapers, maps, and libraries.

Description

 * Mattapoisett, Massachusetts at Wikipedia

Mattapoisett is a "recently" created town in Massachusetts that was the southwesterly portion of Rochester before 1857 and was first settled about 1750. The area was first in Plymouth Colony. The area was placed in Plymouth County when counties were formed in 1685. For a brief time, the town was part of the Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689. The town is still in Plymouth County, though was in limbo, until the "Colony" was merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691 that became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mattapoisett became a town in 1857.

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

Adjacent Towns
Plymouth Co: Marion | Rochester | Bristol Co: Acushnet | Fairhaven

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

Mattapoisett Town Clerk
Town Hall, 16 Main St, Box 89 Mattapoisett, MA 02739 Phone: 508-758-4103 x 207 Fax: 508-758-3030 Email: [mailto:townclerk@mattapoisett.net townclerk@mattapoisett.net] Website

Vital Records

 * There are no microfilms of the originals created by the Family History Library.
 * This is not part of the Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620–1988 on Ancestry.
 * Official state copy of vital records starting in 1841: Massachusetts Archives 220 Morrissey Blvd. Boston MA 02125 Phone 617-727-2816 Email [mailto:archives@sec.state.ma.us archives@sec.state.ma.us] Hours and Directions See the online guide for more information.

Resources
For more County and State resources see:

Cemeteries

 * Mattapoisett Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Plymouth County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Mattapoisett. For the location of cemeteries, see PlymouthColony website. For more details regarding these cemeteries, see the state guide under cemeteries for books on the subject.


 * Barlow Cemetery, 1756.
 * Cushing Cemetery, n.d. (A)
 * Ellis-Bolles Family Cemetery, 1872. (A)
 * Fairhaven Road Cemetery, n.d. (B)
 * Hammond Cemetery, 1740.
 * Mattapoisett Friends Meeting House Cemetery, 1827. (B)
 * Pine Island Cemetery, 19th century.
 * St. Anthony's Cemetery, n.d.

Abstracts of the cemeteries above are marked and keyed to: (A). New England Historic Genealogical Society Manuscripts Dept. (B). Charles M. Thatcher, Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts (Middleborough, Mass., 1995). WorldCat (Other Libraries);

Church Records
The following is a list of churches established in town in order of organization date (if known) and condition of records in the 1889 survey if listed.


 * Sippican Meeting [then Rochester Meeting, and now Mattapoisett Monthly Meeting] of Friends, 1702, records condition not given [records with the Sandwich Monthly Meeting to 1793 and New Bedford Monthly Meeting after that].
 * Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 1736, records good.
 * Universalist Church, 1831, records good. [extinct?]
 * St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 1880s?
 * St. Anthony's Church, n.d.

City Directories
Mattapoisett was published in 1903/4, 1907, 1910/1, 1916, 1919, 1924/5, 1928/9.

The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.) has one of the largest collections of city directories in the country. They are likely to own most of the years listed above. Their collection is in microfiche, microfilm, and books, but there is no online inventory of their holdings except for microfilm. See their guide online.

Other holdings:


 * Ancestry ($) has none.
 * Boston Public Library has 1903/4, 1907, 1910/1, 1916, 1919, 1924/5, 1928/9 (under Wareham).
 * Family History Library (Salt Lake City) has 1903/4, 1907, 1910/1, 1916, 1919, 1924/5, 1928/9 (with Wareham) on.
 * fold3 ($) has none.
 * Massachusetts State Library has 1903/4, 1907, 1910/1, 1916.
 * New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston) ($) has 1916, 1919, 1928/9 (with Wareham).

Local Histories
The basic data is from the "Historical Data" publication series with additions from various sources. Associated names Village or section names include Antassawomock, Antassawomock Neck (extinct), Aucoote, Brant Island, Cannonville, Crescent Beach, East Mattapoisett, Hammondstown, Hollywood, Mattapoisett Neck, Ned's Point, Pico Beach, Pine Island, Ram Island, Randall Town (extinct), and Tinkham Town. Border changes

Works written on the town include:


 * Mattapoisett and Old Rochester, Massachusetts: being a History of these Towns and also in part of Marion and a portion of Wareham ([Mattapoisett, Mass.], 3rd ed., 1950), 426 pp. Digital versions of the 1907 edition at Internet Archive and Google Books WorldCat (Other Libraries); ;.
 * Charles S. Mendell Jr., Shipbuilders of Mattapoisett ([New Bedford, Mass., 1937]), [35] pp. WorldCat (Other Libraries).
 * "Complete record of the names of all the soldiers and officers ... from the town of Mattapoisett during the rebellion begun in 1861,".
 * Mattapoisett Wikipedia page.

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

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

Libraries
Mattapoisett Free Public Library 7 Barstow Street PO Box 475 Mattapoisett MA 02739 Phone 508-758-4171

Societies
Mattapoisett Historical Society 5 Church Street PO Box 535 Mattapoisett MA 02739 Phone 508-758-2844 Email [mailto:mattapoisett.museum@verizon.net mattapoisett.museum@verizon.net]