Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy
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Town Clerk[edit | edit source]
732 Main St,
Harwich, MA 02645
Phone: (508) 430-7516
Website
Town Hall History/Records[edit | edit source]
Harwich Town Records (Vital Records): 1640-1935 : Courtesy of PlymouthColony.net
1790 Census, Harwich , Barnstable, MA: Sorted by Head of Household Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.
Town Histories[edit | edit source]
Go to Archive.org to find published materials for this town.
Quick Facts[edit | edit source]
Establishment and former town name(s)[edit | edit source]
Historical data relating to counties, cities, and towns in Massachusetts (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), [FHL book 974.4 H2h 1997].
14 September 1694: Established as a town, formerly a tract of land called "Satuckett" (Prov. Laws, Vol. 1, p. 181)
Archiac name:
Satuckett
Section/Villages within the town: East Harwich, Harwich Center, Harwichport, North Harwich, Pleasant Lake, South Harwich, West Harwich
Wikipedia: Harwich, Massachusetts
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
14 Jul 1772: Part annexed to Eastham.
9 February 1803: Part established as Brewster, with a proviso that certain estates of remonstrants be allowed to remain in Harwich.
21 June 1811: The Daniel Rogers estate in Harwich annexed to Brewster.
25 April 1848: Part of Brewster annexed.
4 April 1862: Bounds between Harwich and Orleans established.
14 April 1862: Bounds between Harwich and Chatham established.
12 July 1945: Bounds between Harwich and Dennis established.
8 May 1947: Act of July 12, 1945, amended and bounds between Harwich and Dennis established.
Neighboring Towns[edit | edit source]
Brewster | Chatham | Dennis | Orleans | Nantucket Sound to the south
Resources[edit | edit source]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Banks Street Burial Ground
Banks St., no stone
Baptist Church Cemetery (1816)
Depot St. and Rte 28
West Harwich
Chase Family Cemetery
Depot St., no stones
Christ Church Episcopal Church Cremation Garden
behind the Christ Church Episcopal Church
Rte 28 Harwichport
East Harwich Methodist Cemetery
Church St
East Harwich
End of the Pond Cemetery (1825)
Spruce St.
Evergreen Cemetery (1807)
corner of Cemetery AVe and Rte 137
First Congregational Church cemetery (1748)
Rte 124 and Main St.
Harwich Center
First Methodist Cemetery (ca 1758)
Queen Anne Rd
Hawks Nest Pond Cemetery (1826)
off Spruce Rd
East Harwich
Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery (1869)
Rte 124, Pleasant Lake Ave
West Harwich
Island Pond Cemetery (1778)
off Main St, at end of Island Pond Rd
Kelley Street Cemetery (1834)
off Kelley St.
Kildee Hill Cemetery
existed nearby Kildee Hill
Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1850)
90 Forest ST, located between South and Forest Sts
Harwichport
North Harwich Cemetery (1792)
corner North Main and Depot Sts
Pine Grove Cemetery (1813)
Pine Grove St.
West Harwich
South Harwich Cemetery aka Methodist Churchyard Cemetery (1829)
Old Chatham Rd
South Harwich
Harding Ryder Gravesite
Rte 39, near the water tower
Smith Family Cemetery (1834)
Bell's Neck Rd
South Harwich Cemetery (1829)
Chatham Rd
Samuel Tripp Family Cemetery (1832)
Harwich
Union Cemetery (ca. 1811)
Harwich St. and Queen Anne Rd, next to the Harwich United Methodist Church
Mehitable Wixon-Chase Family Cemetery (1832)
off Lothrop Ave.
Harwich
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
Minorities[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
The town of Harwich kept annual town reports. These reports often contained birth, marriage, and death information. Below is a list of years when Harwich 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.)
Societies, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
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