Stockbridge Common STOCKBRIDGE, Windsor County, Vermont History - Genealogy E-mail: Barb Vellturo

      Stockbridge lies in the northwest section of Windsor County and is bounded on the North by Bethel, East by Barnard, South by Killington and West by Pittsfield. It is crossed by the White River and its tributaries.  Vermont Routes 100 and 107 link Stockbridge with its neighboring towns.

   Villages and communities within Stockbridge include: Gaysville and  Stockbridge.  A hamlet called "No Town" also existed, in the southeastern corner of Stockbridge township in days gone by, but no homes remain today.

   The  Stockbridge-Gaysville Historical Society  welcomes your participation and help with gathering historical material and information related to Stockbridge, Vermont.

• About STOCKBRIDGE- General facts, population, some historical information
• CONCESSION - A Poem about the People of Stockbridge


• MAPS - cemetery locations and other map links
• STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP as shown in the 1855 MAP by H. DOTON, with names of landowners
• STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP as shown in the 1869 BEER'S ATLAS, with names of landowners
• STOCKBRIDGE COMMON & GAYSVILLE as shown in the 1869 BEER'S ATLAS, with names of landowners
• STOCKBRIDGE TOWNSHIP roads numbered to indicate locations listed in Childs Gazeteer of 1883-1884   


• STOCKBRIDGE ADDRESSES - including contacts for vital & probate records.

 
• STOCKBRIDGE CEMETERIES- General information on all Stockbridge Cemeteries including locations
  
  • ABBOTT CEMETERY - Surnames of those buried in Abbott Cemetery
           John Schroeder's Site - A complete transcription  of those buried in Abbott Cemetery
    
  • MAPLEWOOD CEMETERY - Surnames of those buried in Maplewood Cemetery (1976)
    
  • MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY - Surnames of those buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1919)
    
  • SOUTH HILL CEMETERY - Surnames of those buried in Maplewood Cemetery (1977)
    
  • SOUTH HILL CEMETERY - A complete transcription of all stones (2002)
  
  
• IMAGES OF STOCKBRIDGE - Paintings, photographs and postcards

 
• UNION MEETING HOUSE ON STOCKBRIDGE COMMON  
  Once an important church and place of meeting for Stockbridge residents, this 1827 building is now being renovated

 
• FAMILIES OF STOCKBRIDGE - PHOTOS -
• PHOTOS OF SOME STOCKBRIDGE RESIDENTS
• SCHOOL PHOTOS OF STOCKBRIDGE & GAYSVILLE   
• WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THESE STOCKBRIDGE PEOPLE   


• FAMILIES OF STOCKBRIDGE - VITAL RECORDS, MEMORIES etc -
• INFORMATION FROM ORIGINAL BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES
• SOME FAMILY RECORDS FROM EARLY TOWN RECORDS
• FAMILY INFORMATION - Obituaries, Biographies, Family Trees, Newsy Notes
• RECOLLECTIONS, ANECDOTES AND TALL TALES - Stories of Life in Stockbridge
• LETTERS from the WYMAN family of Stockbridge
• 1883 RESIDENTS OF STOCKBRIDGE AND GAYSVILLE - as listed in "Child's" Gazetteer
• REVEREND HUBBARD'S NOTEBOOK - Vital Records of the Congregational Church of Stockbridge   
  
• CYRUS ADAMS JOURNAL - A transcription of an 1850s journal - a slice of life in Stockbridge    
• TOWN RECORD BOOK 1852-1877 - A transcription of Stockbridge Selectmen's Orders    
  


• STOCKBRIDGE MILITARY HISTORY - Civil War - names of those eligible, those exempt, those who served.   Names of veterans buried in Stockbridge (all wars)



• FAMILIES LISTED IN STOCKBRIDGE CENSUS AND TAX LISTS
• 1785 PROPERTY TAX LIST - Levied on each original right or share of land in Stockbridge
• STOCKBRIDGE IN THE 1790 CENSUS - Names of Heads of Household
  
• STOCKBRIDGE IN THE 1800 CENSUS - Names of Heads of Household
• STOCKBRIDGE IN THE 1810 CENSUS - Names of Heads of Household
  (posted on the usgennet Windsor County site)
• CHECK LIST OF VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF STOCKBRIDGE for the year 1894   



NOW AVAILABLE!!!  STOCKBRIDGE REVISITED 1761-2007  A HISTORY OF STOCKBRIDGE, GAYSVILLE & SOUTH STOCKBRIDGE     This volume contains 360 pages and hundreds of photos. SOFTCOVER - $24.00 HARDCOVER - $36.00 (limited number available) Available at Stockbridge Town Office 1-802-746-8400 Or send check for cost of book and shipping ($6.00 softcover, $8.00 hardcover) To Stockbridge Town Office, PO Box 39, Stockbridge VT 05772 ALSO AVAILABLE! REPRINT OF 1976 EDITION - Pictorial History of Stockbridge and Gaysville $18.00 (plus shipping) Chapters include: EARLY SETTLERS AND HISTORY STOCKBRIDGE COMMON & FOUR CORNERS - GAYSVILLE - SOUTH STOCKBRIDGE CHURCHES - SCHOOLS - CEMETERIES MILITARY VERMONT TO THE DAKOTA TERRITORY LOGGING, MINING & MILLS - RAILROADS - ROADS & BRIDGES FLOODS & FRESHETS PEOPLE OF STOCKBRIDGE -     More than 30 pages of photos of individuals & families of Stockbridge and Seventeen School Class Photos between 1860 and 1954 Some photos included in this book are of: Abbott Adams Archibald Ashley Baker Bannister Barnes Barr Barrows Belcher Bigelow Bird Blackmer Blanchard Boutwell Bowen Boylan Bridges Bragdon Brigham Brooks Brown Brownson Bryan Butterfield Cady Carroll Carter Cayes Cemeteries Chandler Chase Chedel Churches Clark Cobble House Cone Curtis Davis Divine Dorman Doughty Durkee Dutton Dyer Edgerton Edmunds Emerson Everett Farrington Fish Flint Gay Gibson Gifford Gilman Goddard Green Greenbank Mill Guernsey Hager Hassam Hodgkins Hotchkiss Hoisington Hubbard Hunt Hyde Jaycock Jewell Johnson Ketchum Keeler Keffer Keyes Kezer Knight Koier Kribstock Lamb Larmie Leonard Lewis Luce Lyon Manning McCollom McCracken McDonald Merritt Mills Morgan Morse Munyon Muzzey Newell Novotny Ordway Orr Packard Pelletier Perkins Proctor Plunkett Poro Pratt Putnam Rainey Rand Rees Richardson Rowe Sargeant SawMills Sawyer Schools School Class Photos Shovel Smith Steele Stoddard Strong Sulham Washburn Weld Taggart Vellturo Wentworth Whitaker Whitcomb White Wilcox Williamson Winot Wyman

Printed resources for this page include:

• The Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer.  Eighth Edition, Third Printing.  Freeport, Maine:  Delorme.  1988.
• School and Library Atlas of the World.  Fred W. Foster, Ph.D. (Editor).  Sycamore, Illinois:  School and Library Publishing Company.  1982.

VTGenWeb for Windsor County, VT

USGenWeb for Vermont

Copyright 2002 by Ann Mensch and Barbara Vellturo.  All Rights Reserved.