Welcome to
Charlton, Massachusetts
USGenWeb Project

 

 

A Brief History of Charlton


In 1750 inhabitants and land owners on the westerly part of the township of Oxford petitioned the general court to create a separate township for reasons that "part of your petitioners do not belong to any town whatsoever, and the other part of your petitioners was not in the least regarded by its inhabitants" They were first refused, but made a second attempt in 1754. In 1755 the bill entitled, "An act for setting off the inhabitants as also their estates, of the west part of Oxford into a separate district passed. Interesting facts, the highest land between the seaboard on the east and the Connecticut River on the west is found near the center of Charlton. Birthplace of William T. G. Morton MD discoverer of the use of ether as anesthesia in surgical operations was born in Charlton. the famous "Grizzley" Adams is buried in Charlton

 

By Anne Hackett, Library Director

Libraries

Charlton Public Library

40 Main Street

Charlton, MA

TEL: (508) 248-2052

FAX: (508) 248-2052

Library Director: Anne Hackett

Winter Hours:

Mon-10-5

Tues-10-8

Weds-10-5

Thurs-10-8

Fri-Closed

Sat-10-2

Sun-Closed

 

 

 

Volunteers

WE HAVE OUR THIRD VOLUNTEER, THANK YOU RICK!!!

If you have more resources and would like to help others in their research for Charlton ancestors, please email me - include you full name, email address and resources available

 

 

Rick Lundstrom I live in Oxford--Richard J. Lundstrom, 3 Willow Street, Oxford, MA 01540-2231. I am the Nicholas Rich line representative for the Rich family Association. I can do any RICH related research for Oxford--the family spread in from next door Sutton. Heavily intermarried into Davis family (who didn't?), Moores, Learned, Barton, etc etc. I have the RFA line's data, and can pop into the library (5 minutes away) for Vitals, family genealogies, etc. I have hunted through local cemeteries for related families. Who else lives in Oxford? We should meet to compare notes andconnections between the families.

Beverly Rainey has volunteered to do look ups in Charlton, Mass. Vital Records to 1850 (After June 5, 2000, as she will be away until then) She is researching ..HAMMOND.. (from Thomas of Lavenham and Newton Mass.) WHEELOCK (from Shropshire and Medfield, Mass.) Connected with Trowbridge/Stone/Whitney/Albee/all in the Worcester County area.

Susan L. Harnwell, Maintains a page for the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and is willing to do look ups. (See her page listed under military records)


Charlton Queries

Please feel free to post a query for your surname in Charlton. As of January 1, 2004, I will no longer manage a seperate query page for Charlton.

 

To enter your query on the automated query page for Worcester County, click here

 

To view the OLD QUERIES from 2000-2003, click here

To view the OLD QUERIES from 1997-1999, click here

VR'S OF CHARLTON

IF YOU HAVE FURTHER VITAL RECORDS OF CHARLTON, PLEASE SHARE THEM WITH US

 

Thank you Tracy Lewis for Cummings info : To go to Some Vital Records of Charlton, click here

 

RESEARCH HELPS FOR CHARLTON, MA.

 

James A. Clemans maintains a Clemans (Clemmons, Clemons, Clemens, Clements) and affiliate surnames of Charlton, MA. It is located at:http://www.forgenerations.com/Clemans/doc/index.htm

Rick Sullivan maintains a Wheelock Genealogy webpage that may be of interest to genealogists with ancestors in Charlton. It is located at:
http://www.wheelockgenealogy.com/
it has a number of surnames from Charlton including Daggett, Drury, Horr, Streeter, Chapin, Weld, etc.

To go to the Dexter Family of Charlton and the history of the Dexter Hall of the Charlton Public Library, click here

To go to the Holden Family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Rockwood Family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Harwood Family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Ryan Family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Comins Family of Charlton, click here
To go to the Gould family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Kendall family of Central MA, & Ashford, CT, click here

To go to the Stevens family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Foskett family of Charlton, click here

To go to the Family of Eliakim & Anna (Stow) Chamberlain. The families of Samuel, Lucy and Nathaniel, children of Eliakim & Anna (Stow) Chamberlain of Charlton, removed to Foxcroft/Dover Maine in 1807. Lucy's husband was Ephraim Bacon, click here

To go to my web page, with many New England families, click here

MILITARY RECORDS FOR CHARLTON

Susan L. Harnwell, Maintains a page for the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, click here

 

 

Return to Worcester Co., MA, click here

 

Resources that may help you in your quest


GENDEX -- WWW Genealogical Index
Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web
World Genealogy Web Project

PLEASE NOTE: I AM MERELY THE HOST OF CHARLTON, MA.

I DO NOT LIVE EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE AREA. I CAN NOT DO LOOK UPS AND I HAVE PLACED EVERYTHING THAT I PRESENTLY HAVE ON THESE PAGES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
If you know of any additions or corrections please let me know. Thanks.

Created November 19, 1997

Updated January 1, 2004
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