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Willington, Connecticut
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A Brief History of Willington

The town of Willington is located in Tolland County and was established in May 1727 and is populated by 5,880 residents covering 34.8 sq. miles. Willington remained a quiet agricultural town until the Industrial Revolution when the waters of the Willimantic River became an important asset. Woolen mills were built along the river and in 1811 the town's first large industry, a glass factory, commenced operation. Today the town's industries have for the most part disappeared, with many residents commuting to jobs in nearby towns. Its principal industries are agriculture, manufacturing of machined parts and electroplating.

 

Town Hall

40 Old Farms Road

Willington, CT 06279

Hours: 9:00-2:00pm, Monday through Friday

Town Clerk's hours: 6:00pm-8:00pm Monday

BOOKS AND RESOURCES FOR WILLINGTON

Demers "Modernization in a New England Town, A History of Willington, " available through the Willington Historical Society Isabel B. Weigold

 

Volunteers

Isabel B. Weigold, Town Historian, 48 Red Oak Hill, Willington, CT 06279.


Elaine Merrell lmerrell@ct1.nai.net Has Connecticut Divorces, Superior Court Records for the Counties of Tolland and Windham, CT 1719-1910, by Grace Louise Knox and Barbara B. Ferris, and is willing to do limited look ups.

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

How to post Willington Queries

Please feel free to post a short query for your surname in Willington,

If you don't see your query posted in a week or so, please come back and try again.

HOW TO POST A QUERY

PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST A QUERY TO BE POSTED FOR A FAMILY THAT IS NOT FROM WILLINGTON, I WILL NOT POST IT. IF YOU ARE REQUESTING A FAMILY THAT WAS FROM ANOTHER TOWN , IT SHOULD BE POSTED FOR THE APPROPRIATE AREA.

 

1. On the SUBJECT line enter Willington, Ct. Query
2. On the first line of your message enter the date, your e-mail address, your full name
3. Enter your query as you want it to appear.

I will try to post your query as soon as possible. Enter your query here

To view the queries from 2000-2001, click here

To view the queries from 1997-1999, click here

CHURCH RECORDS OF WILLINGTON

Willington Church Records

"The Church at Willington, CT". The dates span from 1760 to 1804. Records such as baptismal records, marriage records and the entrance of church members or their dismissal and where these people went are within these pages." Submitted by Charlene Crosthwaite, click here

 

FAMILIES OF WILLINGTON

 

Dana Fenton has prepared an ancestry of George Fenton of Burke, NY which goes back to Robert Fenton and Dorothy Farrar of Willington and Mansfield, to go there, click here

AMIDON - "The Amidon Ancestry of Andrew Huntington Amidon" "The Amidon Ancestry" click here

To go to the 1790 Census of Willington, click here

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

 

Return to Tolland Co. click here

Resources that may help you in your quest

Connecticut This is where you get info on where to write for vital records.
Connecticut State Library
State of Connecticut Home Page
List of Genealogy Bulletin Board Systems - For Connecticut
The Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Historical Commission
GENDEX -- WWW Genealogical Index
Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web
World Genealogy Web Project
Connecticut
New London County
Hartford County

Created and maintained by Elaine Merrell

PLEASE NOTE: I AM MERELY THE HOST OF WILLINGTON, CT

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 August 8, 1997 and updated February 13, 2001

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