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Woodstock, Connecticut
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A Brief History of Woodstock

The town was settled 1686 and was called New Roxbury, after their town in in which the first settlers came from Massachusetts. Like other towns settled by inhabitants of Massachusetts,Woodstock was first under jurisdiction of that state. This was based on a 1713 boundary agreement that was nullified in 1747 because it had never been submitted for English approval, and so in 1749 this town and other son the border were annexed by Connecticut and incorporated by its General Assembly. Today Woodstock is a rural community primarily devoted to dairy farming. Woodstock is also the site of the Old Quasset School, the oldest one room schoolhouse in the United States still in continuous use.

 

Libraries

Bracken Memorial Library

Head Librarian: Walter Izbicki

Regular Hours: Sunday: 1pm-4pm

Monday-Friday:8am-5pm

Saturday:10am-1pm

Tel: 860-928-0046

Fax: 860-928-2117

 

 

Volunteers

IMPORTANT NOTE:When requesting look-ups, have the subject as Woodstock/look-up,OR YOUR REQUEST MAY NOT BE ANSWERED. Please be as specific as you can be, include all known dates, children , places, etc. Also, please indicate the book that you are requesting the look-up in. Finally, limit your requests to one or two names, and remember these are VOLUNTEERS, Please remember to THANK them.

Ben Zimmerman
I have in my possession a copy of "History and Genealogy of John Marcy, 1662-1724, Woodstock, Conn. and many of his Descendants, Eleven Generations" by Charles Edney Marcy (copyright 1980). This is an excellent research tool. I am a Marcy descendant, currently working on tracing the lines of the Marcy wives in my lineage. I am willing to do look-ups in this book. As is the case with most families, given names recur frequently, so please be specific with dates.

Mary E.Blake mary.e.blake@snet.net
Descendant of the May, Morse, Child, and Paine Families of Woodstock. Have extensive research materials that am willing to share.

Cheryl Stedtler CSTEDTLER@aol.com.
BROWN, LEWIS, and VICKERS. I have extensive info on those names as well as people of color for Windham County, the Nipmuc Tribe and I am willing to share the info. I also have a copy of Ellsworth Back's Diary -- he lived in N. Woodstock. I will do look-ups if there's someone connected to the Back line.

 

Rich Roberts ROBERTS@HALLORAN-SAGE.COMI am willing to try to do research regarding Woodstock genealogy at the Conn. State Library, where they have all of Bowen's, the Vital Records book, census microfilms (1790-1920) and the vital records on microfilm through about 1900. RESPONSES TO:
HALLORAN & SAGE
ONE GOODWIN SQUARE
225 ASYLUM STREET
HARTFORD, CT 06103
TELEPHONE: 860-297-4695
FAX: 860-548-0006

Dennis T. Johnson dt1492@yahoo.com Family of Deacon John Johnson and Grace Morris of Woodstock, CT, and would be glad to share. To go to his page, click here

Christopher Lyttle Chris_Lyttle@yahoo.com has Haywood/Howard family pages 1-17 of vol. # 7 of the History of Woodstock Connecticut, Genealogies of Woodstock Families, and is willing to do lookups for this family.

 

Mark Perrin markp@cttel.net has extensive research material to share on the surnames Perrin, Stanton and Carpenter . I have 2,013 names of Stanton Family from the year 1450-Present; 1,176 names of Perrin Family from the year 1434-Present; 4,477 names of Carpenter Family from the year 1303-1887 and some Present. His Mailing address: P.O. Box 184 Taftville, CT. 06380 ; Home address: 70 Hunters Rd. Norwich, CT. 06360

Susan Taylor SGTAYLOR1@worldnet.att.net has generously offered to look up in the following:

NOTE: (1) "Woodstock Lookup" must be the subject of your request. If it does not carry this subject it runs the risk of never being read. I have filters set up that automatically filter this subject to a specific mail box for my attention. I only scan the subjects of the more than 200+ other messages I receive daily. (2) Do **not give only** page numbers from an index! I definitely need a date or at least a time frame also. You will received a rote acknowledgment that your request has been received. If you don't receive it in a day or 2 it means I never got your request or the subject wasn't correct.

1. Has data on the following Woodstock families:CHAFFEE, SKINNER, SNELL.
I only have info on my lines that settled in Woodstock - no info on these surnames in any other areas of New England.

2. The published VRs of Woodstock - not the Barbour Collection of Woodstock which is another animal. Remember to include dates/time frame, etc. and not only page numbers from an index:

Barbour, Lucius and Newton Case Brainard, comps.,Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock, Births-Marriages-Deaths, 1686-1854,(NEHGS Photo duplication, 1997; Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914).

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

Kathleen Murray KMurray317@aol.com is a descendant of the Green and Sawyer families who resided in Woodstock. She has in her possession a journal of James Jones Sawyer(painter) and is volunteering to be a resource for his paintings.

Fran LaMont newmont1@aol.com Would be glad to assist in look ups from the Vital Records of Woodstock, CT 1686-1854, published in 1914. Also Folklore and Firesides of Pomfret, Hampton and Vicinity by Susan Jewett Griggs copyright 1950 &Historic Gleanings in Windham County, CT, by Ellen D. Learned, 1st printed 1899, and Harpin's Connecticut Almanac; Heritage of Windham County, copyright 1976 (not indexed). Fran would also appreciate it it if you have information on the Grosvenor family to please pass it along.

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

How to post Woodstock Queries

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

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

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

HOW TO POST A QUERY

1. On the SUBJECT line enter Woodstock, 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

VITAL RECORDS OF WOODSTOCK

 

To go to the Cemeteries of Woodstock,CT from the Hale Collection, click here

To go to Woodstock Marriages before 1800, click here

To go to Woodstock Cemeteries, click here

FAMILIES OF WOODSTOCK

 

Many New England Families who after the Revolutionary Struggle settled in Otsego County, NY. Some Windham Co., CT surnames: Shepard, May, Lyon, Child, Morris, Bowen, Peake, Hale, Knowlton, Adams, Cady, Dana, Holbrook, Jones, Spaulding and more, by Steven and Diane Johnson , click here

To go to the Vinton Family of Woodstock,CT by Tom Hoot( if you know more of this family,please contact Tom), click here

To Go to the Mathewson family of Woodstock,CT, click here

To go to the Davis Family of Woodstock,CT & Oxford, MA click here

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

To go to the Eaton Family of Woodstock,click here

CENSUS RECORDS OF WOODSTOCK

NEW JUNE 29, 2001

1880 Census Index for Woodstock, CT, generously donated by Joyce Keats, click here

1880 Census for Woodstock, CT, (Section 1)ED132, generously donated by Joyce Keats, click here

1880 Census for Woodstock, CT, (Section 2)ED132, generously donated by Joyce Keats, click here

RETURN TO WINDHAM CO. 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
Listof Genealogy Bulletin Board Systems - For Connecticut
The Connecticut Historical Society
Connecticut Historical Commission
GENDEX -- WWWGenealogical Index
Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web
WorldGenealogy Web Project
Connecticut
New London County
Hartford County

Created and maintained by Elaine Merrell

PLEASE NOTE: I AM MERELY THE HOST OF WOODSTOCK, 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 July 28, 1997 and updated December 10, 2001

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