Town Of Berwick, Maine Genealogy
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Town of Berwick, Maine
Genealogy Resources
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Berwick is located in the located in the southwestern part of York County Maine. It is bordered on the west by the cities of Somersworth and Rochester NH. York County is the southern most county in Maine.
It is very common when researching people in Berwick to find that it is necessary to cross the Salmon Falls river and continue in Strafford County NH.
As an aid to those that are unfamiliar with Berwick please note that today So. Berwick and No. Berwick are separate towns from Berwick.
When Berwick first became a Town in 1713 it included the area that is today No. Berwick and So. Berwick.
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The 1790 US Census of Berwick includes the current towns of Berwick, No. Berwick and S. Berwick.
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Berwick's first white settler was Ambrose Gibbens who settled in Newichawannock near Quampsagaw Falls, the head of the Piscataqua River in 1631.
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In 1647 Kittery became Incorporated as the first town in Maine, which was a Province of Massachusetts. Old Kittery included what is today the towns of Kittery, Eliot, So. Berwick, North Berwick and Berwick
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On June 6, 1713 Berwick's petition to become a separate town was approved and Berwick became the 9th town in Maine.
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Municipal/Public Resources in Berwick
Town Offices
Town of Berwick
Sullivan Square
P. O. Box 696
Berwick, ME 03901-0696
Tel. 207-698-1101
Fax 207-698-5181
Berwick Public Library
103 Old Pine Hill Rd.
Berwick, ME 03901
Tel. 207-698-5737
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Their collection includes a large collection of Town Reports from 1860 although there are still many early years missing which they are hoping to acquire.
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They also have a good collection of High School yearbooks from both Berwick High School and today's Noble High School.
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Berwick Historical Society
Berwick Genealogical Databases
Other Berwick Resources
Other York County Resources
If you have this type of interest about a town in York
County, and would like to host a town page of your own, please
E-mail Tom Raynor at
[email protected].
I don't personally have any databases of Berwick-specific ancestors,
nor do I do research in Berwick. In other words, I am probably not the best one to send your queries about individuals to. What I hope I can offer is a place for you
to find other people and places that can help in your search. Please
review the query, surname registry, and resource databases first,
and then post a query of your own if you need more information.
If you know of a web site, including personal sites, or have a web site that would be of assistance to Berwick researchers, please send them to me.
Webmaster - Harry Tasker
Last updated: Jan. 5, 2006
© 1998-2006 Harry Tasker
This work is incomplete and will be updated as my editing time permits