Maine Places

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Berwick, York County

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County

York County


Incorporated

1713 from part of Kittery


Previous Designations

Newichawannock; Upper Kittery; Parish of Unity


Boundary Changes

Land was set off to Kittery in 1716

Land was set off to form South Berwick in 1814, North Berwick in 1831

Additional land was set off to South Berwick in 1841 and 1881, to North Berwick in 1875.


Villages, Locations and Settlements

Berwick, Blackberry Hill (former post office), Cummings, Doughty's Falls (former post office at Berwick)


Adjacent Towns and Townships

Lebanon, North Berwick, Rochester (N.H.), Rollinsford (N.H.), Somersworth (N.H.), South Berwick


Cemeteries

Cemeteries of York County

Epitaphs From South Berwick, Berwick, and Kittery


Church Records

Members and Baptism Records of the Second Church of Berwick, 1755-1822

Marriage Records of the Second Church of Berwick, 1755-1857


Military Records

Capt. John Hill's Company in Berwick, 1740

World War I Soldiers Index: Berwick


Vital Records

Berwick Marriages, 1710-1828


Maps

Maine Historical Maps: Berwick


Miscellaneous Resources

1771 Berwick Tax Valuation

Berwick Taxpayers, 1772


General Resources

FamilySearch Catalog: Berwick, York, Maine

Official Website: Town of Berwick

MEGenWeb Project: Berwick

Maine Memory Network: Berwick


Bibliography

______, "Records of the Society of Friends at Berwick (North Berwick), Me.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. 72-75 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1918-21)

Anderson, Joseph Crook, II, ed., Records of The First & Second Churches of Berwick (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1999)

Anderson, Joseph Crook, II, The Woodsum (Woodsome/Woodsom) family in America : the descendants of Joseph Woodsum of Berwick, Maine (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1990)

Bacon, George F., The leading business men of Dover, Rochester, Farmington, Great Falls and Berwick (Boston, Mass.: Mercantile Publishing Co., 1890)

Frost, John Eldridge, and Joseph Crook Anderson II, eds., Vital records of Berwick, South Berwick and North Berwick, Maine to the year 1892 (Rockport, Me.: Picton Press, 1993)

Hasty, Warren H., Hasty family of Berwick, York County, Maine (2004)

Hilton, Marietta Frances (Stacy), comp., "Records of the Second Church of Berwick, Me.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 74 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1920)

Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of Notre-Dame, Springvale, Me. 1887-1981: and of St. Michael, South Berwick, Me. 1886-1982 and of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Berwick, Me. 1927-1982 (Lewiston, Me.: Y. Labonte, 1985)

Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Berwick Register, 1904 (Kents Hill, Me.: The H. E. Mitchell publishing company, 1904)

Scales, John, ed., Piscataqua Pioneers, 1623-1775; register of members and ancestors (Dover, N.H.: Press of C.F. Whitehouse, 1919)

Scates, John Clark, comp., "Records of the First Church of Berwick (South Berwick), Me.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. 82-83 (Boston, Mass.: The Society, 1928-29)

Smith, Edwin E. , James Smith, Berwick, 1668 (Kennebunk, Me. : Printed by the Star Print., 1940)

Spencer, Wilbur Daniel, Burial inscriptions and other data of burials in Berwick, York County, Maine to the year 1922 (Sanford, Me.: The Averill Press, printers, 1922)

Spencer, Wilbur Daniel, A list of Revolutionary soldiers of Berwick (Berwick, Me.?: unknown, 1898)

Warren, Vanetta Hosford, Adriel Warren of Berwick, Maine (Boston, Mass., 1964)

Webster, Millard D., Highlights of Berwick History (1939)

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