Winthrop, Kennebec County
County · Incorporated · Previous Designations · Boundary Changes · Villages, Locations and Settlements · Adjacent Towns and Townships · Maps · Cemeteries · Church Records · Newspapers · Vital Records · Miscellaneous Resources · Military Records · General Resources · Bibliography
County
Kennebec County (set off from Lincoln County in 1799)
Incorporated
1771 from Pondtown Plantation
Previous Designations
Part of the Plymouth Claim (Kennebec Purchase)
Boundary Changes
Land was set off to form Readfield in 1791
Parts of Augusta and Readfield were annexed in 1810, and part of Monmouth in 1813
Land was set off to Hallowell in 1813 and 1814
Parts of Wayne were annexed in 1816, 1839, and 1852
Land was set off to form Kennebec (now Manchester) in 1850
Part of Kennebec (now Manchester) was annexed in 1852, and part of Manchester in 1873
Villages, Locations and Settlements
East Winthrop, Galeville, Island Park, Maranacook, Tallwood, Winthrop, Winthrop Center (formerly Baileyville)
Adjacent Towns and Townships
Manchester, Monmouth, Readfield, Wayne, West Gardiner
Maps
Maine Historical Maps: Winthrop
Cemeteries
Church Records
Winthrop Congregational Church, United Church of Christ Books
Members of the Universalist Church of Winthrop
First Members of the Baptist Church of Winthrop
Maine Vital Records, Pastorates of Rev. Giles Bailey, 1840-1875
Newspapers
The Maine Farmer (1833-1900)
Maine Newspapers at Internet Archive — Search Maine Farmer (1833-1900)
Vital Records
Some Marriages in Winthrop, 1781-1890
Miscellaneous Resources
Petition for the Incorporation of Winthrop, 1770
Military Records
World War I Soldiers Index: Winthrop
General Resources
FamilySearch Catalog: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine
Official Website: Town of Winthrop
Maine Memory Network: Winthrop
Maine Memory Network: Maranacook
Bibliography
______, An account of the centennial celebration at Winthrop, Me., May 20, 1871 (Augusta, Me.: Sprague, Owen & Nash, printers, 1871)
______, Winthrop's Centennial Jubilee," Lewiston Evening Journal, 20 May 1871
______, Leading business men of Lewiston, Augusta and vicinity: embracing also, Auburn, Gardiner, Waterville, Oakland, Dexter, Fairfield, Skowhegan, Hallowell, Richmond, Bath, Brunswick, Freeport, Canton, Buckfield, Mechanic Falls, South Paris, Norway, Farmington and Winthrop with an historical sketch of each place, illustrated (Boston: Mercantile Pub. Co., 1889, c1888)
______, "The Story of Pond Town," Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine Section, 12 Aug. 1899
______, "Oldest Records of Kennebec's Oldest Town," Lewiston Journal Illustrated Magazine Section, 18 Aug. 1906
Labonté, Youville, comp., Marriages of St. Rose De Lima, Jay, Me. 1885-1982: and of St. Francis Xavier, Winthrop, Me. 1910-1983 (Lewiston, Me.: Y. LaBonte, 1984)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Winthrop register, 1903-4 (Kent's Hill, Me., H.E. Mitchell Publishing Company, 1904)
Mitchell, Harry Edward, et al., comp., The Winthrop and Monmouth register, 1909 (Augusta, Me.: The Mitchell-Cony Co., 1909)
Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, History of Winthrop, Maine, with genealogical notes (Auburn, Me., Press of Merrill & Webber company [pref. 1925])
Stiner, Ina H., Genealogy of Ichabod Wing of Winthrop, Maine, and his son, John Odlin Wing (Porterville, Calif.: Printed by the Sierra Press, 1956)
Thurston, David, A brief history of Winthrop: from 1764 to October, 1855 (Portland Me.: B. Thurston, steam printer, 1855)
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