Notes About Wilmington, MA

Books

• 200th Anniversary, Wilmington 1730-1930, Harry R. Deming, full scanned copy at archive.org
  
• 250th Anniversary, Wilmington 1730-1980, Adele C. Passmore, full scanned book at archive.org, or text only at archive.org, hard-copy available for review at Wilmington Public Library. 
• Selected 18th Century Sites in Wilmington, MA, scanned at archive.org, by Adele C Passmore
• Vital Records: https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Wilmington/
  
• Book on the Butters Family: The_Genealogical_Registry_of_the_Butters_Family
• Book on the Thompson Family: Memorial of James Thompson, of Charlestown Mass 1630-1642 and Woburn Mass 1642-1682
• Image Book: "Images of America"   
• Autobiography, Life of Asa G Sheldon: Wilmington Farmer
• Sewall History of Woburn
• Town History Books, per Larz Neilson:  "I also find some references in histories of nearby towns, esp. Woburn, Billerica & Reading. They have tidbits of information. Woburn hist. is by Samuel Sewall, and some newer books are out there, one by John McElhiney, another by Wm. Campbell, Robert Maguire, Tom Smith, & John McE. Billerica hist. by Henry Hazen. Reading has a few books. Also of interest are family genealogies. I have the Jaquith"

Spreadsheets

Alignment of 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 Federal Census for the town of Wilmington, Massachusetts. Google Spreadsheet 

Objective is to create a master list of households that arranges them accurately for continuity so that each listed person can be uniquely identified, using FamilySearch IDs.

 

Research References

Research references: https://ldsgenealogy.com/MA/Wilmington.htm

Maps Project

Now hosted online at Wilmington Public Library   This research presents a digital index to locations and individuals annotated on historic maps.   The FamilySearch IDs can be used to navigate to individual Wilmington, MA family pedigrees.

• 1775 Source: Town of Wilmington (Town Website)
• 1794 Source: Samuel Thompson (digitalcommonweath.org)
• 1831 Source: Edmund Parker (digitalcommonwealth.org)
  • 1829-1830 Source: Middlesex Canal Plan and Profile: Maker George Rumford Baldwin (archive.org, and archive.org)
• 1856 Source: Henry F. Walling (old-maps.com
• 1875 Source: D. G. Beers (etsystatic.com)
• 1889 Source: George H. Walker & Company, Boston, (wikimedia.org, historicmapworks.com)

 

Added to contemporary Google Maps, with FamilySearch IDs