Newburyport, Essex County, surrounded by Amesbury and Salisbury on the north, West Newbury on the west, and Newbury on the south, became a town in 1764. Dates as early as 1635 in this collection come from the time when Newburyport was part of Newbury.

Newburyport Records 1764-1789. Vol 1. 546 pages.

These records occasionally include an illustrated plan of lots or streets; e.g., see leaf before page 1 for a 1766 plan of river lots, and page 221 for a 1774 plan of "a way leading from Fish Street to King Street". See on page 22 the 1764 quarantine placed on Mr. Ralph Crop Nebel due to his recent residence in Boston "where the smallpox is prevalent".

Town Meetings 1776, 1764-1765; pp 1-41

FICHE 1

Town Meetings 1765-1767, pp 42-101

FICHE 2

Town Meetings 1767-1772, pp 102-161

FICHE 3

Town Meetings 1773-1775, pp 162-221

FICHE 4

Town Meetings 1775-1777, pp 222-278

FICHE 5

Town Meetings 1777-1780, pp 279-338

FICHE 6

Town Meetings 1780-1783, pp 339-398

FICHE 7

Town Meetings 1783-1786, pp 399-458

FICHE 8

Town Meetings 1786-1788, pp 459-516

FICHE 9

Town Meetings 1788-1789, pp 517-546

FICHE 10

Newburyport Town Records [1790-1817]. Vol 2. 528 pages.

See page 273 for the 1802 plan for a gore including High, Harris, Union and Green streets; as well as Pleasant and Water streets and Brown’s Square.

Town Meetings 1790-1792, pp 1-55

FICHE 11

Town Meetings 1792-1795, pp 56-115

FICHE 12

Town Meetings 1795-1798, pp 116-175

FICHE 13

Town Meetings 1798-1800, pp 176-235

FICHE 14

Town Meetings 1800-1803, pp 236-291

FICHE 15

Town Meetings 1803-1807, pp 292-351

FICHE 16

Town Meetings 1807-1811, pp 352-411

FICHE 17

Town Meetings 1811-1814, pp 412-471

FICHE 18

Town Meetings 1814-1817, pp 472-528

FICHE 19

Newburyport Town Records 1817-[1837]. Vol 3. 365 pages.

See page 169 for the 1826 plan extending Fair Street beyond Liberty Street.

Town Meetings 1817-1819, pp 1-57

FICHE 20

Town Meetings 1819-1822, pp 58-117

FICHE 21

Town Meetings 1822-1827, pp 118-174

FICHE 22

Town Meetings 1827-1832, pp 175-230

FICHE 23

Town Meetings 1832-1834, pp 231-290

FICHE 24

Town Meetings 1834-1836, pp 291-350

FICHE 25

Town Meetings 1836-1837, pp 351-363

FICHE 26

Town Meetings 1850-1851, pp 354-381 (from below)

FICHE 26

Newburyport [Town Meetings] 1837-[1851. Vol 4.] 381 pages.

Town Meetings 1837-1839, pp 1-57

FICHE 27

Town Meetings 1839-1842, pp 58-117

FICHE 28

Town Meetings 1842-1843, pp 118-177

FICHE 29

Town Meetings 1843-1846, pp 178-233

FICHE 30

Town Meetings 1846-1848, pp 234-293

FICHE 31

Town Meetings 1848-1850, pp 294-353

FICHE 32

Town Meetings 1850-1851, pp 354-381

FICHE 26

Newburyport [Town Meetings 1790-1797]. About 171 pages.

Town Meetings 1790-1793, pp 1-56

FICHE 33

Town Meetings 1793-1795, pp 57-115

FICHE 34

Town Meetings 1795-1797, pp 116-156+

FICHE 35

Newburyport [Town Meetings 1797-1811]. About 250 pages.

Note that town meetings of this time were not open to females nor to all males–just for freeholders and other eligible voters. One item of special interest in the meeting minutes was that the town had an epidemic in summer 1796 of "malignant fever disorder". Afterward (3 April 1797), residents gave thanks to Dr. Vergnies for his assistance and advice during that crisis (see page 10). Another misfortune was a "tremendous and desolating fire" in the town [31 May 1811]; see last pages of the book for more detail.

Town Meetings 1797-1800

FICHE 36

Town Meetings 1800-1804

FICHE 37

Town Meetings 1804-1808

FICHE 38

Town Meetings 1808-1811

FICHE 39

Newburyport Record of the Town Meetings [1811-1822]. About 260 pages.

Town Meetings 1811-1813

FICHE 40

Town Meetings 1813-1815

FICHE 41

Town Meetings 1815-1817

FICHE 42

Town Meetings 1817-1821

FICHE 43

Town Meetings 1821-1822

FICHE 44

Selectmen Records 1785-1786 (from below)

FICHE 44

Newburyport Record of Town Meetings [1822-1835]. About 280 pages.

Town Meetings 1822-1825

FICHE 45

Town Meetings 1825-1828

FICHE 46

Town Meetings 1828-1831

FICHE 47

Town Meetings 1831-1833

FICHE 48

Town Meetings 1833-1835

FICHE 49

Selectmen Record 1778 (from below)

FICHE 49

Newburyport Selectmen Minute Book 1778-[1781]. About 120 pages.

Selectmen Records 1778-1781

FICHE 50

Selectmen Records 1779-1781

FICHE 51

Selectmen Record 1778

FICHE 49

Newburyport [Selectmen Records 1781-1786]. About 140 pages.

Note varying entries of 16 July 1783, 3 December 1783, 5 May 1784, 16 June 1784, and 20 June 1785 for standard weights of biscuits and loaves of bread. Names of persons in this book include 1783 and 1785 lists of innholders and retailers.

Selectmen Records 1781-1783

FICHE 52

Selectmen Records 1783-1785

FICHE 53

Selectmen Records 1785-1786

FICHE 44

Newburyport [Selectmen Records 1786-1793]. About 180 pages.

Names of persons in this record include 1786, 1791, and 1792 lists of licensed innholders and retailers. Other interesting items include the names and origins of some ships in port, sometimes with names of passengers and their ages; e.g, those enumerated 16 July 1789 on the Brig Sally (see last frame).

Selectmen Records 1786-1787

FICHE 54

Selectmen Records 1787-1790

FICHE 55

Selectmen Records 1790-1793

FICHE 56

Newburyport [Selectmen Records 1793-1804]. About 260 pages.

These records include licenses for retailers and innkeepers, standard weights of bread, teaching and other town appointments, and a "descriptive list" of 1797 and 1798 state (non-resident) paupers.

Selectmen Records 1793-1795

FICHE 57

Selectmen Records 1795-1797

FICHE 58

Selectmen Records 1798-1800

FICHE 59

Selectmen Records 1800-1802

FICHE 60

Selectmen Records 1802-1804

FICHE 61

Selectmen Records 1815-1816 (from below)

FICHE 61

Selectmen Records 1827-1829 (from below)

FICHE 61

Newburyport Selectmen Records [1805-1816]. About 250 pages.

Among other business items, these records include appointments of teacher, enginemen, weighers of hay, and measurers of wood and bark. Of special interest is an 1816 town meeting called to determine how best to help victims of fire at Petersburg, Virginia.

Selectmen Records 1805-1811

FICHE 62

Selectmen Records 1811-1814

FICHE 63

Selectmen Records 1814

FICHE 64

Selectmen Records 1814-1815

FICHE 65

Selectmen Records 1815-1816

FICHE 61

Newburyport Selectmen’s Records [1816-1829]. About 260 pages.

Note that town appointees of 1818 include schoolmistresses, possibly for the first time.

Selectmen’s Records 1816-1818

FICHE 66

Selectmen’s Records 1818-1820

FICHE 67

Selectmen’s Records 1820-1822

FICHE 68

Selectmen’s Records 1822-1827

FICHE 69

Selectmen’s Records 1827-1829

FICHE 61

Newburyport [Town Payments 1776-1780]. About 50 pages.

Town Payments 1776-1780

FICHE 70

Town Payments 1795 (from below)

FICHE 70

Newburyport [Selectmen Order Book 1786-1795]. About 180 pages.

Town Payments 1786-1789

FICHE 71

Town Payments 1789-1791

FICHE 72

Town Payments 1791-1795

FICHE 73

Town Payments 1795

FICHE 70

Newburyport [Accounts for the Town’s Poor 1795-1843]. About 400 pages.

Workhouse rules are published at the beginning of this book.

Paupers & Payments 1795-1807

FICHE 74

Paupers & Payments 1807-1820

FICHE 75

Paupers & Payments 1820-1831

FICHE 76

Paupers & Payments 1831-1838

FICHE 77

Paupers & Payments 1838-1843

FICHE 78

Non-Resident Paupers & Payments 1804-1810

FICHE 78

Non-Resident Paupers & Payments 1811-1823

FICHE 79

Non-Resident Paupers & Payments 1823-1827, 1800-1803

FICHE 80

Newburyport Militia [1840-1853]. About 140 pages.

Town Militia Rolls 1840-1851

FICHE 81

Town Militia Rolls 1851-1853

FICHE 82

Town Militia Rolls 1862 (from below)

FICHE 82

Newburyport Record of Militia 1855-1861(sic). About 175 pages.

Town Militia Rolls 1855-1858

FICHE 83

Town Militia Rolls 1858-1862

FICHE 84

Town Militia Rolls 1862

FICHE 82

Newburyport Record of Militia [1863-1868]. About 180 pages.

Arranged by wards 1-6 within each year, the entries provide name, age, and occupation.

Militia 1863-1864

FICHE 85

Militia 1866-1867

FICHE 86

Militia 1868

FICHE 87

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 408-419, W-Y (from below)

FICHE 87

Newburyport Rebellion Record of Soldiers & Officers [1861-1865]. Vol 1. Abt 425 pages.

These records usually provides regiment, company, and enlistment and muster dates. Sometimes they provide name of parents, occupation, discharge date or death date.

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 58-107, A-C

FICHE 88

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 108-167, C-F

FICHE 89

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 168-227, F-I

FICHE 90

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 228-287, J-M

FICHE 91

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 288-347, M-R

FICHE 92

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 348-407, R-W

FICHE 93

Soldiers & Officers 1861-1865, pp 408-419, W-Y

FICHE 87

Newburyport Rebellion Record [of Seamen & Officers in Naval Service 1861-1864].

These pages usually record the beginning date of service, and often the name of the vessel(s) sailed. Unfortunately, they seldom provide names of parents, birth date, age, marital status, or date of discharge or death.

Seamen & Officers 1861-1864, pp 41-115, A-M

FICHE 94

Seamen & Officers 1861-1864, pp 116-150, M-W

FICHE 95

Newburyport Record of Persons Serving in the Navy [1861-1865]. #10. About 30 pages.

This record of 67 men usually provides birth date and place, names of parents, marital status, and ships and places of service.

Sailors 1861-1865, #1-67

FICHE 95

Newburyport Three-Year Volunteers [1861-1865]. Book One. #2. 144 pages.

These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1861-1864, #1-118

FICHE 96

Soldiers 1861-1865, #119-144

FICHE 97

Newburyport Record of Three-Year Volunteers in the U.S. Army. #6. About 78 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1861-1865, #145-206

FICHE 97

Soldiers 1861-1865, #207-288

FICHE 98

Newburyport Record of Three-Year Volunteers in the U.S. Army. #7. About 72 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1861-1865, #289-306

FICHE 98

Soldiers 1861-1865, #307-426

FICHE 99

Soldiers 1861-1865, #427-432

FICHE 100

Newburyport [Three-Year Volunteers in the U.S. Army 1861-1865]. #9. About 33 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1861-1865, #433-496

FICHE 100

Newburyport Record of 3-Year, 9-Month Volunteers [in U.S. Army 1862-1863]. #5.

Abt 70 pages. These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment, company, and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1862-1863, #1-126

FICHE 101

Soldiers 1862-1863, #127-152

FICHE 102

Soldiers 1862-1863, #115-144 (from below)

FICHE 102

Military Pension Payments 1873-1872 (from below)

FICHE 102

Military Pension Payments 1871-1872 (from below)

FICHE 102

Newburyport Nine-Month Volunteers [in U. S. Army 1862-1863]. Book 2. #4.

These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company, and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1862-1863, #1-114

FICHE 103

Soldiers 1862-1863, #115-144

FICHE 102

Newburyport Record of 3-Month Volunteers and Their Subsequent Service [& Military Pension Payments 1861-1864, 1872-1875]. About 65 pages. Lengths of service for the eleven or so soldiers listed in this record range from about 3 months to 3 years. Personal data provides birth date, names of parents, and marital status. The military pension payments are not limited to the few soldiers listed in this book. Further, they may not include those who served less than three years. Note that payees are often females.

Soldiers 1861-1864, #1-abt 11

FICHE 104

Military Pension Payments 1875-1873

FICHE 104

Military Pension Payments 1873-1872

FICHE 102

Newburyport [Military] Pensions Paid from March 1865-November 1872. About 70 pages.

The subtitle to this book, "Military Rolls, Three Years Volunteers, Record Finished" may imply that pensions were available only to those who served three or more years.

Military Pension Payments 1865-1871

FICHE 105

Military Pension Payments 1871-1872

FICHE 102

Newburyport [Record of 100-Day & 1-Year Volunteers in U.S. Army 1862-1865]. #8. About 48 pages. Most listings here are for volunteers of 1864 and 1862. These records usually provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, regiment and company (or cavalry), and date and place of discharge or death.

Soldiers 1862-1865; #1-42, 146-184

FICHE 106

Soldiers & Sailors 1863-1865, #115-136; pp 58-68 (from below)

FICHE 106

Newburyport Record of New Enlistments in the Army and Navy 1863. #3. 68 pages.

Mostly a record of 3-year volunteers, these records seldom provide date and place of birth, names of parents, marital status, occupation, or regiment.

Soldiers & Sailors 1863-1865, #1-114; pp 1-57

FICHE 107

Soldiers & Sailors 1863-1865, #115-136; pp 58-68

FICHE 106

Newburyport Record of the City Cadets [1864]. #1. About 50 pages.

Most of these volunteers were mustered in on 3 May 1864, stationed at Salem Harbor, and discharged 5 Aug 1864 at Boston. Data usually includes date and place of birth, names of parents, occupation, and marital status.

Volunteer Militia 1864, #1-88

FICHE 108

Newburyport [Index to Births 1740-1844].

This book may be titled with dates of 1792-1844. It indexes births in the volume below (fiches 113-124).

Index to Births 1740-1844, A-D

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Index to Births 1740-1844, D-K

FICHE 110

Index to Births 1740-1844, K-P

FICHE 111

Index to Births 1740-1844, P-W

FICHE 112

Index to Births 1740-1844, W-Y

FICHE 113

Births 1836-1844, pp 423-473 (from below)

FICHE 113

[Newbury &] Newburyport [Births] 1740-1849 (sic). [Vol 1.] 473 pages.

The book above (fiches 109-113) indexes theses births. Note that the correct dates for this volume are 1740-1844; it does not contain births of 1845-1849. Additionally, note that although pages are marked to list 18 entries per column, a 19^th entry is sometimes added at the bottom; e.g., page 386. In order to show that 19^th entry, some pages had to be filmed twice–the first time showing entries 1-18, and the second time showing entries 2-19. Watch for those extra entries. Blank pages include 432-437 and 441-444.

Births 1740-1771, pp 1-45

FICHE 114

Births 1772-1782, pp 46-95

FICHE 115

Births 1782-1789, pp 96-143

FICHE 116

Births 1789-1796, pp 144-187

FICHE 117

Births 1796-1802, pp 188-227

FICHE 118

Births 1803-1807, pp 228-263

FICHE 119

Births 1807-1816, pp 264-297

FICHE 120

Births 1816-1817, 1811-1815; pp 296-331

FICHE 121

Births 1815-1822, pp 332-359

FICHE 122

Births 1822-1827, pp 360-389

FICHE 123

Births 1827-1835, pp 389-422

FICHE 124

Births 1836-1844; pp 423-473

FICHE 113