 Massachusetts Genealogy
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Incorporated May 10, 1643
God Bless America
Updated
February 10, 2008
History
The town of Wenham, originally called Enon, was part of
the first settlement in Essex County in 1628. Wenham, Beverly, Manchester,
Marblehead, Danvers, Topsfield, and part of Lynn were originally part of
Salem. It is about 20 miles north of Boston. It is bounded by Hamilton,
Beverly, Danvers, and Topsfield.
First Church in Wenham
First Church in Wenham was organized in 1644. There is some history
on the church website at www.firstchurchwenham.org.
Cemeteries
The Wenham Cemetery is located on Route 1A, about half a mile from the
center of town, next to the Wenham Golf Course. There are many very old gravestones
in the front part of the cemetery, some recording deaths in the early 1700's. Some
of these pictures can be viewed at www.geocities.com/wenhamcemetery/index.htm.
Fairfield Family Burial Ground - Photographs and
inscriptions from an old family burial ground.
Vintage Postcards and Photographs of Wenham - I have begun
collecting vintage postcards and pictures of Wenham. I will post them as I
receive them, so keep checking back.
Picture of Ice Making on Wenham Lake - From The
Illustrated London News, May 17, 1845
Wenham Data
Clicking on these links will take you to actual town records
and other data.
Massachusetts Vital
Records - John Slaughter has
done a wonderful job getting these records online.
Town Clerks and
Treasurers, 1644-1887
Wenham Selectmen, 1654-1887
1884 Map of Wenham
1790 U.S. Census
1800
U.S. Census
1810 U.S. Census
1850
U.S. Census
Wenham Street Directory, 1886-7
Wenham Resources
Wenham Roll Call
- Who's researching who -
this is a list of surnames and the name(s) and e-mail address(es) of those
researching them.
Wenham
Museum
Hamilton-Wenham Public
Library
Personal Genealogy Pages
These links will take you to personal genealogy
Pages relating to Wenham.
Descendants of John Fairfield of Wenham
- A genealogy site inspired by the research of Wynn
Cowan Fairfield.
Paula's
Genealogy Corner - A site devoted to Essex County
families featuring genealogy of the Batchelder, Dodge, and Edwards families.
Do you have a site relating to Wenham
genealogy that you would like featured on this page? If so, please e-mail
me.
Visit Our Neighbors
Beverly,
Massachusetts Genealogy Project
Danvers,
Massachusetts Genealogy Project
Essex,
Massachusetts Genealogy Project
Hamilton,
Massachusetts Genealogy Project
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Genealogy Project
Topsfield,
Massachusetts Genealogy Project
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Essex County Massachusetts Genealogy Project -
Founded August 1996.
Wenham Massachusetts Genealogy Project established April 22, 2002.
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