USGenWeb Genealogical Site for the Town of
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Hanover Massachusetts Plymouth County |
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Including the Villages of Assinippi, Curtis Crossing, Drinkwater, Hanover Center, Hanover Four Corners,
Mann's Corner, North Hanover, South Hanover, West Hanover and Winslow's Crossing
See also the sites for the parent towns of Abington and Scituate
John Curtis Free Library, Hanover
Original building dedicated December 12, 1907
September 8, 2008 — Welcome to the revised Hanover USGenWeb page. I'll be posting notices here as new resources are added to the site.
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Lookups and Resources
If you have any Hanover material and would like to volunteer for lookups please send email to Dale H. Cook.
Early Bridgewater Families which includes information on the early generations of Hanover families founded in Bridgewater by Samuel Packard and John Washburn.
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Books and Records
You can find copies of books for sale by using the search engine at Bookfinder.com.
Books that are no longer in copyright can often be found online at Internet Archive Text Archive, Family History Archives or Google Books. Additional books are available through two sites that many libraries offer access to - Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest Online.
Jedediah Dwelley, et. al., A Copy of the Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths and of Intentions of Marriage of the Town of Hanover, Mass. 1727-1857 (Rockland, MA: Press of the Rockland Standard, 1898).
Lloyd Vernon Briggs, History and Records of the First Congregational Church, Hanover, Mass., 1727-1825, And Inscriptions from the Headstones and Tombs In the Cemetery at Centre Hanover, Mass., 1727-1894 (Boston: The Author, 1895).
Lloyd Vernon Briggs, History And Records of St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, of Scituate, Mass., 1725-1811, of Hanover, Mass., 1811-1903, and Other Items of Historical Interest, Being Volume II of the Church and Cemetery Records of Hanover, Mass (Boston: The Author, 1904).
Ann S. Lainhart, 1855 and 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Hanover (Boston: The Author, 1988).
John S. Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., with Family Genealogies (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1853).
Lloyd Vernon Briggs, History of Shipbuilding on the North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, with Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon its Tributaries, 1640 to 1872 (Boston: The Author, 1889).
Barbara U. Barker and Leslie J. Molyneaux, Images of America: Hanover (Acadia Publishing, 2004).
Barbara Underhill Barker, Lucy Josselyn Bonney and Anne Bonney Henderson, Houses of the Revolution in Hanover, Massachusetts (Hanover, MA: Hanover Historical Society, 1976).
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Published Vital Records 1727 to 1857:
Jedediah Dwelley, et. al., A Copy of the Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths and of Intentions of Marriage of the Town of Hanover, Mass. 1727-1857 (Rockland, MA: Press of the Rockland Standard, 1898).
Vital Records 1727 to present:
Town Clerk
Hanover Town Hall
550 Hanover St.
Hanover, MA 02339
781-826-2691
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Vital Records 1841-1915:
Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
617-727-2816
Fax: 617-288-8429
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Vital Records 1916 to present:
Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics
150 Mount Vernon St., 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02125-3105
617-740-2600
Or order online:
Births
Marriages
Deaths
Massachusetts Vital Records Information from Ancestry.com
Deeds and Probate
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
50 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-830-9200
Fax: 508-830-9221
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Researchers can search grantor books or grantee books at no charge.
Plymouth County deeds can now be viewed online
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery Street
Plymouth, MA 02360
508-747-6204
Fax: 508-746-6826
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Genealogical and Historical Societies, Libraries and Locations
Genealogical and Historical Societies and Libraries
John Curtis Free Library
534 Hanover Street
Hanover, MA 02339
Phone: 781-826-2972
Hours: Mon. 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Tue. 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Wed. 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Thu. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Fri. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Closed on Saturdays during July and August.
Hanover Historical Society
P.O. Box 156
Hanover, MA 02339
Annual Membership:
Individual: $7.50 per person
Family: $15.00
Plymouth County Genealogists, Inc.
PCGI is a non-profit genealogical society whose monthly meetings are held the first Saturday of each month (except July and August) at 1:00 PM at the East Bridgewater Public Library. Meetings generally feature a guest speaker and the public is welcome.
Old Colony Historical Society
66 Church Green
Taunton, MA 02780
508-822-1622
Hours: Tues. - Sat. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed on holidays and on Saturdays preceding Monday holidays
Museum Admission: Adults - $4.00, Children 12-18 and Seniors - $2.00
Genealogical Research: $7.00 per day
South Shore Genealogical Society
PO Box 396
Norwell, MA 02061
Meetings: The second Saturday of each month (except July and August) at 1:30 p.m. at the John Curtis Free Library, Rte. 139, Hanover, MA.
For beginners, amateurs and professionals interested in genealogical research in Plymouth and Norfolk Counties.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215-3695
617-536-1608
Hours: Mon. - Weds. 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Thurs. 9:00 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.; Fri. 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Closed Sunday.
New England Historic Genealogical Society
101 Newbury St.
Boston, MA 02116-3007
617-536-5740
Fax: 617-536-7307
Library Hours: Tues. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Weds. 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Thurs. - Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Closed Sun. and Mon.
The library is closed for some holidays - call or see the website for details.
For non-members there is a daily admisssion fee for the research library.
NEHGS is nation's oldest genealogical society, founded in 1845. It offers unsurpassed resources for New England research including the Boston research library of over 200,000 volumes. Members not in the Boston area appreciate their extensive online resources including all issues of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, the nation's oldest genealogical journal, published quarterly since 1847. Online resources also include member access to vital records through 1915, an ever-growing collection of online books, and databases derived from some of the Society's immense manuscript holdings.
Genealogical and Historical Locations
The Stetson House, built about 1716, and home of the Hanover Historical Society.
Open Wednesdays, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Research material from Historical Society files is available and tours can be arranged. For information contact:
Friends of the Stetson House, Inc.
P.O. Box 2064
Hanover, MA 02339
Phone: 781-826-9575
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Perhaps as early as 1649 William Barstow settled within the present limits of Hanover, according to John Barry, author of A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., with Family Genealogies. He lived near the North River close to what is now Hanover Four Corners and built a bridge about where the current Washington St. bridge is located.
The town of Hanover was incorporated June 14, 1727, from portions of Abington and Scituate. In 1728 the first church was built, and about that time the first school opened.
Early industry included shipyards on the North River, grain and lumber mills, and an early iron industry that eventually gave rise to tack factories. Prominent among later industries were shoe factories and National Fireworks.
As is the case with many South Shore towns, most of the industry and farming are long gone, and the town is now primarily residential.
| 1765 | (Prov.) | 1,084 | 1790 | (U.S.) | 1,084 | 1800 | (U.S.) | 958 | 1810 | (U.S.) | 1,171 | |||
| 1820 | (U.S.) | 1,211 | 1830 | (U.S.) | 1,303 | 1840 | (U.S.) | 1,488 | 1850 | (U.S.) | 1,592 | |||
| 1855 | (State) | 1,674 | 1860 | (U.S.) | 1,565 | 1865 | (State) | 1,545 | 1870 | (U.S.) | 1,628 | |||
| 1875 | (State) | 1,801 | 1880 | (U.S.) | 1,897 | 1885 | (State) | 1,966 | 1890 | (U.S.) | 2,093 | |||
| 1895 | (State) | 2,051 | 1900 | (U.S.) | 2,152 | 1905 | (State) | 2,176 | 1910 | (U.S.) | 2,326 | |||
| 1915 | (State) | 2,666 | 1920 | (U.S.) | 2,575 | 1925 | (State) | 2,755 | 1930 | (U.S.) | 2,808 | |||
| 1935 | (State) | 2,709 | 1940 | (U.S.) | 2,875 | 1945 | (State) | 3,018 | 1950 | (U.S.) | 3,389 | |||
| 1955 | (State) | 4,258 | 1960 | (U.S.) | 5,923 | 1965 | (State) | 7,862 | 1970 | (U.S.) | 10,107 | |||
| 1975 | (State) | 10,533 | 1980 | (U.S.) | 11,358 | 1990 | (U.S.) | 11,912 | 2000 | (U.S.) | 13,164 |
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See also the sites for the parent town of Abington and the sister towns of Rockland and Whitman
Commonwealth Communities page for Hanover
Hanover Mariner (Weekly Newspaper)
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Plymouth County, MA - USGenWeb
Plymouth County Records Online - USGenWeb
Massachusetts Genealogy - USGenWeb
The USGenWeb Project - Home Page
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Please note that although I was born and raised about 15 miles from Hanover I now live hundreds of miles away and do not have easy access to the town.
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USGenWeb Hanover, MA, commenced 16-Aug-1996.
Original site created by James A. Streeter.
New site created 08-Sep-2008 by, and maintained by, Dale H. Cook.
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