CT Probate Districts *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ct/ctfiles.htm *********************************************** From: "Anne Futch" To: "George Waller" Subject: Re: CT Probate District file Date sent: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:56:11 -0500 LIST OF PROBATE DISTRICTS AND TOWNS, Showing the Districts in which they are or have been included. ANDOVER - Includes Andover, Bolton, and Columbia. Constituted June 27, 1851, from HEBRON. Contains the records of HEBRON from May session, 1789, to June 27, 1851. ASHFORD - Includes Ashford. Constituted June 4, 1830, from POMFRET. AVON - Includes Avon. Constituted May session, 1844, from FARMINGTON. BARKHAMSTED - Includes Barkhamsted. Constituted June 5, 1834, from NEW HARTFORD. Contains the records of NEW HARTFORD from May 27, 1825 to June 5, 1834. BERLIN - Includes Berlin and New Britain. Constituted June 2, 1824, from FARMINGTON, HARTFORD, and MIDDLETOWN. BETHANY - Includes Bethany. Constituted July 4, 1854, from NEW HAVEN. BETHEL - Includes Bethel Constituted July 4, 1859 from DANBURY. BOZRAH - Includes Bozrah. Constituted June 3, 1843, from NORWICH. BRANFORD - Includes Branford. Constituted June 21, 1850, from GUILFORD. BRIDGEPORT - Includes Bridgeport, Easton, Monroe, and Trumbull. Constituted June 4, 1840, from STRATFORD. Contains the records of STRATFORD from May session, 1782, to June 4, 1840; and the records of EASTON, which include the records of WESTON. BRISTOL - Includes Bristol. Constituted June 4, 1830, from FARMINGTON. BROOKFIELD - Includes Brookfield. Constituted June 19, 1850, from NEWTOWN. BROOKLYN - Includes Brooklyn. Constituted June 4, 1833, from POMFRET and PLAINFIELD. BURLINGTON - Includes Burlington. Constituted June 3, 1834, from FARMINGTON. CANAAN - Includes Canaan and North Canaan. Constituted June 6, 1846, from SHARON. CANTERBURY - Includes Canterbury. Constituted May 27, 1835, from PLAINFIELD. CANTON - Includes Canton Constituted June 7, 1841 from SIMSBURY CHAPLIN - Includes Chaplin. Constituted June 7, 1850, from WINDHAM. CHATHAM - Includes Chatham and Portland. Constituted June 1, 1824, from MIDDLETOWN and EAST HADDAM. CHESHIRE - Includes Cheshire and Prospect. Constituted May 27, 1829, from WALLINGFORD. CLINTON - Included Clinton and Killingworth. Constituted May 28, 1838, by change of name from KILLINGWORTH; name changed back to KILLINGWORTH, June 1, 1842. CLINTON - Includes Clinton. Constituted July 5, 1862, from KILLINGTON. COLCHESTER - Includes Colchester. Constituted May 29, 1832 from EAST HADDAM. Contains the records of EAST HADDAM from October session, 1741 to May 29, 1832. CORNWALL - Includes Cornwall. Constituted June 15, 1847, from LITCHFIELD. COVENTRY - Includes Coventry. Constituted June 19, 1849, from HEBRON DANBURY - Includes Danbury and New Fairfield. Constituted May session, 1744, from FAIRFIELD. DERBY - Included Ansonia and Derby. Constituted July 4, 1858, from NEW HAVEN. EAST GRANBY - Includes East Granby. Constituted July 4, 1865, from GRANBY. EAST HADDAM - Includes East Haddam. Constituted October session, 1741, from HARTFORD. The records of EAST HADDAM previous to May 29, 1832, are in COLCHESTER. EAST HARTFORD - Includes East Hartford. Constituted May 1887, from HARTFORD. EAST HAVEN - Included East Haven. Constituted August 1868, from NEW HAVEN. Annexed to NEW HAVEN, January 3, 1883. The records of EAST HAVEN are at NEW HAVEN. EAST LYME - Includes East Lyme. Constituted June 2, 1843, from NEW LONDON. EAST WINDSOR - includes East Windsor and South Windsor. Constituted May session, 1782 from HARTFORD and STAFFORD. EASTFORD - Includes Eastford. Constituted June 21, 1849, from ASHFORD. EASTON - Included Easton. Constituted July 22, 1875 from WESTON. Contained the records of WESTON from May 22, 1832 to July 22, 1875. EASTON was annexed to BRIDGEPORT March 4,, 1878, and the records of EASTON, including the records of WESTON to July 22, 1875, are in BRIDGEPORT. ELLINGTON - Includes Ellington and Vernon. Constituted May 31, 1826, from EAST WINDSOR and STAFFORD. ENFIELD - Includes Enfield. Constituted May 26, 1831, from EAST WINDSOR. ESSEX - Includes Essex. Constituted July 4, 2859, from OLD SAYBROOK. Contains the records of OLD SAYBROOK from july14, 2853, to July 4, 1859. FAIRFIELD - Includes Fairfield. Constituted May session, 1666, as a County Court; the records in the probate office, however, contain some probate proceedings as early as 1649. FARMINGTON - Includes Farmington and Plainville. Constituted January, 1769, from HARTFORD. GRANBY - Includes Granby. Constituted May session, 1807, from SIMSBURY and HARTFORD. GREENWICH - Includes Greenwich. Constituted May 25, 1839, from STAMFORD. GROTON - Includes Groton. Constituted May 25, 1839, from STONINGTON. GUILFORD - Includes Guilford and North Branford, except the Society of Northford. Constituted October session, 1719, from NEW HAVEN and NEW LONDON. HADDAM - Includes Haddam. Constituted June 3, 1830, from MIDDLETOWN and CHATHAM. HAMPTON - Includes Hampton. Constituted June 2, 1836, from WINDHAM. HARTFORD - Includes Bloomfield, Glastonbury, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor Locks. Constituted May session, 1666 as a County Court. HARTLAND - Includes Hartland. Constituted June 3, 1836, from GRANBY. HARWINTON - Includes Harwinton. Constituted May 27, 1835, from LITCHFIELD. HEBRON - Includes Hebron. Constituted May session, 1789, from WINDHAM, EAST HADDAM, and EAST WINDSOR. The records of HEBRON previous to June 27, 1851, are in ANDOVER. HUNTINGTON - Includes Huntington. Constituted May, 1889, from BRIDGEPORT and DERBY. KENT - Includes Kent. Constituted May 26, 1831, from NEW MILFORD. KILLINGLY - Includes Killingly. Constituted June 4, 1830, from POMFRET and PLAINFIELD. KILLINGWORTH - Includes Killingworth. Constituted June 3, 1834, from SAYBROOK. Name changed to CLINTON, May 28, 1838, and changed back to KILLINGWORTH, June 1, 1842. LEBANON - Includes Lebanon. Constituted June 2, 1826, from WINDHAM. LEDYARD - Includes Ledyard. Constituted June 6, 1837, from STONINGTON. LITCHFIELD - Includes Litchfield, Morris, and Warren. Constituted October session, 1742 from HARTFORD, WOODBURY, and NEW HAVEN. LYME - Included in 1868 Lyme and Old Lyme (South Lyme). Constituted June 4, 1830, from NEW LONDON. Name changed to OLD LYME, July 24, 1868. (See OLD LYME.) LYME - Includes Lyme. Constituted July 5, 1869, from OLD LYME. MADISON - Includes Madison. Constituted May 22, 1834, from GUILFORD. MANCHESTER - Includes Manchester. Constituted June 22, 1850, from HARTFORD. MANSFIELD - Includes Mansfield. Constituted May 30 1831, from WINDHAM. MARLBOROUGH - Includes Marlborough. Constituted June11, 1846, from COLCHESTER. MERIDEN - Incluces Meriden Constituted June 3, 1836, from WALLINGFORD. MIDDLETOWN - Includes Cromwell, Durham, Middlefield, and Middletown. Constituted May session, 1752, from HARTFORD, GUILFORD, and EAST HADDAM. MILFORD - Includes Milford. Constituted May 22 1832, from NEW HAVEN. MONTVILLE - Includes Montville. Constituted June 27, 1851, from NEW LONDON. NAUGATUCK - Includes Beacon Falls and Naugatuck. Constituted July 4, 1863, from WATERBURY. NEW HARTFORD - Includes New Hartford. Constituted May 27, 1825 from Simsbury. The records of NEW HARTFORD previous to June 5, 1834, are in BARKHAMSTED. NEW HAVEN - Includes East Haven, Hamden, New Haven, North Haven, Orange, Seymour, and Woodbridge. Constituted May session, 1666 as a County Court, soon after the union of the Connecticut and New Haven colonies. Probate proceedings of the towns comprising the New Haven Colony before the union with Connecticut, are to be found with that Colony's records or with the records of the town where the deceased resided. NEW LONDON - Includes New London and Waterford. Constituted May session, 1666, as a Country Court. NEW MILFORD - Includes Bridgewater and New Milford. Constituted May session 1787, from WOODBURY, SHARON, and DANBURY. NEWTOWN - Includes Newtown. Constituted May session, 1820, from DANBURY. NORFOLK - Includes Norfolk. Constituted May session, 1779, from SIMSBURY and LITCHFIELD. NORTH STONINGTON - Includes North Stonington. Constituted June 4, 1835, from STONINGTON. NORWALK - Includes New Canaan, Norwalk and Wilton. Constituted May session, 1802 from FAIRFIELD and STAMFORD. NORWICH - Includes Franklin, Griswold, Lisbon, Norwich, Preston, Sprague, and Voluntown. Constitututed October, 1748, from NEW LONDON. Contains the records of VOLUNTOWN. OLD LYME - Includes Old Lyme. Name changed from LYME to OLD LYME July 5, 1869. Contains the records of LYME from June 4, 1830, to July 24, 1868. OLD SAYBROOK - Includes Old Saybrook. Constituted July 4, 1853, from SAYBROOK. The records of OLD SAYBROOK previous to July 4, 1859, are in ESSEX. OXFORD - Includes Oxford. Constituted June 4, 1846, from NEW HAVEN. PLAINFIELD - Includes Plainfield. Constituted May session 1747 from WINDHAM.. PLYMOUTH - includes Plymouth. Constituted May 31, 1833, from WATERBURY. POMFRET - Includes Pomfret. Constituted May session, 1752, from WINDHAM and PLAINFIELD. The records of POMFRET were burned January 5, 1754. PUTNAM - Includes Putnam. Constituted July 5, 1856, from THOMPSON. REDDING - Includes Redding. Constituted May 24, 1839, from DANBURY. RIDGEFIELD - Includes Ridgefield. Constituted June 10, 1841, from DANBURY. ROXBURY - Includes Roxbury. Constituted June 10, 1842, from WOODBURY. SALEM - Includes Salisbury. Constituted July 9, 1841, from COLCHESTER and NEW LONDON. SALISBURY - Includes Salisbury. Constituted June 16, 1847, from SHARON. SAYBROOK - Includes Chester and Saybrook. Constituted May session, 1780 from GUILFORD. SHARON - Includes Sharon. Constituted June 4, 1846, from NEW MILFORD. SIMSBURY - Includes Simsbury. Constituted May session, 1769, from HARTFORD. SOMERS - Includes Somers. Constituted June 3, 1834, from ELLINGTON. SOUTHINGTON - Includes Southington. Constituted May 24, 1825, from FARMINGTON. STAFFORD - Includes Stafford and Union. Constituted May session, 1759, from HARTFORD and POMFRET. STAMFORD - Includes Darien and Stamford. Constituted May session, 1728 from FAIRFIELD. STERLING - Includes Sterling. Constituted June 17, 1852, from PLAINFIELD. STONINGTON - Includes Stonington. Constituted October session, 1766 from NEW LONDON. STRATFORD - Includes Stratford. Constituted May session, 1782, from FAIRFIELD. The records of Stratford previous to June 4, 1840, are in BRIDGEPORT. SUFFIELD - Includes Suffield. Constituted May session, 1821, from HARTFORD and GRANBY. THOMASTON - Includes Thomaston. Constituted June, 1882, from WATERBURY. THOMPSON - Includes Thompson. Constituted May 25, 1832, from POMFRET. TOLLAND - Includes Tolland and Willington. Constituted June 4, 1830, from STAFFORD.. TORRINGTON - Includes Goshen and Torrington. Constituted June 16, 1847, from LITCHFIELD. VOLUNTOWN - Included Voluntown. Constituted June 4, 1830, from PLAINFIELD. VOLUNTOWN was annexed to NORWICH April 3, 1889. The records of VOLUNTOWN are in NORWICH. WALLINGFORD - Includes the Society of Northford in North Branford and Wallingford. Constituted May session 1776, from NEW HAVEN and GUILFORD. WASHINGTON - Includes Washington. Constituted May 22, 1832, from LITCHFIELD and WOODBURY. WATERBURY - Includes Middlebury, Waterbury, and Wolcott. Constituted May session, 1779, from WOODBURY. WATERTOWN - Includes Watertown. Constituted June 3, 1834, from WATERBURY. WESTBROOK - Includes Westbrook. Constituted July 4, 1854, from OLD SAYBROOK. WESTON - Included in 1875, Easton and Weston. Constituted May 22, 1832, from FAIRFIELD. Weston was annexed to WESTPORT and the town of Easton constituted as the district of EASTON July 22, 1875. The records of WESTON were to remain in EASTON, and the EASTON records , are now in BRIDGEPORT. WESTPORT - Includes Weston and Westport. Constituted May session, 1835, at the time of the incorporation of the town of Westport. The territory was taken from FAIRFIELD, NORWALK, and WESTON. WINCHESTER Includes Colebrook and Winchester. Constituted May 31, 1838, from NORFOLK. WINDHAM - Includes Scotland and Windham. Constituted October session, 1719, from HARTFORD and NEW LONDON. WINDSOR - Includes Windsor Constituted July 4, 1855, from HARTFORD. WOODBURY - Includes Bethlehem, Southbury, and Woodbury. Constituted October session, 1719 from HARTFORD, FAIRFIELD, and NEW HAVEN. WOODSTOCK - Includes Woodstock. Constituted May 30, 1831, from POMFRET. WESTMORELAND - Included Westmoreland. Constituted May session, 1775, probably from LITCHFIELD. The decree of Trenton, December 30, 1782, declared that Westmoreland was under the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania.