Middletown, Middlesex County, CT GenWeb

Welcome to Middletown Genealogy, part of the CTGenWeb Project! Middletown, Connecticut is located in Middlesex County, Connecticut. Situated on the Connecticut River, it gives easy access to major highways, airports, railroads, and other types of transportation. Within its 42.32 square miles you will find rural, suburban, and urban neighborhoods, with a historic downtown district. Middletown is home to almost 43,000 people. It is also home to 6 banks, 25 daycares, 1 hospital (Middlesex Hospital), over 20 public, private, and parochial schools, 45 religious facilities of various denominations, and Wesleyan University.

Though now a culturally diverse city, Middletown was originally held by the Wangunk Indians on its east bank and the Mattabessetts on the west bank. The first European settlers arrived in 1650 from the towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield, CT. In 1653, the name "Middletown" was adopted because of its location between Windsor, CT and the mouth of the Connecticut River.

When Middletown was first settled by the white men, it covered more land than the present-day town. At that time, it included sections of Rocky Hill south to Haddam. The western side of town included a large section of present-day Berlin, and, on the east, it included East Hampton and Portland.

In 1784, Middletown was incorporated as a city with Jabez Hamilton as its first mayor. In 1785, the first local newspaper was published, The Middlesex Gazette. In 1938, the Arrigoni Bridge finally connected both sides of the river, named after Senator Charles J. Arrigoni of Durham.

Middletown article on Wikipedia

City of Middletown website

Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants

Research Resources

Queries

Cemeteries

Churches

RESEARCH RESOURCES

D'Addezio.com Connecticut Vital Records Search

Middletown Town Hall 245 DeKoven Drive & Court Street Middletown, CT 06457 (860)344-3459 Hours: M-F 8:30a-4:30p

Russell Library 123 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457 (860)347-2528; reference - (860)347-2520 Hours: M-Th 9a-9p; Fri 12p-9p; Sat 9a-5p (summer 9a-1p); Sun (Oct-May) 1p-5p

This library offers IBM & Macintosh computers as well as the Internet for public use. There is also a History Room. (Call the reference number for details of materials.)

Godfrey Memorial Library 134 Newfield Street (Rte 3) Middletown, CT 06457-2534 (860) 346-4375 - Fax (860)347-9874 EMail: mailto:[email protected] Website: http://www.godfrey.org/ Hours: M 9a-8p; Tue-Fri 9a-4p

This library is open to the public and is free of charge. They house an amazing collection of local and state genealogical materials, as well as for the rest of New England and many other US States. They have information on European genealogy. There are hundreds of published family histories and military records available as well. Be sure to visit their website to learn more.

Connecticut State Library Hartford, CT

VOLUNTEER RESEARCHERS 20040409 - Chrissy King [email protected] Chris King lives in Middletown and has volunteered to visit cemeteries and the library in Middletown. Be sure to THANK your volunteer for his or her time!

Middletown Queries on Ancestry.com

Archived queries from this site

Middletown Cemeteries Calvary Cemetery Bow Lane, Middletown (860)346-2365

Congregation Adath Israel Cemetery Pine Street, Middletown (860)346-4709

CT State Veterans' Cemetery Bow Lane, Middletown (860)721-5842

Connecticut Valley Hospital Cemetery Silvermine Road, Middletown

Indian Hill Cemetery 383 Washington Street, Middletown Linus Baldwin, Caretaker (860)346-0452 1850-present; non-sectarian; open sunrise to sunset Office Hours - 8a - 4:30p, Mon-Fri Cemetery records are on-site, searches by appointment Staff is available for assistance

Industrial School for Girls Cemetery

Rear of Long Lane Farm

Maromas Cemetery River Road, Middletown

Middletown Veterans' Cemetery

Miner Cemetery (860)632-1242

Mortimer Cemetery 557 Main Street Coralynn has transcribed the inscriptions for this cemetery After reviewing the inscriptions click on the "back" button to return to this page

New Farm Hill Cemetery Ridge Road, Middletown (860)346-0271

Old East Cemetery

Old Farm Hill Cemetery Main Street, Middletown Inactive, locked; key can be obtained from the firehouse on Main Street (860)344-3459 (town clerk's office)

Old Highland [Old Westfield] Cemetery

Highland District

Old Riverside Cemetery Ridge Road, Middletown (860)346-0271

Old Saint John's Cemetery

Old South Side Cemetery

Westfield

Pine Grove Cemetery South Main Street Extension Mailing address: Rte 17, PO Box 1404 Middletown, CT 06457 Kenneth Nelson, Sexton 1850's to present; non-sectarian; open 24 hours Office hours: 8a - 3p Mon-Fri Records are on-site available for searches by office personnel only - Requests are taken by phone or in writing only

Prior Cemetery

Riverside [MacDonough] Cemetery

Saint John's Cemetery 65 Johnson Street, Middletown (860)347-5626

Washington Street Cemetery

349 Washington Terrace Middletown, CT

Wesleyan University Cemetery [God's Acre]

Wesleyan University

West Street [Wilcox] [New Highland] Cemetery Middletown, CT 06457 (860)235-5348

CHURCHES IN MIDDLETOWN, CT

There are over 45 different churches in Middletown. At the time of this publishing, I do not know what records are held. If you have any information on any of the Middletown Churches, please email me.

First Church of Christ 190 Court Street Middletown, CT 06457 (860) 346-6657

First Baptist Church 93 Main Street Middletown, CT 06457 (860) 344-8451

First United Methodist 24 Old Church Street Middletown, CT 06457 (860) 346-3689

Some other links to Churches in Middletown

ST Pius X RC Church

All denominations of Churches in Middletown

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Last updated: 20130122. .