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Wilmington Historical Commission

Local History

Resources relating to the history and growth of Wilmington are housed in the library's History Room. The collection also includes some family histories and genealogy resources. In addition, you may link to a brief history of the Hiller Family. Material in the History Room does not circulate. Copies of some of the titles are available in the circulating collection. The following list represents a selection of materials in the History Room. The links connect to the item record in the online catalog; book contents are not available online.
Find more Massachusetts history on line through the Digital Commonwealth.

Wilmington History

The Arthur T. Bond Collection, 1775-1930
Under care of the Wilmington Historical Commission, this collection includes photographs, documents and artifacts relating to the history of Wilmington.

Town of Wilmington Annual Reports from 1830 to present day

Wilmington High School Yearbooks 1940, 1944-present (missing 1989)

Wilmington: Images of America by Paul Chalifour

Harnden Tavern Tales by Alice Hathaway Dillaway

Harnden Tavern by Kathleen Reynolds

Wilmington's 225th Anniversary: 1730-1955 by Larz Neilson

250th Anniversary: Wilmington, MA 1730-1980 by Adele Passmore

Silver Lake by Gerald O'Reilly

Wilmington Retrospective by Gerald O'Reilly

Wilmington Scrapbook compiled by Mary Gowing Swain

Swain Survey of Wilmington Historic Sites compiled by Wilmington Historic Commission

Genealogy

Wilmington Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1730-1898

Persons Listed by the Board of Registrars 1930-39, 1944-1949, 1969 to present

Wilmington Minute Men 1776-1783: being a list of men of the Seventh Wilmington Company, Second Middlesex Militia Regiment of Foot who had served during the Revolution

The Gowing Family in America

Life of Asa G. Sheldon: Wilmington Farmer

Genealogy of the Buck Family

The Genealogical Registry of the Butters Family

Hallock Genealogy: an attempt to tabulate and set in order the numerous descendants of Peter Hallock

A History of the Jaquith Family in America

Lars' and Dorthe's Kith and Kin by Sylvia Neilson

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