Sunderland Town Records
Although the Connecticut River Valley town of Swampfield was set off from Hadley in 1673, European settlement there was decimated by King Phillip’s War and with continued turmoil in the region, the town was not resettled by Europeans until after the turn of the eighteenth century. Officially incorporated as the town of Sunderland on Nov. 12, 1718, the town’s economy has been rooted in agriculture, taking advantage of the valley’s rich soils.
The five reels of microfilm of Sunderland’s records include vital records and information on town meetings, militia, and town finances.
Although the Connecticut River Valley town of Swampfield was set off from Hadley in 1673, European settlement there was decimated by King Phillip’s War and with continued turmoil in the region, the town was not resettled by Europeans until after the turn of the eighteenth century. Officially incorporated as the town of Sunderland on Nov. 12, 1718, the town’s economy has been rooted in agriculture, taking advantage of the valley’s rich soils.
The five reels of microfilm of Sunderland’s records include vital records and information on town meetings, militia, and town finances.
Microfilmed from originals in custody of the Town Clerk, Sunderland.
Processed by I. Eliot Wentworth, Dec. 2015.
)Cite as: Sunderland (Mass.) Town Records (MS 409 mf). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.