Chichester, New Hampshire, was founded in 1727 but was not properly settled prior to 1756. These birth, marriage and death records have been gleaned from many sources, including old town clerk's record books, church and cemetery records, and the New Hampshire State Vital Records at Concord. Some 5,000 entries were found. Names are listed alphabetically within each section. The source of each entry is identified.
Birth records provide date of birth and parents names where available.
Marriage records provide date of marriage, names of both bride and groom, place of mariage if other than Chichester and the name of the presiding clergyman. The appendix includes a list of town officers, names of the earliest land owners, Warn Out notices and Revolutionary War town orders. A bibliography and a map of the town add to the value of the book. This handy guidebook to existing published works belongs in the library of anyone searching for their New England ancestors, or researching New Hampshire or Vermont family histories and genealogies. The authors have researched and compiled this valuable bibliographic reference from the abundance of genealogical works about New Hampshire and Vermont family histories and genealogies that are available to the public.