Transcribed Records
Free Somerset County records transcribed and contributed by researchers over many years. Browse parish and vital records, marriages, deeds, land material, family Bibles, wills, military and civic records, and other historical transcriptions.
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Parish, Vital and Marriage Records
- Stepney Parish Register and Vestry Proceedings, 1703–1890 — births, marriages, deaths, burials, membership, vestry business, disciplinary records and more.
- Early Vital Records, 1666–1699 — an extensive transcription from Maryland Archives CR 50,078.
- Somerset County Marriage Licenses, 1796–1832 — searchable by both groom and bride surname.
- More Somerset County Marriage Licenses, 1669–1907 — compiled from records at the Somerset County Clerk Office.
Land, Deeds and Surveying
- Somerset and Worcester Surveyors of Record, 1662–1867 — a chronological list prepared by John C. Lyon.
- Somerset County Land Patent: Owens Choice — grant to Owen Mackrue.
- Somerset County Deed MA3:891–892 — Beaver Dams, William Jones to Adam Hitch.
- Somerset County Deed E:6 — Cox’s Advice, Hiron Reddish to John Nelms.
- Somerset County Deed L?:201–203 — Partner’s Choice, Do Better, Plain Dealing and Addition to Plain Dealing.
Community, Military and Religious Records
- 1689 Address of Loyalty — from Somerset County inhabitants to William and Mary.
- Princess Anne Battalion, Monie Company, Maryland Militia, 1780 — names of men serving during the War for Independence.
- Batchelor of Bristoll, 1674 — servants transported by Samuel Gibbons of Bristol.
- Somerset County Cattlemarks, 1685–1724.
- Index to Catholics in Colonial Delmarva by Peterman.
Family Bible Records
- Sydney T. Shores Family Bible — Births, marriages and deaths of members of the Shores family; also Stokes and Tyler.
- Collins / Rider Family Bible — Births, marriages and deaths of the Joseph Collins family; also Rider, Dashiell and others.
- William S. Disharoon Family Bible — Disharoon family births, marriages and deaths; also Covington, Tyler, Shore, Sanders and others.
- Littleton Bowen Family Bible — Bowen family births, marriages and deaths; also Hammond, Hayward, Farrel, Collins, Purnell and Truitt.
- Hall Family Bible — Births, marriages and deaths in the Hall and Briddelle family of Morumsco.
- McDorman / Milligan Family Bible — Births, marriages and deaths in the McDorman (Dorman) and Milligan families.
- James Smith Family Bible — Births, marriages and deaths of the James Smith family of Shelltown, Kingston and Westover.
- Isaac Wilson Family Bible — Births, marriages and deaths of the Isaac Wilson family of Somerset and Wicomico Counties.
- Levin Pollitt Family Bible — Genealogy of Levin and Elizabeth Morris Pollitt, their son Jacob H. Pollitt, and his children.
Somerset County Wills
Transcriptions range from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century.
- Will of Richard Acworth — 1798
- Will of Benjamin Aydellot — 1704
- Will of William Coulbourne — 1690
- Will of Donnack Dennis — 1716
- Will of Michael Disharoone — 1690
- Will of George Downs — 1738
- Will of Marcy Fountain (Sr.) — 1727
- Will of Marcy Fountain (Jr.) — 1734
- Will of Nicholas Fountain — 1708
- Will of Nicholas Fountain — 1743
- Will of John Gillis — 1720
- Will of Francis Gunby — 1694
- Will of John Gunby — 1744
- Will of James Gunby — 1800
- Will of Kirk Gunby — 1775
- Will of Sarah Bounds Dakes Gunby — 1788
- Will of George Hey — 1708
- Will of Benjamin Horner — 1842
- Will of Robert Houston — 1694
- Will of John Kellam — 1793
- Will of Elizabeth Kellum — 1815
- Will of Robert King, Esq. — 1755
- Will of John Langford — 1766
- Will of Panter Lawes — 1769
- Will of Joseph Leonard — 1767
- Will of Mark Manlove — 1666
- Will of Julian Mezick — 1716
- Will of Frances North Murray — 1782
- Will of Zachariah Nelson
- Will of Magdalen Polk — 1726
- Will of Anne Hey Taylor Prior — 1772
- Will of Thomas Prior — 1772
- Will of Thomas Pryor — 1745
- Will of Thomas Purnell — 1694
- Will of John Reddish — 1789
- Will of Nicholas Reddish — 1794
- Will of Alexander Roxburgh — 1807
- Will of Elizabeth Roxburgh — 1867
- Will of David Spence — 1679
- Will of Elias Taylor — 1770