Town incorporated May 1875. Parent town: Plymouth.
The Thomaston Probate District was constituted June 1882, from the Waterbury Probate District. The Thomaston Probate District merged with the Harwinton, Litchfield, and Northwest Corner Probate Districts on January 5, 2011, to create the Litchfield Hills Probate District, which currently serves the municipalities of Canaan, Cornwall, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Thomaston, and Warren.
Town of Thomaston probate chronology:
Town incorporated May 1785. Parent town: Killingly.
The Thompson Probate District was constituted May 25, 1832, from the Pomfret Probate District. The Thompson Probate District merged on January 5, 2011 with the Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford (part), Pomfret, Putnam, and Woodstock Probate Districts to create the Northeast Probate District, which currently serves the municipalities of Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, and Woodstock.
The Thompson Probate District also served the municipality of Putnam from May 1855 to July 4, 1856.
Town of Thompson probate chronology:
Town established 1715.
The Tolland Probate District was constituted June 4, 1830, from the Stafford Probate District. The Tolland Probate District merged with the Mansfield Probate District on January 5, 2011 to create the Mansfield - Tolland Probate District, which currently serves the municipalities of Coventry, Mansfield, Tolland, and Willington.
Town of Tolland probate chronology:
Town established 1740.
The Torrington Probate District was constituted June 16, 1847, from the Litchfield Probate District. The Torrington Probate District merged with the New Hartford and Winchester Probate Districts on January 5, 2011 to create the Torrington Area Probate District, which serves the municipalities of Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Goshen, Hartland, New Hartford, Torrington, and Winchester.
The Torrington Probate District also served the municipality of Goshen beginning in May 1895.
Town of Torrington, Probate District chronology:
Town incorporated in October 1787. Parent town: Stratford.
The Trumbull Probate District was constituted January 7, 1959, from the Bridgeport Probate District. The Trumbull Probate District currently serves the municipalities of Easton, Monroe, and Trumbull.
Town of Trumbull, Probate District chronology:
The Connecticut State Library does not hold any original records from the Trumbull Probate District.
For Trumbull probate material, see: Bridgeport.
Town established October 1734.
The Stafford Probate District, constituted May 1759, processed probate matters for the Town of Union until January 4, 2011. The Stafford Probate Court merged with the Enfield Probate Court on January 5, 2011 to create the North Central Connecticut Probate District, which currently serves the municipalities of Enfield, Somers, Stafford, and Union.
Town of Union, Probate District chronology:
For Union probate material, see: Stafford.
Town incorporated October 1808. Parent town: Bolton.
The Ellington Probate District, constituted May 31, 1826 from the Stafford Probate District, has processed probate matters for the Town of Vernon since May 31, 1826. The Ellington Probate District currently serves the municipalities of Ellington and Vernon. Though the district is named for Ellington, the court sits in Rockville, a section of the town of Vernon.
Town of Vernon, Probate District chronology:
For Vernon probate material, see: Ellington.
Town established 1721.
The Voluntown Probate District was constituted June 4, 1830, from the Plainfield Probate District. The Voluntown Probate District merged with the Norwich Probate District on April 3, 1889 to create an enlarged Norwich Probate District, which serves the municipalities of Bozrah, Franklin, Griswold, Lisbon, Norwich, Preston, Sprague, and Voluntown.
Town of Voluntown, Probate District chronology:
Town incorporated 1670. Parent town: New Haven.
The Wallingford Probate District was constituted May 1776 from the Guilford and New Haven Probate Districts. The Wallingford Probate District currently serves the municipality of Wallingford.
This district also served the following municipalities at various times:
Town of Wallingford probate chronology:
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