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Probate Districts by Town

Towns Woodbridge-Woodstock

Woodbridge, New Haven County

Town incorporated January 1784. Parent towns: Milford, New Haven.

Probate overview

The Woodbridge Probate District was constituted January 7, 1987 from the New Haven Probate District. The Woodbridge Probate District was absorbed by the the Derby Probate District on January 5, 2011; the enlarged Derby Probate District currently serves the municipalities of Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, and Woodbridge.

Town of Woodbridge, Probate District chronology:

  • January 1784 – January 6, 1987, New Haven District
  • January 7, 1987 – January 4, 2011, Woodbridge District
  • January 5, 2011 – Present, Derby District

The Connecticut State Library does not hold any original records from the Woodbridge Probate District.

For Woodbridge probate material, see: New Haven.

Woodbury, Litchfield County

Town established 1673.

Probate overview

The Woodbury Probate District was constituted October 1719 from the Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven Probate Districts. The Woodbury Probate District merged with the Oxford, Roxbury, Southbury, and Washington Probate Districts on January 5, 2011 to create the Region # 22 Probate District, which currently serves the municipalities of Bethlehem, Oxford, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington, Watertown, and Woodbury.

The Woodbury Probate District also served the following municipalities at various times:

  • Bethlehem, May 1787 - January 4, 2011
  • New Milford, October 1719 - May 1787
  • Roxbury, October 1796 - June 4, 1842
  • Southbury, May 1787 - January 3, 1967
  • Washington, January 1770 - May 21, 1832 (covered Judea Society, i.e. the parts of town taken from Woodbury and New Milford)
Indexes, records, archival materials
Probate files available online through FamilySearch
 

Woodstock, Windham County

Town established March 1690 as part of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Annexed to Connecticut 1749.

Probate overview

The Woodstock Probate District was constituted May 30, 1831, from the Pomfret Probate District. The Woodstock Probate District merged on January 5, 2011 with the Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford (part), Pomfret, Putnam, and Thompson Probate Districts to create the Northeast Probate District, which currently serves the municipalities of Ashford, Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Putnam, Thompson, and Woodstock.

Town of Woodstock, Probate District chronology:

  • March 1690 - 1731, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Jurisdiction
  • 1731 - May 1749, Worcester County, Massachusetts Jurisdiction
  • May 1749 - May 1752, Windham District
  • May 1752 - May 29, 1831, Pomfret District
  • May 30, 1831 - January 4, 2011, Woodstock District
  • January 5, 2011 - Present, Northeast District
Indexes, records, archival materials
Probate files available online through FamilySearch

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