Coventry, Connecticut GenWeb 

Coventry History

Public Record of the Colony of Connecticut, 1711
Coventry is born...

Coventry's Freeman Lists, 1738-1803
Transcribed from original town records.

Coventry In the War of the Revolution
Includes Various veterans' census and pension records.
Some are for ALL of Tolland County.

History of Tolland County Connecticut - Coventry,
by J. R. Cole, 1888

The Early History of Coventry, Connecticut,
by John Scarchuk
via the official Coventry, Connecticut web page - Great resource!

Historic Sketch of Coventry, Connecticut
prepared by Maude Gridley Peterson
Official Program of the Bicentennial Celebration
Another Great resource from the official Coventry, Connecticut web page!

Historic Maps of Coventry

Letter from Royal Tyler to Ezra Hutchins Esq
Letter written in 1805 names Royal Tyler of Coventry, Ezra Hutchins
of Killingly, "Mammy" Watson of Thompson, & someone at the Hartford Bank

Coventry Cemeteries

Coventry Cemeteries
Names, locations, date ranges, and links to transcriptions.

The Connecticut Gravestone Network
Important information for anyone interested in gravestones and cemeteries

Some Coventry Gravestone Transcriptions
By Elaine Merrell

Coventry Cemetery Mystery and Discovery!
A mystery solved!

Census and Vital Records

1790 U.S. Census, Coventry, Tolland Co., CT
(scanned pages take time to load)

1840 U.S. Federal Census of Pensioners
Coventry, Tolland Co., Connecticut

Original Index to OLD Coventry Vital Records
Compiled between 1768-1785 - a great early census of sorts

Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records
Some records relating to marriages in Coventry, CT

Dead Ends in Coventry?
Here's a possible explanation - a very good one!

Dunham - Wilcox - Trott - Kirk
by Jane Devlin
Although named for Jane's grandparents, this web site contains vital records,
cemetery records, and more for Tolland Co., Connecticut and Northampton,
Massachusetts where so many Coventry settlers came from. There are over
2100 data files for CT, MA, RI, NJ, NY & MI including over 400 will &
probate files, 300 deeds & over 300 gravestone photos from Middlesex Co.,
Connecticut, in the Reference Data section with additions being made weekly.