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What happened to Slade's Ferry Trust Company?
Slade's Ferry Trust Company in Somerset, MA merged into Rockland Trust Company of Rockland, MA on Mar 1, 2008. Rockland Trust Company is open today.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1959Slade's Ferry Trust Company opens in Somerset, MA
- Mar 1, 2008MERGEDSlade's Ferry Trust Company merged into Rockland Trust Company of Rockland, MA.FDIC certificate 18085 ends; its business continues under certificate 9712.
- TodayOPEN
Rockland Trust CompanyMain office Rockland, MA · FDIC certificate 9712 · 151 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Rockland Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.rocklandtrust.com
If you still have something from Slade's Ferry Trust Company
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Slade's Ferry Trust Company as lienholder, start with Rockland Trust Company. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Rockland Trust Company to search for the account under the name Slade's Ferry Trust Company. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Rockland Trust Company which branch now holds boxes from the Slade's Ferry Trust Company office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
13 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1400 Fall River AveSeekonk, MA | OpenRockland Trust Company |
| 75 Huttelson AveFairhaven, MA | OpenRockland Trust Company |
| 100 Slades Ferry AveSomerset, MA | OpenRockland Trust Company |
| 833 Ashley BlvdNew Bedford, MA | OpenRockland Trust Company |
| 768 Robeson StFall River, MA | OpenRockland Trust Company |
| 855 Brayton AveFall River, MA | OpenRockland Trust Company |
| 2722 County StSomerset, MA | No longer reported |
| 2388 Gar HighwaySwansea, MA | No longer reported |
| 58b South Main StreetAssonet, MA | No longer reported |
| Grandview AvenueSomerset, MA | No longer reported |
| 1601 South Main StreetFall River, MA | No longer reported |
| 838 Pleasant StreetNew Bedford, MA | No longer reported |
| Route 118Swansea, MA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Slade's Ferry Trust Company
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| National Bank of FairhavenFairhaven, MA | Aug 23, 1996 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 18085 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.