1837 Special Census: Portland, Maine (Ward 1)
Portland, Cumberland Co., Maine was originally a part of ancient Falmouth.
First settled by George Cleeves and Richard Tucker in 1633. A few of the following
people are listed as colored in the 1840 Census.
Ward 1
First Name
Head of Household
Persons under 4
Persons 4 to 21
Persons over 21
Total
Moses Adams 0 1 5 6
Silas M. Adams 1 1 2 4
Henry Alexander 1 2 2 5
Simeon Alexander 1 0 2 3
widow of Samuel Alexander 0 2 4 6
William Allen 0 1 2 3
widow of W. Ames 0 3 4 7
Mrs. Anderson 0 0 1 1
Peter Andrews 0 0 2 2
Stephen Andrews 2 1 3 6
William Anson 2 5 2 9
Mr. Babb 0 2 2 4
Samuel Bailey 0 0 2 2
William Bailey 0 2 3 5
Miss Fanny Baker 0 0 1 1
James Ball* 0 0 3 3
widow Barbarick 2 6 1 9
WIlliam Barbour 0 1 2 3
Nicholas Basdell 0 5 2 7
Joseph Batchelder 0 0 2 2
Charles E. Becket 0 1 3 4
James Beeman 0 1 2 3
Benjamin Bell 1 3 3 7
widow of Samuel Bell 0 9 2 11
William Bell 0 2 2 4
John Benjamin 0 0 3 3
Joseph Bickford 1 2 2 5
William Blackstone 0 2 2 4
Nicholas Blasdell 0 1 3 4
Nicholas Bowers 1 4 2 7
Charles Bowes 0 1 2 3
James Bowes 0 0 3 3
James Bowie 2 0 2 4
Daniel Bradbury 0 0 5 5
George L. Bradbury 1 3 2 6
Thomas Bradbury 0 1 4 5
Levi Bradish 2 1 5 8
Harrison Brazier 0 1 3 4
George Brown 1 2 4 7
George W. Brown 0 1 2 3
John A. Brown 0 0 1 1
Richard Brown 1 1 2 4
widow of Francis Brown 0 0 2 2
William Brown 2nd* 1 0 3 4
Charles F. Bryant 1 0 2 3
Daniel Bryant 0 0 4 4
Eliza Bryant 0 0 2 2
Joseph Bryant 1 0 2 3
Mrs. Bryant 0 0 1 1
Robert Bryant 1 0 3 4
David Bunker 2 0 3 5
Henry Burgess 1 0 2 3
William Burke 0 0 5 5
Mary Buzzell 0 0 1 1
Dudley Cammett 2 6 3 11
widow Cammett 0 0 2 2
widow Campbell 1 0 3 4
Henry Campston 2 0 2 4
widow Campston 0 0 2 2
Charles Capen 1 0 2 3
Jacob A. Card 1 3 2 6
Mrs. Card 0 0 2 2
Barney Carrol 1 6 2 9
John Chamberlin 1 0 2 3
widow Chamberlin 0 0 4 4
John Chander 2d 1 4 2 7
David Chandler 0 5 2 7
Reuben Chandler 1 6 2 9
Abel Chase 2 4 2 7
Amos Chase 1 0 4 5
Asa Chase 0 3 2 5
Charles Chase 1 6 3 10
Edward Chase 2 4 2 8
John W. Chase 0 0 2 2
Samuel W. Chase 0 0 1 1
Stephen Chase 0 2 6 8
Abel Chase Jr. 1 2 2 5
Amos Chick 1 2 2 5
Dana Chickering 1 4 3 8
Joseph L. Churchill 2 0 2 4
Mrs. Clark 0 3 1 4
Warren N. Clark 1 0 2 3
Thomas Clark* 0 2 3 5
Charles Cobb 0 1 4 5
Dean Cobb 2 3 4 9
James Cobb 0 3 2 5
widow Cochran 0 0 3 3
Mrs. Codman 0 1 1 2
John Coffin 1 4 2 7
John B. Coil 1 3 3 7
Mr. Cole 0 2 2 4
Thomas Colman 2 0 2 4
Anthony Cook 0 2 2 4
Mr. Cordis 0 1 6 7
Rev. Gershom F. Cox 2 3 2 7
William Cox 1 0 3 4
Robert Craige 0 1 2 3
Miss Crandall 0 0 1 1
Charles Crippen 0 0 2 2
John Crockett 0 0 1 1
Nathaniel Cross Jr. 0 4 2 6
Roswell Cummings 0 2 2 4
Jeremiah Curtiss 2 3 2 7
Emery Cushing 2 0 2 4
Charles Daniels 1 1 2 4
Charles Davis 2 1 2 5
John Davis 1 3 2 6
Moses Davis 0 1 4 5
Rhoda Davis 0 1 1 2
Samuel Davis 2 0 2 4
WIlliam Davis 0 2 5 7
William H. Davis 0 0 2 2
James Davis 2nd 0 4 3 7
Charles Day 2 3 3 8
Thomas Dearborn 0 0 2 2
widow Delande 0 1 2 3
Charles Dennis 0 0 2 2
Capt Jna Dicks 0 0 4 4
Richard Dickson 1 1 3 5
Alvin Dillingham 1 6 2 10
John Douglas* 0 1 2 3
Jedediah Dow 0 4 2 6
David Drinkwater 0 3 2 5
widow of Jos Drinkwater 0 1 2 3
Blackstone Driver* 0 1 2 3
Ezekiel Dyer 2 4 12 18
James Dyer 2 3 4 9
James Dwinal Jr. 0 1 1 2
William Early 2 4 2 8
William Edward 0 0 2 2
Calvin Edwards 0 6 3 9
William E. Edwards 1 4 3 8
John Ellison 1 3 2 6
Joshua Emery 0 4 3 7
Liverett Emmerson 2 1 2 5
Alfred Fernald 2 0 2 4
Samuel Fessenden 1 9 3 13
Joel Fields 1 3 2 6
William Folley 1 1 4 6
Mrs. Foss 0 0 1 1
Abijah Foster 1 6 3 10
John Francis 0 0 2 2
Peter Francis* 0 3 23 26
Stephen Frothingham 1 3 2 6
Josiah D. Gage 0 2 2 4
Ezekiel D. Gammon 2 2 3 7
Samuel Gardner* 0 0 2 2
Alexander Gay 1 4 2 7
Oliver Gerrish 1 3 3 7
Nehemiah Gilman 0 0 2 2
Samuel Gilman 2 4 2 8
widow Gilpatrick 0 1 1 2
Joshua Gordon 0 2 3 5
widow Gordon 0 0 2 2
Edward Gouge 1 0 2 3
Eleazer Gould 0 2 3 5
William Gould 0 4 2 6
William Gould 1 2 5 8
John Grant 0 2 5 7
Jotham Grant 0 4 2 6
Jothan Grant 1 0 2 3
Mrs. Grant 0 0 2 2
Philip Greely 0 7 4 11
William Green 0 7 4 11
William C.Green 1 1 2 4
William Haines 0 3 4 7
Joel Hall 0 4 2 6
Paul Hall 1 2 2 5
James Hall 2nd 0 0 2 2
WIlliam Hammett 1 1 2 4
Thomas Hammond 0 1 3 4
Gideon E. Harmon 0 2 2 4
Ezra Hartford 1 0 2 3
Alexander Haskell 2 2 2 6
John W. Haskell 0 4 2 6
Joseph Haskell 1 1 3 5
Joshua Haskell 1 3 2 6
Josiah Haskell 1 1 2 4
Joseph Hay 1 8 4 13
Dennis Henley 1 2 5 8
Simeon Higgins 2 2 5 9
Richard Hill 0 3 1 4
Edward Hiller 0 5 3 8
Edward Hinds 0 3 7 10
Elusha Hinds 1 6 4 11
Edward Hodgskins 1 0 2 3
Joseph Hoit 0 4 2 6
Reuben Hoit 2 2 2 6
John Hollard 0 2 63 65
Elihu T. Homan 0 2 4 6
Henry Homer 1 1 6 8
Daniel Hood 2 2 4 8
David How 0 4 2 6
John B Hudson 1 5 2 8
John Hull 0 4 3 7
Thomas Hull 0 0 2 2
Frederick Huntress 1 0 2 3
Silas Huntress 1 0 2 3
widow of Thomas Ingraham 0 3 1 4
Nancy Isley 0 0 1 1
Ann Jackson 0 3 2 5
widow Jenks 0 3 2 5
Jonas John 0 1 2 3
Isaac Johnson 1 0 2 3
John Johnson 2 0 2 4
Peter Johnson 0 0 2 2
Caleb Johnson* 0 0 6 6
Levi Jones 2 0 2 4
widow Jones 0 0 2 2
David Jones. 0 5 3 8
John Jordan 1 3 2 6
widow Jordan 0 0 1 1
Benj. Joseph 0 1 2 3
Silas Joy 0 0 1 1
William Joyce 0 4 2 6
Samuel Kelsey 2 5 2 7
William E. Kimbal 2 1 3 6
Richard B. Kimball 1 2 2 5
Jabez Knight 0 0 2 2
John Lancey 0 0 1 1
George Lattin 2 1 2 5
Benjamin Lewis 1 3 3 7
Samuel Lincoln 0 1 2 3
John Liscomb 0 3 2 5
John Little 0 2 3 5
Charles Littlejohn Jr. 1 0 2 3
Elijah Long 1 5 2 8
Joseph Lord 1 2 8 11
WIlliam Loud 1 1 2 4
James Low 0 2 2 4
John Lue 0 1 2 3
Mrs. Lunt 0 0 2 2
Andrew Mach 0 7 4 11
Noah Mackeel 1 1 2 4
Edward Mansfield 2 4 3 9
Henry Mansfield 2 1 2 5
Gabriel Marks 1 1 2 4
Godfrey Marks 0 0 2 2
Abraham Marsh 2 1 2 5
widow Marshall 1 4 1 6
Joseph Marston 1 5 2 8
widow Martin 0 4 4 8
WIlliam Martin 0 1 5 6
Amos Maxfield 1 1 2 4
Miss Mayo 1 2 5 8
Ebenezer McIntosh 0 0 2 2
William McLellan 1 3 3 7
Enoch McLellen 0 3 2 5
William McNaught 2 3 3 8
James Megquire 2 0 3 5
Lawrence Mellon 2 1 2 5
Albert J. Merrill 3 1 6 10
Alfred Merrill 2 1 3 6
Paul E. Merrill 0 1 4 5
widow Eunice Merrill 0 5 3 8
Joseph Merrow 1 4 3 8
John Messerve 1 6 2 9
widow of Jn Miller 1 5 4 10
Alexander Milliken 2 2 2 6
Mrs. Milner 0 3 3 6
Nelson B. Monger 2 0 3 5
Nathaniel Montgomery 0 3 2 5
James Monutfort 0 2 3 5
Charles Moody 1 5 4 10
Dorcas Moody 0 0 1 1
Enoch Moody 0 0 2 2
Lemuel Moody 0 0 7 7
Samuel Moody 0 0 2 2
widow of Benj'n Moody 1 2 6 9
John Morgan 2 2 2 6
William Morgan 0 0 2 2
Charles Morrill 2 0 2 4
William Morris 0 0 2 2
David Morse 1 1 2 4
Ephraim Morse 1 3 2 6
Stephen Morse 2 2 3 7
Edward Moulton 1 3 2 6
widow Mountfort 0 0 3 3
Peter Mugford 0 0 2 2
John Murch 0 4 4 8
Josiah Murch 3 3 2 8
widow Nason 0 1 2 3
Abner Lowell 0 3 2 5
Abraham V.Niles 1 1 3 5
Stephen Niles 1 3 3 7
Robert Noble 0 7 2 9
Nathaniel F.M. Norcross 1 2 2 5
Nathaniel Noyce 0 0 1 1
George N. Noyes 0 3 3 6
Jefferson Noyes 0 2 2 4
Osgood Noyes 0 3 3 6
Joshua B. Osggod 0 5 2 7
widow of Stephen Oxnard 1 5 2 8
Thomas N. Paine 1 2 2 5
John Paris (?) 1 0 3 4
John Parsons 1 2 7 10
Josiah Parsons 0 3 4 7
Mrs. Parsons 0 3 2 5
Samuel L. Parsons 0 0 2 2
William Parsons 2nd 1 2 3 6
Stephen Patten 0 2 4 6
George Pearson 0 2 6 8
Charles Pennel 0 7 2 9
Thomas Pennel 1 2 3 5
Henry Person 0 6 2 8
David Pettingal 0 2 5 7
Samuel Philbrooks 1 1 2 4
Isaish Philips 0 4 2 6
John E.Phillips 0 2 4 6
Stephen Phinney 1 0 3 4
William Pickance 0 2 3 5
Thomas Picock 0 3 2 5
Joseph Pierce 0 0 1 1
John Pitles 0 6 4 10
Charles Poor 0 2 2 4
Joseph Pope 1 1 4 6
Increase Pote 2 2 3 7
George Potter 1 3 2 6
widow Powwll 0 1 2 3
Artemas Prentiss 0 6 3 9
Ebenezer Prince 1 4 3 8
widow Prince 0 2 1 3
widow Abigail Prince 0 0 1 1
Jeremiah Proctor 2 0 2 4
William Proctor 1 2 6 9
James Racklift 1 0 4 5
Thomas B. Reed 0 0 1 1
Samuel Rich 2 5 3 10
Alford Richard 0 3 3 6
William Richard 0 1 2 3
Isaac Richardson 0 0 2 2
widow of Jas.Richardson 0 5 1 6
widow of Moses Richardson 1 3 1 5
Rev. M. Ridgeon 0 0 6 6
Martin Riley 2 2 2 6
Henry Roberts 2 1 1 5
John Roberts 0 3 3 6
widow of George Roberts 0 1 4 5
Capt. John Robinson 0 3 4 7
Ebenezer Rollins 0 0 3 3
Isaac Rowe 0 5 3 8
Edward T.Russell 2 5 4 11
James Sample 0 3 2 5
Edward Samuel 0 3 3 6
David Sargent 0 3 4 7
Ebenezer D. Sargent 1 2 2 5
JohnSargent 1 1 2 4
Nathan Sargent 0 0 2 2
Samuel Sargent 1 0 2 3
Edward Sawyer 2 2 2 6
William Sawyer 0 4 2 6
Joseph Scott 0 0 3 3
William Scott* 1 0 2 3
Prince Shapley* 2 3 2 7
Frederick Sharrett 1 0 2 3
Edward Shields 1 3 4 8
Joseph Shippard 0 0 2 2
William E. Short 0 0 3 3
John Siggs 0 1 2 3
Miss Simmons 0 0 1 1
Benjamin Simonton 2 10 2 14
Daniel Skillins 1 0 6 7
Lothrop SKillins 1 1 2 4
widow Skinner 0 0 1 1
James SLater 0 6 2 8
Ephraim Small 0 4 2 6
Mrs. Small 1 5 2 8
George Smith 1 4 2 7
Seba Smith 2 4 4 10
William Smith 2nd 0 0 2 2
James Spear 0 1 4 5
Robert Stanford 2 5 2 9
Mrs.Stanley 0 0 3 3
Simon Stanorth 2 3 2 7
James Staples 2 0 2 4
William Steel 1 5 2 8
Robert Stephenson 1 4 2 7
Thomas C. Stevens 0 1 3 4
Waite Stevens 1 3 2 6
widow Stevens 0 0 2 2
Mary Stewart 0 0 2 2
Mrs. STewart 0 0 1 1
Henry R. Stickney 1 3 3 7
Philip Stow 0 2 2 4
Daniel STrong 1 4 2 7
George Sumner 0 1 3 4
Bethuel Sweetsir 0 0 2 2
Jeremiah Swett 0 1 2 3
John W. Swett 0 2 4 6
WilliamSwett 0 8 3 11
Abraham Talbot 0 4 12 16
Benjamin F. Tewksbury 1 0 2 3
William Thatcher 0 0 2 2
Capt. Charles Thayer 1 3 3 7
Elias Thomas 0 6 3 9
widow Thomas 0 0 2 2
widow of John Thomas 0 0 1 1
William Thomas 1 3 3 7
James Thompson 0 0 5 5
Joseph R. Thompson 2 5 2 9
William Thompson 0 0 3 3
John Thorington 0 0 3 3
Betsey Thorlo 0 1 5 6
Ezekiel Thurston 0 5 2 7
Jackman Tomison 0 4 3 7
David Trull 0 1 2 3
Andria Tucker 0 5 2 7
Morey Tucker 0 2 2 4
Edward Tukey 1 0 3 4
Mrs. Mary Tyler 0 2 1 3
John Vinson 0 0 2 2
William Vose 0 1 2 3
Stephen Waite 0 0 5 5
David Waterhouse 0 3 3 6
George Webber 1 6 6 13
Eliphalet Webster 1 4 3 8
Richard Webster 0 0 4 4
Ezra Weeks 1 6 3 10
Joshua Weeks 2 7 4 13
Philip Wheeler 2 0 2 4
Horatio White 1 2 3 6
Jeremiah White 1 2 3 6
John White 0 0 4 4
John White Jr. 1 1 2 4
John M.Whitehouse 0 3 2 5
Daniel Willard 0 3 2 5
Coll T. Wilson 0 0 3 3
Mrs. WIlson 0 0 1 1
Nancy Wilson 0 3 1 4
widow Winship 0 0 1 1
widow Wiswell 0 1 1 2
Charles Witham 2 4 3 9
William Withington 0 4 4 8
William Woodbury 2 2 7 11
Aaron Woodman 0 3 3 6
Josiah Woodman 0 1 2 3
George Wright 0 0 2 2
widow of Jno Yeaton 0 0 3 3
© 1998 David C. Young
Androscoggin Historical Society
Extinction of the National Debt
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