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This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project. ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1790 federal census for Chester County, Pennsylvania ____________________________________________________________________________ Census_Year 1790 Microfilm # M637-8 State Pennsylvania County Chester City/District West Caln Enumerator James Boyd =============================================================================================================================================== Free Free Free Free White White White White Males Males Females Females Head of Family 16 & up Under 16 16 & up Under 16 Others Slaves Remarks =============================================================================================================================================== Page # Line # Last Name First Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 15 Start West Caln Township; column 2 4 16 Addleman John 3 1 3 0 0 4 17 Wales Christopher 3 1 5 0 0 4 18 Addleman Joseph 1 1 3 0 0 4 19 Jeffers Ephraim 2 1 2 0 0 4 20 Clinghan Widow 1 4 3 0 0 4 21 Crawford William 4 0 3 0 0 4 22 Cochran Patrick 3 2 3 0 0 4 23 Cooper James 1 5 3 0 0 4 24 Cadwalader Charles 2 6 2 0 0 4 25 Campbell John 2 1 6 0 0 4 26 Clempson James 1 2 7 0 0 4 27 Coning Dennis 2 2 2 0 0 4 28 Dawson Widow 2 1 3 0 0 4 29 Davidson William 3 1 2 0 0 4 30 Denny Samuel 2 0 5 0 0 4 31 32 28 52 0 0 Totals; end of column 2 5 1 32 28 52 0 0 Brought forward; start of column 1 5 2 Downing Samuel 4 0 2 2 0 5 3 Entriekin James 1 2 4 0 0 5 4 Fillson Widow 2 3 2 0 0 5 5 Fulton Susannah 1 0 2 0 0 5 6 Ferguson Widow 0 2 5 0 0 5 7 Fisher Samuel 1 0 2 0 0 5 8 Quaintance Joseph 1 3 2 0 0 5 9 Grier James 2 1 3 0 0 5 10 Ash Joseph 4 5 1 0 0 5 11 Harrison George 3 0 4 0 0 5 12 Hickman James 1 4 3 0 0 5 13 Johnston James 2 3 2 0 0 5 14 Keys James 1 5 3 0 0 5 15 Keys William 1 2 2 0 0 5 16 Kennedy Rachel 0 0 3 0 0 5 17 Kennedy Michael 1 1 4 0 0 5 18 Keimer James 3 1 8 1 0 5 19 Kelley Robert 1 1 2 0 0 5 20 Little Patrick 2 2 3 0 0 5 21 Little Ann 0 0 2 0 0 5 22 Lawrence Samuel 2 3 3 0 0 5 23 Lamb James 1 0 2 0 0 5 24 Long Alexander 2 1 2 0 0 5 25 McPherson Alexr. 3 1 4 0 0 5 26 Wallace Thomas 6 2 4 0 0 5 27 McElvene Ann 2 4 6 0 0 5 28 Brown John 2 2 3 0 0 5 29 Monough George 1 0 1 0 0 5 30 Morton Hugh 1 0 1 0 0 5 31 McKelvey William 3 1 3 0 0 5 32 McClelland James 2 2 4 0 0 5 33 Moore William 2 1 4 0 0 5 34 Neely William 2 5 5 0 0 5 35 O Neal Arthur 2 2 4 0 0 5 36 Pierce James 3 1 3 0 0 5 37 Pyle Ebenezer 1 4 3 0 0 5 38 Pinkerton John 2 4 5 0 0 5 39 Rogers Margaret 1 1 2 0 0 5 40 Ramsey John 8 2 3 0 0 5 41 104 99 173 3 0 Totals; end of column 1 5 1 104 99 173 3 0 Brought forward; start of column 2. 5 2 Rose Widow 1 1 2 0 0 5 3 Schuyles Herman 3 1 3 0 0 5 4 Smith John 1 2 5 0 0 5 5 Shearer Widow 2 1 2 0 0 5 6 White William 4 3 6 0 0 5 7 Thompson Hugh 1 1 2 0 0 5 8 Trueman William 2 1 5 0 0 5 9 Vernon Edward 2 1 3 0 0 5 10 Vernon John Junr. 1 1 3 0 0 5 11 Waggoner George 1 1 0 0 0 5 12 Witherow Robert 3 2 5 0 0 5 13 Witherow Samuel 2 1 5 0 0 5 14 Whitaker Peter 2 3 4 0 0 5 15 Way Joseph 1 1 1 0 0 5 16 Way Caleb 3 3 5 0 0 5 17 Way John 2 0 2 0 0 5 18 Warner George 1 1 1 0 0 5 19 Boyd Thomas 3 2 1 0 0 5 20 Bennett William 1 2 2 0 0 5 21 Calvert Francis 1 1 3 0 0 5 22 Davis Nathaniel 1 3 6 0 0 5 23 Gillespy John 1 0 1 0 0 5 24 Boggs William 2 0 2 0 0 5 25 Hibbins Thomas 5 4 8 0 0 5 26 Irvin Jonathan 1 2 2 0 0 5 27 McStone George 1 1 2 0 0 5 28 McCortill Archibald 1 3 3 0 0 5 29 McWilliams Alexr. 1 1 1 0 0 5 30 McLoary David 2 0 4 0 0 5 31 Oglesby George 5 3 3 0 0 5 32 Vernon John 2 1 3 0 0 5 33 Way James 3 0 0 0 0 5 34 Kennedy William 4 1 4 0 0 5 35 Fritz John 3 2 2 0 0 5 36 McFarland John 1 3 1 0 0 5 37 Dowler Richard 1 3 4 0 0 5 38 Warner Thomas 1 4 5 0 0 5 39 Cowgel George 1 2 5 0 0 5 40 Schuyls Samuel 1 1 4 3 0 5 41 178 162 288 3 0 Totals; end of column 2 Census_Year 1790 Microfilm # M637-8 State Pennsylvania County Chester City/District West Caln Enumerator James Boyd & Nathan Stockman =============================================================================================================================================== Free Free Free Free White White White White Males Males Females Females Head of Family 16 & up Under 16 16 & up Under 16 Others Slaves Remarks =============================================================================================================================================== Page # Line # Last Name First Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 1 178 162 288 3 0 Brought over; start of column 1 6 2 Whitehill Joseph 1 2 5 0 0 6 3 Dougherty Charles 1 3 2 0 0 6 4 Tubb John 1 0 3 0 0 6 5 Shaw John 1 1 2 0 0 6 6 Gallagher Widow 0 1 3 0 0 6 7 Cuningham Edmond 1 1 2 0 0 6 8 Gibbs Gilbert 0 1 5 0 0 6 9 Gough Robert 1 0 3 0 0 6 10 Wilson Andrew 2 3 5 0 0 6 11 Irvin James 3 2 3 0 0 6 12 Russel Ephraim 3 2 2 0 0 6 13 Watson John 1 1 2 0 0 6 14 Wiley William 1 3 3 0 0 6 15 Brown Jacob 1 2 3 0 0 6 16 Heisser Philip 1 1 4 0 0 6 17 Shearer Widow 1 1 3 0 0 6 18 Johnston James 2 3 2 0 0 6 19 Thompson John 1 0 3 0 0 6 20 Dinwiddie William 1 1 1 0 0 6 21 Marshall John 1 0 1 0 0 6 22 McGoulrie Peter 2 5 1 0 0 6 23 Head John 1 0 1 0 0 6 24 McClester Duncan 2 0 4 0 0 6 25 Armstrong John 1 1 1 0 0 6 26 Richey Andrew 1 0 2 0 0 6 27 Entrieken James 2 2 2 0 0 6 28 Grier James 2 1 4 0 0 6 29 McCleland Samuel 2 2 4 0 0 6 30 Cummins James 2 0 1 0 0 6 31 Hobson Jordan 1 1 1 0 0 6 32 Downing James 3 0 3 0 0 6 33 Davis Joseph 1 2 3 0 0 6 34 Feister Mary 0 2 3 0 0 6 35 Henderson Henry 1 0 2 0 0 6 36 Ross Andrew 1 2 4 0 0 6 37 Willow Christopher 1 1 3 0 0 6 38 Raffield John 1 0 1 0 0 6 39 226 209 385 3 0 Totals; end of column 1 6 1 226 209 385 3 0 Brought forward; start of column 2 6 2 Calvert Francis 1 1 3 0 0 6 3 Irvin Jonathan 1 2 2 0 0 6 4 Smith John 1 2 4 0 0 6 5 229 214 394 3 0 Totals; end of West Caln Twp.