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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 Willistown Enumerator 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 28 7 Brooks Owen 1 2 6 0 0 Start of Willistown twp; column 2 28 8 Bell Samuel 2 2 4 0 0 28 9 Horykeeper Philip 0 0 0 0 0 Columns blank 28 10 Brown Ezekiel 1 1 2 0 0 28 11 McMinn Thomas 1 1 6 0 0 28 12 Lewes Isaac 3 1 4 0 0 28 13 Chamberlain Moses 1 1 4 0 0 28 14 Cox William 2 5 3 0 0 28 15 Cox Benjamin 1 2 5 0 0 28 16 Corngg Daniel 2 1 3 0 0 28 17 Davis Moses 1 4 3 0 0 28 18 Davis David 2 1 1 1 0 28 19 Yernall Moses 2 0 3 0 0 28 20 Register William 1 3 3 0 0 28 21 Davis Joseph Senr. 3 1 3 0 0 28 22 Davis Abner 1 0 2 0 0 28 23 Forrester Ralph 1 2 3 0 0 28 24 Dowlen Daniel 1 2 3 0 0 28 25 Evans Mary 3 2 3 0 0 28 26 Evans Joshua 2 3 3 2 0 28 27 Griebb Nathaniel 2 2 4 0 0 28 28 Jarrett Samuel 4 9 4 0 0 28 29 Jarrett William 2 1 3 0 0 28 30 Jarrett Jesse 4 1 5 0 0 28 31 Jarrett Isaac 2 2 4 0 0 28 32 45 43 84 3 0 Totals; end of column 2 Census_Year 1790 Microfilm # M637-8 State Pennsylvania County Chester City/District Willistown 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 29 1 45 43 84 3 0 Brought forward; start of column 1 29 2 Garret Amos 1 1 2 0 0 29 3 Garret Thomas 2 0 4 0 0 29 4 Jarret Aaron 2 2 4 0 0 29 5 Griffith Carter 1 1 4 0 0 29 6 Hackman William 4 3 3 1 0 29 7 Hall Thomas 3 0 4 0 0 29 8 Hibbard Samuel 3 0 9 0 0 29 9 Smidley Jesse 1 2 2 0 0 29 10 Hibbards Phineas 1 0 2 0 0 29 11 Hibbards Benjamin 2 1 3 0 0 29 12 Hibbards Caleb 2 3 6 0 0 29 13 Jones Griffith 3 1 3 0 0 29 14 King George 2 2 2 1 0 29 15 Ramsey Jacob 3 0 3 0 0 29 16 Lewes Jacob 2 2 3 0 0 29 17 Loyd William 4 0 3 0 0 29 18 Loyd Erasmus 3 0 3 0 0 29 19 Massey Phinehas 5 3 10 0 0 29 20 Massey Jean 1 0 4 0 0 29 21 Massey Isaac 3 1 2 0 0 29 22 Massey Levi 2 4 4 0 0 29 23 Matson Jacob 0 0 0 0 0 Columns blank 29 24 McElheney John 2 3 2 0 0 29 25 Mayor William 3 3 3 0 0 29 26 Marys Caleb 1 3 7 0 0 29 27 Mellon Elizabeth 1 0 2 0 0 29 28 McCay John 2 1 2 0 0 29 29 Mercer Nathan 2 1 2 0 0 29 30 Reese Joseph 5 1 4 0 0 29 31 Rowland Joseph 2 4 5 0 0 29 32 Smedley Joshua 1 0 0 0 0 29 33 Sill Edward 2 3 2 0 0 29 34 Sill Michael 2 3 4 0 0 29 35 Smedley John 1 5 4 0 0 29 36 Smedley John Junr. 2 0 3 0 0 29 37 Smedley Thomas Fuller 7 1 2 0 0 29 38 122 97 208 5 0 Totals; end of column 1 29 1 122 97 208 5 0 Brought forward; start of column 2 29 2 Smedley Jeffers 2 2 2 0 0 29 3 Smedley Caleb 2 0 3 0 0 29 4 Smedley Thomas 2 1 6 0 0 29 5 Smedley Joseph 0 0 0 0 0 Columns blank 29 6 Mattock Benjamin 2 0 4 1 0 29 7 Thomas Joseph 4 0 5 0 0 29 8 Thomas Isaac 5 0 2 0 0 29 9 Thomas Samuel 1 2 3 0 0 29 10 Marrirs Jesse 3 0 3 0 0 29 11 Travis John 4 2 4 0 0 29 12 Vogdes Jacob 5 2 6 0 0 29 13 Williams Lewes 1 2 3 0 0 29 14 Williams Elias 2 1 3 0 0 29 15 Willing Charles 3 2 3 1 0 29 16 Woodward Henry 2 0 2 0 0 29 17 Waterman Pheneas 1 4 3 0 0 29 18 Trainer John 1 3 3 0 0 29 19 Yernall Isaac Junr. 1 1 3 0 0 29 20 Yernall Isaac Senr. 1 0 0 0 0 29 21 Yernall Enoch 3 2 6 0 0 29 22 Yernall Nathan 2 2 5 0 0 29 23 Yernall Caleb 1 1 2 0 0 29 24 Yernall Joshua 2 1 2 0 0 29 25 Yernall Amos Junr. 5 0 2 0 0 29 26 Jones James 1 1 2 0 0 29 27 Hoops Amos 2 2 4 0 0 29 28 Cox Joseph 1 1 2 0 0 29 29 Sill John 1 1 2 0 0 29 30 Penock Mathew 0 0 0 3 0 29 31 Rouse William 0 0 0 4 0 29 32 Black Coy 0 0 0 1 0 29 33 Cray Jud 0 0 0 2 0 29 34 Black Quan 0 0 0 1 0 29 35 McCay George 1 2 3 0 0 29 36 Lewes Thomas 1 1 4 0 0 29 37 Norris Mathew 1 0 5 0 0 29 38 185 133 305 18 0 Totals; end of column 2 Census_Year 1790 Microfilm # M637-8 State Pennsylvania County Chester City/District Willistown 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 30 1 185 133 305 18 0 Brought over; start of column 1 30 2 Merrideth Simon 2 0 2 0 0 30 3 Marys Jacob 1 1 2 0 0 30 4 Collings Joseph 2 2 6 0 0 30 5 Hoskins John 1 6 2 0 0 30 6 Hemphill John 1 0 3 0 0 30 7 Edwards Thomas 2 0 3 0 0 30 8 Lockard John 1 0 3 0 0 30 9 Rummage Abner 1 2 2 0 0 30 10 McMann Samuel 1 1 2 0 0 30 11 Williams Isaac 1 3 3 0 0 30 12 Taylor Jesse 1 4 3 0 0 30 13 Bowen Benjamin 1 2 1 0 0 30 14 King Abraham 2 2 2 0 0 30 15 Ramsey Samuel 2 3 3 0 0 30 16 Hoops Benjamin 1 5 6 0 0 30 17 Hoops John 1 0 3 0 0 30 18 Lewes Peter 1 0 0 0 0 30 19 Mellon Enoch 2 2 3 0 0 30 20 Mellon Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 30 21 Thomas Isaac Junr. 1 1 4 0 0 30 22 Mellon Hugh 1 0 2 0 0 30 23 Vanderlin Nicholas 1 0 2 0 0 30 24 Ramsey Joseph 1 0 1 0 0 30 25 Pierce Cromwell 4 2 3 0 0 30 26 Sauls Sibby 0 0 1 0 0 30 27 Ford William 1 2 6 0 0 30 28 Bowen William 1 2 2 0 0 30 29 Davis Joseph Junr. 1 1 1 0 0 30 30 221 174 377 18 0 Totals; 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