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Key to column headings
| Firstname
Lastname = Name of Heads of Families 0-5 = under 5 years old 5-10 = 5 and under 10 years old 10-15 = 10 and under 15 years old 15-20 = 15 and under 20 years old 20-30 = 20 and under 30 years old 30-40 = 30 and under 40 years old, etc. 00 . = 100 and older (Numbers include the head of family) To = Total number of persons in household Occupation: Mi = Mining Ag = Agriculture Co = Commerce Ma = Manufacturing Oc = Navigation of the oceans Ri = Navigation of canals, lakes and rivers Pr = Learned professions and engineers Pensi = Pensions for Revolutionary or military services included in the foregoing Na = Name of pensioner Ag = Age of pensioner |
Deaf: 0-14 = under 14 14-25 = 14 and under 25 25 . = 25 and upwards Bl = Blind Insane: Pu = Insane and idiot at public charge Pr = Insane and idiot at private charge School: Col = Universities or colleges N = Number of universities/colleges N= Number of students Gra = Academies and Grammar Schools N = Number of academies/grammar schools N = Number of students Com = Primary and Common Schools N = Number of schools N = Number of scholars Pu = Number of scholars on public charge Can Rea = Number of white persons over 20 years of age in each family who cannot read and write |
This is the 1840 federal census for
Aroostook County, ME.
This page was transcribed from and proofread against the microfilm
copy of the 1840 US Census.
page 59
Census Year: 1840 State or Territory: ME County: Aroostook Stamped no: 59
Reel no: M704-136 Division: No.4, 5th Range or Fish's Township Page no: 59
Enumerated by: Thomas Bartlett, Jr. Reference: 0115
Transcribed and Proofread by C. Gagnon for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2001
| Free |
| White | Colored | Slave | | | | White | Colored |
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | | | | Deaf | Deaf | School |
| 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 | 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | | Occupation | Pensioners | 0 14 25 Insan | 0 14 25 De Insan | Col Gra Comm | Can |
LINE | Firstname Lastname | 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 . | 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | Tot | Mi Ag Co Ma Oc Ri Pr | Name Ag | 14 25 . Bl Pu Pr | 14 25 . Du Bl Pu Pr | N N N N N Nu | Pu Rea | Remarks
======|=============================================|===================================== ===|========================================|===================|===================|===================|===================|=====|======================|========================|===================|======================|==============|========|=============================================================
Begin Township No.4, 5th Range or Fish's Township
1 | Almond Lewis | 1 1 1 | 2 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
2 | Jonathan Palmer | 2 1 1 2 1 | 1 3 | | | | | 11 | 1 | | | | | |
3 | Andrew Grant | 1 1 3 1 | 1 2 1 | | | | | 10 | 2 | | | | | |
4 | Oliver Robinson | 1 1 | 2 2 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
5 | Samuel Garland | 1 1 1 | 2 2 1 1 | | | | | 9 | | | | | | |
6 | Horatiah Garland | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
7 | Oliver Blackwell | 1 2 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
8 | Solomon E. Reed | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
9 | Silas Coburn | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
10 | James McKea | 2 2 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
11 | Eli Kellogg | 1 1 | 2 1 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
12 | Perrin S. Reed | 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
13 | Joseph Sprague | 1 6 | 2 1 | | | | | 10 | 5 | | | | | |
14 | William Lovejoy | 1 1 1 1 | 1 2 2 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |
15 | Daniel Whitehouse | 1 2 4 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 11 | 4 | | | | | |
16 | Williard G. Nemen | 1 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
17 | George Rigby | 1 3 1 | 1 2 1 | | | | | 9 | 3 | | | | | |
18 | Ichabod Morrell | 2 2 2 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 10 | 3 | | | | | |
19 | Samuel Wiggin | 19 1 | 2 | | | | | 22 | 19 | | | | | |
20 | Henry Barker | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
21 | Ephm. C. Fairfield | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
22 | Samuel C. Leslie | 2 2 8 1 | 1 2 1 1 | | | | | 18 | 6 | | | | | |
23 | Henry Blake | 1 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
24 | America Robbins | 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
25 | Josiah Hall | 3 2 | 1 1 | | | | | 7 | 4 | | | | | |
26 | Hiram Willie | 1 1 1 | 1 2 1 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
27 | John Carpenter | 1 2 2 2 1 | 1 2 1 1 1 | | | | | 14 | 2 | | | | | |
28 | Ebert Blackburn | 2 3 2 1 | 1 1 2 1 1 | | | | | 14 | 3 | | | | | 2 |
29 | Benj. L. Pierce | 1 2 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
30 | Bela Chesley | 3 | | | | | | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
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Page 60
Census Year: 1840 State or Territory: ME County: Aroostook Stamped no: 60
Reel no: M704-136 Division: No.4, 5th Range or Fish's Township; No.6, 5th Range; No.7&9, 5th R.; No.10, 5th R. Page no: 60
Enumerated by: Thomas Bartlett, Jr. Reference: 0117
Transcribed and Proofread by C. Gagnon for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2001
| Free |
| White | Colored | Slave | | | | White | Colored |
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | | | | Deaf | Deaf | School |
| 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 | 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | | Occupation | Pensioners | 0 14 25 Insan | 0 14 25 De Insan | Col Gra Comm | Can |
LINE | Firstname Lastname | 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 . | 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | Tot | Mi Ag Co Ma Oc Ri Pr | Name Ag | 14 25 . Bl Pu Pr | 14 25 . Du Bl Pu Pr | N N N N N Nu | Pu Rea | Remarks
======|=============================================|===================================== ===|========================================|===================|===================|===================|===================|=====|======================|========================|===================|======================|==============|========|==========================================================
1 | Joseph Scarlett | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
2 | Isaac Webber | 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
3 | William Young | 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
4 | John Bell | 2 5 3 | 1 | | | | | 11 | 6 | | | | | |
5 | Wm. Cunningham | 1 2 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
6 | Levi Hobenan | 1 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
7 | Lucinda Robins | 1 1 1 | 2 1 1 1 | | | | | 8 | | | | | | |
8 | Henry Boswell | 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
9 | Jacob Pearley | 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
10 | Abner Weeks | 1 5 1 | 1 2 1 | | | | | 11 | 5 | | | | | |
11 | Samuel Huston | 1 1 1 | 2 1 1 | | | | | 7 | 1 | | | | | |
12 | Hanson Weeks | 1 1 1 | 2 1 1 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | (last name in No.4, 5th Range or Fish's Township)
Begin Township No.6, 5th Range
13 | Ezia Myrick | 1 3 2 1 | 1 2 1 2 1 1 | | | | | 15 | 4 | | | | | | (first name in No.6, 5th Range)
14 | Charles Farewell | 1 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
15 | Jonathan Fairbrother | 1 1 | 2 1 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
16 | Nicholas Cooper | 1 2 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 7 | 2 | | | | | |
17 | George H. Surnan | 1 3 3 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 20 | 4 | | | | | | (last name in No.6, 5th Range)
Begin Townships No.7 and 9, 5th Range
18 | Isaac Lewis | 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 | 1 2 1 2 1 | | | | | 17 | | | | | | | (first name in nos.7&9, 5th Range)
19 | Calvin Bradford | 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 8 | | | | | | |
20 | John Shephard | 2 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |
21 | Daniel D. Smith | 1 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
22 | John Matherson | 1 1 1 1 | 1 2 2 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | (last name in no.7&9, 5th Range)
Begin Township No.10, 5th Range
23 | William Fitsgerald | 4 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 8 | 3 | | | | | | (first name in No.10, 5th Range)
24 | Leonard Reed | 1 1 1 1 1 | 2 1 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | total written as 10
25 | Cyrus McKenney | 1 2 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
26 | Charles Ellis | 1 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
27 | Joseph Pollard | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
28 | Leonard Jones | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
29 | John Knoland | 2 2 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 8 | | | | | | |
30 | George Sawyer | 2 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
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Page 61
Census Year: 1840 State or Territory: ME County: Aroostook Stamped no: 61
Reel no: M704-136 Division: No.10, 5th Range; No.11, 5th Range; No.13, 3rd Range Page no: 61
Enumerated by: Thomas Bartlett, Jr. Reference: 0118
Transcribed and Proofread by C. Gagnon for USGenWeb. Copyright: 2001
| Free |
| White | Colored | Slave | | | | White | Colored |
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | | | | Deaf | Deaf | School |
| 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 | 0 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | 0 10 24 36 55 00 | | Occupation | Pensioners | 0 14 25 Insan | 0 14 25 De Insan | Col Gra Comm | Can |
LINE | Firstname Lastname | 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 . | 5 10 15 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | 10 24 36 55 00 . | Tot | Mi Ag Co Ma Oc Ri Pr | Name Ag | 14 25 . Bl Pu Pr | 14 25 . Du Bl Pu Pr | N N N N N Nu | Pu Rea | Remarks
======|=============================================|===================================== ===|========================================|===================|===================|===================|===================|=====|======================|========================|===================|======================|==============|========|=============================================================
1 | Abiel McCollister | 1 1 2 2 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 11 | | | | | | |
2 | Isaiah Pishion | 1 1 1 | 1 1 2 1 | | | | | 8 | 1 | | | | | |
3 | Samuel Fogg | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
4 | Wm. Copperthwaite | 1 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
5 | Thomas, Jr. Goss | 2 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 9 | 1 | | | | | |
6 | Isaac McKenny | 2 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | |
7 | Ebenezer Boltrick | 2 1 | 1 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
8 | Sandford Noble | 1 1 2 1 | 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
9 | George Grantham | 2 1 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 7 | | | | | | |
10 | John Phinney | 1 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
11 | Ebenezer Estey | 1 2 2 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |
12 | Thomas McDaniel | 1 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
13 | John Hickey | 1 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | |
14 | Ephraim Knight | 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
15 | Thos. Neil | 1 4 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 8 | 3 | | | | | |
16 | William Parsons | 2 2 | 1 1 | | | | | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
17 | Solomon Soule | 1 1 1 1 | 2 2 1 | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | (last name in No.10, 5th Range)
Begin Township No.11, 5th Range
18 | Elbridge G. Wakefield | 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | (first name in No.11, 5th Range)
19 | Jabez Dorman | 2 1 | 1 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
20 | Rufus G. Kelley | 2 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
21 | William Cummings | 2 1 1 1 1 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
22 | William Dalton | 1 2 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 11 | | | | | | |
23 | David G. Cook | 2 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 6 | | | | | | |
24 | Thos. Goss | 1 1 2 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | (last name in No.11, 5th Range)
Begin Township No.13, 3rd Range
25 | Joshua Christie | 1 1 1 1 | 2 2 1 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | (first name in No.13, 3rd Range)
26 | William Stormer | 3 2 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 12 | 1 | | | | | |
27 | Nathl. Churchill | 3 2 3 1 2 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 15 | 1 | | | | | |
28 | William Mortford | 2 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 9 | | | | | | |
29 | Peter Bull | 1 2 2 1 1 | 1 1 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | |
30 | Thos. Beckwith | 2 2 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | (last name in No.13, 3rd Range)
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