1840 Census of Aroostook Co., ME, Letter A, 5th R.; Twp.1, 5th R.; Twp.2, 5th R./Benedicta; Twp.2, 5th R./Irish Township; Twp.3, 5th Range

1840 Census of Aroostook County, Maine (pp.57-58)
Letter A, 5th Range
and
Township No.1, 5th Range
and
Township No.2, 5th Range, called Benedicta Township
and
Township No.2, 5th Range, or Irish Township
and
Township No.3, 5th Range
Continued from Madawaska North of the St.John River (pp.45-54)
NOTE: This transcription is meant to be a guide only. It is the transcriber's interpretation and subject to human error. Always refer to the original document (or microfilm) for your own interpretation.
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Abstracted and formatted by , ©2000 from the National Archives and Records Administration Federal Population Schedules for the 6th Census of the United States in 1840.

Submitted by C. Gagnon, August 2001. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded.
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 57
Census Year: 1840    State or Territory: ME   County: Aroostook   Stamped no: 57
   Reel no: M704-136   Division: Letter A, 5th Range;  No.1, 5th R.; No.2, 5th R, called Benedicta Township   Page no: 57
Enumerated by: Thomas Bartlett, Jr.   Reference: 0111
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 Letter A, 5th Range
    1 | Nathaniel         Jones                     |     1               1                   |  1     1  1     1                      |                   |     1             |                   |                   |   7 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    2 | Levi              Wheeler                   |  1            1                         |           1                            |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    3 | Selias            Jourdon                   |        1  1         1                   |        1           1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
Begin Township No.1, 5th Range
    4 | Stephen           Cobb                      |  1  2     1   1  3                      |  1              2                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |  11 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    5 | Dean              Cobb                      |  3  1            1                      |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    6 | Andrew            Bonny                     |                  2        1             |                 1     1                |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    7 | James             Thawks                    |               1              1          |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
Begin Township No.2, 5th Range, called Benedicta Plantation
    8 | Henry             Farrell                   |     1  1  1         1                   |        1  2  1     1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   9 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
    9 | Francis           Smith                     |        1      2        1                |                       1                |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   10 | Connell           Gallagher                 |     1            1                      |     2           1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   11 | John              Byrne                     |  1               1                      |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   12 | Henry             Grover                    |  1        2      1  1                   |        1     1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   7 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   13 | Christopher       Kegan                     |        1         1  2  1                |                    1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   14 | Nicholas          Broderick                 |     2  1                  1             |  1  2  1  2        1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |  11 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   15 | David             Harding                   |        1         1                      |     3     1     1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   7 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   16 | John              Millinoe                  |  1     2            1                   |     2  1           1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   17 | Patrick           Brady                     |               1                         |                 1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   2 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   18 | William           Crogan                    |  2               2                      |           1                            |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   19 | Martin            Qualey                    |     1  1            1                   |     2  1           1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   7 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   20 | John              McNamara                  |  1        1   1  1  1  1                |           2  1     1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |  10 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   21 | Nicholas          Larkin                    |     2  2            1                   |                 1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   22 | Barney            Slain                     |                     1                   |  1  2              1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   23 | Peter             Plunket                   |     1            1                      |  1     1        1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   24 | John              Woodlock                  |     1            1                      |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   25 | John              Perry                     |                     1                   |     3           1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   26 | John              Ryan                      |  1  1            1                      |  1  1        1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   27 | John D.           Rush                      |  1               1                      |  2           1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   28 | Leod. W.          Tyler                     |               2  1                      |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   29 | Thomas            Bran                      |     1               1                   |  3  1  1        1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   30 | Martin            Lawler                    |     1         2  1                      |  1           1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
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Page 58
Census Year: 1840   State or Territory: ME   County: Aroostook   Stamped no: 58
   Reel no: M704-136   Division: No.2, 5th Range or Irish Township; No. 3, 5th Range   Page no: 58
Enumerated by: Thomas Bartlett, Jr.   Reference: 0113 Image of page 58
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.2, 5th Range, or Irish Township
    1 | Martin            Carey                     |     1  1            1                   |                    1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
    2 | John              Burk                      |     1         1  1                      |                       1                |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    3 | Michael           Mahan                     |     1            1                      |                 1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    4 | Thomas            Casey                     |  1                  1                   |  1  2           1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    5 | John              Hays                      |  1  2            1                      |     2  1        1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    6 | Edward            Sweeney                   |                  1                      |                                        |                   |                   |                   |                   |   1 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
    7 | William           Brown                     |  1  2            1                      |                    1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
    8 | Timothy           Darcey                    |  2            1  1     2                |  1              1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
    9 | Daniel            Bracken                   |     3  1         1                      |  1     1        1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   10 | James             Dee                       |     1            1                      |                 1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   11 | Jeremiah          Kane                      |                  1                      |  1  1           1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   12 | Edward            Doyle                     |     1  1      1           1             |        1  1                            |                   |                   |                   |                   |   6 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   13 | John              McMan                     |                        1                |  2           1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   14 | John              Kames                     |  2     1      2     1                   |  1           1     1        1          |                   |                   |                   |                   |  10 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   15 | John              Hollands                  |        1            1                   |           1        1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   16 | John              Bagley                    |                  1                      |  1              1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | (last name in No.2, 5th Range or Irish Township)
Begin Township No.3, 5th Range
   17 | John              Cram                      |     2               1                   |           1        1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   18 | Samuel R.         Marether                  |  1            1  1                      |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   19 | James S.          Stacey                    |  1  2            2                      |  2  1        2                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |  10 |     2                |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   20 | Alfred            Foss                      |  1            3                         |  2           1  1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   21 | Edwin             Parker                    |  2  2            1                      |     1           1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   7 |     5                |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   22 | Alfred            Cushman                   |  3  2  1      2  4                      |  1        1  2                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |  16 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   23 | James             Lock                      |               2  1     1                |                                        |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |     4                |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   24 | William           Hunt                      |  1  2         6     1                   |        1  2        1                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |   4 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   25 | Spaulding         Robinson                  |                  2                      |              1                         |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   26 | Samuel B.         Chandler                  |  1            1                         |  1  1           1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   5 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   27 | John F.           Spafford                  |  1     1         1                      |     2  2        1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   8 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        | 
   28 | Hervey            Kimball                   |  1               1                      |                 1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   29 | Joseph D          Kimball                   |  1               1                      |                 1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |   3 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
   30 | Edward            Kimball                   |     1     1   1                         |  2  2        2  1                      |                   |                   |                   |                   |  10 |                      |                        |                   |                      |              |        |  
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Continued with No.4, 5th Range or Fish's Township
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