1850 Federal Census of Essex, Massachusetts
pages 1 - 9
transcribed by Kurt A. Wilhelm, Essex, 1992


Hse = House; Fam = family or household number;
C = color/ race (B - black, M - mulatto) 
MSL = M - married within year, S - student, L - literacy 

    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
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 1   1   1 Lufkin, Jonathan      75  M   farmer       3750  Mass.   
 2         ,       Lois          76  F                        "  
 3         ,       Francis       47  F                        "  
 4       2 ,       Samuel        34  M   farmer               "  
 5         ,       Mary          27  F                        "  
 6         ,       Mary F.        4  F                        "      S
 7         ,       Alphonso M.    3  M                        "  
 8         Pierce, Oliver        17  M                        "  
 9   2   3 Perkins, David        59  M   Master of    7000    "  
                                          Alms House
10         ,       Lydia H.      56  F                        "  
11         ,       Mary A.       17  F                        "  
12         ,       Lucy F.       14  F                        "      S
13         Cogswell, Rufus       90  M   pauper               "  
14         Story,  Eben          84  M   pauper               "  
15         Burnham, Isaac        70  M   pauper               "  
16         ,       John          56  M   pauper               "  
17         Jarret, Robert        44  M B pauper               "  
18         Poland, Hepzibah      83  F   pauper               "  
19         Choate, Betsy         80  F   pauper               "  
20         Griffin, Polly        74  F   pauper               "  
21         Burnham, Polly        70  F   pauper               "  
22         Caverly[?], Susan     45  F   pauper               "  
23         ,       Arvilla F.     4  F   pauper               "  
24         Choate, Thomas        70  M   pauper               "  
25   3   4 Andrews, Joseph       45  M   farmer       3950    "  
26         ,       Hannah        42  F                        "  
27         ,       Joseph W.     21  M   carpenter            "  
28         ,       Francis M.    17  M   farmer               "      S
29         ,       Susan L.      16  F                        "      S
30         ,       Horatio N.    14  M                        "      S
31         ,       Maryline       9  F                        "      S
32         ,       Elias C.       7  M                        "      S
33         ,       Hannah M.      5  F                        "      S
34         ,       Horace M.      1  M                        "  
35   4   5 Harlow, Clarissa      50  F   spinster      650    "  
36   5   6 Burnham, Lucy         65  F                        "  
37         ,       Emeline       35  F                        "  
38         ,       John J.       32  M   shipwright           "  
39         ,       Charles T.    24  M   shipwright           "  
40   6   7 Poland, Jeremiah      20  M   shoemaker    1000    "  
41         ,       Lucy E.       20  F                        "  
42         ,       Lucy E. 2d     1m F                        "

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1    6  8 Haskell, George       54  M   farmer             Mass.
 2         ,       Bannister     18  M   farmer               "      S
 3         ,       Daniel F.     16  M   farmer               "      S
 4         ,       John C.       14  M                        "      S
 5         McNerley[?], Margaret 20 F                      Ireland
 6   7   9 Knowlton, Moses       66  M   farmer       5000  Mass.
 7         ,       Aaron         23  M   farmer               "  
 8         ,       Mary          27  F                        "  
 9         ,       Minerva       22  F                        "  
10         Andrews, Ephraim      16  M   labourer             "          S
11   8  10 Knowlton, Moses Jr.   37  M   teamer       2000    "  
12         ,       Mary L.       36  F                        "  
13         ,       Mary L. 2d     8  F                        "          S
14         ,       L. Elizabeth   6  F                        "          S
15         ,       Alphonso M.    2  M                        "  
16         ,       John C.        0  M                        "  
17   9  11 Lufkin, Jonathan Jr.  48  M   farmer        500    "  
18         ,       Thirza        45  F                        "  
19         ,       Albert E.     15  M   farmer               "          S
20         Jenkins, Robert       40  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
21         ,       John          37  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
22         Anderson, Cornelius   23  M   shipwright         Maine
23         McDonald, James       20  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
24         Nicholson, Alexander  30  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
25         McMillen, Duncan      25  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
26         Todd,   Abigail W.    27  F                      Mass.
27         Burnham, Abigail      14  F                        "          S
28  10  12 ,       William 3d    48  M   cooper       1000    "  
29         ,       Lucy W.       45  F                        "  
30         ,       Daniel A.     21  M   painter              "  
31         ,       Marion W.     16  F                        "  
32         ,       Josephine A.  14  F                        "          S
33         ,       Lucy F.        9  F                        "          S
34         ,       William W.     5  M                        "          S
35         ,       Julian        10m F                        "
36  11  13 ,       Rufus         42  M   painter              "  
37         ,       Susan         39  F                        "  
38         ,       Susan E.       9  F                        "          S
39         ,       Rufus          9m M                        "
40      14 ,       Elizabeth     74  F                        "  
41         ,       Abigail       72  F                        "  
42         Wallis, Frederick     18  M   shipwright           "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  12  15 Burnham, Moses        78  M   mariner       800  Mass.
 2         Herrick, Jerusha      77  F                        "  
 3  13  16 [?],    Nathaniel     43  M   housewright  1400    "  
 4         ,       Hannah        41  F                        "  
 5         ,       William H.    48  M   carpenter            "  
 6         ,       Mary J.       13  F                        "          S
 7         ,       Caroline A.   11  F                        "          S
 8         ,       Edward E.      5  M                        "          S
 9      17 Morgan, Clarinda      35  F                        "  
10         ,       Melissa        3  F                        "  
11  14  18 Burnham, Joshua       57  M   farmer        600    "  
12         Pierce, Betsy         64  F                        "  
13         McDonald, Angess      54  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
14         ,       Neal          20  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
15         ,       John          22  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
16      19 Burnham, Anna         83  F                      Mass.
17  15  20 Perkins, Ezra 3d      26  M   trader               "  
18         ,       Harriet F.    24  F                        "  
19      21 Knowlton, David       32  M   teamer       1400    "  
20         ,       Anstice       27  F                        "  
21         ,       Herbert A.     1  M                        "  
22  16  22 Low,    William       69  M   farmer       1000    "  
23         ,       Mary          69  F                        "  
24         Roberts, Sally G.     49  F                        "  
25         ,       Mary L.       17  F                        "  
26  17  23 Butler, Simon         42  M   farmer        600    "  
27         ,       Lucy P.       42  F                        "  
28         ,       Lucy G.       18  F                        "  
29         ,       Martha L.     16  F                        "          S
30         ,       Simon A.       9  M                        "          S
31  18  24 Andrews, Eleazer      79  M   mariner       500    "  
32         ,       Eleazer Jr.   51  M   shoemaker            "  
33         ,       Judith        46  F                        "  
34         ,       William H.    21  M   shoemaker            "  
35         ,       Lucretia P.   19  F                        "  
36         ,       Stephen P.    14  M                        "          S
37         ,       Susan L.      11  F                        "          S
38         ,       Alburn         7  M                        "          S
39         ,       Everett        4  M                        "  
40  19  25 ,       Martha        65  F                 600    "  
41         ,       Hepzibah      24  F                        "  
42  20  26 ,       Ira           46  M   mariner       300    "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  20  26 Andrews, Martha       44  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Ira Jr.       20  M   shoemaker            "  
 3         ,       Rufus         19  M   shoemaker            "  
 4         ,       Martha 2d     17  F                        "  
 5         ,       Charles E.    15  M   shoemaker            "          S
 6         ,       Albert        11  M                        "          S
 7         ,       Susan E.       8  F                        "          S
 8         ,       Hepzibah A.    4  F                        "          S
 9         ,       Juliette       4m F                        "
10      27 ,       Mary          44  F                 200    "  
11         ,       Ephraim H.    23  M   shoemaker            "  
12         ,       Sarah M.      19  F                        "  
13  21  28 ,       Daniel        33  M   shoemaker     500    "  
14         ,       Mary A.       26  F                        "  
15         ,       Helen S.       1  F                        "  
16         ,       Susannah      76  F                        "  
17         ,       Moses L.      15  M   shoemaker            "          S
18  22  29 ,       Timothy       46  M   mariner       500    "  
19         ,       Mary          46  F                        "  
20         ,       John           6  M                        "          S
21         ,       Levi           5  M                        "          S
22         ,       George A.      2  M                        "  
23         ,       James         22  M                        "  
24  23  30 Mears,  Daniel        58  M   farmer       1400    "  
25         ,       Hepzibah      58  F                        "  
26         ,       Daniel Jr.    30  M   trader        600    "  
27         ,       Eliza         25  F                        "  
28         ,       Simon         23  M   cabinetmaker         "  
29         ,       Emily         16  F                        "  
30         ,       Martha A.     14  F                        "          S
31         ,       Charles E. W.  7  M                        "          S
32         ,       David A.       5  M                        "          S
33         ,       Daniel W.      3  M                        "  
34  24  31 Butman, John C.       30  M   labourer             "  
35         ,       Irena         24  F                        "  
36         ,       Sarah M.       4  F                        "  
37         ,       John H.        8m M                        "
38      32 Dodge,  Lucy          33  F                        "  
39         ,       Martha A.      4  F                        "  
40         ,       Moses G.       1  M                        "  
41         Andrews, Mary         56  F                        "  
42         Bartlett, Daniel W.   21  M   painter              "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  25  33 Burnham, Nathan       42  M   farmer       1750  Mass.  
 2         ,       Sarah         35  F                        "  
 3         ,       Nathan Jr.    15  M   labourer             "          S
 4         ,       Samuel        13  M                        "          S
 5         ,       John B.       12  M                        "          S
 6         ,       Sarah A.       1  F                        "          S
 7         ,       Francis        9  M                        "          S
 8         ,       Alfred M.      7  M                        "          S
 9         ,       Roseannah      4  F                        "  
10  26  34 Andrews, Elias        78  M   farmer       6000    "  
11         ,       Martha        77  F                        "  
12      35 ,       Miles S.      38  M   farmer       1000    "  
13         ,       Hannah C.     33  F                        "  
14         ,       Hannah M.      8  F                        "          S
15         ,       Elmer          6  M                        "          S
16         ,       Martha S.      4  F                        "          S
17         ,       Orin           1  M                        "  
18         Haskell, George       22  M   labourer             "  
19         Andrews, Martha       19  F                        "  
20      36 ,       Elihu         33  M   farmer       1000    "  
21         ,       Mary          35  F                        "  
22         ,       Elias          8  M                        "          S
23         ,       Elihu B.       3  M                        "  
24         Collins, Mary         24  F                      Ireland      M
25  27  37 Gorton, Nathaniel     73  M   farmer       1800  Mass.
26         ,       William       30  M                        "  
27         Wentworth, Mary B.    20  F                      Maine        M
28      38 Gorton, George W.     36  M   farmer             Mass.
29         ,       Elisa A.      33  F                        "  
30         ,       Rachel         1  F                        "  
31  28  39 Andrews, Israel Jr.   45  M   farmer       2700    "  
32         ,       Kesiah        45  F                        "  
33         ,       Edward N.     19  M   cabinetmaker         "  
34         ,       Susan         18  F                        "  
35         ,       Almira        18  F                        "  
36         ,       Israel F.     18  M   farmer               "  
37         ,       Silas         16  M   shoemaker            "          S
38         ,       Abby A.       13  F                        "          S
39         ,       Mary E.        8  F                        "          S
40         Gorton, Abigail       85  F                        "  
41      40 ,       Susan         41  F                 100    "  
42         ,       Osgood A.     13  M                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  28  40 Gorton, Otis P.       11  M                      Mass.        S
 2         ,       Samuel         9  M                        "          S
 3  29  41 Andrews, William A.   42  M   carpenter    1500    "  
 4         ,       Esther B.     37  F                        "  
 5         ,       Oscar D.      12  M                        "          S
 6         ,       Edmund Q.      8  M                        "          S
 7         ,       William A. Jr. 6  M                        "          S
 8         ,       Zilpah         2m F                        "
 9  30  42 Butman, Ancill K.     29  M   shoemaker            "  
10         ,       Elsa          24  F                        "  
11         ,       Ancill K. Jr.  4  M                        "  
12         ,       Emily A.       2  F                        "  
13      43 Morse,  Samuel        55  M   labourer             "  
14         ,       Ann A.        53  F                        "  
15         ,       Melinda       17  F                        "  
16         ,       Daren         15  M   shoemaker            "          S
17         ,       Thomas A.      8  M                        "          S
18         ,       Charles F.    20  M   shoemaker            "  
19         ,       Abigail       17  F                        "  
20  31  44 Lemons, Parker        45  M B labourer      500    "   [is age correct?]
21         ,       Rachel        47  F B                      "  
22         ,       Parker Jr.    17  M B                      "          S
23         Lee,    Rachel        81  F B                      "  
24  32  45 Farrer, Martin        18  M   shoemaker          N.H.
25         Dade,   Thomas        52  M   mariner            Mass.
26         ,       Mary          46  F                        "  
27         ,       Sylvester     18  M   shoemaker            "  
28  33  46 Burnham, Winthrop     80  M   farmer       3000    "  
29         ,       Winthrop Jr.  41  M   farmer               "  
30         ,       Lucy A.       37  F                        "  
31         ,       Mary          56  F                        "  
32         ,       William H.    10  M                        "          S
33  34  47 Low,    Warren        54  M   farmer       4000    "  
34         ,       Mary          49  F                        "  
35         ,       John E.       19  M   shoemaker            "  
36         ,       Aaron         17  M   labourer             "          S
37         ,       Mary          12  F                        "          S
38         Obrien, Patrick       29  M   labourer           Ireland      I
39  35  48 Poland, Jeremiah      50  M   carpenter    1000  Mass.
40         ,       Susan         52  F                        "  
41      49 ,       Josiah        25  M   shoemaker     150    "  
42         ,       Lucy P.       23  F                        "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  35  49 Poland, Ira           24  M   shoemaker          Mass.        I#
                                                              # deaf & dumb
 2  36  50 Andrews, Caleb        45  M   shipwright    750    "  
 3         ,       Sally         42  F                        "  
 4         ,       Henry         21  M   shipwright           "  
 5         ,       Eliza         15  F                        "          S
 6  37  51 ,       Nathan        38  M   shipwright   1100    "  
 7         ,       Clarissa      31  F                        "  
 8         ,       Susan         14  F                        "          S
 9         ,       Clarissa J.   12  F                        "          S
10         ,       Newell        10  M                        "          S
11         ,       Patience       8  F                        "          S
12         ,       Eveline M.     6  F                        "          S
13         ,       Nathan P.      3  M                        "  
14         ,       Savina         1  F                        "  
15  38  52 Guppey, Philena       40  F                        "  
16         ,       Charles A.    15  M   shoemaker            "          S
17         ,       George F.     13  M                      N.H.         S
18         ,       Orlando       11  M                      N.H.         S
19         ,       John E.        6  M                      N.H.         S
20         ,       Samuel S.      4  M                      N.H.         S
21         ,       Mary E.        2m F                      N.H. 
22         Andrews, Soloman      81  M   farmer        900  Mass.  
23  39  53 Cogswell, Lucy        64  F                        "  
24         ,       Addison       34  M   farmer       3500    "  
25      54 Morse,  Samuel Jr.    27  M   shipjoiner           "  
26         ,       Mary A.       31  F                        "  
27         ,       Henry C.       3  M                        "  
28         ,       Emma J.       10m F                        "
29  40  55 Cogswell, Jeremiah    42  M   carpenter    1000    "  
30         ,       Hannah        38  F                        "  
31  41  56 Gilbert, William G.   39  M   blacksmith    550    "  
32         ,       Elizabeth     37  F                        "  
33         ,       William H.    15  M   blacksmith           "          S
34         ,       Noah          14  M                        "          S
35         ,       Mary E.       10  F                        "          S
36         ,       John L. J.     6  M                        "          S
37         ,       Samuel P.      4  M                        "          S
38         Hobson, Harriet E.    23  F                        "  
39         Denning, Patrick      35  M   blacksmith         Ireland
40  42  57 Andrews, Seth         42  M   mariner            Mass.
41         ,       Sally         48  F                        "  
42         ,       Ezra          14  M                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  42  58 Butman, Hepsibah      61  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Charles       25  M   shoemaker            "  
 3  43  59 Mears,  Francis       25  M   shipwright           "  
 4         ,       Sally         20  F                        "  
 5      60 Burnham, Rachel       36  F                1000    "  
 6         ,       John A.        9  M                        "          S
 7         ,       Charles        7  M                        "          S
 8  44  61 Andrews, Frederick P. 34  M   shipwright   1200    "  
 9         ,       Cyrena M.     32  F                        "  
10         ,       Sanborn F.     9  M                        "  
11         ,       Cyrus H.       4  M                        "  
12         ,       Gasper S.      1  M                        "  
13  45  62 ,       Israel        69  M   farmer               "  
14         ,       Anna          70  F                        "  
15      63 ,       Isaac         68  M   mariner       600    "  
16         Jackson, Jothan       41  M   labourer             "  
17         Andrews, Jeanna       66  F                        "  
18         Jackson, Mandana      15  M                        "          S
19         ,       Andrew        13  M                        "          S
20  46  64 Andrews, Caroline     41  F                 600    "  
21         ,       Sarah E.      14  F                        "          S
22         ,       Caroline A.   12  F                        "          S
23         ,       Elias          8  M                        "          S
24  47  65 Lendall, John         26  M   farmer               "  
25         ,       Emily A.      23  F                        "  
26         Andrews, Samuel S.    24  M   shoemaker            "  
27  48  66 Burnham, Willard R.   43  M   carpenter    1700    "  
28         ,       Lucy          37  F                        "  
29         ,       Lucy A.       13  F                        "          S
30         ,       Willard A.     8  M                        "          S
31  49  67 Poland, Daniel        44  M   shipwright   2500    "  
32         ,       Ruth          50  F                        "  
33         ,       Daniel Jr.    20  M                        "  
34         ,       Susan B.      13  F                        "          S
35         ,       Gardner        9  M                        "          S
36  50  68 McKenzie, John        38  M   mariner              "  
37         ,       Sally B.      33  F                        "  
38      69 Allen,  William       33  M   school teacher       "  
39         ,       Elizabeth     30  F                      Maine
40         ,       Robert W.      1  M                      Mass.
41         Grant,  Lucy J.       18  F                      Br Prov N.B.
42         Nichols, William      21  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  51  70 Burnham, Issachar     51  M   shipwright   3000  Mass.
 2         ,       Abigail       47  F                        "  
 3         ,       Elsina A.      6  F                        "          S
 4      71 ,       Zacheus Jr.   42  M   shipwright   2000    "  
 5         ,       Sally         43  F                        "  
 6         ,       Zacheus       16  M                        "          S
 7         ,       Issachar      14  M                        "          S
 8         ,       Mary E.       12  F                        "          S
 9         ,       Albert        10  M                        "          S
10         ,       Lucy           8  F                        "          S
11         ,       Clarissa A.    5m F                        "
12         ,       Sally A.      18  F                        "  
13  52  72 ,       William       69  M   farmer      10000    "  
14         ,       Sally         65  F                        "  
15      73 ,       Abram         34  M   farmer        400    "  
16         ,       Clarissa W.   28  F                        "  
17  53  74 ,       William G.    39  M   farmer       1600    "  
18         ,       Elizabeth     23  F                        "  
19         ,       Angeline       3  F                        "  
20         ,       William L.     6m M                        "
21  54  75 ,       Seth          43  M   farmer       3000    "  
22         ,       Abigail       42  F                        "  
23         ,       George A.     17  M                        "          S
24         ,       Abby H.       12  F                        "          S
25         ,       Lucy F.        6  F                        "          S
26  55  76 Pierce, Oliver        47  M   blacksmith    500  Maine
27         ,       Tabetha       42  F                      Mass.
28         ,       Oliver Jr.    16  M                        "          S
29         ,       William       14  M                        "          S
30         ,       Samuel        12  M                        "          S
31         ,       George         9  M                        "          S
32         ,       Mary           1  F                        "  
33  56  77 Burnham, Ebenezar     43  M   shipwright   3500    "  
34         ,       Susan Y.      41  F                        "  
35         ,       Thankful      17  F                        "          S
36         ,       Ebenezar Jr.  12  M                        "          S
37         ,       Albert F.      9  M                        "          S
38         ,       Orin B.        3  M                        "  
39  57  78 Haskell, Caleb        57  M   farmer       3000    "  
40         ,       Fitz William  23  M   farmer               "  
41         ,       Lucy E.       22  F                        "  
42         ,       Oliver S.     20  M   farmer               "