1850 Federal Census of Essex, Massachusetts
pages 10-19
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  
Page 10
 1  57  78 Haskell, Martha M.    18  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Hannah S.     15  F                        "          S
 3  58  79 ,       Enoch         59  M   farmer       3000    "  
 4         ,       Nancy         49  F                        "  
 5         ,       David L.      11  M                        "          S
 6         ,       James F.       8  M                        "          S
 7         ,       Harriet B.     5  F                        "          S
 8         ,       Dorcas        47  F                        "  
 9  59  80 Burnham, Jacob 2d     42  M   shipwright   1500    "  
10         ,       Judith H.     40  F                        "  
11         ,       Lucy A.       13  F                        "          S
12         ,       Izanna H.     12  F                        "          S
13         ,       Edward        36  M   shipwright           "  
14  60  81 ,       Abigail       64  F                2000    "  
15         ,       Lucy H.       25  F                        "  
16         ,       John C.       23  M   farmer               "  
17      82 Andrews, John         30  M   shipwright           "  
18         ,       Nancy         28  F                        "  
19         ,       Melissa        8  F                        "          S
20         ,       Nancy M.       6  F                        "          S
21         ,       Lucy E.        4  F                        "  
22  61  83 Burnham, Asa          45  M   shipwright    800    "  
23         ,       Mary F.       40  F                        "  
24         ,       George F.     22  M   shipwright           "  
25         ,       Lucretia C.   18  F                        "  
26         ,       Henry A.      16  M   shipwright           "          S
27  62  84 ,       Andrew W.     64  M   baker                "  
28         ,       Mary A.       30  F                        "  
29         ,       Otis          11  M                        "          S
30  63  85 Story,  Ira           29  M   shipwright   1500    "  
31         ,       Sophronia     27  F                        "  
32         ,       Henriette M.   5  F                        "          S
33         ,       Adelaid        1  F                        "  
34         ,       Harriet E.     4m F                        "
35  64  86 Boyd,   Adam          61  M   farmer      13000    "  
36         ,       Ruth          56  F                        "  
37         ,       Minia         30  F                        "  
38         ,       Lydia         24  F                        "  
39         ,       Abigail       21  F                        "  
40         ,       Ellen         16  F                        "          S
41         ,       John          13  M                        "          S
42         ,       Charles        8  M                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  64  86 Flint,  Thomas        20  M   labourer           Ireland      I
 2         Andrews, George W.    21  M   labourer           Mass.
 3  65  87 Proctor, Thomas       46  M   shoemaker            "  
 4         ,       Mary          66  F                1000    "  
 5         ,       Mary 2d       44  F                        "  
 6         Hooper, Lavinia       36  F                        "  
 7         ,       Thomas        38  M   carpenter            "  
 8         ,       Thomas Jr.    10  M                        "          S
 9  66  88 Burnham, David        35  M   farmer       1000    "  
10         ,       Hepsy         34  F                        "  
11         ,       Hepsy J.      13  F                        "          S
12         ,       Rebecca F.     4  F                        "          S
13         ,       David E.       1  M                        "  
14  67  89 ,       William 4th   39  M   farmer       1200    "  
15         ,       Hannah B.     30  F                        "  
16         ,       Lucy A.        3  F                        "  
17  68  90 Andrews, David S.     48  M   shoemaker    1200    "  
18         ,       Mary          44  F                        "  
19         ,       Mary O.       18  F                        "  
20         ,       Perley        14  M                        "          S
21      91 Poland, Mehitable     85  F                        "  
22         ,       Olevia        54  F                        "  
23  69  92 Courtney, Benjamin    41  M   shipwright   3000    "  
24         ,       Eliza J.      38  F                        "  
25         ,       Ellen E.      12  F                        "          S
26         ,       Miranda        6  F                        "          S
27         Burnham, Eunice       74  F                        "  
28  70  93 Andrews, Abner        50  M   labourer     1050    "  
29         ,       Hannah        59  F                        "  
30  71  94 Low,    Rufus         60  M   mariner       850    "  
31         ,       Mary E.       35  F                        "  
32         ,       William C.     7  M                        "          S
33  72  95 Allen,  Joseph Jr.    49  M   shipwright    800    "  
34         ,       Orpha         45  F                        "  
35         ,       Susan         22  F                        "  
36         ,       Joseph G.     20  M   mariner              "  
37         ,       Hiram         17  M   shoemaker            "          S
38         ,       Hervy         10  M                        "          S
39  73  96 Andrews, James B.     33  M   shipwright    900    "  
40         ,       Clarissa      32  F                        "  
41         ,       Moses A.      12  M                        "          S
42         ,       Clarissa F.    7  F                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  73  97 Gilbert, Lucy         45  F                      Mass.
 2         Goldthwait, George D. 19  M                        "  
 3         Gilbert, Benjamin F.  11  M                        "          S
 4  74  98 Andrews, Moses        75  M   labourer      300    "  
 5         ,       Sarah         74  F                        "  
 6  75  99 Burnham, Michael 2d   48  M   labourer             "  
 7         ,       Mary A.       44  F                        "  
 8         ,       Mary A. 2d    14  F                        "          S
 9         ,       John F.       12  M                        "          S
10         ,       Aaron L.      10  M                        "          S
11         ,       Helen M.       6  F                        "          S
12         ,       Abby E.        3  F                        "  
13  76 100 Low,    Elizabeth     65  F                        "  
14         Burnham, William      29  M   mariner            Maine
15         ,       America       27  M   shipwright         Maine
16  77 101 Andrews, William G.   35  M   labourer           Mass.
17         ,       Almira        30  F                        "  
18         ,       Fitz A.        6  M                        "  
19     102 Earl,   William       37  M   labourer             "  
20         ,       Marcia        42  F                        "  
21         ,       Phebe A.      14  F                        "          S
22         ,       George W.     12  M                        "          S
23         ,       Lucy M.        1  F                        "  
24     103 Andrews, Jacob        65  M   labourer             "  
25  78 104 Burnham, Obed         33  M   block & pump maker   "  
26         ,       Margarett     31  F                        "  
27         ,       Victoria M.   10  F                        "          S
28         ,       Margarett E.   8  F                        "          S
29         ,       Obed L.        1m M                        "  
30         Andrews, Asa B.       32  M   shipwright   1500    "  
31         ,       Mary B.       31  F                        "  
32         ,       Asa G.         6  M                        "          S
33         ,       Francis F.     4  M                        "          S
34  79 105 ,       Solomon       43  M   shipwright   1050    "  
35         ,       Lydia L.      42  F                        "  
36         ,       Caroline E.   15  F                        "          S
37         ,       FitzHuge L.   12  M                        "          S
38         ,       Eunice H.      7  F                        "          S
39         Haskell, David        30  M                        "  
40  80 106 Andrews, Aaron C.     41  M   shipwright   1000    "  
41         ,       Jane          38  F                        "  
42         ,       Zeno P.       11  M                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  80 106 Andrews, Martha J.     8  F                      Mass.        S
 2         ,       Mary F.        8  F                        "          S
 3  81 107 Percivel, Ira         67  M   shoemaker          Ct.
 4         ,       Martha        71  F                      Mass.
 5         ,       Mary          36  F                        "  
 6     108 Nutter, William       37  M   shoemaker     750    "  
 7         ,       Adaline       32  F                        "  
 8         ,       Emma H.        2  F                        "  
 9  82 109 Andrews, Franklin     34  M   carpenter    1500    "  
10         ,       Esther        31  F                        "  
11         ,       Lydia          9  F                        "          S
12  83 110 Brown,  Lucy          26  F                 750    "  
13         ,       Maria F.       3  F                        "  
14         ,       Nathan H.     10m M                        "
15  84 111 Preston, David        47  M   mason        2000    "  
16         ,       Anna          47  F                        "  
17         ,       Anna E.       23  F                        "  
18         ,       Sarah B.      14  F                        "          S
19  85 112 Perkins, William H.   39  M   shipwright    700    "  
20         ,       Hannah D.     30  F                        "  
21         ,       Aaron C.      10  M                        "          S
22         ,       Hannah D. 2d   8  F                        "          S
23         ,       William F.     4  M                        "          S
24         ,       Agusta L.      1  F                        "  
25  86 113 Cogswell, John        65  M   farmer       2000    "  
26         ,       Lucretia      62  F                        "  
27         ,       John Jr.      37  M   labourer             "  
28         ,       Charles       24  M   mariner              "  
29         ,       George        22  M   mariner              "  
30         ,       Edward        16  M   labourer             "          S
31     114 Haskell, Lucy         30  F                        "  
32         ,       William        6  M                        "          S
33         ,       Lucy A.        2  F                        "  
34  87 115 Burnham, John F.      54  M   farmer       4750    "  
35         ,       Mehitable     49  F                        "  
36         ,       Sarah J.      28  F                        "  
37         ,       Lucy A.       21  F                        "  
38         ,       Caroline      18  F                        "  
39         ,       John F. Jr.   15  M   farmer               "          S
40         ,       Charles A.    14  F                        "          S
41         ,       Francis H.    12  M                        "          S
42         ,       Joseph H.      8  M                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  88 116 Lee,    Zacheus       41  M   mariner       800  Mass.
 2         ,       Ann           39  F                        "  
 3         ,       Lucretia A.   17  F                        "  
 4         ,       Minerva J.    15  F                        "          S
 5         ,       Nancy C.      13  F                        "          S
 6         ,       John E.       11  M                        "          S
 7         ,       Hannah         8  F                        "          S
 8         ,       Priscilla C.   6  F                        "          S
 9         ,       Eveline B.     3m F                        "
10     117 Cogswell, Priscilla   62  F                 300    "  
11  89 118 Farnham, Isaac        49  M   trader       1250    "  
12         ,       Mary          51  F                        "  
13         ,       Mary A.       21  F                        "  
14         ,       Samuel B.     20  M   shoemaker            "  
15         ,       Henry P.      18  M   carpenter            "  
16         ,       John C.       17  M   labourer             "          S
17         ,       Hannah A.     14  F                        "          S
18         ,       Albert M.      9  M                        "          S
19  90 119 Burnham, William Jr.  57  M   trader       1200    "  
20         ,       Mary H.       55  F                        "  
21         ,       Helen C.      12  F                        "          S
22         ,       Alfred W.      8  M                        "          S
23  91 120 Proctor, Joseph       42  M   rigger               "  
24         ,       Elizabeth G.R.43  F                        "  
25         ,       Joseph Jr.    15  M   labourer             "          S
26         ,       Eliza A.      13  F                        "          S
27         ,       Charles W.    11  M                        "          S
28         ,       John N.        9  M                        "          S
29         ,       George G.      7  M                        "          S
30         ,       Nehemiah R.    5  M                        "          S
31     121 Burnham, William H.   43  M   shipwright   2500    "  
32         ,       Elizabeth S.  40  F                        "  
33         ,       William M.    18  M   shipwright           "  
34         ,       George C.     14  M                        "          S
35         ,       Samuel P.     12  M                        "          S
36         ,       Francis P.     2  M                        "  
37         ,       Joshua         4m M                        "
38  92 122 ,       Moses Jr.     45  M   shipwright   1200    "  
39         ,       Eliza         44  F                        "  
40         ,       Moses 2d      13  M                        "          S
41         Andrews, Sophia E.    12  F                        "          S
42         Burnham, Elizabeth M. 12  F                        "          S

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  92 122 Burnham, Susan M.     10  F                      Mass.        S
 2  93 123 Lufkin, Elizabeth     28  F                1100    "  
 3         ,       Charles P.     7  M                        "          S
 4         ,       John E.        3  M                        "  
 5         ,       Lois A.        1  F                        "  
 6         Knowlton, Cassandra   19  F                        "  
 7         Gosbee, Joseph        24  M   shoemaker          Br Prov N.B.
 8         Andrews, Timothy Jr.  23  M   shipwright         Mass.
 9         Carey,  William B.    23  M   shipjoiner           "  
10         Wheeler, Joseph       29  M   shipwright           "  
11         Spear,  Phinehas      22  M   shipjoiner           "  
12  94 124 Burnham, Daniel A.    39  M   shipwright   1000    "  
13         ,       Rispah        35  F                        "  
14         ,       Daniel W.     14  M                        "          S
15         ,       Ellen R.      11  F                        "          S
16     125 ,       Nehemiah S.   47  M   shipwright    250    "  
17         ,       Sarah         41  F                        "  
18         ,       Joseph L.     16  M   shoemaker            "          S
19         ,       Priscilla A.  14  F                        "          S
20         ,       Deborah A.     9  F                        "          S
21         ,       Francis E.     1  M                        "  
22  95 126 ,       Aaron         48  M   shipwright   1250    "  
23         ,       Anna          46  F                        "  
24         ,       Aaron O.      20  M                        "  
25         ,       Almira        19  F                        "  
26         ,       Anna E.       16  F                        "  
27         ,       Faustina      13  F                        "          S
28         ,       Emma           7  F                        "          S
29  96 127 Boyd,   Joel          52  M   trader       1500    "  
30         ,       Mary          48  F                        "  
31         ,       Francis L.    24  M  traveling agent 600   "  
32         ,       Georgianna    19  F                        "  
33         ,       Emily         16  F                        "  
34     128 Burnham, Lucy         82  F                  50    "  
35  97 129 Quinby, Jacob         39  M   caulker       400    "  
36         ,       Elizabeth B.  27  F                        "  
37         ,       Horace M.      4  M                        "          S
38         ,       Abigail       55  F                        "  
39         Proctor, Thomas M. Jr.28  M   drovier              "  
40     130 Jones,  Abram         47  M   shipwright           "  
41         ,       Mary          49  F                        "  
42         ,       Caleb Q.      21  M   shipwright           "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1  97 130 Jones,  John S.       17  M                      Mass.
 2         ,       Betsey C.     15  F                        "  
 3         ,       Samuel Q.     13  M                        "          S
 4         ,       Abigail Q.     7  F                        "          S
 5  98 131 Burnham, Aaron        63  M   caulker      1400    "  
 6         ,       Lucy          50  F                        "  
 7  99 132 Perkins, Asa F.       28  M   farmer        100    "  
 8         ,       Mary A.       28  F                        "  
 9         ,       Warren F.      6  M                        "          S
10         ,       Gilman A.      1m M                        "
11     133 Clark,  Benjamin H.   35  M   shoemaker          Br Prov N.B.
12         ,       Mary C.       27  F                      Br Prov N.B.
13         ,       Abby E.       10m F                      Br Prov N.B.
14 100 134 Burnham, Aaron L.     43  M   carver       3750  Br Prov N.B.  [correct birthplace?]
15         ,       Lucy C.       36  F                      Br Prov N.B.
16         ,       Louisa K.     18  F                      Br Prov N.B.
17         ,       Lucy K.        1m F                      Br Prov N.B.
18     135 Howes,  Andrew        23  M   shipjoiner         Br Prov N.B.
19         ,       Mary L.       20  F                      Br Prov N.B.
20         ,       Mary H.        1m F                      Br Prov N.B.
21 101 136 Robenson, Edwin L.    42  M   harness maker      N.H.
22         ,       Rhoda S.      44  F                      Mass.
23         ,       Georgianna A. 13  F                        "          S
24         ,       Mathew H.     11  M                        "          S
25         ,       Hannah J.      8  F                      N.H.         S
26         ,       Edwin S.       4  M                      Mass.
27         ,       Elizabeth C.   1  F                        "  
28     137 Burnham, Mary         85  F                 500    "  
29         Lee,    Margarett     65  F                        "  
30 102 138 Andrews, Samuel       50  M   shipwright   1000    "  
31         ,       Aurelia       40  F                        "  
32         ,       Hannah A.     16  F                        "          S
33         ,       Edward        14  M                        "          S
34 103 139 Allen,  Gilman P.     41  M   shipwright   1800    "  
35         ,       Elizabeth     30  F                        "  
36         ,       Emily P.      11  F                        "          S
37         ,       Elizabeth C.   9  F                        "          S
38     140 ,       Charles B.    41  M   shipwright           "  
39         ,       Joanna G.     31  F                        "  
40         ,       Charles O.     2  M                        "  
41 104 141 Story,  George        48  M   farmer       4000    "  
42         ,       Elizabeth     20  F                        "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1 104 141 Story,  Lucinda       18  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Mary          15  F                        "  
 3         ,       George        14  M                        "          S
 4         ,       Abigail       12  F                        "          S
 5         ,       Helen P.       8  F                        "          S
 6     142 Boardman, Rachel       6  F                        "              [age may be 60-69]
 7         Brown,  Nicholas      27  M   labourer           Ireland      I
 8 105 143 Burnham, George W.    50  M   trader       3500  Mass.
 9         ,       Ann G.        41  F                        "  
10         ,       George W. Jr. 20  M   trader               "  
11         ,       Ann P.        16  F                        "  
12 106 144 Boyd,   John          55  M   shipwright   2500    "  
13         ,       Lucy          58  F                        "  
14         ,       Sally         25  F                        "  
15         ,       Lucy M.       22  F                        "  
16 107 145 Allen,  Joseph        73  M   shipwright           "  
17         Burnham, Sarah        88  F                        "  
17 108   0 unoccupied                                
18 109 146 Burnham, Amos         60  M   cooper       2650    "  
19         ,       Mary          57  F                        "  
20         ,       Mary L.       23  F                        "  
21         ,       Abalina       20  F                        "  
22         ,       Charles A.    15  M                        "          S
23 110 147 ,       Alfred        53  M   cooper       2200    "  
24         ,       Edna          50  F                        "  
25         ,       Alfred Jr.    26  M   carpenter            "  
26         Allen,  Isaac         27  M   carpenter            "  
27 111 148 ,       Humphrey C.   24  M   shipwright           "  
28         ,       Fanny L.      24  F                        "  
29         ,       Edgar          1  M                        "  
30     149 Giddings, Samuel      49  M   teamer               "  
31         ,       Eunice        41  F                        "  
32         ,       Mary E.       19  F                        "  
33         ,       Eunice A.     16  F                        "  
34     150 ,       James         27  M   mason                "  
35         ,       Martha        31  F                        "  
36 112 151 Burnham, Jeremiah     37  M   shipwright   3100    "  
37         ,       Matilda       33  F                        "  
38         ,       Emily P.      10  F                        "          S
39         ,       Eunice G.      8  F                        "          S
40         ,       Matilda B.     3  F                        "  
41     152 Lufkin, Jonathan      23  M   stage owner          "  
42         ,       Eliza Jane    22  F                        "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1 112 152 Lufkin, Henry C.       1  M                      Mass.
 2 113 153 Burnham, Noah         37  M   caulker      1500    "  
 3         ,       Caroline      31  F                        "  
 4         ,       Caroline M.   10  F                        "          S
 5         ,       Noah Jr.       9  M                        "          S
 6         ,       Lewis          6  M                        "          S
 7 114 154 Story,  Andrew        37  M   ship builder 2000    "  
 8         ,       Lucy A.       30  F                        "  
 9         ,       Lucy E.        7  F                        "          S
10         ,       Anna M.        4  F                        "          S
11         ,       Andrew F.      1  M                        "  
12         ,       Albert T.      1  M                        "  
13     155 Proctor, Mitchel      32  M   mariner              "  
14         ,       Abigail       25  F                        "  
15         ,       Hannah E.      5  F                        "          S
16         Marshal, Joseph M.    21  M   stage driver         "  
17     156 Allen,  Mary          46  F                        "  
18 115 157 Low,    Joshua        55  M   blacksmith   6500    "  
19         ,       Mary          55  F                        "  
20         ,       Mary F.       25  F                        "  
21         ,       Eliza J.      23  F                        "  
22         ,       Ellen M.      19  F                        "  
23         ,       Rosalinda     15  F                        "          S
24 116 158 Crowell, Robert       62  M  Cong Clergyman 2000   "  
25         ,       Maria W.      34  F                        "  
26         ,       Mary L.       25  F                        "  
27         ,       Catherine C.  16  F                        "          S
28         ,       Louisa        56  F                        "  
29         Baxter, Anna M. E.    16  F M                    Florida      S
30         Lammis, Martha R.     12  F M                    Florida      S
31         Cambell, Rodrick      55  M                      Scotland
32     159 Choate, David         51  M   farmer       7400  Mass.
33         ,       Elizabeth     45  F                        "  
34         ,       David Jr.     21  M   farmer               "  
35         ,       Helen M.      18  F                        "          S
36         ,       Rufus         16  M   farmer               "          S
37         ,       Hannah E.      9  F                        "          S
38         ,       William C.     7  M                        "          S
39         ,       Washington     4  M                        "          S
40         Butler, Isabella      47  F                        "  
41         Choate, Miriam        78  F                        "  
42         Sewall, Mary          58  F                        "  

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    Hse Fam    NAME            AGE SEX C OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTHPLACE MSL  
 1 117 160 Griggs, Thomas H.     42  M   block maker  2000  Gr. Bretton
 2         ,       Sarah         40  F                      Mass.
 3         McKenzie, Washington  30  M   shipwright           "  
 4         ,       Emerson       28  M   shipwright           "  
 5         Faye,   John          28  M   shoemaker          Gr. Bretton
 6     161 Riggs,  George        26  M   carpenter          Mass.
 7         ,       Martha        21  F                        "  
 8         ,       George Jr.     9m M                        "
 9 118 162 Dodge,  Grover        44  M   farmer               "  
10         ,       Mirinda       29  F                        "  
11 119 163 Burnham, Samuel       63  M   shipwright   4100    "  
12         ,       Sally A.      45  F                        "  
13         ,       Sarah A.      19  F                        "          S
14         ,       Everett       15  M                        "          S
15         ,       Abion         10  M                        "          S
16         ,       Wallis G.      4  M                        "          S
17         Andrews, Abel         56  M   farmer               "  
18 120 164 Burnham, Oliver       40  M   ship builder 1500    "  
19         ,       Abigail       14  F                        "          S
20         ,       Matilda M.    12  F                        "          S
21         ,       Sophronia M.  10  F                        "          S
22         ,       Harriet O.     4  F                        "          S
23         ,       Polly M.      56  F                        "  
24 121 165 ,       Nathan 3d     37  M   shipwright   3000    "  
25         ,       Margarett     32  F                        "  
26         ,       Wilber         8  M                        "          S
27         ,       Leavitt        5  M                        "          S
28         ,       Sarah E.       1  F                        "  
29 122 166 Cogswell, Humphrey    49  M   trader       2000    "  
30         ,       Sally H.      48  F                        "  
31         ,       Sarah H. B.   24  F                      N.H.
32         ,       Henry C.      21  M   carpenter          N.H.
33         ,       George H.     19  M   storekeeper        N.H.
34         ,       Mary A.       15  F                      N.H.         S
35         ,       Clarance C.    6  F                      Mass.        S
36         Burnham, Sally        75  F                        "  
37     167 Cogswell, Abigail     83  F                2000    "  
38 123 168 Proctor, Thomas M.    62  M   victualer            "  
39         Jewett, Frances       44  F                        "  
40         ,       John           9  M                        "          S
41 124 169 Burnham, Parker       68  M   farmer      10000    "  
42         ,       Mary          64  F                        "