1850 Federal Census of Essex, Massachusetts
pages 20-29
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 20
 1 124 169 Burnham, Hardy        25  M   block maker         Mass.
 2         Ingalls, William      30  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
 3         Prince, John          30  M   Univ.  Clergyman     "  
 4         ,       Mary          30  F                        "  
 5         ,       Mary 2d        7  F                        "          S
 6         ,       Elizabeth H.   5  F                        "          S
 7         Daily,  Lawrence      14  M                        "          S
 8 125 170 Cogswell, Albert      39  M   farmer      10000    "  
 9         ,       Elizabeth     30  F                        "  
10         ,       Lucy          68  F                        "  
11         ,       Jonathan      30  M   farmer               "  
12         Williams, Patrick     51  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
13 126 171 Lampson, Josiah       60  M   physician    2000    "  
14         ,       Betsy         51  F                        "  
15         ,       Mary J.       25  F                        "  
16         ,       Emeline A.    23  F                        "  
17 127 172 Story,  Epes          57  M   ship builder 2800    "  
18         ,       Clarissa      25  F                        "  
19         ,       Epes Jr.      23  M   shipwright           "  
20         ,       William       22  M   carpenter            "  
21         ,       Francis B.    19  M   shipwright           "  
22         ,       Enoch         15  M   shipwright           "          S
23         ,       Leonard       15  M                        "          S
24 128 173 Proctor, Samuel       47  M   trader       2500    "  
25         ,       Abigail       47  F                        "  
26         ,       Sarah         14  F                        "          S
27 129 174 Choate, John          62  M   farmer       6000    "  
28         ,       Elizabeth     59  F                        "  
29         ,       Francis       20  M   carpenter            "  
30         ,       John C.       18  M   carver               "  
31         ,       Elizabeth     27  F                        "  
32 130 175 Gage,   Caleb S.      35  M   wheelwright   400    "  
33         ,       Betsy         32  F                        "  
34         ,       Thomas         9  M                        "          S
35         ,       Lydia M.       7  F                        "          S
36         ,       Elizabeth N.   5  F                        "          S
37         ,       Mary A.        2  F                        "  
38         Porter, William E.    18  M                        "  
39     176 Goldsmith, Edward K.  46  M   shoemaker     450    "  
40         ,       Judith K.     47  F                        "  
41         ,       Agusta K.     20  F                        "          S
42         Haskell, Judith G.    14  F                        "          S

Page 21
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
  
 1 130 176 Day,    Sarah         86  F                      Mass.
 2 131 177 Cogswell, Francis     40  M   carpenter    2200    "  
 3         ,       Charles B.    13  M   carpenter            "  
 4         Burnham, Caroline     18  F                        "          S
 5     178 ,       Jacob 3d      30  M   carpenter            "  
 6         ,       Ellen A.      23  F                        "  
 7 132 179 Cogswell, Caleb       42  M   carpenter    2500    "  
 8         ,       Elizabeth     38  F                        "  
 9         ,       Daniel W.     15  M                        "          S
10         ,       Abby          11  F                        "          S
11     180 Haskell, Betsy        50  F                        "  
12         ,       Martha        42  F                        "  
13 133 181 ,       Francis       35  M   blacksmith   2000    "  
14         ,       Mary K.       34  F                        "  
15         ,       Francis P.     9  M                        "          S
16         ,       Albert A.      7  M                        "          S
17         Marshall, Simeon      16  M   blacksmith           "          S
18 134 182 Hardy,  Daniel        55  M   rope maker   3000    "  
19         ,       Mary          45  F                        "  
20         ,       Margaret      17  F                        "          S
21         ,       Alphonso M.    7  M                        "          S
22         Choate, Miriam        82  F                        "  
23         Hardy,  Samuel        52  M   rope maker           "  
24 135 183 Burnham, Robert W.    43  M   shipwright   1200    "  
25         ,       Clara         38  F                        "  
26         ,       Clara P.      17  F                        "          S
27         ,       Emily B.      15  F                        "          S
28         ,       Amanda        13  F                        "          S
29         ,       Robert W. Jr. 10  M                        "          S
30         ,       Allina G.      8  F                        "          S
31         ,       Catharine      6  F                        "          S
32         How,    Charles       23  M   shipjoiner           "  
33         Lewis,  William T.    37  M   shipjoiner           "  
34         Damon,  John T.       22  M   shipjoiner           "  
35     184 Burnham, Luke Jr.     47  M   shipwright   1000    "  
36         ,       Mary          45  F                        "  
37         ,       Elizabeth C.  19  F                        "  
38         ,       Sarah B.      17  F                        "          S
39         ,       Osgood E.     14  M                        "          S
40         ,       Lucretia A.   12  F                        "          S
41         ,       Luke R.       10  M                        "          S
42 136 185 Holmes, Susan         79  F                2000    "  

Page 22
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 136 185 Hibbert, Sally        45  F                      Mass.
 2         Snow,   Nathaniel     20  M   shoemaker            "  
 3     186 Knight, Thomas        50  M   pump & block maker   "  
 4         ,       Marcia B.     44  F                        "  
 5 137 187 Miller, Alexander     28  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
 6         ,       Elizabeth     23  F                      Br Prov N.B.
 7         ,       Margaret       2m F                      Mass.
 8         Dunn,   James         62  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
 9     188 Noble,  John          30  M                      Br Prov N.B.
10         Dunn,   Nancy         27  F                      Br Prov N.B.
11         Noble,  Mary           4  F                      Br Prov N.B.
12         ,       Henry          2  M                      Br Prov N.B.
13     189 Riggs,  Asa           52  M   labourer           Mass.
14         ,       Annah         52  F                        "  
15         ,       Mary A.       17  F                        "  
16         ,       Solomon A.    15  M                        "          S
17         ,       Caroline      12  F                        "          S
18         ,       Wendell P.    11  M                        "          S
19         ,       Annah M.       8  F                        "          S
20     190 Burnham, Adoniram     51  M   cooper               "  
21         ,       Nancy         37  F                        "  
22         ,       Josephus      20  M                        "  
23         ,       William H.     9  M                        "          S
24         ,       Melvina        3  F                        "  
25         ,       Constantine    6  F                        "          S
26         ,       Sarah A.       2  F                        "  
27 138 191 Hardy,  Thomas        51  M   ship builder         "  
28         ,       Esther        50  F                        "  
29         ,       Sylvanus      25  M   shipwright           "  
30         ,       Samuel N.     23  M   shipwright           "  
31         ,       Thomas N.     19  M   shipwright           "  
32         ,       Burnham       16  M   shipwright           "          S
33 139 192 McKenzie, William     31  M   shipwright           "  
34         ,       Lucy M.       26  F                        "  
35         ,       Lucy M. 2d     4  F                        "  
36         ,       Catharine E.   3m F                        "  
37 140 193 Lakeman, Mary         58  F                        "  
38         ,       Edward F.     37  M   ship master          "  
39         ,       Aaron F.      25  M   carpenter            "  
40         Perkins, John B.      33  M   carpenter            "  
41         ,       Harriet N.    29  F                        "  
42     194 Story,  Joseph        35  M   shipwright    250    "  

Page 23
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 140 194 Story,  Harriet       29  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       George A.      9  M                        "          S
 3         ,       Harriet E.     7  M                        "          S
 4         ,       Joseph A.      5  M                        "          S
 5         ,       Helen A.       1  F                        "  
 6         Riggs,  Helen A.      25  F                        "  
 7 141 195 Norton, George        42  M   farmer       1500    "  
 8         ,       Lucinda       38  F                        "  
 9         ,       Ellen V.      14  F                        "          S
10         ,       George H.      9  M                        "          S
11         ,       Hannah S.      5  F                        "          S
12         Whipple, George H.    21  M   miller               "  
13         Haskell, Samuel P.    21  M   storekeeper          "  
14 142 196 McKenzie, Leonard     36  M   ship builder         "  
15         ,       Almira E.     28  F                        "  
16     197 Story,  Samuel        33  M   shipwright    100    "  
17         ,       Nancy         32  F                        "  
18         ,       Charles A.    10  M                        "          S
19         ,       Edward         1  M                        "  
20 143 198 ,       Abel          59  M   ship builder 4000    "  
21         ,       Job           34  M   shipwright           "  
22         ,       Andrew        31  M   shipwright           "  
23         ,       Joseph        24  M   shipwright           "  
24         ,       Newton        18  M   shipwright           "  
25         ,       Susan         23  F                        "  
26         ,       Lucinda       20  F                        "  
27 144 199 Low,    Enoch         67  M   trader       6000    "  
28         ,       Elizabeth M.  57  F                        "  
29         ,       Emeline E.    21  F                        "  
30         ,       Albert F.     20  M                        "          S
31         ,       Edward        14  M                        "          S
32         McDonald, Daniel      26  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
33         Whittmore, John       40  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
34         Roy,    John          35  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.
35         Haskell, Franklin     28  M   painter            Mass.
36         Story,  George M.     21  M   shipwright           "  
37         ,       Elvira        17  F                        "  
38         ,       David A.      21  M   shipwright    200    "  
39     200 ,       Charle O.     26  M   shipwright           "  
40         ,       Susan M.      23  F                        "  
41         ,       Horace J.      2  M                        "  
42 145 201 Dunkerson, Henry      36  M   shipwright         Br Prov N.B.

Page 24
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 145 201 Dunkerson, Emma       21  F                      Br Prov N.B.
 2         ,       Angers         3  M                      Br Prov N.B.
 3         ,       Charlotte A.   1  F                      Br Prov N.B.
 4     202 Burnham, Zenus        24  M   labourer           Mass.
 5         ,       Emeline       22  F                        "  
 6         ,       Clemens        1  M                        "  
 7 146 203 Spofford, Uriah G.    49  M   carpenter            "  
 8         ,       Mary          45  F                        "  
 9         ,       Prescot       24  M   shipwright           "  
10         ,       Jacob P.      20  M   carpenter            "  
11         ,       Mary L.       17  F                        "  
12         ,       Laura         15  F                        "          S
13         Butler, Lewis         27  M   mariner              "  
14 147 204 Cogswell, Darius      37  M   farmer       4000    "  
15         ,       Ann E.        24  F                      N.H.
16         ,       Mary E.        0  F                      Mass.
17         Morgridge, Charles    17  M   labourer             "  
18         Wallis, Joshua        17  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
19         Choate, Mehitable P.  22  F                      N.H.
20 148 205 Low,    John          72  M   farmer       3000  Mass.
21         ,       Lucy          64  F                        "  
22         ,       George        44  M   farmer               "  
23         ,       Charles       33  M   farmer               "  
24         ,       Nathan        25  M   farmer               "  
25         ,       Silas         23  M   farmer               "  
26         ,       Susan         30  F                        "  
27         ,       Mary A.       18  F                        "          S
28 149 206 Dodge,  Nehemiah      40  M   farmer       7500    "  
29         ,       Elizabeth     38  F                        "  
30         Bray,   Martha        19  F                        "  
31         Ainsley, William      22  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
32         Warren, America       23  M   labourer           Maine
33 150 207 Low,    John Jr.      37  M   farmer        300  Mass.
34         ,       Harriet       34  F                        "  
35 151 208 Marshall, Charles     46  M   stone cutter  175    "  
36         ,       Louisa        44  F                        "  
37         ,       Eunice C.     20  F                        "  
38     209 ,       Mary L.       17  F                        "          S
39     208 ,       Elizabeth A.  15  F                        "          S
40         ,       Charles W.    13  M                        "          S
41         ,       Francis       10  M                        "          S
42     209 Andrews, Warren       47  M   blacksmith           "  

Page 25
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 151 209 Andrews, Sally        41  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Martha S.     18  F                        "  
 3         ,       Louisa K.     15  F                        "          S
 4         ,       Eliza A.P.    13  F                        "          S
 5         ,       Amanda D.      7  F                        "          S
 6 152 210 Pray,   Moses         35  M   farmer             Maine
 7         ,       Elizabeth     30  F                      Mass.
 8         ,       Lloyd W. D.    6  M                        "          S
 9         ,       Rachel A.      5  F                        "          S
10         ,       Sarah E.       2  F                        "  
11         Dame,   Nathan        57  M   farmer               "  
12         ,       Gustavus B.   22  M   labourer             "  
13         ,       John A.       14  M                        "  
14     211 Giddings, Aaron       61  M   farmer       5000    "  
15         ,       Mary          57  F                        "  
16         ,       Lucy P.       22  F                        "  
17 153 212 Hardy,  John          49  M   farmer       4000    "  
18         Burnham, Lucy         63  F                        "  
19         Bennett, Thomas       19  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
20 154 213 Burnham, John         51  M   farmer       5300  Mass.
21         ,       Sarah C.      43  F                        "  
22         ,       Sarah C. 2d   19  F                        "          S
23         ,       Elizabeth A.  17  F                        "          S
24         ,       John H.       15  M   farmer               "          S
25         ,       Francis C.    12  M                        "          S
26         ,       Horace         7  M                        "          S
27         ,       Gilbert O.     7m M                        "  
28         Perkins, John         76  M   tanner               "  
29         Huffie, John          24  M   labourer           Gr Bretton
30         Littleton, Mary A.    20  F                      Ireland
31         Choate, Lucretia      54  F                2500  Mass.
32 155 214 Burnham, Washington   31  M   shipwright           "  
33         ,       Mary          33  F                        "  
34         ,       Lamont G.      5  M                        "          S
35         ,       Isabel         1  F                        "  
36     215 Mears,  David         41  M   rope maker   2000    "  
37         ,       Abigail B.    31  F                        "  
38         ,       David O.       8  M                        "          S
39         ,       Franklin       5  M                        "          S
40         ,       Leaverett      1m M                        "  
41         Burnham, Thirza       13  F                        "          S
42 156 216 Mears,  John Jr.      44  M   rope maker    900    "  

Page 26
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 156 216 Mears,  Sarah W.      40  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Elizabeth 2d  18  F                        "  
 3         ,       Lucy A.       10  F                        "          S
 4 157 217 ,       John          72  M   rope maker   1500    "             mar-
 5         ,       Elizabeth     72  F                        "             mar-
 6 158 218 Low,    Jonathan      39  M   drovier       550    "  
 7         ,       Clara         38  F                        "  
 8 159 219 Mears,  William H.    39  M   rope maker   2500    "  
 9         ,       Mary A.       35  F                        "  
10         ,       Francis G.    13  M                        "          S
11         ,       Mary A. 2d     8  F                        "          S
12         ,       Henry W.       4  M                        "          S
13         ,       Eliza C.       1  F                        "  
14     220 Eveleth, Edward       37  M   shipwright   1000    "  
15         ,       Lucy          35  F                        "  
16         ,       Edward S.      8  M                        "          S
17         ,       Philemon       5  M                        "          S
18     221 Burnham, Ira          35  M   labourer      975    "  
19         ,       Harriet       32  F                        "  
20         ,       Ira F.         5  M                        "          S
21         ,       John H. G.     1m M                        "
22 160 222 Brown,  Charles W.    24  M   carpenter     450    "  
23         ,       Lydia A.      22  F                        "  
24     223 Burnham, Francis 2d   42  M   shipwright   1000    "  
25         ,       Mary P.       50  F                        "  
26         ,       Albert F.     10  M                        "          S
27 161 224 Marshall, William Jr. 24  M   farmer       4000    "          - 
28         ,       Mary Ann      25  F                        "          - 
29     225 Mears,  Henry         55  M   farmer        900    "  
30         ,       Abigail       46  F                        "  
31         ,       Esther        17  F                        "  
32         ,       Ellen         13  F                        "  
33 162 226 Low,    Josiah        50  M   farmer       9000    "  
34         ,       Betsy         50  F                        "  
35         ,       John C.       19  M   farmer               "  
36         ,       George        17  M   farmer               "          S
37         ,       Mary E.       15  F                        "          S
38         ,       Josiah Jr.    14  M                        "          S
39         ,       Joanna G.     11  F                        "          S
40         ,       Alice          8  F                        "          S
41         Fitz,   Patrick       25  M   labourer           Br Prov N.B.
42 163 227 Perkins, Ezra         67  M   farmer       1300  Mass.

Page 27
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 163 227 Perkins, Mary         67  F                      Mass.
 2         Haskell, Henry L.     12  M                        "          S
 3         Lovelan, Harriet N.   12  F                        "          S
 4         Story,  Mary          59  F                        "  
 5         Gardner, Fredrick P.  29  M   shoemaker            "  
 6         Sargent, Oliver H. P. 23  M   labourer             "  
 7     228 Perkins, Moses B.     47  M   shoemaker    1000    "  
 8         ,       Lydia         48  F                        "  
 9         ,       Gardner       22  M   shoemaker            "  
10         ,       John J.       18  M   student              "          S
11         ,       Leaverett     10  M   student              "          S
12 164 229 Burnham, Henry        66  M   farmer        750    "  
13         ,       Sarah         69  F                        "  
14         ,       Sarah A.       5  F                        "  
15 165 230 Crockett, Charles P.  42  M   farmer        600    "  
16         ,       Hannah        46  F                        "  
17         ,       Hannah J.      2  F                        "  
18 166 231 Mears,  Samuel        51  M   shoemaker     150    "  
19         ,       Lydia W.      47  F                        "  
20         ,       John A.       21  M   shoemaker     150    "  
21         ,       Solomon P.    19  M   shoemaker            "  
22         ,       Mary A.       17  F                        "  
23         ,       Asa B.        14  M                        "          S
24         ,       Lydia W. 2d   11  F                        "          S
25         ,       Rufus E.       8  M                        "          S
26         Channel, William H.   18  M   labourer             "          S
27 167 232 Lufkin, Josiah        47  M   mariner              "  
28         ,       Mehitable E.  45  F                        "  
29         ,       George        24  M   shoemaker            "  
30         ,       Josiah Jr.    21  M   shoemaker            "  
31         ,       Sewall        19  M   shoemaker            "  
32         ,       Alfred        17  M   shoemaker            "  
33         ,       Loring B.     14  M                        "  
34         ,       Henry         12  M                        "  
35         ,       William H. H.  9  M                        "  
36         ,       Mary S.        7  F                        "  
37 168 233 Story,  Mary W.       55  F                 625    "  
38         ,       John P.       25  M   shoemaker            "  
39 169 234 Burnham, Ezra         32  M   shoemaker     800    "  
40         ,       Mary A.       30  F                        "  
41         ,       Mary E.        9  F                        "          S
42         ,       Ezra F.        6  M                        "          S

Page 28
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 169 234 Burnham, Lewis O.      2  M   shoemaker          Mass. [occupation or age is wrong]
 2         Gray,   Ephraim A.    23  M   shoemaker          N.Y.
 3 170 235 Story,  James F.      25  M   shoemaker    1000  Mass.
 4         ,       Elizabeth     22  F                        "  
 5         ,       Elizabeth E.   2  F                        "  
 6         ,       John F.        1m M                        "
 7         Trask,  David B.      11  M                        "          S
 8         Lull,   Francis W.    15  M   shoemaker            "  
 9         Trask,  Lydia A.      17  F                        "  
10     236 Story,  David         70  M   farmer       2500    "  
11         ,       Sally         68  F                        "  
12 171 237 Burnham, Abner Jr.    42  M   shipwright           "  
13         ,       Lydia W.      44  F                        "  
14         ,       George W.     24  M   shoemaker            "  
15         ,       Helen         18  F                        "  
16         ,       Eli H.        16  M   shoemaker            "  
17         ,       Epes          14  M                        "          S
18         ,       Clementine     8  F                        "          S
19     238 Lufkin, Ephraim       26  M   blacksmith           "  
20         ,       Lydia A.      26  F                        "  
21         ,       Helen F.       4m F                        "
22 172 239 Norton, Daniel        68  M   farmer       4000    "  
23         ,       Lydia         58  F                        "  
24         ,       Harriet       20  F                        "  
25         ,       Edward        14  M                        "          S
26         Miller, John          24  M                      Br Prov N.B.
27 173 240 Burnham, Francis      59  M   tanner       6000  Mass.
28         ,       Mary          55  F                        "  
29         ,       Sarah J.      27  F                        "  
30         Wells,  Eben          13  M                        "          S
31     241 Goodhue, Francis      31  M   tanner        100    "  
32         ,       Elizabeth     33  F                        "  
33         ,       Albert F.      3  M                        "  
34 174 242 Eveleth, Philemon     40  M   farmer       2900    "  
35         ,       Edeth B.      41  F                        "  
36         ,       Warren        23  M   shoemaker            "  
37         ,       Sylvester     31  M   shoemaker            "  
38         ,       Abby          26  F                        "  
39 175 243 Burnham, Michael      69  M   farmer       2500    "  
40         ,       Patience      49  F                        "  
41         ,       Ira C.        24  M   shoemaker            "  
42         ,       George W.     20  M   shoemaker     425    "  

Page 29
    Hse Fam  NAME              AGE SEX C  OCCUPATION VALUE  BIRTHPLACE   MSL  
 1 175 243 Burnham, Mary E.      16  F                      Mass.
 2         ,       Lucy A.       12  F                        "          S
 3         ,       Michael       10  M                        "          S
 4         ,       Leonard        9  M                        "          S
 5         ,       James H.       7  M                        "          S
 6     244 ,       Nathan        74  M   shipwright   1750    "  
 7         ,       Susannah      70  F                        "  
 8 176 245 Goodhue, John         75  M   clothier      375    "  
 9         ,       Margaret      69  F                        "  
10 177 246 Loveland, Nathaniel   42  M   shoemaker            "  
11         ,       Ann           44  F                        "  
12         ,       Mary A.       15  F                        "  
13         ,       Sarah E.      14  F                        "          S
14         ,       Nathaniel Jr. 10  M                        "          S
15         ,       Jane           7  F                        "          S
16         ,       George B.      3  M                        "  
17     247 Burnham, Anna         79  F                 500    "  
18         ,       Adeline       38  F                        "  
19 178 248 ,       Silas         59  M   farmer        900    "  
20         ,       Sally         53  F                        "  
21         ,       Albert        23  M   shoemaker            "  
22         ,       Susan S.      17  F                        "  
23         ,       George F.     15  M   farmer               "          S
24         ,       Harriet       12  F                        "          S
25 179 249 ,       Abner         67  M   shoemaker     500    "  
26         ,       Anna          64  F                        "  
27         ,       Ruth          40  F                        "  
28         ,       Caroline      20  F                        "  
29         ,       Sarah         18  F                        "  
30     250 ,       William E.    25  M   shoemaker            "  
31         ,       Elizabeth     25  F                        "  
32         ,       Maria F.       2  F                        "  
33         Johnson, Benjamin F.  16  M                        "          S
34 180 251 Burnham, Polly        70  F                 800    "  
35 181 252 ,       Humphrey      41  M   shipwright    500    "  
36         ,       Eliza         37  F                        "  
37         ,       Abigail C.    18  F                        "  
38         ,       Eliza 2d      16  F                        "  
39         ,       Rufus         12  M                        "          S
40         ,       Ellen F.       7  F                        "          S
41         ,       Emma J.        5  F                        "          S
42 182 253 ,       David         35  M   shipwright   1000    "