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1838 Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Census
Moody's Corner to Yarmouth Line.


This census is as it was recorded in 1838. There is no special order, there are probably some misspelled names, and some of the totals are incorrect. This listing has no Adults column and in most cases the Total does not include the first two columns (children under 6). Was this a gross error or did the Census Taker feel that small children were't worth counting? Also widow status is not mentioned where females are head of the household. I leave all that to your interpretation. Many thanks to Kim Stevens for transcribing this census. The reference for this census at NSARMS is mfm #13581.



NameOccupationM<6F<6M<14F<14M>16F>16Total
John StudlyLabourer11439
John BrownFarmer112
Hayly BrownMerchant1132128
Mary Fletcher33
Isaac MillerFarmer2242118
Daniel RaymondMiller123
Leonard DennisFarmer224129
Malachy HalyFarmer1233118
David RobinsBlacksmith2232319
John RaymondFarmer4116
Joseph WitmoreFarmer1142118
Barny MartinFarmer1111114
Nathan HiltonShoemaker223128
Smith HiltonShoemaker2425112
John H. CrosbyFarmer124512
?Alex SmithMariner12332311
Daniel BathoonFarmer325
Henry BathoonFarmer1111114
Rufus SimonsFarmer21333110
Job HamiltonFarmer1222116
Charles TedfordFarmer33115
Benj'ne MosesMariner112
Lyman MosesMariner1113
Mary Palmer123
Job ChaseButcher112
Will'm RaymondMariner1124
Elizabeth Bain134
Thorndyke LandersFarmer2237
George GowdyFarmer1337
Levy EldridgeFarmer22114
Joseph EldridgeFarmer11113
Samuel EllinwoodFarmer222116
James GalleyShoemaker2132117
Abial RobbinsFarmer223117
James McSwanyFarmer1223117
Samuel DurkeeFarmer34116
Owen McSwanyFarmer1113
Freborn DurkeeFarmer223319
George Hully?Farmer22
John BurnsFarmer1121115
Joseph CorningFarmer12422412
James PorterFarmer222419
Matten PorterFarmer112
Samuel CrosbyFarmer1212115
Henry HustonFarmer1315118
Allvin PitmanFarmer313411
John PitmanFarmer2313411
Willoughby PowellShip Carpenter213116
Abner WalkerFarmer21332412
Moses MorrilFisherman241319
Will'm PitmanFarmer22542112
Joseph Pitman jr.Farmer132139
Joseph Pitman sr.Farmer11
Stephen DurkeeFarmer112
Unice Mckinnon12215
Walter ChurchillFarmer223117
Marthe Murphy527
Samuel FlintMariner2133118
David FlintFarmer131329
Abner VickeryFarmer131127
John TedfordShoemaker1121126
Joseph BainShoemaker11124
Amos BakerFarmer112
David Rose sr.Farmer123
Kelly RoseFarmer2122116
Samuel CannMariner231116
Stephen RoseFarmer1111114
Abram WymanFarmer11422210
Ephraim WymanFarmer13137
Eleazer BakerFarmer21331310
Jonathan StricklandFarmer314
Jonathan BakerFisherman2423312
George JenkinsShip Carpenter1313116
David StanwoodMariner1124
Samuel StanwoodMariner21333110
Daniel DoneShoemaker1222217
Israel LovetFarmer437
Rev Harris HardingPreacher1225
Deberough Hicks111316
David HibertFarmer11242210
John HustonFarmer111248
George Lizer?Farmer134
Thomas BeveridgeMariner35117
Joshua TrefryFarmer22114
John ScovillFarmer33126
John Cann sr.Mariner1142512
Henry G. FarishPhysician1233614
Israel LovetMariner1111226
John Cann jr.Mariner112
?Aaron SollowsMerchant112115
Moses SollowsMariner131116
George CannMariner112249
John RaymondCarpenter1326
Richard RaymondCarpenter1111125
Fredrick WynockDay Laborer112
Andrew LovetFarmer131217
Lyman CannCarpenter333118
Benjamine WilliamsMillright22125
Elizabeth Shaw11113
Benjamine TookerFarmer3151118
William HarrisFarmer112
Richard HarrisFarmer1133129
Edward HarrisFarmer12226
Rufus PorterFarmer112
Dudly PorterFarmer1135
John RoseFarmer3132117
Ebenezer Rose123
Bethiah Bain112
James BainFarmer1113
David RoseFarmer1212115
Moses BainTanner11113
Alexander BainTanner224118
John WilliamsFarmer3238
Richard WilliamsFarmer11113
Andrew FeplotMariner314
Elias TraskFarmer112
Peter StaffordCarpenter1113
Nathan ShawFarmer22425112
Richard WilliamsMariner1124
John Williams jr.Schoolmaster2121115
Charles AndersonMariner1113
Paul TraskFarmer24127
Samuel HigbyFisherman1111114
James HobkirkMariner1134311
Richard TraskMariner1427
George McNayMariner112
Robert FootFisherman35117
Richard FootFisherman1111114
Zachiriah FootFarmer22114
Nathan ScovilMariner221115
Samuel FootFisherman1113
Samuel HarrisFisherman1113
Nathan HarrisFisherman22114
Samuel Harris sr.Farmer1124
Jacob TedfordMariner2132229
Ezekiel BakerFisherman1122116
Richard PoorFarmer1225
Theodore ScovillFisherman1113
Levy Scovill1236
Levy Scovill jr.Carpenter1124
Aron ScovillMariner11113
Reuben KillamFarmer12226
Ebenezer ClarkBlacksmith252310
Chipman PorterFarmer112115
Ansil GowdyFarmer112
Moses VickeryFarmer13115
Hannah Sullivan123
John SullivanFarmer112
Joseph SullivanFarmer1113
Calvin CannFarmer1121115
Thomas BrownFarmer1113
Thomas Browb jr.Farmer22114
Jonathan MckennyFarmer1337
David CorningFarmer22114
Samuel CorningFarmer1113
Nelson CorningFarmer1233219
Mark KillamFarmer1528
Will'm MckinnonFarmer1214
Randal MckinnonFarmer11113
James KillamFarmer3131116
Parker ChuteShoemaker112
Morris DaltonTanner1122127
Abner HuntingtonFarmer224
Zacheriah ChipmanTanner21249
John ScottBlacksmith1214
John FootFisherman13216
Thomas LandersHatter3126
John FlintMerchant212126
Augustus RustMariner112
John HoughtonFisherman112
Benj'ne ReddingBlacksmith2121216
Charles GrantMariner112
Mary Hutchinson112238
John LovetMariner1133118
Vincent HarrisTaylor1212126
Dennis SulivanTaylor13242210
James McMullinMariner11412310
John Holbrook314117
Henry NicholsSchoolmaster1212126
John BainFarmer222116
Charles DewolfMariner11113
Joseph LovetMariner112
John ChurchillMariner112
Cereno LandersFarmer213
Ebenezer PorterCooper257
Thomas Flint jr.Mariner11113
Amos BrownFarmer11113
Thomas FlintFarmer11147
Robert BainMariner112
Joseph RaymondCarpenter1236
Daniel CamironMariner12431210
Will'm ChurchillMariner1326
Eleazer HibbertFarmer123
Will'm MurphyCarpenter1121115
Will'm BurtonPreacher3422210
Zacheriah ChurchillFarmer415
Rufus HibbertFarmer131239
Dean ChipmanTanner123328
Loran CannFarmer1114229
Alden CannFisherman22114
Jacob TedfordTanner112
Josiah TedfordFarmer22114
John PhillipsFarmer112
Israel PhillipsMariner11226
Sarah Bain134
Enoch PorterFarmer1113
Herbert ReddingFarmer1212115
Benj'ne PitmanFarmer1112126
Will'm PitmanFisherman13126
Martha Trask1236
Lovkin HiltonTanner112
Samuel HiltonFarmer1326
John PitmanFarmer314412
Robert TraskFarmer11422311
George DurkeeFarmer132128
Stephen Durkee jr.Farmer22116
Isaiah CrosbyFarmer12332210
Daniel JohnsonFarmer2114
Edward PennellMariner1111114
Andrew CrosbyFisherman1232319
Will'm DoneFarmer33115
Phinias AllenFarmer459
Joseph EldridgeFarmer1247
Daniel AllenFarmer12252211
Nathaniel HarrisFarmer12125
Nathaniel AllenFarmer23115
John CookFarmer112115
Manassah CookFarmer33115
Joel AllenSawyer11424212
George GowdyFarmer22116
Charles CrosbyFarmer11113
Edith McW____?111113
Thomas WinterFarmer213318
Nelson CannFarmer1111114
Henry DurkeeFarmer1111114
Samuel BrownFarmer34116
Will'm TownsendCoachmaker1111114
Hannah Brown33
Stephen KennyMariner1212115
Will'm Brown1112115
Will'm RobinsonCollector123
Dennis HortonShip Carpenter33115
Benjamine HaskelFisherman12114
John TookerMerchant1121115
Will'm VickeryFisherman24217
James Jenkins2233118
Benjamine ReddingMariner112
John ReddingFisherman112
Will'm Jenkins11113
Benjamine BrownFisherman13217
Ambrose DennisMariner1113116
Joseph PitmanFarmer1313116
Jacob TraskMariner112
John TedfordTanner1123139
John DurkeeFarmer1225211
Ward HandyFarmer112216
James AllenFarmer13115
Robert Durkee jr.Farmer11314311
Alden EllisFarmer2142118
Robert Durkee sr.Farmer123
Nathan CrosbyFarmer2422210
KnowlesFarmer1233412
Joseph SandersFarmer112
Will'm SandersFarmer123
James CrosbyFarmer112
Samuel SandersFarmer3242210
James TraskFarmer2114
Anthony SandersFarmer112
Robert HustonMerchant22
Margery Handy1214
Dennis ClarkTailor1212115
Fredrick WebsterPhysican2121216
John GoodwinBlacksmith115118
Israel HortonBlockmaker1212115
Prince DoneCarpenter212115
Will'm PorterFisherman1111114
James Jenkins13227
Elisha MoodyMerchant114329
George BingayMerchant3148
Robert AkinsMerchant1111114
Benjamine BingayMerchant134512
Alexander LawsonPrinter12114
John HowelSailmaker11215
Mary Pinks123
Thomas GowdyFarmer21115
Asa GowdyFisherman22116
Thomas GowdyFarmer325
Edward HustusCarpenter212328
Samuel HeustusCarpenter3144110
Robert BrownShoemaker1316119
Henry TroopShoemaker112
Lyman AllenCooper1122116
Will'm DelanyFarmer2123128
Christopher BlacadarTanner222116
Nathaniel AllenFarmer213
Enoch CrosbyFarmer124310
Nathaniel PowerMariner114218
Hesediah PorterFarmer1232310
Jesse MosesFarmer1122116
Richard PattenFarmer1324312
Edward MosesFarmer1113
Henry Sanders jr.Miller11113
Henry Sanders sr.Farmer123
Enos CookMariner112
Stephen ChurchillFarmer1111114
William HarrisFarmer1315
Stephen PattenShoemaker22114
Joseph SandersShoemaker11113
Abram KillamMerchant234119
Asaph SandersFarmer3133118
John VanordenTanner22114
Richard CrosbyTanner11214
James WiddenCarpenter251118
Mannasah CookFarmer144110
Asahel WymanFarmer1223117
Elias TraskFarmer1232117
Benj'ne ChurchillFarmer2416516
Moses SandersFarmer12143210
Pearl DurkeeFarmer31452112
Jacob VickeryFarmer224210
Benajah TedfordFarmer1232218
John JacquesMariner131127
Joseph PorterFarmer1232229
Joseph WhitehouseFarmer11338
Nehemiah ChurchillFarmer121339
Edmond WymanMariner222116
Nathan CrosbyFarmer11113
Jesse CannFarmer3423110
John Cann jr.Farmer21412310
Joseph Tooker21242210
Andrew C. WhiteFirman?31626115
John BlackadarCarpenter2122228
John LandersFarmer3413311
Robert ButlerFarmer145211
Eleaser Butler jr.Farmer1111114
Nathan ButlerFarmer3442212
Eleaser Butler sr.Farmer112
Isaac MorehouseFarmer214218
John KennyMariner1113
Israel Harding1359
Samuel MissengerCoachmaker11113
Hugh McIverSchoolmaster112115
John DurkeeMariner111125
Ebenezer PorterFarmer1236
Nehemiah PorterFarmer11226
Joseph EllisMariner112
Thomas PorterFarmer11113
Thomas BrownFisherman2133118
Will'm DotyBlacksmith11413412
Amasa DurkeeMariner11113
Nathan WestonMariner213
John McNeilCarpenter1121115
Henry Watkey1122116
Freman ArcherMason2121115
Benj'ne HuestusCarpenter2123117
Wallice FlintMariner22114
Edward BingayMariner3132117
Joseph ShawMariner3413311
Herbert HuntingtonFarmer41510
Miner HuntingtonFarmer224
James B. DaneCarpenter121238
James StarrBlacksmith126210
Will'm StarrCarpenter1214
Thomas Allen?Taylor1225
George AllenMerchant341229
George W. BrownMerchant1112317
?Etthy Wyman112114
Mary Huntington123
John Killam314
Benjamine KillamMerchant11232310
Christopher RostFarmer123
Moses VickeryFarmer123
David Flint11136
Asa KillamBlacksmith122149
Thomas Killam336
Samuel RustChair Maker4116
David LandersMiller1326
Samuel Killam11214
Will'm Robinson11225
Timothy Wetmore122114
James Neil224
Richard SandersFarmer2151219
Thomas MosesFarmer1111114
Will'm MosesSchoolmaster1113
Samuel BainFarmer347
George GermanFarmer124613
Josiah RaymondMerchant2142219
Nathan BakerFisherman112
Samuel Bain jr.Fisherman1212115
Etthy WymanFarmer12114
Benjamine PorterFarmer11143311
Lemuel Crosby sr.Farmer1326
Sarah Crosby22
Josiah CrosbyFarmer222127
Thomas TraskFarmer1124
Foster PiperCarpenter11113
John PiperCarpenter1322310
Christopher StricklandTanner22114
Anthony ButlerMariner11135
Will'm TedfordTanner22114
Robert BrownMariner12233210
Jonathan StricklandFarmer22114
Thomas EldridgeFarmer11113
Thomas PearceMariner33115
John WestonFarmer2121328
Nathan RoseFarmer2142118
Robert StricklandFarmer11113
James RoseFarmer2143119
Nathan PattenFarmer372312
Catherine Eldridge11248
Joseph LandersFarmer223319
Ansel CrosbyFarmer1233311
Joseph ReddingFarmer2122116
Seled LandersShoemaker12333110
Jesse ShawFarmer223128
John LandersFarmer134311
Samuel PorterFarmer121227
Stephen ButlerFarmer11327
James Crosby jr.Carpenter1222410
James Crosby sr.Mason11158
Hesediah PorterFarmer112
John PattenFarmer2248
Eliphatet CurryCarpenter121339
John McCormickShip Carpenter628
John McCormick jr.Farmer112
John KillamFarmer1112115
Eliakim Killam jr.Farmer1111114
Eliakim Killam sr.Farmer112
William CrosbyTanner1213410
Eleazer CrockerFarmer212115
David SandersFarmer22114
Miner PerryFarmer2132117
Caleb CookFarmer123128
Cyrus Parry123
Will'm BainFarmer3227
John WardsworthSchoolmaster11113
Eben EldridgeFarmer1142129
Joseph DurkeeFarmer461119
Charles MosesFarmer2122116
Joseph CrosbyFarmer112
James KillamFarmer12351110
James GullisonFarmer151118
David TrefryFarmer1132218
Ranna WetmoreFarmer11113
Samuel PerryFarmer224219
Benj'ne EllisCarpenter516
Abijah RaymondFarmer1122329
Daniel RaymondFarmer2133118
Will'm WestonFarmer2131116
Will'm PopeFarmer1111114
Jonathan RaymondFarmer2121115
Abial CrosbyFarmer2222127
Benj'ne RaymondFarmer1121115
Ebenezer CorningMiller2424118
Reuben RaymondFarmer1142118
William JenkinsShip Carpenter114410
David CorningFarmer13238
Harvy CannFarmer224118
Elizabeth Corning538
John Phillips jr.1113
Cyrus Parry jr.Farmer1326
Samuel CrosbyFarmer4228
Nathaniel SandersFarmer1124118
Will'm GowdyBlacksmith2121126
George BrownFarmer2215
James CrosbyMariner112
Edmond EllisFisherman2131116
Ebenezer ParryFarmer112
Henry BurrellFarmer1111114
Richard CorningFarmer21328
Thomas GowdyFarmer11113
Porter CorningFarmer11113
Jabez LandersFarmer213
Nathan LandersFarmer112
James RoseFarmer1112115
Lemuel CrosbyFarmer1112115
Stephen SandersFarmer232218
James PhillipsFarmer224118
Jacob PhillipsFarmer221115
Robert CrosbyFarmer1212115
Josiah PorterFarmer22114
Joseph SollowsFarmer1427
Stephen GowdyFarmer21238
Benjamine GowdyFarmer325
Thomas BurnsFarmer22116
Asa PitmanFarmer2133219
William JefferyFarmer121227
John TraskFarmer13115
George SollowsFarmer11113
Ira RaymondFarmer112
John WetmoreShoemaker213
James BentCooper1213116
Rufus ChurchillFarmer1223512
Thomas ChurchillFarmer215210
Aron BakerFarmer111114
Jacob KillamFarmer2123117
Farmer11322411
Elkanah BentFarmer325
Alexander BentFarmer11113
James BentFarmer538
James TraskFarmer2428
James BoydMariner111215
Benj'ne CrosbyFisherman11113
Joseph WilliamsFisherman1234119
Milford TedfordFarmer4522211
Robert BeveridgeMariner1111114
Samuel VickeryFarmer11114
John MckennyMariner11114
Asa PorterFarmer21418
Moses ShawFarmer11313613
Will'm StevansFarmer113216
Israel WymanFarmer2121115
Samuel RodneyFarmer1258
David RobinsonFarmer1111428
Samuel Rodney jr.Farmer33115
Will'm CrosbyFarmer1222511
Ebenezer HarrisFarmer2131116
James RitchieFarmer1222511
Mary Gray212114
James Ritchie jr.Mariner112
John BentCarpenter222318
John HarrisFisherman1223218
David HarrisFisherman1225
Moses HarrisMariner112
Ezra HarrisMariner224
Asa HarrisFarmer22114
John NickersonFarmer22114
Catherine Hamilton325
James SullivanFarmer1113
Zacheus FootFarmer31523212
Isaac FootFarmer1113
Dimic DoneFarmer11113
John PorterFarmer275113
Waterman AllenMariner11113
James ScovillFarmer112227
Joseph DurkeeFarmer1111114
John AllenFarmer232117
Benjamine ClementFarmer11113
Edmond CrawlyFarmer2242118


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