Wednesday, May 24, 2017

1837 Booklet of Taxpayers in Burnham, Maine; Prepared by Assessors Dennis L. Milliken and Samuel Barrows


1837 period copy of tax bill information for the town of Burnham, Maine; prepared by assessors D. L. Milliken and Samuel Barrows.

D. L. Milliken was presumably Dennis L. Milliken, who was postmaster at Burnham Village and later a banker, member of the state legislature and supporter of educational institutions, including Colby College and Maine Central Institute.  Samuel Barrows was postmaster at East Burnham and also had a farm at nearby Troy, Maine - perhaps the farm straddled the town line.


Many names appear in the booklet, most twice and some multiple times; as expected for the time, the vast majority of those mentioned are male.  Some of the names are hard to interpret, and in some cases, the assessors gave different spellings of the same person's name.  Hopefully, readers will provide clarifications as necessary.

Below are examples of the types of pages, an individual page listing names; and two facing pages with more detailed information on the owners of certain properties.  Click on an image to enlarge it.



Alphabetical Surname List.  The number in the bracket indicates different people or entities with that same surname.

AAllenDDariganKKimballSSayward
BAtkinsonDavis [2]LLambertSimons
BagleyDickersonLassel or Lassell [3]Southwick [2]
BarrowsDodge [12]LearnedSpofford
Baxter Doe [3]LuceSpring [2]
BennettDouglasMManrins TThompson
Berry [3]EEdmonds [2]McAlister or McAllisterTwitchel or Twitchell
Boulton [2]FFarrington [2]Michel or MichaelsWWatts [2]
BowenFly [2]Milliken [2]Webb
BowmanGGilmanMyrick [5]Weed
Braley [2]HHaines NNewcombWelch
BrownHamilton [3]NewcombWentworth
CBuzzellHamlinNichols [3]Weymouth
CarrHarden or HardingOO'Brien or ObrineWhitaker
ChadbournHawsPPalmerWhitten [2]
Chandler [3]Hunter [2]ParkerWhittier
ChildsJJacobsPerkinsWilliams [4]
CoffinJohnsonPerryWinthrop [2]
Cole [3]JonesPhilbrookWorth
Reynolds [12]

Alphabetical list of the people mentioned in the booklet

A
  • F. Allen or unknown
  • Cyrus Atkinson
B
  • Jacob Bagley
  • Samuel Barrows, Assessor of Burnham, Maine
  • John Baxter 
  • S. Bennett Heirs
  • Eben Berry
  • John Berry
  • Joseph S. Berry
  • George Boulton
  • John Boulton
  • Amos Bowen
  • Benjamin Bowman
  • Amaziah Braley
  • James Brayley
  • David Brown
  • Joseph Buzzell
C
  • Joseph Carr
  • John Chadbourn
  • Elias Chandler
  • John Chandler & Son
  • Joseph Chandler
  • Isaac Childs
  • Eben M. Coffin
  • Abner Cole
  • Jane Cole
  • William Cole
  • Joseph Crofford  [ Joseph Crawford ?]
  • Samuel Crofford [ Samuel Crawford ?]
D
  • James Darigan
  • Elijah Davis
  • James Davis
  • Winthrop and Dickerson
  • Arie Dodge, or Erie Dodge [not sure of given name]
  • Caleb Dodge
  • Daniel Dodge
  • Edward Dodge
  • Elisha Dodge
  • Elizabeth Dodge
  • George Dodge
  • Israel W. Dodge
  • J. Dodge Farm
  • Nathan P. Dodge
  • Urias Dodge
  • William Dodge
  • Eliza Doe
  • James Doe, Jr.
  • Watson Doe
  • Elisha Douglas
E
  • Amos Edmonds
  • Walter Edmonds
F
  • Isaac Farrington
  • Rufus Farrington
  • B. Fly
  • B. Fly - Lassell Farm
G
  • ? Gilman
H
  • James H. Haines
  • ?  [ Garvin ?] Hamilton
  • Alonzo Hamilton
  • William F. Hamilton
  • Enoch Hamlin
  • Stephen Harden; possibly  Harding
  • Joseph Haws
  • David Hunter
  • J. Hunter
J
  • Daniel Jacobs
  • Hiram Johnson
  • Daniel Jones
K
  • Samuel L. Kimball
L
  • David Lambert
  • Asa Lassell
  • John S. Lassel
  • Lassell Farm
  • Joel Learned
  • Freeman Luce
M
  • John Manrins 
  • Arch McAlister
  • Madison Michel or Michaels
  • D. L. Milliken, presumably Dennis L. Milliken, Assessor of Burnham, Maine
  • D. L. Milliken Co.
  • Alfred Myrick
  • George Myrick
  • James Myrick
  • Joshua B. Myrick
  • William Myrick
N
  • John Newcomb
  • William Newcomb
  • Amos B. Nichols
  • Henry W. Nichols
  • Joseph Nichols
O
  • ? Obrine [ O'Brien ?]
P
  • John Palmer
  • Samuel Parker
  • Ward Perkins
  • Thomas Perry
  • H. Philbrook's Heirs Sawmill and privilege
R
  • Barak Reynolds
  • Daniel Reynolds
  • Eben Reynolds
  • Elijah Reynolds
  • John Reynolds
  • John Reynolds 2nd
  • Moses Reynolds
  • Moses Reynolds Farm
  • Russell Reynolds
  • Thankful Reynolds
  • William Reynolds
S
  • Ambrose Sayward
  • John Simons
  • Jacob Southwick
  • Southwick, Wentworth and Bowen
  • Josiah Spofford
  • Thomas Spring
  • William D. Spring
T
  • Robert Thompson or unknown
  • Josiah Twitchell
W
  • George J. Watts
  • Samuel Watts
  • Farwell Webb, or Farewell Webb
  • Samuel Weed
  • John Welch
  • S. Wentworth & Bowman
  • John Weymouth
  • John F. Weymouth
  • Joseph Whittaker
  • John Whitten
  • O. J. Whitten
  • Oliver S. Whittier
  • Benjamin Williams
  • David O. Williams, or David A. Williams
  • O. & E. D. Williams
  • R. Williams
  • T. L. Winthrop
  • Winthrop and Dickerson
  • Samuel Worth

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