Bowdoinham, Maine, in the 1820 Census (then in Lincoln County)

Bowdoinham, Maine, in the 1820 Census; then in Lincoln County; as of 1854 in Sagadahoc County.  See a list of the names of heads of households farther below.

Boundary changes since 1820: part of Topsham annexed in 1830; Richmond set off in 1823

Note: the 1820 Census lists the names of heads of households only; see the original sheets for a tally of everyone in each household by age range and gender.

Enumerated population of Bowdoinham in the 1820 Census: 2259 inhabitants.

Enumerator: Luke Lambard

The enumeration of Bowdoinham appears on Sheets 164-182; use the arrow at top left of each image to page forward.

The enumerator used phonetic spellings, which may have affected alphabetization of the list below.

If you find errors or have information to share on any of the people listed below, please leave a comment.

Heads of Households; Sheet Numbers

John Adams	164
Jedediah Adams	164
John Adderton	164
Campbell Alexander	164
Hugh Alexander	164
James Alexander	164
Benjamin Allen	164
James Andrews	164
Joseph Appleby	164
Elihu Baker	165
Zenas Baker	165
Benjamin Barnes	166
Abner Bassett	165
Alexander Bates	165
Frederic Bates	166
James Bates	165
Eben Beal	165
Joshua Beal	165
Joshua Beal, Jr,	165
Zaccheus Beal	165
John Bickford	165
James Blanchard	165
Samuel Blanchard	166
Solomon Blanchard	165
Benjamin Bloomer	164
William Bowker	164
Daniel Brown	165
Jacob Brown	165
Jonathan Brown	164
Jonathan Brown	166
Loyalist Brown	165
William Brown	165
Caleb Buker	165
James Buker, Jr.	165
John Buker	165
Nicolas Buker	166
James Bunker	165
Joel Card	166
Joel Card, Jr.	167
Simeon Card	167
Samuel Center	166
Abiel Cobb	167
Robert Cobb	166
William Coburn	166
Joseph Colman or Colinan	166
Joseph Conant	166
Joseph Coombs	166
Richard Coombs	166
Samuel Coombs	166
William Corliss	166
Joshua Cornish	167
Barstow Curtis	166
Bathsheba Curtis	166
Charles Curtis	166
Ebenezer Curtis	167
Levi Curtis	167
Michael Curtis	167
Obadiah Curtis	167
Obadiah L. Curtis	167
Stephen Curtis	166
William Curtis	167
Andrew Cushman	166
Nathan Dawes	168
Peter Deal	168
Samuel Dean	168
William Decker	167
John Dingley	168
Abel Dinslow	168
Joseph Dinslow	168
Andrew Dinsmore	168
Charles Dinsmore	168
John Dinsmore	167
Samuel Dinsmore	167
Thomas Dinsmore	167
William Dinsmore	167
Aaron Dow	167
James Dow	168
Cornelius Drew	167
Josiah Drew	168
James Dunham	167
James Dunham, Jr.	167
William Dunham	167
Clement Eaton	168
Enoch Eaton	168
Leonard Eaton	168
Warren Eaton	168
William Edes	168
Stephen Elliot	168
Eunice Farnham	169
Wanton Farnham	168
Rebecca Farnsworth	169
Henry Fisher	168
John Fisher	168
James Flanders	169
George Frees	168
John Gaghan	169
Isaiah Gardner	169
Syms Gardner	169
Mary Gatchell	169
John Gaubert	169
Nicolas Gaubert	169
Samuel George	169
Mary Given	169
Abraham Grant	169
Daniel Graves	169
Johnson Graves	169
Thomas Graves	169
Galen Gray	169
Samuel Gray	169
Joseph Green	169
William Green	169
Stephen Gustin	169
Joseph Hall	170
Avery Hallet	170
James B. Hanson	170
Samuel Harlow	171
William Harmon	171
Otis Harward - perhaps meant Howard	170
Clark Hatch	171
Ebenezer Hatch	170
Elihu Hatch	170
Ephraim Hatch	170
John Hatch	170
Nathan Hatch	170
Samuel Hatch	170
Zenas Hatch	170
James Hathorn	171
James Hathorn, Jr.	170
George Hayden	170
John Headden	171
George Henry	170
John Henry	171
Eben Herrick	170
Joanna Hewlet	170
Jeremiah Higgins	170
Joseph Holmes	170
Samuel Huff	171
John Hunt	170
Arthur Hunter	170
Robert Hunter	171
Uriah Huntingdon	170
David Jack	171
Joseph Jack	171
Robert Jack	171
Robert Jack, 2d	171
Samuel Jack	171
George Jackson	171
Job Jelerson	171
Nathaniel Jelerson	171
Chapman Jennings	171
Asa Keith	171
John Knight	172
Benjamin Knowlton	171
Daniel Lancaster	172
Elijah Lancaster	172
Joseph Lancaster	172
Stephen Lancaster	172
Joseph Langdon	172
Nathaniel Langdon	172
Enoch Libby	172
Shubael Libby	172
Simon Libby	172
David Linen - perhaps variant of Lining	172
Thomas Lumbard	172
William Lunt	172
Southard Macomber	172
Abraham Maloon	173
Isaac Maloon	172
Solomon Maloon	173
Ephraim Mariner	173
John Martin	173
Joseph Mathews	173
George Maxwell	173
James Maxwell	173
Robert Maxwell	173
John McFadden	173
William McFrederick or McFredericks	173
Elihu McLellan	173
Edward McNeilly	173
Moses Merrill	172
William Meservy	173
Abigail Millea	173
James Millea	173
Isreal Millet	173
Edward Milliken	173
Asa Mitchell	172
Dummer Mitchell	173
Esther Mitchell	172
Josiah Morrow	172
Paul Morse	173
Amos Nickerson	173
John Orr	174
Ann Osborn	174
John Page	174
Daniel Parks	175
James Parks	175
Jethro Parks	175
Richard Parks	175
Samuel Pattee	175
William Patten	175
Fitz A. Pennington	175
Charles Perry	175
David Perry	176
Gideon Perry	175
Daniel Pierson	174
Aaron Plummer	176
Isaac Plummer	176
John Potter	174
David Pottle, Jr.	175
William Pottle	175
Benjamin Pratt	174
Elisha Pratt	175
Nathaniel Pratt	175
Abraham Preble	174
Abraham Preble, 2d	176
Alexander Preble	175
David Preble	174
James Preble	175
John Preble	174
John Preble, 2d	174
Joseph Preble	175
Richard Preble	175
Samuel Preble	175
Stephen Preble	174
Thomas Preble	174
William Preble	174
Zebulon Preble	175
Zebulon Preble, 2d	174
Isaac Purington	175
Abraham Purinton	174
Elihu Purinton	174
Hezekiah Purinton	174
Hezekiah Purinton, Jr.	174
Joshua Purinton	176
Nathaniel Purinton	174
Nathaniel Purinton, 2d	174
William Purinton	176
Benjamin Randall	177
James Raymond	176
John Raymond	176
Thomas Read	176
Benjamin Reed	176
Stephen Reed	176
Caleb Rich	176
Benjamin Rideout	176
Martha Ridley	177
William Ridley	177
Enoch Riggs	176
Charles Ring	177
Joseph Ring	176
David Robinson	177
Joseph Robinson	176
William Robinson	177
David Rollins	177
Ebenezer Rollins	176
Lydia Ross	176
Thomas Ross	176
George G. Russell	176
William Sally	179
Henry Sampson	177
Ira Sampson	178
Thomas Sampson	177
William Sampson	177
Josiah Sandford	179
Thomas Sandford	179
William Sandford	178
Dependent Sedgely	178
John Sedgely	178
Joseph Sedgely	178
Robert Sedgely	178
Stephen Sedgely	178
Benjamin Shaw	179
Thomas Shaw	179
Amos Small	178
Ephraim Small	178
Francis Small	177
Isaac Small	178
John Small	179
Joshua Small	178
Robert Small	179
Allen Smith	178
Asa Smith	178
John Smith	178
Joshua Smith	179
John Southard, Jr.	179
James Sparks	180
James Sparks, Jr.	179
Samuel Sparks	178
George Spear	177
Robert Spear	177
Thomas Spear	179
Elisha Springer	178
John Springer	179
Stephen Springer	178
Thomas Springer	178
William Springer	178
Robert Staple	177
John Stevens	179
Simon Stewart	178
Thomas Stewart	178
Abiel Stinson	179
David Stinson	177
James Stinson	179
Job Stinson	179
John Stinson	179
Robert Stinson	179
William Stinson	179
William Stinson, Jr.	177
David Storer	177
Jonathan Sturtevant	179
Davis Sumner	177
Seth Sumner	177
John Swett	179
Cyrus Tarbox	180
Philip Tarbox	180
Daniel Tarr	180
Abijah Temple	180
John Temple	180
Charles Thomas	180
John Thomas	180
Henry Totman	180
Joseph Towns	180
Abigail Townsend	180
Charles Umberhand - presumably meant Charles Umberhind	180
Hannah Walker	181
Benjamin Waterhouse	181
James Waterhouse	180
Zenas Waterhouse	181
John Watson	181
George Webber	181
Joseph Webber	181
Loring Webber	181
Lucy Webber	181
Richard Webber	182
William Welch	181
Stephen Weston	181
Benjamin Weymouth	181
John Weymouth	181
Joseph Wheeler	181
Baizillai White - perhaps first dot is a mistake and name is Barzillai	181
John White	182
William White	182
Benjamin Whitmore	180
John Whitmore	182
Mary Whitmore	182
Stephen Whitmore	180
William Whitmore	182
Jonathan Whitney	180
Mehitable Wiggins	180
Samuel Williams	182
William Williams	181
Robert Wilson	181
Samuel Wilson	180
Samuel Wilson	181
Thomas Wing	181
Samuel Woodward	181
Stephen Woodward	181
James Woodworth	181
Ichabod Yeaton	182
Samuel Yeaton	182