Boundary changes since 1820: part of Palermo annexed in 1854.
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.
The enumeration of Putnam shows 652 inhabitants.
Enumerator: Eli Ayer
The enumeration of Putnam appears on Sheets 302-306; use the arrow at top left of each image to page forward.
The enumerator's occasional use of phonetic spellings 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
| George Acorn | 305 |
| John Alstine | 304 |
| Ebenezer Bailey | 305 |
| George Bailey | 303 |
| John Barron | 305 |
| John Boid | 305 |
| Elizabeth Boze | 303 |
| John Boze | 303 |
| Joseph Bruce | 304 |
| Thomas Calderwell | 305 |
| Elisha Clapp | 304 |
| Clarisa Clark | 305 |
| Elisha Clark | 304 |
| James Clark | 305 |
| Jonathan Clark | 305 |
| John Cunningham | 305 |
| John Cunningham, Jr. | 306 |
| Moses Cunningham | 305 |
| Samuel Cunningham | 303 |
| Simon Cunningham | 306 |
| Timothy Cunningham | 303 |
| Jonathan Daggett | 304 |
| Samuel Daggett | 304 |
| Daniel Davis | 304 |
| Eteen Daye - possibly Ebeen Daye | 303 |
| Antony Decoster | 304 |
| John Deering | 305 |
| William Deering | 304 |
| Samuel Doe | 304 |
| John Dowe | 305 |
| James Eliot | 305 |
| Ezekiel Farrer | 305 |
| Thomas Forrer or Farrer | 305 |
| John Fish | 305 |
| Henery Fitch | 305 |
| Ephraim Garlen | 303 |
| Charles Gillpatrick | 305 |
| John Gillpatrick | 305 |
| Thomas Gilpatrick | 305 |
| Daniel Goodwin | 305 |
| Elijah Gove | 303 |
| Phillip Grennal | 304 |
| Ebenezer Haggett - possibly Daggett | 305 |
| Mark Hatch | 305 |
| Levi Haule or Houle | 303 |
| Isaac Heaton | 304 |
| Priscilla Hopkins | 305 |
| Mica Howard | 303 |
| Alexander Humes | 304 |
| Nathaniel Jackson | 305 |
| Benjamin Jones | 302 |
| Benjamin Jones | 305 |
| Daniel Jones | 304 |
| John Jones | 302 |
| Kinsley Jones | 304 |
| Shadrick Jones | 302 |
| Joseph Laken | 303 |
| Peter Lanfist | 302 |
| Daniel Leavitt | 303 |
| Martin Lehr | 304 |
| Peter Lehr | 304 |
| Henry Leve or Henry Lere | 303 |
| Aaron Light | 303 |
| George Light | 303 |
| Peter Light | 303 |
| Icabod Mars | 306 |
| Daniel McCurdy | 303 |
| John McDale | 303 |
| John Merry | 303 |
| John Moody | 305 |
| Calven Morse | 303 |
| Randal Nelson | 304 |
| Thomas Nelson | 304 |
| Amos Newhall | 305 |
| Jonathan Newhall | 305 |
| David Oaks | 304 |
| Jacob Overlock | 303 |
| John Overlock | 303 |
| Joseph Overlock | 303 |
| Joel Petten, Jr. | 305 |
| Richard Pierpoint | 304 |
| John Pinkam | 303 |
| Samuel Pinkam | 303 |
| Thomas Pinkam | 303 |
| Peleg Rapell | 305 |
| Charles Raser | 304 |
| George Raser | 304 |
| Archilus Ripley | 304 |
| John Ripley | 303 |
| Icabod Rollins | 305 |
| Joseph Rust | 304 |
| William Rust | 304 |
| Samuel Savage | 304 |
| David Shattuck | 304 |
| John Shearman | 306 |
| William Simpson | 304 |
| William Slater | 304 |
| Stutson Soule | 304 |
| Benjamin Speed | 303 |
| Joseph Speed | 305 |
| Robert Speed | 305 |
| Andrew Sprowl | 305 |
| Calvin Sterret | 304 |
| John Stevens | 303 |
| Samuel Stickney | 304 |
| John Taylor | 302 |
| William Wait | 303 |
| William Weeks | 303 |
| Amos Wilson | 303 |
| Jacob Winchenpaw | 304 |
| David Winslow | 303 |
| Isaac Witham | 303 |
| John Witham | 302 |
| Sewill Witt | 304 |
Page 302: Peter Lenfist should be Peter Lenfest. Page 305 Ebenezer Hagget should be Ebenezer Dagget.
ReplyDeleteIn the original document, Peter looks more like Peter Lanfist or Lenfist - lots of variant spellings then. And in the original document, Ebenezer sure looks like Ebenezer Haggett - perhaps enumerator heard wrong? There were more Daggetts in town, so I can see that a mistake might have been made.
DeleteI agree that it does look like Lanfist, however, this is my home town and many of the families in the 1820 census were still there when I was growing up in the 1940's and 1950's. I knew some in the Lenfest family and I am certain that Peter Lenfest was an early ancestor in the town. There were, to my knowledge, never any Lanfists. I also agree that it looks like Ebenezer Haggett. The "H" is the same style as used in other names like "Hopkins". In this case I believe that the enumerator misunderstood. I expect that the enumerator was not a local, as the name "Ayer" doesn't sound familiar. If he had been local, he would probably have gotten the names more accurately. By the way,several lines of my ancestors (Bartlett, Mitchell, McDowell, Robbins) were early settlers and founders of the towns of Washington (Putnam) and Union. Early on, the town lines were different and parts of Washington were originally in Union. My McDowell ancestor, John, came to the town about 1799. My ancestor Phillip Robbins and his son, David Robbins, were early settlers and founders of the town of Union, Maine. Thomas Mitchell and his son Jeremiah Mitchell came to Union, Maine in 1795. Jeremiah's son Jeremiah Ward Mitchell was living in Washington, Maine when his daughter, Albina, was born in 1842.
ReplyDeleteI didn't want to change any of the enumerator's writings but I was hoping that people like you, with a deep knowledge of the area, its history and people, would weigh in. Thanks for doing so!
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