Whitefield, Maine, in the 1820 Census

Whitefield, Maine, in the 1820 Census; see a list of the names of heads of households farther below.

Boundary changes since 1820: land set off to Gerry (now Windsor) in 1821 but returned in 1907; land set off to Alna in 1824 but returned in 1907

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 Whitefield in the 1820 Census: 742 males; 687 females, for a grand total of 1429.

The enumeration of Whitefield appears on Sheets 37-49; 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.

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Heads of Households; Sheet Numbers

A
Ezekiel Averell	36
Nathan Averell	36
John Avery	43
B
David Bagley	42
Joseph Bailey	36
Jared Bates	42
Benaiah Benjaman	44
Eliphalet Blackman	39
Francis Bowden	38
Elizabeth Bran	43
John Breen	39
Henry Brookings	40
James Brookings	40
Luther Brookings	40
C
David Carleton	48
Moses Carleton	46
Nathaniel Carleton	45
Samuel Carleton	45
John Carrel	44
Joseph Carter	36
Elihu Cashman	40
Samuel Cashman	46
James Caten	39
Patrick Cavanah	39
Peter Cavanah	39
Ben Chaney	43
John Chaney	42
William Chaney	43
John Chisim	48
Abraham Choate	47
Abraham Choate, Jr.	47
Ebenezer Choate	41
Moses Choate	47
Rufus Choate	47
Edward Clark	39
John Clark	38
Lydia Clarke, Widow	43
Sam Cleves	41
Nathaniel Colby	43
Richard Cookson	41
Richard Coome	38
Thomas Coomes	42
Jedediah Cooper	41
Leonard Cooper	44
Moses Cooper	39
Moses Cooper, Jr.	39
Jacob Cressey	45
Freeman Crooker	43
David Crowel, Esq.	37
Jesse Crowel	37
D
James Davis	41
James Davis, 2nd	43
Jonathan Davis	41
William Davis	47
John Decker	45
John Decker, Jr.	41
Daniel Dodge	45
Jeremiah Dow	44
James Dowden	40
Michae Duley	41
Daniel Dunkin	44
Israel Dunton	44
E
George Erskine	46
John Erskine	43
Joseph Erskine	43
Moses Erskine	46
Moses Erskine	48
William Erskine	37
F
Ebenezer Filbrook	40
John Filbrook	48
John Fillbrook, Jr.	46
Edward Fin	42
James Fin	42
James Fin, Jr.	42
Patrick Fitzgerald	47
Benjamin Fowle	47
Joseph Fowle	47
Samuel Fowle	46
William Fowle	46
William Fowle, Jr.	46
James Furbush	48
G
Janen Gillman	36
Charles Gledden	48
Arnol Glidden	44
Daniel Goud	41
? Gray - possibly James Gray	44
James Gray	40
James Gray, Jr.	41
Mark Gray	40
Ebenezer Greenleaf	39
H
John Haffey	43
True Harriman	42
Timothy Hearn	43
Henry Hearsey	46
Aaron Heath	37
Abraham Heath	37
Asa Heath	37
David Heath	36
Enoch Heath	47
Isaac Heath	37
Issac Heath, Jr.	37
John Heath	36
Mary Heath	44
Daniel Herring	44
John Hibbert	42
Marcus Howe	44
Daniel Hutchins	43
Rufus Hutchins	47
J
William James	46
Joseph Jewett	47
Sally Jewett, Widow	46
Levi Johnson	40
Osgood Johnson	39
Jonathan Jones	47
K
Charlevill Kendal	38
Nicholas Kennedy	45
Samuel Kincaid	45
William Kincaid	45
Mary King, Widow	37
Moses King	37
Rice King or Rice Ring	37
L
Peter Laberee	46
Frederick Lewis	41
Reuben Lewis	41
Abijah Little	45
Joshua Little	36
Dearbon Longfellow - r might be incorporated into n, for Dearborn	39
Elisabeth Longfellow, Widow	46
Jacob Longfellow	47
Levi Longfellow	38
? Lyon - possibly Joby or Jabez	39
M
Phillip Malley	39
Benjamin Manson	40
James Marr	39
? Mary - possibly James Mary	43
George Mathews	36
James McKingley	40
John Molloy	39
John Molloy, 2nd	40
John Molloy, 3rd	42
Ezra Moody	38
Jaremiah Moody, Jr.	36
Jeremiah Moody	36
Jonathan Moody	38
Richard Moody	38
Scribner Moody	38
Ebenezer Moore	41
James Moore	47
Betsey Munsey	43
Reuben Munsey	45
Silvester Murphy	43
N
Benjamin Norris	47
Daniel Norris	41
James Norris	41
Jeremiah Norris	47
Josiah Norris	41
Rogers Novey	43
O
James Obrien	43
P
Edward Palmer	36
Samuel Palmer	36
Ichabod Patridge	38
Jacob Patridge	38
Mary Peaseley, Widow	46
Nathan Peaseley, Jr.	45
Abiel Peasely	43
Benjamin Peasely	45
Ezekiel Peasely	37
Ezekiel Peasely, Jr.	37
James Peasely	42
Jonathan Peasely	47
Joseph Peasely	37
Moses Peasely	37
Oliver Peasely	37
Oliver Peasely, Jr.	37
Sarah Perham, Widow	46
Nathaniel Place	44
Samuel Place	44
William Place	44
Daniel Plumer	41
John Plumer, 3rd	44
Josiah Plumer	45
Aaron Potter	48
Daniel Potter - not sure of surname	46
Ezekiel Potter	43
John Potter	45
David Pottle	40
John Pottle	40
Sam Pottle	40
? Prebble - in the crease, but possibly Daniel or Samuel Prebble	39
Abraham Prebble	45
Benjamin Prebble	38
James Prebble	38
Jeremiah Prebble	38
Jo Prebble	38
William Prebble	45
R
Rice Ring or Rice King	37
Daniel Ripley	45
Michael Road	45
S
Samuel Smith	40
Alexander Sproul	37
William St. Ledger	42
Lemuel Swett	42
Thomas Swett	42
T
Abraham Tarr	46
Christopher Tarr	47
Joseph Tarr	47
John Terry	39
Isaac Tibbets	44
Barney Tobey	36
Benjamin Tobey	36
Sam Trask	41
Brigs Tumer	41
Nicholas Tumer	42
Thomas Tumer	42
W
Benjamin Ware	45
Everet Ware	42
Joseph Ware	45
Nathan Ware	40
Nathan Ware, Jr.	38
Timothy Ware	47
Abraham Weymouth	39
Timothy Weymouth	39
Simeon Wheeler	45
Joseph White	37
William White	37
John Whitefield	48
John Wigley	39
Elisabeth Woodman	36
James Wyer	41