Camden, Maine, in the 1820 Census; then in Lincoln County; as of 1860 in Knox County

Camden, Maine, in the 1820 Census - then in Lincoln County; as of 1860 in Knox County.

Boundary changes since 1820:

• annexed land from Warren in 1836
• set off land to what is now Rockport in 1891
• another part set off to Rockport in 1893

See an alphabetical list of the heads of households farther below.   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 Camden in the 1820 Census: 1825 inhabitants.

Enumerator: Thurston Whiting

The enumeration of Camden appears on Sheets 265-270; use the arrow at top left of each image to page forward.

This particular enumerator's handwriting, his use of abbreviations and the smears on his sheets have made indexing his enumerations particularly difficult.  Please look over the total list to be sure you haven't missed the person you're seeking.

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

? ? - given name may begin with S - smeared	268
Jacob Acorn	267
John Acorn	267
Philip Acorn	267
Mary Adams	270
Daniel Andrews	266
James Andrews	266
John Annis	267
Samuel Annis	267
Isaac Arbiton - presumably Isaac Orbeton	266
Amos Barns	267
Abel Barns	268
Benjamin Barns	268
Edmund Barns - not sure of surname	268
Daniel Barrett	270
Ephraim Barrett	268
Benajah Barrows	266
Peter Barrows	267
Stephen Barrows	266
Isaac Bartlett	269
Alden Bass	268
Hosea Bates	269
William Blake	271
David Blodgett	267
John Bloom	270
Betsey Bowers	268
John Bowers	267
John Bowers, Jr.	267
Joseph Bowers	267
Abraham Bradford	271
Elijah Bradford	271
Joseph Bradford	271
Benjamin Brewster	267
Daniel Brewster	271
Ira Brewster	267
William Brewster	265
Thomas Briggs	266
Abel Brown - not sure of given name	268
James Brown	267
Joab Brown	266
Joseph Brown	266
Nathan Brown	268
Philemon Brown	267
William Brown	267
Mark Bucklin	271
Ezekiel Burgess	266
? Burrows - possibly John or Thomas or ?	266
Simeon Carey	269
John Carll	268
Rufus Carll	268
Benjamin Carlton	267
William Carlton	270
Robert Chase	269
Samuel Clark	270
Ebenezer Cleaveland	267
David Clough	267
Joseph Clough	271
Asa Conant	267
David Conner	267
Richard Conway	270
Stephen Coombs	267
Nicholas Cooper	268
Jonathan Cotterell	268
Pelatiah Cotterell	268
Calvin Curtis	268
James Curtis	268
John Curtis	266
Benjamin Cushing	268
Abner Cuttler	265
John Dary	269
Lewis Dary	269
John Davis	270
Huldah Dillingham	269
Joshua Dillingham	269
Lemuel Dillingham	269
Mercy Dillingham	269
Nathaniel Dillingham	269
John Eager	268
Joseph Eaton	270
William Eaton	270
Walter Edmonds	265
John Eells	269
John Ellens	270
Jesse Fay	268
John Fay	270
Sarah Fay	269
Silas Fay	269
Timothy Fay	269
Benjamin Fisk	267
John Fisk	267
Adonijah Flagg	269
Isaac Flagg	268
Philip Fogler	267
Stephen Frost	267
Ephraim Gay	267
John George	266
Tilson Gould	269
William Gould	267
Jacob Graffam	269
Amelia Gregory	265
Luther Gregory	271
William Gregory	265
William Gregory, Jr.	265
John Gross	270
E? Grover - given name perhaps Leonard or Edmund	266
Frye Hall	268
George Hall	266
Joseph Hall	268
William G. Hamlen	266
Edward Hanford	269
Joshua Harding	269
Joseph Hardy	269
Elliza Harkness	271
John Harkness	271
William Harkness	270
Charles Harrington	267
David Harrington or Hanington	268
Moses Harrington	267
Polly Harrington	269
Jospeh Haskell	266
William Hassan	267
Deborah Hathaway	268
Polly Haynes - not sure of surname	268
Benjamin Hemmenway	266
John Hender	268
Samuel Hewitt	268
Waterman Hewitt	266
Benjamin Higgins	269
Ebenezer Hobbes	269
Elisha Hobbes	270
Bulkly Hodgman	269
Job Hodgman	268
Job Hodgman, Jr.	268
Charles Hopkins	269
Richard Hopkins	268
John Horton	267
Asa Hosmer	268
Nathaniel Hosmer	268
Abner Howe	269
Jonah Howe or Josiah Howe	268
Samuel Hunt	268
Joseph Huse	269
Job Ingraham	266
John Ingraham	266
Josiah Ingraham	266
Bela Jacobs	270
Margaret Jacobs	269
Peter Jocelyn	268
George Johnson	267
Abraham Jones	271
James Jones	265
Lydia Jones	270
Robert Jordan	271
William Joyce	266
Solomon Keef	268
Catharine Keen	266
James Keen	266
Reuben Keen	266
Moses Kelloch	265
James Laurence	269
Alfred Lindsey	270
John Manning	271
Daniel Mansfield	268
Joel Mansfield	269
Newell Mansfield	269
Thomas Mansfield	269
Nathaniel Martin	270
Samuel Martin	266
John May	266
Shubael Mayhew	270
William McFarland	269
Daniel McKeller	267
Samuel McLaughlin - not sure of given name	271
John Melvin	267
Jonathan Meriam	270
Polly Molineux	269
Charles Morse	269
Joseph Myrick	269
Abraham Norwood	266
Jacob Norwood	265
William Norwood	268
John Nutt	266
William Nutt	266
Abraham Ogier	267
Lewis Ogier	268
Lewis Ogier, Jr.	268
Peter Ogier	267
William E. Ogier	268
Isaac Arbiton - presumably Isaac Orbeton	266
Peter Ott	270
Henry Oxton	266
Daniel Packard	267
John Packard	266
Reuben Packard	269
Ashur Palmer	270
Barzillai Palmer	269
Josiah Palmer	269
Moses Parker	270
William Parkman	268
Jacob Patch	268
William Paul	271
Arthur Pendleton	270
Isaac Pendleton	269
John Pendleton	270
Benjamin Perry	266
Henry Perry	266
Oakes Perry	268
Thomas Perry	266
William Perry	266
Thomas Pike	270
William Porterfield	271
John Preble	268
Moses Prescott	266
Stephen Prescott	266
John Prince	268
Joseph Read	271
Abraham Richards	271
Asa Richards	269
James Richards	267
James Richards	268
Moses Richards	268
Robert Richards	269
Samuel Richards	269
Philip Robbins	266
Philip Robbins, Jr.	266
George Robinson	270
Daniel Rollins	267
David Rollins	271
Joseph Ross	271
Nathaniel Russell	268
Samuel Russell - not sure of given name	268
William Rust	267
Anna Sartle - not sure of surname	268
John Sartle - not sure of surname	268
Joseph Sherman	270
Joseph Sherman, Jr.	269
Thomas Shibles	266
George Simmonds	266
Nathaniel Simmonds	266
James Simonton	267
William Simonton	266
William Simonton	269
Herman Smith	271
Peleg Smith	268
Asa Spaulding	268
James Spaulding	267
Thomas Spike	268
Thomas Spring	266
Thomas Spring, Jr.	267
William Spring	266
Aaron Stackpole	266
David Starrett	269
George Start	269
John Stimpson	269
Benjamin Tarbell	269
Eleanor Thomas	267
Jesse Thomas	269
John Thompson	269
John Thompson, Jr.	271
Eben Thorndike	270
Joseph Thorndike	270
Larkin Thorndike	267
Paul Thorndike	270
Robert Thorndike	267
Robert Thorndike, Jr.	267
David Tolman	267
Joseph Tolman	266
Samuel Tolman	265
Samuel Tolman, Jr.	265
Shepard Tolman	268
William Tolman	265
Joseph Trafton	271
Jacob Trussell or Frussell or ?	269
Moses Trussell	271
Abel Tyler	271
Simeon Tyler	270
Simeon Tyler, Jr.	270
Isaac Ulmer	267
William Upham	266
Henry Waterman	266
Jonah Waterman	266
Joseph Waterman	266
Joseph Waterman, Jr.	266
James Watson	267
Charles Weatherbee	270
John Welch	268
Betsey Wentworth	267
Cornelius Williams	266
Richard Wilson	266
Benjamin Witham	266
Mather Withington or Mother Withington	270
Ephraim Wood	269
Sally Wood	268
Daniel York	270
Caleb Young	267

Camden, Maine, in 2020