Bridgton, Maine, in the 1820 Census

Bridgton, Maine, in Cumberland County, in the 1820 Federal Census. 

Enumerated population of Bridgton, Maine in the 1820 Census: 1159 or 1160

Enumerator: Stephen Swett

Enumeration of Bridgton consists of all or parts of Sheets 4-18; use the arrow at top left of each image to page forward.

Note: the 1820 Federal Census lists the names of heads of households only; people in a household are tracked by age range and gender to determine the total population.

See the list of heads of households at the end of this post.

Boundary changes since 1820:

• land set off to form Naples in 1834
• part of Denmark annexed in 1842
• "Texas" area annexed from Fryeburg and Denmark in 1847
• piece set off to Naples in 1856
• pieces set off to Harrison in 1866 and 1877
• boundary with Harrison defined in 2003 as center of Long Lake

Note: Spelling of the names of heads of households has been left as it appears in the enumerator’s hand; in some cases, for clarity, an optional spelling has been added. Your corrections and additional information are requested; please comment for the benefit of fellow researchers.

For the following reasons, be prepared to search the entire list for the object of your search:

• Many people were not sure of the spelling of their names

• Name spelling may have evolved throughout the person’s life

• The enumerator may not have heard the person correctly

• The enumerator may have interviewed someone not certain of the name of the head of household or how it was spelled

• The enumerator may have used phonetic spellings.

• Some enumerators grouped heads of households together by the first letter of their surname, giving an additional clue on a surname difficult to read.  Note: lists by first letter of surname are not alphabetical within that letter.

• Some enumerators apparently grouped the names by walking through neighborhoods; in these cases, the first letter of the surname may sometimes be in error, but the information on neighboring households is valuable.

Name of Head of Household	Sheet #
Robert Andrews	4
Samuel J. Andrews	4
Nathaniel Balke	4
Reuben Ball	4
Joseph Burnal	4
Jonathan Barnard	4
Aaron Beaman	4
Betsey Broadstreet	4
David Broadstreet	4
Joseph Brocklebank	4
Daniel Barnard	4
Asa Barker	4
Jonathan Barker	5
Will Barker	5
Asa Barker, Jr.	5
Moses Bisbee	5
Ips Burnham - presumably Epps Burnham	5
Daniel Burnham	5
Nathaniel Burnham, Jr.	5
Daniel Burnham	5
Artemas Brigham	5
Simeon Burnham	5
Jacob Bray	5
Nathaniel Burnham	5
Parker Brown	5
Jeremiah Bennet	5
Will Bennet	6
Freeman Blake	6
E. P. Barnard	6
Stephen Beaman	6
Daniel Brigham	6
Zeano Burnham	6
Isaac Berry	6
Levi Berry	6
Benjamin Chaplain	6
John Chaplain	6
Abijah Carter	6
Ebenezer Carsley	6
Simeon Carswell - either Jr. or middle initial J	6
Nathan Church	7
Benjamin Cleaves	7
Ebenezer Choat	7
Joseph Chase or Chafe	7
Rufus Chase	7
G. W. Cushman	7
Collis Jesse	7
Moses Chase or Chass	7
Abner Dodge	7
Joshua Dennet	7
Benjamin Dorman	7
Thomas Dresser	7
Hazen Danforth	8
Richard Davis	8
Nathan Dodge	8
Samuel Davis	8
Zachariah Davis	8
Abner Devenport	8
William Daniels	8
William Emerson	8
Joshua Emerson	8
James Emerson	8
Sally Emerson	8
Jacob Elsworth	8
Samuel Emerson	8
Jonathan Fesenden	9
John Fowler	9
Moody Foster	9
Isaac Farnsworth	9
Samuel Farnsworth	9
Frances Foster - enumerator could have meant Francis	9
Lovell Fairbrother	9
Austin S. Frisbee	9
Peter Frost	9
David Fowler	9
David Foster	9
Anna Foster	9
Polly Giles	10
Theodore Gibb	10
Jesse Gibbs	10
Jonathan Green	10
Simeon Griff	10
Richard Gage	10
Ezra Goold	10
Elisha Grant	10
Nathaniel Howe	10
Jacob Hazen	10
Josiah Hail	10
Nathanel Hail	10
David Hail, Jr.	10
Jeremiah Hail	11
Nathaniel Hilton	11
James Hibbard	11
Enoch Hazen	11
Will Hazen	11
Simeon Howard	11
Josiah Howard	11
Samuel Ingalls	11
Asa Ingalls 2d	11
Phinehas Ingalls	11
Alfred Ingalls	11
Nathan Ingalls	11
Frances Ingalls - enumerator may have meant Francis	11
Isaiah Ingalls	12
Asa Ingalls	12
Theodore Ingalls	12
Frances Ingalls - Enumerator may have meant Francis	12
Reuben Ingall	12
Samuel Jordan	12
Nathaniel Jacobs	12
Asa Johnson	12
Bartholomew Jordan	12
Jedediah Kimbal	12
Benjamin Kimball	12
Ebenezer Kilborn	12
Edward Kenard	13
Richard Kitson	13
Nathaniel Kenard	13
Edward Kenard, Jr.	13
John Kilborn, Jr.	13
Betsey Kelog	13
Sibel Kingman - perahps Sybil	13
John Kilborn	13
Peter Kimbal	13
Will Libby	13
Aaron Littlefield	13
John Lambson	13
Valentine Little	13
George Lewis	14
True Lovitt	14
Derias Long	14
James Libby	14
John Mead	14
Benjamin Morton	14
Jonathan Merril	14
Robert Morrison	14
Nathaniel Martin	14
Pelatiah March	14
Noble Merserve	14
James Morrison	14
John Morris	14
John Martin	14
Sophia Mead	15
Elijah Potter	15
Nathan Pendexter	15
Thomas Perley	15
Daniel Perley	15
Asa Potter	15
Will Peabody	15
John Peabody	15
Enoch Perley	15
John Perley	15
Bennet Pike	15
Dudley Purkins	15
Michael Plumer	15
Stephen Paine	15
W. F. Riggs	16
William Rogers	16
John Russell	16
Joseph Sears	16
James Stevens	16
Levi Seavy	16
Benning Symes	16
Luther Stone	16
Moses Stickney	16
Richard Smith - possibly Jr. or middle initial J	16
Daniel Smith	16
E. H. Scribner	16
Enoch Stiles, Jr.	16
Thos Stone	17
James Sampson, Jr.	17
Abner Smith	17
Will Stone	17
Isaiah Smith	17
Abner Seaver	17
Thomas Trott	17
Archable Thompson - presumably Archibald	17
Michael Webb	17
James Webb	17
Reuel Wright	17
Edmund Watson	17
Benjamin Whitney	17
John Willet	17
Will Woodberry	17
Caleb Woodbery	18
Stephen Waymouth	18
G. W. Whitney	18

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