Gorham, Maine, in the 1820 Census

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

Enumerated population of Gorham in the 1820 Census: 2800 on the recap; at the end of the enumeration of Gorham, the Enumerator wrote "2800, should be 2795

Enumerator: Daniel Irish

Enumeration of Gorham consists of all or parts of Sheets 122-147; 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 to Gorham since 1820:

• parts of Standish annexed: 1831, 1839
• part of Scarborough annexed in 1864

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 #
Joseph Adams, Jr.	122
Joseph Adams	122
Josiah Alden	122
William Ashley	122
Daniel Baker	122
Daniel Brackett	122
Ezekiel Bishop	122
William Boulten	122
Jacob P. Bettis	122
Samuel Brackett	122
Alfred Brackett	122
James Bangs	122
William Burton or William Buxton	122
Joshue Berry	122
Josian Bacon	122
Nathaniel Bacon, Jr.	122
Nathaniel Bacon	122
Timothy Blake	123
Joseph Blake	123
Peter Blair	123
Joseph Bangs	123
Samuel Butts	123
Nathaniel Brackett	123
Mahitable Brackett	123
Jane Beck, Widow	123
Samuel Boulten	123
Daniel Broad	123
Samuel Bartlet or Bartles	123
John Burnell	123
Jeremiah Bowker	123
Livy Buker or Becker or Beeker	123
Timothy Bacon	123
Simeon Brown	123
Nathan Burnett	123
John Blake	124
Nathaniel Blake	124
Elihu Baxter, Dr.	124
Lucy Cross, Widow	124
Jonathan Crockett	124
Silas Chadbourn	124
Ebenezer Cobb	124
James Codman	124
W. John Coolbroth	124
David Cobb	124
Solomon Crockett	124
Nahum Chadbourn	124
Peter Crockett	124
Enoch Crockett	124
A. Mary Cressey - not sure of surname	124
Lydia Cole, Widow	124
John Colley	125
John Clark	125
Moses Clark	125
Isaac Carsley	125
Andrew Crockett	125
Joseph Cotten	125
John Crockett	125
Nathaniel Cobb	125
Jacob Clements	125
Samuel Crockett	125
John Cloutman	125
William Crockett	125
James Crockett	125
William Cloutman	125
Jesse Cloutman	125
Ebenezer Cates	125
Jedadiah Cobb	125
William Cobb	126
John Crockett, Jr.	126
Thomas Cannel	126
Ebenezer Cresey	126
Samuel Cobb	126
Joseph Cresey, Jr.	126
Joseph Cresey	126
William Cammett	126
John Cash	126
Thomas Clay	126
Samuel Deering	126
Jonathan Davis	126
Clark Dyer	126
William Dyer	126
John Darling	126
John Dunn - not sure of surname - in crease between top & bottom sheets	126
Samuel Edwards, Jr.	127
Calvin Edwards	127
Simon Elder	127
David Elder	127
James Edwards	127
Joshua Emery	127
Mahitable Elwell, Widow	127
Reuben Elder	127
Reuben Elder, Jr.	127
Stephen Emery	127
James Emery	127
Samuel Elder	127
Samuel Edwards	127
William Edwards	127
George Fogg	128
Dudley Folsom, Dr.	128
Charles Frost	128
Mason Frost	128
William H. Foster	128
William Files	128
Moses Fogg	128
Robert Files	128
Benjamin Frost	128
George Files	128
Samuel Files	128
William E. Files	128
Ebenezer Files	128
David Freeman	128
Samuel Freeman	128
Nathaniel Frost, Jr.	128
Moses Frost	128
Nathaniel Frost	128
Josiah Freeman	129
Joshua Freeman	129
Joseph Files	129
William Frost	129
Daniel Fogg or David Fogg	129
Samuel Frost	129
Samuel Flood	129
Morris Flood	129
Phebe Gilky, Widow	129
Nathaniel Gould	129
Catharine Gilky, Widow	129
Samuel Gilky	129
Edmund Gammon	129
Obadiah Gould	129
Stewart Green	129
Edmund Griffin	130
Samuel Hamblin	130
Joseph Harmon	130
Betsey Hatch, Widow	130
Thomas Harding	130
Robert Harding	130
Seth Harding	130
Seth Hearsey	130
Joseph Harding	130
George Hamblin	130
John Horton	130
Stephen Harding	130
Ruth Hustin, Widow	130
William Harris	130
Stephen Harris	130
Ephraim Hicks	130
Nathaniel Hicks	131
Caleb Hodsdon	131
Saul C. Higgins	131
Charles Horten	131
George Hoyt	131
Joseph Hamblin	131
Cyrus Hamblin	131
John Hamblin	131
Abigail Hall, Widow	131
Rufus Harmon	131
George Hanscam or Hunscam	131
Elkanah Harding	131
James Haskell	131
Nathan Hanson	131
Daniel Hunt	131
Joseph Hunt	131
David Harding, Jr.	131
John Harding	132
Levi Hall	132
Daniel Hunt	132
Joseph Hamblin 3d	132
Jacob Hamblin	132
Prince Hamblin	132
Moses Hanscam	132
Humphrey Hanscam	132
Enoch Hamblin	132
Nicholas Harding	132
John Hanscam	132
Joseph Hanscam	132
Stephen Irish	132
James Irish	132
Daniel Irish; perhaps the Enumerator	132
Benjamin Irish	133
Isaac Irish	133
Benjamin Irish, either a Jr. or middle initial J.	133
Benjamin F. Johnson	133
Nathaniel Jordan	133
Allen Jordan	133
Josiah Jenkins	133
John Johnson	133
William Johnson	133
Thomas Johnson	133
Mathew Johnson	133
Robert Johnson	133
Joseph Knight	133
Ebenezer Kemp	133
Levi Knight	133
James King	134
Amos Kimball	134
John Kinneson	134
Benjamin Libby	134
Jonathan Lowell	134
Hannah Lombard	134
James Lewis, Reverend	134
Sarah Libby, Widow	134
Richard Lombard	134
Daniel Libby	134
Royal Lincoln	134
Edward Libby	134
John Libby	134
Simeon Libby	134
Edward Libby, Jr.	134
Stephen Lary	134
Ephraim Libby	135
Daniel Libby, Jr.	135
Jethro Libby	135
Joseph Libby, Jr.	135
Stephen Longfellow	135
Ephraim Lombard	135
Luther Libby	135
William Lakeman	135
Solomon Lakeman	135
Ebenezer Lakeman	135
Esther Lakeman, Widow	135
Richard Libby	135
Ebenezer Lombard, Revered	135
Joseph Libby	135
Lemuel Libby	135
Phillip Larrabee	135
Samuel Lombard	135
Nahum Lord	136
Lothrop Lewis	136
John Lombard	136
Isaac Libby	136
John Lincoln	136
Samuel Moody	136
William McLellan	136
James March	136
Ebenezer Murch	136
Benjamin Mitchell	136
Joseph McDonald	136
James McDonald	136
George Murch	136
Richard Mabury	136
Nathaniel Mosher	136
Daniel Mosher	137
James Mosher, Jr.	137
Benjamin Mosher	137
James McIntosh	137
Prince McLellan	137
William McLellan, Jr.	137
John W. Morris	137
Alexander McLellan	137
Samuel McLellan	137
David McDugal	137
David Morten	137
Matthias Murch, Jr.	137
Matthias Murch	137
Moses Mabury	137
David Mains	137
John Murch	137
James McLellan	137
William McGuilliam	138
David McLellan	138
Rebecca McLellan, Widow	138
James Morten	138
Samuel Meller	138
Thomas McLellan	138
Robert McLellan	138
Edmund Mann	138
Robert Molley	138
Thomas Morten	138
William Morten	138
David Morten, Jr.	138
John Morten	138
Daniel Merrill	138
Enos Newcomb	139
Uriah Nason	139
Uriah Nason, Jr.	139
Samuel Nason	139
James Nason	139
Joseph Nason	139
Lot Nason	139
Richard Nason	139
Reuben Nason	139
Jotham Odiorne	139
Samuel Putney	139
David Patrick	139
Clement Phinney	139
Charles Patrick, Jr.	139
Charles Patrick	140
Thomas Patrick	140
Nathaniel Phinney	140
James Phinney, Jr.	140
C. Nathan Penfield	140
Andrew Pasted - presumably Andrew Plaisted	140
John Phinney	140
Samuel Plaisted	140
Christopher Plummer	140
Isaac Plummer	140
George Plowman	140
Daniel Purrington	140
William Paine	140
Samuel Paine	140
Richard Paine	140
William Prentiss	140
James Phinney	140
Edmund Phinney or Edward Phinney	141
Nathaniel Phinney, Jr.	141
Joseph Phinney	141
Thomas Paine	141
John Patridge	141
Amos Rich	141
B. John Ryan	141
S. Thomas Robie	141
Toppan Robie	141
Joseph Roberts, Jr.	141
George Rounds	141
Benjamin Rand	141
Christopher Rand	141
Nathaniel Riece - perhaps Rice	141
John Riece - perhaps John Rice	141
William Riggs	141
Mary Rounds, Widow	142
Samuel Roberts	142
Asa Rand, Reverend	142
B. John Rand	142
Moses Richardson	142
Joseph Roberts	142
Moses Stone	142
James Smith	142
James Sturgis	142
John Selle	142
Henery Sawyer - not sure of given name	142
Enoch Shaw	142
Joel Sawyer	142
Ephraim Smith, Jr.	142
Ephraim Smith	142
William Snow	142
Jonathan Sturgis	142
Enoch Shaw, Jr.	143
David Sturgis	143
William Stephenson	143
Joseph Skillings	143
Alexander Stimpson	143
Josiah Shaw	143
Samuel Staples	143
Jacob S. Smith	143
Archulas Stone - presumably Archelaus Stone	143
Jonathan Stone	143
Neptune Stephenson	143
John T. Smith	143
Samuel Stephenson	143
George Strout	143
Ai Staples	143
Clark Swett	143
Benjamin Stephens	143
Joshua Swett	143
Jonathan Stone, Jr.	144
Thomas Snow	144
William Smith	144
Martha Sanbourn, Widow	144
James Swett	144
Joseph Swett	144
John Smith	144
Caleb Sever	144
Edward Scammon	144
Benjamin Skillings	144
Mercy Skillings, Widow	144
Abner Tole	144
James Tyler	144
Andrew Twombly	144
T? - surname possibly Thomes - obscured	145
Elizabeth Tyng, Widow	145
George Thomes	145
Mary Tebbets	145
Charles Thomes	145
Jeremiah Tole	145
Nathaniel Thomes	145
Daniel Tyler	145
John Walker	145
James Warren	145
Samuel Warren	145
Nathan Ward	145
Samuel Woodward	145
Betsey Whitney, Widow	145
Nehemiah Westcot	145
Ezekiel Ward	145
James Westcot	146
Abigail Weymouth	146
James Warren 3d	146
Peter Whitney	146
Eli Whitney	146
Zebulon Whitney	146
Daniel Whitney	146
Seth Webb	146
Edward Webb	146
Edmund Watson	146
Greenleaf C. Watson	146
Nathaniel Webster	146
Isaac Whitney	146
Reuben Westcot, Jr.	146
Thomas Worcester	146
Jeremiah Williams	146
Peter Williams	146
Jesse Ward	147
John Ward	147
Reuben Westcot	147
Robert Weeks	147
George Waterhouse	147
Young, Lydia, Widow	147

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