Gray, Maine, in the 1820 Census

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

Enumerated population of Gray in the 1820 Census: 1479

Enumerator: Daniel Irish

Enumeration of Gray consists of all or parts of Sheets 148 -163; 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.

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.

Names of Heads of Households	Sheet #
Samuel Adams	148
Joseph Allen, Jr.	148
Elias Allen	148
Daniel Allen	148
Nathaniel Abbot	148
Joseph Allen	148
Joshua Adams	148
Morrell Berry or Barry	148
Nathaniel Brackett	148
Titus O. Brown	148
George Benson	148
William Barbour	148
Charles Barbour	148
William Bennet	148
David Bennet	148
Phineas Bennet, Jr.	149
Elias Blake	149
William Berry	149
Phineas Bennet	149
Daniel Cummings	149
Ebenezer Cobb	149
Isaac Cummings	149
Amos Cummings	149
Joseph Cummings	149
Benjamin Cobb	149
Salter Cobb	149
Richard Colley	149
James Colley	149
Amos Colley	149
John Colley	149
William Dolley	150
Thomas Dutton	150
Joseph Davis	150
Hezekiah Doughty	150
Judah Dyer	150
William Dodson	150
Jonas Doughty	150
John Doughty	150
Ezra Davis	150
Jacob Elder	150
Morrell Elder	150
Stephen Furbush	151
John Far	151
Jacob Foster	151
Joseph Foster	151
Isaac Foster	151
Thomas Frank	151
Moses Foster	151
George Farrell	151
Samuel Foster	151
Nathaniel Ford	151
John Fowler	151
Isaac Fogg	151
Josiah Frank	151
James Frank	151
James Frank, Jr.	151
Jonathan Freeman	151
Patience Fogg, Widow	151
William Greely	152
William Green	152
Thomas Greely	152
William Goff	152
William Greely, Jr.	152
Daniel W. Green	152
Alexander Gallison	152
Ralph Hallowell	152
James Hamelton	152
Daniel Hall	152
Joseph Hayden	152
Moses Hunt	152
John Humphrey, Jr.	153
Israel Hodskins	153
Ebenezer Higgins	153
David Hunt, Jr.	153
James Humphrey - not sure of given name	153
Daniel Haskell	153
Israel Hunt	153
David Hunt	153
Nathan Hunt	153
Moses Humphrey	153
Oliver Humphrey	153
John Humphrey	153
Elijah Husten	153
Joseph Husten	153
Reuben Hill	153
Thomas Hatch	153
William Hustin	153
Alexander Harmon	154
Elias Harmon	154
Isreal Jordan	154
James Johnson	154
Adverdus King - presumably Edvardus King	154
Moses Knight	154
John Low	154
Simeon Lawrence	154
Ephraim Lawrence	154
Ephraim Lawrence, Jr.	154
Joseph Libby	155
Andrew Libby	155
Nicholas Low	155
Simon Libby	155
Moses Libby	155
Nicholas Low, Jr.	155
Andrew Libby, Jr.	155
William Libby	155
James Libby	155
George Latham	155
George Latham, Jr.	155
Levi Lane	155
Galen Latham	155
Benjamin Libby	155
Jonathan Libby	155
David Libby	155
Gideon Libby	155
Jedadiah Libby	156
Daniel Libby, Jr.	156
Thomas S. Look or Lock	156
Betsey Latham, Widow	156
Daniel Libby	156
Benjamin Morse	156
Joseph Morse	156
John Morse	156
Ozias Morse	156
William Morse	156
John Morse, Jr.	156
David Morse	156
Joseph Merrill	156
Thomas Mayo	156
Reuben Morse	157
Charles McDonald	157
Samuel Magguire	157
Stephen Machester	157
John Muchemore	157
Samuel Mayall	157
Mark Morse	157
Joshua Mountford	157
John Mountford	157
John Merrill	157
Ebenezer Maxwell	157
Levi Morse	157
Samuel Nash	157
Thomas Pennell	157
Eliphas Phillips	157
Jeremiah Pennell	158
Stephen Pennell	158
Joseph Pennell, Jr.	158
Joseph Pennell	158
Adam Purves	158
William Purves	158
Sylvanus Prince	158
Edmund Pray - not sure of surname	158
Jeremiah Perley	158
Abraham Perley	158
Samuel Perley	158
Joseph Rounds	158
Samuel Randall	158
Robert Ramsdell	158
Gideon Ramsdell	158
John Russell	159
Seth Ramsdell	159
Alexander Ross	159
John Sweetster	159
Ephraim Staples	159
Robert Starboard	159
Samuel Swett	159
William Strecklin - perhaps Strickland	159
Nehemiah Skillings	159
Salter Soper	159
William Starboard	159
Isacc Stowell	159
Stephen Stiles	159
Curtis Stiles	159
Jeremiah Small	159
William Small	160
John Small	160
Adkins Small	160
Samuel Skillings	160
Joseph Skillings	160
Edward Skillings	160
Josiah Skillings	160
Calvin Shaw	160
John Stimpson	160
John H. Smith	160
Ebenezer Stowell	160
Samuel Stowell	160
Benjamin Skillings	160
James Small	160
Sidney Thaxter	161
Henry Trask	161
Jeremiah Twitchell	161
Beales Thompson	161
Ithiel Trip - presumably Othniel Trip	161
William B. Titcomb	161
John Titcomb	161
Stephen Thair - perhaps Thayer	161
Joseph Thompson	161
Ephraim Thompson, Jr.	161
Ephraim Thompson	161
Francis Upton	161
Ebenezer Varney	161
Isaac Weeks	162
Francis Webster	162
Whitely Webster	162
Joshua Weeks	162
Peter Whitney, Doctor	162
Simon Webster	162
Joseph Webster	162
James Welch	162
James Weymouth	162
Thomas Webster	162
Daniel Weston, Reverend	162
Timothy Weymouth	162
Samuel Webster	162
Joseph Weeks	162
Abraham Young	163
Nathaniel Young	163
Job Young	163
John Young	163

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