Falmouth, Maine, in the 1820 Census

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

Enumerator: Robert D. Dunning

Enumerated population of Falmouth in the 1820 Census: 1679 - also on the recap sheet

Enumeration of Falmouth consists of all or parts of Sheets 488-503; use the arrow at top left of each image to page forward. Note: there are two sheets numbered 358 - the second one has the information.

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 Falmouth since 1820:

• parts of Westbrook annexed in 1828 and 1831
• parts set off to Westbrook in 1825, 1835, 1836 and 1853
• land set off to Portland in 2002

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 #
Jeremiah Abbot	488
Hannah Allen	488
John Adams	488
Daniel Allen	488
Joshua Allen	488
Abraham Adams	488
Susannah Allen	488
Nathaniel Abbot	488
William Allen	488
Amos Abbot	488
George Abbot	488
Jedediah Allen	488
Nancy Anderson	488
Isaac Adams	488
Moses Adams	488
Benjamin Acres	488
Solomon Blackstone	488
Robert Blackstone	488
Nathaniel Bucknam	489
John Bucknam	489
Nancy Bucknam	489
Joseph Blanchard	489
Ozias Blanchard	489
Samuel Blanchard	489
Leonard Butterfield	489
Elijah Baker	489
Thomas Baker	489
Samuel Bracket	489
Solomon Baker	489
Elisha Baker	489
John Buckman	489
Huldah Buckman	489
Enos Buckman	489
William T. Buckman	489
James Buxton	489
Hannah Boyne	489
Robert Blan - not sure of surname	490
Jonathan Butterfield	490
George Cobb	490
Joseph Colley	490
William Colley, Jr.	490
William Colley	490
Joshua Colley	490
William Crabtree	490
Elizabeth Cotton or Elizabeth Colton	490
Ursula Claridge	490
John Chinnery	490
Solomon Chinnery	490
Benjamin Creesy - perhaps Benjamin Cressey	490
Thomas Delleno	490
James Dobbin	490
Joseph Dunham	490
Enock Dill	490
Edward Davis	490
Retire Drinkwater	490
Jacob Eliot, Jr.	490
William Elder	491
Jacob Elliot	491
Samuel Freeman	491
John Fry	491
William Frank	491
Amos Field	491
Zachariah Field	491
Alpheus Field	491
Stephen Field	491
Henton Field or Herton Field or ?	491
Simeon Field	491
John Grant	491
Nathaniel Garish	491
William Garish	491
Unite Grant	491
Garven Huston	491
Thomas Hodgedon	491
Moses Hall	491
Jonathan Hutchens	491
James Hicks	492
John Hobbs, Jr.	492
Jeremiah Hall	492
Jonathan Hobbs	492
Stephen Huston	492
Josiah Hobbs	492
George Hussey	492
Martin Hanes	492
Timothy Hall	492
Mark Huston	492
Nicholas Hall	492
Ozna Hall	492
Andrew Hall	492
Silas Hall	492
Samuel Hicks	492
James Hicks	492
William Haddock	492
Thomas Higgins - not sure of given name	492
Thomas Hyde	493
William Johnson	493
Butler Jones	493
Francis Jones	493
Jabez Jones	493
Ezra Jones	493
Joseph Johnson	493
Charles Knight	493
George Knight	493
George Knight, Jr.	493
Samuel Knight	493
Jacob Knight	493
Edmund Knight	493
Oliver Knight	493
Jonathan Knight	493
Alexander Knight	493
Rachel Knight	493
Nathaniel Kilpatrick	493
Joseph Knight	494
Nathaniel Knight	494
Ephraim Knight	494
Theodore Knight	494
Michael Knight	494
Elias Knight	494
Nathaniel Lock	494
Lemuel Long	494
Simon Lord	494
Daniel Lunt	494
James Langworthy	494
James Lord	494
Benjamin Lunt	494
Joshua Lunt	494
David Lieghton - presumably Leighton	494
Silas Leighton	494
Isaac Leighton	494
Nathaniel Leighton	494
Edward Leighton	495
Stephen Leighton	495
Nathan Lord	495
John Lord	495
Jethro Libby	495
Zacheus Lambard	495
Silas Leighton - either Silas Leighton, Jr., or Silas J. Leighton	495
Josiah Leighton	495
Jedediah Leighton	495
George Leighton	495
Thomas Leighton - either Thomas Leighton, Jr., or Thomas J. Leighton	495
Olive Leighton	495
Hannah Leighton	495
Jeremiah Leighton	495
Robert Leighton	495
Daniel Leighton	495
Ezekiel Leighton - either Ezekiel Leighton, Jr., or Ezekiel J. Leighton	495
Peter Leighton	495
Robert Leighton - either Robert Leighton, Jr., or Robert J. Leighton	496
Ebenezer Lock	496
Ephraim Morse	496
Nathaniel Morse	496
Jonathan Morse	496
Josiah Merrill	496
Ozias Merrill	496
Ephraim Merrill	496
Joshua Merrill	496
Joshua Merrill, Jr.	496
Stephen Merrill	496
Joshua Merrill	496
Aaron Melcher	496
Samuel Moody	496
Jonathan Moody	496
William Mittemore	496
Amos Merrill	496
Reuben Merrill	496
Clarissa M? - possibly Clarissa Merrill	497
Humphry Merrill	497
Samuel Merrill	497
Robert A. Merrill	497
Peter Marstin	497
Giles Merrill	497
Jeremiah Merrill	497
Beniah Merrill	497
James Merrill	497
Zacharias Merrill	497
Moses Merrill	497
Paul E. Merrill	497
James Merrill	497
Zacharias Merrill	497
Moses Merrill	497
James Merrill	497
Ephraim Marston - not sure of given name	497
Jonathan Marston	497
Robert Morrell	498
Benjamin Marsten - either Benjamin Marsten, Jr., or Benjamin J. Marsten	498
George Mumfort	498
Archibald McCuller	498
Elizabeth G. Morrell	498
Aaron Morrell	498
Elizabeth Morrell	498
Benjamin Marsten	498
Richard Mumford	498
Nathan Merrill	498
Isreal Merrill	498
Jacob Merrill	498
Curtis Meserve	498
Nathaniel Noyes	498
Merrill Noyes	498
Nathaniel Noyes	498
Andrew Nelson	498
William Prince or Pierce	498
Benjamin Prince or Pierce	499
Benjamin Pettingill	499
Reuben Prince or Pierce	499
William Purington	499
Abraham Purington	499
John Prince or Pierce	499
Noyes Prince or Pierce	499
Job Pool	499
Samuel Pote	499
Jeremiah Pote	499
Charles Pote	499
George Prince or Pierce	499
James Poland	499
Charles Poland	499
Richard Pomroy	499
John Pomroy	499
Jacob Quinby or Jacob Quimby	499
Moses Roberts	500
William Richards	500
Samuel Richards	500
Michael Rand	500
Rufus Reed	500
William Royale	500
Job Ramsdale	500
Joseph Russell	500
John Ridding	500
Josiah Ralph	500
William Sanburn	500
James Sampson	500
James Sweet	500
Joseph Sweet	500
Moses Sweet	500
Samuel Sweat	500
Samuel Sweat - either Samuel Sweat, Jr., or Samuel J. Sweat	500
Adam Sweat	501
Joseph Shaw	501
Peter Steward	501
William Steward	501
George Turner	501
James Tukesbury	501
Mary Tuckesbury - not sure of given name	501
Abner Tukesbury	501
David Tukesbury	501
John Tukesbury	501
William Titcomb	501
Benjamin Titcomb	501
William Titcomb - either William Titcomb, Jr., or William J. Titcomb	501
Reuben Titcomb	501
Joseph Underwood	501
Solomon Wait	501
Amasa Wait	502
Gustavus Williams	502
Ebenezer Williams	502
Paul Worsted	502
John Wait	502
Thomas Winslow	502
Edward Whitten	502
John Whitten	502
Daniel Woodsom	502
Samuel Winslow	502
William Winslow	502
Elijah Winslow	502
Ichabod Wilson	502
Levi Wilson	502
Nathaniel Wilson	502
Nathaniel Wilson, Jr.	502
Hezekiah Wilson	502
Adam Winslow	503
Caleb Woodsman	503
Gideon Woodsman	503
Samuel Watts	503
David Watts	503
William York	503
Thankful Young	503
Joseph York	503
Samuel G. York	503
Joseph York	503
William R. York	503

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