Scarborough, Maine, in the 1820 Census

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

Note: the true Scarborough, Maine, not the one that some online indexes show as Scarborough, Hancock County, Maine - resulting from a misreading of Gouldsbough.

Enumerated population of Scarborough in the 1820 Census: possibly 2232

Enumerator: Asa Heath - on bottom half of image

Enumeration of Scarborough consists of all or parts of Sheets 344-358; 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 Scarborough since 1820:

• land set off to Saco in 1841
• land set off to Gorham in 1864
• Stratton Island and Bluff Island set off to what is now Old Orchard Beach; year or years not known

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 #
Isaac Andrews	344
John Andrews	344
Thomas Andrews	344
Alvan Bacon	344
Solomon Bragdon	344
Nathaniel Blake	344
Nathaniel Boothby	344
Levi Boothby	344
George Boothby	344
Aaron Burnham, Heirs	344
Thomas Burnham	344
Richard Burnham	344
Solomon Burnham	344
Samuel Burnham	344
Jonathan Burnham	344
John Berry	344
Joseph Berry	344
Solomon Berry	344
Robert Berry	344
Zebulon & Nathaniel Berry	344
Ebenezer Burnham	344
David Burnham	344
Richard Boothby	345
Daniel Babb	345
Libeus Blossom	345
Jeremiah Berry	345
John Billings	345
John Babb	345
Alison Brown	345
Alpheus Bryant	345
Eliphalet Bryant	345
Reuben Jackson	345
Widow Thorne or Kame or Hame or ?	345
Enoch McLellen	345
Abia Chamberlain	345
Lemuel Coolbroth & Widow or Lemuel Coolbroth Widow	345
Samuel Coolbroth	345
Joseph Coolbroth	345
Henry Cumston; middle initial possibly U	345
Elisha Collins	345
Richard Carter	345
Benjamin Carter	345
Ezra Carter	345
Joseph Clark	345
Widow Chadwick	346
John Dyer	346
Wentworth Dresser	346
Jonathan Dresser	346
Jeremiah Deering	346
Isaac Deering	346
John Dearborn	346
John Dearborn, Jr.	346
James Edgecomb	346
Joseph Fogg	346
Reuben Fenderson	346
Joseph Foss	346
Jeremiah Fulsom	346
Peletiah Fenderson	346
Lucy Fenderson	346
Thomas Fenderson	346
Jane Fenderson	346
Peter Foss	346
Peletiah Foss	346
Ezekiel Foss	346
Joshua Fabyan - not sure of surname, in the crease	346
Jonathan Fogg	347
Moses Fogg	347
Enock Fogg	347
Reuben Fogg	347
Ezra Ficket	347
Jonathan Foss	347
Zachariah Foss	347
Henry Dyer	347
Benjamin Foss	347
Abner Fogg	347
Jeremiah Grafham	347
Elias Grafham	347
Thomas & Sal. Gustin - perhaps abbreviation for Solomon	347
Josiah Green	347
Zecharaiah Harmon 3d	347
Henry Harmon	347
Zachariah Harmon	347
George & Z. Harmon	347
Samuel Harmon	347
Alison Harmon	347
John Hearn	347
Ephraim Holmes	347
Daniel Holmes	348
Elias Harmon	348
Dummer Harmon	348
Benjamin Harmon	348
John S. Harmon	348
James Harmon	348
Moses Harmon	348
George Harmon, Jr.	348
Joseph Harmon	348
Isaac Harmon	348
George Hight	348
Solomon Hartford, Heirs	348
Samuel Haines	348
William Hasty	348
Nathaniel Hasty	348
Robert Hasty	348
Edmund Higgins	348
Richard Hunnewel	348
John Hunnewel	348
Asa Heath [presumably the Enumerator]	348
Stephen Harmon	348
Levi Harmon	349
James Jones	349
William Jones	349
John Jones	349
Nathaniel Joss	349
Jonathan Joss	349
Joseph S. Jewet	349
Richard King	349
Cyrus King	349
Ivory Kilborne	349
William B. Leavitt	349
Enos Libby	349
Eliakim Libby & Moutt - not sure of name; perhaps meant Mother	349
Hunkin Leavitt - presumably Hunking Leavitt	349
Richard Leavitt	349
Mark Leavitt	349
Joseph Leavitt	349
Ed. & Hannah Leavitt	349
Lemuel Libby	349
Samuel Libby	349
Peter Libby & A.M.	349
Nehemiah Libby & son	349
Thomas Libby	350
William B. Larabee	350
Benjamin Libby	350
Zebulon Libby	350
Daniel Libby 4th	350
Charles Libby	350
William Libby	350
Theophilus Libby	350
Zebulon Libby	350
Daniel Libby 3d	350
Mark Libby	350
Reuben Libby	350
Nathaniel Libby	350
Luke Libby	350
Enock Libby	350
Josiah Libby	350
Daniel Libby, Jr.	350
Cyrus Libby	350
Dominicus Libby	350
Demas Libby	350
Josiah Libby, Jr.	350
Lemuel Libby, Jr.	351
Lucy Libby	351
Thomas Libby & son Richard	351
Thomas Libby, Jr.	351
Benjamin Larabee & son	351
Benjamin Larabee, Jr.	351
Isaac Larabee	351
Philip Larabee & son	351
Daniel Libby & son	351
Joseph Libby	351
Seth Libby	351
Moses Libby	351
Stephen Libby	351
Rufus Libby	351
Nathan Libby	351
Jordan Libby	351
William Libby	351
Joshua Libby	351
Theodore Libby	351
Ichabod Libby & son	351
Amos Libby	351
Rhoda Libby	351
Luther Libby	352
Samuel Libby, Jr.	352
Robert Libby & son	352
Amos Libby, Jr.	352
Simon Libby & son	352
Sewall Libby	352
Samuel H. Libby	352
Jonathan Margery	352
Frederick Millikin	352
Richard Mitchel	352
Benjamin Millikin, Jr.	352
Joseph Millikin	352
Thomas Moulton	352
Daniel Moulton	352
Jonathan Moulton, Jr.	352
Jonathan Moulton & son	352
Jonathan Moulton 3d	352
Jonathan Moulton 4th	352
Joshua Moulton, Captain	352
Eliphalet Merrill	352
Abraham Millikin	352
Abraham Millikin, Jr.	353
Joshua Millikin	353
Benjamin Millikin	353
John Meserve, Jr.	353
Thomas Millikin	353
Simeon Millikin	353
Robert McLoughlin	353
Robert McLoughlin, Jr.	353
Andrew Meserve & ? widow ?	353
William Meserve & son John	353
Samual & Joseph Meserve	353
George Moses	353
Nathaniel Moses	353
Jonathan Marston	353
Jonathan McKenney	353
Samuel McKenny & son - not sure of given name	353
Abner McKenny, Jr.	353
Benjamin McKenny	353
Jonathan Marshal	353
Jacob Millikin	353
Nathan Marshal	353
Isaac Millikin	353
Daniel Moulton 3d	354
Jacob Mills	354
Daniel Moulton 4th	354
John Moody	354
John Moody, Jr.	354
Job Mitchel	354
Robert P. Marr - not sure of middle initial	354
Moses McKenny	354
James H. Morris	354
Samuel Matthews	354
John Matthews	354
John Noble	354
Abraham Plumer	354
John Prout	354
Dominicus Prout	354
Thomas Miserve	354
Ai Plumer	354
Jeremiah Plumer	354
Robert Patten	354
Joseph Pillsbury	354
Jonathan Pillsbury	354
David Pillsbury	355
John Patterson	355
Elias Moulton	355
Philemon Rand	355
James Randell	355
James Robertson	355
Phineas Rice	355
Samuel Rice	355
Gideon Rice	355
Jonathan Richards	355
Antony Richards	355
Daniel Smith	355
Thomas Seavey	355
William Seavey	355
Tim. & Sol. Steward - presumably Timothy & Solomon	355
Eli Seavey	355
John Seavey	355
James & Samuel Shute	355
Asa Seavey	355
Jacob Staples	355
Phares Snow	355
Isaac Stone - not sure of surname	355
Josiah Smith	356
William Sweetser	356
Robert Southgate	356
Rufus & Job Seavey	356
James Small	356
David Small	356
John Sawyer	356
Enoch Skilling	356
Simeon Skilling	356
Benjamin Sweetser	356
Dennis Skilling & ? - possibly Solomon Skilling	356
Charles Smith	356
John Sweetser	356
Josiah Skilling	356
William Stumford	356
Samuel Thomson	356
Ebenezer S. Thomes	356
Travers & Stanwood	356
Thomas & ? Thirstin	356
James Thirstin	356
Levi Tibbets	356
Samuel Skilling	356
Tilton, Revered - or Tifton, Reverend	357
Lancaster, Reverend	357
Henry Sawyer	357
John Watson	357
John Webb	357
Isaac G. Walker	357
Nathaniel Waterhouse	357
Joseph Waterhouse	357
? Woodman - perhaps Mr. or abbreviation for Abram or Abraham	357
Nathaniel Waterhouse, Jr.	357
John Waterhouse	357
Mary Waterhouse	357
Jonathan Watson	357
Jeremiah Warren	357
Theophilus Waterhouse	357
Daniel Waterhouse	357
Isaac Waterhouse	357
Richard Waterhouse	357
George Ward	357
Zerubabel Hunnewel	357
John Buggy	357
Grover & Richard	357
Widow Begford - perhaps variant of Bickford	358
Eunice Freeman	358
Joshua Begford - perhaps variant of Bickford	358
Mary Moss	358
Lewis Demote	358
Brad. Merrill & Widow	358
Elisha Whitten	358
William & John Grace	358

Scarborough, Maine, Today