1790 Census: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County

Cape Elizabeth was incorporated in 1765 from part of old Falmouth. South Portland was set off as a separate town in 1895.

Source: Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: Maine [pdf]. (Washington, D. C., Govt. Print Off., 1908).

Forenames and surnames have been switched to facilitate searching.

Key to entries:

1. Name of Head of Family.
2. Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families.
3. Free white males under 16 years.
4. Free white females, including heads of families.
5. All other free persons.
6. Slaves.

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Cape Elizabeth Town, Cumberland County

Nathaniel Dyer 2 2 6 0 0
Ebenezer Sawyer 2 2 5 0 0
Micael Dyer 2 1 4 0 0
Edward Smally 1 0 1 0 0
Mary Roberts 0 0 2 0 0
Benjamin Dyer 0 1 5 0 0
Abigail Dyer 0 1 1 0 0
William Ray 1 1 1 0 0
Ebenezer Simonton 1 5 2 0 0
Joshua Dyer 1 3 7 0 0
Stephen Randal 1 1 2 0 0
Caleb Dyer 1 3 4 0 0
John Amory 2 3 4 0 0
Joseph Sawyer 1 0 0 0 0
John Ryon 1 0 3 0 0
Jacob Sawyer 1 0 1 0 0
Moses Mariner 1 1 6 0 0
Israel Woodberry 1 3 5 0 0
Jacob York 1 0 1 0 0
Elisabeth Alden 2 0 3 0 0
James Lovett 1 1 1 0 0
Sarah Webb 2 0 3 0 0
Hannah Pilsberry 0 2 1 0 0
Elisabeth M^cCaning 0 0 2 0 0
Peeter Woodberry 1 1 2 0 0
Ezekiel Hatch 1 0 4 0 0
William Hoole 2 3 3 0 0
Thomas Simonton 1 3 2 0 0
Robert Thompson 1 0 1 0 0
Samuel Robinson 1 3 2 0 0
Mary Simonton 2 0 3 0 0
Benjamin Thrasher 1 0 2 0 0
Ebenezer Thrasher 3 1 3 0 0
Jonah Wallace 1 0 3 0 0
John Webster 1 2 2 0 0
Nathaniel Stout 3 3 4 0 0
Bezilla Delano 5 1 5 0 0
Humphrey Richards 1 0 2 0 0
Samuel Jorden 1 4 3 0 0
John Richards 1 0 1 0 0
James Webster 1 0 0 0 0
Samuel Robertson 1 1 1 0 0
Joshua Robertson 2 3 4 0 0
James Miller 2 3 5 0 0
Hugh Miller 1 0 1 0 0
David Miller 1 0 2 0 0
Joshua Miller 1 1 1 0 0
James Maxwell 2 0 2 0 0
John Marrs 3 3 4 0 0
Secomb Jorden 1 1 2 0 0
Noah Jorden 1 0 2 0 0
Noah Jorden 1 1 3 0 0
Rachel Jorden 1 0 2 0 0
Benjamin Jordan 3 3 6 0 0
Samuel Johnston 1 2 4 0 0
George Trundy 3 1 3 0 0
Robert Clark 2 3 2 0 0
Simeon Davis 1 1 3 0 0
James Abbot 1 0 2 0 0
Stephen Atwood 1 2 2 0 0
James Leach 3 1 3 0 0
John Wheeler 1 3 9 0 0
James Dyer 3 6 2 0 0
Nathaniel Staples 2 1 1 0 0
Jonathan M^cKenny 1 2 4 0 0
James Maxwell 2 1 3 0 0
Partrick Irish 2 1 4 0 0
William M^cCreat 1 0 3 0 0
Jeremiah Crowley 2 2 3 0 0
John Wallace 1 1 2 0 0
Thomas Simonton 1 0 2 0 0
Daniel Davis 1 0 4 0 0
John York 2 0 1 0 0
Peeter Sawyer 2 4 3 0 0
Reubin Sawyer 1 0 1 0 0
Timothy Small 1 2 3 0 0
David Allen 1 1 1 0 0
Paul Dyer 1 1 2 0 0
Daniel Sawyer 1 0 2 0 0
Ephraim Dyer 4 1 3 0 0
Isaac Dyer 1 2 4 0 0
Henry Dyer 2 3 5 0 0
Ebenezer Parker 1 0 7 0 0
Ebenezer Thorndike 3 0 2 0 0
Samuel Jorden 1 4 3 0 0
London Thorndike 0 0 0 2 0
Thomas Flint 1 2 2 0 0
Christopher Davis 1 0 2 0 0
Jesse Willard 1 2 3 0 0
Andrew Simonton 3 2 2 0 0
Matthew Simonton 1 1 5 0 0
Christian Thorndike 0 0 3 0 0
Ephraim Clarke 3 1 6 0 0
George Deakes 1 2 6 0 0
James Welch 1 2 1 0 0
Joseph Cobb 3 1 3 0 0
James Webster 2 3 4 0 0
Bezilla Richards 1 1 4 0 0
John Armstrong 1 2 2 0 0
Elisha Small 1 3 4 0 0
Samuel Crockett 1 0 2 0 0
Samuel Dyer 1 3 6 0 0
George Stout 1 0 4 0 0
Levi Stout 1 1 2 0 0
George Bowa 1 6 2 0 0
Eleazer Stout 1 2 2 0 0
Eleazer Stout 1 0 5 0 0
Nathaniel Cash 1 2 3 0 0
George Stout 2 0 2 0 0
Levi Stout 2 0 2 0 0
Jacob Brown 3 2 5 0 0
Samuel Cash 1 2 3 0 0
George Elder 2 1 2 0 0
Ellis Elder 1 0 2 0 0
John Elder 1 0 4 0 0
Joshua Elder 1 2 1 0 0
James Babb 2 0 2 0 0
Ephraim Gent 1 0 1 0 0
George Hayes 2 0 2 0 0
Beniah Weston 1 2 8 0 0
Hannah Dyer 0 4 4 0 0
Hannah Roberts 0 2 2 0 0
Isaac Dyer 1 2 2 0 0
Benjamin Friket 3 0 3 0 0
Samuel Dyer 2 2 4 0 0
James Turner 2 0 4 0 0
Archbald Douglis 1 0 2 0 0
John Fricket 3 0 3 0 0
William Fricket 1 3 2 0 0
William Baley 3 2 5 0 0
Jonathan Leatherby 2 5 4 0 0
John Frikit 1 3 4 0 0
Benjamin Stanford 1 1 3 0 0
Nathaniel Friket 1 2 4 0 0
Massy Higgins 4 1 3 0 0
William Dyer 1 0 1 0 0
William Gammon 2 0 3 0 0
Samuel Calif 4 2 1 1 0
Volentine Wuman 1 0 2 0 0
Nathaniel Jorden 2 2 4 1 0
Ezekiel Jorden 1 4 5 0 0
Trustim Jorden 2 1 3 0 0
Abraham Bucks 1 0 1 0 0
John Jorden 1 1 3 0 0
Abraham Jorden 1 1 3 0 0
Isaac Jorden 1 2 3 0 0
James Barnsbotom 1 0 1 0 0
Robert Dyer 1 2 6 0 0
John Robertson 1 1 3 0 0
John Woodberry 2 1 6 0 0
Robert Plummer 1 0 1 0 0
John Hatch 1 2 1 0 0
Ephraim Roberts 2 5 2 0 0
Joseph York 1 1 2 0 0
Lucy Woodberry 0 1 2 0 0
Mary Sawyer 2 0 4 0 0
Abigail Stanford 0 0 3 0 0
John Cushing 1 1 3 0 0
Abigail Thomas 1 2 3 0 0
David Stout 1 0 2 0 0
John Blake 1 1 1 0 0
Christopher Stanford 1 0 2 0 0
John Surline 1 1 2 0 0
Whitewood Mayew 2 1 2 0 0
Jonathan Sawyer 1 7 3 0 0
Abigail Cushing 0 1 2 0 0
Joseph Stanford 1 0 1 0 0
Sarah Stanford 1 0 5 0 0
John Stanford 2 3 1 0 0
Jeremiah Sawyer 1 0 2 0 0
Joseph Mariner 1 4 2 0 0
John Mariner 1 4 4 0 0
Abraham Bryant 1 0 2 0 0
Josiah Westcot 1 3 3 0 0
Elisha Millet 2 1 2 0 0
Jesse Plummer 1 5 2 0 0
Richard Crocket 1 1 5 0 0
Edward Doane 4 0 4 0 0
John Shillings 1 2 3 0 0
Samuel Shillings 2 0 1 3 0
Joseph Shillings 1 4 3 0 0
Samuel York 1 0 1 0 0
Ebenezer Doane 1 1 1 0 0
Nehemiah Shillings 1 0 1 0 0
Samuel Westcot 1 1 4 0 0
Jotham Libby 1 2 4 0 0
Enoch Dunn 2 1 3 0 0
Zebulon Trickey 3 0 4 0 0
Thomas Jackson 1 1 2 0 0
Joshua Bigford 1 0 1 0 0
Uriah Nason 3 2 4 0 0
Benjamin Thombs 1 0 1 0 0
Samuel Shillings 5 6 7 0 0
Simeon Shillings 2 3 6 0 0
Thomas Cummings 1 1 2 0 0
Josiah Shillings 2 0 3 0 0
Zenas Pratt 4 3 3 0 0
Eleazer M^cKenny 1 3 3 0 0
John Fogg 1 2 1 0 0
Richard Jorden 1 0 1 0 0
Solomon Jorden 1 2 4 0 0
Stephen Jorden 1 3 5 0 0
Jonathan Jorden 3 1 5 0 0
Elisha Jorden 1 1 4 0 0
Ebenezer Beal 1 1 2 0 0
Thomas Maxwell 4 2 4 0 0
William Maxwell 1 2 0 0 0
Joseph Maxwell 3 3 5 0 0
William Dingley 1 2 7 0 0
Joshua Jorden 4 3 2 1 0
Dominicus Jorden 3 2 4 0 0
Jeremiah Jorden 2 1 2 0 0
Loring Cushing 1 1 4 0 0
Nathaniel Jorden 1 0 4 0 0
Jabes Dyer 2 0 2 0 0
Jonathan Mitchell 2 1 7 0 0
Edward Small 2 4 5 0 0
Jeremiah Jorden 2 4 2 0 0
John R. Clarkes 2 2 4 0 0
Deliverance Pollock 0 0 1 0 0
Mary Welch 0 2 5 0 0
Elisha Jorden 2 0 3 0 0
Moses Hunscom 3 0 2 0 0
Nathaniel Jorden 1 0 4 0 0
Timothy Jorden 1 0 2 0 0
Joshua Robertson 3 2 6 0 0
Partrick Maxwell 2 4 1 0 0
Thomas Jorden 1 0 1 0 0
Samuel Jorden 3 1 5 0 0
John Jorden 1 3 5 0 0
Jane Avery 1 0 2 0 0