Maine Genealogy Archives

1790 Census: Otisfield Plantation, Cumberland County

Otisfield Plantation was incorporated as the town of Otisfield in 1798. Land was set off to form Harrison in 1805 and Naples in 1834. Residents of Phillips Gore—annexed to Otisfield in 1803—were enumerated in Raymondtown Plantation in 1790.

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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Otisfield Plantation, Cumberland County
George Pierce 2 0 2 0 0
Eleazer Bartlett 3 1 3 0 0
William Gammon 1 3 4 0 0
Thomas Thurston 3 0 2 0 0
David Thurston 3 0 2 0 0
Mark Knight 4 1 2 0 0
Jonathan Knight 1 1 2 0 0
Joseph Spurr 3 1 3 0 0
Enoch Spurr 1 0 2 0 0
Joseph Hancock 2 1 5 0 0
Benjamin Patch 1 1 4 0 0
David Kneeland 1 3 3 0 0
David Gammon 1 3 3 0 0
David Pray 2 0 4 0 0
Daniel Cobb 1 4 3 0 0
Joseph Moss 2 2 3 0 0
Nathaniel Edward 1 2 4 0 0
Joseph White 4 1 5 0 0
Mary Reed 1 1 4 0 0
Samuel Gammon 1 3 3 0 0
Jonathan Brition 1 0 1 0 0
Elisha Turner 3 2 2 0 0
Elias Harnock 2 0 0 0 0
Zebulon Knight 2 1 4 0 0
John Bride 1 1 2 0 0
Joseph Cates 2 2 5 0 0
Catharine Haskell 2 1 3 0 0
Benjamin Green 1 4 3 0 0
Jonathan Mores 2 3 3 0 0
Thomas Mayberry 1 1 5 0 0
David Mayberry 1 1 4 0 0