Maine Genealogy Archives

1790 Census: Bowdoinham, Lincoln County

Richmond was set off from Bowdoinham in 1823.

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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Bowdoinham Town, Lincoln County
Zebulon Preble 1 4 3 0 0
Theos Blanchard 2 2 3 0 0
Herman Smith 1 4 5 0 0
Solomon Blanchard 1 0 3 0 0
Nicholas Gobart 1 1 8 0 0
David Pottle 2 1 3 0 0
James Perry 1 1 3 0 0
John Southard 2 2 2 0 0
John Parks 1 5 6 0 0
John Chesham 1 4 2 0 0
Frederick Porter 1 3 2 0 0
Caleb Weston 2 5 3 0 0
Willm Burk 1 3 3 0 0
Hezekiah Purnton 1 1 4 0 0
Jethro Hatch 1 4 4 0 0
Elihu Gitchel 1 1 1 1 0
James Purnton 1 3 3 0 0
Stephen Whitmore 4 1 4 0 0
Francis Whitmore 1 1 1 0 0
Ephraim Hatch 2 0 3 0 0
George Maxwell 2 2 6 0 0
Thomas Harwood 2 4 6 0 0
Nathl McLallen 2 2 8 0 0
Charles Gardiner 2 0 1 0 0
Coffin (Widow) 1 3 5 0 0
George Thomas 2 1 5 0 0
Thomas Takins 1 1 2 0 0
Clark Hatch 1 3 3 0 0
Thos Dinsmore 1 3 3 0 0
Thos Dinsmore, Junr 1 1 2 0 0
Zebulon Preble 1 1 2 0 0
David Preble 1 0 2 0 0
Zachariah Beel 2 0 0 0 0
Josiah Beel 1 0 1 0 0
Joshua Beel 2 1 4 0 0
Jethro Beel 3 0 5 0 0
John Adams 1 3 4 0 0
Jere Adams 1 0 1 0 0
James Booker 2 1 4 0 0
Joseph Sedgley 2 1 4 0 0
James Maxwell 2 3 5 0 0
Benja Gardiner 2 0 3 0 0
Saml Preble 1 2 1 0 0
Abraham Preble 2 1 3 0 0
Phinehas Wiggins 1 1 2 0 0
Job Jellitson 1 3 2 0 0
Robert Sedgley 2 1 3 0 0
Abraham Meloon 1 2 1 0 0
Elaphan Raman 3 2 5 0 0
Jona Preble 3 0 3 0 0
Elisha Prat 1 2 2 0 0
Abraham Whitmore 2 1 3 0 0
Thos Springer 2 1 3 0 0
John Prat 1 1 2 0 0
John Springer 1 2 1 0 0
Willm Dunham 2 0 2 0 0
Ebenezer Macumber 1 0 2 0 0
Robert Jack 1 4 2 0 0
Seth Macumber 2 2 2 0 0
John Headon 1 1 3 0 0
James Mallee 2 5 1 0 0
Joseph Ross 3 2 2 0 0
Job Macumber 1 3 6 0 0
Nathan Adams 1 2 3 0 0
Abraham Preble, Junr 2 2 5 0 0
Abiah Cobb 1 2 3 0 0
Saml C. Cooms 1 1 3 0 0
Isaac Stuart 2 2 2 0 0
Paul Ross 1 1 1 0 0
John Staboard 1 3 3 0 0
Willm Booker 1 1 1 0 0
_____ Dinslow 1 1 3 0 0
Willm Dinslow 1 0 1 0 0