1790 Census: Mount Desert, Hancock County

Mount Desert was incorporated in 1789. Eden (later Bar Harbor) was set off in 1796, and the Cranberry Isles in 1830. Tremont became a town in 1848.

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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Mount Desert Town, Hancock County

John Robinson 2 1 3 0 0
David Tinker 1 2 3 0 0
Reuben Noble 1 1 5 0 0
Jacob Reed 2 1 4 0 0
Richard Heath 1 2 3 0 0
William Heath 1 0 2 0 0
Francis Appleton 1 1 2 0 0
Enoch Wentworth 1 4 1 0 0
Stephen Norwood 1 1 4 0 0
John Rich 4 2 5 0 0
James Barton 1 1 5 0 0
Stephen Richardson 4 1 3 0 0
Daniel Gott, jun^r 1 2 3 0 0
Daniel Gott 3 3 4 0 0
Nathaniel Gott 1 0 3 0 0
Joseph Gott 1 0 1 0 0
Joshua Norwood 2 4 4 0 0
Thomas Richardson 3 3 5 0 0
Peter Gott 1 3 4 0 0
Thomas Richardson, jun^r 1 3 1 0 0
Benj^a Ward 1 1 3 0 0
Samuel Bowden 1 1 1 0 0
Joshua Mayo 3 0 2 0 0
Jabez Salisbury 1 1 4 0 0
Phillip Langley 2 3 1 0 0
Benj^a Spurlin 1 4 2 0 0
Jonathan Rich 1 2 4 0 0
Sans Stanley 2 1 2 0 0
Thomas Stanley 1 1 3 0 0
Aaron Bunker 1 1 3 0 0
Margaret Stanley 0 0 1 0 0
Samuel Stanley 1 0 2 0 0
John Stanley 1 1 3 0 0
Peter Stanley 1 1 2 0 0
Thomas Flinn 1 0 1 0 0
John Peache 1 4 2 0 0
Jeremiah More 1 1 2 0 0
Andrew Tucker 1 4 3 0 0
Augustus Rafanel 1 2 4 0 0
Samuel Emerson 1 7 2 0 0
Joseph Groo, jun^r 1 0 1 0 0
Joseph Groo 1 1 1 0 0
Jonathan Brown 1 0 2 0 0
William Baker 1 0 1 0 0
William Whitehorn 1 0 1 0 0
Reuben Salisbury 1 2 5 0 0
John Bunker 1 0 2 0 0
Isaac Bunker 1 9 3 0 0
Benj^a Bunker 2 2 3 0 0
Mark Bunker 1 0 0 0 0
William Gilley 1 2 3 0 0
William Scott 1 0 2 0 0
Thomas Sommers 1 1 1 0 0
Andrew Tarr 2 1 2 0 0
John Manchester 2 1 3 0 0
James Richardson, jun^r 1 1 1 0 0
John Manchester, jun^r 1 0 1 0 0
Stephen Sargent 2 0 1 0 0
Samuel Hadlock 1 2 3 0 0
James Richardson 2 1 4 0 0
Abraham Somes 4 3 2 0 0
Samuel Reed 1 3 4 0 0
Nathaniel Massy 1 0 0 0 0
George Richardson 1 0 3 0 0
Stephen Gott 1 0 1 0 0
Ezra H. Dodge 1 0 2 0 0
John G. Richardson 1 1 2 0 0
Benj^a Athenton 1 2 2 0 0
Davis Wescott 1 2 5 0 0
David Eaton 1 1 2 0 0
John Robinson, jun^r 1 2 2 0 0
John M^cKenzie 1 2 1 0 0
Ephraim Pray, jun^r 1 1 2 0 0
Joseph Hodgdon 1 4 4 0 0
Abner Lunt 1 4 2 0 0
Ephraim Pray 2 1 3 0 0
Samuel Millikin 1 2 4 0 0
Reuben Freeman 3 0 6 0 0
Israel Bartlett 1 0 4 0 0
David Bartlett 1 1 2 0 0
Christopher Bartlett 2 2 4 0 0
Christopher Bartlett, jun. 1 0 2 0 0
Elias Bartlett 1 0 0 0 0
David Higgins 5 3 5 0 0
Jesse Higgins 2 4 3 0 0
John Chipar 1 0 0 0 0
Joseph Mayo 4 5 2 0 0
Seth Hinkley 1 0 2 0 0
Elkanah Higgins 1 2 1 0 0
Nickolas Thomas 1 4 3 0 0
John Thomas 1 0 2 0 0
John Thomas, jun^r 1 4 3 0 0
Amos Thomas 1 0 0 0 0
Daniel Richardson 1 2 2 0 0
Simeon Hadley 2 2 7 0 0
Ezra Leland 3 4 5 0 0
Ebenezer Leland 2 1 3 0 0
Joseph Hopkins 1 2 7 0 0
Ebenezer Salisbury 4 2 6 0 0
Elkanah Young 1 7 1 0 0
Thomas Paine 2 0 3 0 0
William Mason 1 0 1 0 0
Seth Doane 1 2 4 0 0
John Cozens 1 1 2 0 0
John Hamer 1 2 4 0 0
Henry Knowles 2 1 4 0 0
Levi Higgins 2 3 7 0 0
Jerusha Higgins 1 0 2 0 0
Timothy Smellige 1 2 7 0 0
Josiah Smellige 2 0 2 0 0
David Hamar 2 0 2 0 0
Peleg Thompson 1 0 1 0 0
Elisha Cozens 2 2 2 0 0
Cornelius Thompson 3 2 5 0 0
Ezra Young 2 0 2 0 0
Robert Young 1 2 2 0 0
Benj^a Stanwood 1 1 1 0 0
William Hodgkins 1 0 0 0 0
Joseph Hodgkins 1 0 0 0 0
John Day 1 5 2 0 0
Thomas Wescott 4 0 2 0 0
Solomon Higgins 2 2 2 0 0
Israel Higgins 2 5 2 0 0
Daniel Rodick 3 2 6 0 0
Thomas Wescott, jun^r 2 3 3 0 0
Humphry Stanwood 1 0 3 0 0
Smith Hopkins 1 1 1 0 0
Joseph Bunker 1 2 2 0 0
Stephen Higgins 1 1 1 0 0
George Gillcot 1 2 1 0 0
William Lynam 1 0 6 0 0
Junior Neptune 0 0 0 1 0