Maine Genealogy Archives

1790 Census: Orphan Island, Hancock County

Orphan Island was incorporated in 1861 as the town of Verona.

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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Orphan Island Town, Hancock County
Syrenus Collins 2 1 4 0 0
Bazilah Hopkins 1 3 3 0 0
Peleg Hearsy 1 0 0 0 0
James Scott 2 2 3 0 0
William Nickerson 1 0 3 0 0
James Cunningham 2 2 2 0 0
James Buckley 1 1 1 0 0
William Mace 2 1 3 0 0
Moses Blasdell 2 1 2 0 0
Moses Sanders 1 1 1 0 0


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Caleb Merrill 1 2 2 0 0
Frederick Haines 1 0 1 0 0
Isaac Webber 1 0 2 0 0
Benja Lillie 2 0 1 0 0
Eleazer Walker 2 1 4 0 0
Eliphalet Perkins 1 1 1 0 0
James Abbott 1 3 4 0 0
William Grout 2 2 5 0 0
William Pomroy 1 2 2 0 0
Joseph York 1 2 2 0 0
John Crocker 1 3 6 0 0
Benja Rawlins 1 1 3 0 0
Thomas Cummins 1 1 1 0 0
Jonathan Blake 1 0 1 0 0
Samuel Richards 1 1 3 0 0