Starting on Middlesex County with Chatham (now known as East Hampton), which Heritage Quest's data jockeys blithely separated into the First, Second, and Third Parishes - following the census marshal's subdivisions as if they were town divisions. (They weren't.) Anyway, there were 59 individuals in 30 households, 8 of them nonwhite. Interestingly, all but 1 … Continue reading Tuesday Research Notes

Next town is Warren and its 14 pages of census. Not all that close to the end because there are 5 "W" towns in Litchfield County. Warren has 19 individuals in 7 households, 3 of them nonwhite. Amos Cables    5 John Carr    4 William James    6 Washington has 22 census pages. 14 individuals in 11 … Continue reading Thursday Research Notes

Is it really still only Tuesday?? The town of Roxbury had only 16 census pages. 22 individuals in 9 households, 3 of them nonwhite: Eljah Roberts    6 Jacob Danford    2 Job Sharp    6 Salisbury comes next. 78 individuals in 32 households, 13 of them non-white. Also one additional enslaved person, a man aged between 55-99. … Continue reading Tuesday Research Notes

Still catching up with Litchfield County: New Hartford only had 24 census pages. They included 31 individuals in 10 households, 3 of them nonwhite: Benjamin Jackson 3 Mary Nash    4 Humphrey Quamaly 5 New Milford's 56 census pages yielded 158 nonwhites (more than Litchfield) in 65 households, 24 of them nonwhite: Walter    Martin    3 Daniel   … Continue reading Monday Research Notes

I'm not sure what happened to Thursday, but here we go with a new set for today: Goshen has 22 census pages as well. This town had our first enslaved person in a while, a man aged over 55. Also another female centenarian. 43 total nonwhite individuals in 22 households, 8 of them nonwhite. Benjamin … Continue reading Friday Research Notes

Actually I've fallen a long way behind on posting these, so this will be one of a series of "catch-up" posts. I'm going to keep them relatively short for ease of skimming. I started Litchfield County a while back, and here's the beginning of the people I've found: Barkhamsted - 24 census pages. 11 nonwhite … Continue reading Wednesday Research Notes