Hartford. 342 individuals - the largest number so far. 140 households, 52 of them nonwhite. That's a long list of people to report, but here we go: Prince Swan 3 James Williams 3 Timothy Oliver 4 William Randell 3 William Bates 2 John Duress 2 Charles Monroe 3 Lucien Evans 3 Ruth Magira 4 Frank … Continue reading Wednesday Research Report
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Friday Research Report
Happy New Year! I'm actually compiling work for the whole week, since I didn't get around to any daily postings. This will be long. Which is also an excuse for explaining something about why I'm doing this. Yes, it's partly because it helps keep me working on the database. But it's also because it gives … Continue reading Friday Research Report
Sunday Research Report
The 1830 U.S. Census continues. Today I went through three towns! It's nice to not have all the school-related tasks hanging over me. Stamford. 53 pages of census, only 62 non-white persons; a surprisingly large number of pages with no non-white people on them at all. Two additional enslaved persons, one male and one female, … Continue reading Sunday Research Report
Wednesday Research Update
Redding. 23 households, 9 headed by non-whites; 67 individuals. As in Newtown, this marshal has trouble with the idea that a "negro" would have a surname. In fact, by the handwriting it could actually be the same guy. Our independent households follow. Harry and his wife had 5 boys and 4 girls in their family … Continue reading Wednesday Research Update
Monday research report
Norwalk! 66 households with non-white members, 20 independent non-white households; 134 total individuals, and 2 enslaved persons (a man aged 55-99, and a woman aged 55-99 who, interestingly, was living in the household of Amos Demnat - see below). Our heads of household (and household size): Edward Hyde 4 Isaac Treadwell 2 Joseph S. … Continue reading Monday research report
Thursday Research Update
Newtown: 55 households (117 total individuals), 23 nonwhite households. The marshal for Newtown never failed to note the "negro" status of these families (omitted below), and rarely reported surnames, as shown in this list of heads of families (followed by size of household): Henry 2 Agrippa 4 Levi Hall 2 Primas … Continue reading Thursday Research Update