How it began and why you're here...

Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine was originally incorporated in 1771 as part of Winthrop. Twenty years later residents voted almost unanimously to separate from Winthrop, and Readfield became incorporated on March 11, 1791. Welcome to this web site where you will meet the courageous men and women who founded our town.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

THE FIRST TO COME: 1791 Taxpayers and more...

The list below includes names that appeared on the 1791 Readfield taxpayers list at the time of its separation from Winthrop and subsequent incorporation. Information will be added about each of these men, and their families, as it becomes available. Those whose information is already included on this website are linked. 

In some cases I have / will add some people who are not on the 1790 Winthrop Census
or 1791 Readfield tax payers list but came to Readfield early on (1792-1820). 
Also included on this site are the complete list of names that appear on the 1800, 1810 and 1820 U.S. Census.
Stats for 1790 - 1820

Year
Males <16
Males >16
Females
Total Population
1790
223
194
349
766
1800
286
217
427
930
1810
345
350
689
1384
1820
327
449
779
1555

Those who were living in the northern part of Winthrop (that later became Readfield) at the time of Winthrop's 1771 incorporation have a notation beside the names below.
___________________________________________________________
  1. Allen, James
  2. Allen, Jotham
  3. Ames, Asa
  4. Ayer, Moses (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  5. Baker, Joseph (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  6. Bolden, John
  7. Brown, Prince
  8. Brown, Unight (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  9. Cameron, Collins (or Collen)
  10. Carson, James
  11. Chandler, Joseph
  12. Cilley, William
  13. Clough, Jabez
  14. Clough, John
  15. Cottle, Isaac
  16. Coy, Daniel
  17. Crane, Abijah
  18. Craig, James (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  19. Craig, James Jr.
  20. Craig, Jabez
  21. Craig, Thomas (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  22. Craig, William
  23. Currier, George Dr.
  24. Currier, Samuel Dr.
  25. Davis, Benjamin Capt.
  26. Davies, Francis
  27. Drew, Lemuel 
  28. Dudley, Eliphalet   (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  29. Dudley, James
  30. Dunton, William
  31. Dutton, James
  32. Dutton, Joshua
  33. Eldridge, James
  34. Eldridge, Samuel
  35. Elliott, William
  36. Emery, Jonathan (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  37. Emery, Watt (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  38. Evans, John Clark
  39. Farrington, Ithamar, Dea.
  40. Fifield, Ebenezer
  41. Fisher, Ebenezer
  42. Fletcher, Gideon
  43. Fling, Nathan
  44. Fogg, Joseph
  45. Francis, Norris
  46. French, John
  47. French, Moses
  48. Gage, John Capt.
  49. Gilman, David
  50. Gordon, Jonathan
  51. Gordon, Josiah
  52. Gove, Elias
  53. Greeley, Henry (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  54. Greeley, John   (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  55. Greeley, John II  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  56. Greeley, Joseph (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  57. Greeley, Joseph Jr.  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  58. Greeley, Moses (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  59. Greeley, Noah
  60. Greeley, Samuel  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  61. Haines, Peter
  62. Hall, Liberty
  63. Hinkley, James
  64. Hovey, John
  65. Hoyt, Eliphalet (living in Winthrop in 1771) 
  66. Hoyt, Hubbard (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  67. Hoyt, Levi (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  68. Hoyt, Peaslee  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  69. Jackson, James
  70. Jennings, John
  71. Jennis, Benjamin (Genness)
  72. Jewett, John
  73. Johnson, Daniel
  74. Johnson, Joseph
  75. Johnson, Joseph Deacon
  76. Johnson, Joshua
  77. Johnson, Levi
  78. Judkins, Samuel Sgt.
  79. Kent, Charles
  80. Kent, John
  81. Kent, Warren
  82. Knowles, Elisha
  83. Knowles, Gilman
  84. Knowles, Jonathan
  85. Knowles, Simon
  86. Lane, Ephraim (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  87. Lane, Samuel
  88. Legro, William
  89. Lombard, Daniel H.
  90. Longfellow, Jonathan
  91. Luce, William
  92. Lyford, William
  93. Lyon, Alpheus
  94. Lyon, Eliab
  95. Lyon, Squire
  96. Mayhew, Samuel
  97. McPherson, Paul
  98. Mitchell, Josiah
  99. Monk, Abijah
  100. Monk, Benjamin
  101. Moores, James
  102. Morrison, Alexander
  103. Neal, Thomas
  104. Norris, Josiah Capt.
  105. Norton, Constant
  106. Norton, Daniel
  107. Norton, Peter
  108. Packard, Jonas
  109. Perham, Samuel
  110. Perley, Amos
  111. Peterson, Abraham
  112. Peterson, Cornelius
  113. Pond, William
  114. Prescott, Benjamin
  115. Prescott, Elisha
  116. Randall, Matthew
  117. Richardson, Asa
  118. Russell, Abel
  119. Russell, Sidney F.
  120. Sampson, David
  121. Sampson, Luther, Esq.
  122. Sampson, Nehemiah
  123. Sampson, Noah
  124. Savage, Benjamin
  125. Shedd, John
  126. Sheppard, John   (Shepherd) 
  127. Sherburne, Job  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  128. Sherburne, Richard
  129. Shirburne, John (Sherburne)
  130. Simmons, Ichabod, Lieut.
  131. Sleeper, John
  132. Smith, Benjamin
  133. Smith, Daniel
  134. Smith, Eliphalet, Rev.
  135. Smith, Elisha (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  136. Smith, Jesse
  137. Smith,  John, Jr. 
  138. Smith, Ruben
  139. Snow, Philip  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  140. Standley, Jacob
  141. Stevens, Samuel  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  142. Stevens, William
  143. Stone, Thatcher
  144. Stone, Thomas
  145. Swift, Job
  146. Talbot, William
  147. Taylor, Elias
  148. Taylor, Osgood
  149. Taylor, Thomas
  150. Taylor, Wilebe (Willoughby) He settled lot #24 in West Mt. Vernon near the Readfield town line
  151. Thomas, Nathaniel
  152. Walton, Moses
  153. Ware, Robert
  154. Waugh, Robert (Signed 1771 petition for incorporation of Winthrop)
  155. Wellman, Abraham (? Wyman)
  156. Wentworth, Daniel
  157. Wheeler, Resolved
  158. White, Jeremiah
  159. White, William
  160. Whitney, Stephen
  161. Whittier, Moses Jr.
  162. Whittier, Nathaniel  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  163. Whittier, Thomas  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  164. Whittier, William  (living in Winthrop in 1771)
  165. Will, Joshua
  166. Wing, Simeon
  167. Wyman, Abraham (?Wellman)
  168. Young, Benjamin
  169. Young, James
Please check back - more information, names and pictures will be added to this work in progress, over time! Easier yet - you can request email notifications be automatically sent to you when new information is added. See the right column for that capability.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

1800 U.S. Census Readfield, ME ~ Heads of Households

This census includes a notation (on some) of when and where they immigrated from which I have included here. In 1800 the names were listed in geographical rather than alphabetical order but I am listing names here alphabetically. I have also added a few comments and questions after some names where I felt it might be helpful.  Though I have done my best to record these names accurately I can make errors like anyone else so please bear that in mind.

Adkins, David     (David Atkinson?)
Allen, James Jr.
Allen, Thomas
Armstrong, William
Bachelor, Nathaniel
Band, John
Bean, Elisha
Bean, Joel
Bean, Joshua
Blount, Andrew
Brown, Josiah     1794 N.H.
Brown, Samuel     1794 N.H.
Carr, Benjamin
Case, Isaac
Chelsey, Jonathan     1800 N.H. (Chesley ?)  
Chelsey, Sawyer     1800 N.H. (Chesley ?)
Clough, Jabez
Clough, John
Cochran, James     1796 N.H.
Commet, Jonathan     1791 N.H.
Cornforth, Robert     1797 England (listed adjacent to Thomas Fimbey)
Coy, Daniel
Craig, James
Craig, Thomas
Currier, Samuel     1796 N.H.
Davis, Francis     1793 N.H.
Dudley, Eliphalet
Dudley, Stephen
Dutton, Jesse
Dutton, John
Evan, John
Fimbey, Thomas     1797 England (listed adjacent to Robert Cornforth)
Fletcher, Nehemiah    1799 Mass. (listed adjacent to Holebrook)  
Ford, Nathaniel
French, John
French, John
Fuller, Francis
Gage, John
Gillman, David
Glidden, Samuel     1796 N.H.
Gordon, Daniel
Gordon, Ithial
Gordon, Jonathan
Gordon, Josiah
Gray, Frederick     (listed on census as Fudriah Gray)
Gray, John
Gray, William
Greeley, Joseph
Hains, Dudley
Hall, Liberty
Hankerson, Thomas
Hankerson, William
Hillman, Thomas     1796 Mass.
Hinckley, Joseph     1798 Mass.
Holebrook, Abiather     1799 Mass. (This is Abiah Holbrook. Listed adjacent to Fletcher)       
House, Isaac     1798 Mass.
Hoyt, Peasley
Hubbard, John
Huston, Joseph     (Joseph Hutchins)
Jennings, (Jenness) Benjamin     1794 N.H.
Jewett. John
Johnson, Joseph
Johnson, Joshua
Johnson, Levi
Judkins, Hill     1791 N.H.
Kent, Charles
Kent, Warren
Knowles, Elisha
Knowles, Jonathan
Lane, James
Lane, John     1797 N.H.
Lane, Samuel 1797 N.H.
Loveland, James
Luce, Beniah
Luce, Ellis     1798 Martha's Vineyard
Luce, Shuabel
Lyon, Amos
Lyon, Cornelius                
Lyon, Eliab
Lyon, Eliab Jr.
Mace, Andrew
Mahew, Samuel              
Melvin, Samuel
Mitchell, Josiah
Monk, Benjamin
Moore, James
Moore, Timothy
Moore, William
Morgan, David
Morrill, Levi
Morrill, Levi Jr.
Morrison, Robert     1793 N.H.
Neal, John     1791 Martha's Vineyard
Norcross, Elijah
Norcross, James
Norse, Andrew     (probably Andrew Morse) 1791 N.H.
Norton, Constant
Norton, Peter
Packard, Caleb
Packard, Joshua I
Packard, Joshua Jr.
Packard, Ralph
Packhard, Libusa
Packhard, Mathuel
Page, Robert
Page, Samuel
Pitts, Cromwell
Pitts, Seth
Prescott, Elisha
Sampson, Luther     1794 Mass.
Sampson, Nehemiah     1795
Sampson, Noah     1793 Mass.
Savage, Benjamin
Shed, John
Sheppard, John     1798 N.H.
Shurburn, Henry
Shurburn, Job
Simmons, Ichabod
Sleeper, John
Smith, Charles
Smith, Comfort
Smith, Cyril     (listed on the census as Ceriel Smith)
Smith, Enoch     1798 N.H.
Smith, Mathias
Smith, Olive
Smith, Ransford
Smith, Thomas
Stephens, Samuel
Stone, Thomas     1797 Mass.
Swanton, William
Swift, Job
Taylor, Elias
Taylor, James
Taylor, Samuel
Taylor, Simeon
Thomas, Nathaniel
Turner, Christopher
Walker, James
Waugh, John
Waugh, Robert
Waugh, Robert
Waugh, Samuel
Wells, James     1793 N.H.
White, Benjamin             
White, Moses
White, Samuel
White, Samuel
Whittier, Anny    (ancestry.com lists this name as Ronny Whittier)
Whittier, Joseph
Whittier, Moses
Whittier, Thomas
Whittier, Thomas Jr.
Willoughby, Robert     (listed as Robert Yellowby) 1797 For.
Wing, Daniel
Wing, Paul

Friday, August 16, 2013

1810 U.S. Census Readfield, ME ~ Heads of Households

221 names (10 pages) are listed in the same order as on the
U.S. Census so names are not exactly in alphabetical order.
Page 1
Adkins, John
Adams, Eli
Allen, James
Allen, Jotham
Armstrong, William
Atkinson, James
Aldridge, Levi
Brown, Jeremiah
Brown, John
Brown, Samuel
Brown, Currier
Bean, Joshua
Bean, Elisha
Bean, Sheppard
Bean, Joel
Basford, Jacob
Bessee, Ezra
Brown, Levi
Brown, Jonathan
Buzzell, Edward
Bean, Nathan
Gray, John
Page 2
Cochrane, James
Cornforth, Robert
Currier, Samuel, Dr.
Carleton, Joseph
Carleton, Guy
Clough, Jabez
Carr, Benjamin
Case, Isaac
Coy, Daniel
Clough, Benjamin
Cottle, Ananias
Campbell, Daniel
Clough, James
Crosby, Barnabas
Cameron, Collins I
Dudley, Stephen I
Dudley, Eliphalet
Davis, Benjamin
Dutton, Jesse
Dutton, John
Page 3
Davis, Francis
Dudley, Stephen Jr.
Dean, John
Elliot, William
Fogg, Dudley
Fling, Nathan
Ford, John
Fillebrown, James
Fuller, Edward
Fifield, Eben Jr.
Fifield, Joseph
Fifield, John
Fuller, Francis
Fifield, Eben Sr.
French, James
Ford, James
Ford, Nathaniel
Follit, Otis
Ferrin, Silas
Foster, Benjamin
Gove, Elias
Greeley, Joseph
Gordon, Ithial
Page 4
Gorden, Luther
Gordon, Jonathan
Gray, William
Gray, Fred
Glidden, Samuel
Gilman, Samuel
Gordon, Daniel
Gordon, Josiah
Gage, John
Hains, Dudley
Hankerson, William
Hankerson, John
Huntoon, Peter
Huntoon, David
Howard, Joshua
Hunt, Francis
Hillman, Theo
Hillman, Jethro
Hubbard, John
Hoyt, Eliphalet
Hoyt, John H.
Hoyt, Peaslee
Page 5
Hill, Jeptha
Hall, Liberty
Hutchinson, Joseph
Harlow, Jebediah (?)
Hows, David
Hunt, Ephraim
Judkins, Samuel
Johnson, Joseph
Jewett, John
Jewett, Washington
Johnson, Levi
Johnson, Alfred
Jenness, Benjamin
Judkins, Richard
Joss, William
Kent, Charles
Kent, Warren
Kimball, Nathan
Knowles, Jonathan
Knowles, Elisha
Kittredge, Peter
Luce, Shuabel
Page 6
Lane, John
Lombard, Solomon
Luce, Prince
Lyon, Taber
Lyon, Squire
Lyon, Eliab Jr.
Lane, James
Ladd, Simeon
Luce, Elis
Lenel, James
Lyon, Eliab
Lyon, Amos
Lyon, Cornelius
Law, Robert
Lane, Webster
Lambert, Eliza
Luce, Maria
Morrill, Levi
Morrill, Josiah
Mace, Richard
Melvin, Samuel
Mayo, Daniel
Moore, James
Page 7
Morrill, Stephen
Moore, Leonard
Morrill, Samuel
Morgan, David
McCausland, William
Morrison, Alexander
Mahew, Samuel
Melvin, Benjamin
Monk, Benjamin
Mace, Andrew
Neal, Thomas
Nickerson, Constant
Norton, Peter
Norton, Constant Jr.
Norton, Constant
Packard, Joshua
Packard, Caleb
Page, Simon Jr.
Page, Samuel
Page, Robert
Pitts, Cromwell
Page, Jeremiah 
Page 8
Pearly, Amos
Prescott, Elisha
Prescott, Elijah
Packard, Nancy
Richard, Jonas
Richardson, Thad
Randall, Mathew
Richardson, John
Richardson, Thad Jr.
Richardson, Joseph
Randall, Phineas
Stevens, Sam
Smith, Cyril
Swift, Job
Stanley, Solomon
Sampson, Luther
Smith, Mathias
Shepherd, John
Sawyer, William
Sherburn, Job
Sleeper, John
Smith, Thomas
Page 9
Smith, John
Simmons, Ichabod
Smith, Enoch
Smith, Reuben
Stone, Thomas
Sherburn, John
Shead, John
Stevens, William
Smith, Olive
Simons, Moses
Thomas, Nathaniel
Markwell, Thomas
Taylor, Simeon
Taylor, Samuel
Taylor, William
Taylor, Whittier
Turner, Christopher
Wyman, Samuel
Whittier, Benaiah
Wing, Daniel
Wheelock, Cyrus
White, Aaron (Aron)
Page 10
Williams, Joseph
White, Jeremiah
Winslow, Aaron
Whiting, Samuel
Waugh, Samuel
Waugh, George
White, Samuel
Whittier, David W.
Walton, Joshua
Walson, Cordis
Waugh, Robert
Waugh, John
Whittier, Joshua
Whittier, Moses
 

Thursday, August 15, 2013

1820 US Census Readfield, ME ~ Heads of Household

Listed in same order as they are on the census so not exactly alphabetical. 246 Heads of Household listed.

Page 1
Armstrong, William
Allen, James
Allen, Jotham
Allen, Lemuel
Ames, Eliaken
Adams, Eli
Adle, Christopher
Black, David
Black, Edmund
Bean, Joshua
Burgess, Edward
Bean, Milton
Bean, Levi
Bass, Edward
Bean, Joel
Bean, Franklin
Bean, Oliver
Bourne, Rowell
Brown, Samuel
Brown, Levi
Brown, Elisha?
Brown, Samuel
Brown, Betsey
Brown, Dolly
Brown, Jacob
Brown, Jeremy
Bean, Manly
Bacon, Lora
Cochran, William
Clough, James
Cunningham, Isaac
Carle, Jonathan
Call, Obediah
Currier, Samuel
Craig, John
Cabot?, Betsey
Cornforth, Robert
Coy, Daniel
Coy, Nathan
Carr, Benjamin
Carr, Benjamin Jr.
Case, Isaac
Coy, Daniel Jr.
Crosby, William
Cameron, John
Carleton, Henry
 
Page 2
 
Carleton, Margaret
Clough, Elijah
Drew, Lemuel
Dudley, Eliphalet
Dudley, Samuel
Dudley, Stephen
Dudley, Henry
Dean, John
Dutton, John
Davis, Francis
Davis, Benjamin
Eldridge, Samuel
Eliot, William
Fifield, John
Fuller, David
Foster, Joseph
French, Marcia
Fifield, Ebenezer Jr.
Fifield, Ebenezer
Fillebrown, James Jr.
Fillebrown, Luther
Fogg, Dudley
Fillebrown, James
Ford, Nathaniel
Ford, John
French, Isaac
Fuller, Edward
Ford, James
Gordon, Luther
Gray, William
Gray, Frederick
Gordon, Daniel
Gordon, Jonathan
Greeley, Henry
Gove, Elias
Gordon, Alexander
Gage, Shubal
Hill, Jeptha
Hubbard, John
Huntoon, Jonathan
Hatch, Alvan
Hutchinson, Joseph
Haynes, Dudley
 
Page 3
 
Hankerson, William
Hankerson, William Jr.
Huntoon, Peter
Huntoon, David
Hussey, Elijah
Howard, Joshua
Hutchinson, Joseph
Hinkley, Joseph
Hoyt, John H.
Hoyt, Peasley
House, David
Hunt, Robert
Hill, Richard
Hutchinson, Joseph 1st
Hillman, Jethro
Hillman, Thomas
Hoyle, Eliphalet
Hunt, Francis
Johnson, Calvin
Johnson, Betsey
Johnson, Elisha
Judkins, Elisha
Judkins, Richard
Judkins, Lorin? M.
Jose, William
Johnson, Martin
Johnson, Daniel
Jewell, John
James, Benjamin (Jenness)
Knowles, Elisha
Kittredge, Peter
Knowles, Josiah
Knowles, William
Knowles, John
Knowles, Joseph
Knowles, Jonathan
Kenniston, Nathaniel
Kent, Warren
Kent, Charles
Kent, Elisha
Kent, Dwelly
Kennedy, Phibe
Lyon, Squire
Lyon, Tabor
Lyon, Laton
Lombard, Richard
Luce, Thomas
 
Page 4
 
Lane, John
Luce, Prince
Luce, Elis
Luce, William
Lombard, James
Ladd, Simeon
Lombard, Solomon
Lane, Shubal
Lyon, Amos
Lyon, Eliab
Langley, Solomon?
Mayo, Samuel
Mace, Richard
Morrill, Levi
Morrill, Levi Jr.
Melvin, Benjamin
Melvin, Samuel
Mayo, Betsey
Mace, Andrew
Mayo, Nathaniel
Morrison, Alexander
Morrison, Robert
Macomber, William
Moor, James
Moore, Leonard
Morril, Josiah
Nickerson, Thomas
Neale, Thomas
Norton, Peter
Nickerson, Constant
Nickerson, Constant Jr.
Norton, Constant
Norton, Stephen
Nickerson, Moses
Page, Samuel
Page, Nathaniel
Packard, Joshua
Page, Robert
Page, Jeremiah
Packard, Joseph
Packard, Caleb
Pratt, Nathan
Prescott, Elisha
Prescott, William
Prescott, Joseph
Pitts, Cromwell
Pierce, Thomas
 
Page 5
 
Rhoads, James
Rowe, Lewis
Richardson, Joseph
Richardson, John
Richardson, Mary
Richardson, Asa
Smith, Cyryll
Stevens, Samuel
Smith, Reuben
Scott, Abijah
Stevens, Jacob
Stevens, William
Sherburne, John
Sherburne, Job
Sleeper, John
Shepherd, John
Simmonds, Ichabod
Simmonds, John
Smith, John H.
Smith, Thomas
Smith, John
Sampson, Luther
Sampson, David
Sewall?, Samuel
Stone, Thomas Jr.
Smith, Henry D.
Smith, James
Stanley, John
Stevens?, Jacob Jr.
Smith, Samuel
Smith, Carpenter
Stone, Thomas
Tosier?, Simeon
Taylor, William
Turner, Catherine
Taylor, Solomon
Turner, Christopher
Thurston, Thomas
Williams, Joseph
Wyman, Samuel
Waugh, John
Willard, Asa
Watson, Josiah M.
Wheelock, William
Wheelock, Cyrus
Wood, Merril
Whittier, Jonathan
 
Page 6
 
Waugh, George
Waugh, Samuel
White, Samuel
Whittier, Josiah
Whittier, Beniah
Whittier, Moses
Whittier, Josiah
Whitney, Stephen
Wing, Daniel
Wheelock, David
Williams, James
Walker, Paris
Waugh, Robert Jr.
Waugh, Robert 3rd
Wentworth, Daniel
Webster, Israel