1828 Jamestown Census
The City of Jamestown, NY
by Jack T. Ericson
Copied from The CHAUTAUQUA GENEALOGIST
Vol 13, No 2, pages 11-13.
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In January, 1828, Henry Baker (1797-1863) made a list of the householders in Jamestown, providing information on the number of males and females in each household. He counted 544 residents of Jamestown, but only listed those heads of households who occupied a building. This census does not include all the adult male residents of the village. For example, Silas Tiffany boarded with the family of Solomon Jones, although Tiffany owned a store and residence on the northeast corner of Main and Second Streets which was occupied by J. E. Budlong. Baker also gave the statistics on the number of manufactories.
After 1878, William Wallace Henderson made a handwritten copy
of Baker’s census, which included annotations made primarily
by Elial Todd Foote, and then by Henderson himself.
At the time Henderson made his transcription, Baker’s
original listing was owned by Sidney Jones of Jamestown.
Henderson made this copy for the Chautauqua County Society of
History and Natural Sciences. In October 1895, he made another
copy, and in 1902 still another copy was made by Lucia Henderson.
These later two copies were made from Henderson’s first copy
and contain errors in content and transcription. All three copies
are located at the Chautauqua County Historical Society,
Westfield, a gift of Clayburn B. Sampson.
The transcription presented here was made from Henderson’s
first copy, and includes under householders’ names the
annotations made by Foote and the Hendersons in all three copies.
information supplied by this editor has been placed in brackets.
Heads of Family
Males Females Total Notations made by Foote
and the Hendersons
Jones &
Hall
12
5 17 Comprises
the Solomon Jones and
William Hall Families. Solomon
Jones Sr. died 1 Aug 1862 ae 86.
William Hall died...fell down on
the sidewalk near the bridge on
returning home from my [W. W.
Henderson] store in his building
corner Main & West 3rd in apoplexy,
and survived several weeks, but
never recovered perfect use of
mental faculties or locomotion.
Herbert Montague
12
4 16 died
Ellicott
Abram
Winsor
5
2 7 died
Levant
J. Warner Winsor
2
1 3
Strawberry Pt., Iowa
Abraham Staples
1
1 2
Wm.
Breed
4
2 6
John
Breed
2
1 3
Jarah
Rice
4
2 6
Wm.
Knight
4
3 7
Wm.
Sherman
1
1 2
Nathl.
Barnes
3
6 9
Jessie
Carrier
3
5 8
Loren
Johnson
9
3 12 died
Plattsmouth, Neb. about 1878
in Apr. ae 80--a merchant tailor,
uncle of W.W. Henderson
Judson Southland
7
3 10
Wm.
Clark
7
3 10
Phineas Palmeter
3
5 8 died 15
Aug. 1861 ae 71 Abigail,
his wife d. 22 Jan. 1852
Rich.
Hiller
3
1 4
Barber
Babcock
3
4 7 Miss
Kinney or Kirby d. New Years 1833
Wm.
Carpenter
4
5 9 d. 10
Aug. 1866
N.W. Harrington
7
3 10
J.
Wait
4
2 6 d. 8
Jan. 1855 ae 67; Olive,
wife d. 27 Feb. 1851 ae 64
Mrs.
Farnum
0
3 3
S. A.
Brown
5
2 7 d. 7
June 1862 ae 68; Prudence,
w. d. 31 Aug. 1862 ae 63 [Samuel A.]
Royal
Keyes
2
7 9 d. July
1852 ae 57
Eber
Keyes
1
1 2 Elgin,
Ill.
Hermas
Willard
4
2 6
Adolphus Fletcher
3
5 8 d 4
April 1865 ae 69--founder of
Jamestown Journal and father of
A.B. Fletcher of Chaut. Democrat
Geo. W.
Tew
2
3 5
Nicholas
Supun
5
2 7
Henry
Morgan
2
5 7
Pearl
Johnson
3
1 4 d. 29
March 1851
Henry
Johnson
1
1 2
R. K.
Lyon
3
3 6 uncle
D. W. Lewis--head broadcloth
weaver, Hazeltine factory;
went to N. Jersey
Daniel Hazeltine
12
5 17 d. 3 Aug.
1867 ae 72
Hiram
Kinney
2
2 4
James
Daley
3
2 5
Owen
Salisbury
2
5 7 living
in Gerry--see Kimball
F.W.
Harvey
6
3 9
Alfred
Wilcox
2
4 6
James
Carey
4
2 6
Isaac
Eddy
4
2 6
Loren
Sherman
4
2 6
SamI.
Barrett
6
3 9 d. 23
July 1872; President
Chaut. Co. Bank
J.E.
Budlong
5
3 8
R. F.
Fenton
5
4 9
[Richard Flethcer]
Elisha
Hall
2
2 4 d. 11
Nov. 1853 ae 54
C.R.
Harvey
4
4 8
Solmon
Grant
4
3 7 farmer
d. Pierce Pond, Mich.
Isaac
Eddy
6
4 2 d. 10
Feb. 1873 ae 71
Daniel
Gibson
8
3 5
Lyman
Crane
6
2 4 d. 7
Feb. 1866 ae 74; Sally,
his wife, 9 July 1865 ae 69
Emerick
Cruns
6
4 2
Aaron
Taylor
7
3 4 d. 9
July 1864 ae 74; Marinda S.
28 June 1886 ae 68
Ira
Hart
6
1 5 d. 2
Apr. 1871 ae 81
Sedgwick Burham
6
2 8
Horace
Allen
7
2 9 d. 3
Oct. 1862 ae 73
Woodley W. Chandler
5
2 7 d. 10
Feb. 1873 ae 81; d.in
Levant leaving a widow & children;
later a proprietor in Jamestown
James
Merrill
4
3 7
Jas Merrill Jr.
3
3 6
Noah
Schofield
2
2 4
Rufus
Pier
4
4 8 d. 24
Dec. 1862 ae 74,
Catherine 23 Feb. 1859 ae 61
James Prendergast
2
2 4
Dr. E. T. Foote
6
3 9 [Elial
Todd]
Wm.
Forbes
11
3 14
James
Clark
2
1 3 d. in
Busti 1861
D.
Phillips
2
3 5
Jas.
White
2
2 4
Eluba
Allen
8
6 14 d. 13 Sept.
1830 ae 44;
Isabell d. 11 Oct. 1834 ae 49
[Elisha Allen?]
James
Richard
5
4 9 ship
carpenter ret. d. East
Sanford
Holman
3
3 6
Dr. Labin Hazeltine
3
5 8 d. 1
May 1852 ae 62
Wilford
Barker
3
3 6 d. 15
Feb. 1868 ae 66
Armory
Sterns
8
2 10
Abner Hazeltine
2
3 5
John
Frit
1
1 2
emigrated west with Mormans
Elmer
Freeman
7
4 11 Hallen d.
here in 1847
Total population 331 M 233 F 544 T
No.
families
78
Taverns
2
Stores
6
Groceries
2
Grist
Mill
1
Saw
Mills
4
Woolen
factory 1
Clothier
2
Fanning
2
Tin & Sheet Iron 1
Shoe
Shops
5
Blacksmith
5
Chair
Factory 1
Sash
1
Distillerys
2
Apothecaries
2
Tailors
3
Hatters
2
Saddlers
2
Wagon
Maker
2
Cabbinet (Furniture) 2
Sawyers
3
Steamboat
1