1850 Census of Stoughton, Massachusetts

First 50 Families Transcribed 

Page House Family Name Age Sex Occupation

Real Estate Value

Where

Born

Married in past year

Attended School within the year

Can not read or Write over 20 yrs. old

page 97A 1

/1

Russel Drake 49

m

Farmer

2000

Mass

Nancy Drake 41

f

Mass

Mary Drake 16

f

Mass 1

Alden Drake 11

m

Mass 1

Edna A Drake 6

F

Mass 1

Elisa Drake 1

F

Mass

2

/2

Benjamin Drake 46

m

Farmer

2000

Mass

Elisa Drake 47

f

Mass

Ira Drake 16

m

Farmer

Mass

Benjamin Drake Jr. 22

m

tailor

Mass

3

/3

Benjamin E. Payson 73

m

Blacksmith

Mass

Susan Payson 72

f

Mass

Mary A. Payson 43

f

500

Mass

4

/4

James Smith 43

m

Carpenter

3000

Mass

Esther Smith 49

f

Mass

Melissa Smith 34

f

Mass

Erastus 16

m

Carpenter

Mass 1

N.F. Howard 22

m

Carpenter

Mass

5

/5

James Smith Jr. 29

m

Mass

Eviline Smith 30

f

Maine

6

/6

John Pierce 68

m

Farmer

1000

Mass

Sarah Pierce 18

f

Mass

Mary Pierce 41

f

N.H.

7

/7

Benjamin Clapp 61

m

Farmer

2800

Mass

Ruth Clapp 51

f

Mass

Ruth Clapp 27

f

Mass

Samuel Clapp 23

m

Carpenter

Mass

James B. Clapp 11

m

Mass 1

8

/8

Sanford Gay 40

m

Farmer

3000

Mass

Sylphia Shaw 50

F

Mass

Peter McDermot 35

m

Labourer

Ireland 1

9

/9

Josiah Bigelow 52

m

Farmer

3000

Mass

Eunice Bigelow 51

Mass

H.P. Prescott 1

Mass

Frances S. Barker 30

Mass

W.H. Manley 12

Mass 1

10

/10

Welcome Dunbar 31

m

Bootmaker

1000

Mass

Anna Dunbar 31

f

Mass

Anna L. Dunbar 10

f

Vermont 1

Ema Dunbar 4

f

Mass
page 97B

Chancey S. Dunbar 1

m

Mass

Charles Wain 18

m

Bootmaker

Penn.

John Gerry 11

m

Mass 1

/11

Hannah Smith 72

f

800

Mass

12

/13

Amos Hewitt 42

m

Bootmaker

Mass

Sallie A. Hewitt 37

f

Mass

Catherine Hewitt 10

f

Mass 1

Ellis B. Hewitt 8

m

Mass 1

H.A. Hewitt 5

m

Mass 1

Charles F. Hewitt 1

m

Mass

Mathew 3

m

Mass

13

/14

Louis Holmes 63

m

Farmer

Mass

Catherine Holmes 62

Mass

14

/15

Nathan Smith 72

m

Farmer

2000

Mass

Phebe Smith 69

f

Mass

Lemuel Smith 29

m

Farmer

300

Mass

15

/16

Williard Cobbet 45

m

Farmer

800

Mass

Joan Cobbet 37

f

Mass

William H. Cobbet 13

m

Mass 1

Albert Cobbet 10

m

Mass 1

Phebe A. Cobbet 7

f

Mass 1

William P. Cobbet 5

m

Mass 1

Elma Cobbet 2

m

Mass

16

/17

Seth Morton 39

m

Bootmaker

1000

Mass

Jane Morton 34

f

Mass

Charles A. Morton 9

m

Mass 1

George E. Morton 7

m

Mass 1

Jane Morton 1m

f

Mass

17

/18

Silas Thayer 52

m

Dyer

4000

Mass

Rebbecca Thayer 49

F

R.I.

Silas L. Thayer 22

m

Dyer

Mass

Rebecca D. Thayer 25

f

Mass

Ann E. Thayer 15

f

Mass

Jerusha Morton 80

f

Mass

Ellen Packard 14

f

Mass

Dennis Capen 30

m

Labourer

Ireland 1

18

/19

Jefferson Jones 48

m

Farmer

1500

Mass

Letitia Jones 43

f

Mass

Otis J. Jones 26

m

Farmer

Mass 1

Jefferson W. Jones 23

m

Bootmaker

Mass 1

Francis Jones 19

m

Bootmaker

Mass 1
page 98A

Letitice F. Jones 17

f

Mass 1

Margaret Jones 13

f

Mass

Elisabeth A. Jones 10

f

Mass

Sarah H. Jones 10

f

Mass

Ephraim Jones 7

Mass

Sallie Gay 67

f

300

Mass

19

/20

Jesse Gay 72

m

Farmer

1500

Mass

Elisa Gay 43

f

Mass

Cyrus H. Gay 28

m

Farmer

Mass

Henry Johnson 17

m

Mass

Mary Callet 15

f

Ireland

20

/21

Nathaniel Gay 39

m

Farmer

3000

Mass

Mary Gay 20

f

Mass

Aron Gay 10m

m

Mass

Willard Clifford 23

m

Farmer

Ireland 1

Thomas Clifford 20

m

Farmer

Ireland 1

21

/22

Keziah Gay 77

f

300

Mass

Selince Gay 47

f

Mass

22

/23

Lewis Clapp 

[Lucius Clapp]

33

m

Farmer

4000

Mass

Emily Clapp 33

f

Mass

23

24

Calvin Smith 55

m

Farmer

400

Mass

Sallie Smith 54

f

Mass

Fannny Smith 17

f

Mass

Henry Warren 15

m

Farmer

Mass 1

24

/25

Barney Gay 60

m

Farmer

1500

Mass

Lydia Gay 30

f

Mass

Elijah Gay 21

m

Farmer

Mass

25

/26

Luther Drake 58

m

Farmer

1500

Mass

Catherine Drake 54

f

Mass

Delora W. Drake 23

f

600

Mass

Deming S. Drake 13

m

Mass 1

Elisa Drake 17

f

Mass

/27

Edward W. Stearns 26

m

Farmer

Mass

Lydia Stearns 26

f

Mass

James E. Stearns 1

m

Mass

Nabby Gay 60

f

Mass

26

/28

William A. Smith 31

m

Farmer

2000

Mass

Celia Smith 25

f

Maine

Henry Smith 6m

Mass

Hiram Smith 40

Farmer

2000

Mass

27

/29

Abner Drake 71

m

6000

Mass

Margaret Drake 73

f

Mass
page 98B

Philip H. Drake  48

m

Farmer

300

Mass

Zilpha M. Holmes 24

f

Mass

28

/30

Albert Southworth 40

m

Machinist

2000

Mass

Harriet Southworth 40

f

Mass

Louisa J. Southworth 16

f

Mass 1

Harriet A. Southworth 17

f

Mass 1

Albert L. Southworth 14

Mass 1

Jedidiah Southworth 12

Mass 1

Charles Southworth 9

Mass 1

29

/31

William Shepard 48

m

Dyer

700

Mass

Juliana Shepard 40

f

Mass

Julia M. Shepard 16

f

Mass 1

Harriet Shepard 7

f

Mass 1

Mary F. Shepard 4

f

Mass

30

/32

Samuel W. Hodges 26

m

Clerk

2500

Mass

Rebecca Hodges 26

Mass

Marrion W. Hodges 3

Mass

Jane A. Hodges 2

Mass

Joanna McHenry 22

Ireland 1

31

/33

Charles Labridy 46

m

Labourer

Canada

Lucy Labridy 42

f

Mass

Julia A. Labridy 12

f

Mass 1

32

/34

Mos Gay 

[Mace Gay]

44

m

Woolen Manufacturer

4000

Mass

Mary W. Gay 42

f

Mass

Sarah T. Gay 19

1

Sylvia A. Gay 17

f

1

Amos H. Gay 15

m

none

1

Leonard H. Gay 9

m

1

Franklin M. Gay 11m

m

Edwin Bowers 15

m

Carder

Maine

Edwin Henry 23

m

Spinner

Maine

33

/35

Jason Drake 26

m

Spinner

Mass

Ebra Drake 25

f

Mass

Maria Drake 1

f

Mass

34

/36

Oliver Morse 45

m

Spinner

1000

Mass

Betsy Morse 45

f

Mass

Eliza A. Morse 23

f

Mass

Oliver Morse Jr. 21

m

Machinist 

Mass

Richard P. Morse 15

m

Carder

Mass 1

35

/37

Thomas Low 47

m

Bootmaker

England

Merinda Low 49

f

Mass

Thomas Low Jr. 23

m

Bootmaker

Mass
page 99A

Nelson Lowe 18

m

Carder

Mass

Enoch Hollis 18

m

Bootmaker

Mass

36

/38

Ebenezer Capen 64

m

Carpenter

5000

Mass

Sallie Southworth 55

f

100

Mass

37

/39

Ebenezer Drake  47

m

Farmer

2500

Mass

Lucy Drake 43

f

Mass

Aron A. Drake 21

m

Iron Moulder

Mass

E. H. Drake 19

m

Farmer

Mass 1

Noah Drake 17

m

Mass 1

Elisabeth Drake 14

Mass 1

Harriet Drake 11

Mass 1

Jeremy Drake 8

Mass 1

Lucy R. Drake 5

Mass 1

Albert H. Drake 3

Mass

Bridget Lundy 18

Ireland

38

/40

Consider A. Southworth 45

m

Custom Thread Manufacturer

9000

Mass

Cerance Southworth 43

f

Mass

Henry T. Southworth 19

m

Cotton Spinner

Mass

Alvah M. Southworth 17

m

Cotton Spinner

Mass

Emery C. Southworth 15

m

Cotton Spinner

Mass 1

Harriet A. Southworth 13

f

Mass 1

Sarah A. Southworth 10

Mass 1

John F. Southworth 7

Mass 1

Myra F. Southworth 2

Mass

Rodney Southworth 4m

Mass

Joana Curtis 17

Mass

39

/41

Amasa Southworth 43

m

Cotton thread manufacturer

9000

Mass

Abigail Southworth 43

f

Mass

Abigail Southworth 19

f

Mass

Massina B. Southworth 16

m

Carder

Mass 1

William S. Southworth 11

m

Mass 1

Amasa E. Southworth 6

m

Mass 1

40

/42

Asa Pope 67

M

Carpenter

800

Mass

Lucy Pope 67

f

Mass

Adah Pope 39

f

Mass

Ruth Pope 36

f

Mass

Asa B. Pope 32

m

Farmer

Mass

41

/43

John E. Drake 39

m

Boot manufacturer

6000

Mass

Susan Drake 38

f

Mass

Ellis Drake 11

m

Mass 1

James Upham 17

m

Farmer

Mass

42

/44

Sallie Holmes 36

f

500

Mass
page 99B

Lucy A. Briton 17

Mass

/45

John A. Leay 28

m

Bootmaker

Mass

Caroline Leay 22

f

Mass

43

/46

Daniel Heywood 62

m

Farmer

2000

Mass

Vesta Heywood 51

f

Mass

/47

Thatcher Pierce 31

m

Mass

Betsy M. Pierce 31

f

Mass

Mary Pierce 8

f

Mass

44

/48

James Pope 46

m

Farmer

800

Mass

Sarah Pope 49

f

Mass

Abigail Holmes 83

f

Mass

45

/49

William B. Staples 30

m

Bootmaker

Maine

Mary A. Staples 34

f

Mass

Martha Staples 5

f

Mass 1

Luretta Staples 2

f

Mass

Charles F. Packard 15

m

Mass 1

Oliver G. Packard 12

m

Mass 1

George W. Allen 14

m

Mass 1

46

/50

Parker Fisher 33

m

Morttaman [?]

Mass

Fanny A. Fisher 44

f

Mass

Warren G. Fisher 14

m

Mass 1

Samuel N. Fisher 7

m

Mass 1

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