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STATISTICAL VIEW 
 
 POPULATION or MASSACHUSETTS, 
 
 FROM 1765 TO 1840. 
 
 BY JESSE C II I C K E R 1 N G 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN 
 184G. 
 

 Entered acconling to Act of Congress, in ihc year 1S4C, 
 
 BY JESSE CIIICKERING, 
 
 III ilie Clerk's Olli.-e of llie DUlricl Court in the niatrict of Massachnselts. 
 
 Hewed & Waison'd Prim. CO Congress Si. 
 
rorULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 The object of the following essay is to exhibit the in- 
 crease of the population of Massachusetts, and the changes 
 which have taken place in the number and proportions of 
 the inhabitants in the several parts of the Commonwealth, 
 during the period of seventy-five years from 1765 to 1840. 
 
 Population is only one of the elements which constitute 
 a community ; still it is an essential element, and one to 
 which all interests are subservient. By the increase or de- 
 crease of the inhabitants, and by the changes in their num- 
 ber and proportions in the several parts of a country, we 
 may, to some extent, judge of the state of all the other ele- 
 ments of society. 
 
 We feel an interest in what relates to population, as well 
 as in what concerns the physical condition of the people, 
 their morals, their education, their civil institutions, and 
 their future prospects. 
 
 In the several enumerations which have been taken of 
 the people of this Commonwealth, it can hardly be expect- 
 ed that the numbers are perfectly correct ; but they may 
 be regarded as sufficiently so for the general purposes of 
 comparison, and especially for showing that the increase 
 in and near Boston, has been much greater than in the 
 other parts of the state. 
 
 The censuses used in this essay are the colonial census, 
 ordered in 1764 and finished in 1765, and the six censuses 
 of the United States, taken at intervals of ten years from 
 1790 to 1840. 
 
 lVii38183 
 
^:\ '■'',:''' \ : frOPtJLATiON of MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 There was published in the Columbian Centinel, Aug. 
 17, 1822, a document purporting to be an ''Account of the 
 Houses, Famines, Number of White People, Negroes and 
 Indians, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, taken in 
 the year 1764 and 1765." The original returns are not to 
 be found in the office of the Secretary of the Common- 
 wealth ; but there is a manuscript in the Library of the 
 Massachusetts Historical Society, agreeing in the names of 
 llie towns, and generally in the number of the inhabitants, 
 and thus confirming the authenticity of this account.* Be- 
 sides, the records of the General Court from 1763 to 1765, 
 show their action in ordering a census of the Province. 
 
 In this census there are mentioned 184 towns within the 
 present limits of Massachusetts, two of which, Dracut and 
 Hanover, made no returns. Two other towns, Paxton and 
 Sharon, having been incorporated in 1765, are presumed 
 to have been respectively included in Rutland and Stough- 
 ton, from which they were set off. Besides these 1S6 
 towns, there were 14 other towns or districts incorporated 
 before the close of the year 1765, which seem not to have 
 been included in this census. 
 
 By substituting for the population of these |16 towns, 
 whose returns are not included in the census of 1765, their 
 population as contained in the United States census of 
 1790, — considering their increase during the 25 years as an 
 offset to the population of the unincorporated settlements not 
 re(iuired to be returned in the census of 1765, — we shall 
 have a very near approximation to the true number in 
 1765. Accordingly, we estimate the number of inhabitants 
 
 *See Fdl on rhe Population of Massachusetts, in the Collections of the American Statistical 
 Association, Vol. I., p. 147, &c. 
 
 t These towns are Dracut, in Middlesex county ; Ashhtimham, Roycdston and Whiclwn- 
 don, in Worcester county ; Cluster, in Hampshire county; Askfuid, Chtirlcmunt and Sun- 
 </tr^an</, in Franklin county; Bccktl, Egrcmoiit, Lancsborough, New Murl/juroiig/t, Ilich- 
 mond and Williuiiuitotrn, in Uerkshire couniy ; Ilanoixr, in Plyinoiilh county ; ProvincdoiCH, 
 111 liarnsUiblo county, with an aggrogato iwpulatiou of 17,842 in 17yo. 
 
CENSUSES. 5 
 
 in Massachusetts in 1765, at 244,149, exclusive of 1,509 
 Indians. 
 
 The population in 1790, according to the United States 
 census published in 1791, was 378,787, which number is 
 here adopted as the true number, although in the revised 
 census, as published at Washington in 1832, and in the ap- 
 pendix to the Compend of the Sixth Census published in 
 1S41, the number is 378,717, or 70 less^ in consequence of 
 giving to Nantucket county only 4,550 instead of 4,620.* 
 I am unable to compare the census published in 1791 with 
 the original returns to the Marshal, which were deposited 
 in the District Clerk's office, and remained there until they 
 were ordered to Washington to replace the copy that was 
 lost in the destruction of the Patent office, Dec. 15, 1836. 
 These returns at Washington are believed to be the only 
 copy in existence. 
 
 According to the revised census of 1832, the population 
 of Plymouth county, in 1800, was 30,473, to which, by 
 adding 2,229 belonging to Hingham and Hull, then form- 
 ing a part of Suffolk county, we have 32,702 as the aggre- 
 gate of the towns of Plymouth county as now constituted, 
 which number is 400 more than the aggregate of these 
 towns in the census of 1800, published at the time. Now, 
 these 400 are a typographical error in the census itself; 
 and in 1832 they are added, as genuine, to the inhabitants 
 of Plympton, making the number in that town 1,261 in- 
 stead of 861, which last agrees very nearly with the num- 
 ber in the other five United States censuses. The census of 
 1800, for the town of Plympton, as printed at the time, 
 stood thus : 
 
 *In a "Topographical Description of Nantucket," by Walter Folder, Jr., dated May 21, 
 1791, and published in the Massachusetts Historical Collections, (Vol. III. p. 1.54,) it is stated 
 that, according to the enumeration taken in 1790, the whole number of inhabitants was four 
 thousand six hundred and nineteen. This account makes the females ojic lias than the census 
 published in 1791, 
 
POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 Under 
 lOyrs. 
 
 or 10 
 
 and un- 
 der 16. 
 
 Of Ifi 
 
 and un- 
 der 20. 
 
 Of 26 
 
 and un- 
 der Ar,. 
 
 Of 45 j 
 
 and np- j 
 ward.s. ! 
 
 Under 
 lU. 
 
 Of 10 
 and un- 
 der 16. 
 
 Of 16 
 and un- 
 der 'M<. 
 
 Of 26 
 ajid un- 
 der 1.3. 
 
 Of 45 
 and ui> 
 wards. 
 
 3 
 
 117 
 
 83 
 
 461 
 
 73 
 
 79 
 
 116 
 
 78 82 
 
 1 
 
 89 
 
 82 
 
 1 
 
 These make 813 males and 448 females, and a total of 
 1,2(31, showing an extraordinary disproportion of males to 
 the females. The 401 males of 10 and nndcr 20 years 
 should be 01, which only were added in the censns of ISOO, 
 as published at the time. By deducting 400 from 32,702, 
 we have 32,302 for the population, in 1800, of the towns 
 at present belonging to Plymouth county ; and this num- 
 ber agrees with that in the census published at the time, 
 and is adopted in this essay ; and thus we have for the 
 Avliole population of the state, in 1800, 422,81.5 instead of 
 423,245, as in the revised census published thirty-two 
 years afterwards. 
 
 In the census of 1840, there is an error of 1, in adding 
 up the towns in Bristol county ; and the number is 60,105 
 instead of 00,164, and the aggregate of the state 737,700, 
 instead of 737,699. In this census also, the population of 
 Boston is 93,383, which is probably too great by at least 
 8,000, for it was only 83,979, according to the State cen- 
 sus, taken Maij 1, 1840, in pursuance of a law which 
 provides " that state paupers and convicts in the state 
 prison shall not be numbered ; also, the inmates of the 
 several hospitals, jails and houses of correction, and the 
 students in colleges, academies and high schools, shall not 
 be numbered in the census of towns to which they do not 
 belong." 
 
 On the 2d of June, 1763, Ciovernor Barnard present- 
 ed the subject of taking a census of the colony of iMustia- 
 
CENSUSES. 7 
 
 cliusetts Bay, which was acted upon February 2, 1764, 
 when the selectmen of each town and district were ordered 
 to make returns of the population " by the last day of De- 
 cember next." The census was not finished in 1764 ; and 
 on the 5th of March, 1765, an act passed imposing a pen- 
 alty upon the selectmen who neglected or refused to com- 
 plete the returns on or before the 25th of May following. 
 It does not appear that a date was fixed for taking this 
 census. It was a little more than twenty-five years before 
 the time of taking the first United States census. 
 
 The United States censuses of 1790, 1800 and 1820, 
 were taken August 1 ; and those of 1810, 1830 and 1840, 
 June 1 ; so that the interval between the second and third 
 censuses, and that between the fourth and fifth, was two 
 months less than ten years, while that between the third 
 and fourth was two months tnore than ten years. The 
 whole period from August 1, 1790 to June 1, 1840, was 
 two months less than fifty years. These differences in the 
 length of the intervals between two successive censuses 
 will affect the numerical results, but so slightly, as not to 
 be regarded as materially important in the comparative re- 
 sults, especially for so long a period as from 1790 to 1840. 
 It may be remarked, however, that the least increase in 
 any of the five periods was from 1810 to 1820, as we shall 
 see by Table L, though that period alone embraced two 
 months Tiiore than ten years. This period embraced the 
 second war with Great Britain, and was distinguished for 
 the stagnation of business and the emigration of her citi- 
 zens to the West. 
 
 By assuming 244,149 as the approximate population of 
 Massachusetts in 1765, the increase in twenty-five years, 
 to 1790, was 134,638, or 55-14: per cent. : averaging 1-7723 
 per cent, per anmmi ; which is greater than the increase 
 has been in any equal period since. 
 
 The increase of Boston from 1765 to 1790, was only 
 
8' 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 2,800, or lS-0393 per cent., while that of the rest of the 
 State was 131,838 or 57-6646 per cent., showing a much 
 greater increase of the coiuitry towns than of the capital. 
 This is partly to be ascribed to the effects of the Revolu- 
 tionary War, which occurred in the course of these twenty- 
 five years, and in consequence of which for a time most of 
 the citizens fled into the country. Another cause was, the 
 people were occupied very much in spreading over the 
 western parts of the state, as settlers in the then wilder- 
 ness, and little conversant with commerce and manufac- 
 tures as now understood, which of late have been the most 
 important means of building up Boston. 
 
 TABLE I. — Exhibiting the Population of Massachusetts, of Boston, and of the 
 Country Towns, or of the State exclusive of Boston, according to the six United 
 States Censuses, together with its Increase in each decennial Period, and in each 
 year, from 1190 to 1840. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
 
 COUNTRY TOWNS. 
 
 
 
 Increase in 10 p g 
 
 
 Increase in 10 
 
 S ..i 
 
 
 Increase in 10 
 
 i s 
 
 
 
 years. g c 
 
 
 years. 
 
 gC 
 
 
 years. 
 
 Sc 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .S R. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .= a. 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 •SS. 
 
 
 
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 ♦^ 
 
 O ''J 
 
 
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 *^ 
 
 
 
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 .J 
 
 O -v.! 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 
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 a 
 
 
 
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 2^ 
 
 
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 S 
 
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 s ^ 
 
 
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 b. 
 
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 fc-i 
 
 s;s. 
 
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 >i 
 
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 <i 
 
 p.. 
 
 <1 
 
 O 
 
 <; 
 
 Ph 
 
 < 
 
 o 
 
 < 
 
 Clh 
 
 < 
 
 1790i378,7S7'i • 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 18,320 
 
 
 
 
 360,467 
 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 l.'OOl'm,"^:-,' 41,058 
 
 11'63133 M0S3 
 
 24,937 
 
 6,617 
 
 36-11899 
 
 3-132 
 
 397,908 
 
 37,441 
 
 10-3^680 
 
 -9030 
 
 1810472,040 49,195 
 
 11-6:}42S 1-10G5 
 
 33,787 
 
 8,850 
 
 35-48943 
 
 3-083 
 
 438,253 
 
 40,345 10-13927 
 
 -9704 
 
 l«20,.523,2-i7 51,247 
 
 10-85649 1-0359 
 
 43,29S 
 
 9,511 
 
 28- 1. 5^^-14 
 
 2-511 
 
 479,9,89 
 
 41,7:36 9-.52326 
 
 -9i;37 
 
 1830'g10,40Si 87,121 
 
 1GG4879 1-5519 
 
 61,392 
 
 18,01H 
 
 41-78945 
 
 3-553 549,016 
 
 69,027 14-as095 
 
 l-a527 
 
 1S40|737,700 
 Increase in 
 
 127,292 
 
 20-85:359 
 
 1-91213 
 
 93,383 
 
 31,991 
 
 52-10939 
 
 4-283 644,317 
 
 95,301 17-.3o851 
 
 1-0135 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 50 years, 1358,913 
 
 94-75 
 
 
 
 75,063 409-73 
 
 
 
 283,850 78-74 
 
 
 Census of | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1700 ,378,787 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 18,320 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 360,467 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 1840 
 
 737,700 
 
 93,383 
 
 644,317 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 It will be seen that the increase of the whole population 
 for the first ten years was nearly equal to that in the sec- 
 ond period of two months less duration, but greater than 
 that in the third, which alone embraced ten years and two 
 months. In the last two periods there was decidedly a 
 
INCREASE. 9 
 
 larger increase than in either of the first tliree periods. 
 The increase of manufactures from 1820 to 1840, greatly 
 checked the emigration to other states. 
 
 The increase of Boston and other parts of the state, from 
 1810 to 1820, was decidedly less than during any other 
 period, and during the last two periods it was decidedly 
 greater than during the first two periods. 
 
 By adopting 244,149 as the population of Massachusetts 
 in 1765, we find that the increase in the twenty-five years 
 was 134,638, from which we deduce the average increase 
 of 9-1811 per cent, in five years; of 19-2054 jier cent, in 
 ten years ; and 42-0992 per cent, in twenty years. In 
 thirty years the increase at the same rate would be 169,415 
 or 69-3900 -per cent. At the average rate of 9-1811 per 
 cent, increase in five years, the number would be 266,565 
 in 1770; 291,039 in 1775; 317,760 in 1780; 346,934 in 
 1785. 
 
 On the 16th of February, 1776, a resolve passed the 
 Legislature for taking a census of the Colony of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay, of which the returns show the number of 
 the whites to have been, in that year,* - - 333,418 
 from which deduct 17,623 in York county, 
 14,110 in Cumberland county, and 15,546 in 
 Lincoln county, belonging to the state of Maine, 47,279 
 
 and we have ------- 286,139 
 
 The whole number of the blacks was 5,249, 
 from which deduct 241 on account of the three 
 counties in Maine, ------ 4,761 
 
 and we have, for the whole population in 1776, 290,900 
 
 *Seo Velt on the Population of MassacliiHelts, in tho Collections of the American Statistical 
 Association, Vol. I., p. 165. &c. 
 
 2 
 
10 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 which is only 139 less than the mean number 
 in 1775, as deduced from the average increase 
 of the census in 1705. 
 
 In 1784, the number of the polls in Massa- 
 chnsetts Bay was ------ 90,757 
 
 from wliich deduct on account of tlie three 
 
 counties in Maine, ----- 13.723 
 
 and we have for the number of the polls, - 77,034 
 
 Dy multiplying this number by 4^, we have - 31C,G53 
 which is 2S1 less than 346,934, the mean num- 
 ber in 1785, as deduced from the average in- 
 crease from 1765. I have referred to the cen- 
 suses of 1776 and 1784, in order to show their 
 near agreement with the results deduced from 
 the average increase. 
 
 The average increase of Massachusetts, in each period 
 of ten years, from 1765 to 179U, was 19.2054 per cent. ; and 
 from 1790 to 1S40, 142606 pei' cent. 
 
 The average increase of Massachusetts, in each period 
 of twenty years, from 1765 to 1790, was 42-0992 per cent. , 
 and from 1790 to 1840, 30-5551 ;jcr cent. 
 
 The average increase of Boston, in each period of ten 
 years, from 1790 to 1840, was 38-506 -per cent. ; and of the 
 rest of the state only 12-3173 /^er cent. 
 
 The increase of Massachusetts, from 1765 to 1840, was 
 493,551 or 202-1515 per cent. ; of Boston, 77,863 or 
 501-6945 per cent. ; and of the rest of tlie state, 415,688 
 or 181-8177 per cent. 
 
 Tiie average increase of Massachusetts, from 1765 to 
 1840, in each twenty-five years, was 44-5688 per cent. ; in 
 each twenty years, 34-2950 per cent. ; in each ten years, 
 15-SS57 per cent.; in each five years, 7-()503 per cent.; and 
 
AVERAGE INCREASE. 11 
 
 in each year, 1*4853 /?e;* cent. This last is -1433 j^cr cent, 
 "per annum greater than 1-3420 per cent.^ the rate from 
 1700 to 1810. 
 
 It will appear from these statements, that the average in- 
 crease of the population of Massachusetts was greater 
 from 1765 to 1790 than it has been since. Had the rate 
 continued the same, the number would have been 911,749 
 in 1840. Also, the increase of Boston was, on an average, 
 much less during the first twenty-five years than that of 
 the other parts of the state, and much greater during the 
 last two periods of twenty-five years each, showing a ten- 
 dency to a centralization in Boston. 
 
 The next table shows the average number of the inhabit- 
 ants in each year, according to the United States censuses, 
 together Avith the increase, on the supposition of a uniform 
 rate of increase in each year for each of the five periods, and 
 the same carried to 1850, at the rate of increase from 1830 to 
 1840. It will be perceived, that, in consequence of the 
 difference of rate in the two parts of the Commonwealth, 
 their increase, until 1840, for the first five years of each 
 period, is a little /ess, and for the last five years a little 
 greater^ than the total increase of the state. 
 
12 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE II. — Exhibiting the Average Fopulatio7i of Massachusetts, of Boston, and 
 of the Country Towns, together nith the Average Increase and Rate of Increase 
 for each year, according to the six United States Censuses, from 1790 to 1840. 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
 COUNTRY TOWNS. 
 
 VeaiB. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Iricrea.se. 
 Kate 1-1UG3 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rate 3- 132 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 
 liate -'M'-i jitr 
 
 cent. 
 
 1790 
 1791 
 1792 
 1793 
 1794 
 1795 
 1796 
 1797 
 1798 
 1799 
 1800 
 
 378,787 
 382,978 
 387,215 
 391,499 
 395,831 
 400,210 
 404,638 
 409,115 
 413,641 
 418,217 
 422,845 
 
 4,191 
 4,237 
 4,284 
 4,332 
 4,379 
 4,428 
 4,477 
 4,526 
 4,576 
 4,(328 
 
 18,320 
 18,894 
 19,486 
 20,097 
 20,726 
 21^375 
 22,044 
 22,734 
 23,446 
 24,180 
 24,937 
 
 574 
 
 592 
 611 
 629 
 649 
 669 
 690 
 712 
 734 
 757 
 
 3(30,467 
 3(34,047 
 367,6(32 
 371,313 
 375,000 
 378,725 
 382,487 
 386,285 
 390,121 
 393,995 
 397,908 
 
 3,580 
 3,615 
 3,(351 
 3,687 
 3,725 
 3,762 
 3,798 
 3,836 
 3,874 
 3,913 
 
 10 yrs. 
 
 - 
 
 44,058 
 
 - 
 
 6,617 
 
 - 
 
 37,441 
 
 Years. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increa.se. 
 Rale 11065 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rale 3083 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rate -eriM 
 per cent. 
 
 1801 
 1802 
 1803 
 1804 
 1805 
 1806 
 1807 
 1808 
 1809 
 1810 
 
 427,524 
 432,255 
 437,039 
 441,876 
 44(3,766 
 451,710 
 456,709 
 461,763 
 466,873 
 472,040 
 
 4,679 
 4,739 
 4,784 
 4,837 
 4,890 
 4,944 
 4,999 
 5,051 
 5,110 
 5,1(37 
 
 25,706 
 26,499 
 27,316 
 28,158 
 29,026 
 29,921 
 30,844 
 31,795 
 32,776 
 33,787 
 
 7(39 
 793 
 817 
 842 
 868 
 895 
 923 
 951 
 981 
 1,011 
 
 401,7(39 
 405,6(38 
 409,(305 
 413,580 
 417,594 
 421,646 
 425,738 
 429,869 
 434,041 
 438,253 
 
 3,861 
 3,899 
 3,937 
 3,975 
 4,014 
 4,052 
 4,092 
 4,131 
 4,172 
 4,212 
 
 10 yrs. 
 
 
 49,195 
 
 - 
 
 8,850 
 
 - 
 
 40,345 
 
 Years. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rate 10350 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Incroa.se. 
 Rale 2-511 
 ]ier cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rale -9137 
 per cent. 
 
 1811 
 1812 
 1813 
 1814 
 1815 
 1816 
 1817 
 1818 
 1819 
 1820 
 
 47(3,930 
 481,871 
 4H(3,863 
 491,907 
 497.003 
 502,152 
 507,354 
 512,610 
 517,921 
 523,287 
 
 4,890 
 4,94 J 
 4,992 
 5,044 
 5,09(3 
 5,149 
 5,202 
 5,256 
 5,311 
 5,36(3 
 
 34,635 
 35,505 
 36,397 
 37,311 
 38,248 
 39,208 
 40,193 
 41,202 
 42,237 
 43,298 
 
 848 
 
 870 
 
 892 
 
 914 
 
 937 
 
 9(30 
 
 985 
 
 1,009 
 
 1,035 
 
 1,001 
 
 442,258 
 446,300 
 450,378 
 454,494 
 458,647 
 4(52,838 
 467,068 
 471,336 
 475,643 
 479,989 
 
 4,005 
 
 4,042 
 4,078 
 4,116 
 4.153 
 4,191 
 4,230 
 4,268 
 4,307 
 4,346 
 
 10 yrs. 
 
 - 
 
 51,247 
 
 - 
 
 9,511 
 
 
 41,736 
 
AVERAGE INCREASE. 
 
 13 
 
 TABLE U.— Continued. 
 
 MASSACHU.SETTS. 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
 COUNTRY TOWNS. 
 
 Years. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rate 1-5519 
 per coil. 
 
 Averasc 
 Population. 
 
 Av Increa.se. 
 Rate 3-553 
 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rate 1-3527 
 
 per cc7it. 
 
 1821 
 1822 
 1823 
 1824 
 1825 
 1826 
 1827 
 1828 
 1829 
 1830 
 
 531,408 
 539,655 
 548,030 
 556,535 
 565,172 
 573,943 
 582,850 
 591,895 
 601,080 
 610,408 
 
 8,121 
 8,247 
 8,375 
 8,505 
 8,637 
 8,771 
 8,907 
 9,045 
 9,185 
 9,328 
 
 44,8.37 
 46,430 
 48.080 
 49,7S8 
 51,557 
 53.389 
 5.5,286 
 57,251 
 59,285 
 61,392 
 
 1,539 
 1,593 
 1,()50 
 1,708 
 1,71)9 
 1,832 
 1,897 
 1,965 
 2,034 
 2,107 
 
 486,482 
 493,063 
 499,733 
 506,493 
 513,344 
 520,288 
 527,326 
 534,459 
 541,689 
 549,016 
 
 6,493 
 6,581 
 6,670 
 6,7()0 
 6,851 
 6,944 
 7,038 
 7,133 
 7,230 
 7,327 
 
 10 yrs. 
 
 - 
 
 87,121 
 
 18,094 
 
 - 
 
 69,027 
 
 Years. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 
 Rate 1-91213 
 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increa.se. 
 Rate 4-2.S3 
 2Kr cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. lucrexse. 
 
 Rate l-61,3o 
 
 jter cent. 
 
 1831 
 1832 
 1833 
 
 622,080 
 633,975 
 646,097 
 
 11,672 
 11,895 
 12.122 
 
 64,022 
 66,765 
 69,625 
 
 2,630 
 2,743 
 2,860 
 
 557,874 
 5(i6,876 
 576,023 
 
 8,858 
 9,002 
 9,147 
 
 1834 
 
 658,451 
 
 12,354 
 
 72,607 
 
 2,982 
 
 585,317 
 
 9,294 
 
 1835 
 
 671,042 
 
 12,591 
 
 75,717 
 
 3,110 
 
 594,761 
 
 9,444 
 
 1836 
 
 683,873 
 
 12,831 
 
 78,960 
 
 3,243 
 
 604,357 
 
 9,596 
 
 1837 
 
 696,950 
 
 13,077 
 
 82,342 
 
 3,382 
 
 614,108 
 
 9,751 
 
 1838 
 1839 
 
 710,277 
 723,859 
 
 13,327 
 13,582 
 
 8,5,869 
 89,547 
 
 3,527 
 
 3,678 
 
 624,017 
 634,086 
 
 9,909 
 10.069 
 
 1840 
 
 737,700 
 
 13,841 
 
 93,383 
 
 3,836 
 
 644,317 
 
 10,231 
 
 10 yrs. 
 
 - 
 
 127,292 
 
 - 
 
 31,991 
 
 - 
 
 95,301 
 
 Years. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 
 Rate 1-91213 
 
 per cent,. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increase. 
 Rale 4-aS3 
 per cent. 
 
 Average 
 Population. 
 
 Av. Increa.se. 
 
 Rale 1-6135 
 
 per cent. 
 
 1841 
 1842 
 1843 
 1844 
 1845 
 1846 
 1847 
 1848 
 1849 
 1850 
 
 751,806 
 766,182 
 780,832 
 795,763 
 810,979 
 826,486 
 842,290 
 858,396 
 874,810 
 891,537 
 
 14,106 
 14,376 
 14,650 
 14,931 
 15,216 
 15,507 
 15,804 
 16,106 
 16,414 
 16,727 
 
 97,383 
 101,554 
 105.904 
 110,441 
 115,172 
 120,105 
 125,250 
 130,615 
 136,210 
 142;044 
 
 4,000 
 4,171 
 4,350 
 4,537 
 4,731 
 4,933 
 5,145 
 5,365 
 5,595 
 5,831 
 
 654,713 
 665,277 
 676,011 
 686,919 
 698,003 
 709,265 
 720,709 
 732,338 
 744,154 
 756,161 
 
 10,396 
 10,564 
 10,7.34 
 10,908 
 11,084 
 11,262 
 11,444 
 11,629 
 11,816 
 12,007 
 
 10 yrs. 
 
 - 1 153,837 1 - 
 
 48,661 1 - - 1 111,844 
 
i4 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Having considered the increase of the population of Mas- 
 sachusetts, in comparison with that of Boston and other 
 parts of the state, I will now consider it in respect to the 
 several counties and towns. 
 
 The state of Massachusetts is at present divided into 14 
 counties, which have received but slight alterations in tlieir 
 territorial limits since they were incorporated, except the 
 counties of Hampsliire and Suffolk. 
 
 The counties of Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex were in- 
 corporated May 10, 1G43 ; of Hampshire, May 7, 1GG2 ; of 
 Plymouth, Bristol and Barnstable, June 2, 16S5 ; of Nan- 
 tucket, June 20, 1695; of Dukes, June 25, 1795; of Wor- 
 cester, April 2, 1731 ; and of Berkshire, April 21. 1731. 
 
 In 1790, Suffolk county comprised Norfolk, which was 
 set off, and incorporated March 26, 1793, and also the towns 
 of Hingham and Hull till June 18, 1803, when they were 
 annexed to Plymouth. 
 
 In 1790, 1800 and 1810, Hampshire county comprised 
 Franklin, which was set off, and incorporated June 24, 
 1811, and Hampden, which was set off, and incorporated 
 February 25, 1812. 
 
 The next table embraces the 14 counties, as near as may 
 be, according to their jpresent territorial limits, with correc- 
 tions of the censuses as indicated above. The population 
 is put down against the names of the towns and places 
 such as they are designated in the six United States cen- 
 suses ; and in respect to the colonial census, the only 
 ciianges in the names of the towns mentioned in that cen- 
 sus, arc that of ^outh Briuijldd^ now Wales, that of llul- 
 land District, now Barre, and that of Shei'hwm, now Nan- 
 tucket. In the first column, the names of the towns, such 
 as they were in 1846, are in roman letters, and the rest in 
 italics ; the shire towns arc designated by capital letters. 
 The number of towns, including two districts, with tiic 
 nnmicipal powers of towns, was 309 in 1840, and 313 in 
 1816. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 15 
 
 The population of the towns is pnt down in the tabic, 
 according to the censuses ; but, in consequence of the divis- 
 ion of some of the towns, their population sometimes ap- 
 pears smaller at a subsequent date, — and, in consequence 
 of the alteration of the dividing lines, the number within 
 the j^resent limits of some towns, will differ a little from 
 that in the table. These corrections cannot be made, and 
 will affect the results only within very small districts. 
 
 In the marginal notes are given the dates of the Acts of 
 the Legislature since 1790, relating to the changes in the 
 names, in the dividing lines, and in the organization of 
 towns ; to the division, union, or formation of towns ; and 
 to the annexation of a part of one town to another, or of 
 unincorporated tracts to one or more towns. 
 
 TABLE III. — Exhibiting the Population in the Towns of Massachusetts, ac- 
 cording to the seven Censuses, from 1765 to 1840, together with the years of 
 their Incorporation, (new style), by Counties. 
 
 SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 Census. 
 1765 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census. 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Boston, a city,(l) 
 Islands in Harbor, 
 Chelsea, (2) 
 North Chelsea, (3) 
 
 1630 
 
 1739 
 1846 
 
 15,520 18,038 
 
 282 
 462 472 
 
 24,937 
 
 849 
 
 33,250 
 537 
 
 594 
 
 43,298 
 642 
 
 61,392 
 
 771 
 
 93,383 
 2,390 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 15,982 18,792 
 
 25,786 
 
 34,381 
 
 43,940 
 
 02,163 
 
 95,773 
 
 1 . The north-eastern part of Dorchester, now called South Boston, was annexed to Boston, 
 
 March 6, 1804. 
 The town of Boston made a city, Feljmary 23, 1322. 
 Boundary line of Boston and Brookline established, with a part of Brookline annexed 
 
 to Boston, Fehruary 22, 1825. This annexed portion, joined to Ward G, March 3, 1S2G. 
 Thompson's Island anne.xed to Boston from Dorchester, March 25, 18.34. 
 Boundary line of Boston and Ro.xbury estaljlished March 16, 183G, and altered April 19, 
 
 1837. 
 
 2. See Saugus. 
 
 3. North Chelsea set off from Chelsea, and incorporated as a town, March 19, 184G, 
 
IG 
 
 POPULATION OF IMASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1,567 
 
 1,801 
 
 1,757 
 
 1,890 
 
 1,956 
 
 2,445 
 
 2,142 
 
 2,863 
 
 2.941 
 
 3,164 
 
 3,889 
 
 4,530 
 
 2,161 
 
 3,290 
 
 3,881 
 
 4,608 
 
 4,283 
 
 4,073 
 
 b51 
 
 925 
 
 852 
 
 880 
 
 906 
 
 935 
 
 1.125 
 
 1,371 
 
 1,420 
 
 1,369 
 
 1,600 
 
 1,856 
 
 2,133 
 
 2,425 
 
 2,643 
 
 3,127 
 
 3,646 
 
 4,228 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,107 
 
 1,333 
 
 3,763 
 
 5,317 
 
 5,313 
 
 5,943 
 
 6,384 
 
 7,510 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 749 
 
 780 
 
 802 
 
 748 
 
 1,980 
 
 2,408 
 
 2,730 
 
 2,682 
 
 3,070 
 
 3,896 
 
 3,743 
 
 4,562 
 
 3,305 
 
 3,569 
 
 2,553 
 
 2,949 
 
 2,198 
 
 2,291 
 
 2,837 
 
 4,087 
 
 4,515 
 
 6,138 
 
 . 
 
 491 
 
 468 
 
 509 
 
 596 
 
 617 
 
 732 
 
 965 
 
 1,082 
 
 1,137 
 
 1,201 
 
 1,236 
 
 4,954 
 
 5,661 
 
 5,211 
 
 5,900 
 
 5,630 
 
 5,149 
 
 933 
 
 1,297 
 
 1,253 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,371 
 
 2,006 
 
 581 
 
 682 
 
 598 
 
 541 
 
 596 
 
 607 
 
 2,960 
 
 3,972 
 
 4,076 
 
 5,176 
 
 3,671 
 
 3,603 
 
 2,882 
 
 4,837 
 
 5,946 
 
 7,634 
 
 6,852 
 
 6,375 
 
 1,477 
 
 1,772 
 
 1,557 
 
 1,682 
 
 1,825 
 
 2,044 
 
 4,427 
 
 7,921 
 
 9,457 
 
 12,613 
 
 12,731 
 
 13,895 
 2,5 19 1 
 
 1,329 
 
 1,780 
 
 1,855 
 
 2,047 
 
 2,006 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Amesbury, (1) - 
 Andover, - 
 Beverly, - 
 Boxford, (2) 
 Bradford, - 
 Danver,-<, (3) 
 Essex, (4) - 
 Georgetown, (5) - 
 Gloucester, (6) - 
 Hamilton, (7) 
 Haverhill, - 
 Ipswich, (8) 
 Lynn. (9) - 
 Lynniield, (10) - 
 Manchester, 
 Marblehead, 
 Methuen, - 
 Middleton, - 
 Newbury, (11) - 
 Newbukyport, - 
 Rockport, (12) - 
 Rowley, (13) 
 Salem, a city, (14) 
 Salisbury, (15) - 
 
 166S 
 
 161 
 
 1668 
 
 1685 
 
 1675 
 
 1757 
 
 1819 
 
 1838 
 
 1639 
 
 1793 
 
 164 
 
 1634 
 
 1637 
 
 1782 
 
 1645 
 
 1649 
 
 1725 
 
 1728 
 
 1635 
 
 1764 
 
 1840 
 
 1639 
 
 1629 
 
 1639 
 
 2,471 
 5,207 
 4,689 
 
 942 
 2,222 
 5,020 
 1,450 
 1,540 
 6,350 
 
 818 
 4,336 
 3,000 
 9,367 
 
 707 
 1,355 
 5,575 
 2,251 
 
 657 
 3,789 
 7,161 
 2.650 
 1,203 
 15,082 
 2,739 
 
 1. Part of Salisbury annexed to Amesbury, March 15, 1844. 
 
 2. Pan of Rowley annexed to Boxford, June 10, 1808. 
 
 Boundary line of Boxford and Rowley established, June 18, 1825. 
 Pan of Ipswich annexe<i to Boxford, March 7, 1S46. 
 
 3. See Saitm. 
 
 4. Essex set off from Ipswich, and incorporated as a town, February 15, 1819. 
 
 5. Georgetown set off from Rowley, and incorporated as a town, April 21, 1833. 
 
 6. See Rockport. 
 
 7. The Parish of Ipswich Hamlet, incorporated as the town of Hamilton, June 21, 1793. 
 
 8. See Buxfurd, Essrx and Hamilton, 
 
 9. Boundary line of Lynn and Chelsea defined, June 21, 1S30. Sec Cludsea, Lynnfdd and 
 
 Saugiis. 
 
 10. Lynnfield set off from Lynn, and incorporated as a District, July 3, 17S2, and as a town, 
 
 February 23, 1814. 
 
 1 1 . See West Newbury. 
 
 12. R(ick|X)n set off from Gloucester, and incorporated as a town, February 27, 181(1. 
 
 13. Sou Buxfurd and GcorgetuwH. 
 
 11. The town of Salum made a city, March 23, 1S36. 
 
 Boundary line of iialem and Danvcrs altered, March 17, \SiO. 
 15. See AiiunOiiry. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 17 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY— Contmued. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 Census. 
 1765 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census. 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Saugus, (1) 
 Topsfield, - 
 Wenham, - 
 West Newbury, 
 
 - 1815 
 
 - 1650 
 
 - 1643 
 (2)1819 
 
 719' 780 
 564: 502 
 
 789 
 476 
 
 815 
 554 
 
 74s' 96o' 1,098 
 
 866i 1,010, 1,05'J 
 
 572! 611 689 
 
 1,279, 1,586, 1,560 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - i - 
 
 43,524 57,913 61,196; 71,888 
 
 74,655| 82,859 94,987 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 Ashland, (3) 
 
 1846 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Acton, 
 
 1735 
 
 611 
 
 853 
 
 901 
 
 885 
 
 1,047 
 
 1,128 
 
 1,121 
 
 Ashby, (4) 
 
 1767 
 
 . 
 
 751 
 
 941 
 
 1,103 
 
 1,188 
 
 1,240 
 
 1,246 
 
 Bedford, - 
 
 1729 
 
 457 
 
 523 
 
 538 
 
 592 
 
 648 
 
 685 
 
 929 
 
 Billerica, - 
 
 1655 
 
 1,334 
 
 1,191 
 
 1,383 
 
 1,289 
 
 1,380 
 
 1,374 
 
 1,632 
 
 Boxborough, (5) 
 
 1783 
 
 . 
 
 412 
 
 387 
 
 388 
 
 424 
 
 474 
 
 426 
 
 Brighton, (6) 
 
 1807 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 608 
 
 702 
 
 972 
 
 1,425 
 
 Burlington, (7) - 
 
 1799 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 534 
 
 471 
 
 508 
 
 446 
 
 510 
 
 Camb'dge, acity,(8) 
 
 1633 
 
 1,571 
 
 2,115 
 
 2,453 
 
 2,323 
 
 3,295 
 
 6,072 
 
 8,409 
 
 Carlisle, (9) 
 
 1780 
 
 - 
 
 555 
 
 634 
 
 672 
 
 681 
 
 566 
 
 556 
 
 Charlestown, (10) 
 
 1629 
 
 2,031 
 
 1,583 
 
 2,751 
 
 4,959 
 
 6,591 
 
 8,783 
 
 11,484 
 
 Chelmsford, (11) 
 
 1655 
 
 1,012 
 
 1,144 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,396 
 
 1,535 
 
 1,387 
 
 1,697 
 
 Concord, - 
 
 1635 
 
 1,564 
 
 1,590 
 
 1,679 
 
 1,633 
 
 1,788 
 
 2,017 
 
 1,784 
 
 1. Part of Lynn incorporaled as the town of Saugus, February 17, LSIS. 
 
 Part of Chelsea annexed to Saugus, February 22, 1S41. 
 
 2. Parsons set off from Newbury, and incorporated as the town of West Newbury, June 14, 
 
 1820. 
 
 3. Part of Hopkinton, Framingham and Holliston set off, and incorporated as the town of 
 
 Ashland, March 16, 1846. 
 
 4. Part of Ashburnham annexed to Ashby, November 16, 1792, and part of Fitchburg, March 
 
 3, 1829. 
 
 5. Part of Stow, Harvard and Littleton set off, and incorporated as the District of Boxborough, 
 
 February 2.5, 1783, and as a town, Blay 1, 1336. See Littletoyi. 
 
 6. Part of Cambridge set off, and incorporated as the town of Brighton, February 24, 1807. 
 
 Part of Cambridge annexed to Brighton, January 27, 1816. 
 
 7. Part of Woburn set off, and incorporated as the town of Burlington, February 28, 1799. 
 
 See Lexington, 
 
 8. Part of Charlestown annexed to Cambridge, Blarch 6, 1802, February 12, 1818, and June 17, 
 
 1820. 
 Town of Cambridge made a city, March 17, 1846. See Brighton and West Cambridge. 
 
 9. District of Carlisle incorporated as a town, February 18, 1805. 
 
 10. Part of Medford annexed to Charlestown, June 21, 1811. See Sormrville and W. Cambridge. 
 
 11. See Lowell. 
 
18 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY— Continued. 
 
 
 
 1 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. Census. 
 
 TOWXS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1730 1800 
 
 Dracut, 
 
 1702 
 
 1,217 
 
 1,217 
 
 1,274 
 
 1,301 
 
 1,407 
 
 1,615 
 
 2,188 
 
 Dunstable, (1) - 
 
 1673 
 
 559 
 
 380 
 
 485 
 
 475 
 
 584 
 
 593 
 
 603 
 
 Framingham, (2) 
 
 1700 
 
 1,305 
 
 1,598 
 
 1.625 
 
 1,670 
 
 2,037 
 
 2,313 
 
 3,030 
 
 Groton, (3) 
 
 1655 
 
 1,423 
 
 1,840 
 
 1^802 
 
 1,886 
 
 1,897 
 
 1,925 
 
 2,139 
 
 Holliston, (4) - 
 
 1724 
 
 705 
 
 875 
 
 783 
 
 989 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,304 
 
 1,782 
 
 Hopkinton, (5) - 
 
 1715 
 
 1,027 
 
 1,317 
 
 1,372 
 
 1,345 
 
 1,655 
 
 1,S09| 2,245 
 
 Lexington, (6) - 
 
 1713 
 
 912 
 
 941 
 
 1,006 
 
 1,052 
 
 1,200 
 
 1,543 
 
 1,642 
 
 Lincoln, 
 
 1754 
 
 649 
 
 740 
 
 756 
 
 713 
 
 706 
 
 709 
 
 686 
 
 Littleton, (7) 
 
 1715 
 
 773 
 
 854 
 
 904 
 
 773 
 
 955 
 
 947 
 
 927 
 
 Lowell, a city, (8) 
 
 1826 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 6,474 20,796 
 
 Maiden, (9) 
 
 1649 
 
 ■ 983 
 
 1,033 
 
 1,059 
 
 1,384 
 
 1,731 
 
 2,010: 2,514 
 
 Marlborough, (10) 
 
 1660 
 
 1,287 
 
 1.554 
 
 1,735 
 
 1,674 
 
 1,952 
 
 2,077i 2,101 
 
 Medford, (11) - 
 
 1630 
 
 790 
 
 i;029 
 
 1,114 
 
 1,443 
 
 1,474 
 
 1,755 2.478 
 
 Natick, (12) 
 
 1762 
 
 474 
 
 615 
 
 694 
 
 766 
 
 849 
 
 890: 1,285 
 
 Newton, (13) - 
 
 1691 
 
 1,308 
 
 1,360 
 
 1,491 
 
 1,709 
 
 1,850 
 
 2,376 
 
 3,351 
 
 Pepperell, (14) - 
 
 1753 
 
 758 
 
 1,132 
 
 1,198 
 
 1,333 
 
 1,439 
 
 1,440 
 
 1,571 
 
 Reading, (15) - 
 
 1644 
 
 1,530 
 
 1,802 
 
 2,025 
 
 2,228 
 
 2,797 
 
 1,806 
 
 2,193 
 
 Sherburne, (16) - 
 
 1674 
 
 670 
 
 801 
 
 775 
 
 770 
 
 811 
 
 899 
 
 995 
 
 1. Boundary line of Dunstable and Tyngsborough established, January 29, 1798. 
 
 Part of Grolon annexed to Dunstable, February 25, 1793, January 26, 1796, and June 18, 
 1303. See Groton and Tyngsborough. 
 
 2. Part of Holliston annexed to Framingham, February 11, 1833. See Ashland, Holliston, 
 
 Hopkinton and Marlborovgh. 
 
 3. Part of Pepperell annexed to Grolon, Febniary 3, 1803. 
 
 Boundary line of Grolon and Dunstable established, February 15, 1820. 
 See Dunstable and Shirley. 
 
 4. Boundary line of HoUislon and Medway altered, March 3, 1829. 
 
 Boundary line of Holliston, Hopkinton and Medway established, March 27, 183,'» 
 See Ashland and Pramingliain. 
 
 5. See Ashland, Framingham, Holliston and Upton. 
 
 6. Part of Burlington annexed to Lexington, January 10, 1810. 
 
 7. Boundary line of Littleton and Boxborough established, February 20, 1794. 
 
 See Boxborough, 
 
 8. Part of Chelmsford set off, and incorporated as the town of Lowell, March 1, 1826. 
 
 Part of Tewksbury annexed to Lowell, March 22, 1S32 and March 29, 1S34. 
 Lowell made a city, April 1, 1836. 
 
 9. See Medford. 
 
 10. Part of Framingham annexed to Marlliorough, Febniary 23, 1791, and part of Souihborough, 
 
 March 24, 1!J43. See Bolton and Northborotigh. 
 
 11. Part of Maiden annexed to Medford, June 10, 1817. See Cliarlestotm. 
 
 12. Part of Sherburne annexed to Natick, February 7, 1820. See Needham. 
 
 13. An island between Needham and Newton, annexed to Newton, June 21, 1803. SeeRoxbury. 
 
 14. See Groton. 
 
 15. See South Reading. 
 
 16. See Natick and Medway. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 m 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY— Continued. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Shirley, (1) 
 Soraerville, (2) - 
 
 1753 
 
 430 
 
 677 
 
 713 
 
 814 
 
 922 
 
 991 
 
 957 
 
 1842 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 South Reading, (3) 
 
 1812 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 1,311 
 
 1,517 
 
 Stoneham, - 
 
 1725 
 
 340 
 
 381 
 
 380 
 
 467 
 
 615 
 
 732 
 
 1,017 
 
 Stow, (4) - 
 
 1083 
 
 794 
 
 801 
 
 890 
 
 885 
 
 1,071 
 
 1,220 
 
 1,230 
 
 Sudbury, - 
 
 1639 
 
 1,773 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,303 
 
 1,287 
 
 1,417 
 
 1,423 
 
 1,422 
 
 Tewksbury, (5) - 
 
 1734 
 
 781 
 
 958 
 
 944 
 
 943 
 
 1,008 
 
 1,527 
 
 906 
 
 Townsend, - 
 
 1732 
 
 598 
 
 993 
 
 1,149 
 
 1,246 
 
 1,482 
 
 1,506 
 
 1,892 
 
 Tyngsborough, (6) 
 
 1789 
 
 - 
 
 382 
 
 696 
 
 704 
 
 808 
 
 822 
 
 870 
 
 Waltham, - 
 
 1738 
 
 663 
 
 882 
 
 903 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,677 
 
 1,857 
 
 2,504 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 1630 
 
 693 
 
 1,091 
 
 1,207 
 
 1,531 
 
 1,518 
 
 1,641 
 
 1,810 
 
 Wayland, (7) - 
 
 1835 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 998 
 
 East Sudbury, 
 
 1780 
 
 - 
 
 801 
 
 835 
 
 824 
 
 962 
 
 944 
 
 - 
 
 W. Cambridge, (8) 
 
 1807 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 971 
 
 1,064 
 
 1,230 
 
 1,363 
 
 Westlord, - 
 
 1 729 
 
 962 
 
 1,229 
 
 1,267 
 
 1,330 
 
 1.409 
 
 1,329 
 
 1,436 
 
 Weston, 
 
 1713 
 
 768 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,027 
 
 1,008 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,091 
 
 1,092 
 
 Wilmington, 
 
 1730 
 
 673 
 
 710 
 
 797 
 
 716 
 
 786 
 
 731 
 
 859 
 
 Woburn, (9) 
 
 1642 
 
 1,515 
 
 1,727 
 
 1,228 
 
 1,219 
 
 1,519 
 
 1,977 
 
 2,993 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 34,940 
 
 42,737 
 
 46,928 
 
 52,789 
 
 61,472 
 
 77,961 
 
 106611 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 Ashburnham, (10) 1765 
 Athol, ( 1 1) - |l762 
 
 951 
 359 
 
 951 
 
 848 
 
 994 
 993 
 
 1,036 
 1,041 
 
 1,230 
 1,211 
 
 1,402 
 1,325 
 
 1,652 
 1,591 
 
 1. Part of Groton anne.Ked to Shirley, February G, 1793. See Limenburg. 
 
 2. Part of Charlestown set off, and incorporated as tlie town of SomerviUe, March 3, 1842. 
 
 3. Part of Reading set off", and incorporated as the town of South Reading, February 25, 1812. 
 
 4. See Boxborough, 
 
 5. See Lowell. 
 
 6. Part of Dunstable annexed to Tyngsborough, March 3, 1792. 
 
 District of Tyngsborough made a town, Febntary 23, 1809. 
 
 Boundary line of Tyngsborough and Dunstable established, June 10, 1814. 
 
 7. Name of East Sudbury changed to Wayland, March 11, 1835. 
 
 8. Part of Cambridge set off", and incorporated as the town of West Cambridge, February 27, 
 
 1807. 
 Part of Charlestown annexed to West Cambridge, February 25, 1842. 
 
 9. See Burlington. 
 
 10. Part of Gardner annexed to Ashburnham, February 16, 1815, and of Westminster, January 
 
 28, 1824. See Ashbij. 
 
 11. Part of Gerry annexed to Athol, February 26, 1806, of Orange, Febraary 7, 1816, and of 
 
 New Salem, February 5, 18-30, and March 16, 1837. 
 Land confirmed to Athol, June 11, 1829. See Royalston. 
 
20 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY— Contiiiued. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 Census. 
 1765 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census. 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Auburn, (1) 
 Barre, (2) - 
 Berlin, (3) - 
 Blackstone, (1) - 
 Bolton, (5) 
 Boylston, (0) 
 Brookfield, (7) - 
 Charlton, (8^ - 
 Dana, (9) - 
 Douglas, (10) - 
 Dudley, (11) - 
 Fitchburg, (12) - 
 Gore, 
 
 Gardner, (13) - 
 Grafton, (14) - 
 Hard wick, (15) - 
 Harvard, (16) - 
 
 1778 
 
 1753 
 
 17 
 
 IS 15 
 
 173.S 
 
 1786 
 
 1673 
 
 1754 
 
 1801 
 
 1746 
 
 1732 
 
 1764 
 
 1785 
 1735 
 1739 
 1732 
 
 
 473 
 
 734 
 
 1,613 
 
 - 
 
 512 
 
 925 
 
 861 
 
 . 
 
 839 
 
 1,811 
 
 3,100 
 
 739 
 
 1,965 
 
 521 
 
 1,079 
 
 748 
 
 1,114 
 
 259 
 
 1,151 
 
 . 
 
 14 
 
 - 
 
 531 
 
 763 
 
 872 
 
 1,010 
 
 1.725 
 
 1,126 
 
 1,387 
 
 532 
 
 1,937 
 
 590 
 
 945 
 1,058 
 3,284 
 2,120 
 
 1,083 
 1,140 
 1,390 
 
 667 
 
 985 
 
 1,727 
 
 1,310 
 
 540 
 
 1,971 
 
 591 
 
 1,037 
 800 
 3,170 
 2,180 
 625 
 1,142 
 1,226 
 1,566 
 
 815 
 
 946 
 
 1,657 
 
 1,431 
 
 608 
 
 2,077 
 
 625 
 
 1,229 
 902 
 2,292 
 2,134 
 664 
 1,375 
 1,615 
 1,736 
 
 690 
 
 2,503 
 
 692 
 
 1.253 
 820 
 2,342 
 2,173 
 623 
 1,742 
 2,155 
 2,169 
 
 911 1,023 
 
 1,154' 1,889 
 
 1,8361 1,885 
 
 l,597i 1,600 
 
 649 
 
 2,751 
 
 763 
 
 1,186 
 797 
 2,472 
 2,117 
 691 
 1,617 
 1,352 
 2,604 
 
 1,260 
 2,943 
 1,789 
 1,571 
 
 1. Name of Ward changed to Auburn, February 17, 18-37. 
 
 2. Barre was incorporated as Rutland District, March 28, 1753. 
 
 3. Part of Lancaster annexed to Berlin, February 8, 1791, and of Norlhljorough, February 14, 
 
 1806. 
 District of Berlin incorporated as a town, February 12, 1812. 
 
 4. Part of Mendon set off, and incorporated as the town of Blackstone, March 25, 184-5. 
 
 5. Part of Marlborough annexed to Bolton, Fctiruary 11, 1829. 
 
 Boundary line of Bolton and Westborough established, March 16, 1S3S. 
 
 6. See West Boi/lston. 
 
 7. Boundary line of Brookfield and New Braintree established, June 10, 1791, and an addi- 
 
 tional act, March 8, 1792. See North Brookfield and Ware. 
 
 8. See Sovthbridge and Sturbridge. 
 
 9. Part of Petersham, Hardwick and Greenwich set off, and incorporated as the town of Dana, 
 
 February 13, 1301. Boundary line of Dana established, February 12, 1S03, and of Dana 
 and Greenwich, June 19, 1811. 
 Part of Petersham and Hardwick annexed to Dana, February 4, 1842. 
 
 10. See Wtbstcr. 
 
 11. Middlesex Gore, so called, annexed to Dudley and Sturbridge, June 25, 179-1. 
 
 See Suulhhridge and Webster. 
 
 12. See Ashby and Westminster. 
 
 13. Part of Winchendon annexed to Gardner, February 20, 1794. See Ashburnham. 
 
 14. Gore of land annexed to Grafton, June 14, 1S23. 
 
 Part of Shrewsbury annexed to Grafton, March 3, 1826. 
 
 Part of Sutton annexed to Grafton, March 3, 1842. See Worcester. 
 
 15. Part of New Braintree annexed to Hardwick, June 10, 1814. 
 
 Gore of land annexed to Hardwick, February 7, 1.831 and Februuiy 6, 1S33. 
 See Dana and PeteTsham. 
 IC. See Doxbormtgh 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 21 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY— Cowifmwerf. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1741 
 
 495 
 
 1707 
 
 - 
 
 1653 
 
 1,999 
 
 1711 
 
 770 
 
 1740 
 
 713 
 
 1728 
 
 821 
 
 1667 
 
 1,838 
 
 1780 
 
 - 
 
 1813 
 
 - 
 
 1751 
 
 594 
 
 1766 
 
 . 
 
 1772 
 
 - 
 
 1812 
 
 . 
 
 1762 
 
 270 
 
 1713 
 
 890 
 
 1765 
 
 . 
 
 1754 
 
 707 
 
 1786 
 
 - 
 
 1759 
 
 284 
 
 ■ 
 
 ' 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1,142 
 1,113 
 1,584 
 
 1,072 
 1,127 
 1,694 
 
 1,103 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,4«6 
 
 1,584 
 
 1,243 
 1,628 
 
 1,371 
 1,819 
 
 907 
 
 973 
 
 875 
 
 912 
 
 698 
 
 794 
 
 544 
 
 713 
 
 801 
 
 848 
 
 1,237 
 
 1,277 
 
 582 
 
 619 
 
 1,794 
 802 
 
 1,490 
 839 
 
 1,021 
 
 1,062 
 
 ■ 
 
 ' 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Holden, (1) 
 Hubbardston, (2) 
 Lancaster, (3) - 
 Leicester, - 
 Leominster, (4) - ) 
 Gore, - - I 
 
 2Vo Town, (5) - ) 
 Lunenburs;, (6) - 
 Mendon, (7) 
 B'lilford, - 
 Millbury, (8) - 
 New Braintree, (9) 
 Northborough, (10) 1766 
 Northbridge, (11) 
 N. Brookfield, (12) 
 Oakham, - 
 Oxford, (13) 
 Gore, 
 
 Paxton, (14) 
 Petersham, (15) 
 Phillipston, (16) 
 Princeton, (17) 
 Gore., 
 
 1,077 
 933 
 
 1,460 
 
 1,076' 
 
 1,189 
 
 27 
 
 1,277 
 
 1,555 
 
 839 
 
 939 
 619 
 569 
 
 772 
 1,000 
 
 237 
 
 558 
 1,560 
 
 740 
 
 1,016 
 
 26 
 
 1,402 
 1,367 
 1,862 
 1,252 
 1,790 
 
 1,209 
 2,254 
 1,160 
 
 926 
 
 888 
 1,018 
 
 905 
 1,095 
 
 986 
 1,562 
 
 613 
 1,623 
 
 916 
 1,261 
 
 1,719 
 1,674 
 2,014 
 
 1,782 
 1,861 
 
 69 
 1,317 
 3,152 
 1,360 
 1,611 
 825 
 992 
 1,053 
 1,241 
 1,010 
 2,034 
 
 597 
 1,696 
 
 932 
 1,346 
 
 1,874 
 1,784 
 2,019 
 1,707 
 2,069 
 
 1,272 
 3,524 
 1,773 
 2,171 
 752 
 1,248 
 1,449 
 1,485 
 1,038 
 1,742 
 
 670 
 
 1,775 
 
 919 
 
 1,347 
 
 1. Boundary line of Holden and Paxton established, March 27, 1793. 
 
 Part of Paxton annexed to Holden, March 19, 1S31. See Paxton and West Boylston. 
 
 2. See Princeton. 
 
 3. Boundary line of Lancaster and Sterling established, March 7, 1837. See Berlin and Sterling. 
 
 4. Part of No Town annexed to Leominster, April 13, 1838. 
 
 5. See Leominster, Princeton and Westminster. 
 
 6. Boundary line of Lunenburg and Shirley established, March 3, 1846. 
 
 7. See Blackstone. 
 
 8. Part of Sutton set off, and incorporated as the town of Millbury, June 11, 1813. 
 
 9. See Brookfield and Harchcick. 
 
 10. Part of Marlborough annexed to Northborough, June 20, 1807. See Berlin. 
 
 11. Part of Sutton annexed to Northbridge, February 17, 1801 and March 16, 1844. See Sutton. 
 
 12. Part of Brookfield set off, and incorporated as a town, Febniary 2S, 1812. 
 
 13. Part of Sutton annexed to Oxford, Febraary 18, 1793, Oxford South Gore, February 6, 1807, 
 
 and Oxford North Gore, March 22, 1838. See Webster. 
 
 14. Part of Holden annexed to Paxton, February 13, 1^01 and April 9, 1838. 
 
 See Holden and Rutland. 
 
 15. See Da7ia. 
 
 16. Name of Gerry changed to that of Phihipston, February 5, 1814. 
 
 Boundary line of Phillipston and Royalston altered, March 29, 18-37. See Rot/alston. 
 
 17. Part of Hubbardston annexed to Princeton, February 16, 1810, and part of No Town, April 
 
 4, 1838. 
 
22 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 WORC ESTER COUNTY— Continued. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Iiicor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Royalston, (1) - 
 Rutland, (2) 
 Shrewsbury, (3) 
 Southborough, (4) 
 
 ITfio 
 
 1,130 
 
 1,130 
 
 1,243 
 
 1,415 
 
 1,424 
 
 1,493 
 
 1,667 
 
 1714 
 
 1.090 
 
 1,072 
 
 1,202 
 
 1,231 
 
 1,262 
 
 1,276 
 
 1,260 
 
 1727 
 
 1,401 
 
 963 
 
 1,048 
 
 1,210 
 
 1,458 
 
 1,386 
 
 1,481 
 
 1727 
 
 731 
 
 837 
 
 871 
 
 926 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,080 
 
 1,145 
 
 SouthbriJge, (5) 
 
 1816 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,066 
 
 1,444 
 
 2,031 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 1753 
 
 664 
 
 1,322 
 
 1,432 
 
 1,453 
 
 1,548 
 
 1,618 
 
 1,604 
 
 Sterling, (G) 
 
 1781 
 
 - 
 
 1,428 
 
 1,614 
 
 1,472 
 
 1,710 
 
 1,794 
 
 1,647 
 
 Sturbridge, (7) - ) 
 
 1738 
 
 896 
 
 1,704 
 
 1,846 
 
 1,927 
 
 1,633 
 
 1,688 
 
 2,005 
 
 Gore, - - \ 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 64 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Sutton, (8) 
 
 1715 
 
 2,138 
 
 2,642 
 
 2,513 
 
 2,660 
 
 2,056 
 
 2,186 
 
 2,370 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 1762 
 
 348 
 
 950 
 
 1,068 
 
 1,205 
 
 1.331 
 
 1,552 
 
 1,776 
 
 Upton, (9) 
 
 1735 
 
 614 
 
 833 
 
 854 
 
 995 
 
 1,088 
 
 1,167 
 
 1,466 
 
 Uxbridge, - 
 
 1727 
 
 1,213 
 
 1,308 
 
 1,404 
 
 1,404 
 
 1,551 
 
 2,086 
 
 2.004 
 
 Warren, (10) - 
 
 1742 
 
 583 
 
 899 
 
 979 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,112 
 
 1,189 
 
 1,290 
 
 Webster, (11) - 
 
 1S32 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,403 
 
 Westborough, (12) 
 
 1717 
 
 1,110 
 
 934 
 
 922 
 
 1,048 
 
 1,326 
 
 1,438 
 
 1,658 
 
 WestBoylston,(13) 
 
 1808 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 632 
 
 886 
 
 1,055 
 
 1,187 
 
 Westminster, (14) 
 
 1759 
 
 468 
 
 1,176 
 
 1,369 
 
 1,419 
 
 1,634 
 
 1,696 
 
 1,645 
 
 Winchendon, (15) 
 
 1764 
 
 946 
 
 946 
 
 1,092 
 
 1,173 
 
 1,263 
 
 1,463 
 
 1,754 
 
 WoRCESTERj (16) 
 
 1684 
 
 1,478 
 
 2,095 
 
 2,411 
 
 2,577 
 
 2,962 
 
 4,173 
 
 7,497 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 34,167 
 
 56,807 
 
 61,192 
 
 64,910 
 
 73,625 
 
 84,355 
 
 95,313 
 
 1. Part of Athol and Gerry annexed to Royalston, February 26, 1799, and part of Athol, IMarch 
 
 7, 1803. See Pkiliipsto7i. 
 
 2. Boundnry line of Rutland and Paxton established, February 20, 1829. 
 
 3. See Grafton. 
 
 4. Boundary line of Southborough and Westboro' established, Mar. 5, 1835. SeeMarlboroiigh. 
 
 5. Part of Sturbridge, Charlton and Dudley set off, and incorporated as the town of South- 
 
 bridge, February 15, 1SI6. 
 Part of Dudley annexed to Soutbbridge, Feb. 23, 1822, and part of Sturbridge, Apr. 6, 1839. 
 
 6. Part of Lancaster set off, and incorporated as the town of Sterling, March 12, 1793. 
 
 See Lancaster and West Boylston. 
 
 7. Part of Charlton annexed to Sturbridge, June 27, 1792. See Dudley and Southbridge. 
 
 8. Part of Norlhbridge annexed to Sutton, June 15, 1831. Boundary line of Sutton and North- 
 
 bridge altered, Blareh 7, 1837. See Grafton, Millburij, Northbridge and Oxford. 
 
 9. Part of Hopkinton annexed to Upton, March 8, 1808. 
 
 10. Name of Western changed to Warren, March 13, 1S34. See Palmer and Ware. 
 
 1 1. Part of Oxford and Dudley set off, and incorporated as the town of Webster, March 6, 1832. 
 
 Boundary line of Webster and Douglas established, February 27, 1841. 
 
 12. See Bolton and Southborough. 
 
 13. Part of Boylston, Holden and Sterling set off, and incorporated as the town of West Boyl- 
 
 ston, January 30, 1808. 
 Part of Boylston anne.ved to W. Boylston, Feb. 10, 1820 and June 17, 1820. See Bolton. 
 
 14. Part of Fitchbiirg annexed to Westminster, February 12, 179G and February 16, 1813, 
 
 Part of No Town annexed to Westminster, April 10, 1838. See Ashburnhum. 
 
 15. See Gardner. 
 
 J(>. Gialtun Gore annexed to Worcpster, March 22, IPS.'?. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 23 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor 
 
 Amherst, (1) 
 Belchertovvn, (2) 
 Chesterfield, (3) 
 Cummington, (4) 
 Easthampton, (5) 
 Enfield, (6) 
 Goshen, (7) 
 Granby, (8) 
 Greenwicn, (9) - 
 Hadley, (10) 
 Hatfield, (11) - 
 Middlefield, 
 Northampton, - 
 Norwich, (12) - 
 Pelham, (13) - 
 Plainfield, (11) - 
 Prescott, (15) - 
 S outh Hadle y, (16) 
 
 1759 
 1761 
 1762 
 1779 
 1785 
 1816 
 1781 
 1768 
 1754 
 1661 
 1670 
 1783 
 1654 
 1773 
 1743 
 1785 
 1822 
 1753 
 
 Cansus. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 645 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,358 
 
 1,469 
 
 418 
 
 1,485 
 
 1,878 
 
 2,270 
 
 161 
 
 1,183 
 
 1,323 
 
 1,408 
 
 - 
 
 873 
 
 985 
 
 1,009 
 
 - 
 
 457 
 
 586 
 
 660 
 
 . 
 
 681 
 
 724 
 
 652 
 
 - 
 
 596 
 
 786 
 
 850 
 
 434 
 
 1,045 
 
 1,460 
 
 1,225 
 
 573 
 
 882 
 
 1,073 
 
 1,247 
 
 803 
 
 703 
 
 809 
 
 805 
 
 . 
 
 608 
 
 877 
 
 822 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,628 
 
 2,190 
 
 2,631 
 
 . 
 
 742 
 
 959 
 
 968 
 
 371 
 
 1,040 
 
 1,144 
 
 1,185 
 
 - 
 
 458 
 
 797 
 
 977 
 
 817 
 
 759 
 
 801 
 
 902 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 1,917 
 
 2,426 
 
 1,447 
 
 1,060 
 
 712 
 
 873 
 
 632 
 
 1,066 
 
 778 
 
 1,461 
 
 823 
 
 755; 
 
 2,854! 
 
 849 
 
 1,278' 
 
 936 
 
 1,047, 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 2,631 
 
 2,491 
 
 1,416 
 
 1,261 
 
 745 
 
 1,056 
 
 617 
 
 1,064 
 
 813 
 
 1,686 
 
 893 
 
 720 
 
 3,613 
 
 795 
 
 904 
 
 984 
 
 758 
 
 1,185 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 2,550 
 
 2,554 
 
 1,132 
 
 1,237 
 
 717 
 
 976 
 
 556 
 
 971 
 
 824 
 
 1,814 
 
 933 
 
 1,717 
 
 3,750 
 
 750 
 
 956 
 
 910 
 
 780 
 
 1,458 
 
 1. Part of Hadley annexed to Amherst, February 28, 1811, February 18, 1812, and February 
 
 17, 1814. See Hadley. 
 
 2. See Enfield. 
 
 3. Part of Norwich annexed to Chesterfield, February 22, 1794. 
 
 B )undary line of Chesterfield and Goshen established, February 7, 1797, and of Chester- 
 field, Goshen and Williamsburg, February 16, 1810. See Williamsburg. 
 
 4. See Plainfield. 
 
 5. District of Easthampton incorporated as a town, June 16, 1809. 
 
 Boundary line of Easthampton and Southampton established, February 1, 1S2S. 
 Part of Southampton annexed to Easthampton, March 13, 1841. See Southampton. 
 
 6. Part of Greenwich and Belchertown set off, and incorporated as the town of Enfield, Febru- 
 
 ary 1-5, 1S16. 
 Boundary line of Enfield and Greenwich altered, June 12, 1818. 
 
 7. See Chesterfield. 
 
 8. Part of South Hadley annexed to Granby, March 6, 1792. 
 
 Boundary line of Granby and South Hadley altered, June 12, 1824, June 20, 1826, and 
 June 16, 1827. 
 
 9. See Dana, Enfield and Petersham. 
 
 10. Boundary line of Hadley and Amherst altered, Blarch 1, 1815. See Amherst. 
 
 11. Boundary line of Hatfield and Williamsburg astablished, Mar. 14, 1845 and Mar. 19, 1846. 
 
 12. See Chesterfield and Montgomery. 
 
 13. See Prescott. 
 
 14. Part of Cummington annexed to Plainfield, Feb. 4, 1794, and part of Hawley, June 21, 1803. 
 
 District of Plainfield incorporated as a town, June 15, 1807. 
 
 15. Prescott set off from the East Parish of Pelham and from the south part of New Salem, and 
 
 incorporated as a town, June 22, 1822. 
 
 16. See Granby. 
 
24 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY— Conti7iued. 
 
 TOWNS. Incor. 
 
 Census. 
 17(33 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census. 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Southampton, (1) 
 Ware, (2) - 
 Westhampton, - 
 Williamsburg, (3) 
 AVorthington, (4) 
 
 1753 
 17(il 
 1778 
 1771 
 1768 
 
 437 
 
 485 
 
 829 
 
 773 
 
 683 
 
 1,049 
 
 1,116 
 
 983 
 
 997 
 
 756 
 
 1,176 
 
 1,223 
 
 1,171 
 
 996 
 
 793 
 
 1,122 
 
 1,391 
 
 1,160 
 1,154 
 896 
 1,087 
 1,276 
 
 1,244 
 2,045 
 918 
 1,236 
 1,179 
 
 1,157 
 1,890 
 759 
 1,309 
 1,197 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 6,429 
 
 18,823 
 
 22,885 
 
 24,553 
 
 26,487 
 
 30,254 
 
 30,897 
 
 HAMPDEN COUNTY. 
 
 Blandford, (5) - 
 
 1741 
 
 406 
 
 1,416 
 
 1,778 
 
 1,613 
 
 1.515 
 
 1 
 1,590 1,427 
 
 Brimfield. - 
 
 1731 
 
 773 
 
 1,211 
 
 1,384 
 
 1,325 
 
 1,612 
 
 1,599, 1,419 
 
 Chester, (6) 
 
 17G5 
 
 1,119 
 
 1,119 
 
 1,542 
 
 1,534 
 
 1,526 
 
 1,407' 1,632 
 
 Granville, (7) 
 
 1754 
 
 682 
 
 1,979 
 
 2,309 
 
 1,504 
 
 1,643 
 
 1,649 1,414 
 
 Holland, (S) 
 Longmeaaovv, 
 
 1783 
 
 . 
 
 428 
 
 445 
 
 420 
 
 453 
 
 453 423 
 
 1783 
 
 . 
 
 744 
 
 973 
 
 1,036 
 
 1,171 
 
 1,257' 1,270 
 
 Ludlow, (9) 
 
 1774 
 
 - 
 
 560 
 
 650 
 
 730 
 
 1.246 
 
 1,327 1,268 
 
 Monson, (10) - 
 
 1760 
 
 389 
 
 1,331 
 
 1,635 
 
 1,674 
 
 2,126 
 
 2,263 2,151 
 
 Montgomery, (11) 
 
 1780 
 
 . 
 
 449 
 
 ■ 560 
 
 595 
 
 604 
 
 579 740 
 
 Palmer, (12) 
 
 1752 
 
 508 
 
 809 
 
 1,039 
 
 1,114 
 
 1,197 
 
 1,237: 2,139 
 
 Russell, (13) - 
 
 1792 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 431 
 
 422 
 
 491 
 
 507, 955 
 
 South wick, (14) - 
 
 1770 
 
 - 
 
 841 
 
 867 
 
 1,229 
 
 1,255 
 
 1,3551 1,214 
 
 Springfield, (15) 
 
 1646 
 
 2,755 
 
 1,574 
 
 2,312 
 
 2,767 
 
 3,914 
 
 6,784 10,985 
 
 Part of Easthampton annexed to Southampton, March 13, 1S41. 
 
 See Easthampton and Montgomiry. 
 Part of Brookfield and Western annexed to Ware, February 8, 1S23. 
 Boundary line of Williamsburj,' and Chesterfield established, June 24, 1795. 
 
 See Chesterfield and Hal field. 
 Part of Chester annexed to Worthington, June 21, 1799. 
 Boundary line of Blandford and Chester established, February 22, 1809 and June 13, 1810, 
 
 and of Blandford and Russell, February 22, 1809. 
 See Blandford and Worthington. 
 See Tolland. 
 East Parish of South Brimfield incorporated as the District of Holland, July 5, 1783, and as 
 
 the town of Holland, May I, 1S3C. 
 See S]iri>igfield. 
 
 Boundary line of Monson and Palmer established, Febniary 8, 1828. 
 
 Part of Norwich and Southampton annexed to Montgomery, March 6, 1792. See Russell. 
 Part of Western annexed to Palmer, February 7, 1831. See Mojison. 
 Part of AVesifield and Montgomery set oflT, and incorporated as the town of Russell, Februa- 
 ry 25, 1792. See Blandford. 
 See Westfield. 
 Boundafy line of Springfield and Lmllow established, June 5, 1830. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 ^ 
 
 HAMPDEN C0\5^TY— Continued. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 [ncor. 
 
 Census. 
 1765 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Tolland, (1) 
 Wales, (2) - ) 
 South Brimfitli, - ) 
 Westfield, (3) - 
 W. Springfield, (4) 
 Wilbraham, (5) - 
 
 1810 
 1762 
 
 1669 
 1774 
 1763 
 
 574 
 1,324 
 
 491 
 
 606 
 2,204 
 2,367 
 1,555 
 
 774 
 2,185 
 2,835 
 1,743 
 
 798 
 
 645 
 2,130 
 3,109 
 1,776 
 
 692 
 
 683 
 2,668 
 3,246 
 1,979 
 
 723 
 665 
 
 2,940 
 3,270 
 2,034 
 
 627 
 686 
 
 3,526 
 3,626 
 1,864 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 9,021 
 
 19,193 
 
 23,462 
 
 24,421 
 
 28,021 
 
 31,639 
 
 37,366 
 
 FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
 
 Ashfield, - 
 Bernardston, (6) 
 Buckland, (7) - 
 Charlemont, (8)- 
 Zoar, (9) - 
 Coleraine, - 
 Conway, (10) - 
 Deerfield, (11) - 
 Erving, (12) 
 Gill, (13) - 
 Greenfield, (14) 
 Hawley, (15) - 
 Plantation No. 7, 
 
 1765 
 
 
 1,459 
 
 1,741 
 
 1,809 
 
 1,748 
 
 1,732 
 
 1762 
 
 230 
 
 691 
 
 780 
 
 811 
 
 912 
 
 918 
 
 1779 
 
 . 
 
 718 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,097 
 
 1,037 
 
 1,039 
 
 1765 
 
 . 
 
 665 
 
 875 
 
 987 
 
 1,081 
 
 1,065 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 78 
 
 215 
 
 120 
 
 150 
 
 129 
 
 1761 
 
 297 
 
 1,417 
 
 2.014 
 
 2,016 
 
 1,961 
 
 1,877 
 
 1767 
 
 - 
 
 2,092 
 
 2,013 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,705 
 
 1,563 
 
 1673 
 
 737 
 
 1,330 
 
 1,531 
 
 1,570 
 
 1,868 
 
 2,003 
 
 1838 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 160 
 
 331 
 
 488 
 
 1793 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 700 
 
 762 
 
 800 
 
 864 
 
 1753 
 
 368 
 
 1,498 
 
 1,254 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,361 
 
 1,540 
 
 1792 
 
 . 
 
 
 878 
 
 1,031 
 
 1,089 
 
 1,037 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 539 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,610 
 
 992 
 
 1,084 
 
 1,127 
 
 1,971 
 
 1,409 
 
 1,912 
 
 309 
 
 798 
 
 1,756 
 
 977 
 
 1. Tolland set off' from Granville and incorporated as a town, June 14, 1810. 
 
 2. South Brimfield incorporated as a district, Sept. 18, 1762, and as the town of Wales, Februa- 
 
 ry 20, 1828. See Holland. 
 
 3. Boundary line of Westfield and Southwick altered, March 20, 1837. 
 
 See Russell and W. Springjield. 
 
 4. Part of Westfield annexed to West Springfield, March 3, 1802. 
 
 5. A tract of land called the Elbows annexed to Wilbraham, June 11, 1799. 
 
 6. Part of Deerfield annexed to Bemardston, April 14, 1838. 
 
 7. Part of Conway annexed to Buckland, April 14, 1838. 
 
 8. See Rotce and Shelbume. 
 
 9. See Rowe. 
 
 10. Part of Deerfield annexed to Conway, June 17, 1791. 
 
 Boundary line of Conway, Deerfield and Whately defined, June 21, 181 1 . See Buckland. 
 
 11. See Bernardslon, Comcay B.nd Whately. 
 
 12. Erving's Grant incorporated as the town of Erving, Apr. 17, 1838. See iV. SalemeLuA Orange. 
 
 13. Part of Greenfield set off, and incorporated as the town of Gill, September 28, 1793, part of 
 
 Northfield, Febraary 28, 1795, and Great Island in Connecticut river, March 14, 1805. 
 
 14. See Gill. 
 
 15. Plantation No. 7 incorporated as the town of Hawley, February 7, 1792. See Plaivjieki. 
 
20 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 FRANKLIN COUNTY— Conlinued. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Heath, 
 
 1785 
 
 . 
 
 379 
 
 604 
 
 917 
 
 1,122 
 
 1,199 
 
 895 
 
 Leverctt, - 
 
 1774 
 
 - 
 
 524 
 
 711 
 
 769 
 
 857 
 
 939 
 
 875 
 
 Levden, (1) 
 
 1784 
 
 - 
 
 989 
 
 1,095 
 
 1,009 
 
 974 
 
 796 
 
 632 
 
 Monroe, (2) 
 
 1822 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 265 
 
 282 
 
 Blontague, (3) - 
 
 1753 
 
 392 
 
 906 
 
 1,222 
 
 934 
 
 1,074 
 
 1,152 
 
 1,255 
 
 New Salem, (4) - 
 
 1753 
 
 375 
 
 1,543 
 
 1.949 
 
 2,107 
 
 2,146 
 
 1,889 
 
 1,305 
 
 Northfield, (5) - 
 
 1714 
 
 415 
 
 868 
 
 1,047 
 
 1,218 
 
 1,584 
 
 1,757 
 
 1,673 
 
 Orange, ((i) 
 
 1783 
 
 . 
 
 784 
 
 766 
 
 764 
 
 829 
 
 880 
 
 1,501 
 
 Rowe, (7) - 
 
 1785 
 
 . 
 
 443 
 
 575 
 
 839 
 
 851 
 
 716 
 
 703 
 
 Shelburne. (S) - 
 
 1768 
 
 . 
 
 1,183 
 
 1,079 
 
 961 
 
 1,022 
 
 995 
 
 1,022 
 
 Shutesbury, (9) - 
 
 1761 
 
 330 
 
 674 
 
 930 
 
 939 
 
 1,029 
 
 986 
 
 987 
 
 Sunderland, 
 
 1714 
 
 - 
 
 462 
 
 537 
 
 551 
 
 597 
 
 666 
 
 719 
 
 Warwick, - 
 
 1763 
 
 191 
 
 1,246 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,227 
 
 1,256 
 
 1,150 
 
 1,071 
 
 Wendell, (10) - 
 Whately,(ll) - 
 
 1781 
 
 . 
 
 519 
 
 737 
 
 983 
 
 958 
 
 874 
 
 875 
 
 1771 
 
 - 
 
 736 
 
 773 
 
 891 
 
 1,076 
 
 1,111 
 
 1,072 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 3,335 
 
 21,743 
 
 26,300 
 
 27,421 
 
 29,418| 29,630i 28,812 
 
 BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 Adams, (12) 
 Gore, 
 
 Altbrd, (13) 
 Becket, (14) 
 
 1778 
 
 
 2,040 
 
 1,688 
 
 1,763 
 
 1,836 
 
 2,649 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 425 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 
 . 
 
 1773 
 
 . 
 
 577 
 
 518 
 
 522 
 
 570 
 
 512 
 
 1765 
 
 751 
 
 751 
 
 930 
 
 1,028 
 
 984 
 
 1,063 
 
 3,703 
 
 481 
 1,342 
 
 1. District of Leyden incorporated as the town of Leyden, February 22, 1S09. 
 
 2. The gore north of Florida, and bounded west by Clarksburg and north by the Vermont line, 
 
 with a part of Rowe, set off, and incorporated as the town of Monroe, Feb. 21, 1S22. 
 
 3. See Wendell. 
 
 4. Part of Shute.sbury annexed to New Salem, February 20, 1824. See Pnscott and Oratige. 
 
 5. See Oill. 
 
 C. District of Orange incorporated as a town, February 24, 1810. 
 
 Part of F.rving's Grant and of New Salem annexed to Orange, March 16, 1837. 
 Boundary line of Orange and Erving established, February 27, 1841. See Atlwl. 
 7. Part of Zoar, in Berkshire County, annexed to Rowe, and part to Charleniont, April 2, 
 1838. See Munrof. 
 Gore of land annexed to Shelburne and Charleniont, March 19, 1793. 
 See iVcir Salem. 
 
 8. 
 
 9. 
 
 10, Part of Montague, and a gore of land, annexed to Wendell, February 28, 1803. 
 ] 1. Part of Deerfield annexed lo Whately, March 5, 1810. See Conirdi/. 
 
 12. See CliiaJiire. 
 
 13. Part of Great Barrington annexed to Alford, Febi-uary IS, 1819. See Egre-wonl. 
 H. Several grants of land annexed to Becket, February 3, 1798. 
 
 Purl iif I/)iidon annexed to Becket, March 1, 1810. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 27 
 
 BERKSHIRE COUNTY— Con^inwerf. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Boston Corner, (1) 
 
 1838 
 
 . 
 
 67 
 
 
 . 
 
 92 
 
 64 
 
 65 
 
 Cheshire, (2) 
 
 1793 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1,325 
 
 1,315 
 
 1,202 
 
 1,050 
 
 985 
 
 Clarksburg, (3) - 
 
 1798 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 253 
 
 231 
 
 274 
 
 315 
 
 370 
 
 Dalton, (4) 
 
 1784 
 
 . 
 
 554 
 
 859 
 
 779 
 
 817 
 
 827 
 
 1,255 
 
 Egremont, (5) - 
 
 1760 
 
 759 
 
 759 
 
 835 
 
 790 
 
 865 
 
 890 
 
 1,038 
 
 Florida, (6) 
 
 1805 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 392 
 
 431 
 
 454 
 
 441 
 
 Gt. Barrington, (7) 
 
 1761 
 
 550 
 
 1,373 
 
 1,754 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,908 
 
 2,264 
 
 2,704 
 
 Hancock, (8) - 
 
 1776 
 
 - 
 
 1,211 
 
 1,187 
 
 1,049 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,052 
 
 922 
 
 Hinsdale, (9) 
 
 1804 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 822 
 
 822 
 
 780 
 
 955 
 
 Lanesborough, (10) 
 
 1765 
 
 2,142 
 
 2,142 
 
 1,443 
 
 1,303 
 
 1,319 
 
 1,192 
 
 1,140 
 
 Lee, (11) - 
 
 1777 
 
 - 
 
 1,170 
 
 1,267 
 
 1,305 
 
 1.384 
 
 1,825 
 
 2,428 
 
 Lenox, (12) 
 
 1767 
 
 - 
 
 1,169 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,310 
 
 1,315 
 
 1,359 
 
 1,313 
 
 Mt.Washing'n, (13) 1779 
 
 . 
 
 261 
 
 291 
 
 474 
 
 467 
 
 345 
 
 438 
 
 New Ashford, (14) |1781 
 
 . 
 
 460 
 
 390 
 
 411 
 
 358 
 
 285 
 
 227 
 
 NewMarlboro',(15) 1759 
 
 1,550 
 
 1,550 
 
 1,848 
 
 1,832 
 
 1,668 
 
 1,656 
 
 1,682 
 
 Otis, (16) - - ) 11773 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,111 
 
 981 
 
 1,012 
 
 1,177 
 
 Bethlehem, (17) - ' 
 
 . 
 
 261 
 
 488 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Loudon, (18) - ) 
 
 - 
 
 344 
 
 614 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1. District of Boston Comer incorporated, April 14, 1838. 
 
 2. Cheshire set offfroniLanesboro', Windsor, Adams and New Ashford, and incor. Mar. 14, 179.3. 
 
 Part of New Ashford annexed to Cheshire, February 6, 1793. See Windsor, 
 
 3. Gore of land lying north of Adams, incorporated as the town of Clarksburg, March 2, 1793, 
 
 4. Part of Windsor annexed to Dalton, February 28, 1795. 
 
 6. Boundary line of Egremont and Alford established, February 6, 1790. 
 
 Part of Sheffield annexed to Egremont, February 22, 1790 and Febniary 16, 1824, and 
 part of INIount Washington, June 17, 1817. See Mount Washington. 
 
 6. Florida setofffromBernardston's Grant and Bullock's Grant, and inc. as a town, June 15, 1805. 
 
 7. See Alford. 
 
 8. See New Ashford. 
 
 9. Westerly Parish in the town of Partridgefield incorp. as the towi of Hinsdale, June 21, 1804. 
 
 10. See Cheshire. 
 
 11. Boundary line of Lee defined, Blarch 7, 1S06. See Lenox. 
 
 12. Part of Washington annexed to Lenox, January 31, 1795 and February IS, 1802. 
 
 Boundary line of Lenox and Lee established, February 7, 1820. 
 
 13. Part of Egremont annexed to Mount Washington, June 17, 1817. See Egreniont. 
 
 14. New Ashford incorporated as a district, February 26, 1781, and made a town, Blay 1, 1836. 
 
 Part of Hancock annexed to New Ashford, June 26, 1798. See Clwshire. 
 
 15. Part of Sheffield aimexed to New Marlborough, June 10, 1795 and February 7, 1798, and part 
 
 of Tyringham, February 27, 1811. See Tyrivgliam. 
 
 16. Town of Loudon and the District of Bethlehem united as the towii of Loudon, June 19, 
 
 1809, and the name changed to Otis, June 13, 1810. 
 Part of " East 11,000 acres" of unincorporated land annexed to Otis, and part to Sandis- 
 field, April 9, 1838. See Bethlehem. 
 
 17. " Nonh 11,000 acres" incoi-porated as the District of Betldehem, June 24, 1789. See Otis, 
 
 18. See Becket and Otis. 
 
28 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 BERKSHIRE COVNTY—Conllnued. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Pern, (1) - - ) 
 
 1771 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 912 
 
 748 
 
 729 
 
 576 
 
 Partrid^efield, (2) j 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,361 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Pittsfield, - 
 
 1761 
 
 428 
 
 1,992 
 
 2,261 
 
 2,665 
 
 2,768 
 
 3.559 
 
 3,747 
 
 Richmond, (3) - 
 
 1765 
 
 1,255 
 
 1,255 
 
 1,044 
 
 1,041 
 
 923 
 
 844 
 
 1,097 
 
 Sandisfield, (4) - 
 
 1762 
 
 409 
 
 1,581 
 
 1,6.37 
 
 1,648 
 
 1,646 
 
 1,655 
 
 1,464 
 
 Southn,Qm acres, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 161 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 Sovth field, (5) - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 220 
 
 147 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Savoy, (6) - 
 
 1797 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 430 
 
 711 
 
 852 
 
 927 
 
 915 
 
 Sheffield, (7) - 
 
 1733 
 
 1,073 
 
 1,899 
 
 2,050 
 
 2,439 
 
 2,476 
 
 2,382 
 
 2,322 
 
 Stock-bridge, (8) - 
 
 1739 
 
 244 
 
 1,336 
 
 1,261 
 
 1,372 
 
 1,377 
 
 1,580 
 
 1,992 
 
 Tyringham, (9) - 
 
 1762 
 
 325 
 
 1,397 
 
 1,712 
 
 1,689 
 
 1,443 
 
 1,350 
 
 1,477 
 
 Washington, (10) 
 
 1777 
 
 . 
 
 588 
 
 914 
 
 942 
 
 750 
 
 701 
 
 991 
 
 W.Stockb'dge, (11) 
 
 1774 
 
 - 
 
 1,113 
 
 1,002 
 
 1,049 
 
 1,034 
 
 1,209 
 
 1,448 
 
 Windsor, (12) - 
 
 1771 
 
 - 
 
 916 
 
 961 
 
 1,108 
 
 1,085 
 
 1,042 
 
 897 
 
 Williamst'n, (13) 
 
 1765 
 
 1,820 
 
 1,769 
 
 2,086 
 
 1,843 
 
 2,010 
 
 2,134 
 
 2,153 
 
 Gore, 
 
 51 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Total, - 
 
 11,306 30,213 
 
 33,670 
 
 35,787 
 
 35,570 37,706! 41,745 
 
 NORFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 Bellingham, (14) 
 Braintree, (15) - 
 
 1719 
 1640 
 
 468 
 2,433 
 
 735 
 
 2,771 
 
 704 
 1,285 
 
 766 
 1,351 
 
 1,034 
 1,4661 
 
 1,102 1,055 
 1,758 2,168 
 
 1. The name of Parlridffefield changed to that of Peru, June 19, 1S06. 
 
 2. Partridgefield incorporated in 1771. See Hinsdale and Peru. 
 
 3. Boundary line of Richmond and West Stockbridge established, March 24, 1S34. 
 
 4. District of Southlield united with Sandisfield, February 8, 1819. See Otis and Southjkld. 
 
 5. " South 11,000 acres" incorporated as the District of Southfield, June 19, 1797. 
 
 See Sandisfield. 
 
 6. Savoy incorporated as a town, February 20, 1797. 
 
 7. See Egremont and Neic Marlborough. 
 
 8. Boundary line of Stockbridge and West Stockbridge altered, February 6, 18.30. 
 
 9. Part of New Marlborough annexed to Tyringham, Feb. 11, 1812. See Neto Marlborough. 
 
 10. See Egremont. 
 
 11. Gore of land annexed to West Stockbridge, March 2, 1793. 
 
 Part of Stockbridge annexed to West Stockbridge, February 12, 1824. 
 See Richmond and Stoclcbridge. 
 
 12. Pan of Cheshire annexed to Windsor, February 26, 1794. See Cheshire and Dalton. 
 
 13. A tract of unincorporated land, bounded west by the state of New York, annexed to Wil- 
 
 liam.stown, April 9, 1S3.S. 
 
 14. Boundary line of Bellingham, Franklin and Medway established, February 23, 1832. 
 \Tt. See ftwincy and Randolph. 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 29 
 
 NORFOLK COUNTY— Co7iii7iiwd. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 lacor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Brookline, (1) - 
 
 1686 
 
 338 
 
 481 
 
 605 
 
 784 
 
 900 
 
 1,043 
 
 1,365 
 
 Canton, (2) 
 
 1797 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,110 
 
 1,.353 
 
 1,268 
 
 1,515 
 
 1.995 
 
 Cohasset, (3) 
 
 1770 
 
 - 
 
 817 
 
 849 
 
 994 
 
 1,099 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,471 
 
 Dedham, (4) 
 
 1636 
 
 1,909 
 
 1,659 
 
 1,973 
 
 2,172 
 
 2,493 
 
 3,117 
 
 3,290 
 
 Dorchester, (5) - 
 
 1630 
 
 1,360 
 
 1,722 
 
 2,347 
 
 2,930 
 
 3,684 
 
 4,074 
 
 4,875 
 
 Dover, (6) - 
 
 1784 
 
 - 
 
 485 
 
 511 
 
 548 
 
 548 
 
 497 
 
 520 
 
 Foxborough, (7) 
 
 1778 
 
 - 
 
 674 
 
 779 
 
 870 
 
 1,004 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,298 
 
 Franklin, (8) - 
 
 1778 
 
 - 
 
 1,101 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,398 
 
 1,630 
 
 1,662 
 
 1,717 
 
 Medfield, - 
 
 1651 
 
 628 
 
 731 
 
 745 
 
 786 
 
 892 
 
 817 
 
 883 
 
 Medway, (9) 
 
 1713 
 
 785 
 
 1,035 
 
 1,050 
 
 1,213 
 
 1,523 
 
 1,756 
 
 2,043 
 
 Milton, 
 
 1662 
 
 943 
 
 1,039 
 
 1,143 
 
 1,264 
 
 1,502 
 
 1,576 
 
 1,822 
 
 Needham, (10) - 
 
 1711 
 
 945 
 
 1,130 
 
 1,072 
 
 1,097 
 
 1,227 
 
 1,418 
 
 1,488 
 
 Quincy, (11) 
 
 1792 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,081 
 
 1,281 
 
 1,623 
 
 2,201 
 
 3,486 
 
 Randolph, (12) - 
 
 1793 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,021 
 
 1,170 
 
 1,546 
 
 2,200 
 
 3,213 
 
 Koxbury,acity,(13) 
 
 1630 
 
 1,487 
 
 2,226 
 
 2,765 
 
 3,669 
 
 4,135 
 
 5,247 
 
 9,089 
 
 Sharon, (14) 
 
 1765 
 
 - 
 
 1,034 
 
 1,018 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,023 
 
 1,076 
 
 1. Part of Roxbury annexed to Brookline, February 24, 1844. See Boston. 
 
 2. Part of Stoughton set off, and incorporated as the town of Canton, February 23, 1797. 
 
 3. Part of Scituate annexed to Cohasset, June 14, 1S23. 
 
 Boundary line of Cohasset and Scituate altered, March 20, 1840. 
 
 4. Boundary line of Dedham and Dover defined, March 7, 1791. 
 
 See Dorchester, Dover and Walpolc. 
 
 5. Boundary line of Dorchester and Quincy altered, and a part of each annexed to each, July 
 
 10, 1814. 
 Boundary line of Dorchester and Quincy established, February 21, 1820. 
 Part of Dedham annexed to Dorchester, June 17, 1831. See Quincy. 
 
 6. Dover set off from Dedham, and incorporated as a district, July 7, 1784, and as a town, Mar. 
 
 31, 1836. 
 
 7. Part of Stoughton and Sharon annexed to Foxborough, March 12, 1796, and part of Wrenth- 
 
 am, February 7, 1831. See Sharon, Walpole and Wrentham. 
 
 8. Part of Medway annexed to Franklin, June 27, 1792. 
 
 Boundary line of Franklin and Medway established, November 13, 1792 and February 23, 
 1832. See Bellingham. 
 
 9. Boundary line of Medway and Sherburne established, March 3, 1792. 
 
 See Bellinglutm, Franklin and Holliston. 
 
 10. Boundary line of Needham and Natick altered, June 22, 1797. See Nettton. 
 
 11. Quincy set off from Braintree, and incorporated as a town, Febniary 23, 1792. 
 
 Part of Dorchester annexed to Quincy, February 12, 1819. See Dorchester. 
 
 12. Randolph set off from Braintree, and incorporated as a town, March 9, 1793. Additional 
 
 act, June 22, 1811. 
 
 13. Part of Newton annexed to Roxbury, April 23, 1838. 
 
 Town of Roxbury made a city, March 12, 1846. See Boston. 
 
 14. Part of Stoughton annexed to Sharon, February 12, 1792. 
 
 Boundary line of Sharon and Foxborough established, January 30, 1833. 
 See Fo.Tf)orough and Walpole. 
 
POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 NORFOLK COUNTY— Con^tm^ed 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor 
 
 Census. Census. 
 1765 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census. 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Stou^htnn, (1) - 
 Walpole, (2) 
 Weymouth, 
 Wrenlham, (3) - 
 
 1726 
 1724 
 1635 
 1673 
 
 2,321 
 
 785 
 
 1,258 
 
 2,022 
 
 1,994 
 1,005 
 1,469 
 1,767 
 
 1,020 
 
 989 
 
 1,803 
 
 2,061 
 
 1,134 1,313 
 1,098 1,366 
 1,889 2,407 
 2,478 2,801 
 
 1,591 
 1,442 
 2,837 
 2,698 
 
 2,142 
 1,491 
 3,738 
 2,915 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 17,682: 23,878 27,216 31,245 36,471 
 
 41,972 
 
 53,140 
 
 BRISTOL COUNTY. 
 
 Attleborough, (4) 
 
 1694 
 
 1,739 
 
 2,166 
 
 2,480 
 
 2,716 
 
 3,055 
 
 3,215 
 
 3,585 
 
 Berkley, (5) 
 Dartmouth, (6) - 
 
 1735 
 
 659 
 
 850 
 
 1,013 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,060 
 
 907 
 
 886 
 
 1661 
 
 4,506 
 
 2,499 
 
 • 2,660 
 
 3,219 
 
 3,636 
 
 3,866 
 
 4,135 
 
 Dightoii, (7) 
 
 1712 
 
 1,174 
 
 1,793 
 
 1,666 
 
 1,659 
 
 653 
 
 1,723 
 
 1,378 
 
 Wellmi!;t07i, 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 954 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Easton, 
 
 1725 
 
 837 
 
 1,466 
 
 1,550 
 
 1,557 
 
 1,803 
 
 1,756 
 
 2,074 
 
 Fairhaven, (8) - 
 
 1812 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 2.733 
 
 3,034 
 
 3,951 
 
 Fall River, (9) - 
 
 1803 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1.296 
 
 1,594 
 
 4,158 
 
 6,738 
 
 Freetown, (10) - 
 
 1683 
 
 1,492 
 
 2,202 
 
 2,535 
 
 1,878 
 
 1,863 
 
 1,909 
 
 1,772 
 
 Mansfield, - 
 
 1770 
 
 - 
 
 983 
 
 1,016 
 
 1,030 
 
 1 222 
 
 1,172 
 
 1,382 
 
 Neav Bedford, (11) 
 
 1787 
 
 - 
 
 3.313 
 
 4,361 
 
 5,651 
 
 3,947 
 
 7.592 
 
 12,087 
 
 1. See Canton, Foxborough and Sharon. 
 
 2. Part of Sharon annexed to Walpole, February 28, 1804 and June 21, 1811, part of Dedham, 
 
 June 21, 1811, and part of Foxborough, March 27, 1833 and March 28, 1834. 
 
 3. Boundary hne of Wrentham and Foxborough established, February 3, 1819. 
 
 See Attleborough. 
 
 4. Boundary line of Attleborough and Wrentham established, Febniary 18, 1819. 
 
 5. Part of Dighton annexed to Berkley, February 26, 1799, and part of Taunton, Febniary 6, 
 
 1810 and March 3, 1842. 
 
 6. Boundary line of Dartmouth and Westport altered, February 20, 1828. 
 
 Dividing line of Dartmouth and New Bedford established, February 19, 1831. 
 See New Bedford and Westport. 
 
 7. AVellinglon set off from Dighton, and incorporated as a town, June 9, 1814. 
 
 Boundary line of Dighton and Wellington established, Febniary 12, 1824. 
 Wellington and Dighton united as one town, Febniary 22, 1826 and March 3, 1827. 
 See Berkley. 
 
 8. Fairhaven set off from New Bedford, and incorporated as a town, Febniary 22, 1812, and 
 
 part of Freetown annexed, June 15, 1815. See Rochester. 
 
 9. Fall River set off from Freetown, and incorporated as a town, Febniary 26, 1803. 
 
 Name of Fall River changed to that of Troy, June 18, 1801. 
 Name of Troy changed m that of Fall River, Febniary 12, 183-1. 
 
 10. Sec Fairhiiveii and Fall Hirer. 
 
 11. Pari of Dartmouth annexed to New Bedford, March 20, 1845. 
 
 See Dartmouth and FaMiarev 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 
 
 31 
 
 BRISTOL COUNTY— Co}itiimed. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 [ucor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Norton, 
 
 1711 
 
 1,942 
 
 1,428 
 
 1,481 
 
 1,598 
 
 1,600 
 
 1,479 
 
 1,545 
 
 Pawtucket, (1) - 
 
 1828 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,459 
 
 2,184 
 
 Raynham, - 
 
 1731 
 
 687 
 
 1,094 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,154 
 
 1,071 
 
 1,208 
 
 1,329 
 
 Rehoboth, (2) - 
 Seekonk, (3) 
 
 1645 
 
 3,690 
 
 4,710 
 
 4,743 
 
 4,866 
 
 2,740 
 
 2,459 
 
 2,169 
 
 1812 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 2,775 
 
 2,133 
 
 1,996 
 
 Somerset, (4) 
 
 1790 
 
 - 
 
 1,151 
 
 1,232 
 
 1,199 
 
 1,116 
 
 1,023 
 
 1,005 
 
 Swanzey, (5) 
 
 1667 
 
 1,840 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,741 
 
 1,839 
 
 1,933 
 
 1,678 
 
 1,484 
 
 Taunton, (6) 
 
 1639 
 
 2,735 
 
 3,804 
 
 3,860 
 
 3,907 
 
 4,520 
 
 6,042 
 
 7,645 
 
 Westport, (7) - 
 
 1787 
 
 - 
 
 2,466 
 
 2,361 
 
 2,585 
 
 2,633 
 
 2,779 
 
 2,820 
 
 Total, - 
 
 
 21,301 
 
 31,709 
 
 33,880 
 
 37,168 
 
 40,908 
 
 49,592 
 
 60,165 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 Abington, - 
 Brklgewater, (8) 
 Carver, (9) 
 Duxbury, (10) 
 E.Bridgewa'r, (11)1823 
 Halifax, (12) 
 Hanson, (13) 
 Hanover, - 
 Hingham, - 
 
 1712 
 
 1,263 1,453 
 
 1656 
 
 3,942 4.975 
 
 1790 
 
 847 
 
 1637 
 
 1,050 1,454 
 
 1823 
 
 - 
 
 1734 
 
 556 664 
 
 1820 
 
 . 
 
 1627 
 
 1,084 1.084 
 
 1635 
 
 2,467 2,085 
 
 1,623 
 
 5,200 
 
 863 
 
 1,664 
 
 642 
 
 958' 
 2,112' 
 
 1,704 
 
 1,920 
 
 2,423 
 
 5,157 
 
 1,700 
 
 1.855 
 
 858 
 
 839 
 
 970 
 
 2,201 
 
 2,403 
 
 2,716 
 
 . 
 
 1,435 
 
 1,653 
 
 703 
 
 749 
 
 708 
 
 - 
 
 917 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,171 
 
 1,211 
 
 1,303 
 
 2,382 
 
 2,857 
 
 3.387 
 
 3,214 
 2,131 
 
 995 
 2,798 
 1,950 
 
 734 
 1,040 
 1,488 
 3,564 
 
 Ij Pawtucket set off from Seekonk, and iDcorporated as a town, March 1, 1828. 
 
 2. See Seekonk. 
 
 3. Seekonk set off from Rehoboth, and incorporated as a town, February 26, IS12. 
 
 See Pawtucket. 
 
 4. Somerset set ofTfrom the part of Swanzey called Shewamet, and incorporated as a town, 
 
 February 20, 1790. 
 
 5. See Somerset. 
 
 6. See Berkley. 
 
 7. Part of Dartmouth annexed to Westport, February 25, 179-3, February 38, 1795 and March 
 
 4, 1805. See Dartmouth. 
 
 8. Boundary line of Bridgewater and East Bridgewaler established, February 23, 1838 and 
 
 March 20, 1846. See E. Bridgeirater, Halifax, N. Bridgejcater and W. Bridgeicater. 
 
 9. Carver set off from Plympton, and incorporated as a town, June 9, 1790. See Plympton. 
 
 10. Boundary line of Duxbury and Marshfield established, June 14, 1813. 
 
 11. East Bridge water set off from Bridgewaier, and incorporated as a town, June 14, 1823. 
 
 See Bridgeirater. 
 
 12. Part of Bridgewater annexed to Halifax, February 20, 1824, and part of Plympton, March 
 
 16, 1831. 
 
 13. Hanson set off from Pembroke, and incorporated as a town, Febniary 22, 1820. 
 
32 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY— Continued. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Hull, - - ) 
 
 1614 
 
 170 
 
 120 
 
 117 
 
 132 
 
 172 
 
 198 
 
 231 
 
 Pedrick's Island, - j 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 7 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Kingston, - 
 
 1726 
 
 759 
 
 1,004 
 
 1.037 
 
 1,137 
 
 1,313 
 
 1.321 
 
 1,440 
 
 Marshfield, (1) - 
 
 1641 
 
 1,147 
 
 1,269 
 
 1,256 
 
 1,364 
 
 1,532 
 
 1,565 
 
 1,761 
 
 Middleborough, - 
 
 1669 
 
 3,412 
 
 4,526 
 
 4,458 
 
 4,400 
 
 4,687 
 
 5,008 
 
 5,085 
 
 N Bridge water, (2) 
 
 1821 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,480 
 
 1,953 
 
 2,616 
 
 Pembroke, (3) - 
 
 1712 
 
 1,409 
 
 1,954 
 
 1,943 
 
 2,051 
 
 1,297 
 
 1,325 
 
 1,258 
 
 Plymouth, (4) - 
 
 1620 
 
 2,177 
 
 2,995 
 
 3,524 
 
 4,228 
 
 4,348 
 
 4,758 
 
 5,281 
 
 Plj'mpton, (5) - 
 
 1707 
 
 1,390 
 
 956 
 
 861 
 
 900 
 
 930 
 
 920 
 
 834 
 
 Rochester, (6) - 
 Scituate, (7) 
 
 1686 
 
 1,939 
 
 2,644 
 
 2,546 
 
 2,954 
 
 3,034 
 
 3,556 
 
 3,864 
 
 1636 
 
 2,488 
 
 2,856 
 
 2,728 
 
 2,969 
 
 3,305 
 
 3,468 
 
 3,886 
 
 Wareham, (8) - 
 
 1739 
 
 503 
 
 854 
 
 770 
 
 851 
 
 952 
 
 1,885 
 
 2,002 
 
 W.Bridgevvater,(9) 
 
 1822 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,055 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,201 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 25,756 
 
 31,740 
 
 32,302 
 
 35,169 
 
 38,136 
 
 43,044 
 
 47,373 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 
 
 Barnstable, 
 Brewster, (10) - 
 Chatham, - 
 Dennis, (11) 
 Eastham, (12) - 
 Falmouth, (13) - 
 Harwich, (14) - 
 
 1639 
 
 2,108 
 
 2,610 
 
 2,964 
 
 3,446 
 
 3,824 
 
 3,974 
 
 1803 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1,112 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,418 
 
 1712 
 
 678 
 
 1,140 
 
 1,351 
 
 1,334 
 
 1,630 
 
 2,130 
 
 1793 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,408 
 
 1,739 
 
 1,997 
 
 2,317 
 
 1646 
 
 1,327 
 
 1,834 
 
 659 
 
 751 
 
 766 
 
 970 
 
 1686 
 
 1,063 
 
 1,637 
 
 1,882 
 
 2,237 
 
 2,370 
 
 2,548 
 
 1694 
 
 1,681 
 
 2,392 
 
 2,857 
 
 1,942 
 
 1,980 
 
 2,453 
 
 4,301 
 1,522 
 2,334 
 2,942 
 955 
 2.589 
 2,930 
 
 1. See Duxbury. 
 
 2. North Bridgewater set offfrom Briilsewater, and incorporated as a town, June 15, 1821. 
 
 Boundary line of Norili Bridgewaier and West Bridgewater established, January 22, 1825. 
 
 3. See Hajison. 
 
 4. See Wareham. 
 
 5. Boundary line of Plymplon and Carver established, Feb. 8, 1793. See Career and Plymplon. 
 
 6. Boundary line of Rochester and Fairhaven established, April 9, 1836. 
 
 7. See Cukassel. 
 
 8. Part of Plymouth anne.xed to Wareham, January 20, 1827. 
 
 9. West Bridgewater set olTfroni Bridgewater, and incorporated as a town, Febniary 10, 1822. 
 
 See North Bridgetrater. 
 
 10. Brewster set offfrom Harwich, and incorporated as a town, February 19, 1803. 
 
 Pan of Harwich anne.xed to Brewster, June 21, ISll. 
 
 11. Dennis set offfrom Yarmouth, and incorporated as a town, June 19, 1793. 
 
 12. See Orleans. 
 
 13. Part of Marshpee annexed to Falmouth, March 17, 1.941. See Marshpee. 
 
 14. See Bretvsler. 
 
COUNTIKS AND TOWNS. 
 
 33 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY— Cow/mwec/. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 Census. 
 1765 
 
 Census. 
 1790 
 
 Census. 
 1800 
 
 Census. 
 1810 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 Marshpee, (1) - 
 Orleans, (2) 
 Provincetown, (3) 
 Sandwich, (4) - 
 Truro, (5) - 
 Wellfleet, (6) - 
 Yarmouth, (7) - 
 
 1763 
 1797 
 1727 
 1639 
 1709 
 1763 
 1639 
 
 108 
 
 454 
 
 1,376 
 
 924 
 
 917 
 
 1,740 
 
 308 
 
 454 
 1,991 
 1,193 
 1,117 
 
 2,678 
 
 155 
 1,095 
 
 812 
 2,024 
 1,152 
 1,207 
 1,727 
 
 139 150 
 1.248 1,343 
 
 936 1,252 
 2,382 2,484 
 1,209 1,241 
 1,402 1,472 
 2,134 2,232 
 
 1,789 
 1,710 
 3,361 
 1,547 
 2,046 
 2,251 
 
 309 
 1,974 
 2,122 
 3.719 
 1,920 
 2,377 
 2,554 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 12,376 17,354 
 
 19,293 
 
 22,211 2,4026 
 
 28,514 
 
 32,548 
 
 DUKES COUNTY. 
 
 Chilmark, (8) - 
 Edgartown, (9) 
 Tisbury, (10) - 
 
 1714 
 1671 
 1671 
 
 663 
 944 
 739 
 
 771 
 1,352 
 1,142 
 
 800 
 1,226 
 1,092 
 
 723 
 1,365 
 1,202 
 
 ,695 
 1,374 
 1,223 
 
 691 
 1,509 
 1,317 
 
 702 
 1,736 
 1,520 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 2,346 
 
 3,265 
 
 3,118 
 
 3,290 
 
 3,292 
 
 3,517 
 
 3,958 
 
 NANTUCKET COUNTY. 
 
 Nantucket, (11) 
 Sherburn, 
 
 1687 
 
 3,320 
 
 4,620 
 
 5,617 6,807 
 
 7,266 
 
 7,202 
 
 9,012 
 
 1. Plantation of Marshpee, except parts annexed to Falmouth and Sandwich, incorporated as 
 
 the District of Marshpee, March 31, 1834. See Sandicich. 
 
 2. Orleans set off from Eastham, and incorporated as a town, March 3, 1797. 
 
 Part of Eastham annexed to Orleans, March 9, 1S39. 
 
 3. Part of Truro annexed to Provincetown, June 12, 1813, March 2, 1829 and March 30, 1S36. 
 
 4. Part of Marshpee annexed to Sandwich, February 26, 1811. See Marshpee. 
 
 5. Boundary line of Truro and Wellfleet established, February 22, 1837. See Provincetown. 
 
 6. See Truro, 
 
 7. See Dennis. 
 
 8. In 1820, Chilmark included the Elizabeth Islos. 
 
 9. Boundary line of Edgartown and Tisbury established, February 5, 1830. 
 
 10. In 1810, Tisbury included the Elizabeth Isles. See Edgartoimi. 
 
 11. The name of Sherburn changed to that of Nantuclcet, June 8, 1795. 
 
34 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 RECAPITULATION 
 
 Of the Pupulation of the Towns, by Counties. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Census. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 1820 
 
 1830 1840 
 
 Suffolk, - 
 
 1643 
 
 15,982' 18,792 
 
 25,786 
 
 1 1 
 34,3811 43,940 62,163 95,773 
 
 Essex, 
 
 1643 
 
 43,524 57,913 
 
 61.196 
 
 71,888 74,655 82,859 94,987 
 
 Middlesex, - 
 
 1643 
 
 34,940 42,737 
 
 46,928 
 
 52,789 61,472; 77.961 106611 
 
 Worcester, - 
 
 1731 
 
 34.167 56,807 
 
 61,192 
 
 64,910 73,625 84,355 95,313 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 1662 
 
 6,429 18,823 
 
 22,885 
 
 24,553 26,487 
 
 30,254 30 897 
 
 Hampden, - 
 
 1812 
 
 9,021 19,193 
 
 23,462 
 
 24,421 28,021 
 
 31,639, 37,366 
 
 Franklin, - 
 
 1811 
 
 5,999 21,743 
 
 26,300 
 
 27,421j 29,418 
 
 29,630, 28,812 
 
 Berkshire, - 
 
 1761 
 
 11,306 30,213 
 
 33,670 
 
 35,787 35,570137,706; 41,745 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 1793 
 
 17,682, 23,878 
 
 27,216 
 
 31,245 36,471141,972 53,140 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 1685 
 
 21,30l! 31,709 
 
 33.880 
 
 37,168 40,908j 49,592 60,165 
 
 Plymouth, - 
 
 1685 
 
 25,756 31,740 
 
 32,302 
 
 35,169 38,136! 43,044; 47,373 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 1685 
 
 12,376: 17,354 
 
 19,293 
 
 22,2ir 24,026; 28,514 32,548 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 1695 
 
 2,346 3,265 
 
 3,118 
 
 3,290 3,292 
 
 3,517; 3,958 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 1695 
 
 3,320 4,620 
 
 5,617 
 
 6,807 7,266 
 
 7,202 9,012 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - [244149 378787 
 
 422845 
 
 472040 523287!610408 737700 
 
COUNTIES AND TOWNS. 35 
 
 It may be proper here to remark, in addition to what 
 has been said in relation to the towns in SalFolk county, 
 that the islands enumerated with Chelsea in the census of 
 1800, were, at the dates of the other United States censuses, 
 included among the islands in the harbor, or as belonging to 
 Boston, and that in 1820, there should have been placed, 
 in the table, against Islands in the Harbor^ 731, including 
 670 belonging to the islands, and 01 to the United States 
 ship Independence. In the censuses of 1830 and 1840, 
 Boston and Chelsea only are specified as constituting the 
 county of Sutfolk. 
 
 Also, in the note on West Newbury, it should have been 
 added that the west parish of Newbviry was set off, and 
 incorporated as the town of Parsons, February 18, 1819, 
 and the name changed to that of West Newbury, June 14, 
 1820. Taunton, in the table on the 31st page, should have 
 been printed in small capitals, to denote its being a shire 
 town. 
 
 In the population of Franklin county for 1765, there 
 should have been added in the table, against Ashfield, 
 1,459; against Charlemont, 743, and against Sunderland, 
 462 : and the total should have been 5,999, instead of 3,335. 
 
 The 16 towns, against which the number of the inhabi- 
 tants in the United States census of 1790, is substituted for 
 that in 1765 not returned, are mentioned in a note on the 
 fourth page of this essay. 
 
 By the provisions of the Revised Statutes, (pp. 177 and 
 800,) passed November 4, 1835, the districts of Boxbo- 
 rough, Holland and New Ashford, were made towns. May 
 1, 1836. 
 
36 
 
 POPULATION OF ftlASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE IV. — Exhibiting the Licrease of the Population of Massachusetts, from 
 1765 to 1790, a7id during each Decennial Period, from 1790 to 1840, by Coun- 
 
 
 
 Increase in 25 
 
 
 Increase in 10 
 
 
 Increase in 10 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 years. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 1765 
 
 
 1790 
 
 
 
 1800 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Amount. Per ct. 
 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per ci. 
 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 15,982 
 
 2,810 
 
 17-58 
 
 18,792 
 
 6,994 
 
 37-21 
 
 25,786 
 
 8,595 
 
 33 33 
 
 Essex, 
 
 43,524 
 
 14,389 
 
 33-05 
 
 57,913 
 
 3,283 
 
 5-66 
 
 61,196 
 
 10,692 
 
 17-47 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 34,940 
 
 7,797 
 
 22-31 
 
 42,737 
 
 4,191 
 
 9-80 
 
 46,928 
 
 5.861 
 
 12-48 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 34,167 
 
 22,640, 66-26 
 
 56,807 
 
 4,385 
 
 7-72 
 
 61,192 
 
 3,718 
 
 607 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 6,429 
 
 12,394 192-78 
 
 18,823 
 
 4,062 
 
 21-58 
 
 22,885 
 
 1,668 
 
 7-28 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 9,021 
 
 10,172 112-75 
 
 19,193 
 
 4.269 
 
 22-24 
 
 23.462 
 
 959 
 
 408 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 5,999 
 
 15,744 262-44 
 
 21,743 
 
 4,557 
 
 20-95 
 
 26,300 
 
 1,121 
 
 4-26 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 11,306 
 
 18,907 167-22 
 
 30,213 
 
 3,457 
 
 11-44 
 
 33,670 
 
 2,117 
 
 6-28 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 17,682 
 
 6,196 35-04 
 
 23,878 
 
 3,338 
 
 13-97 
 
 27,216 
 
 4,029 
 
 14-80 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 21,301 
 
 10,408 48-39 
 
 31,709 
 
 2,171 
 
 6-84 
 
 33,880 
 
 3,288 
 
 9-70 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 25,756 
 
 5,984 23-23 
 
 31,740 
 
 562 
 
 1-77 
 
 32,302 
 
 2,867 
 
 9-18 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 12,376 
 
 4,978 40 22 
 
 17,354 
 
 1,939 
 
 11-17 
 
 19,293 
 
 2,918 
 
 15-12 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 2,346 
 
 919 39-17 
 
 3,265 
 
 decl47 
 
 —4-19 
 
 3,118 
 
 172 
 
 5-51 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 3,320 
 
 1,300| 39-15 
 
 4,620 
 
 997 
 
 21-58 
 
 5,617 
 
 1,190 
 
 21-18 
 
 Total, 
 
 244149 
 
 134638 55-14 
 
 1 
 
 378787 
 
 44,058 
 
 11-63 
 
 422845 
 
 49,195 
 
 11.63 
 
 TABLE V. — Exhibiting the Increase of the Population of the several Counties 
 
 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 
 820 to 
 
 Increase 
 
 
 From 1790 to 
 
 From 1800 to 
 
 From 1810 to | From 1 
 
 From 1790 to 
 
 COUNT'S. 
 
 ISIO. 
 
 1820. 
 
 1830. 1 1940. 
 
 lS-20. 
 
 
 Amount. Pr. ct. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Pr.ct. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Pr.ct. !Amount.i 
 
 1 
 
 Pr. ct. 
 
 1 
 Amount. 
 
 Pr. ct. 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 15,589 88-86 
 
 18,154 70-40 
 
 27,782'80-80' 51.833 
 
 117-96 
 
 25,148 
 
 133-88 
 
 Essex, 
 
 13,975 24-13 
 
 13,459 21-99 
 
 10,971115-26 20,332 
 
 27-23 
 
 16,742 
 
 28 90 
 
 Middlex, 
 
 10,052 23-52 
 
 14,5)4 30-99 
 
 25,172147-68,45,139, 
 
 73-43 
 
 18,735 
 
 43-83 
 
 Worces., 
 
 8,103 14-2() 
 
 12,433 20-31 
 
 19,445 
 
 28 41121,688, 
 
 29-45 
 
 16.818 
 
 29-60 
 
 Hampsh. 
 
 5,730 30-44 
 
 3,602 15 74 
 
 5,701 
 
 23-21 
 
 4,410 
 
 16 64 
 
 7,664| 
 
 40-71 
 
 Hamp'n, 
 
 5,228 27-23 
 
 4,559 19-43 
 
 7.218 
 
 29-55 
 
 9,345, 
 
 33-34 
 
 8,828} 
 
 45-99 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 5,678 26-11 
 
 3,118 11-85 
 
 2,209 
 
 8-05 
 
 dec606 
 
 —2-05 
 
 7,()75i 
 
 35-29 
 
 Berksh'e, 
 
 5. 574118-44 
 
 1,900 5-64 
 
 1,919 
 
 5-36 
 
 6,175 
 
 17-36 
 
 5,357 
 
 17-73 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 7,367 
 
 30-85 
 
 9.255 3400 
 
 10,727 
 
 34-33 
 
 16,669 
 
 45-70 
 
 12,593 
 
 52-73 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 5,459 
 
 17-21 
 
 7,028 20-74 
 
 12,424 
 
 33-42 
 
 19,257 
 
 47-07 
 
 9,199 
 
 29-01 
 
 Plymo'h, 
 
 3,429 
 
 10-80 
 
 5,834 18-06 
 
 7.875 
 
 22-39 
 
 9,237 
 
 2422 
 
 6,396 
 
 20-15 
 
 Barnsta. 
 
 4,857 
 
 27-98 
 
 4,733|24-53 
 
 6,303 
 
 28-37 
 
 8,522 
 
 35-4t) 
 
 6,672 
 
 38 44 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 25 
 
 -76 
 
 174 5-58 
 
 227 
 
 6-89 
 
 666 
 
 20 23 
 
 27 
 
 •82 
 
 Nantuck. 
 
 2,187 
 
 15-17 
 
 1,649:29-35 
 
 395 
 
 5-80 
 
 1,746 
 
 24-02 
 
 2,646 
 
 57-27 
 
 Total, 
 
 93,253 
 
 24 62 
 
 100442,23-73 
 
 138368 
 
 29-31 
 
 214413 
 
 40-97 
 
 144570 
 
 38-14 
 
, together with the Proportion which the Fuj'ulation of each County had to the whole Popu- 
 ntion of the State in 1765, 1790 and 1810. 
 
 INCREASE IN THE COUNTlEsi. 
 
 37 
 
 10 
 
 Increase in 10 
 years. 
 
 Amount, 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 10 
 years. 
 
 Amount. Per ct 
 
 381 
 
 9,559 
 
 888 
 
 2,767 
 
 789 
 
 8,683 
 
 910 
 
 8,715 
 
 553 
 
 1,934 
 
 421 
 
 3,600 
 
 421 
 
 1,997 
 
 787 
 
 dec217 
 
 245 
 
 5,226 
 
 168 
 
 3,740 
 
 169 
 
 2,967 
 
 211 
 
 1,815 
 
 290 
 
 2 
 
 807 
 
 459 
 
 040 
 
 51,247 
 
 27-80 
 
 3-84 
 
 16-44 
 
 13-42 
 
 7-87 
 
 14-74 
 
 7-28 
 
 —-60 
 
 16-72 
 
 10-06 
 
 8-43 
 
 8-17 
 
 •00 
 
 6-74 
 
 43,940 
 74,655 
 61,472 
 73,625 
 26,487 
 28,021 
 29,418 
 35,570 
 36,471 
 40,908 
 .38,136 
 24,026 
 3,292 
 7,266 
 
 18,223 
 
 8,204 
 
 16,489 
 
 10,730 
 
 3,767 
 
 3,618 
 
 212 
 
 2,136 
 
 5,501 
 
 8,684 
 
 4,908 
 
 4,488 
 
 225 
 
 dec 64 
 
 10-85 523287 87,121 
 
 41-17 
 10-98 
 26-80 
 14-57 
 14 29 
 12 91 
 -72 
 
 6-31 
 15-08 
 21-22 
 12-86 
 18-67 
 
 6-83 
 
 16-64 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 62,163 
 82,^59 
 77,961 
 84,355 
 30,254 
 31.639 
 29,630 
 37,706 
 41,972 
 49,592 
 43,044 
 28,514 
 3,517 
 7,202 
 
 610408 
 
 Increase in 10 
 years. 
 
 Amount. Per cl. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1840 
 
 33,610 
 12,128 
 28,650 
 10,958 
 643 
 
 5,727 
 decSlS 
 
 4,039 
 11,168 
 10,573 
 
 4,329 
 
 4,034 
 441 
 
 1,810 
 
 127292 
 
 54-06 
 14-63 
 36-74 
 12-99 
 2-12 
 18-10 
 -2-76 
 10-71 
 26-60 
 21-31 
 1005 
 14-14 
 12 53 
 25 13 
 
 95,773 
 94.987 
 106611 
 9-5,313 
 30,897 
 37,366 
 28,812 
 41,745 
 53,140 
 60,165 
 47,373 
 32,548 
 3,958 
 9,012 
 
 20-85 737700 
 
 Proportion to the 
 ■whole Population. 
 
 1765 
 
 6-55 
 
 17-83 
 
 14-32 
 
 13-99 
 
 2-63 
 
 3-69 
 
 2-46 
 
 4-63 
 
 7-24 
 
 8-72 
 
 10-55 
 
 507 
 
 -96 
 
 1-36 
 
 100- 
 
 1790 1800 
 
 4-96 
 
 15-29! 
 
 11-28' 
 
 15-00 
 
 4 97 
 
 5-07 
 
 5-74 
 
 7-98 
 
 6-30 
 
 8-37 
 
 8-38 
 
 4-58 
 
 •86 
 
 1-22 
 
 100- 
 
 12-98 
 
 12-89 
 
 14-44 
 
 12-92 
 
 4-19 
 
 5-06 
 
 3-91 
 
 5-66 
 
 7^20 
 
 8-16 
 
 6-42 
 
 4-41 
 
 •54 
 
 1-22 
 
 100^ 
 
 during different periods, from 1765 to 1840. 
 
 in 30 yeai"»» 
 
 I Increase in 40 years, fine* in 50 ys^ 
 
 om l-*00 to 
 1830. 
 
 Pr. ct. 
 
 From 1810 to 
 IftlO. 
 
 Amount.' Pr. ct. 
 
 J^'rom 1790 10 
 1830. 
 
 Amount 
 
 Pr. ct. 
 
 From 1600 to 
 1840. 
 
 From 1790 to 
 1840. 
 
 Amount. Pr. ct. {Amount.' Pr. ct. 
 
 Inc« in 75 y8« 
 
 From 176.3 to 
 1-^40. 
 
 Amount. Pr. ct. 
 
 141-07 
 35-39 
 66-12 
 37 85 
 32-20 
 34 85 
 12-54 
 11-98 
 54-18 
 46-37 
 33-25 
 47-79 
 12-79 
 2821 
 
 61.392 
 23,099 
 53,822! 
 30,403i 
 
 6,3441 
 12.945 
 
 1,391! 
 
 5,958' 
 21.895, 
 22.9971 
 12,204 
 10,337i 
 668| 
 
 2,205: 
 
 178-56: 
 32-13 
 
 101-95' 
 46-83' 
 25-83 
 53 00 
 5.07j 
 16-64 
 70-07 
 61-87 
 34-701 
 46-53; 
 20-30; 
 32-39! 
 
 43,371 
 
 2494G 
 
 35,224 
 
 27,548 
 
 11,431 
 
 12,446 
 
 7,887 
 
 7,493 
 
 18,094 
 
 17,883 
 
 11,304 
 
 11,160 
 
 252 
 
 2,-582 
 
 230-79 
 43-07 
 82-42 
 48-49 
 60-72 
 64 84 
 36-27 
 24-80 
 75^77 
 56-39 
 35-61 
 64-30 
 7-71 
 55 88 
 
 69,987 
 33,791' 
 59,683 
 34,121' 
 
 8,012 
 13,904 
 
 2,512 
 
 8,075 
 25,9241 
 26;285l 
 15',07li 
 13,255, 
 840 
 
 3,395 
 
 271-41 
 55-21' 
 
 127-15, 
 55-76; 
 35-00' 
 54-99) 
 955' 
 23-98 
 9525 
 77-58 
 46-65 
 68-70, 
 26-94 
 60-44 
 
 76,981 
 37,074 
 63,874 
 38,506 
 12,074 
 18,173 
 
 7,069 
 11,532 
 29,262 
 28^456 
 15,633 
 15,194 
 693 
 
 4,392 
 
 409-64 
 64 01 
 
 149-45 
 67-78 
 64-12 
 94-68 
 32-51 
 38-16 
 
 122-54 
 89 74 
 49-25 
 87 55 
 21-22 
 95-06 
 
 79,791 
 51,463 
 71,671 
 61,146 
 24,468 
 28,345 
 22,813 
 30,439 
 35,458 
 38,864 
 21,617 
 20,172 
 1,612 
 5.692 
 
 498-62 
 118-24 
 205-12 
 178-96 
 380-58 
 314-21 
 380-28 
 269-22 
 200-53 
 182-45 
 
 83-92 
 16299 
 
 68-70 
 171-44 
 
 )63) 44-35j265660i 56-27'23162l| 61-14 314855| 74-46|358913i 94-75 493551! 202-15 
 
38 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 The increase of tlie population of Massachusetts, during 
 the twenty-five years from 1765 to 1790, was 134,638, or 
 5514: per cent., while in the period of double the length, 
 from 1790 to 1840, it was 358,913, or 94-75 per cent. In 
 the first period it was greater than it has been in any pe- 
 riod of thirty years since, with the exception of that from 
 1810 to 1840, in which it was only about Iper cent, greater. 
 In the forty years from 1790 to 1830, it was only 61-14 
 per cent., or 6 per cent, greater than in the twenty-five 
 years before. 
 
 The increase of the population during these two periods, 
 was very differently distributed in the several counties, as 
 we shall see by comparing them together. During the first 
 period the increase of Suffolk county, constituted chiefly 
 by Boston, whose population had mostly left during the 
 war, and which place had hardly recovered itself in 1790, 
 was only 17*58 per cent., while during the last period it 
 was 409-64 per cent., which is over twenty-three times as 
 great. In the four western counties of Hampshire, Hamp- 
 den, Franklin and Berkshire, which, in 1765, were almost 
 a wilderness, and were settled in the first period, the aggre- 
 gate increase was 57,217, or 174-68 />e/- cent., while during 
 the last fifty years it was 48,848, or 53-88 per cent., which 
 is less than a third of the proportion, though the period 
 was double. In Worcester, the increase was about the 
 same proportion in each period. The increase in Essex, 
 Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and Nantucket, was in the 
 proportion of about one half; in Dukes, about double; in 
 Middlesex, about one seventh ; and in Norfolk, about one 
 fourth, in the first, of what it was in the last period. 
 
 In the first period, the proportional increase was the 
 smallest in Suffolk, and the largest in Franklin ; and 
 almost the reverse was the case in the last period, the in- 
 crease being the greatest in Suffolk, and the least in Frank- 
 lin, with the exception of Dukes. 
 
INCREASE IN THE COUNTIES. 39 
 
 As we compare the population of the several counties, 
 we find that the proportion of increase has been various in 
 each of these two periods, and also ui each of the decen- 
 nial periods. We find also marked differences in the pro- 
 portion of the population of each county to the whole pop- 
 ulation of the state, at the three epochs of 1765, 1790 and 
 1840. 
 
 We observe that the proportional increase in the several 
 comities has been very various in the decennial periods, 
 and in the longer periods ; and, in general, that the in- 
 crease has been greater in latter part of the fifty years 
 than in the earlier. During some of these periods, there 
 has been a loss or decrease in Franklin, Berkshire, Dukes 
 and Nantucket. There has evidently been a greater in- 
 crease in and near the capital of the state, particularly 
 during the fifty years from 1790. 
 
 It will be perceived that the increase of the population 
 of Massachusetts has been only 94-75 jier cent, during the 
 fifty years from 1790 to 1S40. This is to be expected, 
 considering that in 1790, nearly the whole soil of Massa- 
 chusetts was occupied, and other and more fertile fields 
 attracted emigrants to other parts of the country. The 
 population of the United States, according to the census of 
 1790, was 3,929,897, and according to the census of 1840, 
 17,069,454, showing an increase in fifty years of 13,139,557, 
 or 334-34 per cent.., which is more than three and a half 
 times what it was in Massachusetts during the fifty years. 
 
40 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 The following table shows the number of the incorpora- 
 ted towns and districts in Massachusetts, at the close of the 
 year 1765, in which the colonial census, ordered by the 
 General Court in 1764, was completed, and at the times of 
 taking the six United States censuses, together with their 
 increase during the intervals, by counties as constituted in 
 1840. Since 1S40, four towns have been incorporated, 
 namely : Somerville in 1842, Blackstone in 1845, and 
 North Chelsea and Ashland in 1846. 
 
 TABLE VI. — Exhibiting the Number of Incorporated Torvns and Districts in 
 Massachusetts, at the dates of the Coisuses. 
 
 COUxNTIES. 
 
 i'-o 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 
 h 
 
 6""' 
 
 c 
 
 h 
 
 6 
 
 ± 
 
 Hoc. 
 6 
 
 ^; 
 2 
 
 a 
 S. 
 o 
 c 
 
 £cc 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 o 
 c 
 
 6 
 Z 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 Essex, 
 
 21 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 23 
 
 . 
 
 23 
 
 3 
 
 26 
 
 . 
 
 26 
 
 2 
 
 28 
 
 Middlesex, - 
 
 *36 
 
 5 
 
 41 
 
 1 
 
 42 
 
 2 
 
 44 
 
 1 
 
 45 
 
 1 
 
 46 
 
 - 
 
 46 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 SQ'IO 
 
 49 
 
 . 
 
 49 
 
 2 
 
 51 
 
 3 
 
 54 
 
 - 
 
 54 
 
 1 
 
 55 
 
 Hampshire, - 
 
 1110 
 
 21 
 
 - 
 
 21 
 
 - 
 
 21 
 
 1 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 23 
 
 - 
 
 23 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 10 6 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 1 
 
 18 
 
 - 
 
 18 
 
 . 
 
 18 
 
 . 
 
 18 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 12,10 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 
 24 
 
 - 
 
 24 
 
 - 
 
 24 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 1 
 
 26 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 12 14 
 
 26 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 
 1 
 
 131 
 
 -1 
 
 ±30 
 
 . 
 
 30 
 
 1 
 
 31 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 22 
 
 . 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 22 
 
 . 
 
 22 
 
 . 
 
 22 
 
 Bristol, - 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 15 
 
 - 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 
 - 
 
 II 19 
 
 - 
 
 19 
 
 Plymouth, - 
 Barnstable, 
 
 16 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 17 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 21 
 14 
 
 - 
 
 21 
 14 
 
 - 
 
 21 
 14 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Total, - 
 
 200!65 
 
 265 
 
 14 
 
 279 
 
 8 
 
 287 
 
 14 
 
 301 
 
 3 
 
 304 
 
 5 
 
 309 
 
 * Carlisle was iucorporated as a district, April 19, 1754, and reunited to Concord, January 
 11, 1757, from which time it had no separate corporate powers till April 28, 1780, when it was 
 incorporated as the district of Acton. 
 
 t The town of Loudon was incorporated in 1773, and the district of Bethlehem in 1789, and 
 the two were united as the town of Loudon, June 19, 1809, and the name changed to that of 
 Otis, June 13, 1810. In 1790 and 1800 they were two incorporations, and are enumerated as 
 such in the table ; afterwarils, by the union of these towns, the number of towns in Berkshire 
 county was diminished one, and increased two in 1818, by the incorporation of Florida and 
 Hinsdale. 
 
 5 Southfield was incorporated as a district, June 19, 1797, and continued such in 1800 and 
 1810, and until united to Sandisfield, February 8, 1819. By this union the number of towns 
 was diminished one, as appears in the table. 
 
 II Wellington was set off from Dighton, and incorporated as a town, in 1814, and continued 
 separate till its re union to Dighton, 1826. It is counted in the table in 1820, and in 1830 and 
 1840 the town of Pawturkel, incorporated in 1828, supplies it.? place in the nuuil>er of towns in 
 Bristol roimty. 
 
AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES. 41 
 
 Of the 65 towns and districts incorporated from 1765 to 
 1790, 1] were incorporated from 1776 to 1770 ; 13 from 
 1771 to 1775; 15 from 1776 to 17S0 ; 20 from 1781 to 
 1785 ; and 6 from 1786 to August 1, 1790, the time of tak- 
 ing the first United States census. In the following period 
 of double the length, to 1840, the number was only 44 ; 
 and these last were almost wholly formed by the division 
 of towns previously incorporated. 
 
 From the first occupation of the soil of Massachusetts, 
 by our fathers, to the time of the Revolutionary War, the 
 people were mostly employed in the pursuits of agricul- 
 ture, in extending their settlements over the unoccupied 
 land within the borders of the state, and in protecting 
 themselves against the savage tribes. As early as 1765, a. 
 very large portion of the territory had been incorporated 
 into towns and districts. If we can judge from the num- 
 ber of towns incorporated, the western part of the state 
 seems to have been as rapidly settled by emigrants during 
 the war as during an equal period preceding or following 
 it, so that in 1790, most of the whole territory of the state 
 was formed into incorporated towns. 
 
 Notwithstanding the evils of the war, the population 
 spread over the unoccupied territory in the western part of 
 the state, and actually increased faster during the twenty- 
 five years before 1790, than it has in an equal period since. 
 This fact may surprise those whose attention has not been 
 directed to the subject ; but it is easily accounted for, when 
 we consider that there was a large amount of unoccupied 
 land, especially in the western part of the state, upon 
 which the increase of the population settled, and over 
 which they spread as agriculturists. 
 
 The fifty years since 1790, seem to be naturally divided 
 
 into two periods of about equal length ; the first extending 
 
 from 1790 to about 1820, and the second from 1820 to 
 
 1840. During the first, the soil being nearly all occupied 
 
 6 
 
42 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 lor the purposes of agriculture, the surpkis population em- 
 igrated out of the state, and settled in other states. Dur- 
 ing this period, the increase was small, and the number of 
 towns incorporated was comparatively small also. During 
 the second period from 1820 to 1840, though the number of 
 new towns was even less increased, the number of inhabit- 
 ants was increased in a much larger proportion, than in the 
 first. The surplus population, instead of emigrating, were 
 more retained at home by the encouragements held out by 
 the increase of the manufacturing enterprise of the commu- 
 nity. The first period was distinguished by greater emigra- 
 tion to other states, and by the pursuit of agriculture as 
 the principal employment, and the second by the increase 
 of manufactures. 
 
 By comparing the census of 1820 with that of 1840, we 
 find that the increase of those engaged in agriculture was 
 24,377, or 4-65 7?er cent, of the population only, while that 
 of the population was 214,413, or 40-97 ;oer cent., which is 
 nearly ten times as great. We find the increase of those 
 engaged in manufactures to have been 51,712, or 9-88 ^je;- 
 cent, of the population, which is more than twice as great. 
 The increase of the agricultural class, in the twenty years, 
 was 38-41 7^67- cent., while that of the manufacturing was 
 154-50 per cent., or over four times as great. 
 
 The increase of the agricultural population seems to 
 have been chiefly in the vicinity of a small number of 
 thriving commercial or manufacturing towns, as Boston, 
 Lowell, &c., whose increase in population has been re- 
 markably rapid during these twenty years. 
 
 A comparative view of the population, as exhibited in 
 the next table, shows most conclusively that the increase 
 during the twenty years when it has been much the largest 
 of any since 1790, has been wholly owing to the increase 
 of manufactures during the same time. In this table are 
 moitioned 88 of the principal manufacturing and commer- 
 
AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES. 43 
 
 cial towns in the Commonwealth, and their aggregate in- 
 crease was nearly equal to that of the whole state. The pro- 
 portion of their increase was 79*62 per cent., while that of the 
 whole state was only 4U-97 per cent., or a little more than 
 one half On the other hand, the 213 agricultural towns, 
 containing some towns in which manufacturing has been 
 introduced to a considerable extent, increased only 8*50 per 
 cent., not more than about a fifth part of the average of the 
 whole state. This table contains some commercial towns, 
 and it is presumed that the increase of the commerce has 
 been mainly dependent upon the manufactures ; and be- 
 sides, a portion of the increase in many of the agricultural 
 towns has been mainly owing to the manufactures. 
 
 In the manufacturing and commercial towns are com- 
 prised 23 towns whose centres are not more than ten miles 
 from the centre of Boston. These towns are placed in this 
 class under the idea that Boston, as the great centre for the 
 transaction of the business of the manufactures of the 
 Commonwealth, would exert an important influence on the 
 population to that extent. In fact, this influence is felt in 
 every town and village. 
 
 We may infer from this table, that the whole increase 
 during the 20 years, has been owing to manufactures, while 
 that of the agricultural population, independent of the aids 
 of manufacturing, has been little or nothing. It may be 
 doubted whether there was any more of agriculture prop- 
 erly so called, in Massachusetts, in 1840, than in 1820, or 
 even much more than in 1790. There has been some in- 
 crease of a few articles raised, such as potatoes, apples for 
 eating, garden vegetables, and fruits ; and this has arisen 
 from a change in the mode of life, and the more dense state 
 of the population in the villages. But generally, of the 
 more substantial articles raised by farmers 25 or 30 years 
 ago, it is doubtful whether there has been any increase. 
 The quantity of hay, of grains, of wool, of beef and of pork, 
 
44 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 has probably decreased. We have no means of determin- 
 ing the exact amount in either of those years, since 1820. 
 
 It will be perceived that, of the increase of the manufac- 
 turing population in the Recapitulation, that in Middlesex 
 county was the greatest, while in Franklin, in which there 
 was a decrease of the population, there were no towns in 
 which manufacturing was carried on to any great extent. 
 Of the towns, individually, Chelmsford and Lowell take 
 the lead of all the rest in the proportion of the increase ; 
 next Fall River, Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Cam- 
 bridge, Worcester, Millbury, <fcc. The increase in the ag- 
 ricultural towns was very small, and in three counties 
 there was a decrease. 
 
 It may be added, that the increase of the population of 
 Massachusetts, during the 30 years, from 1790 to 1820, was 
 144,570, or 38-14 -per cent., and, aided by manufactures, 
 during the twenty years from 1820 to 1840, it was 214,413, 
 or 40*97 per cent, of the population in 1820, and 56-60 per 
 cent, of the population of 1790. 
 
 TABLE VII. — Exhibiting the Increase of the Population of Manufacturing 
 and Commercial Torons in Massachusetts, from 1820 to 1840. 
 
 SUFFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Boston, - - . - 
 Chelsea, - - - - 
 
 43,298 
 642 
 
 50,085 
 1,748 
 
 115-67 
 272-33 
 
 93,383 
 2,390 
 
 Total, 
 
 43,940 
 
 51,833 1 117-96 
 
 95,773 
 
 ESSEX COUNTY. 
 
 Andover, 
 
 Danvers, - 
 
 Georgetown, 
 
 Rowley, 
 
 Gloucester, 
 
 Rockport, 
 
 Haverhill, 
 
 3,889 
 3,646 
 
 1,318 
 1,374 
 
 38-89 
 37-68 
 
 1,825 
 6,384 
 
 918 
 2,616 
 
 50-30 
 40-97 
 
 3,070 
 
 1,266 
 
 41-23 
 
 5,207 
 5,020 
 1,540 
 1,203 
 6,350 
 2,650 
 4,336 
 
MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL TOWNS. 
 
 45 
 
 ESSEX CO\]T^TY—Co7itinued. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Lynn, .... 
 
 Methuen, 
 
 Salem, . - - . 
 
 Salisbury, ... 
 
 Saugus, - - . - 
 
 4,515 
 
 1,371 
 
 12,731 
 
 2,006 
 
 748 
 
 4,852 
 880 
 
 2,351 
 733 
 350 
 
 107-46 
 64-18 
 18-46 
 36-54 
 46-77 
 
 9,367 
 2,251 
 15,082 
 2,73'J 
 1,098 
 
 10 Towns, 
 
 16 other Towns, 
 
 40,185 
 34,470 
 
 l(i,658 
 3,674 
 
 41-45 
 10-65 
 
 56,843 
 38,144 
 
 Total, 
 
 74,655 
 
 20,332 
 
 27-23 
 
 94,987 
 
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY. 
 
 Brighton, 
 
 702 
 
 723 
 
 102 99 
 
 1,425 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 3,295 
 
 5,114 
 
 155-20 
 
 8,409 
 
 Charlestown, - 
 
 6,591 
 
 4,893 
 
 75-77 
 
 11,484 
 
 Chelmsford, ) 
 Lowell, 1 
 
 1,535 
 
 20,958 
 
 1365-34 
 
 1,697 
 20,796 
 
 Dracut, . - . - 
 
 1,407 
 
 781 
 
 55-50 
 
 2,188 
 
 Framingham, - - - 
 
 2,037 
 
 993 
 
 48-74 
 
 3,030 
 
 Lexington, ... 
 
 1,200 
 
 442 
 
 36-83 
 
 1,642 
 
 Maiden, - . - - 
 
 1,731 
 
 783 
 
 45-23 
 
 2,514 
 
 Medford, - 
 
 1,474 
 
 1,004 
 
 68-12 
 
 2,478 
 
 Newton, - - - - 
 
 1,850 
 
 1,501 
 
 81-13 
 
 3,351 
 
 Reading, 
 
 2,797 
 
 913 
 
 32-64 
 
 2,193 
 
 South Reading, 
 
 - 
 
 1,517 
 
 Waltham, 
 
 1,677 
 
 827 
 
 49-31 
 
 2,504 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 1,518 
 
 292 
 
 19-23 
 
 1,810 
 
 West Cambridge, 
 
 1,064 
 
 299 
 
 28-10 
 
 1,363 
 
 Woburn, - - - - 
 
 1,519 
 
 1,474 
 
 97-03 
 
 2,993 
 
 15 Towns, 
 
 30,397 
 
 40,997 
 
 134-87 
 
 71,394 
 
 30 other Towns, 
 
 31,075 
 
 4,142 
 
 13-32 
 
 35,217 
 
 Total, 
 
 61,472 
 
 45,139 
 
 73-43 
 
 106,611 
 
 WORCESTER COUNTY. 
 
 Fitchburg, - . . 
 
 1,736 
 
 868 
 
 5000 
 
 2,604 
 
 Grafton, - . - - 
 
 1,154 
 
 1,789 
 
 155-02 
 
 2,943 
 
 Mendon, - - . - 
 
 2,254 
 
 1,270 
 
 56-34 
 
 3,524 
 
 Milford, - - - . 
 
 1,160 
 
 613 
 
 52-84 
 
 1,773 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 926 
 
 1,245 
 
 134-44 
 
 2,171 
 
 Northbridge, - 
 
 905 
 
 544 
 
 60-11 
 
 1,449 
 
 North Brookfield, - 
 
 1,095 
 
 390 
 
 35-61 
 
 1,485 
 
46 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 WORCESTER CO\J'S<!TY— Continued. 
 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Oxford, I - - - 
 Webster, j - - - 
 Southbridge, - 
 Sturbridge, 
 Winchendon, - 
 Worcester, 
 
 1,562 
 
 1,066 
 1,633 
 1,263 
 2,962 
 
 1,583 
 
 965 
 
 372 
 
 491 
 
 4,535 
 
 101-33 
 
 90-52 
 
 22-78 
 
 38-87 
 
 153-10 
 
 1,742 
 1,403 
 2,031 
 2,005 
 1,754 
 7,497 
 
 12 Towns, 
 
 42 other Towns, 
 
 17,716 
 55,909 
 
 14,665 
 7,023 
 
 82-77 
 12-56 
 
 32,381 
 62,932 
 
 Total, 
 
 73,625 
 
 21,688 
 
 29-45 
 
 95,313 
 
 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 Amherst, ... 
 
 1,917 
 
 633 
 
 33-02 
 
 2,550 
 
 Middlefield, - 
 
 755 
 
 962 
 
 127-41 
 
 1,717 
 
 Northampton, - 
 
 2,854 
 
 896 
 
 31-39 
 
 3,750 
 
 Pelham, 
 Prescott, 
 
 1,278 
 
 458 
 
 35-83 
 
 956 
 780 
 
 South Hadley, - 
 
 1,047 
 
 411 
 
 39-25 
 
 1,458 
 
 Ware, - . - . 
 
 1,154 
 
 736 
 
 t)3-77 
 
 1,890 
 
 Williamsburg, 
 
 1,087 
 
 222 
 
 20-42 
 
 1,309 
 
 7 Towns, 
 
 10,092 
 
 4,318 
 
 42-78 
 
 14,410 
 
 15 other Towns, 
 
 16,395 
 
 92 
 
 •56 
 
 16,487 
 
 Total, 
 
 26,487 
 
 4,410 
 
 16-64 
 
 30,897 
 
 HAMPDEN COUNTY. 
 
 Palmer, .... 
 Russell, .... 
 Springfield, ... 
 Westfield, 
 West Springfield, 
 
 1,197 
 491 
 3.914 
 2,668 
 3,246 
 
 942 
 464 
 7,071 
 858 
 380 
 
 78-69 
 94-50 
 180-65 
 32-15 
 11-70 
 
 2.139 
 
 955 
 
 10,985 
 
 3,526 
 
 3,626 
 
 5 Towns, 
 13 other Towns, 
 
 11,516 
 16,505 
 
 9,715 
 —370 
 
 84-36 
 —2-24 
 
 21,231 
 16,135 
 
 Total, 
 
 28,021 
 
 9,345 
 
 33-34 
 
 37,366 
 
 BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 
 
 Adams, 
 Dalton, 
 
 1,836 
 817 
 
 1,867 
 438 
 
 101-68 
 53-81 
 
 3,703 
 1,255 
 
MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL TOWNS. 
 
 47 
 
 BERKSHIRE COV^TY—Coiitimed. 
 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Great Barrington, - 
 Lee, - - . . 
 Pittsfield, 
 Stockbridge, - 
 
 1,908 
 1,384 
 2,768 
 1,377 
 
 796 
 
 1,044 
 
 979 
 
 615 
 
 41-71 
 75-43 
 35-36 
 44-66 
 
 2,704 
 2,428 
 3,747 
 1,992 
 
 6 Towns, 
 24 other Towns, 
 
 10,090 
 25,480 
 
 5,739 
 436 
 
 56-87 
 205 
 
 15,829 
 25,916 
 
 Total, 
 
 35,570 
 
 6,175 
 
 17-36 
 
 41,745 
 
 NORFOLK COUNTY. 
 
 Brookline, 
 
 900 
 
 465 
 
 51-66 
 
 1,365 
 
 Canton, - - - - 
 
 1,268 
 
 727 
 
 57-33 
 
 1,995 
 
 Dedham, - . - . 
 
 2,493 
 
 797 
 
 31-96 
 
 3,290 
 
 Dorchester, 
 
 3,684 
 
 1,191 
 
 32-32 
 
 4,875 
 
 Medway, 
 
 1,523 
 
 520 
 
 34-14 
 
 2,043 
 
 Milton, - . - - 
 
 1,502 
 
 320 
 
 21-30 
 
 1,822 
 
 Quincy, - - . - 
 
 1,623 
 
 1,863 
 
 114-78 
 
 3,486 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 1,546 
 
 1,667 
 
 107-82 
 
 3,213 
 
 Roxbury, 
 
 4,135 
 
 4,954 
 
 119-80 
 
 9,089 
 
 Stoughton, 
 
 1,313 
 
 829 
 
 63-13 
 
 2,142 
 
 Weymouth, 
 
 2,407 
 
 1,331 
 
 55-29 
 
 3,738 
 
 11 Towns, 
 
 22,394 
 
 14,664 
 
 65-48 
 
 37,058 
 
 11 other Towns, 
 
 14,077 
 
 2,005 
 
 14-24 
 
 16,082 
 
 Total, 
 
 36,471 
 
 16,669 
 
 45-70 
 
 53,140 
 
 BRISTOL COUNTY. 
 
 Attleborough, - 
 
 3,055 
 
 530 
 
 17-34 
 
 3,585 
 
 Dartmouth, 
 
 3,636 
 
 499 
 
 13-72 
 
 4,135 
 
 Fairhaven, 
 
 2,733 
 
 1,218 
 
 44-58 
 
 3,951 
 
 Fall River, 
 
 1,594 
 
 5,144 
 
 328-98 
 
 6,738 
 
 New Bedford, - 
 
 3,947 
 
 8,140 
 
 206-20 
 
 12,087 
 
 Seekonk, ) - 
 Pawtucket, 
 
 2,775 
 
 1,405 
 
 50-63 
 
 1,996 
 2,184 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 4,520 
 
 3,125 
 
 69-13 
 
 7,645 
 
 7 Towns, 
 
 22,260 
 
 20,061 
 
 90-12 
 
 42,321 
 
 12 other Towns, 
 
 18,648 
 
 —804 
 
 -4-31 
 
 17,844 
 
 Total, 
 
 40,908 
 
 19,257 
 
 47-07 
 
 60,165 
 
48 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 PLYMOUTH COUNTY. 
 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Abington, 
 
 Bridgewater, - 
 
 Hingham, 
 
 North Bridgewater, - 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 Hull, - . - - 
 
 1,920 
 1,700 
 
 2,857 
 
 1,480 
 
 4,348 
 
 172 
 
 1,294 
 431 
 707 
 
 1,136 
 
 933 
 
 59 
 
 67-39 
 25-35 
 24-74 
 76-75 
 21-45 
 
 3,214 
 2,131 
 3,564 
 2,616 
 5,281 
 231 
 
 6 Towns, 
 15 other Towns, 
 
 12,477 
 25,659 
 
 4,560 
 4,677 
 
 36-54 
 18-73 
 
 17,037 
 30,336 
 
 Total, 
 
 38,136 
 
 9,237 
 
 24 22 
 
 47,373 
 
 BARNSTABLE COUNTY. 
 
 DUKES COUNTY. 
 
 Dennis, - - - - 
 
 Harwich, 
 
 Provincetown, - 
 
 Sandwich, 
 
 Wellfleet, 
 
 1,997 
 1,980 
 1,252 
 
 2,484 
 1.472 
 
 945 
 950 
 870 
 1,235 
 905 
 
 47-32 
 47-97 
 69-48 
 49-71 
 61-48 
 
 2,942 
 2,930 
 2,122 
 3,719 
 2,377 
 
 5 Towns, 
 
 9 other Towns, 
 
 9,185 
 14,841 
 
 4,905 
 3,617 
 
 53 40 
 24-37 
 
 14.090 
 18,458 
 
 Total, 
 
 24,026 
 
 8,522 
 
 35-46 
 
 32,548 
 
 Edgartown, 
 2 other Towns, 
 
 1,374 
 1,918 
 
 362 
 304 
 
 26-34 
 15-84 
 
 1,736 
 2 222 
 
 Total, 
 
 3,292 
 
 666 
 
 20-23 
 
 3,958 
 
MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURAL TOWNS. 
 
 49 
 
 RECAPITULATION of Manujacluring and Commercial Towns, by Counties. 
 
 
 
 Census. 
 
 Increase i 
 
 1 20 years. 
 
 Census. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 rp 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1820 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 2 
 
 43,940 
 
 51,833 
 
 117-96 
 
 95,773 
 
 Essex, 
 
 10 
 
 40,185 
 
 16,658 
 
 41-45 
 
 56,843 
 
 Middlesex, - 
 
 15 
 
 30,397 
 
 40,997 
 
 134-87 
 
 71,394 
 
 Worcester, - 
 
 12 
 
 17,716 
 
 14,665 
 
 82-77 
 
 32,381 
 
 Hampshire, - 
 
 7 
 
 10,092 
 
 4,318 
 
 42-78 
 
 14,410 
 
 Hampden, - 
 
 5 
 
 11,516 
 
 9,715 
 
 84-36 
 
 21,231 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Berkshire, - 
 
 6 
 
 10,090 
 
 5,739 
 
 56-87 
 
 15,829 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 11 
 
 22,394 
 
 14,664 
 
 65-48 
 
 37,058 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 7 
 
 22,260 
 
 20,061 
 
 90-12 
 
 42,321 
 
 Plymouth, - 
 
 6 
 
 12,477 
 
 4,560 
 
 36-54 
 
 17,037 
 
 Barnstable, - 
 
 5 
 
 9,185 
 
 4,905 
 
 53-40 
 
 14,090 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 1 
 
 1,374 
 
 362 
 
 26-34 
 
 1,736 
 
 Nantucket, - 
 
 1 
 
 7,266 
 
 1,746 
 
 24-02 
 
 9,012 
 
 Total, - 
 
 88 
 
 238,892 
 
 190,223 
 
 79-62 
 
 429,115 
 
 RECAPITULATION of Agricultural Towns, by Counties. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 Census. 
 
 1840 
 
 Suffolk, 
 Essex, - 
 Middlesex, - 
 Worcester, - 
 Hampshire, - 
 Hampden, - 
 Franklin, 
 Berkshire, - 
 Norfolk, 
 Bristol, 
 Pl}Tnouth, - 
 Barnstable, - 
 Dukes, 
 Nantucket, - 
 
 Agricultural, 
 Manufacturing, 
 
 Total, 
 
 16 
 30 
 42 
 15 
 13 
 24 
 24 
 11 
 12 
 15 
 9 
 2 
 
 213 
 
 301 
 
 34,470 
 31,075 
 55,909 
 16,395 
 16,505 
 29,418 
 25,480 
 14,077 
 18,648 
 25,659 
 14,841 
 1,918 
 
 284,395 
 238,892 
 
 523,287 
 
 3,674 
 
 4,142 
 
 7,023 
 
 92 
 
 dec 370 
 
 dec 606 
 
 436 
 
 2,005 
 
 dec 804 
 
 4,677 
 
 3,617 
 
 304 
 
 10-65 
 
 13-32 
 
 12-56 
 
 -56 
 
 —2-24 
 
 —2-05 
 
 1-71 
 
 14-24 
 
 —4-31 
 
 18-23 
 
 24-37 
 
 15-84 
 
 25,970 
 decl,780 
 
 11-57 
 -2-96 
 
 24,190 
 190,223 
 
 214,413 
 
 8-50 
 79-62 
 
 40-97 
 
 38,144 
 35,217 
 62,932 
 16,487 
 16,135 
 28,812 
 25,916 
 16,082 
 17,844 
 30,336 
 18,458 
 2,222 
 
 14,885 
 
 308,585 
 429,115 
 
 737,700 
 
50 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Even during the ten years from 1830 to 1840, 89 towns, 
 mostly agricultural, and only in a few instances affected 
 by the division of towns or by an alteration of the divid- 
 ing lines, decreased in population. Of these 89 towns, 2 
 were in Essex, 9 in Middlesex, 18 in Worcester, 13 in 
 Hampshire, 9 in Hampden, 1.5 in Franklin, 12 in Berk- 
 shire, 1 in Norfolk, 7 in Bristol, 2 in Plymouth, and 1 in 
 Barnstable. In Franklin county, in which there was an 
 aggregate loss of 818, 15 towns out of 26, decreased, and 
 only 11 increased. Of these 11, Orange gained by the an- 
 nexation of part of New Salem, while there was a gain of 
 only 37 in the aggregate of the two towns ; two gained 
 only 1 each ; one, 17 ; one, 27 ; one, 45 ; one, 53 ; and the 
 four others, 74, 94, 103 and 216 respectively. The gain in 
 these 11 towns was 1,252, to which add 818, the loss in 
 the county, and we have 2,070, the loss in the 15 towns in 
 Franklin. The increase in Worcester county was only 
 10,958, while that of the 12 manufacturing towns, in Ta- 
 ble Vn. was 9,104, and that of the town of Worcester was 
 3,324, almost one third of the whole increase. In Hamp- 
 shire the increase was only 643, there being a loss in 13 
 out of 23 towns, of 1,153, to Avhich add 643, and we have 
 1,796 as the gain in the 10 remaining towns, of which 
 Middlefield and South Hadley had 1,270. In Hampden 
 the increase was 5,727, but the gain in the three manufac- 
 turing towns of Springfield, Palmer and Westfield,was 5,689. 
 Nine out of the IS towns decreased. In Berkshire there 
 was an increase of 4.039, there being a loss in 12 out of 
 28 towns. In Norfolk, the increase was 11,168, but that 
 in Brookline, Dorchester and Roxbury, contiguous to Bos- 
 ton, was 4,965, to which add 3,215 for Medway, Milton, 
 Randolph, Stoughton, Weymouth and Wrentham, towns 
 considerably engaged in manufacturing, and we have, for 
 the increase of the 9 out of the 22 towns, 8,180, which is 
 nearly three-fourths of the increase of the whole county. 
 
MANUFACTURING AND AQRICULTUKAL TOWNS. 51 
 
 in Bristol the increase was 10,573, while that of New Bed- 
 ford alone was 4,495. The aggregate increase of Fairha- 
 ven, Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton, towns depen- 
 dent on manufactures and commerce, was 9,595, which is 
 nearly as great as that of the whole county. In Plymouth 
 county the increase was 4,329, most of which was in man- 
 ufacturing towns. The increase of Barnstable county was 
 4,034, and was very generally distributed through the sev- 
 eral towns. 
 
 Six of these 89 towns, 7iamehj : Gloucester, Rowley, 
 Tewksbury, Dudley, Oxford and New Salem, obviously 
 decreased, in consequence of setting oft' part of their territory 
 to other towns ; and of the remaining S3, it can hardly be 
 said that they were affected in this way. Besides these 
 89 towns, there were 215 towns in 1830, and 220 in 1840, 
 which increased. But the increase of Weston, Princeton, 
 Shutesbury, Wendell and Boston Corner, was only 1 each ; 
 and several other towns increased less than 20. The pop- 
 ulation of these 89 towns, in 1830, was 123,595, and, in 
 1840, 111,783, having decreased 11,812, or 9-55 per cent. 
 The population of the remaining 215 or 220 towns, was 
 486,813 in 1830, and 625,917 in 1840, having increased 
 139,104, or 23-57 per cefiL 
 
 Some towns, without suffering any change in their boun- 
 dary lines, decreased in population during the fifty years 
 from 1790 to 1840, as Marblehead, Middleton, Lincoln, 
 Holland, Leyden, Shelburne, Warwick, Boston Corner, 
 and Somerset ; and others, in which the alteration of the 
 boundary lines seems to have but slightly affected the 
 number of their inhabitants, remained almost stationary 
 during this whole period. 
 
 We have designated the period from 1790 to 1820 as 
 especially one of emigration out of the state. This emi- 
 gration seems to have continued down to the present time, 
 and may, in some degree, be indicated by the singular 
 
52 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 fact of there having been more deaths of the females than 
 of the males, — a fact which cannot be regarded as acci- 
 dental, as it has happened not for one year only, but for 
 the last four years, — according to the returns of the deaths 
 from the several towns in the Commonwealth. These re- 
 turns are imperfect ; but we may suppose that the deaths 
 of the males are no more likely to be omitted than those of 
 the females. The following table shows the number of 
 deaths during the four years next preceding May 1, accord- 
 ing to the returns. 
 
 
 1842 
 
 1843 
 
 1844 
 
 1845 
 
 Total. 
 
 Males, - 
 Females, 
 Not stated, - 
 
 4,311 
 
 4,576 
 
 657 
 
 4,771 
 
 5,311 
 
 602 
 
 3,712 
 
 4,173 
 
 502 
 
 4,040 
 
 4,442 
 
 160 
 
 16,834 
 
 18,502 
 
 1,921 
 
 Total, 
 
 9,544 
 
 10,684 
 
 8,387 
 
 8,642 
 
 37,257 
 
 These 37,257 deaths are exclusive of the stillborn. The 
 proportion of the deaths of the females specified to that of 
 the males, was as 100 to 90-98, while the proportion of the 
 female to the male births, for the two years next preceding 
 May 1, 1845, was as 100 to 103-79, which is not materi- 
 ally different from the proportion of the births of the two 
 sexes observed in other countries. For the first of these 
 two years the proportion was as 100 to 105-07, and for the 
 second as 100 to 102-62. 
 
 We have no means of determining the number of those 
 who have in successive years left this Commonwealth, and 
 sought their fortune by emigrating elsewhere. We have 
 no doubt that many of both sexes have, from year to yeai^ 
 especially during the first half of the fifty years from 1790, 
 Neither can we determine the number of those who have 
 rome from other states and foreign countries, and settled in 
 
RANGES OF TOWNS. 53 
 
 this Commonwealth. Our pilgrim fathers were foreigners, 
 and have been joined by others, from time to time, during 
 the two hundred and twenty-five years since the first land- 
 ing at Plymouth. The records which have been preserved 
 of these immigrants will not enable us to determine how 
 much we are indebted for the amount of the population, at 
 the date of either of the censuses, to the foreigners who 
 have settled here. There is abundant evidence that large 
 numbers of those born elsewhere have been, from the first, 
 among the inhabitants of this state ; and at this time their 
 proportion to the native population, is probably as great as 
 it is generally in the United States, whether that propor- 
 tion be an eighth or a tenth part of the whole population. 
 
 In the next table are exhibited the 309 towns and dis- 
 tricts of Massachusetts, as incorporated in 1840, with the 
 population within their respective limits, according to the 
 seven censuses, in circular ranges of Jive miles each, meas- 
 ured on the small map accompanying the State Map, pub- 
 lished in 1844, by radial distances, in straight lines from 
 Boston, as a common centre to the territorial centres of the 
 towns. The order of the towns in the ranges, begins at the 
 north easterly part of the state, and sweeps westerly 
 through the several towns. The first column contains the 
 names of the towns, the second the year of their incorpo- 
 ration, the third their distances in miles from Boston, and 
 the seven following columns their pojpnlation according to 
 the seven censuses. Against the towns are included the 
 number of inhabitants enumerated as belonging to gores 
 and unincorporated tracts, which were afterwards annexed 
 to the towns respectively ; and in case of the annexation 
 being made to more than one town, the population is added 
 to the most populous town. 
 
 The population in the census of 1790, for the 16 towns 
 substituted for that of 1765 not returned, is included in a 
 parenthesis. 
 
POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE VIII. — Exhibiting the Population of the Towns in Massachusetts, the 
 dates of their Incorporation, their Distances in miles, from Boston, and their 
 Population according to seven Censuses, by Ranges. 
 
 TOWNS 
 
 Incor. 
 1630 
 
 Q 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Boston, - 
 
 15,520 
 
 18,320 
 
 24,937 
 
 33,787 
 
 43,298! 61,392] 93,383 
 
 First Range- 
 
 —Containing 7 Towns contiguou 
 
 s to Boston : 
 
 
 Chelsea, - 
 
 1739 
 
 4 
 
 • 462 
 
 472 
 
 849 
 
 594 
 
 642 
 
 771 
 
 2,390 
 
 Charlestown, - 
 
 1629 
 
 1 
 
 2,031 
 
 1,583 
 
 2,751 
 
 4,959 
 
 6,591 
 
 8,783 
 
 11,484 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 1633 
 
 3 
 
 1,571 
 
 2,115 
 
 2,453 
 
 2,323 
 
 3,295 
 
 6,072 
 
 8.409 
 
 Brighton, 
 
 1807 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 608 702 
 
 972 
 
 1,425 
 
 Brookline, 
 
 1686 
 
 5 
 
 338 
 
 484 
 
 605 
 
 784! 900 
 
 1,043 
 
 1,365 
 
 Roxbury, 
 
 1630 3 
 
 1,487 
 
 2,226 
 
 2,765 
 
 3,669 4,135 
 
 5,247 
 
 9,089 
 
 Dorchester, 
 
 1630i 4 
 
 1,360 
 
 1,722 
 
 2,347 
 
 2,930 3,684 
 
 4,074 
 
 4,875 
 
 Total, 
 
 
 7,249 
 
 8,602! 11,770 15,867 19,949 
 
 26,962 
 
 39,037 
 
 Second Range — Containing 16 other Towns not exceeding 
 
 10 miles from Boston : 
 
 Lynn, 
 
 1 
 1637] 9 
 
 2,198 
 
 2,291 
 
 2,837 
 
 4,087 
 
 4,515 
 
 6,138 
 
 9,367 
 
 Saiigus, - 
 
 1815! 9 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 748 
 
 960 
 
 1,098 
 
 South Reading, 
 
 1812 10 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,311 
 
 1,517 
 
 Stoneham, 
 
 1725, 9 
 
 340 
 
 381 
 
 380 
 
 467 
 
 615 
 
 732 
 
 1,017 
 
 Maiden, - 
 
 1649 
 
 5 
 
 983 
 
 1,033 
 
 1,059 
 
 1,384 
 
 1,731 
 
 2,010 
 
 2,514 
 
 Medford, - 
 
 1630 
 
 5 
 
 790 
 
 1,029 
 
 1,114 
 
 1,443 
 
 1,474 
 
 1,755 
 
 2,478 
 
 Wobiirn, - 
 
 1642 
 
 9 
 
 1,515 
 
 1,727 
 
 1,228 
 
 1,219 
 
 1,519 
 
 1,977 
 
 2,993 
 
 W. Cambridge, 
 
 1807 
 
 6 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 971 
 
 1,061 
 
 1,230 
 
 1,363 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 171310 
 
 912 
 
 941 
 
 1,006 
 
 1,052 
 
 1,200 
 
 1,543 
 
 1,642 
 
 Waltham, 
 
 1738 9 
 
 663 
 
 882 
 
 903 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,677 
 
 1,857 
 
 2,504 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 1630 
 
 6 
 
 693 
 
 1,091 
 
 1,207 
 
 1,531 
 
 1,518 
 
 1,611 
 
 1,810 
 
 Newton, - 
 
 1691 
 
 7 
 
 1,308 
 
 1.360 
 
 1,491 
 
 1,709 
 
 1,850 
 
 2,376 
 
 3,351 
 
 Dedham, - 
 
 1636 
 
 10 
 
 1,909 
 
 . 1,659 
 
 1,973 
 
 2,172 
 
 2,493 
 
 3,117 
 
 3,290 
 
 Milton, 
 
 1662 
 
 8 
 
 943 
 
 1,039 
 
 1,143 
 
 1,264 
 
 1,502 
 
 1,576 
 
 1,822 
 
 Quincy, - 
 
 1792 
 
 8 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,081 
 
 1,281 
 
 1,623 
 
 2,201 
 
 3.486 
 
 Hull, 
 
 1644 
 
 7 
 
 170 
 
 120 
 
 117 
 
 139 
 
 172 
 
 198 
 
 231 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 12,424 
 
 13,553 
 
 15,539 
 
 19,733 
 
 23,701 
 
 30,622 
 
 40,483 
 
 Third Range — Containing 19 Towns over 10 and not exceeding 15 miles : 
 
 Marblehead, - 
 
 1649 13' 4,954 
 
 5,661 
 
 5,211 
 
 5,900 
 
 5,630 
 
 5,149 
 
 5,575 
 
 Salem, 
 
 1629 121 4,427 
 
 7,921 
 
 9,457 
 
 12,613 
 
 12,731 
 
 13,895 
 
 15,082 
 
 Danvers, - 
 
 1757 13, 2,133 
 
 2,425 
 
 2,643 
 
 3,127 
 
 3,646 
 
 4,228 
 
 5,020 
 
 Lynnfield, 
 
 1782 12 - 
 
 491 
 
 468 
 
 509 
 
 596 
 
 617 
 
 707 
 
 Reading, - 
 
 1644 13] 1,530 
 
 1,802 
 
 2,025 
 
 2,228 
 
 2,797 
 
 1,806 
 
 2,193 
 
RANGES OF TOWNS. 
 
 56 
 
 
 
 aj 
 
 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 TOWN& 
 
 Incor. 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1S20 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Wilmington, - 
 
 1730 
 
 15 
 
 673 
 
 710 
 
 797 
 
 716 
 
 786 
 
 7311 
 
 859 
 
 Burlington, 
 
 1799 
 
 12 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 534 
 
 471 
 
 508 
 
 446 
 
 510 
 
 Bedford, - 
 
 1729 
 
 15 
 
 457 
 
 523 
 
 538 
 
 592 
 
 648 
 
 685 
 
 929 
 
 Lincoln, - 
 
 1754 
 
 13 
 
 649 
 
 740 
 
 756 
 
 713 
 
 706 
 
 709. 
 
 686 
 
 Weston, - 
 
 1713 
 
 12 
 
 768 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,027 
 
 1,008 
 
 1,041 
 
 1.091 
 
 1,092 
 
 Wavland, 
 
 1780 
 
 15 
 
 - 
 
 801 
 
 835 
 
 824 
 
 962 
 
 944 
 
 998 
 
 Needham, 
 
 1711 
 
 11 
 
 945 
 
 1,130 
 
 1,072 
 
 1,097 
 
 1,227 
 
 1,418| 
 
 1,488 
 
 Dover, 
 
 1784 14 
 
 - 
 
 485 
 
 511 
 
 548 
 
 548 
 
 497 1 
 
 520 
 
 Canton, - 
 
 1797 12 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,110 
 
 1.353 
 
 1,268 
 
 1,515 
 
 1,995 
 
 Randolph, 
 
 1793 14 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,021 
 
 1,170 
 
 1,546 
 
 2,200 
 
 3,213 
 
 Braintree 
 
 1640 
 
 11 
 
 2,433 
 
 2,771 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,351 
 
 1,466 
 
 1,758' 
 
 2,168 
 
 Weymouth, 
 
 1635 
 
 13 
 
 1,258 
 
 1,469 
 
 1,803 
 
 1,889 
 
 2,407 
 
 2,837, 
 
 3,738 
 
 Hingham, 
 
 1635 
 
 13 
 
 2,467 
 
 2,085 
 
 2,112 
 
 2,382 
 
 2,857 
 
 3.387 
 
 3,564 
 
 Cohasset, 
 
 1770 
 
 14 
 
 - 
 
 817 
 
 849 
 
 994 
 
 1,099 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,471 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 22,694 
 
 30,841 
 
 34,054 
 
 39,485 
 
 42,469 
 
 45,146! 51,808 
 
 Fourth Range — Containing 21 Towns over 15 and not exceeding 20 miles : 
 
 Beverly - 
 Wenham, 
 Topsfield, 
 Middleton, 
 Aiidover, 
 Tewksbury, 
 Billerica, - 
 Cariisle, - 
 Concord, - 
 Sudbuiy, - 
 Framingham, - 
 Natick, - 
 Sherburne, 
 Medfieid, - 
 Walpole, - 
 Sharon, - 
 Stoughton, 
 N. Bridgewater, 
 Abington, 
 Hanover. 
 Scituate, - 
 
 Total, 
 
 1668 
 1643 
 1650 
 1728 
 1643 
 1734 
 1655 
 1S05 
 1635 
 1639 
 1700 
 1781 
 1674 
 1651 
 1724 
 1765 
 1726 
 1821 
 17121 
 1627: 
 
 2,164 
 564 
 719 
 581 
 
 2,442 
 781 
 
 1,334 
 
 1,564 
 1,773 
 1,305 
 474 
 670 
 628 
 785 
 
 2,321 
 
 1,263 
 (1,084) 
 1636 18 2,488 
 
 3,290 
 
 '502 
 
 780 
 
 682 
 
 2,863 
 
 958 
 
 1,191 
 
 555 
 
 1,590 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,598 
 
 615 
 
 801 
 
 731 
 
 1,005 
 
 1,034 
 
 1.994 
 
 3,881 
 
 476 
 
 789 
 
 598 
 
 2,941 
 
 944 
 
 1,383 
 
 634 
 
 1,679 
 
 1,303 
 
 1,625 
 
 694 
 
 775 
 
 745 
 
 989 
 
 1,018 
 
 1,020 
 
 1,4531 1,623 
 1.084 958 
 2,856 2,728 
 
 4,608 
 
 554 
 
 815 
 
 541 
 
 3,164 
 
 943 
 
 1,289 
 
 672 
 
 1,633 
 
 1,287 
 
 1,670 
 
 766 
 
 770 
 
 786 
 
 1,098 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,134 
 
 1.704' 
 l,17l' 
 2,969 
 
 4,283 
 
 572 
 
 866 
 
 596 
 
 3,889 
 
 1,0081 
 
 1,380 
 
 681 
 
 1,788 
 
 1,477 
 
 2.037 
 
 849 
 
 811 
 
 892 
 
 1,366 
 
 1.010 
 
 1,313 
 
 1.480 
 
 1,920 
 
 1.211 
 
 3.305 
 
 22,940i 26,S72| 26,803 28,574, 32,674 
 
 4,073 
 
 611 
 
 1,010 
 
 607 
 
 4,530 
 
 1,52 
 
 1,374 
 
 566 
 
 2,017 
 
 1,423 
 
 2.313 
 
 890 
 
 899 
 
 817 
 
 1,442 
 
 1,023 
 
 1.591 
 
 1,953 
 
 2.423 
 
 1,303 
 
 3,468 
 
 4,689 
 
 689 
 
 1,059 
 
 657 
 
 5,207 
 
 906 
 
 1,632 
 
 556 
 
 1.784 
 
 1,422 
 
 3,030 
 
 1,285 
 
 995 
 
 883 
 
 1,491 
 
 1,076 
 
 2,142 
 
 2,616 
 
 3,214 
 
 1,488 
 
 3,886 
 
 35,860l 40,707 
 
 Fifth Range — Containing 29 Toutis over 20 and not exceeding 25 miles : 
 
 Gloucester, 
 Manchester, 
 Essex, 
 Hamilton, 
 
 - 1639 
 
 - 1645 
 
 - 1819 
 
 - 1793 
 
 25 
 
 3,763 
 
 5,317 
 
 5,313 
 
 5,943 
 
 6,384 
 
 21 
 
 732 
 
 965 
 
 1,082 
 
 1,137 
 
 1,201 
 
 23 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1,107 
 
 21 
 
 - 
 
 
 749 
 
 780 
 
 802 
 
 7,510 
 1,236 
 1,333 
 
 748 
 
 6,350 
 
 1,355 
 
 1,450 
 
 818 
 
56 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Ipsmch, - 
 
 1634 
 
 25 
 
 3,743 
 
 4,562 
 
 3,305 
 
 3,569 
 
 2,553 
 
 2,949 
 
 3,000 
 
 Georgetown, - 
 
 1838 25 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,540 
 
 Boxford, - 
 
 1685,24 
 
 851 
 
 925 
 
 852 
 
 880 
 
 906 
 
 935 
 
 742 
 
 Lowell, - 
 
 182622 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 6,474 
 
 20,796 
 
 Chelmsford, 
 
 1655 23 
 
 1,012 
 
 1,144 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,396 
 
 1,535 
 
 1,387 
 
 1,697 
 
 Westford, 
 
 1729 25 
 
 962 
 
 1,229 
 
 1,267 
 
 1,330 
 
 1,409 
 
 1,329 
 
 1,436 
 
 Littleton, 
 
 1715'25 
 
 773 
 
 854 
 
 904 
 
 773 
 
 955 
 
 947 
 
 927 
 
 Boxborough, - 
 
 1783 
 
 25 
 
 - 
 
 412 
 
 387 
 
 388 
 
 424 
 
 474 
 
 426 
 
 Acton, 
 
 1735 
 
 21 
 
 611 
 
 853 
 
 901 
 
 885 
 
 1,047 
 
 1,128 
 
 1,121 
 
 Stow, 
 
 1683 
 
 23 
 
 794 
 
 801 
 
 890 
 
 885 
 
 1,071 
 
 1,220 
 
 1,230 
 
 Marlborough, - 
 
 1660 
 
 24 
 
 1,287 
 
 1,554 
 
 1,735 
 
 1,674 
 
 1,952 
 
 2,077 
 
 2,101 
 
 Southborough, - 
 
 1727 
 
 24 
 
 731 
 
 837 
 
 871 
 
 926 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,080 
 
 1,145 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 1715 
 
 25 
 
 1,027 
 
 1,317 
 
 1,372 
 
 1,345 
 
 1,655 
 
 1,809 
 
 2,245 
 
 Holliston, 
 
 1724 
 
 22 
 
 705 
 
 875 
 
 783 
 
 989 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,304 
 
 1,782 
 
 Medway, 
 
 1713 
 
 22 
 
 785 
 
 1,035 
 
 1,050 
 
 1,213 
 
 1,523 
 
 1,756 
 
 2,043 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 1778 
 
 25 
 
 - 
 
 1,101 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,398 
 
 1,630 
 
 1,662 
 
 1,717 
 
 Wrentham, 
 
 1673 
 
 23 
 
 2,022 
 
 1,767 
 
 2,061 
 
 2,478 
 
 2,801 
 
 2,698 
 
 2,915 
 
 Foxborough, - 
 
 1778 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 674 
 
 779 
 
 870 
 
 1,004 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,298 
 
 Mansfield, 
 
 1770 
 
 25 
 
 - 
 
 983 
 
 1,016 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,222 
 
 1,172 
 
 1,382 
 
 Easton, - 
 
 1725 
 
 22 
 
 837 
 
 1,466 
 
 1,550 
 
 1,557 
 
 1,803 
 
 1,756 
 
 2,074 
 
 "W. Bridge water, 
 
 1822 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,055 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,201 
 
 E. Bridgewater, 
 
 1823 
 
 23 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,435 
 
 1,653 
 
 1,950 
 
 Hanson, - 
 
 1820 
 
 23 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 
 - 
 
 917 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,040 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 1712 
 
 25 
 
 1,409 
 
 1,954 
 
 1,943 
 
 2,051 
 
 1,297 
 
 1,325 
 
 1,258 
 
 Marshfield, 
 
 1641 
 
 23 
 
 1,147 
 
 1,269 
 
 1,256 
 
 1,364 
 
 1,532 
 
 1,565 
 
 1,761 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 ^ 
 
 23,191 
 
 31,894 
 
 32,641 
 
 34,861 
 
 41,292 
 
 50,764 
 
 69,000 
 
 Sixth Range — Containing 26 Towns over 25 and not exceeding 30 miles 
 
 Rockport, 
 
 1840 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2,650 
 
 Rowley, - 
 
 1639 
 
 27 
 
 1,477 
 
 1,772 
 
 1,577 
 
 1,682 
 
 1,825 
 
 2,044 
 
 1,203 
 
 Newbury, 
 
 1635 
 
 30 
 
 2,960 
 
 3,972 
 
 4,076 
 
 5,176 
 
 3,671 
 
 3,603 
 
 3,789 
 
 West Newbury, 
 
 1819 
 
 30 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 1,279 
 
 1,586 
 
 1,560 
 
 Bradford, 
 
 1675 
 
 28 
 
 1,125 
 
 1,371 
 
 1,420 
 
 1,369 
 
 1,600 
 
 1,856 
 
 2,222 
 
 Haverhill, 
 
 1643 
 
 30 
 
 1,980 
 
 2,408 
 
 2,730 
 
 2,682 
 
 3,070 
 
 3,896 
 
 4,336 
 
 Methuen, 
 
 1725 
 
 27 
 
 933 
 
 1,297 
 
 1,253 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,371 
 
 2,006 
 
 2,251 
 
 Dracut, - 
 
 1702 
 
 26 
 
 (1,217) 
 
 1,217 
 
 1,274 
 
 1,301 
 
 1,407 
 
 1,615 
 
 2,188 
 
 Tyngsborough, 
 
 1789 
 
 28 
 
 
 382 
 
 696 
 
 704 
 
 808 
 
 822 
 
 870 
 
 Groton, - 
 
 1655 
 
 30 
 
 1,423 
 
 1,840 
 
 1,802 
 
 1,886 
 
 1,897 
 
 1,925 
 
 2,139 
 
 Harvard, - 
 
 1732 
 
 29 
 
 1,126 
 
 1,387 
 
 1,319 
 
 1,431 
 
 1,597 
 
 1,600 
 
 1,571 
 
 Bolton, - 
 
 1738 
 
 28 
 
 925 
 
 861 
 
 945 
 
 1,037 
 
 1,229 
 
 1,253 
 
 1,186 
 
 BerUn, 
 
 1784 
 
 28 
 
 . 
 
 512 
 
 590 
 
 591 
 
 625 
 
 692 
 
 763 
 
 Northborough, 
 
 1766 
 
 30 
 
 . 
 
 619 
 
 698 
 
 794 
 
 1,018 
 
 992 
 
 1,248 
 
 Westborough, - 
 
 1717 
 
 29 
 
 1,110 
 
 934 
 
 922 
 
 1,048 
 
 1,326 
 
 1,438 
 
 1,658 
 
 Upton, 
 
 1735 
 
 30 
 
 614 
 
 833 
 
 854 
 
 995 
 
 1,088 
 
 1,167 
 
 1,466 
 
 Milford, - 
 
 1780 
 
 27 
 
 - 
 
 839 
 
 907 
 
 973 
 
 1,160 
 
 1,360 
 
 1,773 
 
 Bellingham, 
 
 1719 
 
 28 
 
 468 
 
 735 
 
 704 
 
 766 
 
 1,034 
 
 1,102 
 
 1,055 
 
 Norton, ■ 
 
 1711 
 
 28 
 
 1,942 
 
 1,428 
 
 1,481 
 
 1,598 
 
 1,600 
 
 1,479 
 
 1,545 
 
RANGES OF TOWNS. 
 
 St 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 171)5 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 1639 30 
 
 2,735 
 
 3,804 
 
 3,860 
 
 3,907i 4,520 
 
 6,042 7,645 
 
 Raynham, 
 
 173128 
 
 687 
 
 1.094 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,154 1,071 
 
 1,208 1,329 
 
 Bridgewater, - 
 
 165tJl27 
 
 3,942 
 
 4,975 
 
 5,200 
 
 5,157 1,700 
 
 1,855 2,131 
 
 Halifax, - 
 
 1734127 
 
 556 
 
 664 
 
 642 
 
 703 749 708| 734 
 
 Plvmpton, 
 
 1707130 
 
 1,390 
 
 956 
 
 861 
 
 900 930t 920: 834 
 
 Kin°;ston, 
 
 1726i30 
 
 759 
 
 1,004 
 
 1,037 
 
 1,137! 1,313! 1,321! 1,440 
 
 Duxbury, 
 
 I637i27 
 
 1,050 
 
 1,454 
 
 1,664 2,201' 2,403 2,716 2,798 
 
 Total, 
 
 - - 
 
 28,419 36,358i 37,673 40,373^ 40,29ll 45,206i 52,38-1 
 
 Seventh Ranne — Containinf? 17 Towns over 30 and not exceeding 35 miles : 
 
 Newburyport, - 
 
 1764 31 
 
 2.882 
 
 4,837 
 
 5,946 
 
 7,634 
 
 6,852 
 
 6,375 
 
 7,161 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 163935 
 
 1,329 
 
 1,780 
 
 1,855 
 
 2,047 
 
 2,006 
 
 2,519 
 
 2,739 
 
 Amesbnry, 
 
 166832 
 
 l,5ti7 
 
 1,801 
 
 1,757 
 
 1,890 
 
 1,956 
 
 2.445 
 
 2,471 
 
 Dunstable, 
 
 1673 32 
 
 559 
 
 3Su 
 
 485 
 
 475 
 
 584 
 
 593 
 
 603 
 
 Pepperell, 
 
 1753:35 
 
 758 
 
 1,132 
 
 1,198 
 
 1.333 
 
 1,439 
 
 1,440 
 
 1,571 
 
 Shirley, - 
 
 1753 33 
 
 430 
 
 677 
 
 713 
 
 814 
 
 922 
 
 991 
 
 957 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 165332 
 
 1,999 
 
 1,460 
 
 1,584 
 
 1,694 
 
 1,862 
 
 2,014 
 
 2,019 
 
 Boylston, 
 
 17S6 33 
 
 . 
 
 839 
 
 1,058 
 
 800 
 
 902 
 
 820 
 
 797 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 1727 32 
 
 1,401 
 
 963 
 
 1,048 
 
 1,210 
 
 1,458 
 
 1,386 
 
 1.481 
 
 Grafton, - 
 
 1735 33 
 
 763 
 
 872 
 
 985 
 
 946 
 
 1.154 
 
 1,889 
 
 2,943 
 
 Northbridge, - 
 
 1772 34 
 
 . 
 
 569 
 
 544 
 
 713 
 
 905 
 
 1,053 
 
 1,449 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 1727 35 
 
 1,213 
 
 1,308 
 
 1,404 
 
 1,404 
 
 1,551 
 
 2,086 
 
 2,00 4 
 
 Mendon, - 
 
 1667 32 
 
 1,838 
 
 1,555 
 
 1,628 
 
 1,819 
 
 2,254 
 
 3,152 
 
 3,524 
 
 Atlleborough, - 
 
 1694 31 
 
 1,739 
 
 2,166 
 
 2,480 
 
 2,716 
 
 3,055 
 
 3,215 
 
 3,585 
 
 Berkley, - 
 
 1735 35 
 
 659 
 
 850 
 
 1,013 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,060 
 
 907 
 
 886 
 
 Middleborough, 
 
 1669:34 
 
 3,412 
 
 4,526 
 
 4,458 
 
 4,400 
 
 4,687 
 
 5,008 
 
 5,085 
 
 Carver, - 
 
 1790 35 
 
 - 
 
 847 
 
 863 
 
 858 
 
 839 
 
 970 
 
 995 
 
 Total, 
 
 - - 
 
 20,549 
 
 26,5621 
 
 29,019 
 
 31,767 
 
 33,486 
 
 36,863 
 
 40,270 
 
 Eighth Range — Containing 16 Towns over 35 miles and not exceeding 40 miles ; 
 
 Town send, 
 
 1732 
 
 39 
 
 598 
 
 993 
 
 1,149 
 
 1,246 
 
 1,482 
 
 1,506 
 
 1.892 
 
 Lunenburg, 
 
 1728 
 
 38 
 
 821 
 
 1,277 
 
 1,243 
 
 1,371 
 
 1,209 
 
 1,317 
 
 1.272 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 1740 
 
 38 
 
 743 
 
 1,216 
 
 1,486 
 
 1,584 
 
 1,790 
 
 1,930 
 
 2,069 
 
 Sterhng, - 
 
 1781 
 
 37 
 
 - 
 
 1,428 
 
 1,614 
 
 1,472 
 
 1,710 
 
 1,794 
 
 1,647 
 
 West Boylston, 
 
 1808 
 
 37 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 632 
 
 886 
 
 1,055 
 
 1.187 
 
 Holden, - 
 
 1741 
 
 40 
 
 495 
 
 1,077 
 
 1,142 
 
 1,072 
 
 1,402 
 
 1,719 
 
 1 .874 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 1684 
 
 38 
 
 1,478 
 
 2,095 
 
 2,411 
 
 2,577 
 
 2,962 
 
 4,173 
 
 7.497 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 1813 
 
 38 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 926 
 
 1,611 
 
 2,171 
 
 Sutton, - 
 
 1715 
 
 38 
 
 2,138 
 
 2,642 
 
 2,513 
 
 2,660 
 
 2,056 
 
 2,186 
 
 2,370 
 
 Douglas, - 
 
 1746 
 
 40 
 
 521 
 
 1,079 
 
 1,083 
 
 1,112 
 
 1,375 
 
 1,742 
 
 1,617 
 
 Pawtucket, 
 
 1828 
 
 36 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 
 . 
 
 1,459 
 
 2,184 
 
 Seekonk, - 
 
 1812 
 
 39 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 2,775 
 
 2,133 
 
 1,996 
 
 Eehoboth, 
 
 1645 
 
 36 
 
 3,690 
 
 4.710 
 
 4,743 
 
 4,866 
 
 2,710 
 
 2,459 
 
 2,l()9 
 
 Dighton, - 
 
 1712 
 
 36 
 
 1,174 
 
 1,793 
 
 1 ,666 
 
 ■ 
 
 1,059 
 
 1 ,007 
 
 i ,723 
 
 i,;i:s 
 
POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TOWN& 
 
 Incor. 
 
 c 
 O 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 1765 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Freetown, 
 Plymouth, 
 
 1683 
 1620 
 
 40 
 40 
 
 1,4921 2,202 
 2,177 2,995 
 
 2,535 l,878i 1,863 1,909 1,772 
 3,524 4,228 4,348 4,758 5,281 
 
 Total, 
 
 15,3271 23,507 
 
 25,109 26,387 29,131133,474 38,376 
 
 Ninth Range — 
 
 Containing 16 Towns over 40 and not exceeding 45 miles : 
 
 Ashby, 
 
 1767 
 
 44 
 
 . 
 
 751 
 
 941 
 
 1,103 
 
 1,188 
 
 1,240 
 
 1,246 
 
 Fitchburg, 
 
 1764 
 
 41 
 
 259 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,390 
 
 1,566 
 
 1,736 
 
 2,169 
 
 2,604 
 
 AVestminster, - 
 
 1759 
 
 44 
 
 468 
 
 1,176 
 
 1,369 
 
 1,419 
 
 1,634 
 
 1,696 
 
 1,645 
 
 Princeton, 
 
 1759 
 
 42 
 
 284 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,021 
 
 1,062 
 
 1,261 
 
 1,346 
 
 1,347 
 
 Kiilland, - 
 
 1714 
 
 45 
 
 1,090 
 
 1,072 
 
 1,202 
 
 1,231 
 
 1,262 
 
 1.276 
 
 1,260 
 
 Paxton, - 
 
 1765 
 
 43 
 
 . 
 
 558 
 
 582 
 
 619 
 
 613 
 
 597 
 
 670 
 
 Leicester, 
 
 1714 
 
 43 
 
 770 
 
 1,076 
 
 1,103 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,252 
 
 1,782 
 
 1,707 
 
 Auburn, - 
 
 1778 
 
 41 
 
 . 
 
 473 
 
 532 
 
 540 
 
 608 
 
 690 
 
 649 
 
 Oxford, - 
 
 1713 
 
 42 
 
 890 
 
 1,237 
 
 1,237 
 
 1,277 
 
 1,562 
 
 2,034 
 
 1,742 
 
 Webster, - 
 
 1832 
 
 44 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 1,403 
 
 Swansey, 
 
 1667 
 
 42 
 
 1,840 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,741 
 
 1,839 
 
 1,933 
 
 1,678 
 
 1,484 
 
 Somerset, 
 
 1790 
 
 42 
 
 . 
 
 1,151 
 
 1,232 
 
 1,199 
 
 1,116 
 
 1,023 
 
 1,005 
 
 Fall River, 
 
 1803 
 
 43 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,296 
 
 1,594 
 
 4,158 
 
 6,738 
 
 New Bedford, - 
 
 1787 
 
 45 
 
 - 
 
 3,313 
 
 4,361 
 
 5,651 
 
 3,947 
 
 7,592 
 
 12,087 
 
 Rochester, 
 
 1686 
 
 45 
 
 1,939 
 
 2,644 
 
 2,546 
 
 2,954 
 
 3,034 
 
 3.556 
 
 3,864 
 
 Wareham, 
 
 1739 
 
 44 
 
 503 
 
 854 
 
 770 
 
 851 
 
 952 
 
 1,885 
 
 2,002 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 
 8,043 
 
 18,296 
 
 20,027 
 
 23,788 
 
 23,692 
 
 32,722 
 
 41,453 
 
 Tenth Range — 
 
 Containing 12 Towns over 45 and not exceeding 50 miles : 
 
 Ashburnham, - 
 
 1765 
 
 48 
 
 (951) 
 
 951 
 
 994 
 
 1,036 
 
 1,230 
 
 1,402 
 
 1,652 
 
 Gardner, - 
 
 1785 
 
 49 
 
 
 531 
 
 667 
 
 815 
 
 911 
 
 1,023 
 
 1,260 
 
 Hubbardston, - 
 
 1767 
 
 48 
 
 . 
 
 933 
 
 1,113 
 
 1,127 
 
 1,367 
 
 1,674 
 
 1,784 
 
 Oakham, - 
 
 1762 
 
 49 
 
 270 
 
 772 
 
 801 
 
 848 
 
 986 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,038 
 
 Spencer, - 
 
 1753 
 
 47 
 
 664 
 
 1,322 
 
 1,432 
 
 1,453 
 
 1,548 
 
 1,618 
 
 1,604 
 
 Charleton, 
 
 1754 
 
 48 
 
 739 
 
 1,965 
 
 2,120 
 
 2,180 
 
 2,134 
 
 2,173 
 
 2,117 
 
 Dudley, - 
 
 1732 
 
 48 
 
 748 
 
 1,114 
 
 1,140 
 
 1,226 
 
 1,615 
 
 2,155 
 
 1,352 
 
 AV^estport, 
 
 1787 
 
 50 
 
 . 
 
 2,466 
 
 2,361 
 
 2,585 
 
 2,633 
 
 2,779 
 
 2,820 
 
 Dartmouth, 
 
 1664 
 
 50 
 
 4,506 
 
 2,499 
 
 2,660 
 
 3,219 
 
 3,636 
 
 3,866 4,135 
 
 Fairhaven, 
 
 1812i48 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 2,733 
 
 3,034 
 
 3,951 
 
 Sandwich, 
 
 1639 
 
 50 
 
 1,376 
 
 1,991 
 
 2,024 
 
 2,382 
 
 2,484 
 
 3,361 
 
 3,719 
 
 Provincetown, - 
 
 1727 
 
 47 
 
 (454) 
 
 454 
 
 812 
 
 936 
 
 1,252 
 
 1,710 
 
 2,122 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 9,708 
 
 14,998 
 
 16,124 
 
 17,807 
 
 22,529 
 
 25,805 
 
 27,554 
 
 Eleventh Range — Containing 10 Towns over 50 and not exceeding 55 miles : 
 
 "Winchendon, - 
 
 1764 
 
 53 
 
 (946) 
 
 946 
 
 1,092 
 
 1,173 
 
 1,263 
 
 1,463 
 
 1,754 
 
 Teitipleton, 
 
 1762 
 
 53 
 
 348 
 
 950 
 
 1,068 
 
 1,205 
 
 1,331 
 
 1,552 
 
 1,776 
 
 riiillipslon, 
 
 1786 
 
 55 
 
 . 
 
 740 
 
 802 
 
 839 
 
 916 
 
 932 
 
 919 
 
 JJuiic, 
 
 1753 
 
 'y2 
 
 731 
 
 1,613 
 
 1.937 
 
 1,971 
 
 2,077 
 
 2,503 
 
 2,751 
 
lUNii'F.S OF TOWNS. 
 
 59 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 I 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 
 s 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 New Braintree, 
 
 1751 
 
 54 
 
 594 
 
 939 
 
 875 
 
 912 888 
 
 825 
 
 752 
 
 N. Brookfield, - 
 
 181251 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,095 
 
 1,241 
 
 1,485 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 1673 52 
 
 1,811 
 
 3,100 
 
 3,284 
 
 3,170 2,292 
 
 2,342 
 
 2,472 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 1738 54 
 
 896 
 
 1,768 
 
 1,846 
 
 1,927 1,633 
 
 1,688 
 
 2,005 
 
 Southb ridge, - 
 
 1816 51 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 1,066 
 
 1,444 
 
 2,031 
 
 Truro, - 
 
 1709 54 
 
 924 
 
 1,103 
 
 1,152 
 
 1,209 1,241 
 
 1,547 
 
 1,920 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 
 6,253 
 
 11,249 
 
 12,056 
 
 12,406 
 
 13,802 
 
 15,537 
 
 17,865 
 
 Twelfth Range- 
 
 -Containing 13 Towns 
 
 over 55 and not exceeding 60 miles : 
 
 Royalston, 
 
 1765 
 
 60 
 
 (1,130) 
 
 1,130 
 
 1,243 
 
 1,415 
 
 1,424 
 
 1,493 
 
 1,667 
 
 Athol, 
 
 1762 
 
 60 
 
 359 
 
 848 
 
 993 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,211 
 
 1,325 
 
 1,591 
 
 Petersham, 
 
 1754 
 
 58 
 
 707 
 
 1,560 
 
 1,794 
 
 1,490 
 
 1,623 
 
 1,696 
 
 1,775 
 
 Dana, 
 
 1801 
 
 60 
 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 625 
 
 664 
 
 623 
 
 691 
 
 Hardwick, 
 
 1739 
 
 58 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,725 
 
 1,727 
 
 1,657 
 
 1,836 
 
 1,885 
 
 1,789 
 
 Ware, - 
 
 1761 
 
 60 
 
 485 
 
 773 
 
 997 
 
 996 
 
 1,154 
 
 2,045 
 
 1,890 
 
 Warren, - 
 
 1742 
 
 58 
 
 583 
 
 899 
 
 979 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,112 
 
 1,189 
 
 1,290 
 
 Brimfield, 
 
 1731 
 
 60 
 
 773 
 
 1,211 
 
 1,384 
 
 1,325 
 
 1,612 
 
 1,599 
 
 1,419 
 
 Holland, - 
 
 1783 
 
 59 
 
 
 428 
 
 445 
 
 420 
 
 453 
 
 453 
 
 423 
 
 Falmouth, 
 
 1686 
 
 57 
 
 1,063 
 
 1,637 
 
 1,882 
 
 2,237 
 
 2,370 
 
 2,548 
 
 2,589 
 
 Marshpee, 
 
 1763 
 
 58 
 
 108 
 
 308 
 
 155 
 
 139 
 
 150 
 
 
 309 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 1639 
 
 58 
 
 2,108 
 
 2,610 
 
 2,964 
 
 3,646 
 
 3,824 
 
 3,974 
 
 4,301 
 
 Wellfleet, 
 
 1763 
 
 60 
 
 917 
 
 1,117 
 
 1,207 
 
 1,402 
 
 1,472 
 
 2,046 
 
 2,377 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 9,243 
 
 14,246 
 
 15,770 
 
 17,407 
 
 18,905 20,878 
 
 22,111 
 
 Thirteenth Range 
 
 —Containing 11 Towns 
 
 over 60 and not exceeding 65 miles : 
 
 Orange, - 
 
 1783 
 
 ^')5 
 
 
 784 
 
 766 
 
 764 
 
 829 
 
 880 
 
 1,501 
 
 New Salem, 
 
 1753 
 
 64 
 
 375 
 
 1,543 
 
 1,949 
 
 2,107 
 
 2,146 
 
 1,889 
 
 1.305 
 
 Prescott, - 
 
 1822 64 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 . 
 
 758 
 
 780 
 
 Greenwich, 
 
 1754 61 
 
 434 
 
 1,045 
 
 1,460 
 
 1,225 
 
 778 
 
 813 
 
 824 
 
 Enfield, - 
 
 1816 
 
 64 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 873 
 
 1,056 
 
 976 
 
 Palmer, - 
 
 1752 
 
 63 
 
 508 
 
 809 
 
 1,039 
 
 1,114 
 
 1,197 
 
 1,237 
 
 2,139 
 
 Wales, - 
 
 1762 62 
 
 574 
 
 606 
 
 774 
 
 645 
 
 683 
 
 665 
 
 686 
 
 Yarmouth, 
 
 1639;62 
 
 1,740 
 
 2,678 
 
 1,727 
 
 2,134 
 
 2,232 
 
 2,251 
 
 2,554 
 
 Dennis, - 
 
 1793 
 
 63 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1,408 
 
 1,739 
 
 1,997 
 
 2,317 
 
 2,942 
 
 Brewster, - 
 
 1803 
 
 65 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1,112 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,418 
 
 1,522 
 
 Eastham, 
 
 1646 
 
 (>5 
 
 1,327 
 
 1,834 
 
 659 
 
 751 
 
 766 
 
 970 
 
 955 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 4,958 
 
 9,299 
 
 9,782 
 
 11,591 
 
 12,786 
 
 14,254 
 
 16,184 
 
 Fourteenth Range — Containing 15 Towns over 65 and not exceeding 70 miles : 
 
 Warwick, 
 
 1763 
 
 68 
 
 191 
 
 1,246 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,227 
 
 1,256 
 
 1,150 
 
 1,071 
 
 Erving, - 
 
 1838 
 
 70; 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 160 
 
 331 
 
 488 
 
 309 
 
 Wendell, - 
 
 1781 
 
 68 
 
 - 
 
 519 
 
 737 
 
 983 
 
 958 
 
 874 
 
 875 
 
 Shutesbury, 
 
 1761 
 
 68 
 
 330 
 
 671 
 
 930 
 
 939 
 
 1,029 
 
 986 
 
 987 
 
()0 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 
 !. 
 
 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 IncorJ i 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Pelham, - 
 
 1743 68 
 
 371 
 
 1,040 
 
 1,144 
 
 1,185 
 
 1,278 
 
 904 
 
 956 
 
 Belcherto-\vn, - 
 
 1761 67 
 
 418 
 
 1,485 
 
 1,878 
 
 2,270 
 
 2,426 
 
 2,491 
 
 2,554 
 
 Ludlow, - 
 
 1774 70 
 
 - 
 
 5()0 
 
 650 
 
 730 
 
 1,246 
 
 1,327 
 
 1,268 
 
 Wilbraham, 
 
 1763 70 
 
 491 
 
 1,555 
 
 1,743 
 
 1,776 
 
 1,979 
 
 2,034 
 
 1,864 
 
 Monson, - 
 
 1760 66 
 
 389 
 
 1,331 
 
 1,635 
 
 1,674 
 
 2,126 
 
 2,263 
 
 2,151 
 
 Chihnark, 
 
 1714 
 
 70 
 
 663 
 
 771 
 
 800 
 
 723 
 
 695 
 
 691 
 
 702 
 
 Tisbury, - 
 
 1671 
 
 ()8 
 
 739 
 
 1,142 
 
 1,092 
 
 1,202 
 
 1,223 
 
 1,317 
 
 1,520 
 
 Edgarton, 
 
 1671 
 
 70 
 
 944 
 
 1,352 
 
 1,226 
 
 1,365 
 
 1,374 
 
 1,509 
 
 1,736 
 
 Harwich, 
 
 1694 
 
 67 
 
 1,681 
 
 2,392 
 
 2,857 
 
 1,942 
 
 1,980 
 
 2,453 
 
 2,930 
 
 Chatham, 
 
 1712 
 
 70 
 
 678 
 
 1,140 
 
 1,351 
 
 1,334 
 
 1,630 
 
 2,130 
 
 2.33-1 
 
 Orleans, - 
 
 1797167 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,095 
 
 1,248 
 
 1,343 
 
 1,789 
 
 1,974 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 -1 
 
 6,895 
 
 15,207 
 
 18,371 
 
 18,7581 20,874 
 
 22,406 23,231 
 
 Fifteenth Range — Containing 7 Towns 
 
 over 70 and not exceeding 75 miles : 
 
 Northlield, 
 
 171472 
 
 415 
 
 868i 1,047 
 
 1,218 
 
 1 
 1,584 1,757 1,673 
 
 Gill, 
 
 179375 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 700 
 
 762 
 
 800 864 798 
 
 Montague, 
 
 1753 74 
 
 392 
 
 906 
 
 1 222 
 
 934 
 
 1,074 1,152 1,255 
 
 Leverett, - 
 
 177472 
 
 . 
 
 524 
 
 711 
 
 769; 857; 939; 875 
 
 Sunderland, 
 
 1714|75 
 
 (462) 
 
 462 
 
 537 
 
 551| 597 
 
 666 719 
 
 Amherst, - 
 
 1759 72 
 
 645 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,358 
 
 1,469 
 
 1,917 
 
 2,631 2,550 
 
 Granby, - 
 
 1768 73 
 
 - 
 
 596 
 
 786 
 
 850 
 
 1,066 
 
 1,064 971 
 
 Total, 
 
 
 1,914 
 
 4,589 
 
 6,361 
 
 6,5531 7,895i 9,073| 8,841 
 
 Sixteenth Range- 
 
 —Containing 9 Towns 
 
 over 75 and not exceeding 80 miles : 
 
 Bernardston, - 
 
 1762177 
 
 230 
 
 691 
 
 780 
 
 811 
 
 912 
 
 918' 992 
 
 Greenfield, 
 
 1753 
 
 78 
 
 368 
 
 1,498 
 
 1,254 
 
 1,165 
 
 1,361 
 
 1,540' 1,756 
 
 Deerfield, 
 
 1682 
 
 78 
 
 737 
 
 1,330 
 
 1.531 
 
 1,570 
 
 1,868 
 
 2.003i 1,912 
 
 Whately, - 
 
 1771 
 
 80 
 
 . 
 
 736. 
 
 773 
 
 891 
 
 1,076 
 
 1,111 1,072 
 
 Hatfield, - 
 
 1670 
 
 80 
 
 803 
 
 703 
 
 809 
 
 805 
 
 823 
 
 893 933 
 
 Hadley, - 
 
 1661 
 
 76 
 
 573 
 
 882 
 
 1,073 
 
 1,247| 1,461 
 
 1,686 1,814 
 
 South Hadley, - 
 
 1753 
 
 7S 
 
 817 
 
 759 
 
 801 
 
 902 
 
 1,047 
 
 1,185; 1,458 
 
 Springfield, 
 
 1646 
 
 76 
 
 2,755 
 
 1,574 
 
 2,312 
 
 2,767 
 
 3,914 
 
 6,7&1 10,985 
 
 Longmeadow, - 
 
 1783 
 
 77 
 
 - 
 
 744 
 
 973 
 
 1,036 
 
 1,171 
 
 1,257! 1,270 
 
 1 ' 
 
 Total, 
 
 
 - 
 
 6,283 
 
 8,917 
 
 10,306 
 
 11,194 
 
 13,633 
 
 17,3771 22,192 
 
 Seventeenth Range — Containing 8 Towns over 80 and not exceeding 85 miles ; 
 
 Leyden, - 
 
 1784 82 
 
 
 989 1,095 
 
 1,009 
 
 974 
 
 796 
 
 632 
 
 Shelburne, 
 
 1768 83 
 
 - 
 
 1,183 1,079 
 
 961 
 
 1,022 
 
 995 
 
 1,022 
 
 Conway, - 
 
 1767 83 
 
 . 
 
 2,092 2,013 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,705 
 
 1,563 
 
 1,409 
 
 Williamsburg, - 
 
 177184 
 
 - 
 
 1.049 1,176 
 
 1,122 
 
 1,087 
 
 1,236 
 
 1,309 
 
 Northampton, - 
 
 1654 81 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,628 2,190 
 
 2,631 
 
 2,854 
 
 3,613. 
 
 3,750 
 
RANGES OF TOWXS. 
 
 61 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 ~ 1 
 
 POPUr-ATION. 
 
 
 1765 1 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 1840 
 
 Easthampton, - 
 Southampton, - 
 AV. Springfield, 
 
 |1785 
 Il753 
 
 ;i774 
 
 1 
 
 81j 
 85 
 82 
 
 457 
 
 437 829 
 
 2,367 
 
 586 
 
 983 
 
 2,835 
 
 660 712 745 717 
 1,171 1,160 1.244 1,157 
 3,109 3,246 3,270 3,626 
 
 Total, 
 
 1 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,722 10,594! ll,957i 12,147| 12,760l 13,462 13,622 
 
 Eighteenth Range — Containing 11 Towns over 85 and not exceeding 90 miles 
 
 Coleraine, 
 
 1761186 
 
 297 
 
 1,417 
 
 2,014 
 
 2.016 
 
 1,961 
 
 1,877 1,971 
 
 Buckland, 
 
 177988 
 
 - 
 
 718 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,097 
 
 1,037 
 
 1,039 1,084 
 
 Ashfield, - 
 
 1765'8S (1,459; 
 
 1,459 
 
 1,741 
 
 1,809 
 
 1,748 
 
 1,732 1,610 
 
 Goshen, - 
 
 178i'87r - 
 
 681 
 
 724 
 
 652 
 
 632 
 
 617| 556 
 
 Chesterfield, 
 
 1762 89 
 
 161 
 
 1,183 
 
 1,323 
 
 1,408 
 
 1,447 
 
 1,416! 1,132 
 
 Norwich, - 
 
 1773 90 
 
 _ 
 
 742 
 
 959 
 
 968 
 
 849 
 
 795 
 
 750 
 
 "Westhampton, - 
 
 1778 87 
 
 . 
 
 683 
 
 756 
 
 793 
 
 896 
 
 918 
 
 759 
 
 Montgomery, - 
 
 1780 89 
 
 
 449 
 
 560 
 
 595 
 
 604 
 
 579 
 
 740 
 
 "Westfield, 
 
 1669 87 1,324 
 
 2,204 
 
 2.185 
 
 2,130 
 
 2,668 
 
 2,940 
 
 3,526 
 
 Southwick, 
 
 177087 
 
 . 
 
 841 
 
 867 
 
 1.229 
 
 1,255 
 
 1,355 
 
 1,214 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 1687 90 
 
 3,320 
 
 4,620 
 
 5,617 
 
 6,807 
 
 7,266 
 
 7,202| 9,012 
 
 Total, 
 
 -1- 
 
 6,561 
 
 14,997 
 
 17,787 
 
 19,504 
 
 20,363 
 
 20,470; 22,351 
 
 Nineteenth Range — Containing 11 Towns over 90 and not exceeding 95 miles 
 
 Heath, - 
 Rowe, 
 Charlemont, 
 Hawley, - 
 
 Plainfield, 
 Cummington, 
 Worthington, 
 Chester, - 
 Bland ford, 
 Russell, - 
 Granville, 
 
 Total, 
 
 1785191 . 
 
 1785:95 - 
 
 176593 (743)1 
 
 1792 93' - I 
 1785 93 
 
 177993' - 
 
 1768:94: - 
 1765195(1,119) 
 
 174195: 406 
 
 179291' - 
 
 1754 95 682! 
 
 I 
 
 379 
 
 443 
 
 743 
 
 539 
 
 458 
 
 873 
 
 1,116 
 
 1,119 
 
 1,416 
 
 1,979 
 
 604 
 575 
 
 1,090 
 
 878 
 
 797 
 
 985 
 
 1,223 
 
 1,542 
 
 1,778 
 
 431 
 
 2,309 
 
 917 
 
 1,122 
 
 839 
 
 851 
 
 1,107 
 
 1,231 
 
 1.031 
 
 1,089 
 
 977 
 
 936 
 
 1,009 
 
 1,060 
 
 1,391 
 
 1,27( 
 
 1.531 ; 1,526 
 
 1,6131 1,515 
 
 422 
 
 491 
 
 1,504! 1,643' 
 
 1,199 
 716 
 
 1,194 
 1,037 
 
 984 
 1,26J 
 1.179 
 1,407 
 1.590 
 
 507 
 1,649 
 
 895 
 
 703 
 
 1.127 
 
 977 
 
 910 
 
 1,237 
 
 1,197 
 
 1,632 
 
 1,127 
 
 95.> 
 
 1,114 
 
 2,950; 9,065 12,212| 12,344 12,740: 12,723| 12,474 
 
 Twentieth Range — Containing 7 Towns over 95 and not exceeding 100 miles : 
 
 Monroe. - 
 
 1822 100 
 
 
 
 
 
 265 
 
 282 
 
 Florida, - 
 
 1805 100 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 392 
 
 431 
 
 454! 
 
 441 
 
 Savoy, 
 
 1797 100 
 
 - 
 
 430 
 
 711 
 
 852 
 
 927| 
 
 915 
 
 Windsor, - 
 
 1771 100 
 
 . 
 
 916, 961 
 
 1,108 
 
 1,085 
 
 1,042 
 
 897 
 
 Peru, 
 
 1771 100 
 
 . 
 
 1,041 1,.361 
 
 912 
 
 748 
 
 729 
 
 576 
 
 Middlefield, - 
 
 1783i 98 
 
 . 
 
 608 877 
 
 822 
 
 755 
 
 720 
 
 1,717 
 
 Tolland, - 
 
 1810 100 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 798 
 
 692 
 
 723 
 
 627 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 1 - 
 
 - 1 2,565| 3,629 
 
 4,743 
 
 4,563 
 
 4,860 
 
 5,455 
 
62 
 
 POPrT,.\TIOX OF M-V.-iSAfin-^^ETTS. 
 
 Tiveniy-fu-^t Rangf.—Co\\\.vimms, S Tou-ns over 100 and not exceeding 105 
 
 miles : 
 
 TOV\T*fS 
 
 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 
 a 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 ] 1840 
 
 Clarksburg, - 
 Adams, - 
 Cheshire, 
 Dalton, - 
 Hinsdale, 
 Becket, - 
 Otis, 
 Sandisfield, - 
 
 1798 
 1778 
 1793 
 1781 
 1804 
 1765 
 1773 
 1762 
 
 105 
 105 
 105 
 105 
 102 
 101 
 102 
 105 
 
 (751) 
 409 
 
 2,465 
 
 554 
 
 751 
 
 605 
 
 1,742 
 
 253 
 
 L688 
 
 1,325 
 
 859 
 
 930 
 1,102 
 1,857 
 
 231 
 
 1,763 
 1,315 
 
 779 
 
 822 
 
 1,028 
 
 1.111 
 
 1,795 
 
 274 
 
 1.836 
 
 1,202 
 
 817 
 
 822 
 
 984 
 
 981 
 
 1,646 
 
 315 370 
 2,649 3.703 
 1,050 985 
 827 1,255 
 780 955 
 1,063, 1,3-J2 
 1,012' 1,177 
 1,655 1,464 
 
 Total, - 
 
 - 
 
 1,160 
 
 6,117 
 
 8,014' 8,844 
 
 8,562 
 
 9,351 11,251 
 
 Twenty-second Range — Containing 6 Towns over 105 and not exceeding 110 
 
 miles : 
 
 New Ashford, 
 
 1781 
 
 110 - 460 
 
 390 
 
 411 
 
 358 
 
 285 
 
 227 
 
 Lanesborough, 
 
 1765 
 
 110(2,i42J 2,142 
 
 1,443 
 
 1,303 
 
 1,319 
 
 1,192 
 
 1,140 
 
 Washington, - 
 
 1777 
 
 106 - 
 
 588 
 
 914 
 
 942 
 
 750 
 
 701 
 
 991 
 
 Lee, 
 
 1777 
 
 109 - 
 
 1,170; 1,267 
 
 1,305 
 
 1,384 
 
 1,825 
 
 2,428 
 
 Tyringham, - 
 
 1762 
 
 109 325 
 
 1,397, 1,712 
 
 1,689 
 
 1,443 
 
 1,350 
 
 1,477 
 
 N. Marlboro', 
 
 1759 
 
 110'(1,550) 
 
 1,550 1,848 
 
 1,832 
 
 1,668 
 
 1,656 
 
 1,682 
 
 Total, 
 
 - 
 
 - 4,017 7,307i 7,574 
 
 7,482 
 
 6,922 7,009 
 
 7,945 
 
 Twenty-third Range — Containing 7 Towns over 110 and not exceeding 115 
 
 miles : 
 
 Twenty-fourth Range — Containing 4 Towns over 115 and not exceeding 120 
 
 miles : 
 
 W.Slockbridge, 1774 117 
 Alford, - - 1773|1I9 
 Esremont, - 17601120 
 Sheffield, - 1733117 
 
 (759) 
 1,073 
 
 1,113 
 
 577 
 
 759 
 
 1,899 
 
 1,002 1,049 1,034 1,209 
 518 522 570 512 
 835' 790| 865 890 
 
 2,050 2,439 2,476 2,382 
 
 1,448 
 
 481 
 
 1,038 
 
 2,322 
 
 'J'otal. - ! - 1 - 
 
 1,832 
 
 4,348 
 
 4,405. 4,800 4.915 4.993 
 
 5,289 
 
RANGES OF TOWNS. 63 
 
 Twenty-fifth Range — Containing 2 Towns over 120 miles : 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 Incor. 
 
 1 
 S 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Mt.Washingt'n, 
 Boston Corner, 
 
 1779 
 
 1838 
 
 123 
 125 
 
 261 
 
 ()7 
 
 291 
 
 474 
 
 467 
 92 
 
 345 
 64 
 
 438 
 65 
 
 Total, 
 
 
 328 
 
 29 1| 474 
 
 559 
 
 409 
 
 5G3 
 
 RECAPITULATION 
 
 Of the Population of the Ton-ns, and of their Distances from Boston, together 
 with their Proportion of the Population to the rvhole Population of the State, 
 in 1765, 1790 and 1840, bi/ Eanges of 5 miles. 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 Proportion to whole 
 
 
 Distance 
 
 
 Population per cent. 
 
 Ranges. 
 
 H 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Boston. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1840 
 
 Boston, 
 
 1 
 
 
 15,.520 
 
 18,320 
 
 24,937 33,787 
 11,770 15,867 
 
 43,298 
 
 61,392 
 
 93,333: 
 
 6-35 
 
 4^&4 
 
 12-66 
 
 1st Ran. 
 
 7 
 
 1 to 5 
 
 7,249 
 
 8,602 
 
 19,949 
 
 26,962 
 
 39,0371 
 
 2-97 
 
 2-27 
 
 5-29 
 
 2d " 
 
 16 
 
 5—10 
 
 12,424 
 
 13,.553 15,539| 19,733 
 
 30,841 .34,054' 39,485 
 
 23,701 
 
 30,622 
 
 40,483' 
 
 5-09 
 
 3^5<> 
 
 5-49 
 
 3d " 
 
 19 
 
 10—15 
 
 22,694 
 
 42,469 
 
 45,146 
 
 51,8081 
 
 9-29 
 
 8'14 
 
 7-02 
 
 4th " 
 
 21 
 
 15—20 
 
 22,940 
 
 26,872 26,803, 28,574 
 
 .32,674 
 
 35,860 
 
 40,707! 
 
 9-40 
 
 7-09 
 
 5-52 
 
 5th " 
 
 29 
 
 20—25 
 
 23,191 
 
 31, 894! 32,641 1. 34,561 
 
 41,292 
 
 50,764 
 
 69,0001 
 
 9-50 
 
 8-42 
 
 9-35 
 
 6lh " 
 
 26 
 
 25—30 
 
 28,419 
 
 .36,358,. 37,673: 40,373 
 
 40,291 
 
 45,206 
 
 52,3841 
 
 11-64 
 
 9-60 
 
 710 
 
 7th " 
 
 17 
 
 30—35 
 
 20,549 
 
 26,562:29,019 31,767 
 
 33.486 
 
 .36,863 
 
 40,270 
 
 8-42 
 
 7-01 
 
 5-46 
 
 8th " 
 
 16 
 
 35-40 
 
 15,327 
 
 23,507125,109 26,387 
 
 29,131 
 
 33,474 
 
 38,.376 
 
 6-28 
 
 6^21 
 
 5-20 
 
 9th " 
 
 16 
 
 40-45 
 
 8,043 
 
 18,296:20,027 23,783 
 
 23,692 
 
 32,722 
 
 41,453i 
 
 3-29 
 
 4-83 
 
 5-62 
 
 10th " 
 
 12 
 
 45—50 
 
 9,708 
 
 14,998 
 
 16,124; 17,807 
 
 22,529 
 
 25,805 
 
 27,5.54 
 
 3-98 
 
 396 
 
 374 
 
 nth •' 
 
 10 
 
 50—55 
 
 6,253 
 
 11,249 
 
 12,056j 12,406 
 
 13,802 
 
 15,.5.37 
 
 17,865 
 
 2-56 
 
 2^96 
 
 2-42 
 
 12th " 
 
 13 
 
 55—60 
 
 9,243 
 
 14,246 
 
 15,770 
 
 17,407 
 
 18,905 
 
 20,876 
 
 22.111 
 
 3-79 
 
 377 
 
 3^00 
 
 13th " 
 
 11 
 
 60—65 
 
 4,958 
 
 9,299 
 
 9,782 
 
 11,591 
 
 12,786 
 
 14,2.54 
 
 16,184 
 
 2-03 
 
 2-45 
 
 219 
 
 14th " 
 
 15 
 
 G.J— 70 
 
 6,895 
 
 15,207 
 
 18,371 
 
 18,758 
 
 20,874 
 
 22,406 
 
 23,231 
 
 2-82 
 
 4-02 
 
 315 
 
 15th •' 
 
 7 
 
 70—75 
 
 1,914 
 
 4,589 
 
 6,361 
 
 6,553 
 
 7,895 
 
 9,073 
 
 8,841 
 
 ■78 
 
 1-21 
 
 120 
 
 16th " 
 
 9 
 
 75—80 
 
 6,283 
 
 8,917 
 
 10,306 
 
 11,194 
 
 13,6.33 
 
 17,377 
 
 22,192 
 
 2-.57 
 
 2-35 
 
 301 
 
 17th " 
 
 8 
 
 80— .S5 
 
 1,722 
 
 iO.594 111,957 
 
 12.4471 12,760 
 
 13,462 
 
 13,622 
 
 •71 
 
 2-80 
 
 1-84 
 
 18th " 
 
 11 
 
 S.'S— 90 
 
 6,561 
 
 14,997 
 
 17,787 
 
 19,504; 20,363 
 
 20.470 
 
 22,:554 
 
 2-69 
 
 3 96 
 
 3-03 
 
 19lh " 
 
 11 
 
 90—95 
 
 2,950 
 
 9,065 
 
 12,212 
 
 12,344, 12,740 
 
 12,723 
 
 12,474 
 
 1-21 
 
 2-39 
 
 1-69 
 
 2t)th " 
 
 7 
 
 9^3—100 
 
 
 2,.%5 
 
 3,629 
 
 4,743 
 
 4,563 
 
 4,860 
 
 5,4.55 
 
 
 •68 
 
 •74 
 
 21st " 
 
 8 
 
 I0(}— 105 
 
 1,160 
 
 6,117 
 
 8,014 
 
 8,844 
 
 8,562 
 
 9,351 
 
 11,251 
 
 •47 
 
 V%2 
 
 1.53 
 
 22d " 
 
 6 
 
 105—110 
 
 4,017 
 
 7,307 
 
 7,.574 
 
 7,482 
 
 6.922 
 
 7,009 
 
 7.945 
 
 r65 
 
 1-93 
 
 107 
 
 23d " 
 
 7 
 
 110—115 
 
 4.297 
 
 10,156 
 
 10,6:34 
 
 ll,064i 11,466 
 
 12,792 
 
 13,928 
 
 1^76 
 
 2'G8 
 
 1-89 
 
 24ih " 
 
 4 
 
 115—120 
 
 1,832 
 
 4,348 
 
 4,405 
 
 4,800t 4,945 
 
 4.99.J 
 
 5,289 
 
 •75 
 
 114 
 
 •72 
 
 25th " 
 
 2 
 
 120-125 
 
 - 
 
 328 
 
 291 
 
 474 5.59 
 
 409 
 
 503 
 
 
 ■m 
 
 -07 
 
 Total, 
 
 309 
 
 
 244149 
 
 378787 
 
 422845 
 
 472040 523287 
 
 610408 
 
 7.37700 
 
 100^ 
 
 100- 
 
 100- 
 
 It will be perceived that the proportion of the population in the ranges was very different at 
 the three dates specified in the Recapitulation. That of Boston in 1765 was one and a half jur 
 cent, greater than in 1790. In 1840 it was nearly double what it was in 1765 and nearly three 
 times what it was 1790. The proportion in the ranges of contiguous towns was nearly the same 
 at the first two dates, and nearly double at the last. In the 2d range it was nearly the same at 
 the extreme dates, but much le.ss in 1790. In the 3d range it decreased during each period, and 
 in the 4th, still more. In the .5111 it was nearly the same at the three dates. In the 6th, 7lh and 
 8th it decreased, and in the 9th, increased, during each period. In the Uth, r2th, 13lh, 14th, 
 15th and 16th it varied but little at the three dates. In the 17th, 18th and 19th it was greater 
 in 1790 than in 1765 or 181:0. In the 20th and 2I.st it increased, aud in the 'i2A, 23d and 21th, 
 Wd3 nearly stationary, and in tho 2jlh. slightly increased. 
 
64 
 
 
 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TABLE IX : Pakt I.— Exhibiting the Topvlation of Massachusetts and its Increase in 25 years, fm\ 
 
 ii 
 
 17i;5 
 
 to 1790, and in each Decennial Period from 1790 to J 
 
 840, together n-ith the Proportion pt\ 
 
 \¥ 
 
 Raugea. 
 
 G 
 1 
 
 Distance 
 from 
 
 Census. 
 
 Increase in 25 yrs. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census. 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census 
 
 * 
 
 Boston, 
 in miles. 
 
 1765 
 
 Ami. 1 Per ct. 
 
 1790 
 
 Ami. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 1800 
 
 Ami. 
 
 Per cl. 
 
 1810 
 
 " 
 
 Boston 
 
 1| - - 
 
 15.520 
 
 2,800 18-02 18,320 
 
 6,617 
 
 36-11 
 
 24,937 
 
 8,850 
 
 35-48 
 
 33,78 
 
 '-" 
 
 Isi R. 
 
 7 1 to 5 
 
 7;249 
 
 1.353 
 
 18-66 8,602 
 
 3,168 
 
 36-82 
 
 11,770 
 
 4,097 
 
 34-80 
 
 15,86 
 
 
 ) 
 
 8i 5 
 
 22,769 
 
 4,153 
 
 I8-24' 26,922 
 
 9,785 
 
 36-34 
 
 36,707 
 
 12,947 
 
 35-27 
 
 49,65 
 
 
 2a 
 
 l(j 5 to 10 
 
 12,424 
 
 1,129 
 
 9081 13,553 
 
 1,986 
 
 14-65 
 
 15,539 
 
 4,194 
 
 26-99 
 
 19,73 
 
 
 1 
 
 24 
 
 lOl 
 
 35,193 
 
 5,282 
 
 1500 
 
 40,475 
 
 11,771 
 
 29-08 
 
 52,246 
 
 17,141 
 
 32-80 
 
 69,38 
 
 
 3d 
 
 19 
 
 10 to 151 22,694 
 
 8,147 
 
 35-89 
 
 30,841 
 
 3,213 
 
 10-41 
 
 34,054 
 
 5,431 
 
 15-91 
 
 39,48 
 
 
 ) 
 
 43 
 
 15 57,887 
 
 13,429 
 
 23-29 
 
 71,316 
 
 14.984 
 
 21-01 
 
 86,300 
 
 22,572 
 
 26-15 
 
 10887 
 
 
 4 th 
 
 21 
 
 15 to 20 1 22,940 
 
 3,932 
 
 17-14 
 
 26,872 
 
 dec69 
 
 —•25 
 
 26,803 
 
 1,771 
 
 6-60 
 
 28,57 
 
 
 
 64 20' 80,827 
 
 17,361 
 
 21-47 
 
 98,188 
 
 14,915 
 
 15-19 
 
 113103 
 
 24,343 
 
 21-51 
 
 13744 
 
 
 .'')th 
 
 20 20 to 25 23,191 
 
 8,703 
 
 37-53 
 
 31,894 
 
 747 
 
 2-34 
 
 32,641 
 
 2,220 
 
 6-80 
 
 34,86 
 
 
 
 93 25104018 
 
 26,064 
 
 25-05 
 
 130082 
 
 15,662 
 
 12-03 
 
 145744 
 
 26,563 
 
 18-22 
 
 17230 
 
 1/ 
 
 6th 
 
 26 25 to 30 28,419 
 
 7,939 
 
 27 93 
 
 36,358 
 
 1,315 
 
 3-61 
 
 37,673 
 
 2,700 
 
 7-16 
 
 40,37 
 
 l^ 
 
 ) 
 
 119: 30132437 
 
 34,003 
 
 25-67 
 
 166440 
 
 16,977 
 
 10 20 
 
 183417 
 
 29,263 
 
 15-95 
 
 21268 
 
 
 7lh 
 
 17 
 
 30 to 35 20,549 
 
 6,013 
 
 29-26 
 
 26,562 
 
 , 2,457 
 
 921 
 
 29,019 
 
 2,748 
 
 9-45 
 
 31,76 
 
 
 
 136 
 
 35152986 
 
 40,016 
 
 26-15 
 
 193002 
 
 19,434 
 
 1006 
 
 212436 
 
 32,011 
 
 15-06 
 
 24444 
 
 cyi 
 
 8th 
 
 16 
 
 35 to 40i 15,327 
 
 8,180 
 
 51-02 
 
 23,507 
 
 1,602 
 
 6-81 
 
 25,109 
 
 1,278 
 
 5-08 
 
 26,38 
 
 
 
 152 
 
 40 168313 
 
 48,196 
 
 28-63 
 
 216509 
 
 21,036 
 
 9-71 
 
 237545 
 
 32,289 
 
 14-01 
 
 27083 
 
 9th 
 
 16 
 
 40 to 45 
 
 8,043 
 
 10,253 
 
 127-47 
 
 18,296 
 
 1,731 
 
 9-46 
 
 20.027 
 
 3,761 
 
 18-77 
 
 23,78 
 
 
 
 168 
 
 45 
 
 176356 
 
 58,449 
 
 33-14 
 
 234805 
 
 22,767 
 
 9-691257572 
 
 37,050 
 
 14-38 
 
 29462 
 
 
 10th 
 
 12 
 
 45 to 50 
 
 9,708 
 
 5,290 
 
 54-49 
 
 14,998 
 
 ' 1,126 
 
 7-50 
 
 16,124 
 
 1,683 
 
 10-43 
 
 17,80 
 
 
 
 180 
 
 50 
 
 186064 
 
 63,739 
 
 34-25 
 
 249803 
 
 23,893 
 
 9-56 
 
 273696 
 
 38,733 
 
 14-15 
 
 31242 
 
 ;; 
 
 nth 
 
 10 
 
 50 to 55 
 
 6,253 
 
 4,996 
 
 79-89 
 
 11,249 
 
 807 
 
 7-17 
 
 12,056 
 
 350 
 
 2-90 
 
 12,40 
 
 
 
 190 
 
 55 
 
 192317 
 
 68,735 
 
 35-74 
 
 261052 
 
 24,700 
 
 9-46 
 
 285752 
 
 39,083 
 
 13-67 
 
 32483 
 
 
 12th 
 
 13 
 
 55 to 60 
 
 9,243jl 5,003 
 
 54-12 
 
 14,246 
 
 1,524 
 
 10-69 
 
 15,770 
 
 1,637 
 
 10-38 
 
 17,40' 
 
 " 
 
 
 203 
 
 60 
 
 20156U 
 
 73,738 
 
 36-58 275298 
 
 26,224 
 
 9-52 
 
 301522 
 
 40,720 
 
 13-50 
 
 34224: 
 
 
 J 3th 
 
 11 
 
 60 to 65 
 
 4,958 
 
 4,341 
 
 87-55 9,299 
 
 483 
 
 5-19 
 
 9,782 
 
 1,809 
 
 18-49| 11,59 
 
 
 
 214 
 
 65 
 
 206518 
 
 78,079 
 
 37-80 284597 
 
 26,707 
 
 9-38 
 
 311304 
 
 42,529 
 
 13-66:35383: 
 
 Mth 
 
 15 
 
 05 to 70 
 
 6,895 
 
 8,312 
 
 120-55 15,207 
 
 3,164 
 
 20-74 
 
 18,371 
 
 3871 2-15| 18,751 
 
 
 229 
 
 70 
 
 2134131186,391 
 
 40-48 299804 
 
 29,871 
 
 9-96 
 
 329675 
 
 42,916 13-0137259 
 
 
 1.3th 
 
 7| 70 to 75 
 
 1,914't 2,675 
 
 139-751 4,589 
 
 1,772 
 
 3861 
 
 6,361 
 
 192 3 01 6,55; 
 
 
 
 236 
 
 75 
 
 215327; 189,066 
 
 41-36 304393 
 
 31,643 
 
 10-39 
 
 336036 
 
 43,1081 12-82 37914- 
 
 
 Kith 
 
 9 
 
 75 to 80 
 
 6,283 
 
 1 2,634 
 
 41-93 8,917 
 
 1,389 
 
 15-57 
 
 10,306 
 
 888i 8-61 11.19- 
 
 r 
 
 
 245 
 
 80 
 
 221610 
 
 91,700 
 
 41-37313310 
 
 33,032 
 
 10-54 
 
 346342 
 
 43,9961 12 70 390331; 
 
 * 
 11 
 
 I'th 
 
 8 
 
 80 to 85 
 
 1,722 
 
 8,872 
 
 515-21' 10.594 
 
 1,363 
 
 12-86 
 
 11,957 
 
 490i 4-08 12,44' 
 
 
 253 
 
 85 
 
 223332 
 
 100572 
 
 4503 323904 
 
 34.395 
 
 10-61 
 
 358299 
 
 44,486' 12-41 40278,' 
 
 18th 1 
 
 1] 
 
 85 to 90 
 
 6,561 
 
 8,436 
 
 128 •57; 14.997 
 
 2,790 
 
 19-93 
 
 17,787 
 
 1,717 
 
 9-65 19,504 
 
 1 
 
 264 
 
 90 
 
 229893 
 
 109008 
 
 47-4l!338901 
 
 37,185 
 
 10-97 
 
 376086 
 
 46,203 
 
 12-28 42228$ 
 
 1 
 
 :i 
 I 
 
 J 0th \ 
 
 11 
 
 90 to <I5 
 
 2,950 
 
 6,115 
 
 207-281 9,065 
 
 3,147 
 
 34-71 
 
 12 212 
 
 132 
 
 1-08 12,34^ 
 
 ) 
 
 275 
 
 95 
 
 232843 
 
 115123 
 
 49-44'347966 
 
 40,332 
 
 11-59 
 
 38'8298 
 
 46,335 
 
 11-93 43463: 
 
 COth 
 
 7 
 
 95 to 100 
 
 
 2,565 
 
 - 1 2,565 
 
 1,064 
 
 41-48 
 
 3,629 
 
 1,114 
 
 30-69 4,74; 
 
 i 
 
 
 282 
 
 100 
 
 232843 
 
 117688 
 
 50-54350531 
 
 41,396 
 
 11-80 
 
 391927 
 
 47,449 
 
 12-10 43937f 
 
 ■ 
 
 21st 
 
 8 
 
 100 tol05 
 
 1,160 
 
 4,957 
 
 427-.32i 6,117 
 
 1,897 
 
 31-01 
 
 8.014 
 
 830j 10-35| 8,84* 
 
 .1 
 
 1? 
 '1 
 
 
 290 
 
 105 
 
 234003 
 
 122615 
 
 52-41 356648 
 
 43,293 
 
 1213 
 
 399941 
 
 48,2791 12-07;44822t 
 
 22(1 
 
 6 
 
 105tol]0 
 
 4,017 
 
 3.290 
 
 81-92' 7,307 
 
 267 
 
 3-65 
 
 7.574 
 
 dec92 
 
 —1-21 7,48f 
 
 
 
 296 
 
 110 
 
 23802(1 
 
 125935 
 
 52-90 363955 
 
 43,560 
 
 11-96 
 
 407515 
 
 48,187 
 
 11-82 4557051 
 
 23d 
 
 7 
 
 110toll5 
 
 4,297 
 
 5,859 
 
 136-35 10,156 
 
 478 
 
 4-76 
 
 10,634 
 
 430 
 
 4-04 11,06* 
 
 'i 
 
 
 303 
 
 115 
 
 242317 
 
 131794 
 
 54-38 374111 
 
 44,038 
 
 11-77 
 
 418149 
 
 48,617 
 
 11-62 46676* 
 
 1 
 
 21th 
 
 4,115 to 120 
 
 1,832 
 
 2,516 
 
 137-33, 4,348 
 
 57 
 
 1-31 
 
 4,405 
 
 395 
 
 8-96 4,80(1 
 
 
 307 120 
 
 244149 
 
 134310 
 
 55-01 378459 
 
 44,095 
 
 11-65 
 
 422554 
 
 49,012 
 
 11-59,47156(1 
 
 25th 
 
 2,120tol25 
 
 - 
 
 328 
 
 328 1 dec37 
 
 -11-28 
 
 291 
 
 183 
 
 1)2-88 47 
 
 
 Total, 
 
 309 
 
 125 
 
 249149 
 
 1134638 
 
 55-14 378787 11,058 
 
 11-63'422815 49,195 
 
 11-63 IVJO41 
 
 "- 
 
INCREASE IN THE RANGES. 
 
 65 
 
 . »/ the Population in each Range to the n-hole number in the State in 17b5, 1790 and 1840, 
 Parts of the State within certain Radial Distances from Boston, by Ranges of 5 miles. 
 
 ease in 10 yrs. Census. 
 
 Perct. I 1820 
 
 511 
 082 
 593 
 968 
 561 
 934 
 545 
 100 
 ,645: 
 431| 
 076! 
 ■c82| 
 994 1 
 719; 
 713' 
 
 17441 
 457j 
 c96i 
 3611 
 722, 
 083; 
 396 1 
 479; 
 498; 
 1(977i 
 195 
 172. 
 116. 
 288 
 342 
 
 (630 
 439: 
 069' 
 313 
 382 
 859; 
 2411 
 396' 
 
 1637 
 180 
 457 
 282 
 175 
 560 
 K615 
 402 
 
 ^017 
 145 
 
 ^162 
 85 
 
 28 14' 43,298' 
 25-72' 19,9491 
 27-37j 63,247 
 20-10 23,701 
 25-30 86.948 
 
 7-55' 42,469 
 18-87 129417: 
 14-34 32,674i 
 17-93 162091' 
 18-44 41.2921 
 lS-03 203383 
 —•20 40,291' 
 14-57 243674: 
 
 5-41 33,486 
 13-38 277160^ 
 10-39 29,1311 
 13-09|30629r 
 —401 23,692 
 12-00|329983 
 
 Increase in lOyrs 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 26-51 
 12-82 
 11-25 
 12-76 
 8-60 
 1255 
 10 30 
 12-48 
 11-28 
 12-42 
 20 47 
 
 22.529 
 352512 
 13,802 
 366314 
 18,905 
 385219 
 12,786 
 398005 
 28,874 
 418879 
 7,895 
 
 12-56426774 
 21-78 13,633 
 12 82|440407 
 2-511 12,760 
 12-50453167 
 
 4-40: 
 
 12-13 
 
 3-20 
 
 11-88 
 —1-85 
 
 11-71 
 —3-18 
 
 11-41 
 —7-48 
 
 20.363 
 473530 
 12,740' 
 486270! 
 4.5631 
 490833 
 8,562 
 499395 
 6,922 
 11-10 506317 
 3-63! 11,466 
 10-92517783 
 3-02 4,945 
 10-84 522728 
 17-93; 559 
 
 18,094 
 
 7,013 
 25,107 
 
 6,921 
 32,028 
 
 2,677 
 34,705 
 
 3,186 
 37,891 
 
 9,472 
 47,363 
 
 4,915 
 52,278 
 
 3,377 
 55,655 
 
 4,343 
 59,998' 
 
 9,030 
 69,028; 
 
 3,2761 
 72,304 
 
 1,735| 
 74,039: 
 
 l,97ll 
 76,010! 
 
 1,468 
 77,478 
 
 1,532 
 79,010 
 
 1,178 
 80,188 
 
 3,744 
 
 83.932 
 
 702 
 
 84,634 
 
 '107^ 
 
 84,741 
 
 dec 17 
 84,724 
 297 
 85,021 
 I 789 
 I 85,810 
 I 87 
 I 85,897 
 i 1,326 
 
 87,223 
 48 
 
 87.271 
 dec 150 
 
 41-78 
 35-15 
 39-69 
 29-20 
 36-83 
 
 6-30 
 26-81 
 
 9-75 
 23 
 22-93 
 23-28 
 12-19 
 21-45 
 10-08 
 20-08 
 14-90 
 19-58 
 38-11 
 20-91 
 14-54 
 20-51 
 12-57 
 20-21 
 10-42 
 
 CensiLs. ill'icroase in lOyrs.i Census. 
 
 1B30 ! Ami. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 1840 
 
 61,392! 
 26,962 i 
 88,354! I 
 30,622 ' 
 118976' 
 45,146 
 164122 
 35,860! 
 199982| 
 50,764 
 250746 
 45,206 
 295952 
 36,863 
 332815 
 33,474 
 366289 
 32,722 
 399011 
 25,805 
 421816 
 15,537 
 440353 
 20,876 
 
 19-73 461229 
 
 1148 
 19-46 
 
 7-33 
 18-86 
 14-92 
 18-78 
 27-46 
 19-06 
 
 5-50 
 18-67 
 
 14,254 
 
 475483 
 
 22,406 
 
 497889'i 
 
 9,0731 
 
 506962 
 
 17.377 
 
 524339 
 
 13.462 
 
 537801 
 
 -521 20,470 
 
 17-891558271 
 
 — 13| 12,723 
 
 17-42!570994 
 
 6-50 4,860 
 
 17-32575854' 
 
 9 21 9,351 
 
 17-18585205 
 
 1-25| 7,009, 
 
 16-96592214 
 
 11-56! 12,792 
 
 16 84 605006 
 
 -97 4,993 
 
 16-69 609999 
 
 -26-83 409 
 
 31,991| 
 12,0751 
 44,066 
 
 9,861 
 53,927 
 
 6,662 
 60,589 
 
 4,847 
 65,436 
 18,236 
 83,672 
 
 7,178 
 90,850 
 
 3,407 
 94,257 
 
 4,902i 
 99,159! 
 
 8,73l| 
 1078901 
 
 1,749: 
 109639 
 
 2,328 
 111967 
 
 1,235 
 113202 
 
 1,930 
 115132 
 825 
 115957 
 dec 232 
 115725 
 
 4,815 
 ,120540 
 1 160 
 1120700 
 I 1,884 
 122584 
 'dec 249 
 122.335 
 j 595 
 1122930 
 i 1,900 
 '124830 
 I 936 
 125766 
 I 1,136 
 
 126902 
 296 
 
 127198 
 94 
 
 52-IOI 93,383 
 44-78; 39,037 
 49-87132420 
 32-20i 40,483 
 45-32!l72903 
 14-75 51,808 
 36-91224711 
 13-51] 40,707 
 32-72265418 
 35-92! 69,000 
 33-36,334418 
 15-87' 52,384 
 30-691386802 
 
 9-241 40,270 
 28-3i;427072 
 14-64' 38,376 
 27-07!465448 
 26 68! 41,453 
 27-031506901 
 
 6-77! 27,554 
 25-80 534455 
 14-98! 17,865 
 25-42,552320 
 
 5 91 22,111 
 24-54 574431 
 13-53 16,184 
 24-21590615] 
 
 3-68 23,23l! 
 23-286138461 
 —2-55! 8,841' 
 22-82 622687 
 27-70 22,192! 
 22-98 044879! 
 
 1-18 13,622' 
 22-44 658501, 
 
 9 20 22,354 
 
 21-95 680855 
 
 —1-95 12,474 
 
 21-42 693.329 
 
 12-241 5,455 
 21-34 698784 
 
 20-31, 11,251 
 
 21 33 710035 
 
 Proportion to tliR whole 
 Population, per cent. 
 
 1765 
 
 13-35 
 21-23 
 
 8-SS 
 20-97 
 
 5-92 
 
 7.945' 
 717980' 
 13,928 
 731908 
 
 5,289 
 
 20-85 !737 197 
 22-981 503 
 
 6-35 
 
 2-96 
 
 9-32 
 
 5-08 
 14-41 
 
 9-29 
 23-70 
 
 9-39 
 33-10 
 
 9-49 
 42-60 
 11-64 
 54-24 
 
 8-41 
 62-66 
 
 6-27 
 68-93 
 
 3-29 
 72-23 
 
 3-97 
 76-20 
 
 2-56 
 78-77 
 
 3-78 
 82-55 
 
 203 
 84-58 
 
 2 82 
 
 87-41 
 
 -78 
 
 88-19 
 
 2-57 
 
 90-76 
 
 •70 
 
 91-47 
 
 2-68 
 94-16 
 
 1-20 
 95-36 
 
 95-36 
 
 •47 
 
 95-84 
 
 1-64 
 
 97-48 
 
 1-75 
 
 99-24 
 
 •75 
 
 100- 
 
 1790 
 
 1840 
 
 4-83 
 
 2-27' 
 
 7-10 
 
 3-57 
 10-68 
 
 8-14 
 18-82 
 
 7-09 
 25-92 
 
 8-42 
 34-34 
 
 9-59 
 43-94 
 
 7-01 
 50-95 
 
 6-20 
 57-15 
 
 4-83 
 61-98 
 
 3-95 
 65-94 
 
 2-96 
 68-91 
 
 3-76 
 72-67 
 
 2-45 
 75-13 
 
 4-01 
 79-14 
 
 1-21 
 80-35 
 
 2-35 
 82-71 
 
 2-79 
 85-51 
 
 3-95 
 89-47 
 
 2-39 
 
 91-86 
 
 -67 
 
 92-54 
 
 1-61 
 94-15 
 
 1-92 
 96-08 
 
 2-68 
 
 98-76 
 1-14 
 
 99-91 
 -08 
 
 2471 10-85!523287 ! 87,121 16-64 610408 127292 20 -85|737700 1 100 
 
 100- 
 
 12-65 
 
 5-29 
 17-95 
 
 5-48 
 23-43 
 
 7-02 
 30-46 
 
 5-51 
 35-97 
 
 9-35 
 45-33 
 
 7-10 
 52-43 
 
 545 
 57-89 
 
 520 
 6309 
 
 5^61 
 68-71 
 
 3-73 
 72-44 
 
 2-42 
 74-87 
 
 2^99 
 77-86 
 
 2-19 
 80-06 
 
 3-14 
 83-21 
 
 1-19 
 84-40 
 
 3-00 
 87-41 
 
 1-84 
 89-26 
 
 3-03 
 92-29 
 
 1-69 
 
 93-98 
 
 -73 
 
 94-72 
 
 1-52 
 
 96-24 
 
 1-07 
 
 97-32 
 
 1-88 
 
 99-21 
 
 •71 
 
 99-93 
 •06 
 
 100- 
 
66 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSKTTs. 
 
 TABLE IX : Part II. — Exhibiting the Population of Massachusetts and its Increase in 25 yean 
 1765 to 1790, and in each Decennial Period from 1790 to 1840, together rvith the Proporti 
 
 
 H 
 
 c 
 
 Dicitance 
 from 
 
 Census. 
 
 Increase in2.j.vrs. 
 
 Census. Increase in 10 jt.s. 
 
 Cei:isus. j 
 
 ncreasein lOyrs. j 
 
 Ranges. 
 
 Boitoii, 
 in miles. 
 
 1765 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per cl. 
 
 1790 ;| Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 1800 ! 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 
 309 
 
 
 244149 
 
 134638 
 
 55-14 
 
 378787 
 
 44,058! 
 
 11-63 
 
 422845 149,195 
 
 11-63 4 
 
 Boston 
 
 1 
 
 _ 
 
 15,520 
 
 2,800 
 
 1802 
 
 18,320 
 
 6,617 
 
 36-11 
 
 24,937! i 8,850 
 
 35-48 
 
 
 308 
 
 . 
 
 228629 
 
 131838 
 
 57-66 
 
 360467 37,441| 
 
 10-38 
 
 397908:40.345 
 
 10-13 4 
 
 IstK. 
 
 7 
 
 1 to5 
 
 7,249 
 
 1,353 
 
 18-66 
 
 8,602 
 
 3,168 
 
 36.82 
 
 11,770 4^097 
 
 34-80 
 
 
 301 
 
 over 5 
 
 221380 
 
 130485 
 
 58-94 
 
 351865 
 
 34,273 
 
 9-74 
 
 3861.381 36,248 
 
 9-38 4 
 
 2d 
 
 16 
 
 5 to 10 
 
 12,424 
 
 1,129 
 
 9-08 
 
 13,553 
 
 1,986 
 
 14-65 
 
 15,539:1 4,194 
 
 26-99 
 
 
 285 
 
 over 10 
 
 208956 
 
 129356 
 
 61-90 
 
 338312 
 
 32,287 
 
 9-54 
 
 370599 32,054 
 
 8-64 4 
 
 3d 
 
 19 
 
 10 to 15 
 
 22,694 
 
 8,147 
 
 35-89 
 
 30,841 
 
 3,213 
 
 10-41 
 
 34,054 
 
 5,431 
 
 15-91 
 
 
 266 
 
 over 15 
 
 186262 
 
 121209 
 
 65-07 
 
 307471 
 
 29,074 
 
 9-45 
 
 336545 
 
 26,623 
 
 7-912 
 
 4th 
 
 21 
 
 15 to 20 
 
 22,940 
 
 3,9.32 
 
 17-14 
 
 26,872 
 
 dec69 
 
 — -25 
 
 26,803 
 
 1,771 
 
 6-60 
 
 
 245 
 
 over 20 
 
 163322 
 
 117277 
 
 71-80 
 
 280599 
 
 29,143 
 
 10 38 
 
 309742 
 
 24,852 
 
 8-02 3 
 
 5th 
 
 29 
 
 20 to 25 
 
 23,191 
 
 8,703 
 
 37-52 
 
 31,894 
 
 747 
 
 2-34 
 
 32,641 
 
 2,220 
 
 6-80 
 
 
 216 
 
 over 25 
 
 140131 
 
 108574 
 
 77-48 
 
 248705, 
 
 28,396 
 
 11-41 
 
 277101 
 
 22,632 
 
 8-16S 
 
 6th 
 
 26 
 
 25 to 30 
 
 28,419 
 
 7,939 
 
 27-93 
 
 36,358 
 
 1,315 
 
 3 61 
 
 37,673 
 
 2,700 
 
 7-16^ 
 
 
 190 
 
 over 30 
 
 111712 
 
 100635 
 
 90-08 
 
 212347! 
 
 27,081 
 
 12-75 
 
 239428 
 
 19,932 
 
 8-324 
 
 7th 
 
 17 
 
 30 to 35 
 
 20,549 
 
 6,013 
 
 29-26 
 
 26,562 2,457 
 
 9-21 
 
 29,019 
 
 2,748 
 
 9-45 
 
 
 173 
 
 over 35 
 
 91,163 
 
 94,622 
 
 103-79 
 
 185785^1 24,624 
 
 13-25 
 
 210409 
 
 17,184 
 
 8-16S 
 
 8th 
 
 16 
 
 35 to 40 
 
 15,327 
 
 8,180 
 
 5402 
 
 23,507! 1,602 
 
 6-31 
 
 25.109 
 
 1,278 
 
 5-08 
 
 
 157 
 
 over 40 
 
 75.836 
 
 86,442 
 
 113-98 
 
 162278;' 23,022 
 
 14-18 
 
 185300 
 
 15,906 
 
 8-585 
 
 9th 
 
 16 
 
 40 to 45 
 
 8,043 
 
 10,253 
 
 127-47 
 
 18,2961 
 
 1,731 
 
 9-46 
 
 20.027 
 
 3,761 
 
 18-77 
 
 
 141 
 
 over 45 
 
 67,793 
 
 76,189 
 
 112-38 143982' 
 
 21,291 
 
 14-78 
 
 165273 
 
 12,145 
 
 7-34] 
 
 lOlh 
 
 12 
 
 45 to 50 
 
 9,708 
 
 5,290 
 
 54-491 14,998 
 
 1.126 
 
 7-50 
 
 16,124 
 
 1,683 
 
 10-43 
 
 
 129 
 
 over 50 
 
 58,085 
 
 70,899 
 
 122-06:128984 
 
 20,165 
 
 15-63 
 
 149149 
 
 10,462 
 
 7-21] 
 
 nth 
 
 10 
 
 50 to 55 
 
 6,253 
 
 4,996 
 
 79-89 11,249 
 
 807 
 
 7-17 
 
 12.056 
 
 350 
 
 ■ 2-90 
 
 
 119 
 
 over 55 
 
 51,832 
 
 65,903 
 
 127-14ill7735 
 
 19,358 
 
 16-44 
 
 137093 
 
 10,112 
 
 7-37 
 
 12th 
 
 13 
 
 55 to 60 
 
 9.243 
 
 5,003 
 
 54-12: 14,246 
 
 1,524 
 
 10 69 
 
 15,770 
 
 1,637 
 
 10-38 
 
 
 106 
 
 over 60 
 
 42,589 
 
 60,900 
 
 142-99103489 
 
 11,834 
 
 17-23 
 
 121323 
 
 8,475 
 
 6-98 
 
 13th 
 
 11 
 
 60 to 65 
 
 4,958 
 
 4,341 
 
 87-55: 9,299 
 
 483 
 
 5-19 
 
 9,782 
 
 1.809 
 
 18-49 
 
 
 95 
 
 over 65 
 
 37.631 
 
 56,559 
 
 150-29194,190 
 
 17,351 
 
 18-42 
 
 111541 
 
 6.666 
 
 5-97 
 
 14th 
 
 15 
 
 65 to 70 
 
 6,895 
 
 8,312 120-55; 12,207 
 
 3,164 
 
 20-74 
 
 18,371 
 
 387 
 
 2 15 
 
 
 80 
 
 over 70 
 
 30,736 
 
 48,247 
 
 156-97 78.983, 
 
 14,187 
 
 17-96 
 
 93,170 
 
 6,279 
 
 6-73 
 
 15th 
 
 7 
 
 70 to 75 
 
 1,914 1 2,675 
 
 139-75 
 
 4,589 
 
 1,772 
 
 38-61 
 
 6.361 
 
 192 
 
 3-01 
 
 
 73 
 
 over 75 
 
 28,822 1 45,572 
 
 158-11 
 
 74,394 
 
 12,415 
 
 16-68 
 
 86,809 
 
 6,087 
 
 7-01 
 
 16th 
 
 9 
 
 75 to 80 
 
 6,283 2,634 
 
 41-93 8,917, 
 
 1,389 
 
 15-57 
 
 10.306 
 
 888 
 
 8 61 
 
 
 64 
 
 over 80 
 
 22,539'! 42,938 
 
 190-50 
 
 65.477i 
 
 11,026 
 
 16-83 
 
 76,503 
 
 5,199 
 
 6-79 
 
 17th 
 
 S 
 
 SO to 85 
 
 1,7221 8,872 
 
 51521 
 
 10,594, 
 
 1,363 
 
 12-86 
 
 11,957 
 
 490 
 
 4-08 
 
 
 56 
 
 over 85 
 
 20,817 131,066 
 
 163-64 
 
 54,883 
 
 9,663 
 
 17-60 
 
 65,546 
 
 4,709 
 
 7-45 
 
 18th 
 
 11 
 
 85 to 90 
 
 6,561 
 
 8.436 
 
 128-57 
 
 14,997 
 
 2,790 
 
 19 93 
 
 17,787 
 
 1.717 
 
 9-65 
 
 
 45 
 
 over 90 
 
 14,256 
 
 25,630 
 
 179 78 
 
 39,886 
 
 6,873 
 
 17-23 
 
 46.759 
 
 2,992 
 
 (> 39 
 
 19th 
 
 1 1 90 to 95 
 
 2,050 
 
 6,115 
 
 207-28 
 
 9,065 
 
 3,147 
 
 34-71 
 
 12.212| 
 
 132 
 
 108 
 
 
 34 over 95 
 
 11,306 
 
 19,515 
 
 172-60 
 
 30,821 
 
 3,726 
 
 12-08 
 
 34,547 i 
 
 2,860 
 
 8-27 
 
 20th 
 
 7 95 to 100 
 
 . 
 
 2,565 
 
 . 
 
 2,565 
 
 1,064 
 
 41-48 
 
 3.629 
 
 1,114 
 
 30-69 
 
 
 27i over 100 
 
 11,306 
 
 16,950 
 
 149-92 
 
 28,256 
 
 2,662 
 
 9-42 
 
 30.918 
 
 1,746 
 
 5-64| 
 
 21st 
 
 8 100 to 105 
 
 1,160 
 
 4,957 
 
 427-32 
 
 6,117 
 
 1.897 
 
 31-01 
 
 8,014 
 
 830 
 
 10-35 
 
 
 19 over 105 
 
 in, lie 
 
 11.993 
 
 118-20 
 
 22,139 
 
 765 
 
 3-45 
 
 22.904 
 
 916 
 
 3-991 
 
 22d 
 
 6 105 to 1 10 
 
 4,ni7 
 
 1 3,290 
 
 81-92 
 
 7,307 
 
 267 
 
 3-65 
 
 7.574 
 
 dec92 
 
 ;-i-2i| 
 
 
 13 over IJO 
 
 (),l2f 
 
 , 8,703 
 
 141-99 
 
 14,832 
 
 498 
 
 3 35 
 
 15.330 
 
 1,008 
 
 1 6-57 
 
 23d 
 
 7 110toll5 
 
 '1,297 ; 5,851 
 
 136-35 
 
 10,156 
 
 478 
 
 4-7C 
 
 10,634 
 
 430 
 
 4-04 
 
 
 6 over i 15 
 
 1,832 : 2,844 
 
 155-24 
 
 4,676 
 
 20 
 
 •42 
 
 j 1,696 
 
 578 
 
 12 30 
 
 24th 
 
 4 115tol2n 
 
 1,832 1 2,516 
 
 137-33 
 
 4,348 
 
 57 
 
 1-31 
 
 1 4,405 
 
 395 
 
 8-96 
 
 25th 
 
 _ '^ 
 
 > over 120 
 
 1 • 
 
 :, 328 
 
 - 
 
 328 
 
 dec37 
 
 -11-28: 291 
 
 183 
 
 62-88 
 
■I cent, of the Population in each Range to the nhole number in the State in 1765, 1790 and 1840, 
 f(^r Farts of the State beyond certain Radial Distances from Boston, by Ranges of 5 miles. 
 
 INCREASE IN THK RANGES. 
 
 67 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Amt. Per ct. 
 
 Census. 
 1820 i 
 
 51,247 
 
 9,511 
 
 41,736 
 
 4,082 
 
 37,654 
 
 3,968 
 
 33,686 
 
 2,984 
 
 30,702 
 
 4,100 
 
 26,602 
 
 6,43l! 
 
 20,171 
 
 dec82 
 
 20,253 
 
 1,7191 
 
 18,534 
 
 2,744| 
 
 15,790i 
 
 dec96 
 
 15,886 
 
 4,722 
 
 11,164 
 
 1,396 
 
 9,768 
 
 1.498 
 
 8.270 
 
 1,195 
 
 7,075 
 
 2,116 
 
 4.959 
 
 1,342 
 
 3.617 
 
 2,4.39 
 
 1,178 
 
 313 
 
 865 
 
 859 
 
 6 
 
 396 
 
 dec 390 
 
 dec 180 
 
 dec 2 10 
 
 dec 282 
 
 72 j 
 
 dec560 
 
 632 
 
 402. 
 
 230: 
 
 1151 
 
 85: 
 
 10-85523287 
 28-14' 43,298 
 9 -52' 479989 
 19,949 
 460040' 
 23,701 
 436339 
 42,469 
 393870 
 
 8-91 
 20-10 
 8-36 
 7-55 
 8-45 
 
 14-34| 32,674 
 
 7-891361196 
 
 18-44! 41,292 
 
 6-72 319904 
 
 —•20' 40,291 
 
 7-80 279613 
 
 5-411 33,486 
 
 814 246127 
 
 10-39 29,131 
 
 7-79 216996 
 
 —■40 23,692 
 
 8 95 193304| 
 
 26-51 22.529' 
 
 6-99 170775 
 
 11-25 13,802, 
 
 6 64 156973 
 
 8-60 18,9051 
 
 6 37 13S06S' 
 
 10-30 12,786' 
 
 5 98 12.52821 
 
 11-28 20,874! 
 
 4-98ll04408 
 
 20-4'; 7,895 
 
 3-89 96,513 
 
 21-7S 13,633 
 
 1-45 82.880 
 
 2-51 12.7601 
 
 1-24:70.120' 
 
 4-40 20.303 
 
 49,757 
 
 12,740 
 
 37,017 
 
 4,563 
 
 32.454 
 
 8.562 
 
 23,892 
 
 6,922 
 
 16,970, 
 
 11,4661 
 
 5,504 
 
 4,945J 
 
 .559^ 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Ami. Per ct. 
 
 01 
 
 3-20 
 
 —1-04 
 
 —1-85 
 
 — -64 
 
 —3-18 
 
 -31 
 
 —7-48 
 
 3-86 
 
 3-63 
 
 4 36 
 
 3-02 
 
 17-93 
 
 87,121 
 18,094 
 69,027 
 
 7,013 
 . 62,014 
 
 6,921 
 I 55,093, 
 
 2,677 
 52,416 
 
 3,186: 
 49,230 
 
 9,4721 
 39,75S| 
 
 4,915l 
 34,843| 
 
 3,377| 
 31,466| 
 
 4,343! 
 27,123^ 
 
 9,030! 
 18,093i 
 
 3,276! 
 14,817| 
 
 1,735 
 13,082 
 
 1,971 
 11,111, 
 
 1,468 
 
 9,643 
 
 1.532 
 
 8.111 
 
 1,178 
 
 6.933: 
 
 3,744 
 
 3,169' 
 702 
 
 2,487! 
 107 
 
 2,380l 
 decl7i 
 
 297 
 
 2,100 
 
 7891 
 
 1,311! 
 
 87i 
 
 1,224 
 
 1,326 
 
 dec 102 
 
 48 
 
 lee 150 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Inerease in 10 yrs. 
 
 Amt. Per ct. 
 
 16.64 
 41-78 
 14-38 
 35-15 
 13-48 
 29-20 
 10-33 
 6-30 
 
 610408 
 
 61^392 
 
 549016 
 
 26,962 
 
 522054 
 
 30,622 
 
 491432' 
 
 45,146 
 
 13 30 446286| 
 
 9-751 35,8601 
 
 13-62|410426 
 
 2293150,764! 
 
 12-42 359662 
 
 12-19' 45.206 
 
 12-46 314456 
 
 10-08 36,863: 
 
 12-78 277593' 
 
 14-90 33.474 
 
 12-49 244119 
 
 38-11:32,722 
 
 9-35 211397 
 
 14-54: 25.805 
 
 8-671 185592 
 
 12 57 15.53' 
 
 8-33 170055 
 
 10-42| 20,876 
 
 804 149179 
 
 11-48! 14,254 
 
 7-69 134925 
 
 7-33, 22,406 
 
 7-76 112519 
 
 14-92 9.073 
 
 718 10.3446 
 
 27-46 17,377 
 
 3 81 86.069 
 
 5-50 13,462 
 
 3-54 72.607 
 
 •52 20.470 
 
 52.137 
 
 12,723 
 
 39.414 
 
 4.860 
 
 34,554 
 
 9,351 1 
 
 25.203 
 
 7,009 
 
 18.194 
 
 4-78 
 — 13 
 6-47 
 6-50 
 6 47 
 9-21 
 5-48 
 1-25 
 7-21 
 
 11-56 12,7921 
 
 -1-851 5,402| 
 
 •97 4,993 
 
 -26 83 409! 
 
 127292 
 
 31,991 
 
 95,301 
 
 12,075 
 
 83,226 
 
 9,861 
 
 73,365 
 
 t),662 
 
 66,703 
 
 4,847 
 
 61,856 
 
 18,236 
 
 43,620 
 
 7,178 
 
 36,442 
 
 .3,407 
 
 1 33,035 
 
 I 4,902 
 
 28,133 
 
 8,731 
 
 19,402 
 
 1,749 
 
 17.653 
 
 2.328 
 
 15,325 
 
 1,235; 
 
 14,090 
 
 1,930 
 
 12,160 
 
 825 
 
 11,33 
 
 dec 232 
 
 11,567 
 
 4,815 
 
 6,752 
 
 160 
 
 6.592 
 
 1,884 
 
 4,708 
 
 dec 249 
 
 4,957 
 
 595 
 
 4,362 
 
 1.900 
 
 2.462 
 
 936 
 
 1,526 
 
 1,136 
 
 390 
 
 296 
 
 94 
 
 Census. 
 1840 
 
 20-85737700 
 
 52-10 93,383 
 
 17-35 644317 
 
 44-78i 39,037 
 
 15 94 605280 
 
 32-20 40,483 
 
 I4-92I564797 
 
 14-75 51,808 
 
 14-72 512989 
 
 13-51! 40,707 
 
 15-07472282 
 
 35-92 69,000 
 
 12-12 403282 
 
 15 87I 52,384 
 
 ll-58[350898 
 
 9-24! 40.270 
 
 11 90310628 
 
 14-64' 38 376 
 
 11-52 272252 
 
 26-68; 41.453 
 
 9 17,230799 
 
 6 771 27,554 
 
 9-5i;203245 
 
 14-98 17,865 
 
 9-0rl85380 
 
 591! 22,111: 
 
 9-44|l63269' 
 
 13-53! 16,184 
 
 147085 
 
 23,231 
 
 123854 
 
 8.841 
 
 115013 
 
 22,192 
 
 92^8211 
 
 13,622 
 
 79,199 
 
 22,354 
 
 56,845 
 
 12,474 
 
 44.371 
 
 5,455 
 
 9-00 
 
 3-68 
 
 1007 
 
 —2-55 
 
 11-18 
 
 27-70 
 
 7-84 
 
 1-18 
 
 9 07 
 
 9-20 
 
 9-03 
 
 -1-95 
 
 12-57 
 
 12-24 
 
 Proportion to the whole 
 Population, per cent. 
 
 12-62| 38.916 
 
 20-311 11,251 
 9-76 27,665 
 
 13-35 7,945 
 8 38 19.720 
 8-88 13.928 
 7-21 5.792 
 5-92 5,289 
 
 22-98 503 
 
 1765 1790 1800 
 
 100 
 
 6 35 
 93 64 
 
 2-96 
 90-67 
 
 5-08 
 85-58 
 
 9-29 
 76-29 
 
 9-39 
 66-89 
 
 949 
 57-39 
 11-64 
 45-75 
 
 8-41 
 37 33 
 
 627 
 31-06 
 
 3-29 
 27-76 
 
 3-97 
 23-79 
 
 2-56 
 21-22| 
 
 3-78 
 17-44 
 
 2 03 
 15-4l| 
 
 2 82! 
 
 12-58| 
 
 •78! 
 
 11-801 
 
 2-57I 
 
 923| 
 •70 
 
 8-521 
 
 2 68| 
 
 5-83 
 
 1-20 
 
 4-63 
 
 4-63 
 
 •47 
 
 4-15 
 
 i-U 
 
 2-51 
 
 1-75 
 
 -75 
 
 -75 
 
 100- 
 
 100. 
 
 4-83 
 
 12-65 
 
 95-16 
 
 87-34 
 
 2^27 
 
 5-29 
 
 92^89 
 
 82-04 
 
 3^57 
 
 5-48 
 
 89^31 
 
 76-56 
 
 8-14 
 
 7-02 
 
 81-17 
 
 69-53 
 
 7-09 
 
 5-51 
 
 74-07 
 
 64-02 
 
 8-42 
 
 9-35 
 
 65-65 
 
 54-66 
 
 9-59 
 
 7-10 
 
 56-05 
 
 47-56 
 
 7-01 
 
 5-45 
 
 49-04 
 
 42-10 
 
 6-20 
 
 5-20 
 
 42-84 
 
 36-90 
 
 4-83 
 
 5-61 
 
 38-01 
 
 31-28 
 
 3-95 
 
 3-73 
 
 34-05 
 
 27-55 
 
 2-96 
 
 2-42 
 
 31-08 
 
 25^12 
 
 3-76! 
 
 2-99 
 
 27-32 
 
 22-13 
 
 2-45 
 
 219 
 
 24-86i 
 
 19-93 
 
 4-01 
 
 3-14 
 
 20-85 
 
 16^78 
 
 1-21 
 
 119 
 
 19-64 
 
 1559 
 
 2-35 
 
 300 
 
 17-27, 
 
 12-58 
 
 2-79 
 
 1-84 
 
 14-48 
 
 10-73 
 
 3-95! 
 
 3-03 
 
 10-52 
 
 7-70 
 
 2-39 
 
 1-69 
 
 8^13 
 
 6-01 
 
 •67' 
 
 •73 
 
 7-45, 
 
 5-27 
 
 1-61 
 
 1-52 
 
 5-84 
 
 3 75 
 
 1-92! 
 
 107 
 
 3-9i: 
 
 2-67 
 
 2-68 
 
 1-88 
 
 1-23| 
 
 •78 
 
 1-14! 
 
 •71 
 
 -08 
 
 •06 
 
68 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 The object of Table IX. is to exhibit the increase of the 
 population of Massachusetts, during the twenty-five years 
 from 1765 to 1790, and during each decennial period since, 
 by ranges of 5 miles about Boston as a common centre. 
 It is divided into two parts; the first showing the increase 
 in the ranges within certain distances from Boston, and the 
 second the increase in the ranges beyond certain distances. 
 The brace in the first column of the first part, is used to 
 indicate that the numbers in the lines against which it is 
 placed, when added together, produce the numbers in the 
 line immediately following. 
 
 It will fee perceived by inspecting the first part of this 
 table, that the py-oportion of the population, which, in 
 Boston, was decidedly greater in 1765 than in 1790, and 
 but a little more than half what it was in 1840, was greater 
 in each range in 1765 than in 1790, until we come to the 
 9th range of 40 to 45 miles, in which it was less^ but beyond 
 which it was generally less^ but irregularly so. The con- 
 sequence is, that a greater proportion of the population of 
 the state was nearer Boston in 1765 than in 1790, and 
 this continued in the aggregate of all the ranges. On the 
 contrary, the proportion which in Boston was a little more 
 than one third in 1790 what it was in 1840, was less to the 
 range of 10 to 15 miles, and beyond that distance was 
 irregular compared with that in 1840. And the proportion 
 of the aggregate in the ranges was greater in every in- 
 stance in 1765 than in 1790, and was less in every instance 
 in 1790 than in 1840, being but little more than one third 
 at the distance of 5 and of 10 miles, &c., showing the ten- 
 dency to the centralization of the population near Boston 
 during this half century, while the opposite tendency is 
 manifest during the twenty-five years before. This is a 
 remarkable feature in the movement of the population dur- 
 ing the seventy-five years. The reverse will be found to 
 have been the case on inspecting the last three columns of 
 
INCREASE IN THE RANGES. 00 
 
 the second part, in which the proportion of the aggregate 
 of the ranges, in every instance, beyond certain distances 
 from Boston, was less in 1765 than in 1790, and greater in 
 1790 than in 1840. Thus, the proportions in 176-5, after 
 passing through the changes of seventy-five years, will be 
 found to be not materially different in ISIO, except in Bos- 
 ton, and in the other ranges as aifected by the greater pro- 
 portion in Boston. 
 
 As to the increase of the population during the several 
 periods specified in Table IX., the proportion from 1765 to 
 1790 was 55-1458 per cent.^ from which we deduce the 
 average increase of 19-2054 per cent, in ten years, and of 
 1-7723 per cent, in each year, while the average increase 
 from 1790 to 1840, in ten years, was 142606 /?er cent.^ and 
 in each year 1 -3420 per ce«^., showing a ditference of 4-9404 
 per cent, in ten years, and of -4303 per cent, in each year. 
 The average increase in twenty-five years, from 1790 to 
 1840, was only 39-5541 per cent..^ or 15o9]7 per cent, less 
 than in the preceding twenty-five years. The average in- 
 crease of 19.2054 per cent, in ten years, is greater than the 
 increase in any of the decennial periods except in the last ; 
 and that would have been only 19-5429 per cent., if 8,000 
 be deducted from the whole number on account of errors 
 in enumerating the inhabitants of Boston in taking the 
 census of 1840. 
 
 The increase in Boston from 1705 to 1790, was small, 
 owing to causes which have been before alluded to. But 
 the increase Avas chiefly in ranges distant from Boston. 
 That of the country towns was 131,838, or 57-00 per ce?it. ; 
 and it was less than the average until we come to the 9th 
 range of 40 to 45 miles from Boston, having an increase of 
 127-47 per cent., containing Fitchburg, Westminster, Prince- 
 ton, Oxford and Rochester, which were increased about 90 
 per cent., and Ashby, Auburn, Somerset and New Bedford, 
 incorporated during the period. The increase was great 
 10 
 
7i) POPULATION OF IMASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 in the 14th, loth, 17th, ISth, 19th, 21st, 23cl and 24th 
 range. It will be obvious, upon comparing the two parts 
 of Table IX., that the proportion of increase was generally- 
 greater in the ranges beyond., than in those within certain 
 distances from Boston. Thus, within thirty miles of Bos- 
 ton, it was 25*05 per cent., but beyond that distance, 90*08 
 per cent. ; within forty-five miles 33*14per cent., but beyond 
 that distance, 112*38 /?er cent.; within sixty miles, 36*58 
 j^er cent.., but beyond that distance, 142*99 per cent.. &c. 
 
 The increase in the ranges during the five decennial pe- 
 riods from 1790 to 1840, was very different from that during 
 the twenty-five preceding years. Boston takes the lead of 
 all the ranges during each of these periods, except during the 
 first period, the proportion in the contiguous towns was 
 greater, in consequence of enumerating with Chelsea, in 
 1800, certain islands which, in the other censuses, were 
 enumerated with Boston, and except that in the 15th range, 
 in which it was a little greater ; and except also that in the 
 25th range during the second period. 
 
 It will also be perceived that from 1790 to 1840, the in- 
 crease of the proportion in the ranges within^ was generally 
 much larger than beyond the radial distances from Boston, 
 which is the reverse of what it was from 1765 to 1780, 
 showing a marked difference in the form of the increase, 
 during the first third and the last two thirds of the seventy- 
 five years. 
 
 The proportion of the increase in the ranges during the 
 five decennial periods was various and irregular. 
 
 We have before remarked upon the comparative increase 
 of the population of the agricultural and manufacturing 
 towns in this Commonwealth, — the increase of the one 
 and the decrease of the other. A movement somewhat 
 similar, has been going on in some of the other states, as 
 will appear from the following view of the New England 
 states. 
 
INCREASE IN THE RANGES. 
 Population of the New Englafid States. 
 
 71 
 
 STATES 
 
 Census. 
 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census. Increa.se in 10 yrs. Census. 
 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Percent. 
 
 1830 ;Amonnt.:Percent. 1840 
 
 Maine, .... 
 
 New Hampshire, 
 
 MassarliiiKOtts, • 
 
 Khodc Island, - 
 
 Connecticut, 
 
 Vermont, .... 
 
 29^,335 
 2-14,161 
 523,2.S7 
 83,059 
 275,202 
 235,764 
 
 101,1-20 
 2.-., 167 
 87,121 
 14.140 
 22,473 
 44,888 
 
 .33-8947 
 10 3075 
 16-64S7 
 17-0210 
 8-1660 
 19-0393 
 
 1 1 
 399,4.55 102,33s 25-6194' .'">01,793 
 269,32-i 15,^:16 56607, 2-vl,574 
 G10,40> 127,292 208.535, 7.37,700 
 97,109 11.631 11 -9(561 rO-^,,'<30 
 297,675 12,303 4i:!30 a)0,97S 
 280,652 11,296 4 0249 291,9-lB 
 
 Total, .... 
 
 1,659,808 
 
 294.909 
 
 17-7736 1,951,717 280,106| 14-3297 2.2:M,823 
 
 During both periods, Maine, having an extensive agri- 
 cultural territory, was the only one of these states which 
 sustained an increase of population nearly equal to that of 
 the average increase in the United States; but the propor- 
 tion of its increase during the second of these periods, was 
 less than during the first, while in Massachusetts alone, 
 most obviously affected by its manufactures, the reverse 
 was the case. In New Hampshire, very much an agricul- 
 tural state, the proportion was diminished almost one half. 
 From 1830 to 1840, Cheshire county lost 587 inhabitants ; 
 the increase in Dover, Nashua and Manchester was nearly 
 two thirds of the whole increase of the state, and there 
 was a decrease in a large number of the agricultural towns. 
 In Rhode Island and Connecticut, both extensively en- 
 gaged in manufacturing, the proportion was reduced from 
 nearly 4 to 5 per cent; and in Vermont, an agricultural 
 state, it was reduced to nearly a fifth part in the second 
 period. In Rhode Island, from 1830 to 1840, Washington 
 county lost 1,087 inhabitants; and the increase in Provi- 
 dence county, including the city of Providence, amounted 
 to within 676 of the whole increase of the state. In Con- 
 necticut, two counties out of eight decreased, and one Iut 
 creased only 35 inhabitants, from 1830 to 1840 ; and in 
 Vermont, an agricultural state, six counties out of thirteen 
 decreased, while one increased only 6 inhabitants, there be- 
 ing one new county formed out of the other counties during 
 
72 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 these ten years. The increase of the whole population of 
 New England, from 1820 to 1830, was 17-7736 'per cent., 
 and from 18.30 to 1840, lA-3297 per cent., or 3- AA39 per cefii. 
 less. The aggregate increase of New Hampshire, Rhode 
 Island, Connecticut and Vermont, in the first ten years, 
 was 12*7260 per cent., and in the last, only 5-3422 per cent. 
 
 It seems from this that the agricultural population of at 
 least five of the states in New England, has, especially in 
 the last decennial period, either remained stationary or de- 
 creased ; and we shall find that a similar effect is going on 
 in New York and some of the states further south, as Del- 
 aware, Virginia, North and South Carolina. The increase 
 of the population of New York, from 1820 to 1830, was 39" 
 7575 per cent., and from 1830 to 1840, only 26.5980 per cent. 
 
 It appears from the state census of New York, taken in 
 1845, compared with that taken in 1835, that the increase 
 of the population in these ten years was from 2,174,517 to 
 2,604,495, or 429,978, being 19-77 per cent. Of this in- 
 crease, 294,068, or 25-40 per cent., were in counties east of 
 the eastern boundary of Oneida county, containing New 
 York city. Long Island and the towns on the Hudson river, 
 and 135,910, or 13-36 per cent, only, were in counties Avest 
 of the above boundary, which were occupied very much 
 by an agricultural population. These results indicate a 
 similar movement in New York, to what has been going 
 on in Massachusetts.* 
 
 The increase of the four states mentioned, south of New 
 York, was as follows : 
 
 STATES. 
 
 Census. 
 1820 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census. 
 
 
 Amount. 
 
 Percent. 
 
 Amount. jPer cent. 
 
 1840 
 
 Delaware, - . - . 
 Virginia, .... 
 North Carolina, - 
 South Carolina, - 
 
 72,749 
 
 1,065,379 
 
 638,829 
 
 502.741 
 
 ■ 
 
 3,999 
 f46,026 
 99,158 
 78,444 
 
 5-4969 
 13-7064 
 15-5218 
 15-60.32 
 
 76,748 
 1,211,405 
 
 737,987 
 581,185 
 
 1,337 1-7420 
 2.8.392 2-3437 
 15;432; 20910 
 13,209] 2-2727 
 
 78.0.'55 
 
 1,239,797 
 
 7,-)3,419 
 
 5M,394 
 
 Total, - - . . 
 
 2,279,69-? 
 
 327,627 
 
 14-3715 
 
 2,607,325 
 
 58,370; 2-238612,665,695 
 
 *See Fisher's National Magazine and Inilustrial Record, Vol. III., p. 231, &c. 
 
INCREASIi IN THE RANGES. 
 
 73 
 
 111 New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in wliicii there is a 
 large mannfactnring as well as agricultnral interest, the 
 result has been as follows : 
 
 STATES. 
 
 Census. Increase in 10 yrs 
 
 Census. 
 1830 
 
 [ncrca.'sc in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census. 
 
 
 1R20 Amount. 
 
 Percent. 
 
 Amount 
 
 Percent 
 
 1840 
 
 New Jersey, 
 Pennsylvania, . 
 
 277,575 43,218 
 1,049,458 293,775 
 
 15-5^(16i 320,P2.3 
 2S-46941 1,348,233 
 
 .52,483 
 373,d00 
 
 16-3.5'« 
 27 ■6735 
 
 373,306 
 1,724,033 
 
 Total, 
 
 1,. 327,0.3.3 .342,023 
 
 25-7735 1,609,0.56 
 
 42S,283 
 
 25-6600| 2,097.339 
 
 In 1820, the population of Maryland was 407,350, and 
 the increase in ten years, 39,690 or 9-7434 per cent. ; in 
 1830 its population was 447,040, and the increase in the 
 ten years, 22,979 or 5-1402 per cent.., making its population 
 470,019 in 1840. 
 
 It seems from what has been stated, that, as a general 
 conclusion, we may view the history of the popvilation of 
 this Commonwealth thus far, as follows : In the first age 
 of our history, the people dispossessed the aboriginal race 
 of the soil, subdued the forest, and converted it into fruit- 
 ful fields, and divided the land into farms of a size which 
 suited their notions of what was necessary for a livelihood. 
 This was done about the close of the revolutionary war, or 
 as early as 1790, when most of the land was taken up. 
 Since that time agriculture has remained nearly stationary; 
 and the population, according to the censuses, increased 
 for a series of years but slowly, while most of the sur- 
 plus emigrated to other states. This state of things, 
 prompting to emigration, existed till about the year 1S20, 
 when a new field of industry, promising more agreeable 
 means of support, was opened by manufactures, which 
 have since detained many at home, and attracted others 
 from abroad into this Commonwealth. Similar processes 
 have commenced in most of the other states in New Eng- 
 land, and in some of the other states in the Union, as 
 appears from the preceding statements. 
 
74 
 
 
 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 OF MASSACHUSETTS 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 
 TABLE X : 
 
 Part I. — Exhibiting the Increase of the Population of Massachusetts, in Periods of\ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Distances from Boston 1 
 
 
 
 Increase in 20 years. 
 
 
 Incrc 
 
 
 i 
 
 Distance 
 
 From 179010 1 810 
 
 1 
 From 1800 to 1829 From 1810 to 1830 
 
 From 1820 to ISIO] 
 
 From 1790 to 
 
 Raages. 
 
 H 
 
 from 
 Boston, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 d 
 
 in miles. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. i Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. j Pe 
 
 Boston 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 15,467 
 
 84-42 
 
 18,361 
 
 73-221 27,605 
 
 81-70 50,085 
 
 115-67 
 
 24,978 13i 
 
 IstR. 
 
 7 
 
 1 to 5 
 
 7,265 
 
 84-48 
 
 8,179 
 
 69-49: 11,095 
 
 69-92, 19.088 
 
 95-68 
 
 11,347 
 
 13: 
 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 22,732 
 
 84-43 
 
 26,540 
 
 72-30; 38,700 
 
 77-93: 69,173 
 
 109-36 
 
 36,325 
 
 13 
 
 2d 
 
 16 
 
 5 to 10' 
 
 6,180 
 
 45-59 
 
 8,162 
 
 52-52 10,889 
 
 55-18; 16,782 
 
 70-80i 10,148 
 
 7 
 
 
 24 
 
 10, 
 
 28,912 
 
 71-43 
 
 34,702 
 
 64 42 
 
 49,589 
 
 71-46' 85,955 
 
 98-85i 46,473 
 
 11 
 
 3d 
 
 19 
 
 10 to 15! 
 
 8,644 
 
 28-02 
 
 8,415 
 43,117 
 
 24-71 
 
 5,661 
 
 14-33 9,339 
 
 21-991 11,628 
 
 3 
 
 
 43 
 
 15| 
 
 37,556 
 
 52-66 
 
 49-96 55,250 
 
 50-74' 95,294 
 
 72-86J 58,101 
 
 8 
 
 4 th 
 
 21 
 
 15 to 20| 
 
 1,702 
 
 6-33 
 
 5,871 
 
 21-90 7,286 
 
 25-49 8,033 
 
 24-58! 5,802 
 
 2 
 
 
 64 
 
 20' 
 
 39,258 
 
 39-98 
 
 48,988 
 
 43-31162,536 
 
 45-49 103327 
 
 63-74.63.903 
 
 6 
 
 5th 
 
 29 
 
 20 to 25: 
 
 2,967 
 
 9-30 
 
 8,651 
 
 26-501 15,903 
 
 45-61 27,708 
 
 67-10' 9,398 
 
 2 
 
 
 93 
 
 25[ 
 
 42,225 
 
 32-46 
 
 57,639 
 
 39-54 78,439 
 
 45-52 131035 
 
 64-42 73,301 
 
 5 
 
 6th 
 
 26 
 
 25 to 30 
 
 4,015 
 
 11-04 
 
 2,618 
 
 6-94 4,833 
 
 11-97 12,093 
 
 30-01 
 
 3,933; 1| 
 
 
 119 
 
 30 
 
 46,240 
 
 27-73 
 
 60,257 
 
 32-85 83,272 
 
 39-15 143128 
 
 58-73 
 
 77,234 
 
 4 
 
 7th 
 
 17 
 
 30 to 35 
 
 5,205 
 
 19-59 
 
 4,467 
 
 15-39 5,096 
 
 16-04i 6,784 
 
 20-25 
 
 6,924 
 
 2 
 
 
 136 
 
 35 
 
 51,445 
 
 26-65 
 
 64,724 
 
 30-46 83,368 
 
 36-15149912 
 
 54-08 
 
 84,158 
 
 4 
 
 Sth 
 
 16 
 
 35 to 40 
 
 2,880 
 
 12-25 
 
 4,022 
 
 16-01 
 
 7,087 
 
 26-85 9,245 
 
 31-73 
 
 5,624 
 
 2 
 
 
 152 
 
 40 
 
 54,325 
 
 25-09 
 
 68.746 
 
 28-94 
 
 95,455 
 
 35-17 159157 
 
 51-96 
 
 89,782 
 
 4 
 
 9th 
 
 16 
 
 40 to 45 
 
 5,492 
 
 30-01 
 
 3,665 
 
 18-30 
 
 8,934 
 
 37 55i 17,761 
 
 74-96 
 
 5.396 
 
 2 
 
 
 168 
 
 45 
 
 59,817 
 
 25-47 
 
 72,411 
 
 28-11 
 
 104389 
 
 35-431176918 
 
 53-61i 95,17^ 4| 
 
 10th 
 
 12 
 
 45 to 50 
 
 2,809 
 
 18-72 
 
 6,405 
 
 39-72 
 
 7.998 
 
 44-91 
 
 5,025 
 
 22-30 
 
 7,031 5| 
 
 
 180 
 
 50 
 
 62,626 
 
 25-07 
 
 78,816 
 
 28-79 
 
 112387 
 
 35-97 
 
 181943 
 
 51-32 
 
 102709 
 
 4 
 
 11th 
 
 10 
 
 50 to 55 
 
 1,157 
 
 1028 
 
 1,746 
 
 14-48 
 
 3,131 
 
 25-23 
 
 4,063 
 
 29-43 
 
 2,553 
 
 2 
 
 
 190 
 
 55 
 
 63,783 
 
 24-43 
 
 80,562 
 
 28-19 
 
 115518 
 
 35-56 
 
 186006 
 
 50-77 
 
 105262 
 
 4 
 
 12th 
 
 13 
 
 55 to 60 
 
 3,161 
 
 22-18 
 
 3,135 
 
 19-87 
 
 3,469 
 
 19-92 
 
 3,206 
 
 16-95 
 
 4,659 
 
 3 
 
 
 203 
 
 60 
 
 66,944 
 
 24-31 
 
 83,697 
 
 27-75 
 
 118937 
 
 34-76 
 
 189212 
 
 49-11 
 
 109921 
 
 3 
 
 13th 
 
 11 
 
 60 to 65 
 
 2,292 
 
 24-64 
 
 3,004 
 
 30-70 
 
 2,663 
 
 22-97 
 
 3,398 
 
 26-57 
 
 3,497 
 
 3 
 
 
 214 
 
 65 
 
 69,236 
 
 24-32 
 
 86,701 
 
 27-85 
 
 121650 
 
 34-38 
 
 192610 
 
 48-39 
 
 113418 
 
 3 
 
 14th 
 
 15 
 
 65 to 70 
 
 3,551 
 
 23 35 
 
 2,503 
 
 13-62 
 
 3,648 
 
 '19-45 
 
 2,357 
 
 11-29 
 
 5,657 
 
 3 
 
 
 229 
 
 70 
 
 72,787 
 
 24-27 
 
 89,204 
 
 27-05 
 
 125298 
 
 33-62 
 
 194967 
 
 46-54 
 
 119075 
 
 3 
 
 15th 
 
 7 
 
 70 to 75 
 
 1,964 
 
 42-79 
 
 1,534 
 
 2411 
 
 2,520 
 
 38-45 
 
 946 
 
 11-98 3,306 
 
 7 
 
 
 236 
 
 75 
 
 74,751 
 
 24-55 
 
 90,738 
 
 27-00 
 
 127818 
 
 33-71 
 
 195913 
 
 45-90 122381 
 
 4 
 
 16th 
 
 9 
 
 75 to 80 
 
 2,277 
 
 25-53 
 
 3,327 
 
 32-28 
 
 6,183 
 
 55-23 
 
 8,559 
 
 62-78 
 
 4,716 
 
 5 
 
 
 245 
 
 80 
 
 77,028 
 
 24-58 
 
 94,065 
 
 27-15 
 
 134001 
 
 34-32 
 
 204472 
 
 46-42 
 
 127097 
 
 4 
 
 17th 
 
 8 
 
 80 to 85 i 
 
 1.853 
 
 17 49 
 
 803 
 
 6-71 
 
 1,015 
 
 8-15 
 
 862 
 
 6-74 
 
 2,166 
 
 
 
 
 253 
 
 85 1 
 
 78,881 
 
 24-35 
 
 94,868 
 
 26-47 
 
 135016 
 
 33-52 
 
 205334 
 
 4531 
 
 129263 
 
 3 
 
 18th 
 
 11 
 
 85 to 901 
 
 4,507 
 
 30-05 
 
 2,576 
 
 14-48 
 
 966 
 
 4-95 
 
 1,991 
 
 9-77 
 
 5,366 
 
 3 
 
 
 264 
 
 90 i 
 
 83,388 
 
 24-60 
 
 97,444 
 
 25-91 135982 
 
 32-21 
 
 207325 
 
 43-78 
 
 134629 
 
 3 
 
 19th 
 
 11 
 
 90 to 95 
 
 3,279 
 
 36-17 
 
 528 
 
 4-32| 379 
 
 3-07 
 
 dec 266 
 
 —2-08 
 
 3,675 
 
 4 
 
 
 275 
 
 95 
 
 86,667 
 
 24-33 
 
 97,972 
 
 25-23 136361 
 
 31-37 
 
 207059 
 
 42-58 
 
 138304 
 
 3 
 
 20th 
 
 7 
 
 95 to 100 
 
 2,178 
 
 84-90 
 
 934 
 
 25-73 117 
 
 2-46 
 
 892 
 
 19-54 
 
 1,998 
 
 7 
 
 
 282 
 
 100 
 
 88,845 
 
 25-34 
 
 98,906 
 
 25-23 136478 
 
 31-06 
 
 207951 
 
 42-36 
 
 110302 
 
 4 
 
 2Lst 
 
 8 
 
 100tol05 
 
 2.727 
 
 44-58 
 
 548 
 
 6-831 507 
 
 5-73 
 
 2,689 
 
 31-40 
 
 2,445 
 
 3 
 
 
 290 
 
 105 
 
 9i;572 
 
 25-95 
 
 99,454 
 
 24-89 136985 
 
 30-56 
 
 210640 
 
 42-17 
 
 142747 
 
 4 
 
 22d 
 
 6 
 
 lOStollO 
 
 175 
 
 2-39 
 
 dec 652 
 
 —8-60 dec473 
 
 —6-32 
 
 1,023 
 
 14-76 
 
 dec 385 
 
 — 
 
 
 296 
 
 110 
 
 91,747 
 
 25-20 
 
 98,802 
 
 24-24 136512 
 
 29 95 
 
 211663 
 
 41-80 
 
 1423ti2 
 
 2 
 
 23d 
 
 7 
 
 110toll5 
 
 908 
 
 8-94 
 
 832 
 
 7-82 
 
 1,728 
 
 15-61 
 
 2,462 
 
 21-47 
 
 1,310 
 
 1 
 
 
 303 
 
 115 
 
 92,655 
 
 24-76 
 
 99,634 
 
 23-82 
 
 138240 
 
 29-61 
 
 214125 
 
 41-35 
 
 143672 
 
 3 
 
 24th 
 
 4 
 
 115tol20 
 
 452 
 
 10-39 
 
 540 
 
 12-25 
 
 193 
 
 402 
 
 344 
 
 6-95 
 
 597 
 
 1 
 
 
 307 
 
 120 
 
 93,107 
 
 24-60 
 
 100174 
 
 23-70 
 
 138433 
 
 29-35 
 
 214469 
 
 -41-02 
 
 144269 
 
 3 
 
 25th 
 
 2 
 
 120tol25 
 
 146 
 
 44-51 
 
 268 
 
 92-09 
 
 dec(i5 
 
 -13-71 
 
 dec56 
 
 10-01 
 
 231 
 
 7 
 
 Total, 
 
 309 
 
 125 
 
 93,253 
 
 24-62 
 
 100442 
 
 23-75 
 
 138368 
 
 29-31 
 
 214413 
 
 40-97 
 
 144500 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 INCREASE IN 
 
 THE RANGES 
 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 
 ), 50 cmd 15 years, frovi ni)5 to IS AO, fur Farts of the State, within certain lladial 
 
 
 es of 5 jniles. 
 
 
 
 ) years* 
 
 Increase iu 40 years* In. iu 50 ys. 
 
 In* iu T3 ya. 
 
 
 800 to 1830 
 
 From 1810 to 1840 
 
 From 1790 to 1830 From 1800 to 1840 
 
 j 
 From 1790 to 1840 
 
 From 1765 to 1840 
 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Anil. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 
 )5 146-18 59,596 
 
 176-38 
 
 43,072 
 
 235-10 68,446 
 
 274-47 
 
 75,063 
 
 409-731 
 
 77,863 
 
 501-71 
 
 
 )2 129-07! 23,170 
 
 146-02 
 
 18.360 
 
 213-43 27,267 
 
 231-66 
 
 30,435 
 
 353-81I 
 
 31,788 
 
 438-51 
 
 
 17 140-70 82,766 
 
 106-68 
 
 6i;432 
 
 228-33| 95,713 
 
 260-74 
 
 105498 
 
 39186| 
 
 109651 
 
 481-58 
 
 
 i3 97-06 20,750 
 
 105-15 
 
 17,069 
 
 125-94 24,944 
 
 160-52 
 
 26,930 
 
 198-70 
 
 28,059 
 
 225-84 
 
 
 !0 127-72[103516 
 
 149-18 
 
 78,501 
 
 193-94120657 
 
 230-94 
 
 132428 
 
 327-ls! 
 
 137710 
 
 391-29 
 
 
 )2 32-58 
 
 12,323 
 
 31-20 
 
 14,305 
 
 46-38j 17,754 
 
 52-13 
 
 20,967 
 
 67-98 
 
 29,114 
 
 128-28 
 
 
 2 90-17 
 
 115839 
 
 106-39 
 
 92,806 
 
 130-13 
 
 138411 
 
 160-38 
 
 153395 
 
 215-09!il66824 
 
 288-18 
 
 
 7 33-79 
 
 12,133 
 
 42-46 
 
 8,988 
 
 33-44 
 
 13,904 
 
 51-87 
 
 13,835 
 
 51-11 1 17,767 
 
 77-44 
 
 
 9 76-81 
 
 127972 
 
 93-10 
 
 101794 
 
 103-67 
 
 152315 
 
 134-66 
 
 167230 
 
 170-31 184591 
 
 228-37 
 
 
 3 55-52 
 
 34,139 
 
 97-90 
 
 18,870 
 
 59-16 
 
 36,359 
 
 111-39 
 
 37,106 
 
 116-34 45,809 
 
 197-52 
 
 
 2 72-04 
 
 162111 
 
 94-06 
 
 120664 
 
 92-75 
 
 188674 
 
 129-45 
 
 204336 
 
 157-08 
 
 230400 
 
 221-50 
 
 
 3 19-99 
 
 12,011 
 
 29-75 
 
 8,848 
 
 24-33 
 
 14,711 
 
 41-70 
 
 16,026 
 
 44-07 
 
 23,965 
 
 84-32 
 
 
 5 61-35 
 
 174122 
 
 81-87 
 
 129512 
 
 77-81 
 
 203385 
 
 110-88 
 
 220362 
 
 132-39 
 
 254365 
 
 192-06 
 
 
 4 27-03 
 
 8,503 
 
 26-76 
 
 10,301 
 
 38-77 
 
 11,251 
 
 38-77 
 
 13,708 
 
 51-60 
 
 19,721 
 
 95-97 
 
 3 
 
 9 56-66 
 
 182625 
 
 74-70 
 
 139813 
 
 72-44 
 
 214636! 101-03 
 
 234070 
 
 121-27 
 
 274086 
 
 179-15 
 
 
 5 33-31 
 
 11,989 
 
 45-43 
 
 9,967 
 
 42-40 
 
 13,267 
 
 52-83 
 
 14,869 
 
 63 25 
 
 23,049 
 
 150-38 
 
 ] 
 
 4 54-19 
 
 194614 
 
 71-85 
 
 149780 
 
 69-17 
 
 227903 
 
 95-94 
 
 248939 
 
 114-97 
 
 297135 
 
 176-53 
 
 : 
 
 5 63-38 
 
 17,665 
 
 74-26 
 
 14,426 
 
 78-84 
 
 21,426 
 
 106-98 
 
 23,157 
 
 126-56 
 
 33,410 
 
 415-39 
 
 i 
 
 9 51-03 
 
 212279 
 
 72-05 
 
 164206 
 
 69'93|249329! 96-79 
 
 272096 
 
 115 88 
 
 330545 
 
 187-43 
 
 1 60-04 
 
 9,747 
 
 54-73 
 
 10,807 
 
 72-05 
 
 11,430 
 
 70-88 
 
 12,556 
 
 83-71 
 
 17,846 
 
 183-82 
 
 5521 
 
 222026 
 
 71-06 
 
 175013 
 
 70-06 
 
 260759 
 
 95-27 
 
 284652 
 
 113-55 
 
 348391 
 
 187-24 
 
 
 1 28-87 
 
 5,459 
 
 44-00 
 
 4,288 
 
 3811 
 
 5,809 
 
 48-18 
 
 6,616 
 
 58-81 
 
 11,612 
 
 185-70 
 
 
 1 54-10 
 
 227485 
 
 70-03 
 
 179301 
 
 68-68 
 
 266568 
 
 93-28 
 
 291268 
 
 111-57 
 
 360003 
 
 187-19 
 
 [ 
 
 6 32-37 
 
 4,704 
 
 27-02 
 
 6,630 
 
 46-53 
 
 6,341 
 
 40-20 
 
 7,865 
 
 55-20 
 
 12,868 
 
 139-22 
 
 c 
 
 7 52-96 
 
 232189 
 
 67-84 
 
 185931 
 
 67-53 
 
 272909 
 
 9051 
 
 299133 
 
 108-65 
 
 372871 
 
 184-99 
 
 / 
 
 2 45-71 
 
 4,593 
 
 38-76 
 
 4,955 
 
 53-28 
 
 6,402 
 
 65-44 
 
 6,885 
 
 74-04 
 
 11,226 
 
 226-42 
 
 J 
 
 9 52-73 
 
 236782 
 
 66-91; 
 
 190886 
 
 67-07 
 
 279311 
 
 89-72 
 
 306018 
 
 107-52 
 
 384097 
 
 185-98 
 
 3 
 
 5 21-96 
 
 4,473 
 
 23-84' 
 
 7,199 
 
 47-34 
 
 4,860: 26-45 
 
 8,024 
 
 52-76 
 
 16,336 
 
 236-92 
 
 
 4 51-02 
 
 241255 
 
 64-75 
 
 198085 
 
 66-07 
 
 284171 86-19 
 
 314042 
 
 104-74 
 
 400433 
 
 187-63 
 
 
 2 42-63 
 
 2,288 
 
 34-91 
 
 4,484 
 
 97-71 
 
 2,4801 38-98 
 
 4,252 
 
 92-65 
 
 6,927 
 
 361-91 
 
 
 6 50-86 
 
 243543 
 
 64-23 
 
 202569 
 
 66-54 
 
 28665 ll 85-30 
 
 318294 
 
 104-56 
 
 407360 
 
 189-18 
 
 3 
 
 1 68-61 
 
 10,998 
 
 98-24 
 
 8,460 
 
 94-86 
 
 11,886 115-33 
 
 13,275' 148-87 
 
 15,909 
 
 253-20 
 
 
 7 51-39 
 
 254541 
 
 65-21 
 
 211029 
 
 67-35 
 
 298537 
 
 86-19i 
 
 331569' 105-82 
 
 423269 
 
 190-99 
 
 
 5 12-58 
 
 1,175 
 
 9-44 
 
 2,868 
 
 27-07 
 
 1,665 
 
 13-92 
 
 3,028' 28-58 
 
 11,900 
 
 691-05 
 
 
 2 50-09 
 
 255716 
 
 63-48, 
 
 213897 
 
 66-03 
 
 300202 
 
 83-78 
 
 334597' 103-30 
 
 435169 
 
 194-85 
 
 
 3 15-08 
 
 2,850 
 
 14-61 
 
 5,473 
 
 36 42 
 
 4,567 
 
 25-67 
 
 7,357 49-72' 
 
 15,793 
 
 240-71 
 
 
 j5 48-44 
 
 258566 
 
 61-22 
 
 219370 
 
 64-72 
 
 304769 
 
 81-03 
 
 341954 100-60 
 
 450962 
 
 196-16 
 
 
 1 4-18 
 
 130 
 
 1-05 
 
 3,658 
 
 40-35 
 
 262 
 
 2-14 
 
 3,409 37-60 
 
 9,524 
 
 322-84 
 
 
 fe 47-05 
 
 258696 
 
 59-52 
 
 223028 
 
 64-09|205031 
 
 52-80 
 
 345363 99-25. 
 
 460486 
 
 197-76 
 
 
 1 33-92 
 
 712 
 
 15-01 
 
 2,295 
 
 89-23 
 
 1,826 
 
 50-30 
 
 2.890 112-67| 
 
 5,455 
 
 - 
 
 
 7 46-92 
 
 259408 
 
 59-04 
 
 225323 
 
 64-25 
 
 306857 
 
 78-26 
 
 348253 99-35j 
 
 465941 
 
 200-10 
 
 i 
 
 7 16-68 
 
 2,407 
 
 27-21 
 
 3,234 
 
 52-861 3,237 
 
 40-32 
 
 5,134 83 98 
 
 10,091 
 
 869-91 
 
 
 4 46-32 
 
 261815 
 
 58-43 
 
 228557 
 
 64-08:310094 
 
 77 53 
 
 353387 99-08 
 
 476032 
 
 203-42 
 
 
 5 —7-45 
 
 463 
 
 6-18 
 
 dec298| — 4-07| 371 
 
 4-89 
 
 638 8-77 
 
 3,928 
 
 97-78 
 
 c 
 
 9 45-32 
 
 262278 
 
 57-55 
 
 228259 
 
 62-711310465 
 
 76-18 
 
 354025 97-27 
 
 479960 
 
 201-64 
 
 
 8 20-29 
 
 2,864 
 
 25-88 
 
 2,636 
 
 25-95i 3,294 
 
 30-97 
 
 3,772 37-14 
 
 9,631 
 
 224-13 
 
 
 7 44-68 
 
 265142 
 
 56-80 
 
 230895 
 
 61-71 1313759 
 
 75 03 
 
 357797 95-63 
 
 489591 
 
 202-04 
 
 
 8 13-34 
 
 489 
 
 1018 
 
 645 
 
 14-83 884 
 
 20-06 
 
 941 21-64 
 
 3,457 
 
 188-70 
 
 i 
 
 5 44-36 
 
 265631 
 
 56-32 
 
 231540 
 
 61-17'314643 
 
 74-47 
 
 358738 
 
 94-78' 
 
 493048 
 
 201-94 
 
 1 
 
 B 40-54 
 
 29 
 
 6-11 
 
 81 
 
 24-69 212 
 
 72 85 
 
 175 
 
 55 03 
 
 503 
 
 . 
 
 3 44-35 
 
 265660 
 
 56-27 
 
 231621 
 
 61-14 314855' 74-46) 
 
 358913 
 
 94-75: 
 
 493551 
 
 202-15 
 
 " i 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
76 
 
 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TABLE 
 
 X : Part II. — Exhibiting the Increase of the Population of Massachusetts, in Periods of \ 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 Distances from Boston] 
 
 t" 
 
 
 Increase in 20 yearst 
 
 Incr« 
 
 K 
 
 
 
 Distance 
 
 1 ' 1 
 From 1790 to ISlOlFrom 1800 to 1820 From 1810 to 1830|From 1820 to 1840 
 
 From 1790 to 
 
 li^ 
 
 R 
 
 e3 
 
 from 
 Boslon, 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 
 
 
 xvan^ca. 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 O 
 
 in miles. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 1 Amt. 
 
 Per ci. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. Pe 
 
 ' 
 
 . 
 
 309 
 
 , 
 
 93,253 
 
 24-62 
 
 100442 
 
 23-75 138368 
 
 29-3l!214413 
 
 40-97 
 
 144500 3. 
 
 r 
 
 Boston 
 
 1 
 
 
 15,467 
 
 84-42 
 
 18,361 
 
 73-221 27,605 81-701 50,0851 
 
 115-67 
 
 24,978 13 
 
 i- 
 
 
 308 
 
 - 
 
 77,786 
 
 21-57 
 
 82,081 
 
 20-62110763 25-27 164328| 
 
 34-23 
 
 119522 3 
 
 .' 
 
 IstR. 
 
 7 
 
 1 to5 
 
 7,265 
 
 84-48 
 
 8,179 
 
 69-49 11,095 69-92 
 
 19.088 
 
 95-68 
 
 11.347 13 
 
 
 
 301 
 
 over 5 
 
 70,521 
 
 20-04 
 
 73,902 
 
 19-13,99,668 23-59 
 
 145240 
 
 31-57 
 
 108175 3 
 
 
 2d 
 
 16 
 
 5 to 10 
 
 6,180 
 
 45-59 
 
 8,Ui2 
 
 52-52: 10,889 55-18 
 
 16,782 
 
 70 80 
 
 10.148 7 
 
 
 
 285 
 
 over 10 
 
 64,341 
 
 1901 
 
 65,740 
 
 17-73, 88,779 22-04 
 
 126458 
 
 29-43 
 
 98.027 2 
 
 
 3d 
 
 19 
 
 10 to 15 
 
 8,644 
 
 28-02 
 
 8,4151 
 
 24-71! 5,66l! 14-33 
 
 9,339 
 
 21-99 
 
 1 1,628 3 
 
 
 
 266 
 
 over 15 
 
 55,697 
 
 18-11 
 
 57,3251 
 
 17-03i 83,118: 22 88 
 
 119119 
 
 30-24 
 
 86,399 2 
 
 
 4th 
 
 21 
 
 15 to 20 
 
 1,702 
 
 6-33 5,871| 
 
 21-90 7.286 25-49 
 
 8,033 
 
 24-58 
 
 5.802 2 
 
 
 
 245 
 
 over 20 
 
 53,995 
 
 19-24 
 
 51,454 
 
 16-6175,832 22-66 
 
 111086 
 
 30-75 
 
 80,597 2 
 
 *• 
 
 5th 
 
 29 
 
 20 to 25 
 
 2,967 
 
 9-30 
 
 8,651 
 
 26-50| 15,903' 45-61 
 
 27,708 
 
 67-10 
 
 9,398 2 
 
 
 
 216 
 
 over 25 
 
 51,028 
 
 20-51 
 
 42,803 15-44 59,929 19-99' 83,378 
 
 25-09 
 
 71,199 2 
 
 
 6th 
 
 26 
 
 25 to 30 
 
 4,015 
 
 11-04 
 
 2,618 6-94 
 
 4,833 11-97 
 
 12,093 
 
 30-01 
 
 3,933 1 
 
 
 
 190 
 
 over 30 
 
 47,013 
 
 2213 
 
 40,185 16-78 
 
 55,096 21-24 
 
 71,285 
 
 25-49 
 
 67,266 2 
 
 
 7th 
 
 17 
 
 30 to 35 
 
 5,205 
 
 19-59 
 
 4,467 
 
 15-39 
 
 5,096 l(i 04 
 
 6,784 
 
 20-25 
 
 6,924 
 
 
 :i 
 
 
 173 
 
 over 35 
 
 41,808 
 
 22-50 
 
 35,718 
 
 16-97 
 
 50,000 
 
 21-96 
 
 64.501 
 
 26 20 
 
 60,342 
 
 
 .:- 
 
 8th 
 
 16 
 
 35 to 40 
 
 2,880 
 
 12-25 
 
 4,022 
 
 16-01 
 
 7,087 
 
 26-85 
 
 9,^45 
 
 31-73 
 
 5,624 
 
 
 ;■ 
 
 
 157 
 
 over 40 
 
 38,928 
 
 23-98 
 
 31,696 
 
 17-10 
 
 42,913 
 
 21-32 
 
 55,256 
 
 25-46 
 
 54,718 
 
 
 
 9th 
 
 16 
 
 40 to 45 
 
 5,492 
 
 30-01 
 
 3,665 
 
 18-30 
 
 8,934 
 
 37-55 
 
 17,761 
 
 74-96 
 
 5,396 
 
 
 
 
 141 
 
 over 45 
 
 33,436 
 
 23-22 
 
 28,031 
 
 16-96 
 
 33,979 
 
 1915 
 
 37,495 
 
 19-39 
 
 49,322 
 
 
 
 lOih 
 
 12 
 
 45 to 50 
 
 2,809 
 
 18-72 
 
 6,405 
 
 39-72 
 
 7,998 
 
 44-91 
 
 5,025 
 
 22-30 
 
 7.531 
 
 
 
 
 129 
 
 over 50 
 
 30,627 
 
 23-74 
 
 21,626 
 
 14-49 
 
 25,981 
 
 16-27 
 
 32,470 
 
 19-01 
 
 41,791 
 
 
 i 
 
 11th 
 
 10 
 
 50 to 55 
 
 1,1.57 
 
 10-28 
 
 1,746 
 
 14-48 
 
 3,131 
 
 25 23 
 
 4,063 
 
 2943 
 
 2,553 
 
 
 t 
 
 
 119 
 
 over 55 
 
 29,470 
 
 25-03 
 
 19,880 
 
 14-50 
 
 22,850 
 
 14-77 
 
 28,407 
 
 18-09 
 
 39,238 
 
 
 i:. 
 
 12th 
 
 13 
 
 55 to 60 
 
 3,161 
 
 22-18 
 
 3,135 
 
 19-87 
 
 3,469 
 
 19-92 
 
 3,206 
 
 16-95 
 
 4,659 
 
 
 L>i 
 
 
 106 
 
 over 60 
 
 26,309 
 
 25-42 
 
 16,745 
 
 13-80 
 
 19,381 
 
 14-93 
 
 25,201 
 
 18-25 
 
 34,579 
 
 
 5- 
 
 13th 
 
 11 
 
 60 to 65 
 
 2,292 
 
 24-64 
 
 3,004 
 
 30-70 
 
 2,663 
 
 22-97 
 
 3,398 
 
 26-57 
 
 3,497 
 
 
 r. 
 
 
 95 
 
 over 65 
 
 24,017 
 
 25-49 
 
 13,741 
 
 12-31 
 
 16,718 
 
 1413 
 
 21,803 
 
 17-40 
 
 31,082 
 
 
 h 
 
 14th 
 
 15 
 
 65 to 70 
 
 3,551 
 
 23-35 
 
 2,503 
 
 13-62 
 
 3,648 
 
 19-45 
 
 2,357 
 
 11-29 
 
 5,657 
 
 
 r 
 
 
 80 
 
 over 70 
 
 20,466 
 
 25-91 
 
 11^238 
 
 12-06 
 
 13,070 
 
 13-14 
 
 19,446 
 
 18-62 
 
 25,425 
 
 
 :, 
 
 15th 
 
 7 
 
 70 to 75 
 
 1 1,964 
 
 42-79 
 
 1,534 
 
 24-11 
 
 2,520 
 
 38-45 
 
 946 
 
 11-98 
 
 3,306 
 
 
 ' 
 
 
 73 
 
 over 75 
 
 18,502 
 
 24-87 
 
 9,704 
 
 11-17 
 
 10,550 
 
 11-35 
 
 18,500 
 
 19-16 
 
 22,119 
 
 
 K 
 
 16th 
 
 9 
 
 75 to 80 
 
 1 2,277 
 
 25-53 
 
 3,327 
 
 32-28 
 
 6,183 
 
 55-23 
 
 8,559 
 
 62-78 
 
 4,716 
 
 
 !1 
 
 
 64 
 
 over 80 
 
 16,225 
 
 24-77 
 
 6,377 
 
 8-33 
 
 4,367 
 
 5-34 
 
 9,941 
 
 11-99 
 
 17,403 
 
 
 (( 
 
 17th 
 
 8 
 
 80 to 85 
 
 [ 1,853 
 
 17-49 
 
 803 
 
 6-71 
 
 1,015 
 
 8-15 
 
 8()2 
 
 6-74 
 
 2,166 
 
 
 h 
 
 
 56 
 
 over 85 
 
 14,372 
 
 26-18 
 
 5,574 
 
 8-63 
 
 3,352 
 
 4-84 
 
 9,079 
 
 12-94 
 
 15,237 
 
 
 I 
 
 18th 
 
 11 
 
 85 to 90 
 
 4,507 
 
 30-05 
 
 2,576 
 
 14-48 
 
 966 
 
 4-95 
 
 i;991 
 
 9-77 
 
 5,366 
 
 
 f: 
 
 
 45 
 
 over 90 
 
 9,865 
 
 24-73 
 
 2,998 
 
 6-41 
 
 2,386 
 
 4-79 
 
 7,088 
 
 14-24 
 
 9,871 
 
 
 r- 
 
 19th 
 
 11 
 
 90 to 95 
 
 3,279 
 
 36-17 
 
 528 
 
 4-32 
 
 379 
 
 307 dec 266 
 
 —2-08 
 
 3,675 
 
 
 i; 
 
 
 34 over 95 
 
 6,586 
 
 21-36 
 
 2,470 
 
 7-14 
 
 2,007 
 
 5-36 7,354 
 
 19-86 
 
 6,196 
 
 
 f 
 
 20th 
 
 7 95 to 100 
 
 2,178 
 
 84-90 
 
 934 
 
 25-73 
 
 117 
 
 2-46 892 
 
 19-54 
 
 1,998 
 
 
 t; 
 
 
 27 over 100 
 
 4,408 
 
 15-60 
 
 1,536 
 
 4-96 
 
 1,890 
 
 5-78 
 
 6,462 
 
 19-91 
 
 4,198 
 
 
 I 
 
 21st 
 
 8 100tol05 
 
 2,727 
 
 44-58 
 
 548 
 
 6-83 
 
 507 
 
 5-73 
 
 2,689 
 
 31-40 
 
 2,445 
 
 
 f 
 
 
 19 over 105 
 
 1,681 
 
 7-5C 
 
 988 
 
 4-31 
 
 1,383 
 
 5 -SO 
 
 3.773 
 
 15-79 
 
 1,753 
 
 
 S 
 
 22d 
 
 6 105toll0 
 
 175 
 
 2-39 
 
 dec 652 
 
 —8-60 
 
 dec 473 
 
 —6-32 
 
 1,023 
 
 14 76!idec385 
 
 _ 
 
 > 
 
 
 13 over 110 
 
 i,5or 
 
 10-15 
 
 1,640 
 
 10-69 
 
 1,856 
 
 11-36 
 
 2,750 
 
 16-20 
 
 2,138 
 
 
 ^^ 
 
 23d 
 
 7 110toll5 
 
 908 
 
 8-91 
 
 832 
 
 7-82 
 
 1,728 
 
 15-61 
 
 2,462 
 
 21-47 
 
 1,310 
 
 
 ii 
 
 
 () over 1 15 
 
 598 
 
 12-78 
 
 808 
 
 17-20 
 
 128 
 
 2-42 
 
 288 
 
 5-23 
 
 828 
 
 
 
 24th 
 
 4 115 to 120 
 
 452 
 
 10-39 
 
 540 
 
 12-25 
 
 193 
 
 4-02 
 
 344 
 
 6-95 
 
 597 
 
 
 f^ 
 
 25th 
 
 2 over 120 
 
 14( 
 
 44-51 
 
 268 
 
 92-09 
 
 dec65 
 
 -13-71 
 
 dec56 
 
 -10-01 
 
 231 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INCREASE IN THE RANGESi, 
 
 77 
 
 iO, 50 and 15 years, from 1165 to 1840, /or Parts of the State, beyond certain Radial 
 nges of 5 mihs. 
 
 30 years. 
 
 m 1800 to 18:30 From 1810 to 1840 
 
 Per ct. Ami. 
 
 44-35 '265H()0 
 146-i8| 59,596 
 37-97I20G064 
 129-07} 23,170 
 32-60!l82894 
 97-061 20,750 
 32-60'16214l 
 32-5Si 12,323 
 32-901149821 
 33-791 12,133 
 32-501137688 
 55-52134,139 
 29-79,103549 
 19-99! 12,011 
 31-33! 91,538 
 27-03 8,503 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Increase in 40 yearst 
 
 31-93 
 33-31 
 31-74 
 63-38 
 
 83,035 
 11,989 
 71,046 
 17,665 
 
 27-90 53,381 
 60-04 9,74 
 24-43: 43,634 
 
 28-87 
 24-04 
 32-37 
 
 5,459 
 
 38,175 
 
 4,704 
 
 22-96 33,471 
 45-7J 4,593 
 20-96^ 28.878 
 21-961 4.473 
 20-76; 24,405 
 42-63i 2,288 
 19-161 22,117 
 68-6li 10,998 
 12-50| 11,119 
 12-581 1,175 
 
 12-48 
 15-08, 
 11-50: 
 4-18' 
 14-08 
 33-92 
 11-76 
 16-68 
 10-03 
 —7-45 
 18-68 
 20-29 
 1503 
 1334 
 40-54 
 
 9,944 
 2,850 
 7,094 
 
 130 
 6,964 
 
 712 
 6,252 
 2,407 
 3,845 
 
 463 
 3.382 
 2,864 
 
 518 
 
 489 
 29 
 
 11 
 
 56-27 
 176-38 
 47-01 
 146-02 
 43-30 
 105-15 
 40-26 
 31-20 
 41-25 
 42-46 
 41-15 
 97-90 
 34-54 
 29-75 
 35 29 
 26-76 
 36-44 
 45-43 
 35-31 
 74-26 
 30-08 
 54-73 
 27-33 
 44-00 
 25-93 
 27-02 
 25-86 
 38-76 
 24-43 
 23-84 
 24-54 
 34-91 
 23-80 
 98-24 
 13-60 
 9-44 
 14-35 
 14-61 
 14-25 
 1-05 
 18-61 
 15-01 
 19-14! 
 27-21' 
 16-14 
 6-18 
 20-70 
 25-88 
 9-82 
 10 IS 
 6-11 
 
 From 1790 to 1830 From 1800 lo 1840 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. Amt. 
 
 231621 
 43,072 
 188549 
 18,360 
 170189 
 17,069 
 153120 
 14,305 
 138815 
 
 8,988 
 129827 
 18,870 
 110957 
 
 8,848 
 102109 
 10,301 
 91,808 
 
 9,967 
 81,841 
 14,426 
 67,415 
 10,807 
 56,608 
 
 4,288 
 52,320 
 
 6,630 
 45,690 
 
 4,955 
 40,735 
 
 7,199 
 33,536 
 
 4,484 
 29,052 
 
 8,460 
 20,592 
 
 2.86R 
 17,721 
 
 5,473 
 12,251 
 
 3,658 
 
 8,593 
 
 2,295 
 
 6,298 
 
 3,234 
 
 3,064 
 dec 298 
 
 3,362 
 
 2,636 
 
 726 
 
 645 
 
 81 
 
 61-14314855 
 
 235-10168,446 
 
 52 30;246409 
 
 213 43 27,267 
 
 48-36!219142 
 
 125-94! 24,944 
 
 45 -25 1194198 
 
 46 38! 17,754 
 
 45-14ll76444 
 
 33-44 13,904 
 
 46-261162540 
 
 59-16 36,359 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 44-61 
 24-33 
 48-08 
 38 77 
 49-41 
 42-40 
 50-45 
 78-84 
 46-82 
 72-05 
 43-88 
 38-11 
 44-43 
 46-53 
 44 14 
 53-28 
 43-24 
 47 34 
 42-46 
 97-71 
 
 126181 
 14,711 
 111470 
 11,251 
 100219 
 13,267 
 86,952 
 21,426 
 65.526 
 11^430 
 54,096 
 
 5,809 
 48,287 
 
 6,341 
 41,946 
 
 6,402 
 35,544 
 
 4,860 
 30,684 
 
 2_4R0 
 
 In. in 50 ys. 
 
 From 1790 to 1840 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 In. in 75 ys. 
 
 From 1765 to 1840 
 
 Amt. 
 
 39-05 28,204 
 94-86 11,886 
 31-44 16,318 
 27-07, 1,665 
 32 29 14,653 
 36-42 4,567 
 30-72 10,086 
 40-35 262 
 27-88 9,824 
 
 89-23 
 22-28 
 52-86 
 13-83 
 —4 07 
 22 12 
 25-95 
 15-52 
 14-83 
 24-69 
 
 1,826 
 
 7,998 
 
 3,237 
 
 4,761 
 
 371 
 
 4,390 
 
 3,294 
 
 1,096 
 
 884 
 
 212 
 
 74-46 
 
 274-47 
 61-92 
 
 231-66 
 56-75 
 
 160-52 
 52-40 
 5213 
 52-42 
 51-87 
 52-47 
 
 111-39 
 45-53 
 41-70 
 46-55 
 38-77 
 47-63 
 52-83 
 46-92 
 
 106-98 
 39-64 
 70-88 
 36-26 
 48-18 
 35-22 
 40-20 
 34-57 
 6544 
 31-86 
 26-45 
 32-93 
 38-98 
 32-48 
 
 115-33 
 21-32 
 13-92 
 22-70 
 25-67' 
 21-571 
 2-14' 
 28-43 
 50-30 
 25-86 
 40-32 
 20-82 
 4-89 
 28-63 
 30-97 
 23-33 
 20-06 
 72-85 
 
 358913 
 75,063 
 283850 
 30,435 
 253415 
 26,930 
 226485 
 20,967 
 205518 
 13,835 
 191683 
 37,106 
 154577 
 16,026 
 138551 
 13,708 
 124843 
 14,869 
 109974 
 23,157 
 86,817 
 12,556 
 74,261 
 
 6,616 
 67,645 
 
 7,865 
 59,780 
 
 6,885 
 52,895 
 
 8,024 
 44,871 
 
 4,252 
 40,619 
 13,275 
 27,344 
 
 3,028 
 24,316 
 
 7,357 
 16,959 
 
 3,409 
 13,550 
 
 2,890 
 10,660 
 
 5,1 
 
 5,526 
 638 
 
 4,888 
 
 3,772 
 
 1,116 
 941 
 175 
 
 94-75 
 
 409-73: 
 78-74' 
 
 353-81! 
 72-02 
 
 198-70 
 66-94 
 67-98 
 66-84, 
 51-11 
 68-31 
 
 116-34 
 62-15 
 44-07 
 65-24 
 51-60 
 67-19 
 63-25 
 67-75 
 
 126-56 
 60-29 
 83-71 
 57-65 
 58-81 
 57-45 
 55-20 
 57-76 
 74-04 
 56-15 
 52-76 
 56-81 
 92-65 
 54-60 
 
 148-87 
 41-76 
 28-58 
 43-51 
 49-72 
 42-56 
 37-60 
 43-96 
 
 112-67 
 37-72 
 83-98 
 24-96 
 8-77 
 32-95 
 37-14 
 23-86 
 21-64 
 5503 
 
 493551 
 77,863 
 
 415688 
 31,788 
 
 383900 
 28,059 
 
 355841 
 29,114 
 
 326727 
 17,767 
 
 308960 
 45,809 
 
 263151 
 23,965 
 
 239186 
 19,721 
 
 219465 
 23,049 
 
 196416 
 
 [33,410 
 
 163006 
 17,846 
 
 145160 
 11,612 
 
 133548 
 12,868 
 
 120680 
 11,226 
 
 109454 
 
 16,336' 
 
 93,118! 
 
 6,927, 
 
 86,191i 
 
 15,909 
 
 70,282 
 
 11,900 
 
 58,382 
 
 15,793 
 
 42,589 
 
 9.524 
 
 33,065 
 
 5,455 
 
 27,610 
 
 10,091 
 
 17,519 
 
 3,928 
 
 13,591 1 
 
 9,631' 
 
 3,960 
 
 3,457 
 
 503 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 202- 15 
 501-71 
 181-81 
 438-51 
 173-41 
 225S4 
 170-29 
 128-28 
 175-41 
 
 77-44 
 189-11 
 197-52 
 187-78 
 
 84-32 
 214-10 
 
 95-97 
 240-73 
 150-38 
 259-00 
 415-39 
 240-44 
 183-82 
 249-90 
 185-70 
 257-65 
 139-22 
 283-35 
 226-42 
 290-86 
 236-92 
 302-96 
 361-91 
 299-04 
 253-20 
 311-82 
 691-05 
 280-45 
 240-71 
 298-74 
 322-84 
 292-45 
 
 244-20 
 869-91 
 172-66 
 97-78 
 221-74 
 224-13 
 216-15 
 188-70 
 
78 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Table X. exhibits the increase of the population in the 
 several ranges of towns within and beyond certain radial 
 distances from Boston, from 1765 to 1840. It will be per- 
 ceived that the increase, though various both in the ranges 
 and in the periods, was generally greater in the more dis- 
 tant ranges, and less in and near Boston, during the first 
 twenty-five years, (Table IX.) while the reverse took 
 place during the last fifty years. 
 
 During the fifty years from 1790, the average increase in the 
 state being 100, the increase of Boston was 432per cent. ; that 
 in the contiguous towns 373 per cent., and in the 2d range 
 20^ per cent.; in the 5th range, embracing Lowell, 122 per 
 cent. ; in the 9th range, embracing Fitchburg, Fall River 
 and New Bedford, 133 per cent. ; in the 16th range, em- 
 bracing Springfield, 157 j)er cent. ; and in the 20th range, 
 embracing 7 towns incorporated during the period, 118 per 
 cent. In all the other ranges the increase was less than 
 the average during the fifty years. 
 
 But in consequence of the different localities in the in- 
 crease from 1765 to 1790, the result of the movement of 
 the population in the ranges, from 1765 to 1840, has been, 
 that the increase in Boston was nearly 2-1 times the aver- 
 age in the state; in the contiguous towns, twice; in the 
 2d range a little more than the average ; in the 5th range, 
 nearly the average ; in the 9th range, twice; in the 16th 
 range, 1| times ; in the 20th range, the towns were not 
 specified in the census of 1765. There was more than an 
 average increase in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, ISth, 19th, 
 21st, 23d and 25th ranges, and in the rest less than the 
 average. 
 
 During the twenty-five years from 1765 to 1790, the in- 
 crease of the population was greater in parts distant from 
 Boston ; but during the fifty years from the first census of 
 the United States, it was greater i)i and wear Boston, show- 
 ing a tendency to a centralization of the population in and 
 near the capital of the Commonwealth. 
 
INCREASE IN THE RANGES. 
 
 79 
 
 This tendency to a centralization of the population in 
 and near Boston, is further manifest by the fact that the 
 radius of the circle which embraced one half of the j)opida- 
 tion of the state^ was contracted about C miles, or from 35 
 to about 29 miles, during the fifty years from 1790 to 1840. 
 It will be perceived that the radius of this circle was even 
 shorter in 1765 than in 1S40, that is, half the population 
 of Massachusetts was nearer Boston in 1765 than in 1840. 
 In 1765, 10,362| more than half of the population, or 4-24 
 per cent, more, were within 30 miles, and in 1840, only 
 17,952, or 2-43 ^jer cent. more. This will appear from the 
 following view of the seven censuses, in which the difier- 
 ence is marked thus -|-, when more than half of the popu- 
 lation was within 30 miles of Boston, and thus — when it 
 is less. 
 
 1763 
 
 1840 
 
 Population, - 
 
 Half, - 
 
 Number with- 
 in 30 miles, 
 
 Difference, - 
 " per ct. - 
 
 344,149 
 122,074.} 
 
 373,737 
 189,393*' 
 
 422,-^3 
 21i;422i 
 
 132,437 i 166,440 183,417 
 +10,362* —22,933+ —23,005+ 
 + 4-24 '— 6-05 I— 6-62 
 
 472.010 
 236,020 
 
 212.6.30 
 
 2:3,.540 
 
 4-91 
 
 523,237 
 261,643^ 
 
 610,403 
 305,204 
 
 737,700 
 363,850 
 
 243.674 I 295,952 386,802 
 
 — 17,969J — 9.2:52+ 17,952 
 
 — 343 I— 151|+ 243 
 
 Thus, the proportion of the increase during the thirty-five 
 out of the seventy-five years, was decidedly greater in 
 places over 30 miles, and during the last forty years de- 
 cidedly less than in places within 30 miles of Boston. ' 
 
 In 1790, the circle with a radius of 35 miles, embraced 
 193,002 inhabitants, or 3.608| more than half; and in 
 1800, only 212,436, or 1,013|- more than half, a result 
 showing this circle to have been a little extended from 1790 
 to 1800. During this decennial period, the more distant 
 part of the Commonwealth increased in greater proportion 
 than Boston and the ranges near it, the causes of which 
 are probably to be traced to the continued inducements to 
 settle the western parts of the state for agricultural pur- 
 
80 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 poses, while no encouragements were held out to detain 
 the surplus population in the eastern and more central 
 parts. 
 
 In 1810, the circle with a radius of 35 miles, embraced 
 244,447 inhabitants, or 8,427 more than half, of whom 
 6,656 belonged to 5 towns 35 miles from Boston, so that 
 the circle with a radius of 34 miles, embraced 337,791 in- 
 habitants, or 1,771 more than half. During the ten years 
 from 1800 to 1810, the increase of the population of the 
 state was very nearly the same as in the preceding decade ; 
 but the tendency to an accumulation near the central parts 
 became manifest. Emigration to other states continued to 
 absorb a large portion of the surplus population in this de- 
 cennial period, and will be manifest to a still greater de- 
 gree in the following. A few years before 1820, the influ- 
 ence of the manufacturing interest seems to have operated 
 in detaining the population within the Hmits of the Com- 
 monwealth. Afterwards it will be seen to have been much 
 greater. 
 
 During the ten years from 1810 to 1820, the increase of 
 the population was less than in either of the other decades, 
 amounting to only 1085 />er cent, in the whole state ; still 
 this tendency to a centralization of the population in and 
 near Boston, manifests itself; so that in 1820, the circle 
 with a radius of 35 miles embraced 277,160 inhabitants, or 
 15,516| more thari half, of whom 6,895 belonged to 5 
 towns 35 miles from Boston, reducing the number within 
 34 miles to 270,265, or 8,621^ more than half, of whom 
 5,592 belonged to 2 towns, reducing the number within 33 
 miles to 264,673 inhabitants, or 3,029| more than half, and 
 of whom 2,978 belonged to 3 towns within 33 miles, re- 
 ducing the number within 32 miles to 261,695 inhabitants, 
 or 51^ more than half 
 
 The increase of the population of Massachusetts was 
 greau^r from 1820 to 1830, than during either of the three 
 
INCREASE IN THE RANGES. 81 
 
 preceding decennial periods, and the tendency to a central- 
 ization in and about Boston became more apparent than 
 before. During tliis period, Lowell in the range of 20 and 
 not exceeding 25 miles, commenced an existence under re- 
 markably favorable circumstances, and the increase of the 
 range of 40 and not exceeding 45 miles, "was still greater, 
 in consequence of the rapid growth of Fall River, New 
 Bedford and Wareham, in their manufacturing and com- 
 mercial interests. The range from 75 to 80 miles, includ- 
 ing Springfield, had an increase of more than the average 
 m the state. In the other ranges the increase was less 
 than the average in the state. There was a small loss in 
 the range from 90 to 95 miles, and a decrease of 26-83 per 
 cent, in the range from 120 to 125 miles. In 1830, the cir- 
 cle with a radius of 30 miles, embraced 295,952 inhabit- 
 ants, or 9,252 less than half; but the circle with a radius 
 oi 31 miles, including 2 more towns, whose population 
 was 9,590, embraced 305,542 inhabitants, or 338 more 
 than half. 
 
 From 1830 to 1840, the increase of the population was 
 greater than during either of the four preceding decennial 
 periods, especially that in and near Boston. In Boston it 
 was 2| times the average of the state ; in the contiguous 
 towns, twice ; in the 2d range, 1| times ; in the 5th range, 
 embracing Lowell, If times; in the 9th range, embracing 
 New Bedford, and in the 16th, embracing Springfield, a 
 little more than the average. About half of the absolute 
 increase in the last three ranges just mentioned, was owing 
 to the towns specified respectively. In the 25th range, the 
 increase was a little more than the average. In the 15th 
 and 19th ranges there was a decrease ; and in the rest the 
 increase was less than the average. 
 
 In 1840, the circle with a radius of 30 miles embraced 
 386,802 inhabitants, or 17,952 more than half. There 
 were 10 towns whose centres are 30 miles from Boston, 
 
82 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 and containing, in 1840, 28,108 inhabitants, from which 
 deduct 17,952, and there will remain 10,156 less than half 
 the population embraced by a circle with a radius of 29 
 miles, in 1840. 
 
 Thus, the seventy-five years from 1765 to 1840 may be 
 divided into two periods, of nearly equal length in respect 
 to this movement of the population of Massachusetts ; the 
 first of thirty-five years to 1800, in which the dimensions 
 of the circle about Boston, embracing half of the popula- 
 tion, being smaller in 1765 than at any epoch since, in- 
 creased to 1800, when they attained a 'maximum ; and the 
 second of forty years from 1800 to 1840, in which these 
 dimensions were successively reduced in each decennial 
 period. In other words, the diameter of the circle about 
 Boston, embracing half of the population of the state, 
 which was 60 miles in 1765, was lengthened about 10 
 miles in twenty-five years, remained nearly stationary at 
 70 miles till 1800 ; was shortened about 2 miles from 1800 
 to J 810; about 4 miles from 1810 to 1820; about 2 miles 
 from 1820 to 1830; and about 4 miles from 1830 to 1840. 
 
 It may be here observed that the population, embraced 
 by a circle with a radius of 30 miles, was greater, in 1840, 
 than the whole population of the state in 1790, by 8;015 ; 
 in other words, 8,015 more persons lived within 30 miles 
 of Boston, in 1840, than belonged to the whole state in 
 1790, fifty years before. In 1840, there were within 20 
 miles of Boston 28,629 more persons than the whole popu- 
 lation of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and 10,345-| 
 more persons within a circle of 5 miles about Boston, em- 
 bracing 8 towns, than half of the population in 1765, sev- 
 enty-five years before. 
 
 The tendency to a centralization of the population in 
 and about the capital, is also shown by the movement of 
 the centre of the population of the state eastward towards 
 Boston, during the period from 1790 to 1840. By the cen- 
 
CENTRE OI'- POPULATION, 83 
 
 tre of population I mean, the point of intersection of two 
 straight lines, one running east and west, and the other north 
 and south ; by the first of which lines half the population 
 shall be noi'th and half south of it; and by the other, half 
 shall be west and half east of it. It may surprise some to 
 find that the centre of the population of Massachusetts has 
 been so near Boston, for the last eighty years, as will be 
 seen from the following facts, showing the position of this 
 point at seven epochs, including the Provincial census of 
 1765. 
 
 A line east and tvest, beginning at the south-easterly 
 side of Boston, and running on the southerly side oi Bos- 
 ton, in the county of Suffolk ; of Cambridge, Watertoion, 
 Waltham, Weston, Wayland, Sudbury ayid Marlborough, 
 in the county of Middlesex ; of Noi-thborough, Boylston, 
 West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, Oakham, Neio Braintree 
 and Hardwick, in the county of Worcester ; of Greenwich, 
 Prescott and Pelham,, in the county of Hampshire ; of Lev- 
 erett, Sunderland and Whately, in the county of Franklin; 
 of Hatfield, Williamsburg, Chesterfield, Worthington and 
 Middleficld, in the county of Hampshire ; and of Wash- 
 ington, Lenox and Richm,07id, in the county of Berkshire, 
 to the state of New York, divides the territory of Massa- 
 chusetts into two parts, each of which contained nearly an 
 equal number of inhabitants, according to the six censuses 
 of the United States. The section south of this line con- 
 tained 276-| more than half, in 1790; 2,966| less than half 
 in 1800; 8,022 less in 1810; 8,044-1 less in 1820; 11,9.53 
 less in 1830 ; and 24,922 less than half in 1840, as exhib- 
 ited by counties and parts of counties, in Table XI., and 
 the same also for the section north of the dividing line. 
 The population of the towns forming parts of counties for 
 the southern section, is exhibited for each epoch in Table 
 XII. 
 
S4 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 OF MAi? 
 
 SACHUSETTS. 
 
 
 
 TABLE XI.- 
 
 -Exhibiting the Population of 
 
 the Counties and Parts of Counties, ] 
 
 on each side 
 
 of a line east akd west, n- 
 
 hick divides the F oxidation of 
 
 the 
 
 State into tii 
 
 nearly equal portions. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pakt I. — Containing the Southern Section. 
 
 
 
 POPULATIO.V ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 j 
 
 Population, - - 
 
 244,149 
 
 378,787 
 
 422,845 
 
 472,040 
 
 523,287 
 
 610,408 
 
 737,700; 
 
 Half, ... - 
 
 122,0744 
 
 189,393^ 
 
 211,422i 
 
 236,020 
 
 261,643^ 
 
 305,204' 
 
 368,850 . 
 
 Nantucket County, 
 
 3,320 
 
 4,620 
 
 5,617 
 
 6,807 
 
 7,266 
 
 7,202J 
 
 9,0! 2 
 
 Dukes " - 
 
 2,346 
 
 3,265 
 
 3,118 
 
 3,290 
 
 3,292 
 
 3,5171 
 
 3,('' 
 
 Barnstable " - 
 
 12,376 
 
 17,354 
 
 19,293 
 
 22,211 
 
 24,026 
 
 28,5141 
 
 32.: 
 
 Plymouth " - 
 
 25,756 
 
 31,740 
 
 32,302 
 
 35,169 
 
 38,136 
 
 43,0441 
 
 47, s;.. 
 
 Bristol " - 
 
 21,301 
 
 31,709 
 
 33,880 
 
 37,168j 40,908 
 
 49,592 
 
 60,Jt„-. 
 
 Norfolk " - 
 
 17,682 
 
 23,878 
 
 27,216 
 
 31,245 36,471 
 
 41,972 
 
 53,111) 
 
 Part of Middle'x Co. 
 
 4,181 
 
 5,206 
 
 5,249 
 
 5,540 6,394 
 
 7,215 
 
 9,337. 
 
 Part of Worces. " 
 
 18,908 
 
 28,038 
 
 29,425 
 
 31,000 35,775 
 
 43,276 
 
 51,625 1 
 
 Hampden " 
 
 9,021 
 
 19,193 
 
 23,462 
 
 24,42l| 28,021 
 
 31,639 
 
 37,366; 
 
 Part of Hampsh. " 
 
 4,720 
 
 10,067 
 
 12,467 
 
 13,957 16,415 
 
 19,473 
 
 19,346' 
 
 Part of Berkshire " 
 
 5,661 
 
 14,600 
 
 16,427 
 
 17,190 16.895 
 
 17,807 
 
 20, Uo^'^ 
 
 Total on south side, 
 
 125,272 
 
 189,670 
 
 208,456 
 
 227,998 
 
 253,599 
 
 293,251 
 
 343,',»J> 
 
 Difference, - 
 
 -4-3,197^ 
 
 +276^ 
 
 —2,966^ 
 
 —8,022 
 
 —8,044^ 
 
 —11,953 
 
 -24,.'.'C: 
 
 
 Part 
 
 [I. — Containing the Northern Section. 
 
 
 
 
 POPULAnO.V ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 
 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1810 
 
 Suffolk County, - 
 Essex " - - 
 Part of Rliddle'x Co. 
 Part of VVorces'r " 
 Franklin " 
 Part of iJamp.sh. " 
 Part of Berkshire " 
 
 15,982 
 
 43.524 
 
 30,759 
 
 15,259 
 
 5,999 
 
 1,709 
 
 5,645 
 
 18,792 
 57,913 
 37,531 
 28,769 
 21,743 
 8,756 
 15,613 
 
 25,786 
 61,196 
 41,679 
 31,767 
 26,300 
 10;418 
 17,243 
 
 34,381 
 71,888 
 47,249 
 33,910 
 27,421 
 10,596 
 18,597 
 
 43,940 
 74,655 
 55,078 
 37,850 
 29,418 
 10,072 
 18,675 
 
 62,163 
 82,859 
 70,746 
 41,079 
 29,630 
 10,781 
 19,899 
 
 95.": 
 94,!'- 
 
 43.r,- 
 28,M' 
 11..' 
 21,t 
 
 Total on north side, 
 Difference, - 
 
 118,877 
 — 3,197i 
 
 189,117 
 —276^ 
 
 214,389 
 +2,966i 
 
 211,042 
 -j-8,022 
 
 269,688 
 +8,0 14i 
 
 317,157 
 +11,953 
 
 393,77: 
 +24,92: 
 
 Half the Population, 
 
 122,074^ 
 
 189,393i 
 
 211,422i 236,020 
 
 261,6434 
 
 305,204 
 
 368,851 
 
CENTRE OF POPULATION. 
 
 9& 
 
 TABLE XII. — Exhibiting the Popuhitioti of the Tomts forming Parts of Coun- 
 ties south of the east and west line which divides the Population of the Com- 
 monwealth into two nearly equal portions. 
 
 
 POPULATION ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 1840 
 
 Holliston, - 
 
 705! 875 
 
 783 
 
 989 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,304 
 
 1,782 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 1,027; 1,317 
 
 1,372 
 
 1,345 
 
 1,655 
 
 1,809 
 
 2,245 
 
 Sherburue, 
 
 670: 801 
 
 775 
 
 770 
 
 811 
 
 899 
 
 995 
 
 Natick, 
 
 474 615 
 
 694 
 
 766 
 
 849 
 
 890 
 
 1,285 
 
 Framingham, 
 
 1,305^ 1,598 1,625 
 
 1,670 
 
 2,037 
 
 2,313 
 
 3,030 
 
 Part of Middlesex County, 
 
 4,181' 5,206' 5,249 
 
 5,540 
 
 6,394 
 
 7,215 9,337 
 
 MendoQ, - . - 
 
 1,838 
 
 1.555 1,628 
 
 1,819 
 
 2,254 
 
 3,152 
 
 3,524 
 
 Uxbridge, - 
 
 1,213 
 
 1,308 1,404 
 
 1,404 
 
 1,551 
 
 2,086 
 
 2,004 
 
 Douglas, - 
 
 521 
 
 1,079| 1,083 
 
 1,142 
 
 1,375 
 
 1,742 
 
 1,617 
 
 Webster, ... 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1,403 
 
 Dudley, 
 
 748 
 
 1,114 
 
 1,140 
 
 1,226 
 
 1,615 
 
 2,155 
 
 1,352 
 
 Southbridge, 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 1,066 
 
 1,444 
 
 2,031 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 896 
 
 1,768 
 
 1,846 
 
 1,927 
 
 1,633 
 
 1,688 
 
 2,005 
 
 Charletou, - 
 
 739 
 
 1,965 
 
 2,120 
 
 2,180 
 
 2,134 
 
 2,173 
 
 2,117 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 890 
 
 1,237 
 
 1,237 
 
 1,277 
 
 1,562 
 
 2,034 
 
 1,742 
 
 Sutton, 
 
 2,138 
 
 2,642 
 
 2,513 
 
 2,660 
 
 2,056 
 
 2,186 
 
 2,370 
 
 Northbridge, 
 
 . 
 
 569 
 
 544 
 
 713 
 
 905 
 
 1,053 
 
 1,449 
 
 Milford, - 
 
 . 
 
 839 
 
 907 
 
 973 
 
 1,160 
 
 1,360 
 
 1,773 
 
 Upton, 
 
 614 
 
 833 
 
 854 
 
 995 
 
 1,088 
 
 1,167 
 
 1,466 
 
 Grafton, . - - 
 
 763 
 
 872 
 
 985 
 
 946 
 
 1,154 
 
 1,889 
 
 2,943 
 
 Millbury, - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 926 
 
 1,611 
 
 2,171 
 
 Auburn, - 
 
 . 
 
 473 
 
 532 
 
 540 
 
 608 
 
 690 
 
 649 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 1,401 
 
 963 
 
 1.048 
 
 1,210 
 
 1,458 
 
 1,386 
 
 1.481 
 
 Westborough, 
 
 1,110 
 
 934 
 
 '922 
 
 1,048 
 
 1,326 
 
 1,438 
 
 1,658 
 
 Southborough, - 
 
 731 
 
 837 
 
 871 
 
 926 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,080 
 
 1,145 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 1,478 
 
 2,095 
 
 2,411 
 
 2,577 
 
 2.962 
 
 4,173 
 
 7,497 
 
 Paxton, 
 
 . 
 
 558 
 
 582 
 
 619 
 
 '613 
 
 597 
 
 670 
 
 Leicester, - - - 
 
 770 
 
 1,076 
 
 1,103 
 
 1,181 
 
 1,252 
 
 1,782 
 
 1,707 
 
 Spencer, - 
 
 664 
 
 1,322 
 
 1,432 
 
 1,453 
 
 1,548 
 
 1,618 
 
 1,604 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 1,811 
 
 3,100 
 
 3,284 
 
 3,170 
 
 2 292 
 
 2,342 
 
 2,472 
 
 Warren, 
 
 583 
 
 899 
 
 979 
 
 1,014 
 
 l'll2 
 
 1,189 
 
 1,290 
 
 North Brookfield, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1,095 
 
 1,241 
 
 1,485 
 
 Part of Worcester County, 
 
 18,908 
 
 28,038 
 
 29,425 
 
 31,000 
 
 35,775 
 
 43,276 
 
 51,625 
 
 Ware, 
 
 485 
 
 773 
 
 997 
 
 996 
 
 1,154 
 
 2,045 
 
 1,890 
 
 Belchertown, 
 
 418 
 
 1,485 
 
 1,878 
 
 2,270 
 
 2,426 
 
 2,491 
 
 2,554 
 
 Granby, 
 
 . 
 
 596 
 
 786 
 
 850 
 
 1,066 
 
 1,064 
 
 971 
 
 South Hadley, - 
 
 817 
 
 759 
 
 801 
 
 902 
 
 1,047 
 
 1,185 
 
 1,458 
 
 Easthampton, - 
 
 
 457 
 
 586 
 
 660 
 
 712 
 
 745 
 
 717 
 
 12 
 
86 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XII.— Continued. 
 
 
 POPULATION ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Southampton, 
 
 497 
 
 829 
 
 983 
 
 1,171 
 
 1,160 
 
 1,244 
 
 1,157 
 
 Westhampton, - 
 
 - 
 
 683 
 
 756 
 
 793 
 
 896 
 
 918 
 
 759 
 
 Norwich, - 
 
 - 
 
 742 
 
 959 
 
 968 
 
 849 
 
 795 
 
 750 
 
 Northampton, - 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,628 
 
 2,190 
 
 2,631 
 
 2,854 
 
 3,613 
 
 3,750 
 
 Had ley, - 
 
 573 
 
 882 
 
 1,073 
 
 1,247 
 
 1,461 
 
 1,686 
 
 1,814 
 
 Amherst, - 
 
 645 
 
 1,233 
 
 1,358 
 
 1,469 
 
 1,917 
 
 2,631 
 
 2,550 
 
 Enfield, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 873 
 
 1,056 
 
 976 
 
 Partof Hampshire County, 
 
 4,720 
 
 10,067 
 
 12,467 
 
 13,957 
 
 16,415 
 
 19,473 
 
 19,346 
 
 Sandisfield, 
 
 409 
 
 1,742 
 
 1,857 
 
 1,795 
 
 1,646 
 
 1,655 
 
 1,464 
 
 New Marlborough, 
 
 1,550 
 
 1,550 
 
 1,848 
 
 1,832 
 
 1,668 
 
 1,656 
 
 1,682 
 
 Sheffield, - 
 
 1,073 
 
 1,899 
 
 2,050 
 
 2,439 
 
 2,476 
 
 2,382 
 
 2,322 
 
 Mount Washington, - 
 
 . 
 
 261 
 
 291 
 
 474 
 
 467 
 
 345 
 
 438 
 
 Boston Corner, - 
 
 . 
 
 67 
 
 
 - 
 
 92 
 
 64 
 
 65 
 
 E^remont, 
 
 759 
 
 759 
 
 835 
 
 790 
 
 865 
 
 890 
 
 1,038 
 
 A 1 ford, 
 
 . 
 
 577 
 
 518 
 
 522 
 
 570 
 
 512 
 
 481 
 
 Great Barrington, 
 
 550 
 
 1,373 
 
 1,754 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,908 
 
 2,264 
 
 2,704 
 
 Tyringham, 
 
 325 
 
 1,397 
 
 1,712 
 
 1,689 
 
 1,443 
 
 1 1,350 
 
 1,477 
 
 Otis, ... - 
 
 . 
 
 605 
 
 1,102 
 
 1.111 
 
 981 
 
 1,012 
 
 1,177 
 
 Becket, 
 
 751 
 
 751 
 
 930 
 
 1,028 
 
 984 
 
 1,063 
 
 1,342 
 
 Lee, - - - . 
 
 . 
 
 1,170 
 
 1,267 
 
 1,305 
 
 1,384 
 
 1,825 
 
 2,428 
 
 Stockbridge, 
 
 244 
 
 1,336 
 
 1,261 
 
 1,372 
 
 1,377 
 
 1,580 
 
 1,992 
 
 West Stockbridge, 
 
 - 
 
 1,113 
 
 1,002 
 
 1,049 
 
 1,034 
 
 1,209 
 
 1,448 
 
 Part of Berkshire County, 
 
 5,661 
 
 14,600 
 
 16,427 
 
 17,190 
 
 16,895 
 
 17,807 
 
 20,058 
 
 From these two tables it appears that the northern sec- 
 tion, including Boston and Lowell, has increased rather 
 more than the southern, which includes some very flourish- 
 ing towns, as Springfield, Worcester, Fall River, New 
 Bedford, &c. The increase of Boston and Lowell has 
 been much greater than the average of the state, and more 
 than sufficient to account for the difference of increase in 
 the two sections. 
 
 The population of the southern section, in 1765, was 
 3,1974, or 130 per cetit. more than half. In 1790, the pro- 
 
CENTRE OF POPULATION. 87 
 
 portion was nearly equal in the two sections. The in- 
 crease in the northern section was greater in every period, 
 except from 1810 to 1820, and in 1840 amounted to the 
 difference of 24,922, or 3-^7 pei- cent., showing a change of 
 28,119|- in the difference in the seventy- five years. 
 
 This movement, however, is in some respects more ap- 
 parent than real. There was an error, probably, of about 
 8,465 in the United States census of 1840. By the state 
 ceuwsus, the population of Boston, May 1, 1840, was 83,979, 
 exclusive of a few not enumerated, and by the United States 
 census, taken one month later, it was 93,383, or 9,404 more. 
 In Ward 2, the state census made the population 6,817, and 
 the United States census 15,282, or 8,465 more, which is in- 
 credible ; and it appears that more than one thousand per- 
 sons were enumerated as belonging to each of two boarding- 
 houses in this ward, June 1, 1840. Supposing there is an 
 error of 8,465, which being taken from 737,700, there re- 
 main 729,235 for the population of Massachusetts, half of 
 which is 364,617^-, from which take 343,928 in the south- 
 ern section of the state ; then it will want 20,689|- of being 
 half. Until March 6, 1804, South Boston belonged to Dor- 
 chester, and was included in the southern division of the 
 state. It constituted Ward 12, and contained 6,176 inhab- 
 itants in 1840. Also part of Ward 6, called the Mill Dam, 
 was taken from Brookline, February 22, 1825, then contain- 
 ing about 500 inhabitants, and in 1840 probably 1,200. 
 These sums amount to 7,376, which taken from 20,689|, 
 there remained ]3,313| less in the southern than in the 
 northern division, in 1840, amounting to ISO per cent., and 
 showing a difference in seventy-five years of 3-11 per cent, 
 only. Moreover, this difference would have been still more 
 reduced, had the dividing line of the state, instead of run- 
 ning on the south side of Boston, been carried through the 
 centre, or rather through the state house, east and west ; 
 which would have been more desirable for the purposes of 
 
88 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 this article, and would have been done, had there been the 
 means of determining the number of inhabitants on each 
 side of this line at the several epochs. But it may be re- 
 marked that the northern parts of Boston were settled at 
 an earlier date, and the increase since 1790 has been much 
 greater in its southerly parts; and out of the 75,063, it is 
 believed that the increase of the southerly parts of Boston, 
 exclusive of the parts set off from Dorchester and Brook- 
 line, has been in greater proportion than in the northerly 
 parts, so as materially to reduce this difference of 13,313|-, 
 and make the increase in the southern section of the state 
 substantially the same as the northern section, especially 
 if we leave out of the comparison the city of Boston. 
 
 The movement of the north and south line, carrying 
 with it the point of intersection or the centre of popula- 
 tion, has been very sensible, as we shall see from what fol- 
 lows. And what is more surprising, is, that the centre of 
 population was a little nearer the centre of Boston in 1765 
 than in 1840. From 1765 to 1790, this centre moved west- 
 ward from the western boundary of Boston, about 10 
 miles, to Weston, and continued slightly to move in that 
 direction till 1800, when it attained its maximum ; after- 
 wards this point moved eastward till 1840, though irregu- 
 larly, during each of the four intervals. Thus, the centre 
 of the jjopiilation of Massachusetts moved wcsticard from 
 1765 to 1800, and eastward from 1800 to 1840, nearly to 
 the point where it was seventy-five years before. This 
 movement, from 1800 to 1810, amounted to about 4 miles: 
 from 1810 to 1820 it was very slightly eastward ; from 
 1820 to 1830 it amounted to nearly 2 miles ; and from 1830 
 to 1840 to about 4 miles. 
 
 The two sections of the state containing the two nearly 
 equal portions of the population, one on the west side and 
 the other on the east side of the line running north and 
 south, together with the counties and parts of counties em- 
 braced by each portion, are exhibited in the next two tables. 
 
CENTRE OF POPULATION. 
 
 89 
 
 TABLE XIII. — Exhibiting the Poptilation of the Counties and Parts of Counties 
 on each side of a line north and south, n-hich divides the Population of the State 
 into two nearly equal portioris, at seven epochs. 
 
 Part I. — Containing the Western Section. 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 1820 
 
 1830 1840 
 
 Population, 
 Half, - 
 
 244149 
 122074^ 
 
 378787 
 189393^ 
 
 422845 
 211422;! 
 
 472040'523287 
 236020261643^ 
 
 610408 737700 
 305204,368850 
 
 Berkshire, - 
 Hampshire, 
 Hampden, - 
 Franklin, 
 Worcester, - 
 
 11,306 
 6,429 
 9,021 
 5,999 
 
 34,167 
 
 30,213 
 18,823 
 19,193 
 21,743 
 
 56,807 
 
 33,670 
 22,885 
 23,462 
 26,300 
 61,192 
 
 35,787 35,570 
 24,553 26,487 
 24,42ll 28,021 
 27,421129,418 
 64,910 73,625 
 
 37,706', 41,475 
 30,254 30,897 
 31,639 37,366 
 29,630, 28,812 
 84,355j 95,313 
 
 5 Western Counties, 
 
 Part of Middlesex, 
 " Norfolk, - 
 " Bristol, - 
 " Essex, 
 
 66,922 
 
 31,906 
 7,542 
 
 10,385 
 5,355 
 
 146779 
 
 25,411 
 8,663 
 8,660 
 
 167509 
 
 27,115 
 9,196 
 
 8,964 
 
 _ 
 
 177092 193121 
 
 34,940 39,380 
 13,426 15,528 
 10,451 13,325 
 
 213584:234133 
 
 54,553 91,096 
 
 16,697 17,776 
 
 13,595 14,345 
 
 6,536 11,794 
 
 Western Section, - 
 Difference, - 
 
 122110 
 +35i 
 
 189513 
 
 212784 
 +1361^ 
 
 235909 
 —111 
 
 261354 
 — 289i 
 
 304965 369144 
 —239 +294 
 
 Half, - 
 
 122074^ 
 
 189393 
 
 211422^236020 
 
 261643^ 
 
 305204 368850 
 
 Part II. — Containing the Eastern Section. 
 
 Population, 
 Half, - 
 
 244149 
 122074^ 
 
 378787 
 189393^ 
 
 122845 
 211422^ 
 
 472040 
 
 236020 
 
 523287 
 261643.^ 
 
 610408 
 305204 
 
 737700 
 368850 
 
 Nantucket, - 
 Dukes, 
 Barnstable, - 
 Plymouth, - 
 Suffolk, 
 
 3,320 
 
 2,346 
 
 12,376 
 
 25,756 
 
 15,982 
 
 4,620 
 
 3,265 
 
 17,354 
 
 31,740 
 
 18,792 
 
 5,617 
 
 3,118 
 
 19,293 
 
 32.302 
 
 25,786 
 
 6,807 
 
 3,290 
 
 22,211 
 
 3-5,169 
 
 34,381 
 
 7,266 
 
 3,292 
 24,026 
 38,136 
 43,940 
 
 7,2u2 
 
 3,517 
 
 28,514 
 
 43,044 
 
 62,163 
 
 9,012 
 
 3,958 
 
 32,548 
 
 47,373 
 
 95,773 
 
 5 Eastern Counties, 
 
 Part of Middlesex, 
 " Norfolk, - 
 " Bristol, - 
 " Essex, - 
 
 59,780 
 
 3,034 
 10,140 
 10.916 
 38,169 
 
 75,771 
 
 17,326 
 15,215 
 23,049 
 57,913 
 
 86,116 
 
 19,813 
 18,020 
 24,916 
 61,196 
 
 101858 
 
 17,849 
 17,819 
 26,717 
 71,888 
 
 116660 
 
 22,092 
 20,943 
 27,583 
 74,655 
 
 144440 
 
 23,408 
 25,275 
 35,997 
 76,323 
 
 188664 
 
 15,515 
 35,364 
 45,820 
 83,193 
 
 Eastern Section, - 
 Difference, - 
 
 122039 189274 
 -35i! -119^ 
 
 210061 
 -1361^ 
 
 236131,261933 !305413 
 +111 +289^1 +239 
 
 368556 
 —294 
 
 Half, - 
 
 122074^! 
 
 189393^ 
 
 211422^ 
 
 236020 
 
 261643i 
 
 305204 
 
 368850 
 
90 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XIV. — Exhibiting the Population of Towns belonging to divided Conn- 
 ties in the Western Section of the State, at the several epochs. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Ashby, 
 
 
 751 
 
 941 
 
 1.103 
 
 1,188 
 
 1,240 
 
 1,246 
 
 Townsend, 
 
 598 
 
 993 
 
 1,149 
 
 1,246 
 
 1,482 
 
 1,506 
 
 1,892 
 
 Pepperell, - 
 
 758 
 
 1,132 
 
 1,198 
 
 1,333 
 
 1,439 
 
 1,440 
 
 1,571 
 
 Shirley, 
 
 430 
 
 677 
 
 713 
 
 814 
 
 922 
 
 991 
 
 957 
 
 Groton, 
 
 1,423 
 
 1,840 
 
 1,802 
 
 1,886 
 
 1,897 
 
 1,925 
 
 2,139 
 
 Dunstable, - 
 
 559 
 
 380 
 
 485 
 
 475 
 
 584 
 
 593 
 
 603 
 
 Tyngsborough, - 
 
 
 382 
 
 696 
 
 704 
 
 808 
 
 822 
 
 870 
 
 Westford, - 
 
 962 
 
 1,229 
 
 1,267 
 
 1,330 
 
 1,409 
 
 1,329 
 
 1,436 
 
 Littleton, - 
 
 773 
 
 854 
 
 904 
 
 773 
 
 955 
 
 947 
 
 927 
 
 Boxborough, 
 
 
 412 
 
 387 
 
 388 
 
 424 
 
 474 
 
 426 
 
 Acton, 
 
 611 
 
 853 
 
 901 
 
 885 
 
 1,047 
 
 1,128 
 
 1,121 
 
 Stow, 
 
 794 
 
 801 
 
 890 
 
 885 
 
 1,071 
 
 1,220 
 
 1,230 
 
 Marlborough, 
 
 1,287 
 
 1,554 
 
 1,735 
 
 1,674 
 
 1,952 
 
 2,077 
 
 2,101 
 
 Hopkinton, 
 
 1,027 
 
 1,317 
 
 1,372 
 
 1,345 
 
 1,655 
 
 1,809 
 
 2,245 
 
 HoUiston, - - - 
 
 705 
 
 875 
 
 783 
 
 989 
 
 1,042 
 
 1,304 
 
 1,782 
 
 Sherburne, 
 
 670 
 
 801 
 
 775 
 
 770 
 
 811 
 
 899 
 
 995 
 
 Natick, 
 
 474 
 
 615 
 
 694 
 
 766 
 
 849 
 
 890 
 
 1,285 
 
 Framingham, 
 
 1,305 
 
 1,598 
 
 1,625 
 
 1,670 
 
 2,037 
 
 2,313 
 
 3,030 
 
 Wayland, - - - 
 
 , 
 
 801 
 
 835 
 
 824 
 
 962 
 
 944 
 
 998 
 
 Weston, . . - 
 
 768 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,027 
 
 1,008 
 
 1,041 
 
 1,091 
 
 1,092 
 
 Sudbury, - 
 
 1,773 
 
 1,290 
 
 1.303 
 
 1,287 
 
 1,417 
 
 1,423 
 
 1,422 
 
 Lincoln, . - - 
 
 649 
 
 740 
 
 '756 
 
 713 
 
 706 
 
 709 
 
 686 
 
 Concord, - 
 
 1,564 
 
 1,590 
 
 1,679 
 
 1,633 
 
 1,788 
 
 2,017 
 
 1,784 
 
 Carlisle, 
 
 
 .555 
 
 634 
 
 672 
 
 681 
 
 566 
 
 556 
 
 Chelmsford, 
 
 1,'012 
 
 1,144 
 
 1,290 
 
 1,396 
 
 1,535 
 
 1,387 
 
 1,697 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6,474 
 
 20,796 
 
 Dracut, 
 
 1,217 
 
 1,217 
 
 1,274 
 
 1,301 
 
 1,407 
 
 1,615 
 
 2,188 
 
 Tewksbury, 
 
 781 
 
 
 
 943 
 
 1,008 
 
 1,527 
 
 906 
 
 Billerica, - 
 
 1,334 
 
 
 
 1,289 
 
 1,380 
 
 1,374 
 
 1,632 
 
 Burlington, 
 
 
 
 
 471 
 
 508 
 
 446 
 
 510 
 
 Bedford, - 
 
 457 
 
 
 
 592 
 
 648 
 
 685 
 
 929 
 
 Lexington, 
 
 912 
 
 
 
 1,052 
 
 1,200 
 
 1,543 
 
 1,642 
 
 "West Cambridge, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,230 
 
 1,363 
 
 Waltham, - 
 
 663 
 
 
 
 1,014 
 
 1,'677 
 
 1,857 
 
 2,504 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 693 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,664 
 
 1,810 
 
 Newton, - - - 
 
 1,308 
 
 
 
 1,709 
 
 1,850 
 
 2,376 
 
 3,351 
 
 Wilmington, 
 
 673 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 
 731 
 
 859 
 
 Woburn, . - - 
 
 1,515 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,977 
 
 2,993 
 
 Beading, - 
 
 1,530 
 
 • 
 
 , 
 
 
 
 
 2,193 
 
 Stoneham, - - - 
 
 340 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,017 
 
 Medford, - 
 
 790 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2.478 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 1,571 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8,409 
 
 Brighton, - 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,425 
 
 Part of Middlesex County, 
 
 31,906 
 
 25,411 
 
 27,115 
 
 31,940 
 
 39,380 
 
 54,553 
 
 91.096 
 
CENTRE OF POPULATION. 
 
 91 
 
 
 
 
 TABLE XIV.- 
 
 —Continued. 
 
 
 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 Bellingham, 
 
 468 
 
 735 
 
 704 
 
 766 
 
 1,034 
 
 1,102 
 
 1,055 
 
 INIedway, . 
 
 
 
 785 
 
 1,035 
 
 1,050 
 
 1,213 
 
 1,523 
 
 1,756 
 
 2,043 
 
 Franklin, . 
 
 
 
 
 1,101 
 
 1,285 
 
 1,398 
 
 1,630 
 
 1,662 
 
 1,717 
 
 Wrentham, 
 
 
 
 2,022 
 
 1,767 
 
 2,061 
 
 2,478 
 
 2,801 
 
 2,698; 2,915 
 
 Foxborough, 
 
 
 
 
 671 
 
 779 
 
 870 
 
 1,004 
 
 1,1651 1,298 
 
 Walpole, 
 
 
 
 785 
 
 1,005 
 
 989 
 
 1,098 
 
 1,366 
 
 1,442! 1,491 
 
 Med field, . 
 
 
 
 628 
 
 731 
 
 745 
 
 786 
 
 892 
 
 817 
 
 883 
 
 Dover, 
 
 
 
 
 485 
 
 511 
 
 548 
 
 548 
 
 497 
 
 520 
 
 Needham, . 
 
 
 
 945 
 
 1,130 
 
 1,072 
 
 1,097 
 
 1,227 
 
 1,418| 1,488 
 
 Dedham, 
 
 
 
 1,909 
 
 
 
 2,172 
 
 2,493 
 
 3,117| 3,290 
 
 Sharon, 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,010 
 
 1,023 
 
 1,076 
 
 Fart of Norfolk County, 
 
 7,542 
 
 8,663 
 
 9,196 
 
 13,426 
 
 15,528 
 
 16,697 
 
 17,776 
 
 Attleborough, 
 
 1,739 
 
 2,166 
 
 2,480 
 
 2,716 
 
 3,055 3,215 3,585 
 
 Pawtucket, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,459 2,184 
 
 Seekonk, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2,775 2,133| 1,996 
 
 Sn-anzey, . 
 
 
 
 1,840 
 
 1,784 
 
 1,741 
 
 1.839 
 
 1,933 1,678 
 
 1,484 
 
 Rehoboth, . 
 
 
 
 3,690 
 
 4,710 
 
 4,743 
 
 4,866 
 
 2,740 2,459 
 
 2,169 
 
 Norton, 
 
 
 
 1,942 
 
 
 
 
 1,600 1,479 
 
 1,545 
 
 Mansfield, . 
 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 1,030 
 
 1,222 1,172 
 
 1,382 
 
 Dighton, 
 
 
 
 1,174 
 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 Part of Bristol County, 
 
 10,385 
 
 8,660 
 
 8,964 
 
 10,451 
 
 13,325 13,595 14,345 
 
 Methuen, . 
 
 933 
 
 
 
 
 
 2,006 
 
 2.251 
 
 Andover, . 
 
 2,442 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 4,530 
 
 5,207 
 
 Haverhill, . 
 
 • 
 
 
 1,980 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 
 
 4,336 
 
 Part of Essex County, 
 
 5,355 
 
 6,5361 11,794 
 
 In 1765, the line, commencing at the northerly corner of 
 Haverhill, and running on the westerly side of Amesbtiry, 
 West Newbury, Bradford, Boxford, Middleton and Lynn- 
 Jield, in the county of Essex; of South Reading, Maiden 
 and Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex ; of Boston, 
 in the county of Suffolk ; of Brookline, Roxbury, Dorches- 
 ter, Milton, Canton and Stonghton, in the county of Nor- 
 folk ; and of Easton, Raynham, Taunton, Berkley and Som- 
 erset, in the county of Bristol, divided the territory of Mas- 
 
9iS POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 sachiisetts into two parts, the section tcest of this Hne con- 
 taining 122,110 inhabitants, or 35| more than half, and that 
 east of it 122,1)39, or 35| less than half the population. This 
 line differs from that in 1S40 only by running east instead 
 of icest of Dighton, and by including that town in the 
 western section, in 176.5. 
 
 During the twenty-five years from 1765 to 1790, in con- 
 sequence of the western part of the state being very much 
 settled by agricultural people, the movement of the centre 
 of population was westward ; but, as we shall see, a con- 
 trary effect from 1790, or rather from 1800 to 1840, especi- 
 ally during the last half of these forty years, was pro- 
 duced chiefly by the increase of manufactures and com- 
 merce in the easterly part of the Commonwealth. 
 
 In 1790, the line, which materially differs from the one 
 in 1765, beginning at the north-easterly corner of Dracut, 
 in the county of Middlesex, and running on the westerly 
 side of Metlmen, in the county of Essex ; of Teicksbwy^ 
 Billerica, Bedford, Lexington, Waltham and Nczvton, in 
 the county of Middlesex ; of Dedham and Sharon, in the 
 county of Norfolk ; and of Mansfield, Norton, Dighton and 
 Somerset, in the county of Bristol, divided the state into 
 two parts, the section west of this line containing 189,513 
 inhabitants, or 119^ more than half, and that east of it 
 189,085, or 119|- less than half the population. This places 
 the centre of population in Weston, some 11 or 12 miles 
 from Boston, in 1790. 
 
 In 1800, the same line divided the state into nearly 
 equal parts, the portion icest of it containing 212,784 in- 
 habitants, or 1,361 1 more than half, and the portion east of 
 it 210,061, or 1,361|- less than half the population, show- 
 ing that the centre of population slightly moved westward 
 from 1790 to 1800. During these ten years the increase 
 was small, owing to emigration to other states, but was 
 uniform in respect to the two sections of the state. 
 
CENTRE OK POPULATION. 93 
 
 From ISOO to 1810, the centre of population which re- 
 mained nearly stationary during the preceding ten years, 
 moved eastward very perceptibly, so that we have to add 
 to the western section 10 towns, viz. : Tewksbiiry^ Billeri- 
 ca, Burlington, Bedford, Lexingtoji, Walt ham and New- 
 ton, in the county of Middlesex ; Dedham and Sharon, in 
 the county of Norfolk ; and Mansfield, in the county of 
 Bristol, with an aggregate population of 11,272, in order 
 to divide the north and south line into two equal portions. 
 Thus in 1810, the line commencing at the north-easterly 
 corner of Dracut, in the county of Middlesex, and running 
 on the westerly side of Methuen and Andover, in the coun- 
 ty of Essex ; of Wilmington, Wobiirn, West Cambridge, 
 Watertoivn and Brighton, in the county of Middlesex ; of 
 Bi'ookline, Roxbury, Dorchester, Milto7i, Canton and 
 Stonghton, in the county of Norfolk ; of Easton, Norton, 
 Raynham, Taunton, Dighton and Somerset, in the county 
 of Bristol, divided the state into two parts, the portion west 
 of the line containing 235,909 inhabitants, or 111 less than 
 half, and that east of it 236,131, or 111 more than half the 
 population. The movement of the centre of population 
 eastward was about 4 miles from 1800 to 1810. The cen- 
 tre of population in 1810 was near the south-easterly cor- 
 ner of Waltham, about 8 miles from Boston. 
 
 During the period from 1810 to 1820, the movement of 
 the centre of population continued eastward, the western 
 section being increased only by Norton, in Bristol county, 
 thus containing 261,354 inhabitants, or 289-|- less than half, 
 and the eastern section 261,923, or 289-| more than half the 
 population. 
 
 In 1830, by adding to the western division 6 towns, viz. : 
 Wilmington, Woburn, West Cambridge and Watertoicn, 
 in the county of Middlesex, and Methuen and Andover, 
 in the county of Essex, containing an aggregate of 12,138 
 inhabitants, the line beginning at the northerly corner of 
 13 
 
 % 
 
94 POPULATION OF IMASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Methuen, and running on the westerly side of Haverhill, 
 Boxford and Middleioji, in the county of Essex ; of Read- 
 ing, Stoneham, Medford, Sotnerville, Camhidge and Brigh- 
 ton, in the county of Middlesex; of Brookline, Rnxbiiry, 
 Dorchester, Milton, Canton and Stoi/ghtofi, in the county 
 of Norfolk ; and of Easto7i, Raynltam, Taunton, Dighton 
 and Somerset, in the county of Bristol, divided the state 
 into two parts, the western portion containing 304,965 in- 
 habitants, or 239 less than half, and the eastern portion 
 305,443, or 239 more than half the population. The move- 
 ment of the centre of population from 1820 to 1830, was 
 nearly 2 miles, and the centre itself was near the centre of 
 Watertoivn, about 6 miles from Boston, in 1830. 
 
 In 1840, by the addition, to the western section, of 6 
 towns, viz. : Reading, Stoneham, Medford, Cambridge, 
 Brighton and Haverhill, with an aggregate population of 
 19,858, the line commencing at the northerly corner of Ha- 
 verhill, and running on the westerly side of Amesbiiry, 
 West NetDbury, Bradford, Boxford, Middleton and Lynn- 
 field, in the county of Essex ; of South Reading, Maiden 
 and Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex ; of Boston, in 
 the county of Suffolk ; of Brookline, Roxbury, Dorchester, 
 Milton, Canton and Stoiighton, in the county of Norfolk ; 
 and of Easton, Raynham, Taunton, Dighton and Somer- 
 set, in the county of Bristol, divided the state into two 
 parts, the western section containing 369,144 inhabitants, 
 or 294 Qnore than half, and the eastern section 368,556, or 
 294 less than half the population. This line differs from 
 the line in 1765, seventy-five years before, only in placing 
 the town of Dighton in the eastern section in 1840, and 
 fixed the point of intersection or centre of population, at 
 both epochs, near the eastern limit of Brighton and near 
 the western limit of Boston, and about 2 miles from the 
 state house. Thus, the centre of population, Avhich moved 
 westivard about 10 miles from 1765 to 1790 or 1800, moved 
 eastward about the same distance from 1800 to 1840. What 
 
CENTRK OF POPULATION. 95 
 
 will be the direction of this movement hereafter, will de- 
 pend, of course, upon future events, which cannot be cal- 
 culated upon with certainty. 
 
 The increase of the population, as we have seen, has 
 been nearly uniform in each of the two sections of the 
 state ; the one north and the other south of a line running 
 east and loest, during the seventy-five years from 1765 to 
 1840. A marked difference has characterised the increase 
 of the eastern and western sections during these years. In 
 1765, the line north ajid south, dividing the population into 
 two nearly equal portions, passed near the western boun- 
 dary of Boston. In thirty-five years to 1800, it had moved 
 westward about 10 miles to its maximum, so that, in 1800, 
 we find its intersection with the line east and west in or 
 near Weston, about 10 miles from the Boston line. In 
 1800, when the point of intersection of the two lines or 
 the centre of population was most westerly, the western 
 section contained 1,361| more than half the population of 
 the state. But, in consequence of the movement of this 
 point eastward, we have to add to the icestern section a 
 population of (53,108 — 294) 52,814 inhabitants in other 
 towns, together with double its excess over half, or 2,763, 
 making 55,537, in order to include in it one half of the 
 population in 1840 ; and even with this addition, the cen- 
 tre of population is a little farther icest than it was in 1765, 
 seventy-five years before. These 55,537 are 13-13 per ceiit. 
 of the census of the state in 1800, and 7-52 per cent, of that 
 in 1840. But the increase of the population of Boston in 
 these 40 years was 58,446, so that, leaving Boston out of 
 the account, the north and south dividing line would have 
 remained nearly stationary, the increase in the eastern and 
 western sections been uniform, and the proportions such as 
 they were in 1800, would have remained nearly the same 
 from 1800 to 1840. 
 
 Thus, it is evident that the centre of the population of 
 
96 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Massachusetts, since 1765, has remained near Boston, and 
 has not been more than about 20 miles from the city of 
 Lowell, which last was very near the centre of the whole 
 population of New England in 1840.* 
 
 * The followins paper, found among the papers of the late Rev.' James Freeman, of Boston, 
 is here inserted, as interesting in this connection : 
 
 " Massachusetts, by the census of 1820, contains 523,287 inhabitants ; 261, &44 are one half. 
 
 If a line is drawn N. and S. as nearly as the lines of the towns will permit, from the N. E. 
 
 corner of Dracut to the S. E. corner of Swanzey, it will make an equal division of the number 
 
 of inhabitants nearly. 
 
 On the west of the line will be— . , , ,. 
 
 Xo. Of Inhabitants. 
 
 Berkshire, - - - - ■ - ■ - 35,720 
 
 Franklin, 29.268 
 
 Hampshire, 26,487 
 
 Hampden, 28,021 
 
 Worcester, 73,625 
 
 In 5 Western Counties, - - - - 193,121 
 
 In Dracut, Tewksbury, Billerica, Woburn, Lexington, Walthani, 
 
 Walertown, Newton, and all the towns in Middlesex west of 
 
 this line. 
 In Needham, Dedhani, Sharon, Foxborough, and all Ihe towns in 
 
 Norfolk, west. 
 In Mansfield, Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Swanzey, Attletw- 
 
 roueh, in Bristol. 
 
 68,642 
 
 261,763 
 
 If a line is drawn W. and E. as nearly as the lines of the towns will permit, from the N. W. 
 corner of West Stockbridge to the S. part of Boston, it will make an equal division of the num- 
 ber of inhabitants. 
 
 On the south of the line will be West Stockbridge, Stockbridge, Lee, Becket, and all the 
 towns in Berkshire south of this line. 
 
 Middlefield, Norwicli, Westliampton, Northampton, Hadley, Granby, Ware, and the other 
 towns in Hampshire, south. 
 
 The county of Hampden. 
 
 N. Braintree, Spencer, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Norlliborough, Soutliborough, and all the 
 towns in Worcester, south. 
 
 Framinghara, Natick, Weston, Newton, Brighton, and tlic other towns in Middlesex, south. 
 
 5,777 inhabitants in the soutli part of Boston. 
 
 Norfolk, Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes county and Nantucket. 
 
 Tile two lines will cross each other in Newton, about 5 miles from the state house in Boston. 
 This point is the centre of the population of the state ; and if the seal of government is re- 
 moved, it ought not to be removed furllier to the west tlian Newton. 
 
 If a N. and S. line is drawn through the centre of the town of Worcester, it will divide the 
 state into two unequal parts. East of this line will be Fitchburg, Leominster, Sterling, West 
 Boylston, Slirewsbury, half of Worcester, Sutton, Millbury, Douglas, and the rest of the towns 
 
CENTRE OF TERRITORY. 97 
 
 In connection with what has been said respecting the 
 centre of the population, it may not be uninteresting, 
 though it is rather a digression from the main purpose of 
 this essay, to present some considerations rehiting to the 
 centre of the territory^ derived from the returns of the state 
 valuation in 1840. These returns were made by the 
 assessors of the several towns, and contam the number of 
 acres of land in every town and district except Boston 
 Corner and Marshpee. As the number of acres is taken 
 from the assessors' accounts, it is probable that it is gener- 
 ally less than the true number, in consequence of a dispo- 
 sition often felt to avoid too much taxation. As this dis- 
 position is general, we may presume that there will be 
 nearly a uniform falling off in the amount of land in these 
 returns, so that for our present purpose we may consider it 
 as equivalent to the exact amount. 
 
 The whole quantity of land in the several towns in Massa- 
 chusetts, according to die returns of 1840, is 4,502,843 19-24 
 acres, which, divided by 640, the number in a square mile, 
 give 7,035 as the number of square miles of land in the 
 Commonwealth, being very near six sevenths of 8,200, 
 which is believed to be almost the exact number of square 
 acres. 
 
 Assuming the line east and west^ which was adopted in 
 
 east of the line in Worcester county, containing - - 30,731 inhabitants. 
 
 Middlesex, 61,472 
 
 Essex, • - 74,655 
 
 Suffolk, 43,940 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 Dukes Co. 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 Total east of the line, .... 360,875 
 Total west of the line, - - - - 162,412 
 
 523,287.' 
 
9S 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 determining the centre of the population, we shall find that 
 it divides the territory of the Commonwealth into two 
 parts, the contents of which, according to the returns of 
 1840, were as follows : 
 
 The northern section includes 
 
 Suffolk County, containing 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 Part of Middlesex, . 
 
 Part of Worcester, 
 
 Part of Hampshire, . 
 
 Part of Berkshire, 
 
 7,669 1-4 acres. 
 271,054 1-2 
 402,307 1-4 
 422,432 
 518,595 
 146,516 1-4 
 286,193 
 
 Northern Section, . 2,054,767 1-4 acres, 
 
 or 196,654 31-48 Us% than 2,251,421 43-48, one half the number returned. 
 
 The southern section includes 
 
 Nantucket County, containing . 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 Plymouth, . 
 
 Bristol, . . . . 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 Part of Middlesex, (5 towns,) 
 
 Part of Worcester, (26 towns.) . 
 
 Part of Hampshire, (12 towns,) 
 
 Part of Berkshire, (14 towns,) . 
 
 14,206 acres. 
 
 47,868 1-2 
 179,159 2-3 
 379,898 1-2 
 314,273 
 247,208 1-8 
 353,129 
 
 72,958 
 398,992 
 182,839 3-4 
 257,544 - 
 
 Southern Section, . . 2,448,076 13-24 acres, 
 
 or 196,654 31-48 more than one half the number returned. 
 
 The distance of West Stockbridge, in the southern di- 
 vision, is about 120 miles from Boston. As there are 320 
 rods in a mile, and 160 square rods in an acre, a strip of 
 land in the southern division, one rod wide, from Boston 
 to West Stockbridge, 120 miles, is equivalent to 240 acres. 
 By dividing 196,654 31-48 by 240, we have 810 rods for the 
 width of this strip to be added to the northern division, 
 which is 2| miles. A line running 2| miles sovtli of the 
 
CENTRE OF TERRITORY. 
 
 99 
 
 above east and west line, and parallel with it, will pass 
 through the town of Worcester. 
 
 Thus by taking a strip of 2| miles from the sonthern 
 division, containing 196,654 31-48 acres, and adding it 
 to the northern division, we have the two sections equal, 
 each containing 2,251,421 43-48 acres, and the two contain- 
 ing 4,502,843 19-24 acres, "the whole quantity of land re- 
 turned," in 1840. 
 
 The 5 towns in the southern division, belonging to the 
 county of Middlesex, are 
 
 Framingham, containing 
 Natick, 
 Sherburne, . 
 HoUiston, 
 Hopkinton, . 
 
 19,042 acres. 
 
 10,083 
 
 10,058 
 
 13,787 
 
 19,988 
 
 Part of Middlesex County, . . 72,958 acres, 
 
 which, taken from 495,390, the whole number in the county, leave 422,432 
 for the northern section. 
 
 \ 
 
 towns belonging 
 
 to the county of Worcester 
 
 Southborough, containing . . 9,738 acres. 
 
 Westborough, 
 
 . 12,793 
 
 Shrewsbury, . 
 
 13,018 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 . 23,334 
 
 Paxton, 
 
 8,319 
 
 North Brookfield, 
 
 . 13,829 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 20,275 
 
 Leicester, 
 
 . 13,453 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 27,534 
 
 "Warren, . 
 
 . 16,248 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 21,695 
 
 Southbridge, 
 
 . 12,032 
 
 Charlton, 
 
 25,873 
 
 Dudley, . 
 
 . 12,820 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 16,385 
 
 Auburn, . 
 
 . 8,639 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 8,217 
 
 Grafton, . 
 
 . 13,795 
 
 Sutton, 
 
 19,868 
 
 are 
 
100 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Webster, 
 
 Douglas, 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 Northbridge, 
 
 Upton, 
 
 Milford, 
 
 Mendon, . 
 
 9,422 
 19,020 
 18,352 
 
 8,939 
 12,619 
 11,874 
 20,901 
 
 Part of Worcester, . 398,992 acres, 
 
 which, taken from 917,587, the whole number in the county, leave 518,595 
 for the northern division. 
 
 The 12 towns forming a part of the county of Hamp- 
 shire, are 
 
 Ware, containing 
 
 16,999 acres 
 
 Enfield, . 
 
 . 9,856 1-2 
 
 Belchertown, 
 
 30,548 
 
 Granby, . 
 
 . 15,313 
 
 Amherst, 
 
 16,377 
 
 Hadley, . 
 
 . 13,906 1-4 
 
 South Hadley, 
 
 8,450 
 
 Northampton, 
 
 . 20,240 
 
 Easthampton, 
 
 7,472 
 
 Southampton, 
 
 . 15,484 3-4 
 
 Westhampton, 
 
 15,704 
 
 Norwich, 
 
 . 12,489 1-4 
 
 Part of Hampshire, . . 182,839 3-4 acres, 
 
 which, taken from 329,356, the whole number in the county, leave 146,516 1-4 
 for the northern division. 
 
 The 14 towns, forming a part of the county of Berk- 
 shire, are 
 
 24,779 acres. 
 
 JJCU14.CI, uuuiaiuiug 
 
 Otis, 
 
 . 22,357 
 
 Sandisfield, . 
 
 30,014 
 
 New Marlborough, 
 
 . 26,075 
 
 Tyringham, . 
 
 28,839 
 
 Lee, 
 
 . 15,061 
 
 Great Barrington, . 
 
 25,006 
 
 Sheffield, . 
 
 . 33,001 
 
 Stockbridge, 
 
 13,568 
 
 West Stockbridge, 
 
 . 11,467 
 
CENTRE OF TERRITORY. 
 
 101 
 
 Alfor.l, 
 
 7,U05 
 
 Egremont, 
 
 . 10,087 
 
 Mount Washini^ton, 
 
 10,285 
 
 Boston Corner, (no return.) 
 
 - ■ 
 
 Part of Berkshire, . . . 257,544 acres, 
 
 which, taken from 543,737, leave 286,193 for the northern division. 
 
 A north and south line, beginning at the south-westerly 
 corner of Douglas, and running on the westerly side of 
 Douglas, Sutton, Millbiiry, Shrewsbury, Boylston, Sterling, 
 Leominster and Fitchbifrg, divides the Commonwealth into 
 two parts, the one east and the other west. The eastern di- 
 vision comprises the counties of 
 
 Barnstable, containing . . 179,159 2-3 acres. 
 
 Nantucket, .... 14,206 
 
 Dukes, .... 47,868 1-2 
 
 Plymouth, .... 379,898 1-2 
 
 Bristol, .... 314,273 
 
 Norfolk, . ... . . 247,208 1-8 
 
 Suffolk, .... 7,669 1-1 
 
 Essex, 271,054 1-2 
 
 Middlesex, .... 495,390 
 
 And part of Worcester, (22 towns,) . 320,726 
 
 2,277,453 13-48 acres, 
 or 26,031 31-48 more than 2,251,421 43-48, one half the number returned. 
 
 The 22 towns belonging 
 
 to the county of Worcester, are 
 
 Mendon, containing 
 
 20,901 acres. 
 
 Milford, . 
 
 . 11,874 
 
 Upton , 
 
 12,619 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 . 18,.352 
 
 Northbridge, 
 
 8,939 
 
 Grafton, . 
 
 . 13,795 
 
 Westborongh, 
 
 12,793 
 
 Southborough, 
 
 . 9,738 
 
 North borough. 
 
 9,477 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 . 7,078 
 
 Boltoft, 
 
 14,483 
 
 Harvard, . 
 
 . 16,449 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 21,895 
 
 u 
 
 
102 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Boylston, 
 
 . 11,345 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 13,018 
 
 Millbury, 
 
 . 8,217 
 
 Sutton, 
 
 19,868 
 
 Douglas, . 
 
 . 19,020 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 18,163 
 
 Lunenburg, 
 
 . 17,475 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 . ' 18,194 
 
 ritchburg, 
 
 . 17,033 
 
 320.726 acres, 
 which, taken from 917,587 in the county, leave 596,861 for the western division. 
 
 The western division comprises 
 
 Berkshire, containing 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 Part of Worcester, (33 towns,) 
 
 or 26,031 31-48 less than half the number returned. 
 
 543,737 acres. 
 , 402,307 1-4 
 329,356 
 353,129 ■ 
 596,861 
 
 2,225,390 1-4 acres. 
 
 The width of the state, north and sonth, through the 
 town of Worcester, is about 45 miles. A strip of land one 
 rod wide and 45 miles long, contains 90 acres. By dividing 
 26,031 31-48 by 90, we have 289 rods for the width of the 
 strip to be taken from the eastern division and added to the 
 western, in order to make the two equal. In other words, 
 by removing the north and south line 289 rods, or nearly 
 one mile eastward, we divide the territory into two nearly 
 equal parts. The line thus removed will still pass through 
 the town of Worcester, though in the easterly part, and 
 there intersect the east and west line. The point of inter- 
 section is the centre of the territory of Massachusetts, and 
 is situated in the easterly part of Worcester, and near Long 
 Pond in that town. This point is about 35 miles distant 
 from the centre of the population in 1810. 
 
 Half of the territory of the state, comprising about 174 
 
CENTRE OF WEALTH. 103 
 
 out of the 309 towns, is within 47^ miles of Boston. In 
 1840, about half of the population was in 113 towns, and 
 within about 29 miles, and half of the wealth within 12 
 or 12^ miles of Boston. 
 
 The taxable property in the several towns of Massachu- 
 setts, in 1830, was valued at $?20S,850,422 55, and in 1840, 
 at ^299,880,338 31. Half of this valuation, in 1830, was 
 $104,428,211 27|, and in 1840, $149,940,169 15|. 
 
 In 1830, $96,020,157 63 of this valuation was located 
 within 10 miles of Boston, and within the limits of 24 
 towns, to which if we add Salem, 12 miles from Boston, 
 omitting several towns at a less distance, we have $104,- 
 535,249 38, or $107,038 lOi more than half of the valua- 
 tion within 12 miles of Boston, so that the centre of wealth, 
 in 1830, must have been somewhat within this limit. 
 
 In 1840, $135,884,735 57 of this valuation belonged to 
 the 24 towns within the circle of 10 miles, to which if we 
 add Salem, we have $146,102,844 57, which is $3,837,- 
 324 58| less than half in these 25 towns. If to this 
 amount we add Needham and Braintree, within 11 miles, 
 and Lynnfield, Burlington, Weston and Canton, within 12 
 miles, we have $148,157,780 61, which still falls short of 
 half by $1,782,388 54|. Finally, if we add Danvers, 
 making 32 instead of 25 towns, we have $150,080,587 61, 
 or more than half, by $140,418 45| only. 
 
 It seems from this comparison that the taxable property, 
 according to the state valuation, during the 10 years from 
 1830 to 1840, increased less within 12 miles of Boston 
 than in more distant towns, though, as we have seen, the 
 increase of the population was much greater. 
 
 It is evident that, according to the state valuation in 
 1840, about half of the taxable property was located within 
 12 miles of Boston. Of course the centre of the wealth 
 of Massachusetts must be within the circle of this radius, 
 and this centre must be some point near the business cen- 
 
10 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS:. 
 
 ire in Jioston, as a large part of the property of the state 
 is located in all directions about the capital. 
 
 The amount of bank capital in Massachusetts, returned 
 Nov. 1, 1845, was ftHt»,97ta)OU, of which $;18,03U,000 be- 
 longed to the 24 banks in Boston, and the 80 banks out of 
 Boston held .$!l2,940 00, of which the 18 banks in Nan- 
 tucket, Barnstable, Plymouth and Bristol, on the east side, 
 and the 31 banks in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hamp- 
 shire, "Worcester and Middlesex, on the west side, had 
 17,855,000, leaving ^950,000 to 8 banks in Norfolk, on the 
 south side, and $4,135,000 to 23 banks in Essex, on the 
 north side. More than three-fourths of the capital of all 
 the insurance companies in the state is located in Boston. 
 
 In the two following tables, the columns containing the 
 acres of lamL comprises all the towns except Marshpee 
 and Boston Corner ; and that containing the valuation of 
 1840, all except Marshpee. 
 
 TABLE XV. — Exldhiting a Co7nparatii:e View of the Population, Territory and Wealth of Massa 
 
 setts, by Counties. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 2 
 
 
 e2 
 
 d 
 
 Census, 
 
 Acred of I.ami 
 
 Sfiuare 
 miles. 
 
 Inhabit- 
 ants to a 
 sfiiiare 
 mile. 
 
 Slate Valuation, 
 iS-W. 
 
 jPropor'n 
 no whole 
 I valua- 
 I lion. 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 Es^ex, 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 2 95,77:,; 
 £8' y4,y«7| 
 
 461066111 
 55| 95,31.3! 
 231 30,8971 
 18; 37,366| 
 26| 28,8i2i 
 31 41,745| 
 22 53,140 
 19! 60,105 
 21' 47,373 
 14132,5181 
 3i 3,958 
 1 9,012: 
 
 7,609 1-4 
 271,054 1-2 
 495,390 
 917,587 
 329,356 
 353.129 
 402,307 1-4 
 543,737 
 247,208 1-8 
 314,273 
 379,898 1-2 
 179,159 2-3 
 
 47,868 1-2 
 
 14,206 
 
 11 •9« 
 
 423 52, 
 
 774-04 
 
 1,433-72 
 
 514-61' 
 
 551-76' 
 
 628 60i 
 
 849-58! 
 
 386-26, 
 
 491 05' 
 
 593-59| 
 
 279-93; 
 
 74-79 
 
 22-19 
 
 7,992-27 
 224-27 
 137-73 
 
 66-47 
 
 60-03 
 
 67-72! 
 
 45-83! 
 
 49-131 
 137-57 
 122-52 
 
 79-801 
 1 16-671 
 
 52-91; 
 406011 
 
 110,000,000 00 
 
 31,111,204 00 
 
 37,593.082 00 
 
 29,804,316 00 
 
 7,298,351 00 
 
 10,188,423 71 
 
 6,548,691 00 
 
 9,54<i,920 76 
 
 15.522,527 00 
 
 19,493,694 84 
 
 10,694,719 00 
 
 4,896.683 00 
 
 1,]07,343»00 
 
 6,074.371 00 
 
 36 68 
 
 10-37 
 
 12-54 
 
 9-94 
 
 2-43 
 
 3-40 
 
 2-18 
 
 3-18 
 
 5-18 
 
 6-50 
 
 3-57 
 
 1-63 
 
 •3 
 
 203 
 
 Valuatii 
 per hei 
 
 !$l,14h 
 32*2 
 35S 
 311 
 23t 
 27S 
 22' 
 22( 
 29: 
 
 32^. 
 22L 
 15C 
 27S 
 67< 
 
 14 Counties, , 309 
 Suffolk, - I 2 
 
 7377U0 4,502,8J3 19-2 1' 7,035-69 101-85 299,b80,33s 31i lUO 
 95,773; 7,669 1-4 | 11-98 7,992-27, 110,000,000 00 36-68 
 
 40» 
 
 I,l4f1 
 
 13 Counties, I 307 
 
 641927; 4,495,174 13-24 7,023-71 
 
 91-39 
 
 189,880,338 31 
 
 63-31 
 
 29i 
 
 I 
 
POPULATION, TEKFilTORV AND VVKAl.TH COMPARED. 
 
 TABLE XVI: 
 
 Part I.— Exhibit 
 
 ing a 
 
 Comparative View of 
 
 the Population, Territory 
 
 and Wealth 
 
 ■, )(»/■ Nassachnsetts, fur Farts of tin 
 
 State 
 
 wniuN certain Radial Distances f -0711 Boston, by Ranges 
 
 of 10 miles. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inhabit- 
 
 
 Prtipor'n 
 
 
 ; I 
 
 Distance 
 
 Census, j 
 
 
 Square 
 
 Hnls to a 
 
 Slate Valuation, 
 
 to whole 
 
 Valua- 
 
 '. ^ 
 
 iVoiu 
 
 1 Acres tif Land. 
 
 
 square 
 
 
 valua- 
 
 tion per 
 
 d 
 
 Bo.sion, 
 
 1S40. I 
 
 
 miles. 
 
 mile. 
 
 1840. 
 
 tion per 
 
 head. 
 
 ^ 
 
 in mile.s. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cent. 
 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 93,383 1,307 
 
 
 2-04 
 
 45,726 
 
 S109.304,218 50 
 
 36-44 
 
 $1,170 49 
 
 23| 1 to 10 
 
 79,520 150,489 
 
 1-4 
 
 235-13 
 
 338 
 
 26,580,517 07 
 
 8-86 
 
 334 26 
 
 24 
 
 10 
 
 172903 151,79() 
 
 1-4 
 
 237-18 
 
 727 
 
 135,884,735 57 
 
 45-31 
 
 785 90 
 
 40 
 
 10 to 20 
 
 92.515 455,597 
 
 3-4 
 
 711-87 
 
 129 
 
 30,740.009 38 
 
 10-25 
 
 332 27 
 
 64 
 
 20 
 
 265418 607.394 
 
 
 94905 
 
 279 
 
 166,624,744 95 
 
 55-56 
 
 627 78 
 
 55 
 
 20 to 30 
 
 1213S4! 699,383 
 
 13-24 
 
 1,092-78 
 
 110 
 
 34,874,233 40 
 
 11-62 
 
 287 30 
 
 119 
 
 30 
 
 386802, 1,306.777 
 
 13-24 
 
 2,041-83 
 
 189 
 
 201,498,978 35 
 
 67-19 
 
 520 93 
 
 33 
 
 30 to 40 
 
 78,646i 582,115 
 
 5-6 
 
 909-55 
 
 86 
 
 23,812,347 74 
 
 7-94 
 
 302 77 
 
 152i 40 
 
 465448' 1,888,893 
 
 3-8 
 
 2,951-39 
 
 157 
 
 225,311,326 09 
 
 75 13 
 
 484 07 
 
 2!s 
 
 JO to 50 
 
 69,007! 508,537 
 
 1-3 
 
 794-59 
 
 86 
 
 22,613,674 84 
 
 7-54 
 
 327 70 
 
 180 
 
 50 
 
 534455 2,397,430 
 
 17-21 
 
 3,745-98 
 
 142 
 
 247,925,000 93 
 
 82-67 
 
 463 88 
 
 23 
 
 50 to 60 
 
 39,976' 391,126 
 
 5-6 
 
 611-13 
 
 64 
 
 10.207,234 91 
 
 3-40 
 
 255 33 
 
 1 203 
 
 60 
 
 574431' 2,788,557 
 
 13-24 
 
 4,357-12 
 
 131 
 
 258,132,235 84 
 
 86 07 
 
 449 37 
 
 26 
 
 60 to 70 
 
 39.415' 390,224 
 
 3-4 
 
 609-72 
 
 64 
 
 7,718,584 86 
 
 2-57 
 
 195 82 
 
 229 
 
 70 
 
 613846 3,178,782 
 
 7-24 
 
 4,966-84 
 
 123 
 
 265,850,820 70 
 
 88-65 
 
 433 09 
 
 J 16 
 
 70 to 80 
 
 31,033 227,799 
 
 1-2 
 
 355 93 
 
 87 
 
 8,817,149 35 
 
 2-94 
 
 284 08 
 
 1 245 
 
 80 
 
 641879 3,406,581 
 
 19-24 
 
 5,322-78 
 
 121 
 
 274,667,970 05 
 
 91-59 
 
 425 92 
 
 1 19 
 
 80 to 90 
 
 35,976 318,737 
 
 
 498 02 
 
 72 
 
 12.715,906 50 
 
 4-23 
 
 353 46 
 
 i 264 
 
 90 
 
 680855 3,725,318 
 
 19 24 
 
 5,820-81 
 
 116 
 
 287,383,876 55 
 
 95-83 
 
 422 09 
 
 18 
 
 90 to LOO 
 
 17,929 300,259 
 
 
 469-15 
 
 38 
 
 3.491,347 26 
 
 1-16 
 
 194 73 
 
 - 282 
 
 100 
 
 698734 4,025,577 
 
 19-24 
 
 6,289-96 
 
 111 
 
 290,875,223 81 
 
 96 99 
 
 416 25 
 
 14 
 
 100 to 110 
 
 19.196 273.225 
 
 
 426-91 
 
 44 
 
 4,119,645 50 
 
 1-37 
 
 214 60 
 
 296|lll) 
 
 717980 4,298,802 
 
 19-24 
 
 6,716 87 
 
 106 
 
 294,994,869 31 
 
 98 37 
 
 410 86 
 
 lllllO to 120 
 
 19.217 193,756 
 
 
 302 74 
 
 63 
 
 4,825,343 00 
 
 1-60 
 
 251 09 
 
 ^071 120 
 
 737197 4,192,558 
 
 19-24 
 
 7,019-62 
 
 105 
 
 299,820,212 31 
 
 9997 
 
 406 70 
 
 2 120 to 125 
 
 503 10,285 
 
 
 16 07 
 
 31 
 
 60,126 00 
 
 -02 
 
 119 53 
 
 1 SU;! 
 
 125 
 
 737700 4,502,843 
 
 19-24 
 
 7,035-69 
 
 104 
 
 299,880,338 31 
 
 100- 
 
 406 50 
 
106 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XVI : Part II. — Exhibiting a Comparative View of the Population, Territory and Weali 
 of Massachusetts, for Parts of the State beyond certain Radial Distances from Boston, by Rang 
 0/ 10 miles. 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inhabil- 
 
 
 Propor'n 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 Distance 
 
 Census, 
 
 
 
 Square 
 
 Ents lo a 
 
 State Valuation, 
 
 lo whole 
 
 Valua- 
 
 ^ 
 
 from 
 
 
 Acres of Land. 
 
 
 square 
 
 
 valua- 
 
 tion per 
 
 
 Boston, 
 
 1840. 
 
 
 
 miles. 
 
 1840. 
 
 tion per 
 
 head. 
 
 i. 
 
 in miles. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cent. 
 
 
 309 - 
 
 737700 
 
 4,502,843 
 
 19-24 
 
 7,035-69 
 
 104 
 
 5299,880,338 31 
 
 100- 
 
 S406 5 
 
 1 - 
 
 93,383 
 
 1,307 
 
 
 2'04 
 
 45,726 
 
 109,304.218 50 
 
 36-44 
 
 1,170 -1 
 
 308 - 
 
 644317 
 
 4,501,536 
 
 19-24 
 
 7,033-65 
 
 91 
 
 190,576;il9 81 
 
 63-55 
 
 295 7 
 
 23 1 to 10 
 
 79,520 
 
 150,489 
 
 1-4 
 
 235-13 
 
 338 
 
 26,580,517 07 
 
 8-86 
 
 334 2 
 
 285 over 10 
 
 564797 
 
 4,351,047 
 
 13-24 
 
 6,798-52 
 
 83 
 
 163.995.602 74 
 
 54-68 
 
 290 : 
 
 40 10 to 20 
 
 92,515 
 
 455,597 
 
 3-4 
 
 711-87 
 
 129 
 
 30',740,009 38 
 
 10-25 
 
 332 -2 
 
 245 over 20 
 
 472282 
 
 3,895,449 
 
 19-24 
 
 6,086-64 
 
 77 
 
 133,255,593 36 
 
 44-43 
 
 282 1 
 
 55 20 to 30 
 
 121384 
 
 699,383 
 
 13-24 
 
 1,092-78 
 
 110 
 
 34,874,233 40 
 
 11-62 
 
 287 
 
 190 over 30 
 
 350898; 3,196.066 
 
 1-4 
 
 4,993-85 
 
 70 
 
 98,381,359 96 
 
 32-80 
 
 280 
 
 33, 30 to 40 
 
 78,646 582,115 
 
 5-6 
 
 909-55 
 
 86 
 
 23,812,347 74 
 
 7-94 
 
 302 
 
 157 over 40 
 
 272252 2,613.950 
 
 5-12 
 
 4,084-29 
 
 66 
 
 74,569,012 22 
 
 24-86 
 
 273 - 
 
 28 40 to 50 
 
 69,007] 508,537 
 
 1-3 
 
 794 59 
 
 86 
 
 22,613,674 84 
 
 7-54 
 
 327 - 
 
 129| over 50 
 
 203245J 2,105,413 
 
 1-12 
 
 3,289-70 
 
 61 
 
 51,955,337 38 
 
 17-32 
 
 255 t 
 
 23 50 to 60 
 
 39,976 391,126 
 
 5-6 
 
 611-13 
 
 64 
 
 10,207,234 91 
 
 3-40 
 
 255 L 
 
 106, over 60 
 
 163269; 1,714,286 
 
 1-4 
 
 2,678-57 
 
 60 
 
 41,748,102 47 
 
 13-92 
 
 255 - 
 
 26 60 to 70 
 
 39.415; 390.224 
 
 3-4 
 
 609-72 
 
 64 
 
 7,718,584 86 
 
 2-57 
 
 195 ^ 
 
 so; over 70 
 
 123854 1.324,061 
 
 1-2 
 
 2,068-84 
 
 59 
 
 34,029,517 61 
 
 11-34 
 
 274 - 
 
 16, 70 to 80 
 
 31,033 
 
 227,799 
 
 1-2 
 
 355-93 
 
 87 
 
 8,817.149 35 
 
 2-94 
 
 284 1 
 
 ()4 over 80 
 
 92,821 
 
 1,096,262 
 
 
 1,712 90 
 
 54 
 
 25,212,368 26 
 
 8-40 
 
 271 . 
 
 19 80 to 90 
 
 35,976 
 
 318,737 
 
 
 498-02 
 
 72 
 
 12,715,906 50 
 
 4-23 
 
 353 
 
 45 over 90 
 
 56,845 
 
 777,525 
 
 
 1,214-88 
 
 46 
 
 12,496,461 76 
 
 4-16 
 
 219 ; 
 
 18 90 to 100 
 
 17,929 
 
 300,259 
 
 
 469-15 
 
 38 
 
 3,491,347 26 
 
 116 
 
 194 ' 
 
 27 over 100 
 
 38,916 
 
 477,266 
 
 
 745-72 
 
 52 
 
 9,005.114 50 
 
 3-00 
 
 231 : 
 
 14 100 to 110 
 
 19,196 
 
 273,225 
 
 
 426-91 
 
 44 
 
 4,119,645 50 
 
 1-37 
 
 211 t 
 
 13 over 110 
 
 19.720 
 
 204,041 
 
 
 31881 
 
 61 
 
 4,885,469 00 
 
 1-62 
 
 247 
 
 11 110 to 120 
 
 19,217 
 
 173,756 
 
 
 302-74 
 
 63 
 
 4,825,343 00 
 
 1-60 
 
 251 
 
 2, over 120 
 
 503 
 
 10,285 
 
 
 16-07 
 
 31 
 
 60,126 00 
 
 .02 
 
 119 . 
 
CONCLUSION. 107 
 
 The number of acres of land in the last two tables is the 
 aggregate of the returns in 1840, and is presumed to fall 
 short of the actual number ; but still, for the purposes of 
 comparison, with the exception of Boston, the errors will 
 very much neutralize each other. A great difference will 
 be perceived between the density of the population of Bos- 
 ton and that of the other towns ; and it will also be seen 
 that the valuation of the property is very much greater in 
 Boston than in other parts of the Commonwealth. 
 
 There are circumstances now existing, and an impulse 
 is now felt in Massachusetts, favorable to a more rapid in- 
 crease of the population for some years to come, than has 
 taken place at any time since 1790. The probability is 
 that the increase has been greater during the six years since 
 1840, than during any equal period since 1765, but we 
 have no means of obtaining the exact number ai the present 
 time. A census of a few towns only has been recently 
 taken, showing a very large increase. 
 
 People are attracted to, and are disposed to remain in, 
 places where there is employment and the prospect of a 
 comfortable livelihood. The whole soil of Massachusetts 
 has been long since mostly divided into farms, so that for 
 the purposes of agriculture this Commonwealth oilers fewer 
 encouragements than other parts of the country : and 
 therefore we can expect no very rapid increase of the agri- 
 cultural population. The increase of the population must 
 depend upon the flourishing condition of manufactures 
 and commerce, aided by the improved means of communi- 
 cation with the several parts of the Commonwealth, with 
 other states and with foreign countries. 
 
 Rail-roads radiate from Boston, as a centre, north-east- 
 erly to Portland, the capital of Maine ; northerly to Con- 
 cord, the capital of New Hampshire : westerly to Albany, 
 the capital of New York : south-westerly into Connecti- 
 cut; southerly to Providence, the capital of Rhode Island; 
 
108 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 and south-easterly to Plymouth, where the First Pilgrims 
 of New England landed. Branches for more local pur- 
 poses are made to communicate with the main trunks, so 
 that the whole state is overspread with a sort of net 
 work, whose iron rods approach within small distances of 
 every important town in the Commonwealth. Upon these 
 rail-roads there have been expended some thirty millions of 
 dollars, in order to facilitate the conveyance of men and 
 merchandise. These works centre in Boston, where they 
 originated, where most of the capital for building them 
 was advanced, and where they have been and still are 
 managed;, and, by being thus related to Boston, they make 
 this the common depot for the commerce of the whole state. 
 Great changes have already been produced in the world 
 by the application of steam power to the arts, and to the 
 means of transportation by sea and by land. Already it 
 carries men and merchandise up rivers, over lakes and 
 across the ocean, and through the mountain passes of many 
 civilized countries ; but as yet, it seems to have onl}^ begun 
 to show its capabilities," and its effects on the human con- 
 dition appear hardly to have begun to be matured. It has 
 essentially afiected the physical, social, moral and political 
 condition of man since the commencement of the present 
 century. It is impossible to foresee the result which this 
 agent is destined to produce on the condition of the human 
 race. One thing it has done, — it has exploded the old idea 
 that it is impossible to build cities anywhere except on the 
 confines of navigable water communicating with the great 
 marts of commerce. Hitherto, all or nearly all the cities 
 in the world, have been founded on spots to which ships 
 have access with the merchandise of other climes. Now, 
 by means of cars propelled by steam power on rail-roads, 
 nothing forbids cities being built in the interior of a coun- 
 try distant from navigable water, with almost as much 
 ease as on the sea-shore. The facilities of commiuiica- 
 
CONCLUSION. 109 
 
 tion may essentially affect the relative increase in different 
 parts of Massachusetts, and show the movement of the 
 population to be very different during the last half of the 
 present century from what it has been during the forty 
 years which have elapsed. The central position of Bos- 
 ton, and the convergency of the new lines of communica- 
 tion to it as a common centre for Massachusetts and New 
 England, together with the old lines of communication, 
 associated with the habits of the people for two centuries, 
 will operate to continue Boston as the great central depot 
 of commerce, to which people will be attracted by the pros- 
 pect of employment and the hope of reward. And those 
 whose local attachments are about this spot, will with a 
 sort of obstinate reluctance, part with their capital to build 
 up other places, unless the fruits are to contribute to the 
 prosperity of Boston. Still there may be other places be- 
 coming more and more central in the course of a few 
 years, and which will unitedly exercise some rivalry with 
 Boston for the business, or divert an important portion of it 
 to other places. 
 
 It would be interesting to exhibit a comparative view of 
 some of the other elements of the Commonwealth, similar 
 to what has here been given of the population since 1765 ; 
 but the considerations which have been presented in the 
 foregoing article, show the importance of the city of Bos- 
 ton to the state of Massachusetts. Within its Hmits there 
 was in 1840 about one eight part of the population of the 
 state; in 1790 there was less than one twentieth part; in 
 1765 there was one sixteenth part. There has been a great 
 accumulation of population in and near this city during the 
 whole period of fifty years. Within 10 miles of Boston 
 there is now (1846,) one quarter part of the population of the 
 state, amounting to more than 200,000, chiefly dependent 
 upon Boston as the centre of business ; in 1790 the number 
 within this range was less than a ninth part of the whole. 
 15 
 
llO POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Besides, Boston is not merely the seat of wealth and capi- 
 tal, but the centre of the commerce and manufactures of 
 Massachusetts, and to a great extent of New England, 
 though a large portion of the manufacturing establishments 
 are located at a distance from the capital. Its prosperity or 
 decline will be the prosperity or decline of the state. In 
 fact, Boston represents Massachusetts more fully than Paris 
 does France, or London, England, and in a far more em- 
 phatic sense than New York city, Philadelphia, Cincinna- 
 ti, or any other principal city in the Union, the states to 
 which they respectively belong. If the business of Bos- 
 ton is affected by any cause, it will be felt in every town in 
 this and in the other New England states, and far beyond. 
 
THE COLORED POPULATION. 
 
 The following view of the colored population is designed 
 to exhibit their comparative numbers at different epochs, 
 and to present some general conclusions respecting their 
 future prospects. 
 
 The colored population never formed but a very small 
 part of the whole population of Massachusetts, and their 
 proportion to the whites has been reduced nearly one half 
 since 1765, and is likely to be reduced much more here- 
 after. 
 
 It seems that within a few years after the first settlement 
 in Massachusetts, some colored persons were brought into 
 the Province and reduced to slavery. Only a very few of 
 the whites, however, were ever concerned in the slave 
 trade. Opposition to slavery manifested itself from the 
 first, and increased until the Revolution. Very few seem 
 to have satisfied their minds that it was right to reduce 
 human beings to slavery, without fault of their own. 
 Public sentiment was excited more and more in opposition 
 to slavery until 1780, when the Constitution was adopted, 
 which declares "all men free and equal."* 
 
 * Since preparing thia article on the colored population of Massachusetts, I have seen " Que- 
 ries respecting the Slavery and Emancipation of Negroes in Massachusetts, proposed by the 
 Hon. Judge Tucker, of Virginia, and answered liy the Rev. Dr. Belknap," in 179-5, and pub- 
 lished in the 4th volume of the Massachusetts Historical Collections, from which I shall insert 
 in the notes extracts, to confirm the positions I have taken. Dr. B. says : 
 
 " It [the traffic in slaves,] was never supported by public opinion ; and the voice of conscience 
 was against it. A degree of infamy was attached to the characters of those who were em- 
 ployed in it : several of them in their last hours bitterly lamenting their concern in it ; and the 
 friei.ds of seamen, who had perished by the climate of Guinea, or in contests with the natives, 
 became seriously prejudiced against the business." — P. 197. 
 
 " Not much, however, was said in a public and formal manner, till we began to feel the 
 weight of oppression from ' our mother country,' as Britain was then called. The inconsist- 
 ency of pleading for our own rights and liljerties, whilst we encouraged the subjugation of oth- 
 ers, was very apparent ; and from that time, both slavery and the slave trade began to be dis- 
 
112 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 The colored population of Massachusetts comprise not 
 merely the pure blacks of the African race and their vari- 
 ous mixtures with the whites, commonly called mulatloes, 
 but also mixtures of the whites and others with the Indi- 
 ans, particularly at Marshpee. The number of those who 
 are the pure descendants of the African race, is believed to 
 constitute a very small part of the colored population of 
 this Commonwealth, while most of them are a mixed 
 breed of whites with Indians and negroes, and have been 
 so, to a great degree, for the last fifty years or more. 
 
 In 1840, according to the United States census, Marsh- 
 pee contained 9 white males and 6 white females; 146 col- 
 ored males and 148 colored females; total, 15 whites and 
 294 colored persons. The population of that place are now, 
 and have been for more than half a century, mostly a 
 mixed race of Indians, negroes and others. 
 
 According to the Provincial census of 1765, the colored 
 population in the returns of 182 towns, was 4,978, to 
 which by adding 147, the number according to the United 
 States census for 16 towns in 1790, which were not re- 
 turned in 1765, and 74 for their number in Newbury and 
 Newburyport, whose returns in 1765 did not specify the 
 color, — this last lumiber being in proportion to the number 
 in those towns in 1790, — we have 5,199 for the estimated 
 number of the colored population in 1765. The next ta- 
 ble contains the number of the colored persons in Massa- 
 chusetts, according to the Provincial census of 1765 and the 
 six United States censuses, the number in the IS towns 
 just referred to being included in a parenthesis. 
 
 countenanced. The principal cause was jmhlic opinion ; and tlie present generation, at an 
 early stage of life, imbibed that opinion, which has grown up with their growth and strength- 
 ened with their strength." — P. 19S. 
 
 " Negro children were reckoned as an incumbrance in a family ; and when weaned, were 
 given away like puppies. They have teen publicly advertised in the newspapers 'to be given 
 away.' "—P. 2{X). 
 
 "The condition of our slaves, liowever, was far from rigorous. No greater labor was exacted 
 of them than of white people ; in general, they are not cMe to perform so much." — Id. 
 
COLOKEU PERSONS IN THE TOWNS AND COUNTIES. 
 
 113 
 
 TABLE XVn. — Exhibiting the Number of Colored Persons in the Towns of Massachusetts, 
 according to the seven Censuses, by Counties. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 
 Male. 
 759 
 
 Fern. 
 931 
 
 Total 
 1690 
 
 Male 
 
 865 
 
 Fem.l Total 
 1010 1875 
 
 Male. 
 1399 
 
 Fern. 
 1028 
 
 Total 
 
 Boston, 
 
 848 
 
 766 
 
 1174 
 
 1468 
 
 2427 
 
 Chelsea, 
 
 43 
 
 21 
 
 20 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 774 
 
 21 
 952 
 
 36 
 
 1726 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 1407 
 
 3 
 1031 
 
 11 
 
 Suffolk County, - 
 
 891 
 
 787 
 
 1194 
 
 1484 
 
 870 
 
 1013 1883 
 
 2438 
 
 Amesbury, - 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Andover, - 
 
 86 
 
 94 
 
 83 
 
 83 
 
 26 
 
 35 
 
 61 
 
 19 
 
 34 
 
 53 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 25 
 
 Beverly, 
 
 80 
 
 58 
 
 92 
 
 61 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 ■ 9 
 
 14 
 
 23 
 
 Boxford, 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Bradford, - 
 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 ■^1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 , 
 
 9 
 
 Danvers, 
 
 72 
 
 34 
 
 29 
 
 2l' 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 20 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 
 - 
 
 Essex, 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 24 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 Georgetown, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 , 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Gloucester, - 
 
 109 
 
 41 
 
 44 
 
 40, 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 Hamilton, - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 16' 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 Haverhill, - 
 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 16 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 2 
 
 Ipswich, 
 
 101 
 
 79 
 
 57 
 
 55 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 Lynn, 
 
 49 
 
 20 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 i 21 
 
 23 
 
 44 
 
 Lynnfield, - 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 1 9 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 Manchester, 
 
 24 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 2| 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Marblehead, 
 
 100 
 
 87 
 
 68 
 
 114 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 Methuen, - 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 l' 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Middleton, - 
 
 35 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Newbury, - 
 
 (38) 
 
 42 
 
 24 
 
 42 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 
 
 13 
 
 20 
 
 Newburyport, 
 
 (36) 
 
 70 
 
 70 
 
 83 
 
 56 
 
 42 
 
 98 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 54 
 
 17 
 
 2u 
 
 43 
 
 Rockport,' - 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Bowley, 
 
 22 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 Salem, 
 
 173 
 
 260 
 
 308 
 
 273 
 
 152 
 
 142 
 
 294 
 
 132 
 
 132 
 
 264 
 
 139 
 
 152 
 
 291 
 
 Salisbury, - 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Saugus, 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 1 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 Topsfield, - 
 
 16 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 Wenham, - 
 
 33 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 ] 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 West Newbury, - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - I 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Essex County, 
 
 1051 
 
 880 
 
 911 
 
 860 
 
 328 
 
 327 
 
 655 
 
 242 
 
 280 
 
 522 
 
 233 
 
 274 
 
 507 
 
 Acton, 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 Ashby, 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Bedford, - 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Billerica, - 
 
 14 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 2 
 
 Boxborough, 
 
 . 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 12 
 
 27 
 
 7 
 
 4 11 
 
 Brighton, - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 - 1 1 
 
 Burlington, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 " 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
114 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TOWNS 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 
 1840 
 
 
 
 Male 
 23 
 
 Fern. 
 30 
 
 Total 
 53 
 
 Male. 
 34 
 
 Fem. 
 45 
 
 Toul 
 79 
 
 Male 
 35 
 
 Fem. 
 42 
 
 T 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 90 
 
 60 
 
 25 
 
 38 
 
 Carlisle, 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 
 Charlestown, 
 
 136 
 
 25 
 
 38 
 
 61 
 
 23 
 
 15 
 
 38 
 
 60 
 
 36 
 
 96 
 
 99 
 
 30 
 
 1 
 
 Chelmsford, 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 
 Concord, 
 
 27 
 
 29 
 
 38 
 
 28 
 
 24 
 
 10 
 
 34 
 
 15 
 
 13 
 
 28 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 -0 
 
 Dracut, 
 
 (39) 
 
 39 
 
 42 
 
 25 
 
 18 
 
 15 
 
 33 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 24 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 LM 
 
 Dunsiable, . 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 Framingham, 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 18 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 Groton, 
 
 15 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 ! 
 
 HoUiston, . 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 ?, 
 
 Hopkinton, . 
 
 17 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 
 2 
 
 ■-> 
 
 Lexington, . 
 
 44 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 Lincoln, 
 
 28 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 ' 
 
 Littleton, 
 
 17 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 
 54 
 
 Maiden, 
 
 48 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Marlborough, 
 
 21 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 Medford, . 
 
 49 
 
 34 
 
 25 
 
 - 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 Natick, 
 
 24 
 
 39 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 26 
 
 Newton, 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 19 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 - 
 
 6 
 
 Pepperell, . 
 
 4 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 Reading, 
 
 34 
 
 31 
 
 21 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 Sherburne, . 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 ] 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Shirley, 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 19 
 
 14 
 
 33 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 32 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 South Reading, . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Stoneham, . 
 
 32 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Stow, , 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 Sudbury, 
 
 28 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 Tewksbury, 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 Townsend, . 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 Tyngsborough, . 
 
 - 
 
 17 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 Waltham, . 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 
 . 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 Watertown, 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 "Wayland, . 
 
 - 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 We.st Cambridge, 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 5 
 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 '2 
 
 Westford, . 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 Weston, 
 
 18 
 
 23 
 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 Wilmington, 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 () 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 Woburn, 
 
 39 
 
 23 
 
 16 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Middlesex County, 910 
 
 597 
 
 470 
 
 374 
 
 213 
 
 202 
 
 415 
 
 263 
 
 251 
 
 517 
 
 285 
 
 208 
 
 493 
 
 Ashbnrnham, 
 
 (y) 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 91 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Athol, 
 
 ^ 2 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 1; 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Auburn, 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 . 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 *1 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 Barre, 
 
 
 19 
 
 38 
 
 71 
 
 59 
 
 15 
 
 17 
 
 32 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 '9 
 
 15 
 
 24 
 
 Berlin, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 _ 
 
 Bolton, 
 
 
 2 
 
 "l 
 
 1 
 
 'l 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 '3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 ' \ 
 
 Boylslon, 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 1 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brookfield, 
 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 20 
 
 1 4 
 
 "4 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 
 '1 
 
 '5 
 
 
 
 '7 
 
 Charleton, 
 
 
 1 
 
 o 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 '9 
 
 18 
 
 8 
 
 T) 
 
 17 
 
COLORED PERSONS IN THE TOWNS .AND COUNTIES. 
 
 115 
 
 - 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 
 
 1830 
 
 
 1840 
 
 
 Male 
 1 
 
 Fern 
 
 Total 
 
 1 
 
 Male 
 
 Fem 
 
 Total 
 
 Male 
 1 
 
 Fern 
 
 Total 
 
 Dana, 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Douglas, 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 2 
 
 '3 
 
 5 
 
 1 5 
 
 "2 
 
 1 '7 
 
 3 
 
 "3 
 
 6 
 
 Dudley, 
 
 15 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 '3 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 
 Fitchburg, . 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 '7 
 
 '& 
 
 15 
 
 Gardner, 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 *7 
 
 '5 
 
 '4 
 
 '9 
 
 6 
 
 "2 
 
 "s 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 Grafton, 
 
 21 
 
 
 18 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 16 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 19 
 
 Hardwick, . 
 
 5 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 26 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 Harvard, . 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 Holden, . 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 "1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Hubbardston, 
 
 
 15 
 
 18 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 '6 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 24 
 
 Lancaster, . 
 
 27 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 Leicester, . 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 23 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 Leominster, 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lunenburg, 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 21 
 
 9 
 
 '3 
 
 12 
 
 '7 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 '4 
 
 '2 
 
 6 
 
 Mendon, 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 20 
 
 37 
 
 Milford, . 
 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 Millbury, . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 New Braintree, . 
 
 "3 
 
 14 
 
 'g 
 
 '9 
 
 1 
 
 "2 
 
 '3 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 Northborough, . 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Northbridge, 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 1' 
 
 
 
 
 '1 
 
 '2 
 
 "3 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 North Brook-field, 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 "5 
 
 '3 
 
 "8 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Oakham, 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 '1 
 
 "5 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 '2' 
 
 
 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3' 
 
 
 '2 
 
 
 
 Paxton, 
 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 4^ 
 
 "3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Petersham, . 
 
 "s 
 
 5 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 Phillipston, 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Princeton, . 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 "1 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Koyalston, . 
 
 (2) 
 
 2 
 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 '1 
 
 2 
 
 "1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Rutland, 
 
 17 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Shrewsbury, 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 5' 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Southborough, . 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Southbridge, 
 
 
 
 
 
 'l 
 
 "1 
 
 "2 
 
 1 
 
 "3 
 
 '4 
 
 '3 
 
 "5 
 
 's 
 
 Spencer, 
 
 '5 
 
 6 
 
 '1 
 
 '5 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 Sturbridge, 
 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 '6 
 
 11 
 
 17 
 
 Sutton, 
 
 
 18 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Templeton, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 '4 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 Upton, 
 
 
 "5 
 
 29 
 
 16 
 
 '7 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 Uxbridge, 
 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 16 
 
 30 
 
 18 
 
 26 
 
 44 
 
 Warren, 
 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 41 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 32 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 26 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 22 
 
 Webster, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 25 
 
 48 
 
 Westborough, 
 
 13 
 
 '4 
 
 2 
 
 "4 
 
 "9 
 
 '5 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 "4 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 West Boylston, . 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 '2 
 
 '4 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 "4 
 
 1 
 
 5; 
 
 "3 
 
 '3 
 
 "e 
 
 Winchendon, 
 
 (2) 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 W 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 Worcester, . 
 
 25 
 
 51 
 
 83 
 
 88 
 
 41 
 
 54 
 
 95 
 
 36 
 
 54 
 
 90 
 
 6. 
 
 26l| 
 
 89 
 3121 
 
 151 
 
 Worcester Cc 
 
 unty, 
 
 317 
 
 409 
 
 490 
 
 468 
 
 237I 
 
 220 
 
 457 
 
 164 
 
 204) 
 
 368 
 
 573 
 
 *The 1 in the census of Gardner, is altered to 7 in the table, in order to make the total. 
 
116 
 
 
 
 POPULATION 
 
 OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 TOWNS. 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 
 Male.l 
 12 
 
 Fem. 
 14 
 
 Total 
 26 
 
 Male. 
 21 
 
 Fern. 
 29 
 
 Total' 
 50 
 
 JIale. 
 17 
 
 Fem 
 
 Total 
 
 Amherst, . 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 15 
 
 18 35 
 
 Belchertown, 
 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 24 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Chesterfield, 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 Cuminiugton, 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 11 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 3 ^ 
 
 Easthampton, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7j 
 
 1 
 
 1 2 
 
 Enfield, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Goshen, 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 Gran by. 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 # 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Greenwich, 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 b 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 Hadley, . 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 22 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 17 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 9 22 
 
 Hatfield, . 
 
 21 
 
 14 
 
 29 
 
 33 
 
 25 
 
 27 
 
 52 
 
 21 
 
 14 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 8 16 
 
 Middlefield, 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Northampton, 
 
 U 
 
 18 
 
 22 
 
 31 
 
 16 
 
 24 
 
 40 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 33 
 
 26 
 
 32 5- 
 
 Norwich, . 
 
 
 4 
 
 40 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Pelham, 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 Plainfield, . 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Pre scot t, 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 South Hadley, . 
 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7; 
 
 2 
 
 
 - 
 
 Southampton, 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 
 ^1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Ware, 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 "'] 
 
 y 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 Westhampton, . 
 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 Williamsburg, 
 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 Worlhington, 
 
 
 5 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 b 
 
 lt3 
 
 Hampshire County 
 
 62 
 
 126 
 
 219 
 
 205 
 
 104 
 
 112 
 
 216 
 
 113 
 
 110 
 
 223 
 
 106 
 
 95 
 
 201 
 
 Blandford, . 
 
 2 
 
 y 
 
 19 
 
 38 
 
 17 
 
 11 
 
 28 
 
 15 
 
 12 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 Brimfield, . 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 y 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 'J 
 
 Chester, 
 
 (1) 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 14 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 y 
 
 i;; 
 
 Granville, . 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 1 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 Holland, . 
 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Longmeadow, 
 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Ludlow, 
 
 
 2 
 
 19 
 
 17 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 -J 
 
 Monson, 
 
 7 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 31 
 
 31 
 
 21 
 
 52 
 
 24 
 
 21 
 
 45 
 
 15 
 
 li 
 
 ■Jt) 
 
 Montgomery, 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 Palmer, 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 15 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 13 
 
 12 
 
 20 
 
 13 
 
 8 
 
 L'l 
 
 Russell, 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Southwick, . 
 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 li 
 
 Springfield, 
 
 39 
 
 13 
 
 18 
 
 47 
 
 12 
 
 16 
 
 28 
 
 22 
 
 26 
 
 48 
 
 42 
 
 59 
 
 IHL 
 
 Tolland, 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 1 1 
 
 Wales, 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 Westfield, . 
 
 41 
 
 58 
 
 29 
 
 18 
 
 22 
 
 18 
 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 39 
 
 7 
 
 S 
 
 
 West Springfield, 
 
 
 52 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 34 
 
 24 
 
 27 
 
 51 
 
 26 
 
 20 
 
 ir. 
 
 Wilbraham, 
 
 2 
 
 25 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 / 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 ti 
 
 6 
 
 i-J 
 
 Hampden County, 
 
 112 
 
 243 
 
 215 
 
 303 
 
 166 
 
 140 
 
 306 
 
 174 
 
 173 
 
 347 
 
 152 160 -M-: 
 
 * In the census for 1800, there are 225 instead of 219 colored persons put down ns belonging to the tnw n- 
 at preHenl in Haniixshire county, tlie fi in Granby being proMiiied lo be n nii.vlnkc for 0. as the lurprc^'aii; 
 of its popnlalion wa.s ~'^(J and not T'J2 
 
COLORED PERSONS IN THE TOWNS AND COUNTIES. 
 
 117 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 
 1820 
 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 
 Male. 
 6 
 
 Fem. 
 
 7 
 
 Total 
 13 
 
 Male. 
 8 
 
 Fein. 
 
 1 
 
 Total 
 
 9 
 
 Male. 
 1 
 
 Fern. 
 1 
 
 Total 
 
 Ashfield, 
 
 fl) 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 Bernardston, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Buckland, . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Charlemont, 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 Coleraine, . 
 
 
 ii 
 
 31 
 
 31 
 
 19 
 
 14 
 
 33 
 
 a 
 
 17 
 
 38 
 
 20 
 
 9 
 
 29 
 
 Conway, 
 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 Deerlicld, . 
 
 17 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 11 
 
 o 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Erving, 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 51 
 
 68 
 
 
 
 
 Gill, . 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Greenfield, . 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 19 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 20 
 
 Hawley, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Heath, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leverett, 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leyden, 
 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 Monroe, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Montague, . 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 New Salem, 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 Northfield, . 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 Orange, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rowe, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ] 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Shelburne, . 
 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 13 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Shutesbury, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 Sunderland, 
 
 d) 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Warwick. . 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Wendell, . 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 ] 
 
 
 1 
 
 Whately, . 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin County, 
 
 29 
 
 82 
 
 131 
 
 98 
 
 77 
 
 58 
 
 135 
 
 85 
 
 106 
 
 191 
 
 52 
 
 36 
 
 88 
 
 Adams, 
 
 
 15 
 
 15. 
 
 28 
 
 10 
 
 13 
 
 23 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 28 
 
 21 
 
 14 
 
 35 
 
 Alford, 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 Becket, 
 
 n) 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 11 
 
 Boston Corner, . 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cheshire, . 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 27 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 ii 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 Clarksburg, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dalton, 
 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 37 
 
 17 
 
 12 
 
 29 
 
 18 
 
 11 
 
 29 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 32 
 
 Egremont, . 
 
 f5) 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 Florida, 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 Great Barrington, 
 
 19 
 
 46 
 
 57 
 
 56 
 
 41 
 
 41 
 
 82 
 
 36 
 
 39 
 
 75 
 
 64 
 
 55 
 
 119 
 
 Hancock, . 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 J 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 Hinsdale, . 
 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 ] 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 18 
 
 Lanes borough, . 
 
 ri5) 
 
 15 
 
 29 
 
 45 
 
 22 
 
 29 
 
 51 
 
 27 
 
 34 
 
 61 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 100 
 
 Lee, . 
 
 
 o 
 
 A 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 18 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 40 
 
 66 
 
 Lenox, 
 
 
 17 
 
 11 
 
 40 
 
 37 
 
 39 
 
 76 
 
 44 
 
 39 
 
 83 
 
 54 
 
 54 
 
 108 
 
 Mt. Washington, 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 New Ashford, 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 New Marlboro', . 
 
 ri3) 
 
 13 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 12 
 
 21 
 
 Otis, . 
 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 24 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 Peru, . 
 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
118 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 
 Male. 
 72 
 
 Fern 
 75 
 
 Total 
 147 
 
 Male. 
 
 Fern. 
 
 Total 
 
 Male.i 
 
 1 
 
 95 
 
 Fem. 
 107 
 
 Total 
 
 Pittsfield, . 
 
 10 
 
 45 
 
 80 
 
 128 
 
 79 
 
 87 
 
 166 
 
 202 
 
 Richmond, . 
 
 (4) 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 14 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 Sandisfield, 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 29; 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Savoy, 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Sheffield, . 
 
 26 
 
 n 
 
 103 
 
 85 
 
 87 
 
 71 
 
 158 
 
 92 
 
 91 
 
 183 
 
 99 
 
 79 
 
 178 
 
 Stockbridge, 
 
 27 
 
 64 
 
 71 
 
 49 
 
 16 
 
 22 
 
 38 
 
 33 
 
 31 
 
 64 
 
 46 
 
 44 
 
 90 
 
 Tyringham, 
 
 o 
 
 y 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 12 
 
 25 
 
 Washington, 
 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 19 
 
 W. Stockbridge, . 
 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 18 
 
 20 
 
 38 
 
 22 
 
 22 
 
 44 
 
 25 
 
 19 
 
 44 
 
 Windsor, 
 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 Williamstown, . 
 
 (5) 
 
 5 
 
 31 
 
 33 
 
 28 
 
 43 
 
 71 
 
 46 
 
 56 
 
 102 
 
 64 
 
 56 
 
 120 
 
 Berkshire County, 
 
 137 
 
 323 
 
 494 
 
 653 
 
 427 
 
 435 
 
 862 
 
 484 
 
 507 
 
 991 
 
 654 
 
 624 
 
 1278 
 
 Bellingham, 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 Braintree, . 
 
 66 
 
 18 
 
 7 
 
 '2 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 '2 
 
 3 
 
 '5 
 
 Brookhne, . 
 
 18 
 
 13 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 
 1 
 
 1' 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Canton, 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 16 
 
 ii 
 
 13 
 
 24 
 
 14 
 
 23 
 
 37 
 
 Cohasset, . 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 Dedham, 
 
 36 
 
 16 
 
 29 
 
 31 
 
 12 
 
 15 
 
 27 
 
 4 
 
 14 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 21 
 
 Dorchester, 
 
 37 
 
 30 
 
 35 
 
 26 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 12 
 
 16 
 
 Dover, 
 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 Foxborough, 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Franklin, . 
 
 
 "3 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 '4 
 
 14 
 
 18 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Medfield, . 
 
 '4 
 
 15 
 
 19 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 "s; 10 
 
 Medvvay, 
 
 17 
 
 21 
 
 14 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 Milton, 
 
 47 
 
 27 
 
 30 
 
 19 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 22 
 
 '5 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 '4 
 
 '3 
 
 7 
 
 Needham, . 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 Quincy, 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 "3 
 
 '5 
 
 *8 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 Randolph, . 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 '1 
 
 
 1 
 
 Roxbury, 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 71 
 
 76 
 
 26 
 
 17 
 
 43 
 
 h 
 
 16 
 
 27 
 
 11 
 
 15 
 
 26 
 
 Sharon, 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Stoughton, . 
 
 26 
 
 21 
 
 
 2 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 23 
 
 6 
 
 "s 
 
 14 
 
 '9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 Walpole, 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 AVey mouth, 
 
 27 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 3 3 
 
 Wreniham, 
 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 29 
 
 15 
 
 "9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 '3 
 
 3 
 
 Norfolk County, . 
 
 420 
 
 243 
 
 326 
 
 256 
 
 126 
 
 131 
 
 257 
 
 69 
 
 100 
 
 169 
 
 63 
 
 97i 160 
 
 Attleborough, 
 
 15 
 
 18 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 16 
 
 Berkley, 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 Dartmouth, 
 
 61 
 
 83 
 
 167 
 
 223 
 
 1 87 
 
 95 
 
 182 
 
 67 
 
 4 
 
 71 
 
 22 
 
 28 
 
 50 
 
 Dighton,* . 
 
 59 
 
 89 
 
 40 
 
 53 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 31 
 
 2 
 
 69 
 
 71 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 Easton, 
 
 4 
 
 17 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 11 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 Fairhaven, . 
 
 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 19 
 
 36 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 34 
 
 17 
 
 30 
 
 47 
 
 Fall River, . 
 
 
 
 
 42 
 
 1 16 
 
 30 
 
 46 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 46 
 
 11 
 
 15 
 
 26 
 
 Freetown, . 
 
 67 
 
 55 
 
 41 
 
 20 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 Mansfield, . 
 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 "1 
 
 
 1 
 
 * Wellington waa set off from Dighton in 1814, and was united to Dighton in 1828. It contained 7 col- 
 ored males and 11 colored females in 1820, who are added to those of Dighton in the above table. 
 
COLORED PERSONS IN THE TOWNS AND COUNTIES. 
 
 119 
 
 TOWNS 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 I 
 
 1820 
 
 
 
 1830 
 
 
 
 1840 
 
 
 |Male. 
 
 Fern. 
 
 Total 
 
 Male. 
 
 Fern. 
 
 Total Male. 
 
 Fern. 
 
 Total 
 
 New Bedford, 
 
 . 
 
 38 
 
 160 
 
 190 
 
 97 
 
 113 
 
 210 
 
 212 
 
 171 
 
 383 
 
 405 
 
 362 
 
 767 
 
 Norton, 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Pawtucket, 
 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 9 
 
 Raynham, 
 
 
 6 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 27 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 30 
 
 Rehoboth, 
 
 
 53 
 
 91 
 
 70 
 
 70 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 27 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 19 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 27 
 
 Seekonk, 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 22 
 
 6 
 
 16 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 21 
 
 Somerset, 
 
 
 - 
 
 62 
 
 20 
 
 14 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 Swanzey, 
 
 
 41 
 
 72 
 
 52 
 
 75 
 
 19 
 
 21 
 
 40 
 
 23 
 
 22 
 
 45 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 24 
 
 Taunton, 
 
 
 55 
 
 90 
 
 105 
 
 105 
 
 42 
 
 38 
 
 80 
 
 33 
 
 52 
 
 85 
 
 65 
 
 67 
 
 132 
 
 Westport, 
 
 
 - 
 
 56 
 
 78 
 
 75 
 
 23 
 
 1 
 
 24 
 
 47 
 
 36 
 
 36 
 
 72 
 
 1 
 
 25 
 
 24 
 
 49 
 
 Bristol County, 
 
 401 
 
 729 
 
 808 
 
 924 
 
 1 378 
 
 420 
 
 798 
 
 465 
 
 463 
 
 928 
 
 626 
 
 605 
 
 1231 
 
 Abington, . 
 
 21 
 
 15 
 
 34 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 Bridgewaler, 
 
 94 
 
 129 
 
 140 
 
 109 
 
 46 
 
 45 
 
 91 
 
 15 
 
 23 
 
 38 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 19 
 
 Carver, 
 
 . 
 
 12 
 
 6 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Duxbury, . 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 15 
 
 26 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 13 
 
 East Bridgewater, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 Halifax, 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Hanson, 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 12 
 
 Hanover, . 
 
 (35) 
 
 35 
 
 21 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 13 
 
 Hingham, . 
 
 77 
 
 24 
 
 41 
 
 33 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 34 
 
 9 
 
 16 
 
 25 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 34 
 
 Hull, . 
 
 16 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Kingston, . 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 Marshfield, 
 
 40 
 
 28 
 
 19 
 
 34 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 Bliddleborough, . 
 
 32 
 
 24 
 
 14 
 
 19 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 8 
 
 21 
 
 16 
 
 19 
 
 35 
 
 N. Bridgewater, . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 23 
 
 17 
 
 40 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 22 
 
 Pembroke, . 
 
 22 
 
 43 
 
 40 
 
 44 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 Plvmontli, 
 
 
 77 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 
 34 
 
 24 
 
 22 
 
 46 
 
 19 
 
 24 
 
 43 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 25 
 
 Plympton, 
 
 
 12 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Rochester, 
 
 
 22 
 
 54 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 19 
 
 21 
 
 40 
 
 22 
 
 25 
 
 47 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 37 
 
 Scituate, 
 
 
 107 
 
 65 
 
 64 
 
 74 
 
 30 
 
 18 
 
 48 
 
 21 
 
 25 
 
 46 
 
 21 
 
 32 
 
 53 
 
 Wareham, 
 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 19 
 
 W. Bridgewater, . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 17 
 
 13 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 23 
 
 Flymouth County, 
 
 590 
 
 529 
 
 501 
 
 420 
 
 198 
 
 190 
 
 388 
 
 194 
 
 217 
 
 411 
 
 161 
 
 192 353 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 56 
 
 55 
 
 50 
 
 47 
 
 17 
 
 22 
 
 39 
 
 26 
 
 30 
 
 56 
 
 20 
 
 12 
 
 32 
 
 Brewster, . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 y 
 
 19 
 
 Chatham, 
 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Dennis, 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Eastham, 
 
 
 11 
 
 3 - 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Falmouth, 
 
 
 31 
 
 38 41 
 
 49 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 42 
 
 8 
 
 18 
 
 26 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 19 
 
 Harwich, 
 
 
 23 
 
 11 29 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 Marshpee, 
 
 
 31 
 
 174 39 
 
 47 
 
 17 
 
 12 
 
 29 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 146 
 
 148 
 
 294 
 
 Orleans, 
 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 i 
 
 Provincetow 
 
 n. 
 
 (2) 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Sandwich, 
 
 
 '32 
 
 47 
 
 36 
 
 56 
 
 20 
 
 6 
 
 26 
 
 16 
 
 11 
 
 27 
 
 21 
 
 24 
 
 45 
 
 Truro, 
 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Wellfleet, 
 
 
 14 
 
 2| 9 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Yarmouth, 
 
 
 22 
 
 33 
 
 46 
 
 23 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 35 
 
 10 
 
 14 
 
 24 
 
 Barnstable County, 
 
 233 
 
 372 
 
 263 
 
 236 
 
 98 
 
 83 
 
 181 
 
 78 
 
 90 
 
 168 
 
 218 
 
 219 
 
 437 
 
120 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TOWNS. 
 
 1765 17901800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 
 
 Male. Fem. 
 6i 2 
 
 Total 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 Male. 
 13 
 
 Fem. 
 9 
 
 Total 
 22 
 
 Male. 
 
 Fem. Total 
 
 Chilmark, . 
 
 17 16 94 
 
 42 
 
 - i 
 
 Edgartown, 
 
 20 7 30 
 
 86 
 
 40 43 
 
 83 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 Tisbury, 
 
 9: 10 78 
 
 28 
 
 4 2 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 Dukes Cou7ity, 
 
 46 33 
 
 1 
 
 202 
 
 156 
 
 j 50 
 
 47 
 
 97 
 
 27 
 
 21 
 
 48 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 Nantucket, . 
 
 
 110 
 
 228 
 
 300 
 
 132 
 
 115 
 
 247 
 
 ! 
 
 132 
 
 147 
 
 279 
 
 423 
 
 155 
 
 578 
 
 TABLE XVIII. — Exhibiting the Number of Totvns and Districts incorporated, and the 
 Number containing Colored Persons, at the dates of the Censuses, within the territorial 
 limits of the several Counties as now constituted. 
 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1800 
 
 1810 
 
 1820 
 
 1830 
 
 1840 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 Towns. 
 
 In- 
 
 Witli 
 
 In- 
 
 With 
 
 In 
 
 VVitii 
 
 In- 
 
 Witli 
 
 In- 
 
 With 
 
 In- 
 
 With 
 
 In- 
 
 With 
 
 
 cor- 
 
 col'd 
 
 cor- 
 
 col'd 
 
 cor 
 
 col'd 
 
 cor- 
 
 col'd 
 
 cor- 
 
 col'd 
 
 cor- 
 
 col'd 
 
 cor- 
 
 col'd 
 
 
 pora- 
 
 per- 
 
 pora- 
 
 per- 
 
 pora- 
 
 per- 
 
 pora- 
 
 per- 
 
 po ra- 
 
 per- 
 
 pora- 
 
 per- 
 
 po ra- 
 
 per- 
 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 ted. 
 
 sons. 
 
 Suffolk, - - 
 
 o 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 Essex, - - - 
 
 21 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 28 
 
 20 
 
 Middlesex, - 
 
 36 
 
 36 
 
 41 
 
 41 
 
 42 
 
 41 
 
 44 
 
 34 
 
 45 
 
 34 
 
 46 
 
 38 
 
 ' 46 
 
 35 
 
 Worcester, - 
 
 39 
 
 35 
 
 49 
 
 43 
 
 49 
 
 40 
 
 51 
 
 40 
 
 54 
 
 45 
 
 54 
 
 41 
 
 55 
 
 38 
 
 Hampshire, - 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 
 21 
 
 19 
 
 21 
 
 17 
 
 21 
 
 19 
 
 22 
 
 18 
 
 23 
 
 18 
 
 23 
 
 17 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 16 
 
 15 
 
 17 
 
 16 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 Franklin, - - 
 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 22 
 
 15 
 
 24 
 
 1\S 
 
 24 
 
 12 
 
 24 
 
 17 
 
 25 
 
 15 
 
 26 
 
 12 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 12 
 
 12 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 30 
 
 24 
 
 31 
 
 27 
 
 30 
 
 27 
 
 30 
 
 26 
 
 31 
 
 25 
 
 Norfolk, - - 
 
 15 
 
 U 
 
 19 
 
 17 
 
 22 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 16 
 
 Bristol, - - 
 
 ]1 
 
 11 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 17 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 17 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 21 
 
 18 
 
 21 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 19 
 
 Barnstable, - 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 13 
 
 12 
 
 M 
 
 U) 
 
 M 
 
 ij 
 
 14 
 
 8 
 
 14 
 
 il 
 
 Dukes, - - - 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 o 
 
 3 
 
 o 
 
 3 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 3 1 
 
 Nantucket, - 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 Total, - 
 
 200 
 
 186 
 
 265 
 
 244 
 
 279 
 
 246 
 
 287 
 
 240 
 
 301 
 
 253 
 
 304 
 
 253 
 
 3091 228 
 
NUMBER OF TOWNS CONTAINING COLORED PERSONS. 121 
 
 It appears from this tabic, (XVIII) that the whole num- 
 ber of incorporated towns and districts was greater than 
 that of those containing colored persons, in 17G5, by 14; 
 in 1790, by 21 ; in 1800, by 33 ; in 1810, by 47 ; in 1820, 
 by 48; in 1830, by 51 ; and in 1840, by 81 ; that, while 
 the number of towns had increased 109 in seventy-five 
 years, those with colored persons had increased only 42; and 
 that, in the fifty years from 1790, while the increase of towns 
 incorporated had been 44, the decrease of those with col- 
 ored persons had been 16. In the period of twenty years, 
 from 1820 to 1840, the increase of the towns was only 8, 
 but there was a decrease of 25 of those with colored per- 
 sons. The proportion of the incorporated towns contain- 
 ing colored persons, to the whole number, was 93 jier cent. 
 in 1765; 92-07 ;w cen^. in 1790; 8817 y>er cent, in 1800; 
 83-62 per cent, in 1810 ; 84-05 ;jer ce7it. in 1820 ; 8322 
 per cent, in 1830; and 73-78 />er cent, in 1840; — showing 
 a decrease of the former of nearly 20 p>Gr cent, during the 
 seventy-five years. Most of the towns incorporated from 
 1765 to 1790, were formed out of unincorporated places in 
 the westerly section of the Commonwealth; but since 
 1790, the new towns have been almost wholly formed in 
 consequence of a division of towns. From 1790 to 1840, 
 29 of the towns containing colored persons, were taken from 
 other towns, and incorporated, so that 199 are all that re- 
 mained in 1840 with colored persons, of the 244 towns 
 which had them in 1790, fifty years before. It seems from 
 this that the colored population are now less distributed 
 over the Commonwealth, and more concentrated in certain 
 towns and localities, and have been so of late years, than 
 formerly. In 1840, there were 30, and, in 1830, 32 towns, 
 which had only one colored person each. 
 
122 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XIX. — Exhibiting the Colored Population of Massachusetts, according to seven 
 Censuses, from 1765 to 1840, togWier nith the Increase during each Period, and the Pro- 
 portion of the Colored to the White Population in 1765, 1790 and 1840, by Counties, the 
 Decrease being marked thus — . 
 
 
 r? — 
 
 1-^ 
 
 = .1=1 1 o 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 3^ 
 
 o 
 
 c 
 
 1 
 
 c 
 
 o 
 a* 
 
 ■= 
 
 Census, 1820. 
 
 c 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 3 
 
 
 § 
 
 S2 
 
 3 
 
 ci i: 
 
 = 
 
 a !: 
 
 
 
 
 is 
 
 
 
 C 
 
 h'^ 
 
 a 
 
 
 a 
 
 o f-> 
 
 S o >. 
 
 Male. 
 
 Fem. 
 
 Total 
 
 c >» 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 O 
 
 " 
 
 o 
 
 
 a £ 
 
 
 952 
 
 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 ... 
 
 891-104 
 
 ' 787 
 
 4071194 
 
 i 290 
 
 1484! 24S 
 
 774 
 
 1726 157 
 
 Essex, 
 
 . 
 
 1051-171 
 
 ! 880 
 
 31] 911 
 
 j-51 
 
 860 
 
 -20c 
 
 328 
 
 327 
 
 655L133 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 . 
 
 910-313 
 
 1 597 
 
 -1271 470 
 
 -96 
 
 374 
 
 41 
 
 213 
 
 2U2 
 
 415i 102 
 
 AVorcester, 
 
 . 
 
 317 
 
 92 
 
 i 409 81 i 490 
 
 1-22 
 
 468 
 
 —11 
 
 237 
 
 220 
 
 457 
 
 -S9 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 . 
 
 62 
 
 64 
 
 126 93 219 
 
 1-14 
 
 205 
 
 IJ 
 
 104 
 
 112 
 
 216 
 
 7 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 . 
 
 112 
 
 131 
 
 243—28 215 
 
 I 88 
 
 303 
 
 % 
 
 i 166 
 
 140 
 
 306 41 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 . 
 
 29 
 
 52 
 
 82; 49 131 
 
 '—33 
 
 98 
 
 3- 
 
 ' 77 
 
 58 
 
 135 
 
 56 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 - 
 
 137 
 
 181 
 
 323 
 
 171| 494 
 
 159 
 
 653 
 
 20t 
 
 ) 427 
 
 435 
 
 862 
 
 129 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 - 
 
 420-177 
 
 243 
 
 83 326 
 
 —70 
 
 256 
 
 ] 
 
 L 126 
 
 131 
 
 257—88 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 . 
 
 401! 325 
 
 729 
 
 79, 80E 
 
 116 
 
 924 
 
 -12( 
 
 ) 378 
 
 420 
 
 798 
 
 130 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 . 
 
 590—61 
 
 529 
 
 —28 501 
 
 —81 
 
 4201— 31 
 
 I 198 
 
 190 
 
 388 
 
 23 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 . 
 
 233 13t 
 
 ' 372 
 
 Uiof 
 
 26: 
 
 -27 
 
 236—5. 
 
 3 98 
 
 83 
 
 181':— 13 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 - 
 
 46— i: 
 
 ! 35 
 
 16t 
 
 20^ 
 
 '—46 
 
 156—5' 
 
 i 50 
 
 47 
 
 97;— 49 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 lie 
 
 ) IIL 
 
 lie 
 
 226 
 
 J 72 
 
 300;— 53i 132 
 
 1 1 
 
 115 
 
 247 
 
 32 
 
 Total, 
 
 . 
 
 5199 
 
 264 
 
 1546: 
 
 98t 
 
 645i: 
 
 285 
 
 6737 
 
 
 3 3308 
 
 3432'6740 
 
 1 
 
 305 
 
 Increase per cent., 
 
 - 
 
 5-0' 
 
 f . 
 
 18-lC 
 
 ) - 
 
 4-41 
 
 - 1 -041 - 
 
 
 . 
 
 4-52 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 e Ec 
 
 ° ss 
 
 
 
 
 Census, 1830. 
 
 c 
 
 Census, IS40. 
 
 rtr£ 
 
 aiT 
 
 Proportion of the Colored 
 
 
 
 It 
 
 
 SeI 
 
 
 to the While Population. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Male. Fem. 
 
 Total 
 
 c 
 
 Male 
 
 Fern. Total 
 
 
 ££g 
 
 1765 
 
 1790 
 
 1840 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 8701013 
 
 1883i 555 
 
 1407 
 
 10312438 
 
 154'; 
 
 1651 
 
 I0I6-9: 
 
 I to 22-8/ 
 
 1 to 38-29 
 
 Essex, 
 
 242 280 
 
 522; —15 
 
 233 
 
 274 
 
 507 
 
 —54-1 
 
 — 373 
 
 40 41 
 
 64-81 
 
 186-35 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 263 254 
 
 517, —24 
 
 285 
 
 208 
 
 493 
 
 —All 
 
 — 104 
 
 37-391 70-58 
 
 215-24 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 164 204 
 
 368! 205 
 
 261 
 
 312 
 
 573 
 
 25L 
 
 164 
 
 106-78 137-89! 165-34 
 
 Hampshire 
 
 113 110 
 
 223 22 
 
 106 
 
 95 
 
 201 
 
 131 
 
 75 
 
 102-69 148-38' 152-72 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 174 173 
 
 347 i —35 
 
 152 
 
 160 
 
 312 
 
 20C 
 
 69 
 
 79-54 
 
 77-98 118-66 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 85: 106 
 
 191 -103 
 
 52 
 
 36 
 
 88 
 
 6e 
 
 6 
 
 205-8t 
 
 260-96, 326-40 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 484 507 
 
 991' 287 
 
 654 
 
 624 
 
 1278 
 
 1141 
 
 955 
 
 81-52 
 
 92-531 31-66 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 69 
 
 100 
 
 1691 — 9 
 
 63 
 
 97 
 
 160 
 
 — 26t 
 
 —83 
 
 4MC 
 
 97-26; 331-12 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 465 
 
 4631 928 303 
 
 626 
 
 605 
 
 1231 
 
 S3C 
 
 ) 502 
 
 52-1 1| 42-49; 47-87 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 194 
 
 217 
 
 411 —58 
 
 161 
 
 192 
 
 353 
 
 —23- 
 
 J —176 
 
 42-65 
 
 5900 133-20 
 
 Barnstable 
 
 78 
 
 90 
 
 168 269 
 
 218 
 
 219 
 
 437 
 
 20^ 
 
 1 65 
 
 52-11 
 
 45 65 73-48 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 27 
 
 21 
 
 48 —28 
 
 13 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 —261 —13 
 
 50-00 
 
 97-93' 196-90 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 132 
 
 147 
 
 279: 299 
 
 423 
 
 155 
 
 578 
 
 578 468 
 
 - 
 
 41-00 14-59 
 
 Total, 
 
 3360 
 
 3685 7045 
 
 1624 
 
 4654 4015'8669 
 
 3470 3206 
 
 45-96' 68-33 84 09 
 
 Increase, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 per cent. 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 2305 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 66-74 58-66 
 
 
 
 It appears from Table XIX., that, during the period of 75 and of 50 years, acconiing to the censuses, there 
 was ab.siilutely an increase of the colored population in 9, and a decrease in .'> counties ; but their proportion 
 to ihi; whiles, during llie 7.') years, was decreased in 11 counties and increased only in lltrkxhire. lirislol 
 and Nuntucket, and dnrin? the 50 years it decreased in 12 counties and increased oidy in Berkahirt: axvX 
 Nuntiii-kil. 
 
PROPORTION OF COLORED TO WHITE POPULATION. 
 
 123 
 
 TABLE XX. — Exhibiting the Number of the Colored, and their Proportion to 
 the White Population, in Massachusetts, according to the seven Ce7isuses. 
 
 CENSUS. 
 
 COLORED POPULATION. 
 
 TOTAL. 
 
 PROPORTION TO WHITES. 
 
 Males. 
 
 Females. 
 
 Per cent. 
 
 Ratio. 
 
 In 1765 
 
 " 1790 
 " 1800 
 " 1810 
 " 1820 
 " 1830 
 " 1840 
 
 3,308 
 3,360 
 4,554 
 
 3,432 
 3,685 
 4,015 
 
 5,199 
 5,463 
 6,452 
 
 6,737 
 6,740 
 7,045 
 8,669 
 
 2-17 
 1-46 
 1-54 
 1-44 
 1-30 
 1-16 
 1-18 
 
 1 to 45-96 
 1 to 68-33 
 1 to 64 53 
 1 to 69-06 
 1 to 76-59 
 1 to 85-64 
 1 to 84-09 
 
 TABLE XXI. — Exhibiting the Number of the White, of the Colored, and of the 
 Whole Population, according to the seven Censuses, together with their increase 
 during six Periods. 
 
 
 NUMBER. 
 
 INCREASE DURING THE PERIODS. 
 
 CENSUS. 
 
 Whites. 
 
 Blacks. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Whites. 
 
 Blacks. 
 
 Total. 
 
 In 1765 
 
 238950 
 
 5,199 
 
 244149 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 Amt. 
 
 Per ct. 
 
 « 1790 
 
 373324 
 
 5,463 
 
 378787 
 
 134374 
 
 56-23 
 
 264 
 
 5-07 
 
 134638 
 
 55-14 
 
 " 1800 
 
 416393 
 
 6,452 
 
 422845 
 
 43,069 
 
 11-53 
 
 989 
 
 1810 
 
 44,058 
 
 11-63 
 
 " 1810 
 
 465303 
 
 6,737 
 
 472040 
 
 48,910 
 
 11-74 
 
 285 
 
 4-41 
 
 49,195 
 
 11-63 
 
 " 1820 
 
 516547 
 
 6,740 
 
 523287 
 
 51,244 
 
 11-01 
 
 3 
 
 •04 
 
 51,247 
 
 10-85 
 
 " 1830 
 
 603363 
 
 7,045 
 
 610408 
 
 86,816 
 
 16-80 
 
 305 
 
 4-52 
 
 87,121 
 
 16-64 
 
 " 1840 
 
 729031 
 
 8,669 
 
 737700 
 
 125668 
 
 20-58 
 
 1,624 
 
 23-05 
 
 127292 
 
 20-85 
 
 It is apparent that the increase of the colored population 
 during the several periods has been very unequal, and also 
 that it has been much less than that of the whites, with 
 two exceptions, namely, from 1790 to 1800, and from 1830 
 to 1840. These exceptions may have been, in part at 
 least, owing to the immigration of blacks from other states. 
 
 The increase of the blacks during the seventy-five years 
 from 1765 to 1840, was 3,470, or 66-74 ;?er ceiit. ; which is 
 less than one third of that (205-09 'per cent.) of the whites. 
 During the twenty-live years from 1765 to 1790, it was 
 only 264, or 5 07 per cent. ; which is not one eleventh part 
 of that (56-23 per cent.) of the whites. During the fifty 
 
124 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 years from 1790 to 1840, it was 3,206, or 58-66 jpcr cent., 
 which is a little more than three fifths of that (95*28 'per 
 cent.^ of the whites. 
 
 The small increase of the colored population from 1765 
 to 1790, being only 264, or 5 '07 per cent., while that of the 
 whites was 56 23 pe?^ cent., or over eleven times as great, 
 we ascribe chiefly to the effects of the Revolutionary War 
 on that class, conjoined with their degraded condition 
 among the whites. Before the war, most of them were 
 substantially in the condition of slaves.* Public senti- 
 ment, however, partly by the advance of more correct moral 
 views in the community, and partly by the increasing 
 desire of freedom from British rule, which stimulated 
 the colonists to gain their own freedom, had been, to a 
 great degree, awakened to the right and propriety of the 
 blacks enjoying their freedom ;f and, accordingly, in 1776, 
 
 *" I am inclined to think," says Dr. Belknap, " thai slaves were more numerous before 1763, 
 .than at thai time, because, in the two preceding wars, many of thena enlisted either into the 
 army or on board vessels of war, with a view to procure llieir freedom. One of my informants, 
 Prince Hall, a very intelligent black man, aged fifty-seven years, thinks that slaves were 
 most numerous about the year 1745. What their proportion was, to the whites, at that time, I 
 have no means to ascertain ; but I think it could not have been more than 1 to 40. I do not 
 make use of bills of mortality in estimating their number in proportion to the whiles, because 
 the blacks were always more sickly ami died in greater proportion." — Collections of the Mas- 
 sac/msetfs Historical Society, Vol. IV. p. 199. 
 
 " The winter here was always unfavorable to the African constitution. For this reason, white 
 laborers were preferred to lilacks ; and as whites were more numerous, there was not much en- 
 couragement to the importation of blaclcs, nor were they ever so prolific here as the whiles. In 
 the maritime towns, blacks were more numerous than in the country ; and I supjwse Boston 
 generally contained nearly one fourth part of the whole number of them. Excepting such 
 tradesmen as rope-makers, anchor-smiths and shipcarpenlers, who employ a great many hands, 
 scarcely any family had more than two ; some not more than one ; and many none at all. In 
 the country towns, 1 have never heard of more than three or four on a farm, except in one in- 
 stance, where tlie number was sixteen, and this was a didtingiashod singularity. The greater 
 number of husbandmen preferred white to black laborers." — id. 
 
 tTo the intiuiry respecting ' the mode by which slavery hath been abolished?' Dr. Belknap 
 says : " The general answer is, that slavery hath been alxilished here hy public opinion, which 
 began to be established alxiul thirty years ago [1765]. At the beginning of our controversy 
 with Great Britain, several persons, who before had eiitrrtaincd sentiments opposed to the sla- 
 very of the blacks, did tlicn take occasion publicly to remonstrate again.st tlie inconsistency of 
 contending for our own liberty, and at tlie same time depriving other people of theirs." * * 
 " The controversy began about the year 1766, and was renewed al various times till 1773." * * 
 
INCREASE OF COLOKED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS. 125 
 
 slavery was virtually abolished in Massachusetts by an 
 act of the legislature, after having existed there about a 
 century. During the Revolutionary War many of the 
 slaves were offered their freedom on condition of their en- 
 listing in the army. Medical men, attached to the army, 
 have expressed their fall conviction that the mortality was 
 much greater among the blacks than among the whites, in 
 the army of the Revolution. This is to be expected, from 
 their degraded condition, among a population in which the 
 whites so greatly predominated, in a time of war no less 
 than in a time of peace.* 
 
 The great increase of the whites during these twenty- 
 
 " In 1767, an attempt was made by the legislature to discourage the slave trade."— Co//ec- 
 tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol IV. p. 201. 
 
 In 1770, and to the time of the Revolution, there were trials in court to recover of master.-} for 
 services by negroes after twenty-one years of age.— id. p. 202. 
 
 " During the Revolutionary War, l\\& public opinion was so strongly in favor of the abolition 
 of slavery, that in some of tlie country towns, votes were passed in town meeting.?, that they 
 would have no slaves among them ; and that they would not exact of masters any bonds for the 
 maintenance of liberated blacks, if they should become incapable of supporting themselves." * 
 
 "In New Hampshire, blacks, by three years service in the army, obtained their freedom." — 
 id. p. 203. 
 
 * As to the query 7, respecting the condition of emancipated blacks. Dr. Belknap says : " If 
 a comparison be made between the former and present condition of this class of people in the 
 New England states, it may be said that unless liberty be reckoned as a compensation for many 
 inconveniences and hardships, the former condition of most of them was preferable to the pres- 
 ent. They have generally, though not wholly, left the country, and resorted to the raarilirrie 
 towns. Some are incorporated, and their breed is mixed with the Indians of Cape Cod and 
 Martha's Vineyard ; and the Indians are said to be meliorated by the mixture. Some are in- 
 dustrious and prudent, and a few have acquired property ; but too many are improvident and 
 indolent, though a subsistence for laboring people is here very easily obtained." * * 
 
 " They often suffer by damp, unwholesome lodgings, because they are unable to pay the rent 
 of belter ; and they are subject to many infirmities and diseases, especially in the winter." * * 
 
 " Tlie same provision is made by the public for the education of their children, as for those of 
 the whites."— CoWec<io?is of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. IV. p. 206. 
 
 " In age, decrepitude or insanity, they have the benefit of the laws, which oblige every town 
 to provide for the poor and infirm." — id. p. 207. 
 
 Dr. Belknap knew one colored man who was chosen a town clerk in one of the country 
 towns. * * In the insurrection of 17S6, " they offered their services to Gov. Bowdoin, to 
 go against the insurgents, to the number of 700." * * Dr. Belknap inclines to tlie opinion 
 of those who maintain that no difference can be traced between the blacks and the whites simi- 
 larly educated, as to their moral and social character ; and asserts that black men more fre- 
 quently marry white women than the contrary.— id. p. 209. 
 
 17 
 
126 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 five years, beiug nearly as great as that during any period 
 of thirty years since, is to be referred to the settlement of 
 the western part of the Commonwealth, which, in 1765, 
 was almost a wilderness. 
 
 During the ten years from 1790 to ISOO, the increase of 
 the blacks was 9S9, or IS 10 per ceiit.^ which is more than 
 one and a half times that of the whites in Massachusetts, 
 and yet even this was only about half the average increase 
 of the whole population of the United States. This increase 
 of IS per cent, of the blacks is undoubtedly less than their 
 natural increase would be under the most favorable cir- 
 cumstances of society; but when we consider their condi- 
 tion — chiefly as servants, with some few in almost every 
 town, and subjected to many disadvantages unfavorable to 
 their physical comfort and enjoyment, to their moral im- 
 provement, and even to life — among the predominant class, 
 the whiles, even this increase of theirs was probably 
 owing, in part at least, to immigration into Massachusetts, 
 now made//-ee to them., virtually by the legislature in 1776, 
 and absolutely by the state constitution in 1780. But, in 
 1790, the territory of Massachusetts was mostly divided 
 into incorporated towns, and from that time we may con- 
 sider the emigration of the whites out of the state as com- 
 mencing, which has continued since, especially for about a 
 quarter of a century. This accounts for the small increase 
 of the whites from 1790 to 1800. 
 
 From 1800 to 1810, the increase of the blacks Avas only 
 285, or 4-41 per cent.., which is less than half that of the 
 whites, who emigrated out of the state in large numbers, 
 and with them probably a portion of the blacks. 
 
 From 1810 to 1820, the increase of the blacks was only 
 3, or -04 j)er cent.., which is less than one 222d part of that 
 of the whites. This very small increase may be very 
 much accounted for by the three following causes : 
 
 1. In 1813 and in 1817, important changes were made 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS. 127 
 
 in the laws of New York, by which slavery was substan- 
 tially or prospectively abolished in that state, and the 
 blacks were admitted to nearly equal privileges with the 
 whites, which they have enjoyed ever since. The conse- 
 quence was, that some blacks who had, before 1810, left 
 New York, then a slave state, and settled in Massachusetts, 
 ay>ee state, were known during these ten years to return 
 to New York, their native state, after it became free, thus 
 reducing the number of blacks in Massachusetts in 1820. 
 
 2. During the war of 1812 to 181.5, some colored persons 
 joined the army and never returned ; the mortality of the 
 blacks in the army being presumed to have been much 
 greater than that of the whites. At least one company of 
 blacks was formed in Boston during the war of 1812, and 
 placed under the command of Capt. Mackintosh. Major 
 
 , who was in the service during the whole of that 
 
 war, thinks that the mortality of the blacks in the army 
 was three times as great as that of the whites during that 
 contest. 
 
 3. The third cause was the emigration of the blacks out 
 of the Commonwealth. The American Colonization Soci- 
 ety was formed at Washington in 1816. " In 1817, two 
 agents were sent by the society to examine the western 
 coast of Africa, for a suitable spot for the colony. They 
 selected a position on the Sherbro, and in February, 1820, 
 the first vessel was despatched, with 88 colonists." We 
 are unable to say whether this expedition affected the num- 
 ber of the colored population in Massachusetts during this 
 period. But it is stated in the third Annual Report of the 
 Colonization Society, of the date of February 8, 1820, that 
 '' it is but a few years since Capt. Paul CufFee (who was 
 born in New Bedford, and who for many years sailed out 
 of Westport in his own vessel on various voyages,) carried 
 38 from Boston to Sierra Leone, chiefly at his own ex- 
 pense ; and in a letter, written after his voyage, he declares 
 
12S POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 that he could have obtained the consent of the greater part 
 of the free people of color in that city and its vicinity to 
 remove to Africa. And, let it not be forgotten, that of 
 those whom he actually carried, there was not one disposed 
 to return with him to America." During these ten years, 
 also, upon the invitation of the Emperor of Hayti, some 
 colored persons left Massachusetts, as well as other parts 
 of the United States, and removed to St. Domingo. 
 
 From 1820 to 1830, ihe increase of the blacks was 305, 
 or 4-52 per cent., which is a little more than one quarter 
 of that of the whites ; and this is probably full as great as 
 their average decennial increase has been during the whole 
 seventy-five years, considering their condition among the 
 whites as the predominant class of the population. Some 
 have doubted whether their natural increase in Massachu- 
 setts has equalled the number of those who have died, and 
 who have emigrated out of the state during the last fifty or 
 seventy-five years ; and some have even supposed ihat, 
 without immigration, and without mixture with the whites, 
 the whole race would, in a few years, be extinct in this 
 Commonwealth. 
 
 The increase of tlie blacks from 1830 to 1S40, was 1,624, 
 or 23*05 /jer cent.\ according to the censuses of these years, 
 which is nearly 2| (2-47) per cent, more than that of the 
 whites, though this was 378 per cent, more than it had 
 been in any ten years since 1790. This increase of the 
 blacks is more than half their whole increase during the 
 fifty years from 1790 to 1840, and deserves explanation. 
 Nearly four fifths of this increase were males, and only 
 about one fifth /ema/e5 ; that of the females being 330, or 
 8-95 ^jer cent., and that of the males 1,294, or 38-51 per 
 cent. A great part of the whole increase of 23'05 per cent. 
 is clearly to be traced to the effect of immigration from 
 abroad, or to some cause other than their natural increase. 
 
 We feel sure that the increase of the colored population, 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT PERIODS. 129 
 
 from natural causes, and exclusive of immigration, aver- 
 aged not more than 5 per cent, during each ten years from 
 176.3 to 1810, and less than half of 1 per cent, per annum. 
 It is also apparent that their increase, exclusive of immi- 
 gration, during each ten years from 1790 to 1810, cannot 
 have averaged over 1 per cent.., while that of the whole 
 population has averaged over 14 jwer cent. ; and, owing to 
 the emigration of the whites out of the state, this last 
 average has been less than half of that of the United States. 
 
 In 1820, the number of the colored females was 124 
 more, and in 1830, 325 more, than that of the males ; but 
 in 1840, the males were 639 more than the females ; so 
 that the proportion of the sexes was materially changed 
 during these last ten years. In other words, the proportion 
 of the females to the males, in 1820, was as 100 to 96-38; 
 in 1830, as 100 to 9118; and in 1840, as 100 to 115-91. 
 This change in the proportion of the sexes, from 1830 to 
 1840, can hardly be ascribed to natural causes, and sug- 
 gests the idea of immigration from other places as the cause. 
 We should expect this as the cause, from the well known 
 interest that has been felt very extensively over the whole 
 country, respecting the condition of the colored population 
 during these ten years. 
 
 We are confirmed in the correctness of this idea, when 
 we examine more closely the ages and the residences of 
 the males especially, according to the censuses of 1830 and 
 1840, as exhibited in the next two tables. 
 
130 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XXII. — Exhibiting the Ce7isus of the Free Colored Persons in Massachusetts, in 
 
 1830, bij Counties. 
 
 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 o . 
 
 Ptt< 
 
 
 5? 
 
 is" 
 
 o 
 
 8 
 
 S 
 
 s 
 
 1 
 
 o 
 
 a" 
 
 
 
 1* 
 
 13 "^ 
 
 1' 
 
 i 
 
 C3 
 
 i 
 •3 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 178 
 
 173 
 
 250 
 
 209 
 
 60 
 
 . 
 
 870 
 
 194 
 
 259 
 
 278 
 
 210 
 
 71 
 
 1 
 
 1013 
 
 1883 
 
 Essex, 
 
 54 
 
 68 
 
 48 
 
 41 
 
 31 
 
 - 
 
 242 
 
 58 
 
 51 
 
 52 
 
 67 
 
 51 
 
 1 
 
 280 
 
 522 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 56 
 
 86 
 
 55 
 
 42 
 
 24 
 
 . 
 
 263 
 
 59 
 
 71 
 
 53 
 
 43 
 
 28 
 
 . 
 
 254 
 
 517 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 37 
 
 52 
 
 31 
 
 19 
 
 25 
 
 . 
 
 164 
 
 47 
 
 67 
 
 35 
 
 33 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 204 
 
 368 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 32 
 
 37 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 113 
 
 27 
 
 34 
 
 23 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 110 
 
 223 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 50 
 
 42 
 
 27 
 
 33 
 
 21 
 
 1 
 
 174 
 
 44 
 
 43 
 
 33 
 
 31 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 173 
 
 347 
 
 franklin, 
 
 29 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 20 
 
 8 
 
 . 
 
 85 
 
 26 
 
 22 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 9 
 
 34 
 
 106 
 
 191 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 156 
 
 118 
 
 82 
 
 86 
 
 42 
 
 . 
 
 484 
 
 142 
 
 136 
 
 105 
 
 73 
 
 50 
 
 1 
 
 507 
 
 991 
 
 Norfolk,, 
 
 13 
 
 17 
 
 11 
 
 13 
 
 15 
 
 . 
 
 69 
 
 15 
 
 22 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 100 
 
 169 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 118 
 
 141 
 
 105 
 
 77 
 
 24 
 
 - 
 
 465 
 
 106 
 
 115 
 
 103 
 
 85 
 
 53 
 
 1 
 
 463 
 
 928 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 38 
 
 61 
 
 32 
 
 32 
 
 29| 2 
 
 194 
 
 41 
 
 57 
 
 44 
 
 35 
 
 40 
 
 . 
 
 217 
 
 411 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 9 
 
 37 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 78 
 
 15 
 
 42 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 90 
 
 168 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 27! 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 - 
 
 21 
 
 48 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 22 
 
 41 
 
 33 
 
 26 
 
 10 
 
 - 
 
 132 
 
 .31 
 
 40 
 
 44 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 - 
 
 147 
 
 279 
 
 Total in 1830, 
 
 794 
 
 889 
 
 725 
 
 626 
 
 316 
 
 10 
 
 3360 
 
 809 
 
 965 
 
 816 
 
 661 
 
 394 
 
 40 3685 
 
 7045 
 
 Increase in 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 years, 
 
 114 
 
 230 
 
 719 
 
 245 
 
 —10 
 
 -4 
 
 1294 
 
 91 
 
 92 
 
 52 
 
 110 
 
 23 
 
 38 330 
 
 1 
 
 1624 
 
 Total in 1840, 
 
 908 
 
 1119 
 
 1444 
 
 871 
 
 306 
 
 6 
 
 4654j 
 
 900 
 
 1057 
 
 868 
 
 771 
 
 417 
 
 2;4015 
 
 8669 
 
 TABLE XXIII. — Exhibiting the Censjfs of the Free Colored Persons in Massachusetts, in 
 
 1840. bij Counties. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 o 
 
 72 
 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 is" 
 
 d 
 
 g 
 
 o 
 
 = S 
 
 c . 
 
 
 is 
 
 
 
 
 & 
 
 
 c5 
 
 5.S 
 to " 
 
 CO 
 
 'ii 
 
 1 
 
 fS 
 
 =3 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 1^ 
 
 5.S 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 205 
 
 212 
 
 621 
 
 319 
 
 49 
 
 1 
 
 1407 
 
 211 
 
 254 
 
 279 
 
 216 
 
 71 
 
 . 
 
 1031 
 
 2438 
 
 Essex, 
 
 56 
 
 59 
 
 56 
 
 45 
 
 17 
 
 . 
 
 233 
 
 63 
 
 52 
 
 63 
 
 57 
 
 39 
 
 - 
 
 274 
 
 507 ; 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 63 
 
 70 
 
 77 
 
 47 
 
 28 
 
 . 
 
 285 
 
 56 
 
 53 
 
 34 
 
 38 
 
 27 
 
 . 
 
 208 
 
 493 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 68 
 
 71 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 29 
 
 . 
 
 261 
 
 77 
 
 80 
 
 72 
 
 54 
 
 29 
 
 - 
 
 312 
 
 573 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 30 
 
 39 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 106 
 
 24 
 
 32 
 
 10 
 
 23 
 
 6 
 
 - 
 
 95' 201 1 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 35 
 
 48 
 
 35 
 
 22 
 
 12 
 
 . 
 
 152 
 
 41 
 
 48 
 
 31 
 
 29 
 
 11 
 
 . 
 
 160i 312 : 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 8 
 
 21 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 52 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 () 
 
 - 
 
 36! 88 
 
 ]5erkshire. 
 
 178 
 
 199 
 
 108 
 
 102 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 654 
 
 168 
 
 170 
 
 112 
 
 101 
 
 72 
 
 1 
 
 624 1278 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 11 
 
 19 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 . 
 
 63 
 
 17 
 
 33 
 
 12 
 
 21 
 
 13 
 
 1 
 
 97| 160 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 122 
 
 121 
 
 246 
 
 104 
 
 33 
 
 . 
 
 626' 
 
 121 
 
 159 
 
 157 
 
 110 
 
 58 
 
 - 
 
 605 1231 1 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 44 
 
 40 
 
 29 
 
 31 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 161| 
 
 45 
 
 41 
 
 38 
 
 40 
 
 28 
 
 - 
 
 192 
 
 353 ! 
 
 Bnrnstable, 
 
 52 
 
 63 
 
 43 
 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 . 
 
 2l8i 
 
 51 
 
 59 
 
 28 
 
 43 
 
 38 
 
 . 
 
 219 
 
 437 
 
 Dukes, 
 
 . 
 
 12 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 13 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 / 
 
 20 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 36 
 
 145 
 
 149 
 
 82 
 
 11 
 
 - 
 
 423 j 
 
 22 
 
 60 
 
 24 
 
 31 
 
 18 
 
 - 
 
 155 
 
 578 
 
 Total in 1840, 
 
 908 
 
 1119 
 
 1444 
 
 871 
 
 306 
 
 6 
 
 4651 
 
 900 
 
 1057 
 
 868 
 
 771 
 
 417 
 
 o 
 
 4ul5 
 
 8669 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN THE COUNTIES. 13 J 
 
 From the last two tables it appears that the increase of 
 the colored persons under ten years was, of females, 91, 
 and of males, 114, or as lOU to 125-27 ; of ten years and un- 
 der twenty-four, of females, 92, and of males, 230, or as 
 100 to 250; of twenty-four years and imder thirty-six, of 
 females, 52, and of males, 719, or as 100 to 138269; of 
 thirty-six years and imder fifty-five, of females, 110, and 
 of males, 245, or as 100 to 22272 ; of fifty-five years and 
 under one hundred, there was an increase of 23 females, 
 and a decrease of 10 males ; and of one hundred years 
 and upwards, there was a decrease of both sexes. We 
 leave out of the account the last two columns of ages, as 
 unimportant in this comparison. 
 
 It is evident that the preponderance of the increase of the 
 males over that of the females, daring the ten years from 
 1S30 to 1840, has been of those in tniddle and active life, 
 especially of the age of twenty-four years and under thir- 
 ty-six years — a result which is not surprising, when we 
 consider the discussions which have taken place during 
 this period in various parts of the country, respecting the 
 municipal regulations of some of the states. Those of the 
 tnale sex, and in active and middle life, would be most 
 likely, under the circumstances, to have emigrated from 
 other states into Massachusetts. 
 
 Undoubtedly there is an error in the census of Erving's 
 Grant in 1830, a town incorporated in 1838, and situated in 
 Franklin county. It is very singular that there should have 
 been exactly 17 colored males and 17 colored females un- 
 der one hundred years, and 34 colored females and no col- 
 ored males, of one hundred years and upwards, in Er- 
 ving's Grant, in 1830, but no colored person in that town 
 in 1840. The population of Erving stood thus at the two 
 dates : — 
 
1^0 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Census, 183U. 
 Whites males, - . . . 
 " females, 
 
 Total whites, 
 
 - 
 
 - 215 
 205 
 
 250 
 
 Census, 
 136 
 153 
 
 1840. 
 309 
 
 Colored males under one hundred years, 
 " females " " " - 
 
 - 
 
 17 
 - 17 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total colored persons " 
 
 - 
 
 34 
 
 
 
 
 
 Colored males of one hundred years and 
 " females " " ' 
 
 upw 
 
 ards, 
 - 34 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total colored of all ages, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 68 
 
 
 
 
 Total Population, 
 
 
 - 
 
 488 
 
 
 309 
 
 The increase of the blacks from 1830 to 1S40, was 1,624, 
 or 23-05 pet^ cent, according to the census ; if we correct 
 the census by rejecting 68 put down as belonging to Erv- 
 ing's Grant, in 1830, the number in that year would be 
 (7,045-68=-) 6,977, and the increase in ten years, 1,692, or 
 24-23 per ce?it., which is 3-65 per cent, more than that of 
 the whites during the same period. But Marshpee was 
 wholly omitted in the census of 1830; and contained 294 
 colored persons in 1840, and. is more than an offset to the 
 presumed error for Erving in 1830. Adding 294, which 
 may be supposed to have been the number of colored per- 
 sons in Marshpee in 1830, to 6,977, and we have 7,271 as 
 the estimated number of blacks in 1830, instead of 7,045 ; 
 and consequently the increase from 1830 to 1840, will be 
 (8,669—7,271=) 1,398, or 19-21 jjer cent., which is 164 
 per cent, less than that of the whites. This increase should, 
 perhaps, be reduced some 452 on account of over-number- 
 ing, particularly of sea-faring persons, in Ward 2 in the 
 city of Boston. By deducting 452 from 1,398, we have 
 946, or 13-01 per cent.., as the estimated increase of blacks 
 in Massachusetts from 1830 to 1840, which is 1-^1 'per cent. 
 less than that of the whites. We cannot depend upon 
 those general censuses for minute details in small locali- 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN THE STATE. 133 
 
 ties ; they rather serve for general comparisons for large 
 districts. We conclude that the increase of the blacks, 
 from 1830 to 1840, was considerabhj larger titan their aver- 
 age din'in g the preceding decennial periods ; andyet^ though 
 aided by emigration from other states, was not more than 
 two thirds that of the whites. 
 
 According to the state census of May 1, 1840, the whole 
 population of Boston, except "state paupers and convicts 
 in the state prison," was 83,979, May 1, 1840 ; but accord- 
 ing to the United States census, June 1, 1840, one month 
 later, it was 93,383, or 9,404 more. According to the 
 United States census, the number in Ward 2 was 15,282, 
 or 8,465 more than the number in the state census. 7,683 
 are put down in this ward as '-employed in the naviga- 
 tion of the ocean," which is undoubtedly too large a num- 
 ber. From the loose manner in which the United States 
 census was taken in this city — such as sailor boarding- 
 houses containing over a thousand persons in a single fam- 
 ily — this census represents the population of Boston to have 
 been at least some 8,000 more than it actually was in 
 1840. A portion of this over-enumeration were undoubt- 
 edly colored persons in the United States census of 1840. 
 
 In the views, however, which we propose to give relat- 
 ing to the colored population of Massachusetts, we shall 
 follow the numbers as they stand in the censuses, and the 
 inferences which we draw respecting their condition and 
 prospects, will require but little modification from the slight 
 errors which may exist in the censuses themselves. 
 
 The two following tables exhibit the colored population 
 of the several wards of Boston, according to the United 
 States censuses of 1830 and 1840 : 
 
 18 
 
134 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XXIV. — Exhibiting the Census of the Colored Population of Boston in 1830. 
 
 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 
 FEJLALES. 
 
 WARDS. 
 
 c 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 Co 
 
 30 
 C I- 
 
 
 
 c. 
 5 
 
 1 1 
 g 
 
 1 
 60 
 
 P 
 
 10 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 S5 
 
 i| 
 
 10 
 
 §8 
 3 
 
 Q. 
 
 ■a 
 
 c 
 
 s 
 
 i 
 
 "a 
 
 47 
 
 c 
 
 Ward 1 
 
 9 
 
 5 
 
 29 
 
 14 
 
 3 
 
 15 
 
 r " 
 
 a o 
 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 62 
 
 18 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 104 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 30 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 
 
 89 
 
 1 
 
 " 3 
 
 o 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 22 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 
 L'li 1'.-' 
 
 a 4 
 
 . 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 
 'J 7 i " 
 
 " 5 
 
 12 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 22 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 70 
 
 21 
 
 31 
 
 37 
 
 22 
 
 4 
 
 
 li- >5 
 
 6 
 
 65 
 
 55 
 
 55 
 
 77 
 
 17 
 
 . 
 
 269 
 
 69 
 
 83 
 
 80 
 
 77 
 
 27 
 
 
 3: '' i'ij5 
 
 " 1\ 
 
 49 
 
 49 
 
 48 
 
 45 
 
 15 
 
 . 
 
 206 
 
 47 
 
 65 
 
 58 
 
 52 
 
 22 
 
 
 241 1-'' 
 
 " s' 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 7i 5 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 19 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 
 19 
 
 " 9 
 
 . 
 
 o 
 
 i: - 
 
 1|- 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 7 
 
 " 10 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 5{ 5 
 
 5 - 
 
 26 
 
 8 
 
 13 
 
 11 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 :■> ■ ; 
 
 " 11 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 . 
 
 
 :.' ' 
 
 " 12 
 
 17 
 
 11 
 
 8 11 
 
 11 
 
 - 
 
 58 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 11 
 
 5 
 
 
 4^ U'lI 
 
 Total, 
 
 178 
 
 173 
 
 250 
 
 207 
 
 57 
 
 . 
 
 865 
 
 194 
 
 258 
 
 278 
 
 210 
 
 69 
 
 
 1010 1S75 
 
 Inc. in 10 yrs. 
 
 27 
 
 39 
 
 364 
 
 111 
 
 —8 
 
 1 
 
 534 
 
 17 
 
 —4 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 - 
 
 -1 
 
 18 5:V-' 
 
 Total in 1840, 
 
 205 
 
 212 
 
 6I4I 318 
 
 49 
 
 1 
 
 1399 
 
 211 
 
 254 
 
 279 
 
 215 
 
 69 
 
 - 
 
 10282127 
 
 TABLE XXY.— Exhibiting the Census of the Colored Population of Boston in 1840. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEIMALES. 
 
 WARDS. 
 
 . 
 
 Z p 
 
 1^ 
 2^ 
 
 
 = St 
 5§^ 
 
 is 
 
 e 
 ca 
 
 8 
 
 £ 
 
 E 
 "a 
 
 
 12 
 
 5^ 
 22 
 
 16 
 
 c . 
 
 15 
 
 is 
 
 c Ir, 
 
 1 
 
 d. 
 
 •3 
 c 
 a 
 
 s 
 
 i 
 
 "3 
 66 
 
 ■3 
 f2 
 
 Ward a 1 
 
 10 
 
 22 
 
 25 
 
 16 
 
 9 
 
 . 
 
 82 
 
 148 
 
 (( ■ 9 
 
 14 
 
 26 
 
 403 
 
 133 
 
 6 
 
 . 
 
 582 
 
 23 
 
 40 
 
 24 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 . 
 
 111 
 
 693 
 
 " 3 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 " 4 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 39 
 
 16 
 
 4 
 
 - 
 
 81 
 
 8 
 
 19 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 57 
 
 138 
 
 " 5 
 
 25 
 
 24 
 
 20 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 91 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 22 
 
 9 
 
 . 
 
 111 
 
 202 
 
 " 6 
 
 137 
 
 95 
 
 116 
 
 127 
 
 14 
 
 
 489 
 
 139 
 
 120 
 
 164 
 
 130 
 
 46 
 
 . 
 
 599 
 
 1088 
 
 7 
 
 . 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 - 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 16 
 
 26 
 
 " 8 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 2 
 
 . 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 1 
 
 . 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 " 9 
 
 . 
 
 9 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 _ 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 14 
 
 17 
 
 " 10 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 - 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 3 
 
 ■' 11 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 . 
 
 17 
 
 . 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 , 
 
 15 
 
 32 
 
 " 12 
 
 9 
 
 14 
 212 
 
 614 
 
 5 
 318 
 
 8 
 49 
 
 1 
 
 39 
 1399 
 
 9 
 211 
 
 6 
 254 
 
 12 
 279 
 
 5 
 215 
 
 2 
 69 
 
 — 
 
 27 
 
 66 
 
 Total, 
 
 205 
 
 1028 
 
 2427 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN BOSTON. 135 
 
 By comparing the census of the colored population of 
 Boston in 1830, with that in 1840, we see that their in- 
 crease in Ward 2, in these years, was 500, of whom 478 
 were males and only 22 females. We have no reason for 
 supposing that there was any material increase in this ward 
 during the time. The reason of the great increase, accord- 
 ing to the census, was probably this : that those who were 
 employed in taking the United States census of 1840, in- 
 cluded all the colored persons who were reported to them 
 as having been for several years previously residents in 
 families, especially in sailor boarding-houses, instead of in- 
 cluding those only who actually had their residence in that 
 ward, June 1, 1840, as appears to have been the case in 
 enumerating the white population. 
 
 From 1830 to 1840, the increase of the males, in Ward 
 2, was 478, while that of the females was only 22, accord- 
 ing to the United States census; of this increase of the 
 males, 456 were of 24 and under 55 years of age, and 
 amount to within 96 of 552, the increase in all the wards. 
 In Ward 2 there were 502 colored persons " employed in 
 the navigation of the ocean." There was also a large in- 
 crease in Ward 6, in which a large portion of the colored 
 population have resided for many years. In explanation 
 of the great increase in Ward 6, and the great decrease in 
 Ward 7, during the ten years, it may be remarked that by 
 a new division of the w.ards of the city in 1838, a portion 
 of Ward 7, the most densely populated with blacks of any, 
 was annexed to Ward 6 ; and it will be perceived that the 
 aggregate of the two wards, 6 and 7, is nearly the same in 
 the two censuses. Also, previous to 1838, Ward 12 consti- 
 tuted most of the present Wards 11 and 12. In the re- 
 maining 7 wards, the numbers of the colored people were 
 nearly the same at both epochs. After making allowances 
 for the probable over-enumeration of the inhabitants in 
 Ward 2, it is fair to suppose that the increase of the col- 
 
136 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 ored population of Boston was very small during these ten 
 yearsj and had they not been sustained by immigration, 
 there would in all probability have been a decrease. 
 
 If we reduce the number of the colored population in 
 the United States census of 1840, four or five hundred, on 
 account of over-enumeration in Boston, their proportional 
 increase in the whole state will be only about two thirds 
 that of the whites ; and thus reduced, it has been sustained 
 very evidently by means of emigration from abroad : and 
 without such emigration, the increase would have been 
 very small from 1830 to 1840. And we may presume, 
 that without emigration from abroad, the colored popula- 
 tion, by occasionally leaving the state, will at length de- 
 crease, and finally become extinct as a race. 
 
 According to the United States census of 1840, the pro- 
 portion of the blacks to the whites in Massachusetts, was 
 as 1 to 8409. It may be interesting to see the proportion 
 in the state of New York at the same time. In the north- 
 ern district, the number of the colored males was 6,435, 
 females 6,428, — total colored, 12,863 ; and that of the 
 whites, of both sexes, 1,670,205, or in the proportion of 1 
 colored person to 129-84 whites. 
 
 In the southern district, the number of colored males 
 was 17,374, females 19,790, — total free colored, 37,164; 
 and that of the whites, of both sexes, 708,685, or in the 
 proportion of 1 free colored to 19 whites. 
 
 The total colored were 50,027; to which add 4 female 
 slaves, and we have 50,031 for the whole number of colored 
 persons, while the whites amounted to 2,378,890. The pro- 
 portion of the colored to the whites in that state was as 1 to 
 47-55, or nearly twice as great as it was in Massachusetts 
 at that date, and nearly 45-96, the proportion in Massachu- 
 setts seventy-five years before. 
 
 The number of colored males in New York was 23,809, 
 and of females, including 4 slaves, was 26,222, showhig an 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. 137 
 
 excess of females of 2,413. This gives the proportion of 
 females to males of 100 to 90*80, a result very difl'erent 
 from what it was in Massachusetts in 1840, and indicating 
 the absence of the kind of emigration to New York which 
 obviously took place in Massachusetts. 
 
 From the peculiarities of the blacks, and their position 
 among the whites in Massachusetts — their color giving 
 rise to prejudices against them, fixed and immoveable — 
 their servile and degraded condition among the whites, 
 their small numbers, their poverty and dependence, their 
 want of sympathy not merely with the whites, but on ac- 
 count of their scattered position — there being 228 out of 
 309 towns, in 1840, containing some of them — their want 
 of sympathy and of easy intercourse with each oiher, by 
 which they are deprived of social enjoyments, and are far 
 distant from the means of mental improvement, which 
 give a zest and a value to life, and add years to its dura- 
 tion ; from these circumstances we expect their localities to 
 be more changeful, and their increase less regular from 
 year to year than that of the predominant class. We find 
 that in 8 counties, namely, Essex., Middlesex^ Hatnpshire, 
 Hampden^ Franklin.^ Norfolk^ Plymouth and Dukes ^ there 
 was a decrease of the blacks of 294, or 12-10 jter cent., 
 from 1830 to 1840. In Franklin and Dukes counties the 
 number was diminished one half 
 
 In the other 6 counties, namely, Suffolk, Worcester, 
 Berkshire, Bristol, Barnstable and Nantucket, as will ap- 
 pear from Tables XXVI and XXVII, there was an increase 
 of 1,918, or 4:1 04: per cent., a number sufficient not merely 
 to ofi'-set the decrease in the 8 counties, but to make the 
 proportion of their increase in the state exceed that of the 
 whites. Of these 1.918, the females were 522 and the 
 males 1,396, or in the proportion of 100 to 267*43. The 
 large proportion of the increase of the males in these 6 
 counties, confirm us in the opinion of their emigration 
 from other states. 
 
13S 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XXVI. — Exhibiting the Census of the Free Colored Population of six Counties 
 
 in 1830. 
 
 
 BIALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 o . 
 
 0) ffl 
 t3 
 
 
 
 
 is 
 
 in 
 o 
 
 5 
 
 "5 
 
 1 
 
 o 
 
 =3 
 
 1' 
 
 £ h 
 
 
 Co 
 
 o 
 
 3 
 
 ■a 
 § 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 178 
 
 173 
 
 250 
 
 209 
 
 60 
 
 , 
 
 870 
 
 194 
 
 259 
 
 278 
 
 210 
 
 71 
 
 1 
 
 1013 
 
 1883 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 37 
 
 52 
 
 31 
 
 19 
 
 25 
 
 
 164 
 
 47 
 
 67 
 
 35 
 
 33 
 
 22 
 
 - 
 
 204 
 
 368 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 156 
 
 118 
 
 82 
 
 86 
 
 42 
 
 . 
 
 484 
 
 142 
 
 136 
 
 105 
 
 73 
 
 50 
 
 1 
 
 507 
 
 991 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 118 
 
 141 
 
 105 
 
 77 
 
 24 
 
 . 
 
 465 
 
 106 
 
 115 
 
 103 
 
 85 
 
 53 
 
 1 
 
 463 
 
 928 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 9 
 
 37 
 
 16 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 78 
 
 15 
 
 42 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 90 
 
 168 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 22 
 
 41 
 
 33 
 
 26 
 
 10 
 
 - 
 
 132 
 
 31 
 
 40 
 
 44 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 - 
 
 147 
 
 279 
 
 Total in 1830, 
 
 520 
 
 562 
 
 517 
 
 422 
 
 168 
 
 42193 
 
 535 
 
 659 
 
 577 
 
 434 
 
 215 
 
 4 
 
 2424 
 
 4617 
 
 Increase in 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 years. 
 
 141 
 
 249 
 
 696 
 
 272 
 
 39 
 
 -11396 
 
 115 
 
 123 
 
 95 
 
 121 
 
 71 
 
 -3 
 
 522 
 
 191B 
 
 Total in 1840, 
 
 661 
 
 811 
 
 1213 
 
 694 
 
 207 
 
 3 3589 
 
 650 
 
 782 
 
 672 
 
 555 
 
 286 
 
 1 
 
 2946 
 
 6535 
 
 TABLE XXVII. — Exhibiting the Census of the Free Colored Population of six Counties 
 
 in 1840. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 o 
 
 1-1 ^ 
 
 c . 
 1^ 
 
 c . 
 
 ■a" 
 c ^ 
 
 1"° 
 
 
 §8 
 
 ■a" 
 
 
 d 
 ■a 
 
 g 
 
 g 
 
 
 I- ^ 
 
 211 
 
 254 
 
 
 c . 
 
 to 
 n 
 
 216 
 
 1"° 
 
 c. 
 
 -3 
 C 
 
 s 
 
 i 
 
 "3 
 1 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 205 
 
 212 
 
 621 
 
 319 
 
 49 
 
 1 
 
 1407 
 
 279 
 
 71 
 
 1031 
 
 2438 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 68 71 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 29 
 
 . 
 
 261 
 
 77 
 
 80 
 
 72 
 
 54 
 
 29 
 
 - 
 
 312 
 
 573 
 
 Berkshire, 
 
 178 199 
 
 108 
 
 102 
 
 65 
 
 2 
 
 654 
 
 168 
 
 170 
 
 112 
 
 101 
 
 72 
 
 1 
 
 624 
 
 1278 
 
 Bristol, 
 
 122 121 
 
 246 
 
 104 
 
 33 
 
 . 
 
 626 
 
 121 
 
 159 
 
 157 
 
 110 
 
 58 
 
 . 
 
 605 
 
 1231 
 
 Barnstable, 
 
 52 63 
 
 43 
 
 40 
 
 20 
 
 . 
 
 218 
 
 51 
 
 59 
 
 28 
 
 43 
 
 38 
 
 - 
 
 219 
 
 437 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 36 145 
 
 149 
 
 82 
 
 11 
 
 - 
 
 423 
 
 22 
 650 
 
 60 
 
 782 
 
 24 
 
 31 
 
 18 
 
 - 
 
 155 
 
 578 
 
 Total in 1840, 
 
 66l' 811 
 
 1213' 694 
 
 207 
 
 3 3589 
 
 672 
 
 555 
 
 286 
 
 1 
 
 2946 
 
 6535 
 
 In the 8 counties in which there was a decrease of 294 persons, 
 according to the censuses, it will be seen by Table XXVIII, that of 
 this decrease 102 were males and 192 were females.* 
 
 *If we omit the colored population for Erving, in Franklin county, in 1830, on account of probable error 
 in the census, the number of males in lliese 8 counties, in 1830, would be 1,150, and their decrease in ten 
 yeans 85 ; and that of the females 1,210, and of their decrease in the ten years 141 ; and the total decrease 
 226, instead of 294, as will appear from the table on the last half of page 139. 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. 
 
 139 
 
 TABLE XXVIII. — Exhibiting a Comparative View of the Colored Population of the eight 
 Counties which decreased from 1830 to 1840. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 o . 
 
 o " 
 
 c5 
 
 Sir- 
 
 is = 
 
 •3'" C 
 
 :;^ 8 
 
 o — 
 
 "3 
 S 
 "3 
 
 o . 
 
 3^- 
 
 c •- 
 
 o ^ 
 
 
 3l; 
 -a'-" 
 
 is 
 
 5.2 
 o 
 
 ■a 
 a 
 g 
 
 s 
 
 1 
 
 ■3 
 1 
 
 14 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, . 
 
 794 
 
 889 
 
 725 
 
 626 
 
 316 10 
 
 3360 
 
 809 
 
 965 
 
 816 
 
 661 
 
 394 
 
 40 
 
 3685 
 
 7045 
 
 6 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 520 
 
 562 
 
 517 
 
 422 
 
 168 
 
 4 
 
 2193 
 
 535 
 
 659 
 
 577 
 
 434 
 
 215 
 
 4 
 
 2424 
 
 4617 
 
 8 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, . 
 
 274 
 
 327 
 
 208 
 
 204 
 
 148 
 
 6 
 
 1167 
 
 274 
 
 306 
 
 239 
 
 227 
 
 179 
 
 36 
 
 1261 
 
 2428 
 
 14 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1840, . 
 
 90S 
 
 1119 
 
 1444 
 
 871 
 
 306 
 
 6 
 
 4654 
 
 900 
 
 1057 
 
 868 
 
 771 
 
 417 
 
 2 
 
 4015 
 
 8669 
 
 6 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1840, . 
 
 661 
 
 811 
 
 1213 
 
 694 
 
 207 
 
 ' 
 
 3589 
 
 650 
 
 782 
 
 672 
 
 555 
 
 286 
 
 1 
 
 2946 
 
 6535 
 
 8 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1840, . 
 
 247 
 
 308 
 
 231 
 
 177 
 
 99' 3 
 
 1065 
 
 250 
 
 275 
 
 196 
 
 216 
 
 131 
 
 1 
 
 1069 
 
 2134 
 
 Decrease of 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 years, 
 
 27 19 
 
 +23 
 
 27 
 
 49 3 
 
 102 
 
 24 
 
 31 
 
 43 
 
 11 
 
 48 
 
 35 
 
 192 
 
 294 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 8 
 
 i 
 
 
 2 
 
 ^ 
 
 s§ 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ca 
 
 
 
 
 i^ 
 
 S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■a 
 
 ■3 
 
 -3 
 
 
 
 cS 
 
 
 
 
 C3 
 
 c 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 '-' 
 
 3 
 
 ■a 
 
 3 
 •T3 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 T3 
 
 ■3 
 
 S 
 
 
 ■a 
 
 ■a 
 
 ■3 
 
 
 ■3 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 S 
 
 t3 
 
 o 
 
 S 
 
 a 
 a 
 to 
 
 !3 
 
 C3 
 
 8 
 
 •3 
 1 
 
 
 c 
 a 
 o 
 
 c 
 
 A. 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 o 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 .5 
 
 •3 
 
 Franklin county in 1830, ac- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29 14 
 
 14 
 
 20 
 
 8 
 
 . 
 
 85 
 
 26 
 
 22 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 34 
 
 1U6 
 
 191 
 
 F.rving, 
 
 7 - 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 
 17 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 •M 
 
 61 
 
 68 
 
 Franlilin county exclusive of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Erving, . . - . 
 
 22 14 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 68 
 
 19 
 
 16 
 
 V 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 - 
 
 bb 
 
 123 
 
 Decrease in Franklin county 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in ten years, exclusive of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Erving, .... 
 
 14,*+7 
 
 +1 
 
 y 
 
 2 
 
 +1 
 
 16 
 
 lb 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 -H 
 
 
 19 
 
 3b 
 
 Franklin county in 1540, ac- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cording to census. 
 
 8 
 
 21 
 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 52 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 
 36 
 
 88 
 
 8 counties in 1830, according 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to census, . - . - 
 
 274 
 
 327 
 
 20S 
 
 2fM 
 
 148 
 
 6 
 
 U67 
 
 274 
 
 306 
 
 239 
 
 227 
 
 179 
 
 36 
 
 1261 
 
 •.il2i! 
 
 Erving, 
 
 7 
 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 
 17 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 34 
 
 51 
 
 68 
 
 8 counties exclusive of Ervin?, 
 
 267 
 
 327 
 
 205 
 
 193 
 
 147 
 
 6 
 
 1150 
 
 267 
 
 300 
 
 237 
 
 225 
 
 179 
 
 2 
 
 1210 
 
 2360 
 
 Decrease in 8 counties exclu- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 sive of Ervin?, - 
 
 20 
 
 19 
 
 +26 
 
 21 
 
 48 
 
 3 
 
 85 
 
 17 
 
 25 
 
 41 
 
 9 
 
 48 
 
 I 
 
 141 
 
 226 
 
 8 counties in 1840, according 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to census, . - - . 
 
 247 
 
 308 
 
 231 
 
 177 
 
 99 
 
 3 
 
 1065 
 
 250 
 
 275 
 
 196 
 
 216 
 
 131 
 
 1 
 
 1069 
 
 2m 
 
 * The figures marked thus + show an increase. 
 
140 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Thus the number of males in the 8 counties, exchisive 
 of Erving, would be 1,150, or 60 less than that of the fe- 
 males in 1830, and only 4 less in 1840. At each of the 
 dates the sexes were very nearly equal. The causes, apart 
 from the peculiar immigration during these ten years, 
 which aflect the increase or decrease of the colored popu- 
 lation, seem to have been remarkably free to operate in 
 these 8 counties. In the county of Middlesex, there was 
 an increase of 22 males, while the decrease of females was 
 46, as will appear from the following table, exhibiting the 
 decrease in these 8 counties : 
 
 COUNTIES. 
 
 Males. 
 
 Females. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Essex, - - - - 
 
 9 
 
 (J 
 
 15 
 
 Middlesex, - 
 
 +22 
 
 46 
 
 24 
 
 Hampshire, 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 22 
 
 Hampden, - 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 35 
 
 Franklin, exclusive of Erving, 
 
 16 
 
 19 
 
 35 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 Plymouth. - 
 
 33 
 
 25 
 
 58 
 
 Dukes, . - - - 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 28 
 
 Total, 
 
 85 
 
 141 
 
 226 
 
 It is obvious that natural causes of increase had not sus- 
 tained the number of blacks in these counties, and that 
 there was a decided tendency to a decrease of their num- 
 ber during these ten years. 
 
 In two of the 6 counties in which there was an increase 
 of the blacks, namely, in Worcester and Barnstable^ the 
 females preponderated over the males in 1830 and in 1840, 
 but the increase of each sex was 237, and the whole in- 
 crease 474, or 88-43 7>er cent.^ as appears from Table XXX. 
 In the 4 remaining counties, the whole increase of the 
 blacks was 1,444, or 35*30 per cent., of whom 285 only 
 were females and 1,159 were males, or in the proportion of 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. 
 
 141 
 
 100 to 406-66, which is over 4 males to 1 female, and dilFers very- 
 little from the proportion of increase in the whole state, where the 
 females were 330 and the males 1,294, or as 100 to 392-12. 
 
 TABLE XXIX. — Exhibiting a Comparative View of the Colored Population of the six 
 Counties (see Tables XXVI and XXVII,) which increased from 1830 to 1840. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 a . 
 
 4, 
 
 i, 
 
 
 
 g 
 
 1 ^ A 
 
 i 
 
 Co 
 
 s- 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 3-* 
 
 = CD 
 
 so 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 t- *-■ 
 
 
 -^'■■^ 
 
 ^'-' 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 ^2-3^ 
 
 
 
 "w "^ 
 
 i 
 
 %-■ 
 
 
 1^ 
 
 C3 
 
 c " 
 
 ^1. 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 s 
 
 d 
 ^ 
 
 B " 
 
 
 CN 
 
 5^ 
 
 is 
 
 — 
 
 Total 
 Total 
 
 Census of 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 520 
 
 562 
 
 517 
 
 422 
 
 168 
 
 4 21931 
 
 535 
 
 659 577 
 
 434 
 
 215 
 
 4 
 
 24244617 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Worcester 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and Barn- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 stable in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 46 
 
 89 
 
 47 
 
 24 
 
 32 
 
 4 242 
 
 62 
 
 109 
 
 47 
 
 44 
 
 31 
 
 1 
 
 294 536 
 
 Census of 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 474 
 
 473 
 
 470 
 
 398 
 
 136 
 
 - 19511 
 
 473 
 
 550 
 
 530 
 
 390 
 
 184 
 
 3 
 
 2130 
 
 4081 
 
 Increase of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Worcester 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and Barn- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 stable in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 years, 
 
 74 
 
 45 
 
 42 
 
 63 
 
 17 
 
 -4 
 
 237 
 
 66 
 
 30 
 
 53 
 
 53 36 
 
 -1 
 
 237 
 
 474 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Worcester 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and Barn- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 stable in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1840, 
 
 120 
 
 134 
 
 89 
 
 87 
 
 49 
 
 - 
 
 479 
 
 128 
 
 139 
 
 100 
 
 97^ 67 
 
 " 
 
 531 
 
 1010 
 
 Census of 6 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties m 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1840, 
 
 661 
 
 811 
 
 1213 
 
 694 
 
 207 
 
 3 3589 
 
 650 
 
 782 
 
 672 
 
 555 
 
 286 
 
 1 
 
 2946 6535 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Worces. & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barnstable 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 1840, 
 
 120 
 
 134 
 
 89 
 
 87 
 
 49 
 
 , 
 
 479 
 
 128 
 
 139 
 
 100 97 
 
 67 - 1 53i;i01D 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 1840, 
 
 541 
 
 677 
 
 1124 
 
 607 
 
 158 
 
 3 
 
 3110 
 
 522 
 
 643 572! 458 
 
 219 
 
 1 2415 5525 
 
 Census of 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 I 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 474 
 
 4731 470' 398 
 
 136 
 
 . 
 
 1951 
 
 473 
 
 550 530 390 
 
 184 
 
 3 2130 4081 
 
 Increase of 4 
 counties in 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ! 1 
 
 10 years. 
 
 67 
 
 204 
 
 654 
 
 209 
 
 22 
 
 3 
 
 1159 
 
 49 
 
 93 
 
 42 68 
 
 35 
 
 -2 2851444 
 
 19 
 
142 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 We perceive by inspecting Table XXX, that in two of 
 these counties, namely, Berkshire and Bristol, the propor- 
 tion of the sexes was not materially different at the two 
 dates, and that the increase of the males was 331, or 34-S7/?er 
 cejit., and that of the females 259, or 26-70 per cent. ; that 
 of the whole being 590, or 28-70 per cent. These numbers 
 of increase give the proportion of 100 females to 127-79 
 males, which differs from the usual law of a near equality 
 of the sexes from natural causes alone, and must arise 
 from immigration. But when we examine the increase in 
 Suffolk and Nantucket counties, the difference of increase 
 in the proportion of the sexes becomes much more mani- 
 fest, and indicates much more strongly the influence of for- 
 eign causes. Here we find the increase of the males 828, 
 or 82-63 per cent., of females only 26, or 2-24 per cent., 
 and of both sexes 854, or 39-50 per cent. These numbers 
 give the proportion of 100 females to 3,184-61 males. 
 
INCREASE OF COLORED PERSONS IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES. 
 
 143 
 
 TABLE XXX. — Exhibiting a Comparative View of the Colored Population of the four 
 Counties of Suffolk, Berkshire, Bristol and Na7itucket, (see Table XX.lX,)from 1830 to 1810. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 o . 
 
 S^ 
 
 1^' 
 
 a . 
 
 is 
 
 3 
 
 "a 
 
 B 
 
 o 
 71 E 
 
 i^ 
 
 1^ 
 
 
 §8 
 
 d 
 
 g 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1" 
 
 
 CO 
 
 in 
 
 g 
 
 ^ 
 
 C3 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 
 g 
 
 g 
 
 2 
 
 Census of 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 474 
 
 473 
 
 470 
 
 398 
 
 136 
 
 . 
 
 1951 
 
 473 
 
 550 
 
 530 
 
 390 
 
 184 
 
 3 
 
 2130 
 
 4081 
 
 Inc. of 4 co's 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 10 yrs., 
 
 67 
 
 204 
 
 654 
 
 209 
 
 22 
 
 3 
 
 1159 
 
 49 
 
 93 
 
 42 
 
 68 
 
 35 
 
 -2 
 
 285 
 
 1444 
 
 Census of 4 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1840, 
 
 541 677 
 
 1124 
 
 607 158 
 
 3 
 
 3110 
 
 522 
 
 643 
 
 572 458 
 
 219 
 
 1 
 
 2415 
 
 5525 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and Bristol 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 1830, 
 
 274 
 
 259 
 
 187 
 
 163 
 
 66 
 
 . 
 
 949 
 
 248 
 
 251 
 
 208 
 
 158 
 
 103 
 
 2 
 
 970 
 
 1919 
 
 Increase of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and Bristol 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 10 yrs., 
 
 26 
 
 61 
 
 167 
 
 43 
 
 32 
 
 
 
 331 
 
 41 
 
 78 
 
 61 
 
 53 
 
 27 
 
 -1 
 
 259 
 
 590 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Berkshire 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 and Bristol 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 1840, 
 
 300 
 
 320 
 
 354 
 
 206 
 
 98 
 
 2 
 
 1280 
 
 289 
 
 329 
 
 269 
 
 211 
 
 130 
 
 1 
 
 1229 
 
 2509 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Suffolk & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nantucket 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 1830, 
 
 200 
 
 214 
 
 283 
 
 235 
 
 70 
 
 . 
 
 1002 
 
 225 
 
 299 
 
 322 
 
 232 
 
 81 
 
 1 
 
 1160 
 
 2162 
 
 Increase of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Suffolk & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nantucket 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 10 yrs., 
 
 41 
 
 143 
 
 487 166 
 
 -10 
 
 1 
 
 828 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 —19 
 
 15 
 
 8 
 
 -1 
 
 26 
 
 854 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 Suffolk & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nantucket 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 1840, 
 
 241 
 
 357 
 
 770 401 
 
 60 
 
 1 
 
 1830 
 
 233 
 
 314 
 
 303 
 
 247 
 
 89 
 
 - 
 
 1186 
 
 3016 
 
144 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 From the next table (XXXI,) it appears that the increase in the 
 two counties of Suffolk and Nantucket was greater, especially of 
 the males, than in any of the other counties during the last decen- 
 nial period. 
 
 TABLE XXXI. — Exhibiting a Comparative View of the Colored Population of the Coun- 
 ties of Suffolk and Nantucket, with those of the other twelve Counties, from 1830 to 1840. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 e . 
 
 CO 
 
 55 and un- 
 der 100. 
 
 100 and up 
 
 "3 
 
 E 
 
 1 
 
 o . 
 
 si 
 
 2" 
 
 
 
 is 
 
 -a " 
 
 ■a 
 
 i 
 
 8 
 
 
 1 
 
 Increase of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14 go's in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 years, 
 
 1J4 
 
 230 719i 2451—10-4 
 
 1294 
 
 91 
 
 92 
 
 52 
 
 110 
 
 23 
 
 38 
 
 330 
 
 1624 
 
 Increase of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12 coun- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ties, 
 
 73' 87 
 
 232 
 
 79 
 
 . 
 
 -5 
 
 466 
 
 83 
 
 77 
 
 71 
 
 95 
 
 15 
 
 o7 
 
 304 
 
 770 
 
 Increase of 
 Suffolk & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nantucket, 
 
 41 
 
 143 
 
 487 
 
 166 
 
 —10 
 
 1 828 
 
 8 
 
 15 
 
 —19 
 
 15 
 
 8 
 
 -1 
 
 26 
 
 854 
 
 Census of 14 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830, 
 
 794 
 
 889 
 
 725 
 
 626 
 
 31610 
 
 3360 
 
 809 
 
 965 
 
 816 
 
 661 
 
 394 40 
 
 3685 7045 
 
 Census of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Suffolk & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nantucket 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in 1830, 
 
 200 
 
 214 
 
 283 
 
 235 
 
 70 
 
 - 
 
 1002 
 
 225 
 
 299 
 
 3221 232 
 
 81[ 1 
 
 11602162 
 
 Census of 12 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 
 
 
 
 • 1 
 
 
 counties in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1830, 
 
 594 
 
 675 
 
 442 
 
 391 
 
 24610 
 
 2358 
 
 584 
 
 566 
 
 494 
 
 429 
 
 313 39 2525 4883 
 
 1 1 : 
 
 Census of 14 
 counties in 
 1840, 
 
 Census of 
 Suffolk & 
 Nantucket 
 in ISIO, 
 
 Census of 12 
 counties in 
 1840, 
 
 908 
 
 241 
 667 
 
 1119 
 
 357 
 762 
 
 1444 
 
 770 
 674 
 
 871 
 
 101 
 470 
 
 306 
 
 60 
 246 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 5 
 
 4654 
 
 1830 
 2824 
 
 900 
 233 
 
 1057 
 
 311 
 743 
 
 868 
 
 303 
 565 
 
 771 
 
 217 
 524 
 
 417 
 
 89 
 328 
 
 2 
 2 
 
 4015 
 
 1186 
 
 8669 
 30 IG 
 
 667 
 
 2829 
 
 5653 
 
PROPORTIONS OF COLORED PERSONS, 146 
 
 The proportions of the number of the free colored per- 
 sons under the several ages, in the United States, was very 
 nearly the same in 1830 and in 1840, and may be regarded 
 as the standard proportions with which to compare those 
 in any one of the slates. They differ considerably from 
 those in Massachusetts and in parts of Massachusetts at 
 the two dates, as will be seen by inspecting Table XXXII. 
 
 The proportions of both sexes under 10 years of age, in 
 1830 and in 1840, was greater in the United States than in 
 Massachusetts or in any instance in parts of Massachusetts. 
 
 The change in the proportions of the colored population 
 of Massachusetts was very perceptible during these ten 
 years ; that of the males being 6 per cent, more, and that 
 of the females 6 per cent, less, in 1840 than in 1830 ; and 
 this is even less than what belonged to the males alone of 
 24 years and under 36. The proportion of the increase of 
 the males was nearly four times that of the whites during 
 these ten years, or as 79-68 to 20-32 per cent., showing the 
 great disproportion in the increase of the sexes. 
 
 As we examine the parts of the Commonwealth, we no- 
 tice some changes in the proportions of the people of color 
 from 1830 to 1840. In the 8 counties in which there was 
 a decrease of the people of color, the proportions generally 
 were not much altered during the period, that of the fe- 
 males being 1-85 per cent, more in 1830 than in 1840. But 
 the proportion of the decrease of the females in these coun- 
 ties was over 30 per cent, more than that of the males. 
 
 The increase of the colored population in the 6 counties 
 of Suffolk, Worcester, Berkshire, Bristol, Barnstable and 
 Nantucket, was 1,918, or 41-54 per cent., during the ten 
 years. The proportion of the males was 7*42 j^er cent. 
 greater in 1840 than in 1830. The proportion of the in- 
 crease of the males was 72*78 per cent., and that of the fe- 
 males only 27-22 per cent. 
 
 In the counties of Worcester and Barnstable, the increase 
 
146 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 of the males and of the females was equal, namely, 237 
 during this period ; but the proportions were changed, both 
 of the sexes and of the ages. The proportions of the in- 
 crease of the sexes differed from each other, and from the 
 proportions of the census at each epoch. 
 
 In the 4 remaining counties of Suffolk, Berkshire, Bris- 
 tol and Nantucket, the whole increase was 1,444, and the 
 proportions very much altered. The increase was, of 
 males, 8026 /?e;' cent., and of females 19-74 per cent. 
 
 In Berkshire and Bristol, the whole increase was 590, of 
 which that of the males was 56-10 per cent., and that of the 
 females 43-90 per cent, of the whole. The increase was es- 
 pecially of the males of the age of 36 and under 55 years. 
 
 Finally, the most extraordinary change in the propor- 
 tions was in Suffolk and Nantucket. The whole increase 
 was 854, or 39-50 per cent., of whom 828 were males and 
 26 females, amounting to 96-96, and 3-04 per cent, respec- 
 tively, the former being nearly 32 times that of the latter. 
 
 In Boston, the increase of the males in the ten years was 
 534. and that of the females 18 ; and in Nantucket, that of 
 the males 291 and that of the females only 8. In Boston 
 the increase of the males was twenty-nine times, and in 
 Nantucket thirty-six times, that of the females. 
 
 Thus, we find there was a decrease of the colored popu- 
 lation of Massachusetts from 1830 to 1840, in 8 counties, 
 and an increase in the 6 counties of Suffolk, Worcester, 
 Berkshire, Bristol, Barnstable and Nantncket. The in- 
 crease of the males in these comities and in the state, 
 greatly preponderated over that of the females. In Wor- 
 cester and Barnstable* the increase of the two sexes was 
 
 *The great increase of the colored population of Barnstable county, in the ten years, is ow- 
 ing to the omission of Mars/ipre, in the census of 1830 ; but in 1840 it contained M6 males and 
 MS females^tolal 294. Omitting Marshpce, there was a loss of 25, or 1468 per ceiil., so that, 
 really, there was an incrtasi: in only 5 counties, and a ihcnasc in 9 counties. The increase of 
 the colored population from 1830 to 1840, according to the cen^-uses, was as follows : 
 
PROPORTIONS OF COLORED PERSONS. 147 
 
 equal. In the 4 remaining counties, and especially in ^vf- 
 folk and Nantucket, the increase of the males vastly pre- 
 ponderated over that of the females. The proportions of 
 those under the several ages were also very much changed 
 during these ten years. These facts show clearly that 
 other causes besides the natural increase, have had an 
 effect in producing these changes. After making reason- 
 able allowances for the presumed over-enumeration in the 
 returns of Ward 2, in the city of Boston, we are confirmed 
 by these results in the opinion, that immigration has been 
 the principal cause of the increase of the people of color, 
 and of the changes of the proportions during these ten 
 years. The increase has been mostly of 'males from 24 to 
 55 years of age, a period within which the men would 
 be most likely to have emigrated from other states. Nearly 
 half of their increase was of those of 24 to 36 years of age. 
 Only a very small number of females would be expected to 
 have emigrated at any age or under any circumstances. 
 
 The decrease of the blacks in the 8 counties, while the 
 proportions by ages continued nearly the same, shows that 
 the blacks are not likely to increase much in Massachu- 
 setts, situated as they are in the midst of, and dependent 
 upon, a predominant class of a different color, whose sym- 
 pathies are vastly less fully in unison with the colored than 
 with the white race. 
 
 In the state, containing 7,045 colored in 1S30, the increase was 1,624 or 2305;)er cent. 
 
 In 8 counties " 2,428 
 
 In 6 " " 4,617 
 
 In 4 " " 4,081 
 
 Worces'r and Barnstable, 536 
 
 Berkshire and Bristol, 1,919 
 
 Suffolk and Nantucket, 2,162 
 The increase of Worcester county was 205 or 5570 ;jer cent., and that of Barnstable county 269, 
 or 160-11 per cent., but, exclusive of Marshpee, there was a decrease in that county of 25, or 
 14-83 per cent. The increase of Worcester and Barnstable counties, exclusive of Murshpee, 
 was 180, or 34-69 /)er cent. 
 
 " " decrease ' 
 
 294 or 12-10 
 
 " " increase ' 
 
 ' 1,918 or 41-54 
 
 u « « < 
 
 ' 1,144 or 35-38 
 
 a ■■ « < 
 
 474 or SS-43 
 
 a 11 11 1 
 
 ' 590 or 30-74 
 
 11 11 11 1 
 
 ' 854 or 39-49 
 
148 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XXXir — Exhibiting the Proportions per cent., of the Free Colored 
 People in the United States, in Massachusetts, and in Parts of Massachusetts, 
 in 1830 and in 1840, and also their Proportiotis of Increase or Decrease, in 10 
 years, from 1830 to 1840, by Sexes and Ages. 
 
 I. United States. 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 
 c . 
 
 c . 
 
 c . 
 
 Co 
 
 & 
 
 
 
 
 ;:S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ~ E 
 
 ■S" 
 
 -o-o 
 
 ■a '^ 
 
 
 
 
 "c =*> 
 
 
 «-§ 
 
 «l 
 
 *•§ 
 
 o S 
 
 rt 
 
 
 t> 
 
 o 
 
 s 
 
 ^ 
 
 g 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 
 15-23 
 
 13-48 
 
 8-65 
 
 6-97 
 
 3-60 
 
 •08 
 
 48-01 
 
 Increase in 10 years, - 
 
 1141 
 
 14-58 
 
 11-50 
 
 900 
 
 3-00 
 
 •02 
 
 49-51 
 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 14-57 
 
 13-67 
 
 9-14 
 
 7-32 
 
 3-50 
 
 •07 
 
 48-27 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years. 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 
 14-81 
 
 15-07 
 
 10-18 
 
 7-61 
 
 4-20 
 
 •12 1 
 
 11-59 
 
 12 68 
 
 13-71 
 
 9-06 
 
 3-49 
 
 —04 
 
 14-25 
 
 14-65 
 
 10-79 
 
 7-86 
 
 4 08 
 
 •10 1 
 
 II. Massachusetts. 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 
 
 11-27 
 
 12-62 
 
 10-29 
 
 8-89 
 
 4-48 
 
 •14 
 
 7-02 
 
 14-16 
 
 44-27 
 
 15-09 
 
 —61 
 
 —■25 
 
 10-47 
 
 12-91 
 
 16-66 
 
 10-U5 
 
 3-53 
 
 •07 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 
 11-49 
 
 13-70 
 
 11-58 
 
 9 38 
 
 5-59 
 
 •57 
 
 5-60 
 
 567 
 
 320 
 
 6-77 
 
 1-42 
 
 —2-34 
 
 10-38 
 
 12-19 
 
 1001 
 
 8-90 
 
 4-81 
 
 •02 
 
 51-99 
 50-49 
 51-73 
 
 47-69 
 79-68 
 53-69 
 
 52-31 
 2U-32 
 46-31 
 
 III. Parts of Massachusetts. 1. Eight Counties which decreased in the 
 10 years, viz. Essex, 3Iiddlesex, Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, Norfolk, 
 Plymouth and Dukes. 
 
 MALES. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Decrease in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Decrease in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 11-28 
 
 13-47 
 
 8-57 
 
 8-40 
 
 6-09 
 
 •25 
 
 9-18 
 
 6-46 
 
 —7-82 
 
 9-18 
 
 16-67 
 
 1-02 
 
 11-58 
 
 14-43 
 
 10-83 
 
 8-29 
 
 4-64 
 
 •14 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 11-29 
 
 12-60 
 
 9-84 
 
 9-35 
 
 7-37 
 
 1-49 
 
 8 16 
 
 10-54 
 
 14-63 
 
 3-74 
 
 16-33 
 
 11-91 
 
 11-71 
 
 12-89 
 
 9-18 
 
 10-12 
 
 6-14 
 
 •05 
 
 48-06 
 34-69 
 49-91 
 
 51-94 
 65-31 
 50-09 
 
 2. Six Counties which increased in the 10 years, viz. Suffolk, Worcester, Berk- 
 shire, Bristol, Barnstable and Nantucket. 
 
 MALES. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years. 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 11-26 
 
 12-17 
 
 11-20 
 
 914 
 
 3-64 
 
 •09 
 
 7-35 
 
 12-98 
 
 36-29 
 
 14-18 
 
 2-03 
 
 —•05 
 
 10-11 
 
 12-41 
 
 18-56 
 
 10-62 
 
 3-17 
 
 -05 
 
 47-50 
 72-78 
 54-92 
 
PROPORTIONS OF COLORED PERSONS. 
 TABLE XXXll.— Continued. 
 
 149 
 
 FE3IALES. 
 
 
 o 
 
 si 
 
 1^ 
 2"^ 
 
 5«g 
 
 1^ 
 
 Is 
 
 
 a. 
 
 3 . 
 
 8* 
 
 1 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase ia 10 }'ears, - 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 11-59 
 6 00 
 9-95 
 
 14-27 
 
 6-41 
 
 11-97 
 
 12-50 
 
 4-96 
 
 10 28 
 
 9-40 
 6-31 
 8-49 
 
 4-66 
 3-70 
 4-38 
 
 •08 
 
 — 16 
 
 -01 
 
 52-50 
 27-22 
 45-03 
 
 4 Counties, viz. Suffolk, Berkshire, Bristol and Nantucket. 
 MALES. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, - 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, - 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 11-62 
 
 11-59 
 
 11-52 
 
 9-75 
 
 3-33 
 
 . 
 
 4-64 
 
 1413 
 
 45-29 
 
 14-47 
 
 1-52 
 
 •21 
 
 9-79 
 
 12-25 
 
 20-34 
 
 10 99 
 
 2-86 
 
 •06 
 
 FEBULES. 
 
 11-59 
 
 13-48 
 
 12-99 
 
 9-55 
 
 4-51 
 
 •07 
 
 3-39 
 
 6-44 
 
 2-91 
 
 4-72 
 
 2-42 
 
 — 14 
 
 9-45 
 
 11-64 
 
 10-35 
 
 829 
 
 3-96 
 
 •02 
 
 b. 2 Counties, viz. Worcester and Barnstable. 
 MALES. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, - 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, - 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 8-58 1660 
 
 8-77 
 
 4-48 
 
 5-97 
 
 •75 
 
 15-61 9-49 
 
 8-86 
 
 13-29 
 
 3-59 
 
 —84 
 
 1188 13-27 
 
 8-81 
 
 8-62 
 
 4-85 
 
 - 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 11-57 
 
 20-33 
 
 8-77 
 
 8-21 
 
 5-78 
 
 •19 
 
 13-92 
 
 6-33 
 
 11-18 
 
 11-18 
 
 7-60 
 
 —21 
 
 12-67 
 
 13-76 
 
 9-90 
 
 9-61 
 
 6-63 
 
 - 
 
 2 Counties, viz. Berkshire and Bristol. 
 MALES. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years. 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 14^28 
 
 13-50 
 
 9-74 
 
 8-49 1 
 
 3-44 
 
 . 
 
 4^41 
 
 10-34 
 
 28-30 
 
 7-29 1 
 
 5-42 
 
 •34 
 
 11^96 
 
 12-75 
 
 14-11 
 
 8-21 ! 
 
 3-91 
 
 •08 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years. 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 12-92 13-08 
 
 10-84 
 
 8-23 
 
 5-37 
 
 •11 
 
 6-95 13-22 
 
 10-34 
 
 8-98 
 
 4-58 
 
 — 17 
 
 11-52 13-11 
 
 10-72 
 
 8-41 
 
 5-18 
 
 •041 
 
 d. 2 Counties, viz. Suffolk and Nantucket. 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 20 
 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 9-25 
 
 9-90 
 
 13-09 
 
 10-87 
 
 4-80 
 
 16-74 
 
 57-03 
 
 19-44 
 
 7-99 
 
 1184 
 
 2553 
 
 13-30 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 
 10-41 
 
 13-83 
 
 14-89 
 
 10-73 
 
 3-75 
 
 -04 
 
 .94 
 
 1-75 
 
 —2-22 
 
 1-75 
 
 •94 
 
 — 12 
 
 7-72 
 
 10-41 
 
 10-05 
 
 8-19 
 
 2-95 
 
 - 
 
 47-81 
 80-26 
 56-29 
 
 52-19 
 19-74 
 43-71 
 
 45-15 
 5000 
 47-43 
 
 54-85 
 50-00 
 52-57 
 
 49-45 
 56-10 
 5102 
 
 50-55 
 43-90 
 48-98 
 
 46-35 
 96-96 
 60-68 
 
 53-65 
 
 3^04 
 
 39^32 
 
150 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 TABLE XXXII.— Continued. 
 Boston. 
 
 MALES. 
 
 
 
 ;, 
 
 c . 
 
 c . 
 
 cc 
 
 g. 
 
 
 
 
 
 so 
 
 sm 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Census of 1830, 
 
 9-49 
 
 9-23 
 
 13-13 
 
 11-04 
 
 3-04 
 
 . 
 
 4613 
 
 Increase in 10 years, - 
 
 4-89 
 
 7-07 
 
 65-94 
 
 20-11 
 
 —1-45 
 
 •18 
 
 96-74 
 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 8-45 
 
 8-73 
 
 25-30 
 
 13-10 
 
 2-02 
 
 •04 
 
 57-64 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years. 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 Census of 1830, 
 Increase in 10 years, 
 Census of 1840, 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 
 10-35 
 
 13-76 
 
 14-83 
 
 11-20 
 
 3-68 
 
 •05 
 
 3-08 
 
 —72 
 
 -18 
 
 •90 
 
 . 
 
 —•18 
 
 8-69 
 
 10-47 
 
 11-50 
 
 8-86 
 
 2-84 
 
 - 
 
 Najitucket. 
 MALES. 
 
 7-88 
 
 14-70 
 
 11-83 
 
 9-32 
 
 3-58 
 
 
 4-68 
 
 34-78 
 
 38 80 
 
 18-73 
 
 •33 
 
 
 6-23 
 
 25-08 
 
 25-78 
 
 14-19 
 
 1-90 
 
 
 FEMALES. 
 
 
 
 11-11 14 34 
 
 15-77 
 
 7^89 
 
 3-58 
 
 - 
 
 —3-01 6-69 
 
 —6-69 
 
 301 
 
 2-68 
 
 . 
 
 3-81 
 
 10-38 
 
 4-15 
 
 5-36 
 
 3-12 
 
 - 
 
 53-87 
 
 3-26 
 
 42-36 
 
 47-31 
 97^32 
 73-18 
 
 52-69 
 
 2-68 
 
 26-82 
 
 According to the census of 1S30, the number of the col- 
 ored persons in the state was, 
 
 of males 3,360, of females 3,685, total 7,04^ 
 
 To which add from 
 
 the census of '40, 
 
 under 10 years, " 908, " 900, " 1,808 
 
 And we have « 4,268, " 4,585, « 8,853 
 
 as the highest number possible on the supposition that 
 these censuses loere correct., and that there was no death nor 
 immigration of colored persons into the Commonwealth dur- 
 ing these ten years. But according to the census of 1840, 
 there were 4,654 males, 4,015 females, and 8,669 of both 
 sexes ; that is, there were 386 more males, and 570 less of 
 females, and 184 less of both sexes, tiian the highest possi- 
 ble number by the first position. Now, it is to be presumed. 
 
PROBABLE NUMBER OF COLORED PERSONS IN 1840. 151 
 
 that during this period not less than 570 deaths of colored 
 females must have occurred, which is only 57 per an- 
 num, or 1 to 65 persons out of 3,685. A proportional num- 
 ber of deaths among the 3,360 males would be 520, which 
 being taken from 4,268, the highest number possible by 
 the first position, we have 3,748 for the males, and the num- 
 ber of both sexes will then be 7,763, without immigration, 
 instead of 8,669 in the census. Thus, it is clear that at 
 least 906 of the colored population in 1840, must have been 
 emigrants into the state during the preceding ten years ; 
 906 deducted from 1,294, the increase of the males, give 
 388 as their increase, apart from immigration during the 
 lime, which is 58 only more than that of the females, giv- 
 ing the proportion of 100 females to 117-57 males. 
 
 The following will show the immigration of colored per- 
 sons into Boston during these ten years, according to the 
 censuses. The census of 1830 contained, 
 
 of males 865, of females 1,010, total 1,875 
 To whicli add from the cea- 
 
 sus of '40, under 10 years, " 205, " 211, " 416 
 
 And we have " 1,070, " 1,221, " 2,229 
 
 * as the highest possible number in 1840, on the supposition 
 there was no immigration nor death of colored persons 
 during the ten years. But according to the census of 1840, 
 the number was, of males 1,399, of females 1,028, and of 
 both sexes 2,427, The females in 1840 were actually less 
 than their highest possible number was, by 193 ; which we 
 may suppose to have been deaths in ten years, averaging 19 
 per annum, or 1 to 52-33 persons out of 1,010, and the pro- 
 portional deaths among the males would be 165 in the ten 
 years, averaging 16| per annum. These 165 taken from 
 the highest possible number, 1,070, leave 885 as the high- 
 est number of males without immigration, being an increase 
 of only 20 persons in ten years; 885 added to 1,028, give 
 1,913 as the highest number of colored persons in Boston 
 
152 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 without immigration, which is 514 less than that of the 
 census, and these 514 must be males, and must be appor- 
 tioned among the immigrants and those erroneously includ- 
 ed in the census. 
 
 But we find that in Ward 2, in which we see no suffi- 
 cient reason for supposing any material increase, there are 
 500 more in the census of 1840 than in that of 1S30. We 
 think these 500 are an over-enumeration. In this ward, 
 according to the census returns in 1840, 36 colored families 
 contained 688 persons, and there were 5 colored persons in 
 white families; 11 families, consisting of 631 colored per- 
 sons, of whom 552 were males and 79 females, contained 
 490 "persons employed in navigation of the ocean." One 
 of these families contained 163 persons, of whom 150 
 were sea-faring. Also 34 white families had 6,006 males 
 and 162 females, and 5,854 sea-faring; and 11 other families, 
 1,366 males and 84 females, with no sea-faring specified. 
 
 In Boston, the nam,es of the extraordinary number of 
 persons, both white and colored, engaged in the navigation 
 of the ocean, are not specified, which is strongly suspicious 
 of their being false : but in Nantucket, in which the in- 
 crease of the colored is very large, and the number of sea- 
 faring also very large, the names of these last are generally 
 mentioned in the returns. 
 
 In Nantucket, the number of colored persons in 1830 
 was 279, of whom 132 were males and 147 females. In 
 1840 it was 578, of whom 423 were males and 155 females. 
 Of the 423 males, 327 are specified in the returns as em- 
 ployed in the navigation of the ocean, and nearly all of 
 them are named. There appears no reason for suspecting 
 the correctness of these returns, except the great increase, 
 which must have been by immigration, and the dispropor- 
 tion of the sexes, but these circumstances are easily ex- 
 plained by the supposition of their more readily finding 
 employment in Nantucket than elsewhere. 
 
PROBABLE NUMBER OF COLORED PERSONS IN 1840. 153 
 
 In view of these considerations, we regard the reported 
 increase of colored persons in Ward 2 as false, and that in 
 reality there was little or no increase of blacks in Boston 
 from 1830 to 1840. 
 
 The number of colored persons in Boston, according to 
 the census, was 1,875 in 1830 and 2,427 in 1840, the in- 
 crease during the ten years purporting to have been 552, of 
 whom at least 514 must have been either male immigrants 
 or an over-enumeration of males, leaving only 38 as the 
 greatest possible increase of both sexes. Of this increase 
 18 were females, as appears by the census of 1840, and the 
 rest of course must be males. But as it appears highly 
 probable that very near 500 are an over-enumeration in 
 Ward 2, the number of colored emigrants must have been 
 very small in Boston, and the increase was in reality very 
 little, and was probably confined to 4 comities, viz. Wo7- 
 cesier, Berkshire, Bristol and Nantucket ; and accordingly 
 we should correct the census nearly as follows : 
 
 TABLE XXXIII.- 
 
 -Exhibiting the Censuses of 1830 and 1840, corrected, for 10 
 Counties mhich decreased. 
 
 
 Census of 1830. 
 
 Decrease in 
 
 10 ys. 
 
 Census of 1S40. 
 
 
 Males. 
 
 Females. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Mai. 
 
 Fern. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Mai. 
 
 Fem. Total. 
 
 Suffolk, - 
 
 870 
 
 1013 
 
 1883 
 
 . 
 
 . 
 
 
 870 
 
 101318S3 
 
 Essex, - 
 
 242 
 
 280 
 
 522 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 233 
 
 274 
 
 507 
 
 Middlesex, 
 
 263 
 
 254 
 
 517 
 
 4-22 
 
 46 
 
 24 
 
 285 
 
 208 
 
 493 
 
 Hampshire, - 
 
 113 
 
 110 
 
 223 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 22 
 
 106 
 
 95 
 
 201 
 
 Hampden, 
 
 174 
 
 173 
 
 347 
 
 22 
 
 13 
 
 35 
 
 152 
 
 160 
 
 312 
 
 Franklin, ex- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 clusive of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Erving, 
 
 68 
 
 55 
 
 123 
 
 16 
 
 19 
 
 35 
 
 52 
 
 36 
 
 88 
 
 Norfolk, 
 
 69 
 
 100 
 
 169 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 63 
 
 97 
 
 160 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 194 
 
 217 
 
 411 
 
 33 
 
 25 
 
 58 
 
 161 
 
 192 
 
 353 
 
 Barnstable, - ) 
 
 78 
 
 90 
 
 168 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Marshpee, '40. ) 
 
 146 
 
 148 
 
 294 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 224 
 
 238 
 
 462 
 
 6 
 
 19 
 
 25 
 
 218 
 
 219 
 
 437 
 
 Dukes, - 
 
 27 
 
 21 
 
 48 
 
 14 
 
 14 
 
 28 
 
 13 
 
 ' 
 
 20 
 
 Total, - 
 
 2244 
 
 2461 
 
 4705 
 
 91 
 
 160 
 
 251 
 
 2153 2301 
 
 4454 
 
154 
 
 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 Thus it appears that the aggregate loss in these 10 coun- 
 ties was 351, of whom 160 were females and 91 males, the 
 presumption being that the number of males were more 
 sustained by immigration than that of the females, partic- 
 ularly in the county of Middlesex^ and the inference is that 
 the natural increase was not sufficient to keep the number 
 good. In Dukes county, where the decrease was 14 of 
 each sex, the number was not probably affected by immi- 
 gration. 
 
 The population of the 4 remaining counties which in- 
 creased during the ten years, was as follows : 
 
 TABLE XXXiy. — Exhibiting Die Population of 4 Counties wliich increased 
 from 1830 to 1840. 
 
 
 Census of 1830. 
 
 Increase in 10 yrs. 
 
 Census of 1840. 
 
 
 Males. 
 
 Females 
 
 Total. 
 
 Males. 
 
 Females 
 
 Total. 
 
 Males. 
 
 Females 
 
 Total. 
 
 Worces'r, 
 Berifshire, 
 Bristol, 
 Nantuc't, 
 
 164 
 484 
 465 
 132 
 
 204 
 507 
 463 
 147 
 
 368 
 991 
 928 
 279 
 
 97 
 170 
 161 
 291 
 
 108 
 
 117 
 
 142 
 
 8 
 
 205 
 287 
 303 
 299 
 
 261 
 654 
 626 
 423 
 
 312 
 624 
 605 
 155 
 
 573 
 1278 
 1231 
 
 578 
 
 4 co's, 
 10 " 
 
 1245 
 
 2244 
 
 1321 
 2461 
 
 2566 
 4705 
 
 719 
 dec 91 
 
 375 
 del60 
 
 1094 
 de251 
 
 1964 
 2153 
 
 1696 
 2301 
 
 3660 
 4454 
 
 Correct'd, 
 Difference 
 
 3489 
 129 
 
 3782 
 97 
 
 7271 
 226 
 
 628 
 -666 
 
 215 
 -115 
 
 843 
 
 -781 
 
 4117 
 -537 
 
 3997 
 -18 
 
 8114 
 -555 
 
 Censuses, 
 
 3360 
 
 3685 
 
 7045 
 
 1294 
 
 330 
 
 1624 
 
 4654 
 
 4015 
 
 8669 
 
 According to these corrections, the number of the colored 
 population in 1830 would be 7,271, or 220 moi^e than the 
 census, and the increase in ten years, including immigra- 
 tion, 843, or 11-59 yjer cent., and the number in 1840, 8,114, 
 or 555 less than the census. Of the increase in the 4 coun- 
 ties, that of the males was (719 — 375=) 344 more than 
 the females; of the aggregate increase in the 14 counties, 
 that of the males was (028 — 215-=) 413 more than that of 
 
PROBABLE NUMBER OF COLORED PERSONS IN 1810. 155 
 
 the females, and is presumed to have consisted of emi- 
 grants in the several parts of the Commonwealth, especi- 
 ally in the county of Nantucket. Some of them appear in 
 Berkshire and Bristol counties, also in Middlesex^ where 
 there was a loss of 46 females and a gain of 22 males, and 
 in Suffolk^ where there were probably a few emigrants, 
 though in this estimate of the number this county is pre- 
 sumed to have been stationary; and thus the whole increase 
 of both sexes in the Commonwealth did not exceed five or six 
 hmidred in ten years. After deducting 413 from the whole 
 increase 843, we have 430 only, or 5-91 per cent, as the 
 whole natural increase in Massachusetts, and even this 
 number contains undoubtedly some emigrants, for the re- 
 duction of the increase is here made on the supposition that 
 only males immigrated; but it is known to many that col- 
 ored females have come into Massachusetts, and have been 
 declared free by the Supreme Court. 
 
 Concluding that the natural increase of the colored pop- 
 ulation in the ten years was only about 215 persons of 
 each sex, making the number, in 1840, of males 3,704, of 
 females 3,997, and the total 7,701, the proportion j)er cent. 
 would be 48-10 males to 51*90 females, which is very near 
 what it was in the state, in 1830, and what it was in 1840, 
 in the 8 counties which had decreased, and is also very near 
 that of the whole free colored in the United States at the two 
 epochs (see Table XXXII) ; and therefore we may regard 
 this result as a very near approximation to the true number. 
 
 From what has been said it is evident that, considering 
 the degraded condition of the colored population in Massa- 
 chusetts, their increase, though aided by immigratioji, has 
 been, dxiring the ichole jwriod of seventy-Jive years, less than 
 one third that of the whites, and we conclude that without 
 immigration this increase would have been very small. This 
 condition of theirs has arisen partly from the effects of sla- 
 very in this Commonwealth for about a century .previous 
 
156 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 to 1776, when it was virtually abolished by an act of the 
 legislature. A prejudice has existed in the community, 
 and still exists against them on account of their color, and 
 on account of their being the descendants of slaves. They 
 cannot obtain employment on equal terms with the whites, 
 and wherever they go a sneer is passed upon them, as if 
 this sportive inhumanity were an act of merit. They have 
 been, and still are, mostly, servants, or doomed to accept 
 such menial employment as the whites decline. They 
 have been, and are, scattered over the Commonwealth, one 
 or more in over two thirds of all the towns ; they continue 
 poor, with small means and opportunities for enjoying the 
 social comforts and advantages which are so much at the 
 command of the whites. Thus, though their legal rights 
 are the same as those of the whites, their condition is one 
 of degredation and dependence, and renders existence less 
 valuable, and impairs the duration of life itself 
 
 2. We conclude, also, that the ina^ease of tJie colored pop- 
 tilalion is not likely hereafter to keep pace with that of the 
 whites in this Commonwealth. Past experience for seventy- 
 five years indicates this. The proportion of the colored to 
 the white population has been reduced during every period, 
 and since 1765, in the state, from 2*17 to 1-18 per cent., 
 and in Boston, from 5-77 to 2-^'o per cent. 
 
 The prejudices which are now felt in this Common- 
 wealth against the people of color, and the disadvantages 
 under which they labor, unfavorable to their comfort, their 
 increase, and their improvement, we can hardly expect 
 will soon be removed. 
 
 They are excluded from the more honorable and profit- 
 able employments, and are likely to continue so. Owing 
 to their color and the prejudice against them, they can 
 hardly be said to receive that sympathy in sickness or in 
 sorrow, fresh from the heart of the whites, which the 
 whites would feel for each other, in this free state, nor 
 
CONCLUSION. 1 57 
 
 even so cordial a sympathy as would be shown to them in 
 a slave state, owing to their different position in society. 
 This want of true sympathy, and this sense of degrada- 
 tion, must operate on their sensibility, and unfavorably 
 affect their physical, moral and social condition, and shorten 
 to them the duration of life. 
 
 Most of the colored people in this Commonwealth arc a 
 mixture of races, of Africans, Indians and whites, in vari- 
 ous degrees of purity, a circumstance regarded by physiol- 
 ogists as unfavorable to the increase of a healthy and 
 hardy progeny, and predisposing them to an early matu- 
 rity and an early decay of the physical and intellectual 
 powers. It is said that a mulatto is seldom known to have 
 survived 70 years in the West Indies, while pure blacks 
 often live twice that age. It is remarked by those who 
 have been conversant with our public charities, that a 
 larger proportion of colored than of white persons are, 
 in early life, found to be subjects of fatal disease, particu- 
 larly of consumption. 
 
 The number of colored children born during the year 
 next preceding May 1, 1S44, in 28S towns, whose whole 
 population was 593,876, and whose colored population was 
 5,710 in 1840, was, according to the returns of the town 
 clerks, only 47, or 1 to 12 1 '48 colored persons, while the 
 number of white children was (14,757 — 47=) 14,710, or 1 
 to 39-98 white persons. After making due allowances for 
 the imperfections of these returns, we are fully of the opin- 
 ion that these returns strongly indicate the great inferiority 
 of the proportion of the births of colored children to that 
 of the whites. 
 
 We infer that there is to be expected but a small in- 
 crease of the colored population in Massachusetts, from 
 the large mortality among them, especially considering 
 their degraded and dependent position among the predomi- 
 nant class of a different color. In Baltimore, Philadelphia 
 21 
 
158 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 and New York, according to the bills of mortality, the 
 deaths have been much more numerous among the free 
 colored population than among the whites. 
 
 On the records of the superintendent of burials in Bos- 
 ton, 320 deaths are designated as of colored persons during 
 the five years from 1841 to 1845 inclusive, averaging 64 
 per annum. All the deaths of colored persons are not thus 
 designated. These deaths give the proportion of 1 death 
 to 37-92, or 2-63 per cent, out of 2,427 colored persons. We 
 believe, however, their number could not have exceeded 
 1,975 at most ; and in this case, the proportion would be 1 
 to 30-85, or 3-24 per cent. Of these 320 deaths, the males 
 were 145 and the females 175, in the five years, averaging, 
 per annum, 29 males and 35 females, and giving the pro- 
 portion of 100 females to 82-85 males. This proportion is 
 very different from what we should expect from the great 
 predominance of the males over the females, as exhibited 
 in the census of 1840, and may be accounted for on the 
 supposition of error in that census, or that many of the 
 colored males who are sea-faring, have died abroad. Of 
 these 320 deaths, 1 colored female died at the age of 101, 
 and several colored persons died at 80 and upwards. It is 
 the opinion of some persons, that the mortality of the col- 
 ored people in Boston is as great as 1 to 15 persons. 
 
 The whole number of deaths in Boston in 1844, exclu- 
 sive of 187 stillborn, was 2,054, according to the abstract of 
 the bill of mortality, or 1 to 53-76 persons, in a population 
 estimated at 110,441 in the middle of that year. Of these 
 2,054 deaths, over 900 were of Catholics, mostly whites, in 
 a population estimated at 24,000, or 1 to 26-67 persons ; 
 and there will remain 1,154 deaths of the Protestant whites 
 and blacks, in a population of 86,441, or 1 to 7490 per- 
 sons. Of these 1,154 deaths, 64 are the reported annual 
 average of the blacks for the last five years, estimated at 
 2,427, giving the proportion of 1 to 37-92 persons, or 2-63 /^er 
 
CONCLUSION. 159 
 
 cent. ; and there will remain 1,090 deaths among the Pro- 
 testant whites, estimated at not less than 84,014, giving 
 the proportion of 1 to 7707 persons, or 1-29 jier cent., which 
 is not half the mortality of the blacks. Or if we suppose 
 the number of the colored people to have been 1,875, that 
 of the Protestant whites would be 84,565. The mortality 
 of the blacks would average per annum 1 to 29-29 persons, 
 or 3-41 per cent.., which we believe to be much too small ; 
 and that of the Protestant whites would be 1 to 77-58 per- 
 sons, or 1 -28 per cent. 
 
 The small increase of the colored people in Massachu- 
 setts necessarily arises from their insulated and degraded 
 position among the predominant class, the whites. Vari- 
 ous circumstances connected with this position operate to 
 the disadvantage of this class in all their relations in life. 
 The effect is fully accounted for without supposing, as 
 some may, that the condition of the colored population 
 would be better in a state of slavery. Whatever might be 
 their condition in a state of slavery, there does not seem to 
 be any more right to reduce to slavery a body of human 
 beings on account of their dark color, than on account of 
 their white color. But at present, the current of public 
 sentiment having its source in Revelation, and in the inspi- 
 rations of the human mind, is now circulating throughout 
 all the civilized nations of the earth, opposing and wash- 
 ing away the inhuman and barbarous relics of slavery 
 among men, and is ^not likely to be spent till it has com- 
 pleted its \vork. • i 
 
 The increase of^ftie people of color has very obviously 
 been sustained in Massachusetts by emigrants from abroad ; 
 and without such aid, it has been doubted whether there 
 would have been any increase whatever. It is clear that 
 their number can hardly be sustained by the natural 
 increase of those now in the Commonwealth alone, consid- 
 ering their insulated and degraded position among the 
 
160 POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 
 whites. The mixed race of which they are now, and have 
 been for fifty years mostly composed, are a feeble race ; 
 and a further mixture with the whites will, from time to 
 time, cause a portion of them to be undistinguishable in 
 the community from the whites themselves; so that the 
 ^ tendency seems to be ultimately to extinguish them as 
 a race, as has been the case with the more numerous, 
 and, in many respects, more hardy tribes of Indians in 
 this Commonwealth, who have been displaced by the Eu- 
 ropean emigrants. Many instances of similar displace- 
 ment are to be found in history. The blacks, thus far, 
 have been aided in retaining their numbers by means of 
 emigration from abroad; while the Indians, now nearly 
 extinct as a race, have received no accessions from that 
 source since our first knowledge of them, though their 
 blood, with scarcely distinguishable traces, still flows in 
 the veins of some of our citizens. 
 
 CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS. 
 
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 namely: On the 5th page, 4th line from the bottom, for "Massachusetts I' ec- 
 
 tioiis," read " Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society." 7lh paL . i . .• ';om 
 the bottom, for " her," read " our." 9th page, 5th line from the bottom, for '<^^d|&a^ ••i^^* 
 15th page, 2d note, for " See Saugus," read " See North Chelsea, Ltjnii (^j^^KKfP^ Ohlfie 
 16th page, 9th note, erase " CAeteea." 18th page, 3d line, t r ■ I riiO," i>irf*1^ ' ' ■■ ' no 
 last column, for "1800," read " ISIO." 31st page, llthlme, for "Tannl,^ 
 TON." 32d page, 5th note, erase "and Plymptou.'' 3Sd page, lllh li 
 "^,026." 36th page, last line, 5th column, for " '^ r:i," read "23-T" 
 "144,570," read " 144,500." 42d page, 19th line, (••■■ ■■ " ■•"••■' " 
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