1840 Census of Pensioners
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
June 1, 1840
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The 1840 Middlesex County Massachusetts Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services with their names, ages, and places of residence, as returned by the marshals of the several Judicial Districts, under the act for taking the sixth census.
Charlestown | ||
| Name | Age | Head of family with whom residing |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Wiley | 85 | Peter B. Wiley |
| Mary Flint | 80 | Mary Flint |
| Amos Samson | 78 | Amos Samson |
| Mary Crowningshield | -- | James Armstrong |
| Abigail Gibbs | 83 | Laban Turner |
| Jane Richardson | 80 | Asa Caldwell |
| Mary Blesdill | 77 | Lydia Staples |
| Hannah Kidder | 88 | Mary Rand |
| Mary Thompson | 84 | Mary Thompson |
| Abigail Locke | 81 | Elias Crafts |
| Eleanor Fuller | 76 | Charles C. Fuller |
| Ebenezer Evans | 43 | Convict in Prison |
| Betsey Hay | 74 | Betsey Hay |
| Mary Rea | 81 | Nathaniel B. Babitt |
| Mary Babbitt | 76 | Edward B. Babbitt |
| Naomi Downes | 80 | John Downes |
| William B. Brown | 58 | William B. Brown |
| Caroline Lord | 15 | J.R. Covington |
| Hannah Bubibeer | 78 | John Bubibeer |
| William Watley | 79 | Paupers |
| Robert Barry | 68 | Paupers |
| John Skinner | 82 | Paupers |
| Thomas Walcott | 83 | - |
| John Leland | 86 | John Leland |
| William Cutter | 82 | Paschal Sprague |
| Rachel Dickson | 73 | Rachel Dicken |
Woburn | ||
| Jonathan Tidd | 84 | William Tidd |
| Joshua Reed | 77 | Joshua Reed |
| Aaron Smith | 31 | Aaron Smith |
| Ebenezer Lawrence | 85 | Ebenezer Lawrence |
| Sylvanus Wood | 90 | Sylvanus Wood |
| Isaac Reed | 84 | Isaac Reed |
| Nathan Pierce | 80 | Nathan Pierce |
| Mary Thompson | 78 | - |
Billerica | ||
| James Bennett | 82 | James Bennett |
| Joseph Dows | 81 | Joseph Dows |
| Bill Russell | 77 | Bill Russell |
| Samuel Whiting | 81 | Samuel Whiting |
West Cambridge | ||
| Thomas Hill | 79 | Pauper |
Malden | ||
| Jane Mills | 66 | William S. Mills |
| Sarah Cheever | 86 | Jacob Cheever |
| William Emerson | 80 | William Emerson |
| John Edmonds | 83 | John Edmonds |
South Reading | ||
| Cornelius Sweetser | 91 | Stephen Sweetser |
| Elias Boardman | 82 | Benjamin L. Boardman |
| Nathaniel Cowdry | 81 | Nathaniel Cowdry |
| John Sweetser | 80 | John Sweetser |
| Oliver Walton | 82 | Oliver Walton |
| Barseliel Sturtevant | 77 | Barseliel Sturtevant |
Medford | ||
| Patty Stetson | 82 | Jotham Stetson |
| John King | 67 | John King |
| Rebecca Cutter | 75 | Rebecca Cutter |
| Elizabeth Symmes | 83 | Edward Symmes |
| Mary Johnson | 81 | Mary Johnson |
Stoneham | ||
| Nathaniel Upton | 85 | A.P. Smith |
| Thomas Williams | 77 | Thomas Williams |
| Mary Bryant | 80 | Mary Bryant |
Lexington | ||
| Levi Harrington | 79 | Levi Harrington |
| Sulivan Burbank | 63 | Sulivan Burbank |
| Isaac Smith | 76 | Isaac Smith |
| Eunice Thorning | 84 | Mary Wood |
Watertown | ||
| Eunice Brigham | 72 | Luke Robinson |
Cambridge | ||
| John Stone | 83 | John Stone |
| Joseph Rumrill | 85 | Joseph Rumrill |
| Parsons Smith | 66 | Elijah F. Valentine |
Reading | ||
| Joseph Damon | 81 | Joseph Damon |
| Joseph Bontwell | 83 | Joseph Bontwell |
| William Parker | 80 | William Parker |
| Aaron Parker | 83 | Aaron Parker |
| Daniel Damon | 83 | Daniel Damon |
| Timothy Wakefield | 85 | Timothy Wakefield |
| David Parker | 85 | Thomas Rainer, Jr. |
Wilmington | ||
| Jonathan Eames | 83 | Jonathan Eames |
| Jonathan Nichols | 83 | Charles Nichols |
| Jerusha Upton | 82 | Paul Upton |
| Lois H. Persons | 75 | - |
| Joseph Bond | 79 | Joseph Bond |
Bedford | ||
| John Webber | 80 | John Webber |
| David Lane | 81 | David Lane |
Ashby | ||
| William Foster | 51 | William Foster |
| Asa Kendall | 77 | Asa Kendall |
| William Johnson | 79 | William Johnson |
| William Green | 85 | William Green |
| Abel Richardson | 86 | Abel Richardson |
Townsend | ||
| Deborah Green | 82 | George Green |
| Hannah Searles | 82 | Samuel Searles |
| Caleb Sylvester | 87 | Caleb Sylvester |
| Daniel Prentice | 83 | Daniel Prentice |
| William Manning | 83 | William Manning |
| Nahum Gassett | -- | Nahum Gassett |
| Jonathan Bailey | 82 | Benjamin Robinson |
| Josiah Reed | 82 | Josiah Reed |
Pepperell | ||
| Thomas Yarbell | 82 | Abijah Whitney |
| Jonathan Bancroft | 80 | Jonathan Bancroft |
| Jonathan Messer | 81 | JOnathan Messer |
| Nathaniel Sowtell | 80 | Nathaniel Sowtell |
| Noah Wright | 79 | Noah Wright |
| Dudley B. Kemp | 86 | Dudley B. Kemp |
Dunstable | ||
| Jonathan Woodward | 101 | Jonathan Woodward, Jr. |
| Jonas French | 83 | Jonas French |
| William French | 88 | William French |
Groton | ||
| Abel Prescott | 80 | Abel Prescott |
| William Prescott | 72 | Merrick Lewis |
| Joshua Parker | 76 | Joshua Parker |
| William Yarbell | 76 | William Yarbell |
| Jacob Nutting | 93 | Jacob Nutting |
| Isaac Patch | 78 | Isaac Patch |
| Joseph Sowtell, 2d | 76 | Joseph Sowtell, 2d |
| David Lakin | 89 | David Lakin |
| Amos Farnsworth | 86 | Amos Farnsworth |
| Stephen Pingrey | 82 | John Pingrey |
Shirley | ||
| James Carter | 80 | Jonas K. Putney |
| Benjamin Hartwell | 81 | Benjamin Hartwell |
| Moses Jennison | 85 | Moses Jennison |
Westford | ||
| Joan Chandler | 85 | William Chandler |
| Abigail Wight | 79 | Caleb Wight |
| Mary Perry | 86 | Gilbert Farmer |
| Elihu Reed | 75 | Gilbert Farmer |
| Abijah Reed | 86 | Samuel Farwell |
| Isaac Durant | 83 | Ebenezer Blood |
| Huldah Robbins | 75 | Jedediah Robbins |
Chelmsford | ||
| Josiah Fletcher | 81 | Josiah Fletcher |
| Samuel Davis | 75 | Samuel Davis |
| Samuel Brown | 75 | Samuel Brown |
| Samuel Parkhurst | 81 | Samuel Parkhurst |
| Levi Proctor | 73 | Levi Proctor |
| John Crosby | 80 | John Crosby |
| Hezekiah Thorndike | 86 | Hezekiah Thorndike |
| William Adams | 78 | William Adams |
| Martha Merrill | 68 | Charles A. Frost |
| Amy Wibber | 89 | Hugh Pettingill |
| Polly Pierce | 83 | - |
| Rachel Dunn | 80 | - |
Tewksbury | ||
| Noah Hunt | 77 | Noah Hunt |
| Joel Shed | 81 | Joel Shed |
| Joseph Foster | 80 | Moses Foster |
| Russell Mears | 74 | Joseph Parkhurst |
| Esther Baldwin | 82 | William Baldwin |
| John Danforth | 83 | Jonathan B. Averell |
Tyngsborough | ||
| Elizabeth Flint | 80 | Charles Flint |
| Hannah Jaques | -- | Daniel Jaques |
| William Blodgett | -- | William Blodgett |
| Eleazer Farwell | 81 | Eleazer Farwell |
Carlisle | ||
| Amos Russell | 93 | Thomas Heald, Jr. |
| John Jacobs | 81 | John Jacobs |
| Joan Adams | 83 | Benjamin Adams |
Littleton | ||
| Peter Wright | 80 | Elizabeth Wright |
| Thomas Burbuk | 80 | Samuel Connant |
Dracut | ||
| Rachel Coburn | 78 | Nathaniel B. Coburn |
| Mary Coburn | 76 | Julia Carter |
| Abiah Bowers | 82 | Peter Bowers |
| Joel Fox | 83 | Joel Fox |
| William Richardson | 82 | William Richardson |
| William Clough | 99 | William Clough |
| Amos Wood | 85 | Micajah Wood |
| Jonathan Bancroft | 79 | Jonathan Bancroft |
Sudbury | ||
| John Goodnow | 78 | John Goodnow |
| Sarah Cutler | 82 | Christopher Cutler |
| Isaac Pratt | 78 | Solomon C. Pratt |
| Ebenzer Parmenter | 78 | Ebenezer Parmenter |
| Elizabeth Brigham | 83 | Reuben Moore |
Wayland | ||
| John T. Roberts | 80 | Susan Lawrence |
| Susanna Grout | 79 | William C. Grout |
| Richard Heard | 86 | Richard Heard, Jr. |
| Edmund Rice | 85 | Edmund Rice |
Weston | ||
| Rebecca Brackett | 83 | Isaac Brackett |
| Alpheus Bigelow | 83 | Alpheus Bigelow |
| Lydia Traverse | 82 | John Williams |
| Abel Pierce | 85 | Charles Weston |
Lincoln | ||
| Isaac Monroe | 83 | Isaac Stearns |
| Mary Hartwell | 92 | George Hartwell |
| Leonard Hoar | 83 | Leonard Hoar, Jr. |
| Joseph Colburn | 82 | William Colburn |
| Azuba Jones | 80 | Ephraim Brown |
| Josiah Parks | 84 | Josiah Parks |
| Amos Baker | 84 | James Baker |
| Eunice Parks | 77 | Jonas Parks |
Acton | ||
| Daniel White | 80 | Daniel White |
| Abel Proctor | 86 | Lucy Hendley |
| Thomas Thorp | 84 | Thomas Thorp |
| John Oliver | 92 | John Oliver |
| Charles Hendley | 77 | Charles Hendley |
| Nathaniel Johnson | 78 | Rufus Tenney |
| Hannah Leighton | 94 | Harriet Davis |
| Samuel Hosmer | 79 | Samuel Hosmer |
| Peter Wright | 80 | Nathan Wright |
Concord | ||
| Isaac Hurd | 84 | Isaac Hurd |
| Abel Davis | 83 | Abel Davis |
| Daniel Wood | 79 | James Wood |
Newton | ||
| Nicholas Thwing | 82 | William Park |
| George Stearns | 80 | Samuel Hyde |
| Samuel Trowbridge | 83 | Samuel Trowbridge |
| Ebenezer Brown | 82 | Ebenezer Brown |
| Catharine Hyde | 76 | Catharine Hyde |
| Mehitable Segar | 82 | William Hall |
| Solomon Richards | 89 | Solomon Richards |
| Zibeon Hooker | 89 | Ezra Nichols |
Boxborough | ||
| Peter Wheeler | 76 | Peter Wheeler |
Brighton | ||
| Patience Wood | 81 | William Fletcher |
Waltham | ||
| Rebecca Dole | 77 | Almira Wyman |
| Nathaniel Hagg | 78 | Samuel Ryan |
Framingham | ||
| Thomas Nixon | 78 | Thomas Nixon |
| Ezekiel Howe | 84 | Ezekiel Howe |
| Mary Trowbridge | 85 | Charles Trowbridge |
| Jacob Belcher | 79 | Jacob Belcher |
| Nathan Kendall | 83 | Nathan Kendall |
| Luther Eaton | 78 | Luther Eaton |
| Uriah Rice | 83 | Uriah Rice |
| Phineas Rice | 78 | Phineas Rice |
| Hannah Belcher | 83 | Hannah Belcher |
| Ebenezer Eaton | 90 | Ebenezer Eaton |
| Joel Coolidge | 81 | Joel Coolidge |
| Betsey Davis | 81 | Timothy Davis |
| Betsey Fisk | 81 | Joseph Ballard |
| Sally Greenwood | 78 | Abel Greenwood |
| Nathan Knowlton | 80 | Nathan Knowlton |
| Abel Benson | 74 | Abel Benson |
Marlborough | ||
| William Gates | 78 | William Gates |
| Micah Balcom | 82 | Joseph Balcom |
| Betty Brigham | 69 | Betty Brigham |
| James Dalrymple | 83 | James Dalrymple |
| Sarah Whitcomb | 80 | Lucien B. Drury |
| Sarah Thompson | 78 | Curtis Searles |
| William Goodell | 83 | David Goodell |
| Isaac Brown | 80 | Charles Miles |
| Mary Williams | 76 | Mary Williams |
Stow | ||
| Patty Rogers | 75 | Samuel Rogers |
| Ruth Stow | 78 | Ruth Stow |
| Abraham Whitcomb | 82 | Abraham Whitcomb |
| Ezra Mosman | 78 | Ezra Mosman |
| Elizabeth Conant | 82 | Artemas Conant |
| Mary Tower | 72 | Charles Tower |
| Zaccheus Robinson | 75 | Zaccheus Robinson |
| Sarah Brown | 77 | Calvin Taylor |
Sherburn | ||
| William Clark | 87 | - |
| Daniel Coolidge | 87 | - |
| Asa Clark | 76 | - |
| Sally Holbrook | 84 | - |
Hopkinton | ||
| Abial Watkins | 86 | - |
| John Bowker | 78 | - |
| Lois Walker | 83 | - |
| Sarah Mcfarland | 91 | - |
| Samuel Goddard | 81 | - |
| Benjamin Pond | 82 | - |
| Abigail Greenwood | 78 | - |
| Hannah Phipps | 77 | - |
| Joseph Walker | 79 | - |
| Elizabeth Pratt | 74 | - |
Holliston | ||
| Timothy Leland | 88 | - |
| John Fairbanks | 81 | - |
| Isaac How | 82 | - |
| Rebecca Hill | 86 | - |
| Anna New | 79 | - |
Natick | ||
| Abigail Sawin | 79 | - |
| Phebe Goodnow | 79 | - |
| Benoni Muzzy | 78 | - |
| Abel Perry | 83 | - |
| Lucy Rice | 79 | - |
| Ebenezer Bacon | 57 | - |