BARNSTABLE CO. MA
Formed 1685 from New Plymouth Colony
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1790-1830 Barnstable Co. MA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1840 Barnstable Co. MA Census
Dennis
Pg.232  Isaac Dunkam      0000,11  -  0000,1
 

1850 Barnstable Co. MA Census
Town of Sandwich
Pg.351, #121-125, Charles B.H. FESSENDEN 37 MA lawyer
                  Sarah A.H. 35 NY
                  Richard C. 7, Sarah F. 9/12 MA
                  Jane DUNCAN 60 MA (white)
 

1860 Barnstable Co. MA Census
Town of Sandwich
Pg.15, #118-118, Jane DUNCAN 70 MA BLACK (blank) $500-$10
                  Fanny JACKSON (f) 65 MA BLACK
                  Edward D. 11 MA BLACK
                  Mary J. 9 MA BLACK
                  Thomas E. 7 MA BLACK
                  George L. CLARKE 35 MA BLACK
 

1870 Barnstable Co. MA Census
Barnstable
Pg.46, #871-878, DENSON, John 27 MA blacksmith $0-$0
                  Mary J. 25 MA keeping house
                  James R. 3 MA at home
Chatham Twp.
Pg.85, #142-149, FLOWERS, Joshua 64 MA farmer $1800-$450
                  Mary 42 ENG keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary F. 23 MA house keeping
                  DENSON, W.W. (m) 23 SC fishing
                  BACON, Wm. 12 (f) MA at home
Provincetown
Pg.303, #620-776, DUNCAN, Mark 22 Western Island, fishing $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary 20 Western Island, keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: indexed b. SCT; plainly Western Island, not Western Ireland)
Sandwich
Pg.322, #162-188, ROGERS, John 29 MA laborer $0-$0, father of foreign birth
                  Mary E. 24 MA keeping house, mother of foreign birth
Pg.322, #162-189, DENSON, Benjamin 29 MA laborer $0-$0
                  Emily 29 MA keeping house
                  Effie 9, Emily 6, William 4 MA at school
Pg.337, #380-447, WHEELER, Betsey 38 MA nurse $350-$0
                  Albert L. 28 MA glassblower
                  Eva A. 18 MA works in Tack factory
                  TAYLOR, Elliot 26 MA blacksmith
                  Mary 23 MA at home
                  DENSON, Otis E. (m) 27 MA mariner, father of foreign birth
                  Avis M. (f) 26 MA at home
                  Abby 5/12 MA none, b. Jany.
Pg.342, #455-538, DENSON, Patience 53 MA keeping house $650-$0
                  Ferdinand 19 MA mariner
                  Kate B. 15 MA at home
 

HISTORIES before 1923

"History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts : 1620-1637-1686-1890" by Charles F. Swift; ed. by Simeon L. Deyo; pub. New York: H.W. Blake & Co., 1890, 1148 pgs. (LH5096; HeritageQuest 5/2007 & 7/2007; FHL book 974.492 H2d & film 1,000,064 item 1)
      Pg.227: Medical Profession. ... Dr. John Duncan was an early physician in Harwich. He removed to Boston before 1737, and died before 1756. He married Kesiah Baker of Eastham.
      Pg.966: Provincetown. The early entries show that among the residents in 1730 were ... and John Duncan.
 

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