Danvers and Middleton widows 1790

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The goal of this project is to document the women (likely all widows) listed as heads of households in the 1790 census returns for Danvers and Middleton, adjoining towns in Essex County, Massachusetts.

Right now this project just has one member, me: B. J. Jamieson.

List of women heads of households in the 1790 census for Danvers:

Name 1790 census	Household 1790 census	Size
Mehitable Crosbie	0-1-3	4
Hepsibah Southwic	0-0-1	1
Desire Reed	0-1-2	3
Patty Webb	0-0-2	2
Jemima Welman	0-0-2	2
Patience Osborn	0-0-2	2
Lois Osborn	1-0-1	2
Esther Proctor	0-0-2	2
Margarett Searle	1-0-2	3
Sarah Whittredge	2-0-5	7
Anne Osborne	0-0-2	2
Joanna Williams	1-0-3	4
Molly Smith	0-0-3	3
Eunice Hire	1-1-4	6
Betty Felton	1-0-1	2
Sarah Wittemore	0-0-2	2

List of women heads of households in the 1790 census for Middleton:

Name 1790 census	Household 1790 census	Size
Ruth Hobbs	0-0-3	3
Rebecca Hobbs	0-2-4	6
Sarah Marble	0-0-1	1
Mary Wilkins	1-1-2	4
Abigail Bradstreet	1-0-1	2
Rebecca Thomas	0-0-3	3
Tabetha Johnson	0-0-3	3
Margrett Wilkins	0-1-3	4
Ruth Elliot	0-0-3	3

Average U.S. household size in 1790: 5.8 people

For Danvers woman headed households: 2.9 people

For Middleton woman headed households: 3.2 people

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

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