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RHODE
ISLAND 1782 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1979
LC 78-78163, ISBN 0-931248-00-0
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
241 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Where did your Rhode Island ancestor live in 1782?
This volume names over 8,500 household heads, identified from a state
census and tax lists. Size of family and approximate age of each member
is usually given.
In 1782 a census of Rhode Island was taken by the
direction of the General Assembly. Unfortunately, the document fell into
obscurity and the returns for some towns lost. This book, based upon the
original manuscript, uses tax lists of the same time period to
reconstruct lost records.
For anyone searching for specific persons, a
dictionary arrangement of all names enhances the usefulness of the
census. The book also lists alphabetically all persons within each
community and the first 1782 listing for the towns of Barrington,
Johnston, Richmond, and New Shoreham.
An introductory demographic essay explores
population characteristics from 1774 to 1790 and includes data on
household size, wealth, fertility, and age and sex structures for each
community. Also, some theoretical observations emerging from the data
relate the wealth of a community to selected population variables.
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