The Demographic Transition Theory argues that agrarian
societies are characterized by high birth and death rates with
accompanying zero or low rates of population grown. From this survey of
17th-century Boston data, it appears that the transition theory may not
correctly describe agrarian population behavior. Purchase this book and
discover a pre-industrial community that experienced birth and death
rates lower than expected. Compiled from church, estate, land, petition,
residence and tax lists.
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CONNECTICUT
1670 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1977
LC 77-1523420, ISBN 0-931248-04-3
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
84 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
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This reconstructed census lists the names of all
household heads residing in Connecticut between 1667-1673. Data comes
from all available household, estate, tax, landowner, church, and
freeman lists. Over 2,400 names are indexed by surname and by town.
An introductory essay proposes new estimates for
the colony's population, household size, and voting eligibility for the
1670 time period. Also, dates of early settlements and data about each
town's first population count, suggest the size of the colony. Further,
a map identifies the settlement area of 1670 Connecticut. In short, for
those curious about their early Connecticut origins, the answer may be
here.
CONNECTICUT
COLONISTS 1635-1703
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1986
LC 84-080146, ISBN 0-931248-40-X
317 pages on 1 microfiche, $35
Jay Mack Holbrook
Models of economic growth suggest that
industrialization causes an increase in population growth rates. This
volume, in contrast, rejects the demographic transition model and argues
that population growth precedes, and is a catalyst for,
industrialization. In Windsor, modern-like death rates precede medical
technology. Data for these findings include over 9,500
listings--compiled from probate, land, church, census, town and vital
records.
FAMILY
STRUCTURE IN
17th-CENTURY WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1990
LC 90-93105, ISBN 0-87623-121-0
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
75 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
An argument illustrating the possibility of a
modified-extended family structure in a pre-industrial community through
an analysis of mortality, migration, and fertility data.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE 1732 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute,1981
LC 81-80038, ISBN 0-931248-10-8
75 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
What was the annual population growth rate for New
Hampshire from 1700 to 1790? Before the publication of this census, no
one knew. As a result of reconstructing New Hampshire populations, this
volume will tell you the rate of growth and population size for any of
the 90 years. For 1732, you will find populations given for each of the
towns, household size calculations, and an economic profile of the
colony.
Of special interest is a theoretical insight about
the relationships among population density, family structure, and
wealth. This insight occurred by discovering a new way to measure family
structure. The theory suggests that high population density can
contribute to increased wealth, as long as the family structure is less
extended. The implication of this finding is intriguing. For example,
Third World nations that require added wealth in order to industrialize
may find a partial answer in decentralizing family structures and
scattering dense populations. Their problem is not the size of the
populations, but rather the density of the populace when family
extendedness is high.
List of Tables
- New Hampshire 1732 Census Town Documents
- New Hampshire 1732 Population Statistics
- New Hampshire Population Estimates: 1700-1790
- New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Property
Values in English Pounds
- New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Percentage
of Estate Values by Town
- New Hampshire 1732 Livestock Profile: Number (N)
and Value (V) in English Pounds
- New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Economic
Ranking of Towns
- New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Comparative
Economic Ranking by Towns
- New Hampshire 1732 Household Structure
- Zero Order Correlation Coefficients for New
Hampshire 1732 Towns
- Regression Analysis for New Hampshire 1732 Towns
NEW
HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS 1633-1699
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute,1979
LC 79-88038, ISBN 0-931248-01-9
234 pages on 1 microfiche, $6.
Jay Mack Holbrook
Was wealth distributed unevenly in 17th-century
agrarian communities? For early New Hampshire, the answer is yes. This
study shows that the upper 10% of the populace controlled a
disproportionate share of the wealth. Such findings suggest that Marx's
theory that industrialization ushered in increased inequality among
social classes, may be inaccurate. In fact, if inequality existed in
early societies, then stratification may bring about industrialization.
This concentration of wealth could be a necessary condition for the
emergence and continued progress of a industrial nation. The book is
compiled from over 100 primary sources.
LIST OF TABLES
- NH 17th-Century Towns
- NH 17th-Century Documents
- NH Household Heads 1633-1699
- NH Population 1640-1700
- Comparison of NH 17th-Century Population with
Estimates
- NH 17th-Century Literacy Rates By Year, Town,
& Document Type
- NH 17th-Century Tax Rates
- NH 1680 Estate Valuations By Equal Estate Value
Intervals
- NH 1680 Estate Valuations By Equal Percentage of
Taxpayers' Intervals
- Indexes of Dissimilarity Between Taxpayers'
Wealth in NH 1680 Towns
- Dover, NH Estate Valuations in 1648 & 1680
- NH Estate Valuations at Death from 1635 to 1699
By Equal Estate Value Intervals
- NH Estate Valuations at Death 1635 to 1699 By
Equal Percentage Intervals
- Seventeenth Century Lists in North Church Papers
QUEBEC,
CANADA 1825 CENSUSES
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute,1976
ASCOTT/ASCOT:
paper, 14 pages, $5.00
ISBN 0-931248-06-X, LC 80-117991
SHIPTON:
paper, 15 pages, $5.00
ISBN 0-931248-07-8, LC 76-364055
Population data for New Englanders in Lower Canada
is rare. For the towns of Shipton and Ascott, however, there is no
longer a scarcity of numbers. The 1,668 people living in the two towns
comprise about 8% of the 1825 English population in Quebec. The average
household size was 6.2 members with 70 to 80% of the people living in a
nuclear family. There was an excess of males over females (111 to 100
for Ascott and 132 to 100 for Shipton) and the number of young under age
17 exceeded those who were older. Fertility was moderately high with the
crude birth rate varying from 31 to 49 per 1000. Mortality was
astonishingly low with crude death rates from 7 to 10 per 1000 and age
at death from 62 to 65. The growth rate ranged from 2 to 4% per year.
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
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.
SOUTHBRIDGE
MASSACHUSETTS
VITAL RECORDS TO 1850
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1980
LC 80-83873, ISBN 0-931248-09-4
333 pages on 1 microfiche, $35
Jay Mack Holbrook
This volume is a first-time offerings of the towns'
births, marriages, and deaths before 1850. From these data come analysis
of population growth and age at marriage and death. Some 15 demographic
tables illustrate how vital dates can be used to describe a town
numerically.
List of Tables
- Population Statistics 1816-1850
- Population Rates by Year 1816-1850
- Population Rates by Five-Year Period 1816-1850
- Age Interval Changes 1830-1840
- Fertility Estimates 1816-1850
- Age at Death 1816-1850
- Model Life Table for 1830
- Model Life Table for 1840
- Age at Marriage 1816-1850
- Age at First Marriage 1816-1850
- Age Structure in 1820
- Age Structure in 1830
- Age Structure in 1840
- Age & Sex Structure 1820-1850
- Cause of Death 1816-1850
VERMONT
1771 CENSUS
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1982
LC 81-836773, ISBN 0-931248-11-6
130 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
This book numbers Vermont's 1771 populace and then
projects that population to 1791. Included in the census are fertility
and mortality estimates, sex and age structure calculations, and a
stable population model applied to 1771 Vermont. Compiled from over 70
documents the findings suggest birth rates ranging from 32 to 35 per
1000 while the death rate was startlingly low--12 per 1000. Based on
these birth and death rates, 1771 Vermont was much like present-day
Egypt, India, Peru, Lebanon, Philippines, and Turkey.
List of Tables
- Population Documents of VT, 1761-1778
- Origins of VT Counties--Alphabetical
- Origins of VT Counties--Chronological
- Settlement Date of VT Towns, 1739-1773
- Settlement of VT Towns by Year, 1739-1773
- Population of VT, 1768-1791
- Albany Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
- Charlotte Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
- Cumberland Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
- Gloucester Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
- Population of VT Counties in 1771 & 1791
- Sex & Age Structure for Cumberland &
Gloucester Counties, 1771
- Town & Age Group Census for Cumberland Co.,
1771
- Sex & Age Group Census for Cumberland Co.,
1771
- Fertility Estimates for VT, 1771
- Mortality Estimates for VT, 1771
- Stable Population Model Parameters for VT, 1771
VERMONT
LAND GRANTEES 1749-1803
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1986
LC 86-81163, ISBN 0-87623-029-X
325-frame, single-image format at 42X reduction
276 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
Vermont is a land of migrants from near by states.
This collection identifies about 15,000 of these migrants who received
land under the VT Charters or the NH Land Grants. Any study of New
England migration to the land first called New Connecticut will find
here who came and where and when they arrived. An annotated bibliography
surrounding the land grant activities accompany the data.
WEBSTER
MASSACHUSETTS
VITAL RECORDS TO 1850
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research
Institute, 1980
LC 78-060365, ISBN 0-931248-08-6
333 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook
This volume is a first-time offerings of the towns'
births, marriages, and deaths before 1850. From these data come analysis
of population growth and age at marriage and death. Some 7 demographic
tables illustrate how vital dates can be used to describe a town
numerically.
List of Tables
- Population Statistics 1832-1850
- Population Birth, Death, Marriage, Growth, &
Migration Rates
- Age at Death 1844-1850
- Age Structure in 1840
- Age at Marriage 1840-1850
- Cause of Death 1832-1850
- Family Names Most Frequently Listed 1832-1850
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