BOSTON BEGINNINGS 1630-1699
Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1980
LC 79-65952, ISBN 0-931248-05-1
320 pages on 1 microfiche, $6
Jay Mack Holbrook

 
 

Massachusetts Towns

Massachusetts Counties

Barnstable

Berkshire

Bristol

Dukes

Essex
 
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.

 


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

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

  1. New Hampshire 1732 Census Town Documents
  2. New Hampshire 1732 Population Statistics
  3. New Hampshire Population Estimates: 1700-1790
  4. New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Property Values in English Pounds
  5. New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Percentage of Estate Values by Town
  6. New Hampshire 1732 Livestock Profile: Number (N) and Value (V) in English Pounds
  7. New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Economic Ranking of Towns
  8. New Hampshire 1732 Economic Profile: Comparative Economic Ranking by Towns
  9. New Hampshire 1732 Household Structure
  10. Zero Order Correlation Coefficients for New Hampshire 1732 Towns
  11. 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

  1. NH 17th-Century Towns
  2. NH 17th-Century Documents
  3. NH Household Heads 1633-1699
  4. NH Population 1640-1700
  5. Comparison of NH 17th-Century Population with Estimates
  6. NH 17th-Century Literacy Rates By Year, Town, & Document Type
  7. NH 17th-Century Tax Rates
  8. NH 1680 Estate Valuations By Equal Estate Value Intervals
  9. NH 1680 Estate Valuations By Equal Percentage of Taxpayers' Intervals
  10. Indexes of Dissimilarity Between Taxpayers' Wealth in NH 1680 Towns
  11. Dover, NH Estate Valuations in 1648 & 1680
  12. NH Estate Valuations at Death from 1635 to 1699 By Equal Estate Value Intervals
  13. NH Estate Valuations at Death 1635 to 1699 By Equal Percentage Intervals
  14. 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

  1. Population Statistics 1816-1850
  2. Population Rates by Year 1816-1850
  3. Population Rates by Five-Year Period 1816-1850
  4. Age Interval Changes 1830-1840
  5. Fertility Estimates 1816-1850
  6. Age at Death 1816-1850
  7. Model Life Table for 1830
  8. Model Life Table for 1840
  9. Age at Marriage 1816-1850
  10. Age at First Marriage 1816-1850
  11. Age Structure in 1820
  12. Age Structure in 1830
  13. Age Structure in 1840
  14. Age & Sex Structure 1820-1850
  15. 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

  1. Population Documents of VT, 1761-1778
  2. Origins of VT Counties--Alphabetical
  3. Origins of VT Counties--Chronological
  4. Settlement Date of VT Towns, 1739-1773
  5. Settlement of VT Towns by Year, 1739-1773
  6. Population of VT, 1768-1791
  7. Albany Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
  8. Charlotte Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
  9. Cumberland Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
  10. Gloucester Co. Population in 1771 & 1791
  11. Population of VT Counties in 1771 & 1791
  12. Sex & Age Structure for Cumberland & Gloucester Counties, 1771
  13. Town & Age Group Census for Cumberland Co., 1771
  14. Sex & Age Group Census for Cumberland Co., 1771
  15. Fertility Estimates for VT, 1771
  16. Mortality Estimates for VT, 1771
  17. 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

  1. Population Statistics 1832-1850
  2. Population Birth, Death, Marriage, Growth, & Migration Rates
  3. Age at Death 1844-1850
  4. Age Structure in 1840
  5. Age at Marriage 1840-1850
  6. Cause of Death 1832-1850
  7. Family Names Most Frequently Listed 1832-1850
   
     
     
       
       
 
     
     

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