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Census
Heads of Families - Massachusetts
Middlesex County - Acton Town
Beginning with the
Provincial Census of 1765
1790 CensusHeads of Families - Massachusetts
Middlesex County - Acton Town
Name of Head of Family
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Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families.
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Free white males under 16 years.
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Free white females, including heads of families.
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All other free persons.
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Slaves.
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Jones, Sam
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1
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3
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Haywood, Simeon
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1
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1
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1
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Brooks, Jonas
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2
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1
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5
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Adams, John, Jun
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1
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3
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3
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Faulkner, Francis
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3
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3
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5
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Faulkner, Nathaniel
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1
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3
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4
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Faulkner, James
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2
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2
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4
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Jones, Aaron
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2
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4
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4
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Jones, Oliver
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3
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1
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6
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Hunt, Simon
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1
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1
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5
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Hunt, Paul
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2
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1
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Whitney, Lemuel
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1
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3
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Robbins, George
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3
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2
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6
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Heywood, John
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2
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1
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Cutting, William
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2
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1
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6
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Hosmer, Stephen
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3
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1
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6
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Hopner
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Hosmer, Ephraim
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2
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1
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Hopner
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Hosmer, Samuel
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1
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2
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Hopner
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Prescott, Benjamin
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3
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3
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Taylor, William
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1
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3
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1
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Brooks, Daniel
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1
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3
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1
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Dudley, Ephraim
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1
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1
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2
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Barber, Robert
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1
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1
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4
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Coolidge, Lewis
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3
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Law, Titus
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1
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1
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2
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Law, Stephen, Jun
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2
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3
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Law, Stephen
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2
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2
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5
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Heywood, Samuel
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1
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1
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2
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Conant, Silas
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1
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3
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3
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Wheeler, Ezra
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1
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1
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2
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Hunt, John
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2
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1
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3
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Adams, John
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3
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2
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3
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Heywood, Benjamin
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2
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3
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3
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Marsh, James
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1
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3
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4
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Davis, Josiah
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1
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2
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3
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Forbush, Ephraim
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2
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5
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Wheeler, Roger
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1
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4
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4
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GIlbert, Josiah
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1
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4
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5
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Wright, Samuel
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4
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1
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Wheeler, Mary
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2
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3
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Hosmer Jonathan
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2
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1
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3
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1
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Hormer
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Piper, Joseph
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3
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1
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3
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Piper, Joseph, Jun
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2
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3
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6
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Shareline, James
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1
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6
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1
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Thompson, Ceser
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4
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OlIver, John
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1
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1
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5
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Hapgood, Rebecca
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3
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Barker, Joseph, Jun
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1
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3
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3
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Barker, Joseph
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1
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1
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3
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Richardson, Moses
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2
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5
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3
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Shepherd, Daniel
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1
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4
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5
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Heywood, Stevens
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2
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2
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2
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Towers, Jonathan
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1
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3
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2
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Fletcher, Peter
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1
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4
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3
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Thomas, William
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1
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2
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2
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Lock, Joseph
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1
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1
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4
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Tutte, Thadd
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1
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2
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Gilbert, Jude
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2
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4
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5
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Dale, Joseph
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1
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1
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4
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Hapgood, Abraham
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1
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3
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3
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1
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Robbins, Joseph
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4
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1
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2
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Heald, John
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1
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1
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Heald, Jonas
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1
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3
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1
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Davis, Daniel
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2
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3
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5
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Davis, James
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1
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1
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6
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Heywood, John
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2
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2
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4
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Edwards, John
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4
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3
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Sawyer, Elias
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2
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4
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Wheeler, Hezekiah
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1
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2
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Brooks, Joseph
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1
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1
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3
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Brooks, Mary
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1
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White, Samuel
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3
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2
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Brabrook, Joseph
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1
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1
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1
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Barker, John
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2
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1
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Davis, Jonathan
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2
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2
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5
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Davis, Simon
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2
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1
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Brooks, Seth
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4
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2
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6
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Spaulding, Robert
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1
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1
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4
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Billing
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Billings, James
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1
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1
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Jones, Samuel, Jun
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3
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2
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4
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Tuttle, Simon
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2
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1
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2
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Tuttle, Simon, Jun
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2
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1
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Sartwell, Eleazer
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2
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1
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Sartell
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Parlin, Samuel
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1
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2
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6
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Temple, Samuel
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1
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1
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4
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Noyes, Thomas
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5
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1
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2
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Chaffin, Robert
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1
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2
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4
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Chaffin, Hannah
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2
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Chaffin, David
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1
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2
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2
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Robbins, Philip
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1
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1
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2
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Wetherbee Agnes
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1
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2
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Witherbee
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Brooks, Elizabeth
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1
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Chaffin, Sarah
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1
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3
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4
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Dexter, John
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2
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2
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Forbush, David, Jr
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3
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1
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5
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Brooks, Job F
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3
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1
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2
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Skinner, Abraham
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2
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1
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2
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Brown, Joseph
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1
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3
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2
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Barker, Francis
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1
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2
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Wheeler, Samuel
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3
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4
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Wheeler, John
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1
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2
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2
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Hapgood, Ephraim
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2
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3
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4
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Heywood, Samuel, Jr
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1
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1
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5
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Davis, Amos
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2
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3
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3
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Adams, Moses
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1
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3
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5
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Smith, Solomon
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1
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3
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3
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Robbins, Robert
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2
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1
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4
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Wetherbee, Edward
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2
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3
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5
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Witherbee
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Brabrook, Benjamin
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1
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1
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2
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Chaffin, Joseph
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2
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2
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Robbins, Joseph, Jr
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1
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4
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4
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Tuttle, Samuel
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1
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1
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5
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Reed, John
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1
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3
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5
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Billings, Jonathan
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2
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1
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1
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Atherton, Peter
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1
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2
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1
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Brown, Elizabeth
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2
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2
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Willington, George
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2
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3
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5
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Lamson, John
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2
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3
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6
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Hager, Joseph
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1
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2
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Harris, John
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3
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2
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Davis, Jonathan
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2
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10
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Woods, Moses
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2
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3
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4
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Davis, David
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1
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Davis, Elijah
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2
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2
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Thorp, Thomas
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1
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1
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3
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Heald, Ebenzer
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1
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3
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3
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Kendal, William
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2
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1
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2
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Fletcher, James
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1
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2
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2
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Fitch, Samuel
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2
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1
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3
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Shepherd, Stephen
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1
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1
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4
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Burger, Solomon
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1
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1
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4
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Barnard, David
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2
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1
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3
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Procter, Abel
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1
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5
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Chaffin, Simon
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1
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2
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ChamberIin, Joseph
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1
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1
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3
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Piper, Amasa
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1
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3
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1
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Lamson, Azuba
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1
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2
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Tuttle, Simon Peter
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1
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1
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2
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Dudley, Samuel
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3
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2
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Forbush, David
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1
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2
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POPULATION OF ACTON BEGINNING WITH THE PROVINCIAL
CENSUS OF 1765
1765 (Prov.)
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611
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1776 (Prov.)
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769
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1790 (U. S.)
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853
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1800 (U. S.)
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901
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1810 (U. S.)
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885
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1820 (U. S.)
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1047
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1830 (U. S.)
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1128
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1840 (U. S.)
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1121
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1850 (U. S.)
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1605
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1855 (State)
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1678
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1860 (U. S.)
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1726
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1865 (State)
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1660
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1870 (U. S.)
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1593
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1875 (State)
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1708
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1880 (U. S.)
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1797
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1885 (State)
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1785
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1890 (U. S.)
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1897
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1895 (State)
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1978
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1900 (U. S.)
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2120
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1905 (State)
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2089
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1910 (U. S.)
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2136
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1915 (State)
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2151
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1920 (U. S.)
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2162
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1925 (State)
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2387
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1930 (U. S.)
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2482
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1935 (State)
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2635
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1940(U. S.)
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2701
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1945 (State)
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2869
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1950(U. S.)
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3510
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