The 1860 Indian Census of
Gay Head (Aquinnah), Mass.

[From the transcript Indians of Massachusetts: GAY HEAD TRIBE
in Mass. Senate No. 96 publication, March 1861.]
[Digitized and prepared for the web by C. Baer, 1999]

 

NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race. Occupation. Residence. Stock. Land in severalty.
Mehitable Ames

80
Widow Gay Head - Gay Head - 3 acres.
John Anthony

44
Married Portuguese (for.) Mariner " 1 horse, 1 swine -
Mary C. Anthony

45
" Gay Head - " - 6 acres.
Rachel B. Anthony

15
Single " - " - -
Joseph S. Anthony

11
Boy " - " - -
Leander Bassett

50
Married Edgartown Farmer " 5 cattle 5 acres.
Huldah Bassett

52
" Gay Head - " - -
Julia Bassett

21
Single " - " - -
Moses Bassett

15
Boy " - " - -
Esther Bassett

12
Girl " - " - -
Bethiah Bassett

11
" - - " - -
George J. Belain,*

49
Married Chappequiddick Mariner and farmer " 7 cattle, 2 horses 12 acres.
Sophia Belain

43
" Gay Head - " - -
Betsy Belain

16
Single " - " - -
Peter Belain

12
Boy " - " - -
Joseph Belain

11
" " - " - -
Alonzo Belain

9
" " - " - -
Daniel Belain

5
" " - " - -
William Belain

31
Married Chapequiddick Mariner " - -
Laura Ann Belain

21
" Gay Head - " - -
Frederick Belain

4 mos.
Boy " - " - -
Priscilla Bowes,**

26
Single " - " - -
James Bowyer

45
Married Colored, (for'er,) Farmer Gay Head 2 cattle 4 acres.
Mehitable Bowyer

48
" Gay Head - " - -
Alexander Brown

86
Widower Colored, (for'er,) Pauper " - -
Patience Cole

77
Widow Gay Head - " - -
Andrew John Cole

16
Boy " - " - -
Tirzah R. Cole

11
Girl " - " - -
Thaddeus W. Cook,***

36
Married " Mariner " 3 cattle, 2 swine 8 ½ acres.
Emily G. Cook

29
" " - " - -
Christina Cook

6
Girl " - " - -
Jothannes Salisbury

33
Single " Mariner " - 3 acres.
Hannah Cooper

68
Widow " - Chilmark 10 acres.
George W. Cooper

41
Married " Mariner and Farmer Gay Head 1 cow 4 acres.
Sarah M. Cooper

24
" Marshpee - " - -
Susan Cooper

3
Girl Gay Head - " - -
Aaron Cooper,****

39
Married " Farmer " 5 cattle, 4 horses and 2 swine 12 acres.
Phebe Cooper

27
" Marshpee - " - -
Georgiana Cooper

10
Girl Gay Head - " - -
Nancy A. Cooper

8
Girl " - " - -
Aaron Cooper, Jr.

2
Boy " - " - -
Thomas Cooper

50
Single " Pauper, blind " - -
Abiah Cooper

59
Widow " - " 1 cow 2 acres.
Belinda Cooper,*****

20
Single " - " - -

* Another son, John W. born in October, 1859.
** Since married to John Williams, colored, (foreigner.) laborer of West Tisbury, aged about 40.
*** Another daughter, Ida, born about March, 1860.
**** Another daughter, Alice, born about January, 1860.
***** Andrew Cooper, son of Belinda, born February, 1860.

 

NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race. Occupation. Residence. Stock. Land in severalty.
Zaccheus Cooper

35
Married Gay Head Farmer Gay Head 4 cattle, 1 horse, and 1 swine 10 acres.
Martha R. Cooper

34
" Marshpee - " - -
Rhoda Frances Cooper

9
Girl Gay Head - " - -
Abraham F. Cooper

7
Boy " - " - -
Susannah T. Cooper

5
Girl " - " - -
Landon Corsa

46
Married Colored, (for'er,) - Has run away - -
Julia Corsa

46
" Gay Head - Gay Head - ½ acre.
Abby A. Corsa

18
Single " - " - -
Coombs Corsa

15
Boy " - " - -
Levi Cuff

40
Single " Mariner " 1 cow 2 acres.
Paul Cuff

37
" " " " - 2 acres.
George David,*

51
Married " Farmer " 5 cattle, 1 horse, and 3 swine 15 acres.
Louisa David

47
" Marshpee - " - -
Alexander David

16
Boy Gay Head - " - -
Prudence David

11
Girl " - " - -
Patrick Devine

49
Married " Farmer " 5 neat cattle, 1 horse & 1 swine 9 acres.
Louisa Devine

33
" Marshpee - " - -
Mercy A. Devine

11
Girl Gay Head - " - -
Hannah C. Devine

9
" " - " - -
Simon J. Devine

2
Boy " - " - -
Grafton E. Devine

2 mos.
" " - " - -
Patrick L. Devine

5
" " - " - -
Betsy Dodge

70
Single Gay Head - Gay Head - }2 acres.
Caroline Dodge

65
" " - " - }
John Devine,*

46
Widower " Farmer " 4 cattle, horse, & 1 swine 15 acres.
John Devine, Jr.

23
Single " Mariner " - -
Avis A. Devine,**

19
" " - " - -
Abiah T. Devine

12
Girl " - " - -
Parnel B. Devine

6
Boy " - " - -
James Diamond

36
Married Indian (foreign.) Uncertain Gone to parts unknown. - -
Abiah Diamond

38
" Gay Head - Gay Head - 4 acres.
Jane Cook,***

19
Single " - " - -
Lewis Cook,***

10
Boy " - " - -
William Harrison Cook,***

7
" " - " - -
Forstena Cook,***

6
Girl " - " - -
Maria I. Cook,***

4
" " - " - -
Rachel Diamond

1
" " - " - -
Phillip Dodge

45
Single " Mariner " - -
Jonathan Francis

61
Married " Farmer " 2 pigs
Mary Ann Francis

56
" Christiantown - " -
Samuel Haskins

28
Single Gay Head Mariner " -
Zaccheus Howwoswee

57
Married " Farmer " 8 cattle, horse, colt, and 2 swine 34 acres.
Elizabeth Howwoswee

49
" " - " - -
Esther Howwoswee

63
Single " - " - 7 acres.

* Since deceased.
** Avis A. Devine is since married to William S. James of Christiantown.
*** Children of Abiah Diamond, by Lewis Cook her first husband.

 

NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race. Occupation. Residence. Stock. Land in severalty.
William Holmes

19
Single Gay Head Servant New York - -
Amos Jeffers

75
Married Marshpee Farmer Gay Head 1 cow, 1 horse -
Lydia Jeffers

42
Single Gay Head - " - ½ acre.
William Jeffers

51
Married Christiantown Mariner " 5 cattle 4 acres.
Eliza C. Jeffers

25
" Gay Head - " - -
Mary C. Jeffers,*

17
Single " - " - -
Hepzibah J. Jeffers

10
Girl " - " - -
Lydia Johnson Jeffers

7
" " - " - -
Isaac Newton Jeffers

2 ½
Boy " - " - -
James Jeffers

25
Married " Mariner " - -
Mellissa Jeffers

23
" " - " - -
Elzada Jeffers

2
Girl " - " - -
Thomas Jeffers

33
Married Gay Head Mariner Gay Head 1 cow 7 acres.
Lucina Jeffers

24
" " - " - -
Thomas C. Jeffers

5
Boy " - " - -
Cordelia Jeffers

3
Girl " - " - -
Amos Jeffers

1 ½
Boy " - " - -
Josiah Jerard

61
Married Sandwich, (for.) Mariner Insane Hospital, Taunton - -
Olive Jerard

60
" Gay Head - Gay Head - 1 acre.
Josiah Jerard, Jr.

16
Boy " - " - -
Jane Mingo,**

28
Single " - " - -
Charles Mingo,**

22
" " - " - -
Joel Jerard

33
Married Gay Head Mariner Gay Head 1 cow, 1 horse 3 acres.
Rosannah Jerard

20
" " - " - -
Abraham Jerard***

35
Single " Mariner " - -
Simon Johnson

65
" " Farmer " 1 cow, 1 horse 30 acres.
Simon Johnson, 2d

33
" " Mariner " - 10 acres.
Prince Johnson

57
Married " " Chilmark - -
Elizabeth Johnson

48
" " - " - -
Peter Johnson

20
Single " - " - -
Jonathan F. Johnson

19
" " - " - -
Algernon S. Johnson

18
Boy " - " - -
Sarah F. Johnson

17
Girl " - " - -
Julia Johnson

14
" " - " - -
Methia H. Johnson

11
" " - " - -
William Prince Johnson

8
Boy " - " - -
Diana Madison

51
Widow " - Gay Head 6 cattle, 1 swine 16 acres.
Anna J. Madison

23
Single " - " - -
Charlotte Madison

19
" " - " - -
Charles B. Madison

17
Boy " Mariner " - -
Isaac Madison

14
" " - " - -
Raymond Madison

1
" " - " - -
Thomas Manning

45
Married " Farmer " 3 cattle, 2 swine 8 acres.
Rosabelle Manning,****

27
" " - " - -
Isabella Manning

3
Girl " - " - -
Thomas E. Manning

1
Boy " - " - -

* A son born of Mary C. Jeffers, February, 1860.
** Jane and Charles Mingo are children of Olive Jerard, by her first husband.
*** Abraham is Joel's brother.
**** Another daughter, Rebecca I. Manning, born in May, 1860.

 

NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race. Occupation. Residence. Stock. Land in severalty.
Alvan Manning,*

43
Married Gay Head Farmer Gay Head 2 swine 12 acres.
Daniel Nevers

43
Single " Mariner " - 3 acres.
Absalom Nevers

36
Married " " " - -
Louisa Nevers

31
" " - " - -
Ann E. Nevers

15
Single " - " - -
Alexander Nevers

9
Boy " - " - -
Johnson Peters

76
Married Chappequiddick Farmer " 7 cattle, 2 horses, 2 swine 14 acres.
Mary Peters

76
" Gay Head - " - -
Betsy Peters

47
Single " - " - -
Mary Cuff

15
" " - " - -
Samuel Peters

50
Married Farmer 4 cattle, 1 horse, 1 swine 8 acres.
Sarah A. Peters,**

49
" " - " - -
Samuel Peters, Jr.

19
Single " - " - -
Jesse P. Peters

16
Boy " - " - -
Johnson Peters, 2d

14
" " - " - -
Joseph Peters

8
" " - " - -
Francis Peters

7
" " - " - -
John P. Randolph

47
Married Haytian, (for.) Laborer " - -
Serena C. Randolph

39
" Gay Head - " - 4 acres.
Margaret P. Randolph

11
Girl " - " - -
Robert Morton

13
Boy " - " - -
Abraham Rodman

51
Married Narragansett Carpenter Gay Head 12 cattle, 1 horse, 4 swine 25 acres.
Charlotte M. Rodman,***

45
" Gay Head - " -
Mary Jane Rodman

18
Single " - " 2 acres.
Benjamin Rodman

15
Boy " - " -
Caleb Rodman

13
" " - " -
Elizabeth Rodman

9
Girl " - " -
Isaac D. Rose,****

47
Married Fall River Farmer " - 12 acres.
Harriet A. Rose

38
" Gay Head - " - -
Alfred P. Rose

11
Boy " - " - -
Mincolo C. B. Rose

6
Girl " - " - -
Francis Sylvia

51
Married Portuguese, (for.) Mariner Gone to parts unknown - -
Eleanor Sylvia

40
" Gay Head - Gay Head - 16 acres.
James Sylvia

12
Boy " - " - -
Eleanora P. Sylvia

8
Girl " - " - -
Maria Sewell

59
Single " Pauper " - -
William Shepherd

66
Married Colored, (for'ner) Mariner Went to sea many yrs. since - -
Clara Shepherd

53
" Gay Head - Lun. Hos. Taunton, (Inc'ble - -
Mary Ann Shepherd

16
Single " - - - -
Joseph Stevens

50
" " Mariner Gay Head - -
John Terry***

22
" " " " - -
John Thompson,

33
Married " " " - -
Hannah P. Thompson,

24
" Marshpee - - - -

* Separated from his wife, who, with her son, are on the Marshpee list.
** Sarah A. Peters is since deceased.
*** Since deceased.
**** Another daughter, Harriet S., born about March, 1860.

 

NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race. Occupation. Residence. Stock. Land in severalty
William A. Vanderhoop

44
Married Col. (for.) from Surinam Barber, now farmer Gay Head 4 cattle, 1 swine 20 acres.
Beulah Vanderhoop

45
" Gay Head - " - -
Louisa E. Vanderhoop

21
Single " - " - -
Wm. A. Vanderhoop, Jr.

19
" " - " - -
Paulina A. Vanderhoop

17
" " - " - -
John P. Vanderhoop

15
Boy " - " - -
Anna E. Vanderhoop

13
Girl " - " - -
Edwin D. Vanderhoop

11
Boy " - " - -
Nannette C. Vanderhoop

9
Girl " - " - -
Cummings B. Vanderhoop

6
Boy " - " - -
Leonard L. Vanderhoop

4
" " - " - -
Hebron Walmsley

39
Married " Carpenter " - 5 acres.
Eleanor Walmsley

38
" " - " - -
Celestine Walmsley

19
Single " - " - -
Tolman Walmsley

18
Boy " - " - -
Amey Walmsley

15
Girl " - " - -
Lavinia Walmsley

12
Girl " - " - -
Hebron Walmsley, Jr.

10
Boy " - " - -
Valentine Walmsley

2
" " - " - -
Jane Walmsley

60
Widow " - " 3 cattle 7 acres.
Tristram Weeks

59
Married " Farmer " 4 cattle, 3 horses, 3 swine 12 acres.
Tamezen Weeks

54
" " - " - -
Elizabeth Weeks

14
Girl " - " - -
Tristram Weeks, Jr.

10
Boy " - " - -
Triphosa Thomas,*

19
Single Gay Head - Gay Head 1 cow 2 acres.
Thomas Green Cooper,**

22
" " Mariner " - -
John Williams

61
Married Colored, (for.) Boatman " - -
Sophronia Williams

56
" Gay Head - " 1 swine 10 acres.

* Daughter of Tamezen Weeks by first husband.
** Brother of Tamezen Weeks.

 

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST


NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race. Occupation. Residence. Stock. Land in severalty.
Bathsheba Aucouch

47
- Gay Head - New Bedford. - -
Daniel Deming

45
Married Colored, (for.) Bricklayer - - -
Mary A. Deming

42
" Gay Head - - - -
Mary S. Deming

17
Single " - - - -
Charles W. Deming

16
Boy " - - - -
Alice J. Deming

14
Girl " - - - -
Daniel Deming, Jr.

12
Boy " - - - -
Dyer W. Deming

9
" " - - - -
Angeline C. Deming

6
Girl " - - - -
Catherine Francis

35
Single " - Chilmark - 10 acres in Chilmark.
Jemima Francis

13
Girl " - " - -
Olive Francis

13
" " - " - -
Daniel W. Francis

7
Boy " - " - -
Eugene Francis

5
" " - " - -
James E. Henry

33
Married Colored, (for.) Mariner New Bedford - -
Jane E. Henry

37
" Gay Head - " - -
Mary Almy Henry

15
Girl " - " - -

SUPLEMENTARY LIST-Continued.


NAME.

Age.
Sex or Condition. Tribe or Race Occupation Residence Stock. Land in severalty
James E. Henry, Jr.

13
Boy Gay Head - New Bedford. - -
William Henry

11
" " - " - -
Ranzaretta Henry

7
Girl " - " - -
William Haskins

42
Married " Master mariner " - -
Elizabeth P. Haskins

33
" Colored, (for.) - " - -
Margaret K. Haskins

14
Girl Gay Head - " - -
Hannah Haskins

11
" " - " - -
Caroline W. Haskins

10
" " - " - -
Mary L. E. Haskins

5
" " - " - -
Elizabeth R. Haskins

1 ½
" " - " - -
Peter Howard

33
Married Colored, (for.) - " - -
Almira Howard

32
" Gay Head - " - -
Elizabeth Howard

3
Girl " - " - -
Laura Howard

1
" " - " - -
Anthony G. Jordan

47
Married Colored, (for.) - " - -
Hepzibah C. Jordan

47
" Gay Head - " - -
Anthony G. Jordan, Jr.

21
Single " - " - -
John P. Jordan

19
" " - " - -
Julius L. Jordan

17
Boy " - " - -
Lydia C. Jordan

15
Girl " - " - -
Charles B. Jordan

11
Boy " - " - -
William P. Powell

-
Married Colored, (for.) - - - -
Mercy O. Powell

47
" Gay Head - - - -
William P. Powell, Jr.

25
Single " - - - -
Edward Powell

-
" " - - - -
Sylvester Powell

-
Boy " - - - -
Isaiah Powell

-
" " - - - -
Mercy Powell

-
Girl " - - - -
Samuel Powell

-
Boy " - - - -
Sarah Powell

-
Girl " - - - -
Catherine Ockray

-
- - - New Bedford. - -
Amelia Lewis

24
Single Gay Head - Westport. - -




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