{"id":52531,"date":"2019-09-09T11:14:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T15:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=52531"},"modified":"2020-03-05T19:37:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:37:37","slug":"my-3rd-great-grandfather-ezra-sawyer-i-found-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/my-3rd-great-grandfather-ezra-sawyer-i-found-him.html","title":{"rendered":"My 3rd Great-Grandfather Ezra Sawyer \u2013 I Found Him!"},"content":{"rendered":"

My 3rd great-grandfather, Ezra Sawyer<\/a>, would have been 221 years old this year. He was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and lived most of his life in New Hampshire. He died and is buried in Woodstock, New Hampshire. You can see his grave here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking at the U.S. Federal Census<\/a> in GenealogyBank, I found him in the 1840 census<\/a>, living in Woodstock.<\/p>\n

\"Source:<\/a>
Source: GenealogyBank, \u201cUnited States Census, 1840,\u201d database with images, GenealogyBank (https:\/\/genealogybank.com\/#), Ezra Sawyer, Woodstock, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. (Original index: United States Census, 1840, FamilySearch, 2014.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There he is \u2013 but what do all of those numbers mean?<\/p>\n

The 1790 to 1840 census only listed the name of the \u201cHead of the Household,\u201d which could have been a man or woman. The rest of the household were tabulated by their age group.<\/p>\n

A handy tool for understanding these early population counts are the census work forms available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Using the 1830\/1840 census work sheet I can see what these numbers mean.<\/p>\n

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Source: FamilySearch Wiki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For Ezra Sawyer\u2019s family in the census we learn:<\/p>\n

Males:<\/p>\n