Lloyd Shanley Town Historian, Searching through piles of papers and books at the Harwinton Library Museum, found the following information contained in an unsigned booklet of statistics. These records allow the reader insight into the lives of common people over 150 years ago. I have rearranged the headings to better represent the categories.

 

Statistics for the Town Of Harwinton for the year ending October 1st. 1845

Andrew Abernathy was a physician, Agustus Alfred owned a machine shop and made 400$ on an investment of 3.000$, James Alling was a joiner and made 400$ for his labor, Weber Alfred collected an unknown amount of clover seed, Julius Alfred made 12 dolls and had 15 more started, Nabby Alfred painted 1000 clock glass faces and made 50 dolls, Phineas Andrus collected 25 pounds of flax and 1 bushel of seed.

Persons per house, Farm Animals, and related products

Head of Household persons horses oxen cows 3 yr old 2 yr old 1yr old calves cheese lbs.. butter lbs. swine live wt. sheep

wool lbs.

 lambs geese feathers
lbs.		 fowl eggs doz. turkeys
1 Andrew Abernethy 3 1
2 Augustus Alfred 6 2 1 300

2

 400 10 30

3 Weber?
Alfred

 8 1 2 5 1 4 3 250 350 10 1500 24 70 16 20 20 25 80
4 Eli L.
Alfred		 6 1 3 2 4 3 250 210 3 500 25 40 9
5 Julius
Alfred		 4 2 3 4 2 300 8 450 3 7 21 42
6 James
Alling		 3
7 Nabby
Alfred		 3 1 3 3 200 200 2 300 7 5 4 30 60
8 Phineas
Andrus		 7 2 3 3 340 210 4 600 4 45 8 27 22 60 60
9 Robert
Ames		 7 2 4 4 300 300 3 600 60 100
10 Roswell
Alfred		 3 2 1 1 2 400
11 Samuel
Atkins		 3 1 4 300 280 2 500 8 24 25 50

Fruit and Vegetable Production Statistics - All quantities in bushels except pumpkins which were recorded in wagon loads.

Head of Household
corn
rye
oats
buck wheat
potato
turnip
apples winter
apples common
apples
dried
wal-
nuts
chest-
nuts
carrots
beets

onions
beans
quinces
pears
peaches
grapes
pump-
kins
1 Andrew Abernethy
15
2 Agustus
Alfred
12
25
30
15
1/2
3 Weber
Alfred
30
25
60
40
20
30
100
25
16
2
1
4
2 loads
4 Eli L.
Alfred
20
7
20
50
12
500
6
5 Julius
Alfred
25
38
80
50
15
200
2
12 barrels
6 James
Alling
7 Nabby
Alfred
10
20
40
200
2
8 Phineas
Andrus
30
20
30
13
100
100
20
4
9 Robert
Ames
30
20
40
200
10 Roswell
Alfred
10
15
20
7
19
500
11 Samuel
Atkins
30
20
50
75
30
1 1/2

Manufacturing Statistics and etc.

Head of Household
lumber value
bark cords
fire wood cords
barrel staves
wheel spokes
shingles
charcoal bushels
hay tons

clothing value
linen cloth
flannel cloth
carpet yards
palm-leaf hats

cabbage heads
1 Andrew Abernethy
5

2 Augustus Alfred
3
3 Weber
Alfred
20
30
9$
13yrds
49yrds
4 Eli L.
Alfred
4$
15
8$
5 Julius
Alfred
6
1000
700
15
6 James
Alling
7 Nabby
Alfred
6
8 Phineas
Andrus
10
9 Robert
Ames
10
8
10 Roswell
Alfred
37$
2
8
11 Samuel
Atkins
12

Allen Birge had $4oo invested and made 30,000 shingles. His family also made 160,000 bricks worth $960. Charles Bentley was a clergyman, Ellis Burwell was a merchant, and Horace Bronson was a hatter. A. N. Barber made 15 pounds of woolen yarn, Edward Bartholomew made 500 pounds of sugar and Horace Barber made 5 pounds

Persons per house, Farm Animals, and related products

Head of Household persons horses oxen cows 3 yr old 2 yr old 1yr old calves cheese lbs.. butter lbs. swine live wt. sheep

wool lbs.

 lambs geese feathers
lbs.		 fowl eggs doz. turkeys
12 Allen
Birge
6
4
6
7
3
4
500
600
4
1000
11
100
29
10
10
20
80
13 A C
Brown
5
1
10
3
335
14 A. N.
Barber
4
2
4
3
320
280
2
350
30
6
49
112
15 Charles Bentley
2
1
1
12
16 Ellis
Burwell
3
2
2
100
2
400
20
17 Edward Bartholomew
4
1
2
12
9
1440
720
2
450
18 Erastus Baldwin
9
1
4
2
2
120
1
100
14
30
17
25
19 Ephraim Barker
4
1
2
3
2
3
1
250
250
5
1100
19
51
12
20 Exra H. Brown
10
1
175
21 Enos
Bunnel
4
22 HW & CW Barber
3
1
2
4
3
4
5
75
400
7
1350
11
33
7
8
7
20
70
24 Horace C Barber
3
1
2
6
2
1
750
226
1
175
7
30
9
16
48
25 Horace
Bissel
4
1
2
5
2
2
2
300
250
6
637
30
1
75
125
26 Horace C Bronson
7
1
1
3
30
100
1
250
16
36
27 Hastings Brewer
4
50
70

Fruit and Vegetable Production Statistics - All quantities in bushels except pumpkins which were recorded in wagon loads.

Head of Household
corn
rye
oats
buck wheat
potato
turnip
apples winter
apples common
apples
dried
wal-
nuts
chest-
nuts
carrots
beets

onions
beans
quinces
pears
peaches
grapes
pump-
kins
12 Allen
Birge
50
40
75
6
140
160
300
3
2
13 A C
Brown
15
25
75
4
14 A. N.
Barber
43
15
86
33
10
100
500
3
2
1
15 Charles Bentley
16 Ellis
Burwell
20
38
35
17 Edward Bartholomew
30
60
27
18 Erastus Baldwin
19 Ephraim Barker
30
15
70
230
200
2
20 Ezra H. Brown
1
21 Enos
Bunnel
22 HW & CW Barber
75
25
50
150
75
10
100
2
3
3
24 Horace C Barber
28
6
15
40
100
10
25 Horace
Bissel
24
80
22
100
10
2
26 Horace C Bronson
10
12
10
27 Hastings Brewer
20
3

Manufacturing Statistics and etc.

Head of Household
lumber value
bark cords
fire wood cords
barrel staves
wheel spokes
shingles
charcoal bushels
hay tons

clothing value
linen cloth
flannel cloth
carpet yards
palm-leaf hats

cabbage heads
12 Allen
Birge
252$
100
30,000
50
35yrds
37yrds
13 A C
Brown
30
600
8
15$
14 A. N.
Barber
600
13
40$
25yrds
30yrds
15 Charles
Bentley
4
16 Ellis
Burwell
7
17 Edward Bartholomew
14
18 Erastus
Baldwin
150$
19 Ephraim
Barker
22
20 Ezra H.
Brown
21 Enos
Bunnel
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