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? |
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 |
||||||||||||||
|
22 HW & CW Barber
|
6
|
20
|
40yrds
|
|||||||||||
|
24 Horace C Barber
|
16
|
20yrds
|
30yrds
|
|||||||||||
|
25 Horace
Bissel |
12
|
|||||||||||||
|
26 Horace C Bronson
|
6
|
40
|
||||||||||||
|
27 Hastings Brewer
|
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 |
| 28 Hiram G. Beach |
4
|
1
|
2
|
150
|
2
|
325
|
40
|
50
|
||||||||||||
| 29 Isaac Booth |
5
|
1
|
600
|
375
|
12
|
12
|
45
|
49
|
||||||||||||
| 30 Jonathan Bailey |
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
90
|
2
|
300
|
13
|
6
|
24
|
200
|
||||||
| 31 James Burwell |
2
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
130
|
10
|
25
|
|||||||||||||
| 32 Joseph Bronson |
4
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
300
|
270
|
6
|
760
|
10
|
7
|
45
|
75
|
10
|
||||
| 33 Jonathan B. Balch |
2
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| 34 John B. Bartholomew |
5
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
300
|
250
|
2
|
600
|
12
|
9
|
9
|
23
|
56
|
||||
| 35 Jonathan Balch |
5
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
300
|
300
|
2
|
600
|
40
|
1
|
33
|
30
|
65
|
96
|
||
| 36 John Bull |
4
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
600
|
600
|
3
|
900
|
20
|
20
|
12
|
48
|
|||||
| 37 Joseph Baldwin |
7
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
300
|
6
|
730
|
16
|
5
|
9
|
4
|
27
|
72
|
||||
| 38 Lathrop Bartholomew |
1
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| 39 Lauren Barber |
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
266
|
500
|
2
|
575
|
17
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
29
|
42
|
|||||
| 40 Leverett J. Bassett |
10
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
400
|
350
|
13
|
1050
|
25
|
31
|
7
|
7
|
30
|
50
|
|||
| 41 Luman Bancroft |
4
|
1
|
1
|
125
|
1
|
200
|
18
|
12
|
20
|
49
|
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 |
| 28 Hiram G. Beach |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 Isaac Booth |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 Jonathan Bailey |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 James Burwell |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 Joseph Bronson |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 Jonathan B. Balch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 John B. Bartholomew | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 Jonathan Balch |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 36 John Bull |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 37 Joseph Baldwin |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 Lathrop Bartholomew | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 Lauren Barber |
||||||||||||||||||||
| 40 Leverett J. Bassett | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 Luman Bancroft |