1850 Mortality Census

Dukes County, Massachusetts

Chilmark, enumerated by R. L. Pease

Name Age Sex Color Free or Slave Married or widowed Place of Birth Month Died Profession Cause of Death Number of Days ill
Hancock, Samuel 77 Male     Married Tisbury, MA Jun. 20   Cancus Stom  
Mayhew, Jane 31 Female     Married Chilmark, MA May. 31   unknown 2 years
Tilton, Anna 73 Female       Chilmark, MA Sept. 18     7
Tilton, Margaret 73 Female     Married Chilmark, MA Nov. 1     10
Heward, Mary 84 Female     Widowed Chilmark, MA Sept.   Old age 7
Mayhew, Lydia 69 Female       Chilmark, MA Aug.   Old age  

Edgartown, enumerated by R. L. Pease

Name Age Sex Color Free or Slave Married or widowed Place of Birth Month Died Profession Cause of Death Number of Days ill
Worth, Velina 83 Female     Widowed Edgartown, MA June. 6   Old age 6 mo.
Norton, Susan 82 Female     Widowed Edgartown, MA July. 14   Consump 120
Muschant, Ephraim 56 Male     Widowed Edgartown, MA Aug. 15 Mariner sudden, Drowned  
Swift, Caroline W. 6 Female       Falmouth, MA Aug. 21   Dysentry 7
Luce, Cordelia D. 8/12 Female       Edgartown, MA Sep. 20   Chol. Inf. 6
Pease, Mary L. 19 Female     Married Edgartown, MA     Puerp. Fev. 10
Coffin, Mary 48 Female     Widowed Edgartown, MA Oct. 7   Dysentry 10
Durham, Joseph 69 Male     Widowed Edgartown, MA Oct. 14 Boat Builder Consump 35
Pease, George F. 14 Male       Nantucket, MA Oct. 12   sudden, Burned  
Mitchell, William 3 Male       Edgartown, MA Dec. 31   sudden, Fits  
Norton, Julia 51 Female     Widowed Edgartown, MA Feb. 14   Consump 100
Simpson, Mary Ann 2 Female       Edgartown, MA Mar. 7   sudden, Fits 1
Worth, Mercy 2 Female       Edgartown, MA Mar, 29   sudden, Fits  
Pease, Elizabeth 75 Female     Widowed Edgartown, MA Mar. 30   sudden  
Coon, George M. 4 Male       Edgartown, MA Apr. 15   Consump 70
Collins, Benjamin W. 25 Male       Edgartown, MA May. 3   Consump 120
Marchant, Gemalial 16 Male       Gloucester, MA May. 3   Brain Fever 11

Tisbury, enumerated by Rich L. Pease

Name Age Sex Color Free or slave Married or Widowed Place of Birth Month Died Profession Cause of Death Days ill
Smith, Mary 61 Female     Married Tisbury June 4   Consump  
Downs, Rebecca 75 Female     Widowed Tisbury June 10   Consump  
Tilton, Helen M.   Female     Married Tisbury June 24   Consump  
Look, Charles 60 Male     Married Tisbury July 3 Farmer Typ. Fever 14
Earl, Richard 54 Male     Married England July 7 Carpenter Consump 2 yrs
Martin, Rosalinda 27 Female     Married Farmington, MA Aug. 3   Inf. Bowels 12
West, Leonora 1 Female       Tisbury Aug. 5      
Luce, Martha 31 Female     Married Tisbury Aug. 30   Dis. Of Heart  
Brush, Emily B. 2 Female       Tisbury Sept. 19   Dysentry  
Luce, Cordelia 8/12 Female       Tisbury Sept. 20   Dysentry  
Chase, Thomas G. R. 3 Male       Tisbury Sept. 22   Dysentry 7
Cleveland, Lydia G. 1 Female       Tisbury Sept. 27   Dysentry 3
Holmes, Sarah M. 16 Female       Tisbury Sept. 28   Consump 150
Daggett, Louisa 1/12 Female       Tisbury Sept. 20   Dysentry  
Lucy, Mary D. 2 Female       Tisbury Oct. 4   Dysentry 16
Hawks, Susan 74 Female       Farmington, MA Oct. 4   Dysentry  
Lewis, Keziah 67 Female     Widowed Farmington, MA Oct. 5   Dysentry  
Luce, Betty 63 Female     Married Tisbury Oct. 6   Dropsy 6 mos.
Norton, Mary 66 Female     Married Tisbury Oct. 12   Dysentry 7
Heald, John 58 Male     Married Farmington, MA Oct. 14 Shoemaker Dysentry 14
Lambert, Augustus M. 6/12 Male       Tisbury Oct. 26   Dysentry  
Crosthwaite, David 32 Male       England Oct. 29 Physician Consump  
Lamphers, Sarah H. 16 Female     Married Tisbury Nov. 5   Typ. Fever  
Luce, Mary E. 6/12 Female       Tisbury Nov. 15      
Butler, Sarah 77 Female     Widowed Tisbury Dec. 18   Bronchitis  
Andrews, Celia 62 Female     Widowed Tisbury Dec. 27   Consump 25
Luce, Mehitable 95 Female     Widowed Tisbury Dec. 31   Old Age  
Daggett, Mary 68 Female     Married Tisbury July 6   Consump  
Athearn, Ezra 60 Male     Married Tisbury Apr. 4 Farmer Palsy Chronic
Window, George R. 2/12 Male       Tisbury Oct. 8   Dysentry 14
Earl, Eunice 1 Female       Tisbury Aug. 9   Fits 7
Athearn, Solomon 69 Male     Married Tisbury Apr. 15 Blacksmith Dysentry 7
Richardson, George 77 Male     Widowed   Feb. 11 Fisherman Lung Fever  
Winslow, Rhoda 76 Female     Widowed Tisbury Feb. 2   Consump  
Winslow, Rebecca 60 Female     Married Tisbury Feb. 13   Lung Fever

 


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