Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IHSTORY OP MINOHAM. Population. In 1765, Hingham (including Cohasset) contained a population of 2467 souls. In 1800, the population of Hingham alone was 2112, viz. : Males 951 ; Females 1121 ; Coloured people 40. In 1810 the whole population was 2382. The following is a view of the census of 1820 : 378 Females 367 218 195 256 258 293 339 225 333 Males under 10 yrs. 10 to 16 " 16 " 26 " 26 " 45 " -45 and upwards 1492 1370 Foreigners not naturalized, Engaged in agriculture, " " commerce, " " manufactures, Coloured people of both sexes, First Parish, 1511 Second " 552 Third Society, 602 Others, 197 Total, 2862 Census in 1810, 2382 R. Polls tt 279 153 387 45 403 154 129 Gain in 10 years, 480. from six to ten hands each. The following table will show the number of sail, and the amount of barrels packed each year. No. sail, 1815, 14 1816, 20 1818, 25 1819, 30 1820, 30 1821, 27 10875 $ The quantity of salt used in striking and packing the above mentioned number of barrels of mackerel, was 199,667 bushels.— Hingham Gazette, Feb. 9, 1827. No. bbls.No. sail.No. bbls.3615 1822,36186316139 1823,38148026642 I 1824,412445711480$ 1825,433110913431 1826,4618554The present number of qualified voters is about 550 ; and of families, 600. The town is undoubtedly as flourishing as it has been at any former period, and if the increase of population since 1820, has been in the same ratio, as for the 10 years previous, the present population of the town would amount to 3200 souls. The actual number of polls assessed, was, in 1815, 514 ; in 1820, 547, and in 1826, 628. Militia. There are in Hingham, three standing companies of militia, commanded by Capt. Charles Shute, Capt. Joshua Humphrey, and Capt. Alfred C...