Assessment Roll
Extracted From
Chapter XVII
Early history of the town of Hopkinton :
history of East Village (Nicholville) and vicinity,
diaries of Elisha Risdon and Artemas Kent,
soldiers of the Civil War,
genealogical record of sixty of the pioneer families
Carlton E. Sanford
Boston: Bartlett Press, 1903
[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]
The following assessment roll of the real and personal property of the town of Hopkinton for the year 1850 was made by Nelson Crouch, Isaac R. Hopkins and James Parker, assessors:
Names of Residents. No. of Acres Value.
Abbott, Samuel B. 160 750
Adams, Milo 85 170
Ainsworth, Riley 55 55
Ames, Peter 50 25
Andrews, Orin 70 250
Andrews, Roswell 54 75
Atwood, L. D. 46 150
Austin, Charles 120 300
Austin, Isaac 225 700
Belden, D.K. 25 30
Benam, Peleg 58 60
Bickford, Henry N. 36 36
Blair, Alanson 76 76
Blair, Charles 65 65
Blair, Martin 20 20
Blake, Henry 21 25
Blake, L. and Austin C. 25 25
Blake, Lewis 50 75
Blanchard, Isaac 90 200
Blanchard, Warren 145 300
Brown, Harvey 190 500
Brown, Philander 47 360
Brown, Reuben 50 125
Brown, Silas 100 350
Brown, Stoughton 50 20
Brownell, Alvah 17 20
Brownell, Jasper 89 220
Brownell, R. 13 15
Brush, Eliphalet 150 900
Brush, Jason 35 280
Brush, Joseph 189 975
Brush, Joseph A. 287 1100
Bryant, Benjamin 36 36
Cady, I. S. l62 300
Call, Nat 1 50
Campfield, Joseph 275 900
Capel, Henry C. 50 150
Carpenter, Delany 37 275
Castle, Merriam 39 40
Chandler, William 10 20
Chase, John 100 75
Cheney, Paul I. 67 67
Chittenden, Chauncy 25 75
Chittenden, Clark S. 660 4200
Chittenden, Solomon 10 225
Claflin, Sylvanus 50 25
Clark, Emeline 50 50
Clough 70 70
Clough, Hiram & Edward 50 50
Conlin, John. 36 40
Conner, John . 66 66
Conyers, Parker 150 350
Cotton, John 40 40
Covey, Thankful 11 140
Crocket, George 3 50
Crook, Samuel 1 75
Crouch; Nelson C. 265 730
Cudworth, Ebenezer 50 25
Culver, Zoraster 1.5 600
Culver, Zoraster 246 866
Cutler, Calvin 54 50
Cutler, Darius 30 30
Cutler, Gilbert 50 30
Cutler, John 90 125
Daggett, David 1/2 100
Daniels, Malvan 75 75
Dewey, Hubbell 88 200
Dewey, Jared 70 125
Dewey, Jared L. 25 25
Dewey, Roswell 50 50
Dewey, William 188 250
Durfey, Joseph B. 220 750
Eastman, Lee 225 1225
Eastman, Samuel
Eastman, Samuel, Jr. 98 300
Eastman, William 258 1300
Eggleston, Ambrose 10 100
Eggleston, Benjamin C. 86 250
Eggleston, George 66 600
Eggleston, George W. 63 250
Eggleston, Harmon 22 150
Eggleston, Sanford 34 250
Faulkner, Charles 115 175
Finuff, Paul I. 50 175
Fisher, Alanson 100 500
Fisk, Charles A. 50 100
Fletcher, Dan S. 150 300
Fling Alfred 110 300
Foster, John R. 1 125
Fox, Thomas 20 20
Freeman, Clark H. 3 200
Garland, Thomas 50 25
Gibson, Charles 10 10
Gilbert, Proctor 20 20
Gilbert, Wilder 40 50
Gillen, Michael 36 36
Goodell, Joel 218 1550
Goodell, Joel, Jr 1/2 100
Goodnow, Emerson 50 50
Goodnow, Hiram 52 52
Goodnow, Horace 50 50
Goodnow, Nathaniel 4 200
Gould, Jacob T. 100 500
Grandy, Albert 40 40
Gray, Hardy 50 50
Griffin 55 80
Griggs, Guy 33 100
Hamilton, Darwin F 37 100
Hamilton, William H. 52 100
Hancock, Jeremiah 70 70
Harran, Alfred, Sr. 78 234
Hayden, Horace 36 70
Henderson, David 150 900
Herriman, Adna 12 12
Herriman, Thomas 20 20
Herriman, Walter 50 50
Hill, Reuben 50 40
Hodgkins, George R. 41/2 100
Hopkins, Fred L. 17 350
Hopkins, Isaac R. 118 950
Hopkins, Mary 22 250
Howe, Seymour 48 100
Howe, T. L. 52.5 375
Hoyt, Chandler 87 175
Hoyt, Daniel 20 20
Hubbard, Harvey 3 50
Hyde, Ezra 121/2 300
Jennie, Asahel 59 75
Jennie, Ezekiel 63 200
Johnson, Betsey 1/2 50
Kellogg & Wright 3 200
Kellogg, Franklin 9 200
Kendrick, David 35 35
Kennedy, Hugh 50 125
Kennedy, Jacob 2 100
Kent, Artemas 228 1300
Kent, Asahel 104 900
Kent, Darius E. 162 615
Kent, Lucian 1000 500
Kimball, George 77 100
Knap, George 60 60
Landon, Edward 1 50
Laughlin, T. H 4 200
Laughlin, T. H 263 1250
Lawrence, Lorenzo 1 50
Lawrence, Ruel 26 300
Leach, David 85 175
Lindsay, Henry 51 100
Lindsay, Hiram 50 125
Linindoll, Iona 15 30
Linindoll, Jacob 75 175
Lovell, I. P. 60 100
Lyman, L 4 150
Mains, Thomas 22 22
Mason, Hiram 66 66
McArthur, Noble 52 50
Meacham, Thomas 1 50
Merrill, Dyer L. 343 1250
Merrill, S.B. 120 145
Moon, Hannah 50 150
Moon, Jesse
Morgan, S.T. 12 15
Moses, William 70 280
Mosher, Alvan 50 250
Mosher, Philip 188 670
Names of Residents. No. of Acres. Value.
Nay, William A. 87 300
Neal, John 50 50
Newman, John 78 200
Newton, Hiram 60 175
Newton, Hubbard 54 50
Newton, William 141 300
Niles, Charles 1 100
Ober, Elijah 51 100
Oliver, Lyman 95 175
Oliver, William 27 75
Packard, Fayette 1 100
Parker, Francis 174 330
Parker, Patrick 159 200
Parker, Solon C. 70 125
Peck, Julius 179 500
Peck, Orlin A. 130 250
Phelps, Jesse 77 77
Phelps, William S. 357 1200
Phillips, Israel
Post, Elias 88 400
Post, Noah 2 50
Potter, Anson 42 50
Priest, Francis 57 100
Pulsifer, Ansel 22 22
Putnam, Seth 125 500
Ransom, Stephen 2 100
Remington, Aurelius 75 125
Remington, S.C. 203 650
Richardson, Lewis 89 90
Richardson, William M. 82 140
Ring, William S. 27 150
Risdon, E. Harmon 251 950
Risdon, Elisha 78 78
Roberts, Eli 49 90
Roberts, Ephraim 67 525
Roberts, John S. 208 600
Robson, William 100 100
Sanborn, Edmond 100 100
Sanford, Jonah 124 1100
Sanford, Jonah, Jr 450 800
Sanford, Jonah, nine parcels of 544 1493
Sanford, S.S. 32 32
Shaw, I.F. 25 25
Sheldon, A.C. 2 125
Sheldon, Albert 87 450
Sheldon, Asa 68 350
Sheldon, Esther 50 225
Sheldon, Ezra R. 188 625
Sheldon, Gaius 140 500
Sheldon, Hiram B. 15 225
Sheldon, John 80 400
Sherman, Elkanah 29 29
Sherman, Joseph 80 80
Sherman, William 20 20
Shonyo, Antoine 52 52
Simpson, George W. 57 57
Simpson, Maywell 144 144
Smith, A.T. 72 72
Smith, Elisaph 48 48
Smith, James 80 150
Smith, Joseph 118 550
Smith, Josiah 264 850
Snell, Isaac 100 300
Sprague, Dr. Gideon 13 460
Squire, Abner 200 225
Squire, Asa 50 150
Squire, Eben 80 300
Squire, Ira 160 650
Squire, Levi 1 25
Squire, Russell 60 300
Stevens, David 45 50
Stevens, Elander 1/4 100
Stevens, L.L. 51 51
Stoddard, A. 25 75
Stone, Thomas 85 85
Swett, Thomas 129 400
Tucker, Zebra 52 52
Tupper, Ezra 33 33
Turner, Leander
Turner, Stephen 1 1/2 150
Wadsworth, Henry 60 60
Waller, Lyman 52 50
Ward, George R. 60 90
Ward, Henry 7 20
Warner, Aaron 135 750
Warner, Aaron L. 70 250
Warner, W. F. 88 450
Wart, Frederick 60 60
Weeks, Lyman, Jr. 100 75
Welch, Johnson 35 35
Weller, Charles B. 90 125
Weller, Philander 223 225
Wells, Reuben 129 560
White, George 75 75
White, Lewis 47 50
White, Nelson 1/2 50
Wilcox, Joseph L. 40 40
Wilkinson, widow 18 36
Wilson, Hezekiah 100 250
Wilson, Samuel 1 100
Wilson, T.N. 2 30
Winnie, Cornelius 1/2 25
Witherell, Joel 140 600
Witherell, Nelson 200 200
Witherell, S. R. 68 300
Wood, Josephus 75 125
Woodruff, William 60 75
Wright, Caleb 12 80
Wright, Rosalinda 470 1600
Only the following persons were assessed personal: viz., Eliphalet Brush, 100; George Brush, 50; Samuel Eastman, 300; Lee Eastman, 600; Darius E. Kent, 500; and Aaron Warner, 200. Evidently there were some who escaped as there are now. Judging by this assessment the people were still struggling, though nothing like as poor as thirty to forty years previous. The low assessment of the farms is also a little surprising.