Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 331: 1850 U.S. Census Record for Joseph Champlin (1757-1850)

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1850 United States Federal Census record for Joseph Champlin (1757-1850) in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island (over two pages):

The Joseph Champlin family snippets:

The extracted information for this household:

*  Joseph Champlin - age 57, male, a farmer, $6,000 in real property, born R.I.

*  Mary Champlin - age 54, female, born R.I.

*  John H. Champlin - age 28, male, a farmer, born R.I.

*  Charles Champlin - age 23, male, a farmer, born R.I.

*  Isra T. Champlin - age 18, male, a farmer, born R.I.

*  Samuel E. Champlin - age 16, male, a farmer, born R.I.

*  Mary Champlin - age 23, female, born R.I.

*  Esther Champlin - age 31, female, born R.I.

*  Joanna H. Champlin - age 15, female, born R.I., attends school

*  Abigail Champlin - age 14, female, born R.I., attends school

*  Caroline Champlin - age 12, female, born R.I., attends school

*  Joseph Champlin senr - age 92, male, a farmer, born R.I.

The source citation for Joseph Champlin, Senior:

1850 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Rhode Island, population schedule, South Kingstown, page 353A (stamped), Dwelling #267, Family #310, Joseph Champlin household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 847.

In this record, Joseph Champlin senior, age 92, is listed last on the Joseph Champlin (age 57) household over two census pages.  The younger Joseph is the son of the elder Joseph.  

Joseph Champlin Senior (1757-1850) is my 4th great-grandfather.  He married Nancy Kenyon (1765-1833) and they had 12 children.  I am descended through their daughter, Amy Champlin (1798-1865) who married Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872) in 1813.

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