The 1840 census was taken on the 1st Jun, although enumerators were given 9 months (later extended to 18 months) to complete the task. Enumerators were asked to include the following categories in the census: name of head of household; number of free white males and females in age categories: 0 to 5, 5 to 10, 10 to 15, 15 to 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 50 to 60, 60 to 70, 70 to 80, 80 to 90, 90 to 100, over 100; the name of a slave owner and the number of slaves owned by that person; the number of male and female slaves and free "colored" persons by age categories; the number of foreigners (not naturalized) in a household; the number of deaf, dumb, and blind persons within a household; and town or district, and county of residence.
For the first time, the 1840 census also asked the ages of revolutionary war pensioners and the number of individuals engaged in mining, agriculture, commerce, manufacturing and trade, navigation of the ocean, navigation of canals, lakes and rivers, learned professions and engineers; number in school, number in family over age twenty-one who could not read and write, and the number of insane.
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| Forename | Surname | Place of residence |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander A | Foskett | Marion, Wayne, NY |
| Alexr | Fosgate | Albany Ward 5, Albany, New York |
| Alvin | Fosket | West Bloomfield, Ontario, NY |
| Ann | Forscutt | Sterling, Cayuga, New York |
| Ann B | Fosget | Not Stated, Saint Joseph, Indiana |
| Anson | Fosket | Winchester, Litchfield, CT |
| Asa | Fosket | Brimfield, Hampden, MA |
| Asa | Fosket | Monson, Hampden, MA |
| Asa | Foskett | Charlton, Worcester, MA |
| Asaph | Foskett | Winchendon, Worcester, MA |
| Benj | Fosket | Brimfield, Hampden, MA |
| Blanchard | Fosgate | Auburn, Cayuga, New York |
| Caleb | Foskett | Natick, Middlesex, MA |
| Dale | Fosket | Monson, Hampden, MA |
| Daniel | Fosket | Not Stated, Genesee, NY |
| Daniel | Foskett | Wilbraham, Hampden, MA |
| Daniel | Foskett | Westminster, Worcester, MA |
| Daniel | Foskett | Westminster, Worcester, MA |
| Dantford | Foskit | NY Ward 5, NY, NY |
| David | Foskett | Walworth, Wayne, NY |
| David | Fosgate | Greece, Monroe, New York |
| Dwight | Fosket | Wales, Hampden, MA |
| Dwight | Foskett | Warren, Worcester, MA |
| E | Fosket | Egremont, Berkshire, MA |
| Eben | Foskett | Charlton, Worcester, MA |
| Ebenezer | Foskett | Orange, Franklin, MA |
| Ebenr | Foskit | Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, MA |
| Edwin | Foskett | Gorham, Ontario, NY |
| Elbridge | Foskett | Winchendon, Worcester, MA |
| Elijah | Fosket | Brimfield, Hampden, MA |
| Elijah | Fosket | Wales, Hampden, MA |
| Ezekiel | Fosgate | Fowler, Saint Lawrence, New York |
| Ezekiel | Fosgate | Not Stated, Portage, Ohio |
| George | Fosket | West Bloomfield, Ontario, NY |
| George | Fosgate | Manchester, Ontario, New York |
| Hathaway | Fosket | Canandaigua, Ontario, NY |
| Hezk | Foskitt | Not Stated, Cortland, NY |
| Hiram | Foskett | Walworth, Wayne, NY |
| James | Foskett | Orange, Franklin, MA |
| James | Foskett | Gorham, Ontario, NY |
| Jefferson | Foskett | Orange, Franklin, MA |
| Joel | Fosket | Adams, Berkshire, MA |
| Joel | Fosket | New Marlboro, Berkshire, MA |
| Joel | Foskett | Westminster, Worcester, MA |
| Joel | Fosgate | Rose, Oakland, Michigan |
| John | Fosket | Canandaigua, Ontario, NY |
| John | Foskett | Westminster, Worcester, MA |
| John | Foskett | Marion, Wayne, NY |
| John | Fosgate | Gouverneur, Saint Lawrence, New York |
| Levi | Foskett | Winchendon, Worcester, MA |
| Luke | Fosgate | Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Marius | Foskett | Palmer, Hampden, MA |
| Mary | Foskett | Stafford, Tolland, CT |
| Mendall G | Fosgate | Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire |
| Moses | Foskett | Winchendon, Worcester, MA |
| Oliver | Fosgate | Berlin, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Orrin | Foskett | Stafford, Tolland, CT |
| Prescott | Foskett | Orange, Franklin, MA |
| R | Faskit | Not Stated, Franklin, Illinois |
| Robert | Fosgate | Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire |
| Roswell | Fosket | Brimfield, Hampden, MA |
| S | Fosgate | Orion, Oakland, Michigan |
| Samuel | Fosgate | Fowler, Saint Lawrence, New York |
| Sherebiah | Foskett | Woodstock, Windham, CT |
| Simon | Foskett | Westminster, Worcester, MA |
| Timothy | Fosket | Woodstock, Windham, CT |
| William | Fosgate | Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire |
| William A | Fosket | Winchester, Litchfield, CT |
| Wm | Foskett | Palmer, Hampden, MA |
| Wm | Foskett | Charlton, Worcester, MA |
| Wm R | Foskett | Millbury, Worcester, MA |
| Zenas | Foskett | Palmer, Hampden, MA |
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