Early Newfoundland Inhabitants

Conception Bay North ~ Carbonear

Newfoundland Census: 1675 - 1692

1675 Census - Captain Sir John Berry, of HMS Bristol.

(Colonial Office 1.35 Folios 150 - 156)

The names of the English Inhabitants with the number of their boats, men, wives and children.

There are belonging to His Majesty’s Subjects here 543 head of cattle.

There are women and children, 231.

Their servants are 1022.

The planters themselves, 114.

Carbonear

Henry Pinn & wife. 4 female children. 2 Boats, 7 Men, 1 Stage.

John Edwards & wife 1 male children. 2 Boats, 8 Men, 1 Stage.

William Bradley & wife. 1 female children. 2 Boats, 5 Men, 1 Stage.

Abraham King Document faded…

Richard Windsor Document faded…

John Guy Sr. Document faded…

John Guy Jr. *Shares 2 boats with John Guy Sr.

Crocker’s Cove

Bartholomew Keys & wife. 1 male children, 1 female. 1 Boat, 2 Men, 1 Stage.

Roger Butt & wife. 2 male children, 2 female. 1 Boat, 4 Men, 1 Stage.

Clowns Cove (Freshwater)

Joseph Parsons & wife. 3 male children, 2 female. 1 Boat, 3 Men, 1 Stage.

1675 Fishing Ship Census - Captain Sir John Berry, of HMS Bristol.

(Colonial Office 1.35 Folios 137 - 148)

(Ship census data includes: Vessel name if known_Port of origin_ Nationality_Master's name)

Carbonear

Elizabeth, London, British, Roger Baker

Patience, Bristol, British, John Mills

Bristol Ketch, Bristol, British, William Whitehair

Mary Rose, Guernsey, British, John Bandinell

Baltimore, Bristol, British, James Porter

1676 Fishing Ship Census - Captain Russell of HMS Reserve.

(Colonial Office 1.38 Folios 222 - 224)

Carbonear

?, Bristol, John Blasterd

?, Bristol, Thomas Edwards

?, Dartmouth, Ezekial Smith

?, Dartmouth, General Crew

1676 Census - Captain John Wyborne’s Planter Census.

(Colonial Office 1.38 Folios 239 - 242)

Carbonear

Nicholas Guy - Planter. 2 Boats.

John Guy - Planter. 2 Boats.

Joseph Person & wife. 7 children, 1 Boat, 5 Servants.

Roger Butts & wife. 4 Children, 2 Boats, 10 Servants.

Bartholomew Coyne & wife. 3 children, 2 Boat, 7 Servants.

Abraham King 2 Boats, 10 Servants.

William Bradley & wife. 4 children, 2 Boats, 7 Servants.

John Edwards & wife. 2 children, 3 Boats, 13 Servants.

Widow Edwards 2 Boats, 10 Men.

Henry Pinn & wife. 4 children, 2 Boats, 10 Servants.

Richard Guy & wife. 3 children, 2 Boats, 7 Servants.

William Kines 1 Boat, 3 Servants.

John Junt & wife. 3 children, 2 Boats, 8 Servants.

Widow Gresham 1 Boat, 3 Servants.

1677 Inhabitant_Planter Census - Captain Sir William Poole, of HMS Leopard

(Colonial Office 1.41 Folios 157 - 166)

Barron Harbour, Bay Bulls, Bay de Verde, Bay Roberts, Bonaventure, Bryants Cove, Brigus, Caplin Bay, Carbonear,

Clowns Cove, Crockers Cove, Cupids Cove, English Harbour, Fermeuse, Ferryland, Harbour Grace, Harbour Main,

Irelands Eye, Little Harbour, Mosquito Bay, Muskets Cove, St. John’s, Trinity, Trinity Harbour, Witless Bay.

Inhabitants, wives, children, servants_male/female, dwelling houses, storehouses, lodging for servants, gardens, Boats, Stages.

*****Servants are male unless otherwise noted.

Carbonear

John Guy Wife, 1 son, 3 daughters, 9 servants, 4 houses, 1 storehouse, garden, 2 Boats, 1 Stage.

Henry Pynne Wife, 2 sons, 5 daughters, 12 servants, house, 1 storehouse, 2 gardens, 3 Boats, 1 Stage.

Bartholomew Caines Wife, 2 sons, 1 daughter, 8 servants, house, 2 gardens, 2 Boats, 1 Stage.

Joseph Parsons Wife, 2 sons, 4 daughters, 3 servants, house, 2 storehouses, garden, 1 Boat, 1 Stage.

John Edwards Wife, 1 son, 1 daughter, 17 servants, house, 2 storehouses, garden, 4 Boats, 1 Stage.

William Bradley Wife, 3 sons, 2 daughters, 9 servants, house, 2 storehouses, garden, 2 Boats, 1 Stage.

Abraham King 16 servants, house, 2 storehouses, garden, 2 Boats, 1 Stage.

Nicholas Guy Wife, 1 son, 2 daughters, 7 servants, house, 1 storehouse, 2 Boats, 1 Stage.

Sarah Edwards, Widow 13 servants, house, 4 storehouses, 3 Boats, 1 Stage.

Roger Burt Wife, 3 sons, 2 daughters, 8 servants, house, 1 storehouse, 2 gardens, 2 Boats, 1 Stage.

Charles Davis Wife, 5 servants, house, 2 storehouses, 1 Boat, 1 Stage.

Notable: Henry Pynn, 15 cattle & 12 hogs. Widow Sarah Edwards, 13 cattle & 4 hogs. King came next. Then John Edwards, & next, Guys.

1677 Fishing Ships - Captain Sir Robert Robinson, of HMS Assistance

( Colonial Office 1.41 Folios 168 - 172)

Carbonear

The Prudence, Dartmouth, British, Richard Croot

The Jacob, Bristol, British, Thomas Edwards

1680 ByeBoats - Captain Sir Robert Robinson of HMS Assistance

(Colonial Office 1.46 Folio 22)

1680 Anon Census

(Colonial Office ?, Folio 121)

212 English Planters in Newfoundland

97 vessels fished in the English ports in Newfoundland.

1681 Census - Captain James Story of HMS Antelope

( Colonial Office 1.47 Folios 113 - 122)

Carbonear

John Lyvy - Planter

Christopher Bradley - Planter

Barn.d Luther - Planter

John Edward - Planter

Jhon.e Pine - Planter

Abraham King - Planter

Charles Davis - Planter

Roger Burt - Planter

Bartholomew Kind - Planter

Joseph Parsons - Planter

Thomas Pike - Planter

Dorcas, Dartmouth, British, Christopher Selman - Fishing Admiral.

Beginning, Topsham, British, Samuel Hammon - Sack Ship taking 1100 quintals outward.

William and Joane, Topsham, British, Richard Wetherell - Sack Ship taking 1400 quintals outward.

Sarah, Topsham, British, Christopher Hellen - Sack Ship taking 700 quintals outward.

Plough, Topsham, British, Stephen Wetherell - Sack Ship taking 800 quintals outward.

Exon, Topsham, British, Samuel Slover - Sack Ship taking 700 quintals outward.

Aurora Merchant, Topsham, British, Thomas Toman - Sack Ship taking 800 quintals outward.

Sea Horse, Dublin, British Ireland, John Tormans - Sack Ship taking 2200 quintals outward.

John and Mary, Limerick, British Ireland, Samuel Morgan - Sack Ship taking 500 quintals outward.

Katherine, London, British, William Grist - Sack Ship taking 4500 quintals outward.

Olive Branch, Bristol, British, John Barkett - Sack Ship taking 2000 quintals outward.

Jeremiah, Bristol, British, William Carridge - Sack Ship taking 1500 quintals outward.

1684 Census - Captain Sir Francis Wheeler of HMS Tiger

(Colonial Office 1.55 Folio 257)

Carbonear, 18 Boats

1684 Fishing Ships Census - Captain Sir Francis Wheeler of HMS Tiger

(Colonial Office 1.55 Folio 254)

Carbonear

Sampson, Dartmouth, British, Richard Cruite

1692 Census - Captain Thomas Crawley of HMS Reserve

( Colonial Office 1.68 Folios 271 - 272

Carbonear, 25 Boats

	Endnotes:


*How many of these early Newfoundland folk listed, were English, Irish, or Channel Island, merchant Factors?  Planters?



*****The reader is advised to always check with the original Census material for possible correction
of names of individuals contained in this file.  The originals are very faded, in cases.  Sourced 
Census material, appears mixed on some LDS microfilm.  Other typed transcripted sourced material may 
contain surname spelling errors.  Since the info within this file is derived from plural sources over
many years, often not being of original material transcription, a caution flag must be thus placed.

P.S.  The author for the earlier posted 1675 Newfoundland Census file here in this Early NL Census has realized 
some 1676 Census individuals, are included with the 1675 folk.  The reason being, the LDS microfilm sourced; 
contains mixed Census info for 1675 and 1676.  This current file, will be considered a correction to any
discrepancy noticed in the former posted file, when compared withoriginal Census materials.

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*Seventeenth
century references to early Newfoundland Census materials. These originals reside in a variety of repositories in 
Newfoundland.  The following list comes from the NEHGS publication Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research. 


1675 – Sir John Berry Census –
list of planters from Cape de Razo to Cape Bonavista; names planters
for thirty harbours.

1676 – Capt Russell’s Census
– account of English inhabitants between Bonaventure and Petty
Harbour; includes names in 18 settlements.

1677 – Sir
John Berry Census – Cape Race to Cape Bonavista; names each
community, inhabitants, numbers of wives, children, servants, houses,
boats, stages, animals, and pasture land.

1677 – Sir
William Poole’s Census – Cape Bonavista to Trepassey;
names inhabitants, number of wives, sons, etc., covering 28
settlements.

1675-1677 – A short list of planters at
Renews in 1663, and a list of 19 planters in St. John’s in 1669
by John Yonge.

1681 – Captain James Story’s Census
– planters from Trepassey to Bonavista to Fair Island.

1682
– Captain Daniel Jones’ Census.

And there are
census returns for 1691 and 1693.

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Early Newfoundland Census

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1708	List of inhabitants Names, and the number of their families, in 28
settlements from Ferryland to Bonavista.  

CO 194/4.  Pages 253-6.

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A
History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial and Foreign
Records, by D. W. Prowse.  Page 199.
*Bay Bulls a convoy destination in 1682?  Captain Daniel Jones, R.N., H.
M. S. Diamond.

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The Bristol Registers of Servants: Sent to Foreign Plantation 1654-1686. 
By: Peter Wilson Coldham.  (1663 - 1679)

Page 349.  March 8, 16??
Lawrence Tanner to Thomas Harris, 7 years Newfoundland by "Olive Branch".

William Allen to Thomas Edwards.  5 years Newfoundland by "Olive
Branch".

Thomas Boone to Thomas Edwards, 7 years Newfoundland by "Olive Branch".

Page 374.
Robert Stephens of Bridport, Dorset, to Richard Downe, 3 years Newfoundland
by "Supply"

Henry Chapman of Sutton, Dorset, to Shadrach Burt, 4 years Newfoundland by
"Jeremy"