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SOURCE: 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services;
With the names, ages, and places of residence
Returned by the marshalls of the several judicial districts; under
The Act for Taking the Sixth Census
Typed and Reformatted By: Kathy Leigh, February 2, 2001
Town Notes:
* Chatauque - should be Chatauqua
** Elery - should be Ellery
*** Villanovia - should be Villenova
~ Catherines - should be Catharine in Schuyler County
~~ Cayuta - should be in Schuyler County
^ Plattsburg - should be Plattsburgh
[1] Ansable - should be Ausable
[2] Corrict - unable to locate name; maybe Kortright
[3] V - unable to read; maybe Victor
[4] Conhocton - should be Cohocton
[5] Two towns in the county of Otsego were illegible.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y-Z
| GIVEN NAME | SURNAME | AGE | HEAD/HOUSEHOLD | CITY/TOWN | COUNTY | NAME VARIATIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S*** | R***** | 80 | [5] | Otsego | ||
| Philip | Race | 75 | Henry Best | Livingston | Columbia | |
| Sarah | Radford | 86 | Sylvester Alexan*** | Milton | Saratoga | Alexander |
| Ann | Rampson | 94 | Clarkstown | Rockland | ||
| John | Ramsay | 81 | John Ramsay | New Scotland | Albany | Ramsey |
| Israel | Rand | 79 | Ephraim Rand | Beekmantown | Clinton | |
| Jacob | Randal | 81 | Moses Randal | Luzerne | Warren | Randall |
| Elisha | Randall | 79 | Elisha Randall | Yorkshire | Cattaraugus | Randal |
| Shubal | Randall | 86 | Hiram Skinners | Stamford | Delaware | Randal |
| Jedediah | Randall | 83 | Jedediah Randall | Norwich | Chenango | Randal |
| Hosey | Randolph | 72 | Allen Randall | Clayton | Jefferson | Randal |
| Solomon | Raney | 84 | Harvey Darvis | Corrict[2] | Delaware | |
| Catharine | Rankin | 68 | Catharine Rankin | Little Falls | Herkimer | |
| James | Rankin | 82 | Daniel Casler | Clayton | Jefferson | |
| George | Ransin | 84 | George Ransin, Jr. | Manlius | Onondaga | Ranson |
| Silas | Ranson | 75 | Silas Ranson | Perry | Genessee | Ranson |
| John | Rapellee | 66 | John Rapellee | Tyrone | Steuben | |
| Christian | Rapp | 69 | Christian Rapp | Conajoharie | Montgomery | |
| George | Rappole | 89 | Henry Rappole | Alexandria | Jefferson | |
| Benjamin | Rathburn | 75 | Jonathan Mead | Chester | Warren | Meade |
| George | Ratnom | 75 | George Ratnom | Lenox | Madison | |
| Esther | Rawson | 84 | Joseph Rawson | V*****[3] | Ontario | Rawzon |
| Anna | Rawzon | 81 | Josiah H. Rawzon | Schroon | Essex | Rawson |
| Zachariah | Ray | 81 | Zachariah Ray | Moreau | Saratoga | |
| William | Ray | 50 | William Ray | Bridgewater | Oneida | |
| Roswell | Ray | 74 | Roswell Ray | Wilton | Saratoga | |
| Gilbert | Ray | 76 | G. B. Clark | Russell | St. Lawrence | Clarke |
| Timothy | Ray | 78 | Timothy Ray | Phelps | Ontario | |
| Lemuel | Raymond | 77 | Lemuel Raymond | Athens | Green | |
| Sands | Raymond | 79 | Sands Raymond | Neversink | Sullivan | |
| Newcomb | Raymond | 76 | Newcomb Raymond | Sherburne | Chenango | |
| James | Raymond | 87 | James Raymond | Bedford | Westchester | |
| Pelatiah | Razey | 82 | Pelatiah Razey | Trenton | Oneida | |
| Amos | Re***** | 71 | Amos Rex**** | Otsego | Otsego | Rexford |
| Abner | Reckard | 76 | William Langmade | Yorkshire | Cattaraugus | |
| William S. | Red | 35 | James C. Church | New Ultrecht | Kings | |
| Effa | Reed | 84 | Minisink | Orange | ||
| Amos | Reed | 87 | Amos Reed | Mexico | Oswego | |
| Amelia | Reed | 73 | Minisink | Orange | ||
| Thomas | Reed | 74 | Thomas Reed | Hadley | Saratoga | |
| John | Reed | 63 | John R*** | Otsego | Otsego | |
| Joseph | Reed | 77 | Joseph Reed | Queensbury | Warren | |
| Samuel | Reed | 83 | Samuel Reed | Brookfield | Madison | |
| Polly | Reed | 75 | Zanthy Reed | Plattsburg^ | Clinton | |
| Garrett | Reed | 86 | Garrett Reed | Sherburne | Chenango | |
| Ebenezer | Reed | 79 | Ebenezer Reed | Olean | Cattaraugus | |
| Bethia | Reed | 81 | Samuel Reed | Greece | Monroe | |
| Kitchel | Reed | 80 | Silas Walker | Greece | Monroe | |
| Elijah | Reed | 76 | Elijah Reed | Troy--1st ward | Rensselaer | |
| Abner | Reehordron | 81 | Abnher Rechordron | Luzerne | Warren | |
| Puryer | Reeves | 90 | Manassah Reeves | Sempronius | Cayuga | |
| Abraham | Regna | 81 | Abraham Regna | Yorktown | Westchester | |
| William | Reneval | 86 | Nathaniel Heverland | Southeast | Putnam | |
| Nathaniel | Reynolds | 86 | Nathaniel Reynolds | Lewisboro | Westchester | |
| Benjamin | Reynolds | 79 | Benjamin Reynolds | Greenville | Green | |
| Benoni | Reynolds | 86 | Benoni Reynolds | Marcellus | Onondaga | |
| Deborah | Reynolds | 74 | Thos. W. Smith | 1st ward Hudson | Columbia | |
| Jonathan | Reynolds | 99 | Nicholas Reynolds | White Hall | Washington | |
| Mary | Reynolds | 83 | Levi Brown | City of Rochester Fifth Ward | Monroe | |
| Jeremiah | Reynolds | 77 | Jeremiah Reynolds | Bedford | Westchester | |
| Joe J. | Reynolds | 79 | Joel J. Reynolds | Poland | Chatauque* | |
| Zachariah | Reynolds | 82 | William Bugber | Fort Edward | Washington | |
| Thomas | Reynolds | 45 | Thomas Reynolds | Beekmantown | Clinton | |
| Anthony | Rhodes | 79 | Rodley Randall | Winfield | Herkimer | Randal; Rhoades |
| Joseph | Rhodes | 78 | Joseph Rhodes | Orleans | Jefferson | Rhoades |
| Ezekiel | Rhodes | 86 | Ezekiel Rhodes | Southport | Chemung | Rhoades |
| John | Rhodes | 80 | Stephen F. Rhodes | Corinth | Saratoga | Rhoades |
| Joseph | Rhodes | 83 | Joseph Rhodes | Plattekill | Ulster | Rhoades |
| Israel | Rice | 79 | Francis Rice | Madison | Madison | |
| Jacob | Rice | 79 | Zyenas Rice | Napoli | Cattaraugus | |
| William | Rich | 77 | William Rich | Avon | Livingston | |
| Amos | Richards | 82 | Polly Richards | Clayton | Jefferson | |
| Edmund | Richards | 81 | Edmund Richards | East Bloomfield | Ontario | |
| Rufus | Richardson | 79 | Rufus Richardson | Ellisburg | Jefferson | |
| Lemuel | Richardson | 74 | Lemuel Richardson | Conesus | Livingston | |
| Nancy | Richardson | 83 | Alvah Harman | Freetown | Cortland | Harmon |
| Nancy | Richmond | 90 | Seth Richmond | Guilford | Chenango | |
| Submit | Rickey | 72 | Thomas Rickey | Harpersfield | Delaware | Richey |
| Daniel | Rider | 75 | Daniel Rider | Eaton | Madison | |
| Benjamin | Rider | 80 | John J. Davis | Rochester | Ulster | |
| Timothy | Rider | 76 | Putnam Rider | Parish | Oswego | |
| Jacob | Ridington | 81 | Nathaniel A. Ridington | Madrid | St. Lawrence | |
| Henry | Rightmyer | 87 | H. Rightmyer | Sullivan | Madison | |
| Nicholas | Righton | 8* | N. Righton | Middlefield | Otsego | |
| John | Rike | 75 | Arthur Odell | Prattsburg | Steuben | |
| Tunis | Riker | 70 | Tunis Riker | Spencer | Tioga | |
| Mathias | Rimhart | 77 | Henry Chandler | City of Albany-First ward | Albany | |
| David | Rimiston | 93 | Brownville | Jefferson | ||
| Asa | Ripley | 80 | Asa Ripley | Hartland | Niagara | |
| Charles | Ripley | 76 | Charles Ripley | Houndsfield | Jefferson | |
| Pyram | Ripley | 77 | Walter Blount | Franklinville | Cattaraugus | |
| Pelham W. | Ripley | 76 | Pelham W. Ripley | De Witt | Onondaga | |
| Cynthis | Risley | 70 | Cynthia Risley | Marcy | Oneida | |
| Eli | Risley | 76 | Eli Risley | Trenton | Oneida | |
| Richard | Risley | 86 | Richard Risley | New Haven | Oswego | |
| William | Risner | 81 | William Risner | Harrisburg | Lewis | |
| Hannah | Ritter | 76 | John K. Ritter | Conajoharie | Montgomery | |
| Henry | Ritter | 80 | Joseph Ritter | Manheim | Herkimer | |
| Nathan | Rix | 80 | Nathan Rix | Fairfield | Herkimer | Ricks |
| Elizabeth | Rixford | 75 | Anson Squares | Orleans | Jefferson | |
| Daniel | Ro** | 78 | Daniel Ro** | Burlington | Otsego | |
| Peter | Robarge | 82 | Peter Robarge, 3d | Chazy | Clinton | |
| Mary | Robbe | 66 | Henry Robbe | Webster | Monroe | |
| Oliver | Robbins | 66 | James Young | Sangerfield | Oneida | |
| Lorin | Robbins | 78 | Clark Robbins | Bridgewater | Oneida | |
| M. | Robbins | 79 | J. L. Robins | Cincinnatus | Cortland | Robbins |
| Cornelius | Roberds | 84 | Cornelius Roberds | Seneca | Ontario | Robards; Roberts |
| John | Roberts | 53 | John Roberts | Lenox | Madison | |
| Annath | Roberts | 81 | Urania Farnham | Darien | Genessee | Farnum |
| Samuel | Roberts | 79 | Eliza Roberts | Cincinnatus | Cortland | |
| John | Roberts | 80 | John Roberts | Plattsburg^ | Clinton | |
| Ebenezer | Roberts | 84 | Ebenezer Roberts | Richland | Oswego | |
| Levi M. | Roberts | 45 | Levi M. Roberts | Plattsburg^ | Clinton | |
| Peter | Robertson | 82 | Peter Robertson | Kent | Putnam | |
| Peter | Robins | 87 | Peter Robbins | Wheeler | Steuben | |
| Keen | Robinson | 87 | M. Livermore | Lisle | Broome | |
| Caleb | Robinson | 77 | David Bristoll | Western | Oneida | Bristol |
| Robert | Robinson | 77 | Randal Robinson | Manchester | Ontario | |
| Nathaniel | Robinson | 82 | Nathaniel Robinson | Scaghticoke | Rensselaer | |
| Issachar | Robinson | 78 | Samuel Ter**gar | Middletown | Delaware | |
| Eli P. | Robinson | 58 | Eli P. Robinson | Windham | Green | |
| Mary | Robinson | 92 | Alpheus Robinson | Florence | Oneida | |
| John | Robinson | 84 | John Robinson | Ulysses | Tompkins | |
| Elizabeth | Robinson | 71 | L. Robinson | Virgil | Cortland | |
| Isaac | Robinson | 79 | Isaac Robinson | Canton | St. Lawrence | |
| Samuel | Rockwell | 87 | Samuel Rockwell | Trenton | Oneida | |
| Penley | Rodgers | 82 | Penley Rodgers | Candor | Tioga | Rogers |
| Christopher | Roff | 78 | Christopher Roff | Hancock | Delaware | |
| Daniel | Rogers | 81 | Timothy Rogers | Islip | Suffolk | Rodgers |
| Samuel | Rogers | 76 | Samuel Rogers | Duanesburg | Schenectady | Rodgers |
| Simeon | Rogers | 78 | Simeon Rogers | Whitestown | Oneida | Rodgers |
| Nathaniel | Rogers | 79 | Nathaniel Rogers | Essex | Essex | Rodgers |
| John | Rogers | 78 | J. Rogers | Barker | Broome | Rodgers |
| James | Rogers | 77 | James Rogers | Hebron | Washington | Rodgers |
| John | Rogers | 84 | Sands Jervis | Rennselaerville | Albany | Rodgers |
| Ethan | Rogers | 82 | Ethan Rogers | Cairo | Green | Rodgers |
| Nathaniel | Rogers | 79 | J. Sparrow | Triangle | Broome | Rodgers |
| Francis | Rogers | 47 | Francis Rogers | Plattsburg^ | Clinton | Rodgers |
| William | Rogers | 83 | William Rogers | Le Ray | Jefferson | Rodgers |
| James | Roles | 80 | James Roles | Sparta | Livingston | |
| Aaron | Rollins | 82 | Bern Rollins | Stamford | Delaware | Rawlins |
| Eli S. | Rolly | 76 | Eli S. Rolly | Jefferson | Schoharie | |
| Alexander | Roman | 60 | William A. Townsend | Lockport | Niagara | |
| Eli | Rood | 81 | Eli Rood | Hillsdale | Columbia | |
| John | Roof | 78 | John Roof | Canajoharie | Montgomery | |
| Amos | Rooke | -- | Amos Rooke | Southfield | Richmond | |
| John E. | Roosa | 79 | Stephen Ousterhoudt | Kingston | Ulster | |
| Jacob J. | Roosa | 79 | Jacob J. Roosa | Marlborough | Ulster | |
| Israel | Root | 80 | Amos Root | Barre | Orleans | |
| Joseph | Root | 77 | Joseph Root | Barre | Orleans | |
| Sarah | Root | 78 | Silas Pierce | City of Rochester Second Ward | Monroe | Pearce |
| Sally | Root | 78 | Lucy Root | Fort Ann | Washington | |
| Billa | Root | 84 | Billa Root | Rushford | Allegany | |
| Thomas | Root | 86 | China | Genessee | ||
| Nathaniel | Root | 73 | Nathaniel Root | Lysander | Onondaga | |
| Erastus | Root | -- | Erastus Root | Rome | Oneida | |
| Salmon | Root | 77 | Salmon Root | Martinsburg | Lewis | |
| John | Root | 78 | John Root | Livingston | Columbia | |
| Dinah | Root | 81 | Dinah Root | Kirkland | Oneida | |
| William | Root | 80 | R. Lyon | Greene | Chenango | |
| Abram | Rosa | 79 | Rufus Rosa | Homer | Cortland | |
| Jane | Rosacrontz | 72 | Jacob Rosacrontz | Deerpark | Orange | Rosacrantz; Rosencrantz |
| James | Rosakrans | 87 | James Rosakrans | Shandaken | Ulster | Rosencranz; Rosencrantz |
| Peter | Rose | 76 | Peter Rose | Pittsford | Monroe | |
| Joseph | Rose | 79 | Chauncey Rose | Evans | Erie | |
| Amy | Rose | 80 | Phineas Rose | Smithtown | Suffolk | |
| William | Rose | 76 | Elanson Rose | Chenango | Broome | |
| Mary | Rosengrant | 76 | Tunis Voorhees | Dix~~ | Chemung | |
| Henry | Ross | -- | Henry Ross, Sen. | Riverhead | Suffolk | |
| Samuel | Ross | 76 | Samuel Ross | Athol | Warren | |
| Solomon | Rothbone | 76 | Solomon Rothbone | Hanover | Chatauque* | |
| Nicholas | Rouse | 86 | Nicholas Rouse | Connocton[4] | Steuben | |
| William | Rowdon | 76 | William Rowdon | City of NY, 7th ward | ||
| John | Rowland | 78 | Samuel Rowland | Herkimer | Herkimer | |
| Samuel | Royce | 83 | Samuel Royce | Kirkland | Oneida | |
| Bezaleel | Rudd | 89 | Bezaleel Rudd | Northeast | Dutchess | |
| John | Ruger | 78 | John Ruger | New Paltz | Ulster | |
| Mary | Rugg | 78 | Abner Eaton | Sangerfield | Oneida | |
| Isaac | Rugg | 75 | Isaac Rugg | Perrysburg | Cattaraugus | |
| Benjamin | Rulin | 82 | Reuben Rulin | Cobleskill | Schoharie | |
| Jonathan | Rumery | 81 | Jonathan Rumery | Lockport | Niagara | |
| David | Rumsey | 82 | David Rumsey | Westfield | Chatauque* | |
| David | Rundal | 83 | David Rundal | Amenia | Dutchess | |
| Reuben | Rundell | 83 | Reuben Rundell, Jr. | Greenville | Green | |
| William | Russel | 81 | Milford | Otsego | Russell | |
| Simeon | Russell | 89 | Simeon Russell | Ellisburg | Jefferson | Russel |
| Hannah | Russell | 81 | James Russell | Hyde Park | Dutchess | Russel |
| Abigail | Russell | 74 | Mary Ann Prindle | White Hall | Washington | Russel |
| Simeon | Russell | 84 | Jesse Littlefield | Ellisburg | Jefferson | Russel |
| John | Russell | -- | John Russell | Rodman | Jefferson | Russel |
| Eleazar | Russell | 78 | Eleazar Russell | Marcy | Oneida | Russel |
| Justin | Rust | 76 | Huldah Rust | Ellicottville | Cattaraugus | |
| Abel | Rust | 83 | Hiram Rust | Russia | Herkimer | |
| Stephen | Rust | 67 | S. Rust | Union | Broome | |
| John | Rutherford | 42 | John Rutherford | Murray | Orleans | |
| Peter | Ryall | 80 | Peter Ryall | Denmark | Lewis | |
| Elizabeth | Ryan | 75 | Jonathan Ryan | Virgil | Cortland | |
| Wilhelmus | Ryckman | 81 | Albert Ryckman | City of Albany-Fourth ward | Albany | Rickman |
| Mary | Ryder | 78 | Sylvester Brown | Seneca | Ontario | |
| Adam | Ryphenburgh | 89 | Jeremiah Ryphenburgh | Red Hook | Dutchess |
Searchable images of the original census are available online at: http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/Census1840M.htm