Tax Valuations

The following guide to tax valuations was compiled to aid researchers in the use of tax valuation materials in the State Library's collection. The library has valuations that list individuals' names and property holdings as well as those with aggregate measures, only. Many valuations include information on towns that are now part of Maine.

The guide contains a brief overview of the valuations' contents followed by a chronological listing of towns for which the library holds information. For valuations available on microfilm, the microfilm box number is also included. Valuations are available on microfilm only up until 1811.

All of the valuations and corresponding microfilm can be consulted in the State Library's Special Collections Department.

Prior to 1780
For tax and valuation lists prior to 1780, the user should consult the following microfilm reels in the State Library's collection: City/Town & Years Reel Number(s) Beverly, 1735-1779 Reel no. 469 Boxford, 1760-1775 Reel no. 466 Chelmsford, 1727-1778 Reel nos. 472,473 Danvers, 1752-1773 Reel no. 464 Dedham, 1648-1750 Reel nos. 482-483 Lunenburg, 1761-1770 Reel no. 476 Marblehead, 1734-1776 Reel no. 471 Medford, 1684-1735 Reel no. 463 Middleton, 1729-1798 Reel no. 474 Milton, 1674-1792 Reel no. 479 Needham, 1712-1732 Reel no. 477 Reading, 1664-1703; 1756-1776 Reel no. 462 Salem, 1689-1773 Reel nos. 467-468 Stoughton, 1727,1752-3;1771-1776 Reel no. 481 Topsfield, 1744-1779 Reel no. 465 Walpole, 1726-1751 Reel no. 480 Waltham, 1738-1820 Reel no. 484 Wenham, 1731-1777 Reel no. 470 Westford, 1728-1777 Reel no. 475 Woburn, 1673-1779 Reel nos. 460-461 Wrentham, 1736-1776 Reel no. 478 For a detailed guide to the microfilm collection, the user should consult Tax and Valuation Lists of Massachusetts Towns before 1776: Finding List for the Microfilm Edition compiled by Ruth Crandall, Cambridge, MA: Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, 1971. (State Library call number: F 61 .C73 1971).
1780
Amherst Ashfield Belchertown Berkley Bernardston Braintree Brimfield Buckland Charlemont Chelsea Chesterfield Conway Cummington Dartmouth Deerfield Dighton Dorchester Easton Granby Granville Greenfield Greenwich Hadley Leominster Leverett Ludlow Mansfield Milton Monson Montague Montgomery Murrayfield Myrifield New Salem Newton Northampton Norton Norwich Oxford Pelham Raynham Rehoboth Shelburne South Brimfield Southampton Stoughton Swansea Taunton Warwick West Springfield Westhampton Whately Wilbraham (Also on microfilm; see film boxes 374, 375) Maine Towns Cape Elizabeth Chesterfield Cumberland Scarborough (For Maine towns see film box 393). Aggregates of valuation returns for Barnstable, Berkshire, Hampshire and Plymouth Counties. Includes a page for each of those counties, with a valuation rate for each town within that county.
1783
Abington Acton Ashburnham Ashby Athol Barnstable Barre Becket Belchertown Billerica Bolton Boxford Braintree Brimfield Brookfield Brookline Cambridge Carlisle Charlemont Charlton Chelmsford Chester Chesterfield Chilmark Cohasset Colrain Danvers Dighton Douglas Dracut Dudley Duxbury Eastham Edgartown Egremont Falmouth Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gloucester Grafton Greenfield Greenwich Hadley Halifax Hancock Hanover Hatfield Haverhill Holden Holland Hopkinton Hubbardston Hull Ipswich Lancaster Lee Leicester Lenox Leominster Leverett Longmeadow Ludlow Lunenburg Lynn Marshfield Medfield Medway Mendon Methuen Middleboro Milford Milton Monson Mt. Washington Natick New Braintree New Marlboro Northampton Northboro Oakham Oxford Palmer Partridgefield Paxton Pelham Pembroke Pepperell Petersham Pittsfield Richmont Roxbury Rutland Sandisfield Scituate Sheffield Shelburn Shirley Shrewsbury Shutesbury South Hadley Southampton Southboro Spencer Springfield Stockbridge Stoughton Sturbridge Templeton Tisbury Townsend Upton Uxbridge Walpole Waltham Ware Wareham Warwick Watertown Wendell West Springfield West Stockbridge Westboro Western (Warren) Westford Westhampton Westminster Weymouth Whately Wilbraham Williamsburg Williamstown Wilmington Winchendon Windsor Woburn Wrentham Yarmouth Maine Towns Arundel Biddeford Buxton Coxhall Fryeburg Kittery Newcastle Pownalboro Wells Windham Woolwich York (For microfilm see film box 376, 377) (For Maine towns see film box 393.) Aggregate listing: One sheet listing number of inhabitants, buildings, acres of land, and dwellings for selected towns in Hampshire, Bristol, and Berkshire Counties, Massachusetts, and for York, Cumberland and Lincoln Counties, Maine.
1784
Abington Acton Alford * Amesbury Amherst Ashburnham Ashby Ashfield * Athol Attleboro * Barnstable Barre Becket Bedford * Belchertown Bellingham * Berkley * Berlin Bernardston * Billerica Blandford Bolton Boston (No names given) Boxboro Boxford Braintree Bridgewater Brimfield Brookfield Brookline Buckland Cambridge Carlisle Charlemont Charlton Chatham Chelmsford Chelsea Chester Chesterfield Cohasset Colrain Concord * Conway * Cummington * Dalton Dartmouth * Dedham Deerfield * Dighton * Dorchester * Douglas Dover Dracut Dudley Dunstable * Duxbury East Sudbury * Eastham Eaton * Egremont Falmouth Fitchburg Foxboro Framingham Franklin Freetown * Gardner * Gloucester Goshen * Grafton Granby * Greenfield Great Barrington * Greenwich Groton * Hadley Halifax Hancock Hanover Hardwick Harvard Harwich Hatfield Haverhill Heath Hingham * Holden Holland Holliston * Hopkinton Hubbardston Hull Ipswich Kingston Lancaster Lanesboro Lee Leicester Lenox Leominster Leverett Lexington * Leyden Lincoln * Littleton * Longmeadow Loudon Ludlow Lunenburg Lynn Malden Mansfield * Marlboro * Marshfield Medfield Medway Mendon Middleboro Middlefield * Milford Milton Monson Montague * Montgomery * Mt. Washington Myrifield Natick Needham * New Ashford New Braintree New Marlboro New Salem * Newburyport Newton * Northampton * Northboro Northbridge Northfield * Norton * Norwich * Oakham Orange Oxford Palmer Partridgefield Paxton Pelham Pembroke Pepperell Petersham Pittsfield Plymouth Plympton Princeton Raynham * Reading * Rehoboth * Richmont Rochester Roxbury Royalston Rutland Sandisfield Sandwich Scituate Sharon * Sheffield Shelburne Sherburn * Shirley Shrewsbury Shutesbury South Brimfield South Hadley Southampton Southboro Southwick Spencer Springfield Sterling Stockbridge Stoneham Stoughton Stow * Sturbridge Sudbury * Sunderland Sutton Swansea * Taunton Templeton Tewksbury * Townsend Truro Tyringham Upton Uxbridge Walpole Waltham Ward * Ware Wareham Warwick Washington Watertown Wellfleet * Wendell West Springfield West Stockbridge Westboro Western (Warren) Westfield Westford Westhampton Westminster Weston Weymouth Whately Wilbraham Williamsburg Williamstown Wilmington Winchendon Windsor Woburn Worcester Worthington * Wrentham Yarmouth (Summary only: Acres of land, number of inhabitants, and number of dwellings given. Also on microfilm; see film boxes 378 - 383) Maine Towns Arundel Balltown * Bath * Berwick Biddeford Boothbay * Bowdoinham * Bridgton Bristol Brownfield Brunswick * Buxton Canaan Cape Elizabeth Coxhall Durham Edgecombe Falmouth Fryeburg Georgetown * Gorham * Gray Hallowell * Harpswell Kittery Lebanon Lewiston * Limerick Lisbon Falls * Little Falls * Medumcook * Newcastle New Gloucester * North Yarmouth * Pepperellboro Pittston * Pownalboro Sandford Scarboro * Shapleigh Standish Sylvester * Thomaston Topsham * Union Vassalboro Wales Walpole Warren * Waterboro * Wells Windham Winslow Woolwich York (Also on microfilm. For these Maine towns, see film boxes 393, 394)
1784-1785
Aggregates of the polls and valuations of real and personal property in the towns of Massachusetts, 1784-1785]. 1 volume. Does not include every town; includes some Maine towns.
1791
Ashburnham Belchertown Bernardston Boxborough Bridgewater Brookfield Carlisle Charlestown-oversized Chester Deerfield Dunstable Easthampton Easton Franklin Gardner Gloucester Granville-oversized Holden Ipswich-oversized Lancaster Lee Lenox Leominster Lynnfield Malden Mansfield Medfield Medford Milton New Braintree Oakham Plainfield Rowley-oversized Salem Sandwich Sharon Shutesbury Somerset Spencer Tyringham Ward Watertown Wendell Westford Weymouth (Also on microfilm, see film box 384) Maine Towns Balltown Brunswick Buxton Camden-oversized Cape Elizabeth Edgcombe-oversized Gorham Gouldsboro Islesboro Lewiston * Monmouth Newcastle North Yarmouth Sedgwick Trenton Winthrop Woolwich York (For Maine towns see film box 394) Aggregates of valuations showing polls rateable and not rateable, and estates real and personal, in the towns of Massachusetts. 2 volumes. Volume 1 includes Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Hampshire, Plymouth, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes, York and Cumberland Counties. Volume 2 includes Washington, Hancock, Berkshire, Lincoln, Cumberland and Worcester Counties.
1792
Ashburnham Bedford Belchertown Boxboro Bridgewater Brookfield Carlisle Charlestown Chester Cohasset Colrain Deerfield Dunstable East Sudbury Easthampton Easton Falmouth Framingham Franklin Gardner Gloucester Haverhill Holden Holland Kingston Lancaster Lee Lenox Leominster Leyden Ludlow Malden Mansfield Medford Milton New Ashford New Braintree Rowley Roxbury Russell Salisbury Sandwich Sharon Shutesbury Somerset Spencer Taunton Tyringham Upton Ward Warwick Watertown Wendell Westford Westport Weymouth Whately Williamstown (Also on microfilm see film boxes 385 - 388) Maine Towns Balltown Bangor Adj. Biddeford Bluehill Boothbay Bowdoin Bristol Brunswick Buxton Camden Cape Elizabeth Edgecomb Frankfort Georgetown Gorham Gouldsboro Harpswell Islesboro Lewiston Limington Little Falls Monmouth Newcastle New Gloucester North Yarmouth Orrington Penobscot Plantation 2 Scarboro Sedgwick Trenton Vassalboro Warren Windham Winthrop Woolwich (For these Maine towns see film box 395) Abstract of valuations, 1792, 1801 for Middlesex County (aggregates only). Totals for both 1792 and 1801; lists types of property (dwellings, warehouses, horses, oxen, etc.). 44 pages. Abstract of valuations for counties of Cumberland, Hampshire and Plymouth. For each town within a county, lists types of real property (dwellings, warehouses, sawmills, horses, etc.). 3 sheets.
1793
Valuation, new draft, 1793 of the aggregates of polls and rates on the thousand for each Massachusetts town]. Arranged by county; gives number of polls and rates on the thousand for each town within the counties. Includes Maine counties. 13 pages.
1800
Maine Towns Augusta Balltown Bangor Bluehill Boothbay Bowdoin Bowdoinham Bristol Buckston Camden Canaan Castine Cushing Deer Isle Dresden Edgecomb Fairfield Gouldsboro Hallowell Harlem Islesboro Lewiston Monmouth Mount Vernon Newcastle New Milford Nobleboro Norridgewock Northport Orland Orrington Pownalboro Prospect Sedgwick Sidney Stark Thompsonboro Topsham Trenton Union Vassalboro Vinalhaven Warren Winslow Winthrop Woolwich (Also on microfilm, see film box 396)
1801
Maine Towns Anson Augusta Balltown Bangor Beadfield Belfast Belgrade Bluehill Boothbay Bowdoin Bowdoin Adj. Bowdoinham Bristol Buckston Buxton Camden Canaan Castine Clinton Cornville Cushing Deer Isle Dresden Edgecombe Ellsworth Fairfield Farmington Fayette Frankfort Georgetown Gouldsboro Greene Hallowell Hampden Hancock Harlem Islesborough Leeds Lewiston Medumcook Monmouth Mount Desert Mount Vernon Newcastle New Milford New Sharon Nobleboro Norridgewock Northport Orland Orrington Penobscot Pittston Pownalboro Prospect Sedgwick Sidney Starks Strong Sullivan Thompsonboro Topsham Trenton Tyngstown Union Vassalboro Vinalhaven Waldoboro Warren Wayne Winslow Winthrop Woolwich (Maine towns also on microfilm; see film boxes 397, 398.) Abstract of valuations, 1792, 1801, Middlesex County (aggregates only). Totals for both 1792 and 1801; lists types of property (dwellings, warehouses, horses, oxen, etc.). An agrate [sic] of the Countyes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1801, 1811. Lists totals for polls and income for the counties in Massachusetts and Maine for both years. 1 sheet.
1810
Ashfield Bernardston Brookfield Buckland Charlemont Colrain Conway Deerfield Falmouth Georgetown Hampden Hardwick Hawley Heath Leverett Leyden Montague New Salem Northfield Orange Palmer Rowe Shutesbury Sunderland Wales Warwick Wendell Whately (Also on microfilm see film box 389) Maine Towns Bangor-oversized Belfast-oversized Belgrade Bluehill-oversized Bowdoin Bridgton Buckstown Canaan Castine Chesterville Cushing Durham Eden Ellsworth Farmington Fayette Frankfort Freeport Gray Harrison-oversized Hope-oversized Islesborough Jefferson Lincolnville-oversized Litchfield New Gloucester Orland Orono Orrington Otisfield Pejepscot Penobscot Poland Pownal Prospect Raymond Scarborough Sedgwick Standish Surry Trenton Vinalhaven Whitfield Windham (Also on microfilm see film box 399)
1811
Ashfield Bernardston Buckland Charlemont Colrain Conway Deerfield Gill Greenfield Hawley Heath Leverett Leyden Montague New Salem Northfield Orange Rowe Shelburn Shutesbury Sunderland Warwick Wendell Whately (Also on microfilm see film boxes 389, 390) Maine Towns Bangor Belfast Belgrade Bluehill Bowdoin Brunswick * Buckstown Cape Elizabeth * Castine Chesterville Cushing Deer Isle Dixmont Eddington Eden Ellsworth Exeter Farmington Fayette Frankfort Garland Georgetown Gouldsboro Hampden Hope Islesborough Jefferson Lincolnville New Charleston Northport Orland Orrington Palermo Penobscot Prospect Sedgwick Sullivan Surry Trenton Vinalhaven Wales Warren Whitfield Wiscasset * (Also on microfilm see film box 400) Aggregate listing: An agrate [sic] of the countyes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1801, 1811. Lists totals for polls and income for the counties in Massachusetts and Maine for both years. 1 sheet. Aggregates of towns, plantations, townships and other lands in the County of Hancock, Maine. Also includes town of Mt. Vernon, Kennebec Co., Maine; aggregate for county of Lincoln, Maine.
1831
Aggregates of valuations. Contact the Special Collections department with specific questions.
1841
Aggregates of valuations. The volume is titled: Report of the Valuation Committee. Contact the Special Collections department with specific questions.
1850
Aggregates of valuations. The volume has the title: Report of the Committee Appointed to Make a Valuation of the Polls and Property of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1850. Contact the Special Collections department with specific questions.
1860
Aggregates of valuations. The volume has the title: Report of the Committee Appointed to Make a Valuation of the Polls and Property of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1860. Contact the Special Collections department with specific questions.
Contents of Valuation Lists
1780 Lists names of individual property holders and their dwellings, barns, acres of land, tons of hay, bushels of grain, ounces of silver, sheep, swine and other real property. 1783 Lists names of individual property holders. For each individual , there is a column for polls, real estate and personal estate, with numerical values for each column. 1784 Lists names of individual property holders and their dwellings, barns, acres of land, tons of hay, ounces of silver plate and other real property. 1791 Lists names of individual property holders. For each individual, there is a column for polls, real estate and personal estate, with numerical values for each column. 1792 Lists names of individual property holders and their dwellings, barns, acres of land and other real property. 1800 Lists names of individual property holders. Some valuations list only polls, real estate, personal estate/income and total condition for each individual. Other valuations list a detailed breakdown of personal property. 1801 Lists names of individual property holders and their dwellings, barns, acres of land and other real property. 1810 Lists names of individual property holders. Some valuations list only polls, real property, and personal property for each individual. Others, especially for Maine towns, list a detailed breakdown of personal property. 1811 Lists names of individual property holders and their dwellings, barns, acres of land and other real property.

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