February 5, 2021
Pages 1926-1927
Whole Number 99
SPARKS FAMILIES LISTED ON THE 1810 CENSUS OF PENNSYLVANIA
In the Quarterly of September 1976 (Whole No. 95, p. 1854) we published a record of the Sparks families appearing on the Pennsylvania census of 1800. Here we list those appearing in 1810. It is interesting to note that, whereas in 1800 there were 20 households in Pennsylvania headed by persons named Sparks, in 1810 this number had been reduced to 17.
The 1810 federal census contains the same information about households as did that of 1800; readers are referred to the introduction appearing on page 1853 to that 1800 census. Only the name of the head of the household was recorded. The rest of the family, including anyone who happened to be living in the household at the time, was enumerated by sex and by age group. The head of the household, whose name was recorded, was included in this enumeration.
In the first issue of the Quarterly, March 1953, Whole No. 1 we listed the names of the persons named Sparks appearing on the 1790 census of Pennsylvania. In the March 1977 issue (Whole No. 97, pp. 1882-1883) we listed those appearing on the 1830 census of the state.
| Males | Females | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 10 |
10 16 |
16 26 |
26 45 |
45 up |
||| | 0 10 |
10 16 |
16 26 |
26 45 |
45 up |
|||
| Allegheny County | |||||||||||||
| *Elizabeth Township* | |||||||||||||
| Andrew Sparks (352) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||| | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bedford County | |||||||||||||
| *Providence Township* | |||||||||||||
| Solomon Sparks (20) Family 78 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Sparks (21) Family 93 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jas. Sparks (23) Family 239 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloe Sparks (24) Family 243 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fayette County | |||||||||||||
| *German Township | |||||||||||||
| John Sparks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||| | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| *Washington Township | |||||||||||||
| Isaac Sparks (59) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Sparks (59) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||| | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philadelphia County | |||||||||||||
| *City of Philadelphia* | |||||||||||||
| *Mark's Lane* | |||||||||||||
| John Sparke (114) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||| | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| *Dock Ward* | |||||||||||||
| Sarah Sparks (197) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||| | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Henry Sparks (198) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||| | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| *East Southwark* | |||||||||||||
| David Sparks (91) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| *West Southwark* | |||||||||||||
| Samuel Sparks (118) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||| | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| *North Liberties* | |||||||||||||
| Robert Sparks (157) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Washington County | |||||||||||||
| *Strabane Township* | |||||||||||||
| James Sparks (12) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||| | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| *Hopewell Township* | |||||||||||||
| William B. Sparks (53) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| *Nottingham Township* | |||||||||||||
| William Sparks (71) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||