| Mrs. | Allen | William Allen's wife. |
| William | Allen | Tammy Younger's closest neighbor. |
| Nathaniel | Babson | A man who bought Tammy Younger's property. |
| Mr. | Bates | A foreman. |
| Sandy | Bay | Sammy's acquaintance. |
| Dr. | Beech | Martha Cook's physician. |
| Queen | Bernoon | An African lady who sells oysters. |
| Caleb | Boynton | Polly's husband. |
| Polly | Boynton | John Wharf's daughter. |
| Dr. | Brimfield | Henry's father. |
| Henry | Brimfield | A physician. |
| Easter | Carter | An older resident at Dogtown who ran a sort of unofficial pub. |
| Mrs. | Clarkson | Judy's first mistress. |
| Joshua | Cook | A judge. Martha's husband. |
| Martha | Cook | Mistress of the house where Ruth worked. |
| Eben | Crowley | Cornelius neighbor. |
| Granny | Day | Owned Gloucester grammar school. |
| Cheever | Felch | A reverend. |
| Cornelius | Finson | Judy Rhines' acquaintance. aka: Black Neal. |
| Mrs. | Finson | A woman who looked for Cornelius after his mother died. |
| Nicholas | Finson | Mrs. Finson's husband. |
| Tom | Fletcher | A former farmer. |
| David | Fuller | Pastor of the Second Parish. |
| Mrs. | Fuller | Reverend Fuller's wife. |
| Lucy | George | Tammy's aunt. |
| Mr. | Goff | Hannah Wharf's husband. |
| Mrs. | Hammond | Nathaniel's teacher. |
| Reuben | Hartshorn | Pastor of the First Parish. |
| Sarah Maria | Hastings | Martha Cook's distant relative. |
| Reverend | Hildreth | Pastor at First Parish. |
| John | Hodgkins | A carpenter. |
| Mrs. | Hodgkins | John Hodgkins' wife. |
| Mrs. | Homes | Jacob's wife. |
| Alice | Ives | Sam's acquaintance |
| Mr. | Ives | Alice's father. |
| Molly | Jacobs | One of Mrs. Stanley's girls. |
| Reverend | Jewett | The minister of the Fifth Parish. |
| Elijah | Leonard | Pastor of the Third Parish. |
| Margaret | Linner | Sammy's acquaintance. |
| Hester | Lionel | A reverend. |
| Mrs. | Long | Sam's landlady. |
| Mary | Lurvey | Abraham Wharf's sister. |
| Everett | Mansfield | Oliver's favorite customer. |
| Sam | Maskey | Real name of Sammy Stanley. |
| Robert | Newell | A businessman. |
| Thomas | Pearce | A colonel's son. |
| Mrs. | Pembrooke | Wife of the minister at Fourth Parish at Riverview. |
| Ivy | Perkins | Former owner of Judy's cottage. |
| Matthew | Philpot | A judge. |
| Sally | Phipps | One of Mrs. Stanley's girls. |
| Harriet | Plant | A cook. |
| William | Prescott | A man who bought Ruth for a large wheel of cheese and $3 silver. |
| Mrs. | Pulcifer | Hodgkins' neighbor. |
| Judy | Rhines | A right-hand friend of Easter Carter. |
| James | Riddle | Judge Cook's cousin. |
| Silas | Ridge | A man who owned half of the biggest fish market in town. |
| Henry | Riley | Easter's acquaintance. |
| Judith Elizabeth | Ryan | Real name of Judy Rhines. |
| Mr. | Saville | An elderly official at Judge Philpot's office. |
| Mr. | Sergeant | Mr. Hodgkins' acquaintance. |
| Hiram | Smith | A man who gave Ruth's name. |
| Tobias | Smith | A barber. |
| Jacob | Somes | A fish wholesaler. |
| Mrs. | Stanley | An imperious woman who owns a brothel. |
| Sammy | Stanley | Mrs. Stanley's grandson. |
| John Morgan | Stanwood | Widow Lurvey's son-in-law. |
| Dora | Stile | Owner of a dress shop |
| Louisa | Tuttle | A newly widow at Dogtown. |
| Abraham | Wharf | A prominent citizen at Dogtown. |
| John | Wharf | Abraham Wharf's distant relative. |
| John | Woodman | An English painter. |
| Daniel | Younger | Oliver's father. |
| Oliver | Younger | A miserable child at the hands of his aunt. aka: Ollie. |
| Tammy | Younger | Oliver's aunt. |
| Abby | | One of Everett's daughters. |
| Anne | | Abraham Wharf's wife. |
| Arthur | | Judy's ex-boyfriend. |
| Babcock | | A farmer. |
| Bear | | The biggest and the lead dog. |
| Bertie | | One of Oliver's cows. |
| Betsy | | One of Oliver's cows. |
| Brownie | | A dog. |
| Cato | | Mimba's husband. |
| Constance | | James Riddle's wife. aka: Connie. |
| Cuff | | A half-breed AfricanIndian pddler |
| David | | Polly and Oliver's second child. |
| Elizabeth | | John Hodgkins' daughter. |
| Ella | | One of Everett's daughters. |
| Emily | | Dora Stiles' daughter. |
| Greyling | | A dog. |
| Hannah | | One of John Stanwood's daughters. |
| Isaac | | Polly and Oliver Younger's new baby. |
| Johnny | | Elizabeth Hodgkins' brother. |
| Joseph | | One of Easter Carter's guests. |
| Ladimir | | A Russian sailor. |
| Lydia | | One of John Stanwood's daughters. |
| Marie | | Bear's consort. |
| Maydee | | A slave girl. |
| Mimba | | A black woman who adopted Ruth. |
| Nance | | Hiram Smith's servant. |
| Naomi | | A mistress. |
| Nathaniel | | Polly and Oliver Younger's son. aka: Natty. |
| Ned | | Sally's acquaintance. |
| Patricia | | A female slave. |
| Phoebe | | Ruth's mother. |
| Pip | | Judy's new dog. |
| Poppa | | Natty's puppy. |
| Priscilla | | Judy's sister. |
| Rachel | | One of John Stanwood's daughters. |
| Ruth | | Dressed as a man and worked as stonemason. |
| Silas | | Cornelius acquaintance. |
| Susannah | | Everett's wife. |
| Tan | | A dog. |
