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Canning
Canning
Ship: Canning
Date: June 1749 (Arrival)
Departing:
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Master: Andrew Dewar
Ship Type: 342 tons
Columns represent: Register number, First Name, Last Name, Gender*, Occupation, Accompanied by,
Total in party, Register comment, Ship*, Year*, Master*, Destination*.
747 Otis Little (b) [sic] Captain 10 Male Servants 6 Female Servants 16 Independent Company 748 Robert Bettie* Midshipman 1 Assistance 749 Charles Mason Midshipman 2 Male Servants 1 Female Servant 4 Serpent Bomb. 750 John Wildman & wife Surgeon 1 Male Servant 1 Female Servant 4 751 John Streitch & wife Surveyor 1 Male Servant 1 Female Servant 4 752 William Freeman & wife* Carpenter's mate 1 Girl 1 Male Servant 1 Female Servants 5 Jersey 753 Thomas Ingram* Gunsmith 1 754 Frederick Albert Strasburger Captain 2 Male Servants 3 Free Company 755 Andrew Powell Mariner 1 Jersey 756 Richard Walker & wife* Silversmith 1 Girl 1 Male Servants 4 757 Aaron Clashen* Mariner 1 Boyne Privateer 758 Philip Knant Furrier 1 759 Peter Bergman & wife Furrier 2 760 John Sierstrom Huntsman 1 761 Otho William Schwartz Furrier 1 762 Charles Covey Midshipman 2 Boys 3 Revenge 763 John Evans & wife Mariner 2 Royal Oak 764 Lawrence Rook & wife* Mariner 2 Ranger 765 Lewis Hays & wife Purser 1 Boy 1 Female Servants 4 Carcass Sloop 766 Richard Hocket* Tailor 1 767 Richard Hart & wife* Mariner 2 Sterling Castle 768 Frederick Burley & wife Cooper 1 Boy 1 Male Servant 4 769 Frederick Burley Junior Mariner 1 Advice 770 William Wilson & wife* Turner 2 771 Thomas Hardwell Shipwright 2 Male Servants 3 772 John Elger & wife* Boatswain's mate 1 Boy 3 Norfolk 773 John Jacob Preper Baker 1 774 Edward Orpin & wife Husbandman 1 Boy 2 Male Servants 5 775 Samuel Orpin Husbandman 2 Male Servants 3 776 Robert Robinson & wife* Husbandman 1 Girl 3 777 John Walker & wife* Schoolmaster; Surveyor 2 778 Joseph Carpenter* Husbandman 1 779 Edward Cherry* Mariner 1 Ferguson 780 George Nail & wife Glover 2 781 Joseph Littlewood* Surveyor 1 782 Nathaniel Gosford Baker 1 783 John Derring* Captain's Clerk 1 Fly Sloop 784 Lewis Piers Gentleman 1 785 John Inman Surgeon 1 Suffolk 786 Jno. Baptiste Moreau & wife Gentleman; Schoolmaster 2 Male Servants 2 Female Servants 6 787 William Furye Corporal 1 Boy 2 Nevill's Horse 788 James Sibben* Baker 1 789 Richard Wilford Carpenter; Yeoman 1 Sunderland 790 Richard Whitfield* Husbandman 1 791 Thomas Miller Mariner 1 Devonshire 792 John Reedle* Husbandman 1 793 John Peacock* Schoolmaster 1 794 Joseph Palmer Mariner 1 Rupert 795 Thomas Law & wife* Fisherman 1 Girl 3 796 William Corrie Mariner 1 Fly Sloop 797 John Trimmer Schoolmaster 1 798 William Foy Captain 5 Male Servants 2 Female Servants 8 Independent Company 799 Joseph Wild* Husbandman 1 800 Thomas Thomson & wife Husbandman 1 Boy 2 Girl 5 General Richbell's 801 Robert Dickie & wife Master, goes in the Albany 1 Boy 1 Male Servants 4 Albany Sloop 802 Antonio Guastalli* Mariner 1 Kent 803 Alexander Calendar Lieutenant 1 Colonel Holmes's 804 John Burnett & wife* Husbandman 1 Boy 1 Girl 4 805 James Barry & wife* Mariner 1 Girl 3 Kent 806 Edward Doran* Mariner 1 Prince Frederick 807 William Watkins & wife Husbandman 2 808 Thomas Fugett Shipwright 1 809 John Finley* Mariner 1 Burford 810 Nicholas Puxty Midshipman 1 Thetis 811 Michael Debrull & wife Private 1 Boy 1 Male Servant 1 Female Servant 5 3rd Troop Horse Guards 812 Michael Sullivan & wife Fisherman 2 813 Thomas Caulthurst* Carpenter's Crew 1 Sunderland 814 Richard Leveridge* Carpenter's Crew 1 Oxford 815 Henry Wilson* Carpenter's Crew 1 Sunderland 816 Daniel Sullivan* Shipwright 1 Male Servant 2 817 Christopher Preper* Baker 1 818 Thomas Gray Governor's Clerk 1 Male Servant 2 819 John Pepperell* Servant to Captain Little Servant 1 820 John Waller* Mariner 1 Norfolk 821 William Hunter& wife Quarter Gunner 2 Litchfield 822 George Musgrove& wife Mariner 2 Panther 823 Thomas Procter & wife Mariner 1 Girl 2 Oxford 824 James Newell Fisherman 1 825 Michael Ford* Fisherman 1 826 William Norris & wife* Carpenter 1 Boy 3 827 Thomas Corbett* Fisherman 1 Male Servants 2 828 John Phillips* Fisherman 1 829 Peter Swinford & wife* Mariner 1 Boy 3 Antelope 830 George Penrose* Mariner 1 Nassau Transcriber's Noter: *Gender - while only males were listed, many were accompanied by their wives, children and servants. *Ship - all were aboard the Canning. *Year - 1749 *Master - Andrew Dewar *Destination - all were destined for Halifax. *Passengers - Passengers indicated were on the passenger list but were not around 6 months or so later, most likely heading for warmer climates. These names and others will appear in Bates "Disappeared." Randal Oulton informs us that England originally sent over many with trades which were not in demand in the area. Halifax was virtually a forest at the time and some of the passengers were totally unsuited for hard labor and they likely set out for the New England area. Realizing this, England then sent over continental farm people who stuck around, these people are now called the "Foreign Protestants." Additional information on some of these passengers can be found in "George T. Bates, The Great Exodus of 1749", in Collections of The Nova Scotia Historical Society. A description of all of Bates comments from all 1749 ships can be found at: Bates
Document Source Copy of the Mess Book of the Settlers, found in: Akins, Thomas Beamish, editor, "List of the Settlers Who Came Out with Governor Cornwallis to Chebucto, in June 1749". In "Selections from the Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS: Charles Annand, 1869, pp 506-557. Reprint, Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1973 under the title "Acadia and Nova Scotia: Documents Relating to the Acadian French and the First British Colonisation of the Province, 1714-1758", p 531-537.
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Reformatted by Patty MacFarlane Prather for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 1 March 1999
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