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Frigate Charlton 
Frigate Charlton
Ship: Charlton
Departing:
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Master: Richard Ladd
Ship Type: Frigate, 395 tons
Columns represent: Register No. Name, Occupation, Comments (other columns included captains name - Ladd, ship name - Charlton, Gender - all male, Destination - all Halifax)
1 Alexander Hay & wife Surgeon's mate Revenge 2 Thomas Henry Willoughby & wife Millwright 3 Edward Pomfret & wife Patternmaker 4 William Whiteacre Mariner Prince of Orange 5 Thomas Gifford & wife Mariner Bellona 6 William Cannon & wife Mariner Anson 7 Edward Stokes & wife Mariner Solebay 8 John Hart & wife Mariner Princessa 9 William Giles & wife Tailor 10 William Hall & wife Tailor 11 Peter Hart Smith 12 John Duncan & wife Mariner Royal George 13 Thomas Gore & wife Private man Royal Irish 14 John Burnside Volunteer Captain Morrice's Coy. 15 Thomas Burnside Midshipman Hector 16 Stirker Nelson & wife Mariner Monmouth 17 William Barnfield & wife Husbandman 18 James Barnfield & wife Husbandman 19 Georgius Philippus Bruscourt & wife Surgeon 20 George Stanton Mariner Intrepid 21 John Holyday Miller 22 William Hodges Mariner Drake Sloop 23 Henry Carr & wife Mariner Angelsea 24 John Pool & wife Mariner Princess Mary 25 Richard Townsend Joiner 26 Edward Boswell Joiner 27 William White & wife Carpenter 28 Richard Wenman & wife Quarter Gunner Advice 20 George Rooth Carpenter 30 Thomas Keys Husbandman 31 Richard Keys Husbandman 32 William Parr Smith 33 William Williams Smith 34 John Lorraine Smith 35 Thomas Allan & wife Brickmaker 36 William Rodway Shipwright 37 Henry Fielding & wife Mariner Dreadnought 38 Francis Turner & wife Shipwright 39 William Harrison Mariner Expedition 40 John Airth & wife Periwigmaker 41 William Rowles & wife Mariner Exter 42 James Scott Mariner Dreadnought 43 Thomas Waldegrave & wife Private man 1st Regiment Foot Guards 44 James Spratt Private man Paulet's 45 Thomas Drury Mariner Tavistock 46 Robert Hilton Mariner La Fore's 47 William Costring Smith 48 Richard Jackson Periwigmaker 49 Alexander Ross Husbandman 50 Anthony Castle & wife Smith 51 Samuel Bradshaw & wife Cooper 52 Thomas Davis & wife Braizer 53 Philip Landerback & wife Tailor 54 Gotlieb Shermiller & wife Butcher 55 Christian Trider & wife Husbandman 56 Jason Chapman Private Bowle's 57 William Howsman & wife Husbandman 58 Richard Jones Turner 59 M Alexander Clarke Shipwright 60 Richard Burton Periwigmaker 61 Edward Neil Mariner Privateer 62 John Doge & wife Mariner Yarmouth 63 Morrice Grant & wife Bricklayer 64 John Povery & wife Boatman 65 Thomas Temple & wife Husbandman 66 Robert Ewer Lieutenant Colonel Frazer's 67 Stephen Hill & wife Mariner Tilbury 68 X Rush Doctor; Surgeon 69 Samuel Tanner & wife Mariner Deptford 70 Benjamin Jacob & wife Mariner 71 James Manners Sawyer 72 William Dixon Carpenter 73 Christopher Fox Husbandman 74 Thomas Smith Glazier 75 Thomas Tunley Mariner Surprize 76 Adam Roman Cooper 77 Edward Baldaston Butcher 78 Samuel Hall Butcher 79 Thomas Cooper Wheelright 80 Christian Cook & wife Cooper 81 James Thorp & wife Smith 82 Adam Macher & wife Carpenter 83 George Franck & wife Baker; Miller 84 John Creighton & wife Lieutenant Battereau's 85 John Galland & wife Lieutenant Battereau's 86 William Crons Tailor 87 Robert Grant Surgeon's mate 88 X X-ertson & wife Mariner Merchant Service 89 X Hill Husbandman Formater's notes: 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: BatesAdditional 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: BatesThere were 3 other columns at the end of this manifest. They included: Boys, Girls, MaleServ., FemaleServ, Total in Party. I have attempted to put these numbers below next to register number. Any line with just husband and wife or travelling alone I have not included below. 1 1 boy, 1 girl, 4 total 3 1 female serv. 3 total 4 1 female serv. 2 total 5 1 boy 3 total 7 1 boy, 2 girls 5 total 10 2 girls 4 total 12 1 girl 3 total 13 1 female serv. 3 total 14 1 male serv. 2 total 15 1 male serv. 2 total 17 1 boy, 2 girls 5 total 18 1 girl 3 total 27 2 girls, 1 male serv 5 total 28 1 boy 3 total 35 3 boys, 1 girl 6 total 38 1 male serv. 3 total 41 1 male serv. 3 total 43 1 boy 3 total 45 1 female serv. 2 total 48 2 male serv. 3 total 50 1 boy 3 total 53 1 boy, 1 girl 4 total 54 1 boy, 1 male serv 4 total 55 2 boys, 2 girls 4 total 57 1 female serv. 3 total 62 1 boy 3 total 63 2 female serv. 4 total 64 1 female serv. 3 total 65 1 girl 3 total 66 3 female serv. 2 male serv. 6 total 67 1 female serv. 3 total 69 3 girls 5 total 76 1 boy 2 total 80 1 boy, 2 girls, 1 male serv. 6 total 81 1 boy 3 total 82 4 boys, 1 girl, 1 male serv. 8 total 84 3 male serv., 1 female serv. 6 total 85 2 male serv., 1 female serv. 5 total 87 1 male serv., 1 female serv. 3 total
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 Nancy Knizer for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 25 February 1999
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