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Thomas & William 
Thomas & William
Ship: Thomas & William
Date: 5-12 April 1774 (Departure)
Departing: Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date: 14-16 May 1774 (Arrival)
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Columns represent: Sex, First Name, Last Name, Age, Occupation, Register Comment, Comment
M Robert Allver
M Moses Andrew 34 Cooper To seek for better employ
F Jane Atkinson
F Mary Atkinson
M Roger Atkinson
F Sarah Atkinson
M Sam Bainbridge 24 Farmer To seek for better employ
M Jonathan Barlow 24 Farmer To seek for better employ
F Ann Berwick
M George Berwick
M George Berwick
M Robert Berwick
M Thomas Biggin
M Francis Blashell 29 Farmer
M Francis Boast 47 Farmer To seek for better employ plus wife & 5 children
F Jane Brown
M George Cass 19 Gardener Goes as hired servant
M John Clark 55 Farmer To seek for better employ
M Richard Clark 50 Farmer
M John Cole Farmer To seek for better employ
M John Davis
M Robert Dean 28 Labourer To seek for better employ
M James Dewthwaite 34 Farmer To seek for better employ
F Ann Duke
M John Duke 25 Farmer To seek for better employ
F Sarah Duke
M Thomas Eison 25 joiner Being an heir to an estate
there
M George Ellis
F Margaret Ellis Wife Wife of William Ellis
M William Ellis 24 Farmer They could not support
their family on account
of the high price of
provisions
M Benjamin Garbut Child Son of Richard Garbut
M Charles Garbut Child Son of Richard Garbut
M David Garbut Child Son of Richard Garbut
F Elizabeth Garbut Child Daughter of Richard Garbut
F Elizabeth Garbut Wife Wife of Richard Garbut
F Mary Garbut
M Richard Garbut 34 Joiner To seek for better employ
M Richard Garbut
M Thomas Gibbin 31 Mason To seek for better employ
F Elizabeth Gilliat 4 Child Daughter of William Gilliat
F Mary Gilliat 1 Child Daughter of William Gilliat
F Rebecca Gilliat 30 Wife Wife of William Gilliat
M William Gilliat 34 Farmer His Farm being over rented
could not live upon it Husband of Rebecca Gilliat
M William Gilliat 3 Child Son of William Gilliat
M Thomas Gray 31 blacksmith Goes as hired servant
M William Habishaw 18 Farmer Going with a view to better
himself
M William Hardy 25 Farmer To seek for better employ
F Elizabeth Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
F Hannah Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
M John Harrison 54 Farmer Forced to leave the wife Sarah and 9 Children
Kingdom being over rented
in his farm
M John Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
M Luke Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
F Mary Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
F Nancy Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
F Sarah Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
F Sarah Lovell Harrison Wife Wife of John Harrison
M Thomas Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
M William Harrison Child Child of John & Sarah Harrison
M Adam Hawksworth 34 Joiner To seek for better employ His wife & 4 children
F Elizabeth Hawksworth Child Daughter of Adam Hawkswoth
F Elizabeth Hawksworth Wife Wife of Adam Hawksworth
M George Hawksworth Child Son of Adam Hawkswoth
F Hannah Hawksworth Child Daughter of Adam Hawkswoth
M John Hawksworth Child Son of Adam Hawkswoth
M William Hemsel 31 Farmer On account of the high His wife & 3 children
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Thomas Hodgson 38 Tailor To seek for better employ
F Ann Holiday
M Christopher Holiday
F Elizabeth Holiday
F Hannah Holiday
M John Holiday 46 Farmer To seek for better employ s wife & 5 children
M John Holiday
M William Holiday
M John Hollday 40 Shoemaker On account of the high
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M John Hopper 23 Farmer To seek for better employ
M Henry Huttson 21 Tailor To seek for better employ
F Ann Jackson Wife Wife of Robert Jackson
M Benjamin Jackson 50 Mason To seek for better employ plus wife & 3 sons
M Isaac Jackson Child Child of Robert & Ann Jackson
M Robert Jackson 39 Ploughwright To seek for better plus wife & 3 children
employment all necessarys
of life being so dear
M Robert Jackson 48 Blacksmith They could not support
their family on account
of the high price of
provisions
M Stephen Jackson Child Child of Robert & Ann Jackson
F Elizabeth Jacques Wife Wife of John Jacques
F Elizabeth Jacques
F Hannah Jacques
M John Jacques 26 Cost of provision high plus wife & 3 children
Could not support their
family
M John Jacques
M William Jarratt 40 Farmer Goes to see the country
and if he likes it to
settle there
M Robert Jefferson 24 Farmer To seek for better employ
M John Johnson 20 tailor Obliged to quit his farm
being so high rented
M William Johnson 22 Wheelwright Going with a view to
better himself
M William Jones 9 Child son of Mary Thompson (sic)
M David Jukes 23 Farmer To seek for better employ
F Jane Kneeshaw
M William Kneeshaw
M John Lamb 21 Farmer To seek for better employ
M William Lewis
M Francis Mason 33 butcher To seek for better employ
M George Mennard 21 On account of the high wife & child
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Robert Mennard 27 tailor On account of the high plus wife & child
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Robert Miller
F Ann Mills
F Elizabeth Mills
M Frans Mills
M Robert Mills
M William Mills
F Ann Milner
F Elizabeth Milner 30 Servant To seek for better employ
F Elizabeth Milner 50 To seek for better employ
M John Milner
M Jonathan Milner 26 Farmer To seek for better employ
M John Milton 22 Farmer
M William Moon 25 weaver To seek for better employ
M Thomas Mooring 23 house carpenter To seek for better employ
M Thomas Nispin
M Michael Noddin Farmer To seek for better employ
F Jane Noddings
M Mark Noddings
F Mary Noddings
M Robert Noddings
M William Noddings
M Richard Oliver 19 Farmer To seek for better employ
M John Orkird 30 Farmer To seek for better employ
M Christopher Pearson 20 Farmer On account of the high
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Benjamin Peck Child
M Hugh Peebles 36 Weaver To seek for better employ
M Michael Pickny 42 Farmer Turned off his farm it being
turned into a large one
F Elizabeth Reed 28 Sister of William
M William Reed 30 Farmer On account of the high
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M John Richardson 28 smith On account of the high
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Edward Robinson
F Hannah Robinson
M John Robinson 28 butcher Goes as hired servant
M John Robinson 40 Farmer Farm being overrented could
not support themselves
M John Robinson 41 Farmer
M John Robinson
M Jona Robinson
F Mary Robinson
F Mary Robinson Wife Wife of John Robinson
M George Sharrow 26 Farmer To seek for better employ
M William Sherwood 21 linen weaver To seek for better employ
M William Shires 29 Farmer Distressed by his landlord
M John Skelton 25 Farmer To seek for better employ
M Thomas Skelton 35 Tallow chandler To seek for better employ
F Jane Smith Gave no reason
M x Stapleton 30 Physician
M John Steel 46 Farmer To seek for better employ plus son
M Ralph Stibbins 40 merchant On account of the high plus 3 children
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Anthony Stiles
M John Stiles
M Clifford Swan 21 Joiner To seek for better employ
M Robert Taylor 28 Farmer On account of the high
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Andrew Thompson 40 Farmer To see Employment Provision
being so dear in England Husband of Mary Thompson
F Mary Thompson Wife of Andrew Thompson
M William Thomson 42 Farmer On account of the high plus wife & 6 children
price of Provision and to
seek better Employment
M Richard Topham 29 Farmer To seek for better employ Wife & Child
M Joseph Tranner 32 Farmer To seek for better employ plus wife & child
M Mathew Walker 24 Farmer All the small farms taken
into larage ones in his
parish, could not get Bread
M Richard Walker 33 Farmer
M Mathew Webster 33 Tailor To seek for better employ his wife & 3 children
M William Webster 33 House carpenter To seek for better employ
M William Webster 33 Joiner
F Mary White 20 Servant To seek for better employ
M Frans Wilkinson
F Margaret Wilkinson
M Thomas Wilkinson 23 Blacksmith plus wife & child
F Ann Wilson
F Ann Wilson
F Barbara Wilson
M Christopher Wilson
M Edward Wilson
F Elizabeth Wilson
F Jane Wilson
M Leonard Wilson
F Mary Wilson
M Robert Wilson 49 Farmer His rent raised to high
obliged him to quit
F Sarah Wilson
M Thomas Wilson 26 Farmer
M William Wilson 23 Farmer To seek for better employ
F x Wilson Wife Wife of Robert Wilson
Original Transcription by Val Holland
NOTES:
The name of the ship was uncertain for some time. Joan Settle at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8429/tmwlad.html (Nov 1997) said Thomas and
William OR Prince George. A private researcher, Val Holland (RHVDDDNF@aol.com), has
come across evidence fixing the name as Thomas and William. An ancestor of hers,
Jonathan Barlow, was a passenger on this ship.
Here is Jonathan Barlow's account of his journey from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia:
"I sailed from England in the ship 'Thomas and William.' We landed at the Ortness Islands.
Their people were very poor, almost naked; no coal or wood to burn. They grew very little
of corn; they have very little houses, with doors made of straw, and no windows. They make
their fires in the middle of their houses. Cows and hogs all lie by their fireside. I
bought eggs for onepence per dozen; ale, two quarts for twopence. Women plough as well
as the men. I sailed from there to Halifax; had a pleasant voyage, I stayed in Halifax
one week, but that place would not do, for the land was upon a rock; so there was no work
for a husbandman." (in George Barlow, editor & compiler, Family Genealogy Comprising the
Ancestry and Descendants of Jonathan Barlow and Plain Rogers, of Delaware County, N.Y.,
c. 1891, pp11-12)
Arrival date comes from: "Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867"
Correspondence December 8, 2003 Dewthwaite
JAMES DEWTHWAITE-34--FARMER
James settled in Salisbury Parish, Westmorland, New Brunswick and had
a son James Douthrite(name changed on census)-born- Abt. 1788.-married
Freelove Briggs in 1807. These are the progenitors of the New Brunswick
Douthwrights that were,among the many that were instrumental in
pioneering the Albert County area of New Brunswick.
Russell Bannister website at Bannisters & Kin
Document source: Tepper, Michael, Passengers to America, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1977, pp 285-288. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book of Immigrants, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993, pp 208-210. Settle, Joan, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8429/index.html (Nov 1997) Barlow, George, Family Genealogy Comprising the Ancestry and Descendants of Jonathan Barlow and Plain Rogers, of Delaware County, N.Y., c. 1891, pp 11-12.
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Reformatted by Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 25 February 1999
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