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Winchelsea 
Winchelsea
Ship: Winchelsea
Date: June 1749 (Arrival)
Departing:
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Master: Thomas Cornish
Ship Type: 559 tons
Columns represent: No. First Name, Last Name, Comment, Occupation, Boys, Girls, MaleServants, FemaleServants, Total, Register Comment
On the original list the phrase "& wife" was in the Comment Column. The list of boys, girl and servants was originally formatted without columns; I can no longer be certain the numbers are in the correct column. Please do not mistake the use of this key "|" to represent a numeral; it was used to create columns only.
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| | E| E| |
| | R|F R| |
| G| V|E V| T |
B| I|M A|M A| O |
O| R|A N|A N| T |
Y| L|L T|L T| A |
S| S|E S|E S| L | Register Comment
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90 John Hamilton Lieutenant | | 4| 1| 6 | Winchelsea
91 James Warren & wife Ensign | | 1| | 3 | Duke of Bolton's
92 Harry Meriton & wife Surgeon's mate | | 4| 1| 5 | Falmouth
93 Springall Harris Corporal | | | | 1 | Horse Grenadiers
94 John Bradford & wife Husbandman 2| | | | 4 |
95 John Aubonny Carpenter | | | | 1 |
96 Adam Cockburn Lieutenant | | 6| | 7 | Nottingham
97 Thomas Bryant & wife Mariner | | 1| 1| 4 | Badger Sloop
98 Isaac Gandon Goldsmith | | | | 1 |
99 James Charet & wife Smith | | 1| | 3 |
100 Jacob Dellechaux Smith | | | | 1 |
101 John Dellechaux Smith | | | | 1 |
102 William Williams & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Russell
103 John Williams Tailor | | | | 1 |
104 William Sampson Gunner's mate | | | | 1 | Dreadnought
105 Francis Mears & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Hampton Court
106 John Dingley & wife Mariner | | | 2| 4 | Furnace, Bomb.
107 George Popplewell & wife Mariner 1| | | 1| 4 | Chesterfield
108 John Stevens & wife Mariner | 1| | | 3 | Kent
109 Edward Davis & wife Mariner | | 2| | 5 | Rippon
110 Isaac King Mariner | | 1| | 2 | Tartar
111 John Eagle Smith | | | | 1 |
112 John Beadle & wife Private man | | | | 2 | Train of Artillery
113 Robert Philips & wife Smith | 2| | 1| 5 |
114 Richard Reeves & wife Lieutenant | | | 1| 3 | Duke of Bolton's
115 Richard Sleech Chatfield Shipwright | | | | 1 | Portsmouth Yard
116 John Fitzgibbon & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Invincible
117 Terence Flynn & wife Mariner | | 1| | 3 | Russell
118 David Darling Mariner | | | | 1 | Warwick
119 John Sheen Mariner | | | | 1 | Kent
120 David Bigham Boatswain's mate | | | | 1 | Thetis
121 Jonathan Harris & wife Carpenter | | | | 2 |
122 William Calvert Mariner | | | | 1 | Hardwick Privateer
123 Robert Barnstable Mariner | | | | 1 | Seaford
124 Owen Cavenaugh & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Hardwick Privateer
125 John Edes Carpenter 3| 1| | | 5 |
126 Thomas Bampton Mariner | | | | 1 | Terrible, Bomb
127 John Poulton Baker | | | | 1 |
128 Alexander Kady & wife Carpenter 2| | | | 4 |
129 Simon Denton & wife Quartermaster | 1| | | 3 | Yarmouth
130 William Van Felton & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Princessa
131 Thomas Humphry & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Duke [sic]
132 William Vickers Midshipman | | 2| | 3 | Mary Galley
133 James Casey & wife Mariner | | | | 4 | Hardwick Privateer
134 John Philips & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Plymouth
135 Philip Lowry Mariner | | | | 1 | Plymouth
136 Rowland Smith & wife Husbandman | | | | 2 |
137 Matthew Lilly Husbandman | | | | 1 |
138 Thomas Barry Mariner | | 1| | 2 | Lancaster
139 Newbiggin Harris & wife Midshipman | | | | 2 | Princessa
140 William Friend & wife Husbandman 1| 3| | | 6 |
141 Daniel Davye & wife Masters at Arms | 1| | | 3 | Chester
142 Timothy Wilson Mariner | | | | 1 | St. Quintin
143 John Newport Mariner | | | | 1 | Leopard
144 Thomas Atkinson Schoolmaster | | | | 1 |
145 William Matthews & wife Private man 1| 1| | 1| 5 | Lord H. Beauclerk's
146 Peter Tupshaw & wife Mason 1| 1| | | 4 |
147 Humphry Swaine & wife Smith 2| 1| | | 5 |
148 John Williams Armourer | | | | 1 | Scarborough
149 Edward Barton & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Hastings
150 Samuel Blagrave & wife Husbandman 1| 1| | | 4 |
151 John Stirk & wife Quarter Gunner | | | | 2 | Devonshire
152 Jeremiah Hart & wife Bricklayer | 2| | | 4 |
153 Isaac Purdy Smith | | | | 1 |
154 Richard Darke & wife Midshipman | | 1| | 3 | Canterbury
155 William Joyce First Lieutenant | | 5| 2| 8 | Leforey's
156 Henry Waldon & wife Artificer | | 1| | 3 |
157 John Burling & wife Smith | | | | 2 |
158 William Hall & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Leostoff
159 Joseph Curtis & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Seaford
160 Richard Rice Mariner | | | | 1 | Charles
161 Thomas Stanward Mariner | | | | 1 | Barfleur
162 William Higgins Mariner | | | | 1 | Buckingham
163 John Cooper & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Tilbury
164 Peter Collins Mariner | | | | 1 | Warwick
165 Cornelius Ryan | | | | 1 | Chesterfield
166 Jacob Ellis | | | | 1 | Norwich
167 Moses Harris & wife Sawyer | | | | 2 |
168 John Cottle & wife Private | | | | 2 |
169 John Gray & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Dreadnought
170 John Barret Mariner | | | | 1 | Royal Family Pritr.
171 William Craft Upholsterer | | | | 1 |
172 Richard Fitzgerald & wife Mariner | 3| | | 5 | Revenge
173 Edward Draper Cabinet maker | | | | 1 |
174 Richard Clack Husbandman | | | | 1 |
175 Richard Clack junior Husbandman | | | | 1 |
176 John Wozencraft & wife Farmer 1| | | | 3 |
177 x Hughes & wife Private | 1| | | 3 | Lord H. Beauclerk's
178 Henry Watson & wife Bricklayer 2| | | | 4 |
179 John Moore Mariner | | | | 1 | Merchant Service
180 William Lane & wife Fisherman | | | | 2 |
181 Samuel Hall & wife Fisherman | | | | 2 |
182 Hy. Archer & wife Private | | | | 2 | Train of Artillery
183 Thomas Finlayson & wife Cockswain | | | | 2 | Princessa
184 Richard Scot Cook | | | | 1 |
185 David Brown Husbandman | | | | 1 |
186 Jacob Sabbin Private | | | | 1 | 3rd Regiment Foot Guards
187 John Wall & wife Edgetoolmaker 2| | | | 4 |
188 Herbert Jefferie & wife Printer 1| 1| | | 4 |
189 Thomas Harrison Ensign | | | 1| 3 | Earl of Halifax's
190 Brian Dolin & wife Private | | | 1| 2 | General Churchill's
191 John Leech & wife Shoemaker | 1| | | 3 |
192 John Hollywell & wife Smith 1| | | | 3 |
193 Francis Lemoine Husbandman | | | | 1 |
194 Abram Diamond & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Wager
195 John Bryan Mariner | | | | 1 | Blandford
196 John Loyd Mariner | | | | 1 | Albany Sloop
197 Richard Barrow & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Dragon
198 Edward Seawell & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Plymouth
199 x Anwyle (Mr.) Clergyman | | | 1| 2 |
200 Thomas Slack Mariner | | | | 1 | Plymouth
201 John Ralph & wife Smith | | | | 2 |
202 James Macklin & wife Mariner | | 1| | 3 |
203 Alexander McCardie Mariner | | | | 1 | Salisbury
204 John Cosby & wife Mariner | | 2| 2| 6 | Oxford
205 Christopher Robinson & wife Carpenter 4| 1| | | 7 |
206 Richard Humphrys & wife Mariner | | | | 2 | Sunderland
207 Thomas Reave Apothecary | | 1| 1| 3 |
208 John Willis & wife Chemist; Surgeon | | 1| 2| 5 |
209 John Clay & wife Shoemaker | | | | 2 |
210 Thomas Barton Captain's Steward | | | | 1 | Expedition
211 Major Gillman (five servants of) Servant | | 5| | 5 |
212 Francis Martin Mariner | | 1| | 2 |
213 James Richardson Mariner | | 1| | 2 |
214 Thomas Morris Husbandman | | | | 1 |
215 Charles Bennett Mariner | | | | 1 | Lyon
216 Thomas Reynolds & wife Fisherman | | | | 2 |
Correspondence November 19, 2004 passenger #162 Higgins
William Higgins, listed as passenger # 162 and occupation Mariner was among those
arriving in Halifax in 1749.
I know that he was among the 650 of the original 2500 settlers who arrived who
left Halifax within the first year. I suspect that he may have gone to Prospect,
dispite the report to the British government that said that most of these
people went to New England, about 20 miles from Halifax and become a fisherman.
I know that there was a Michael Higgins in Prospect in the late 1700s, and he was
a direct ancestor. William Higgins may have been his father or grandfather.
David G. Higgins
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.
Contributed by Chignecto Project
Originally formatted by Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 25 February 1999
Reformatted by Patty McCormack
16 February 2008
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