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Ship Amethyst

I, John Bussey, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the district of BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the names, age, sex and occupation of all the passengers, together with the name of the country to which they severally belong, and that of which they intend to become inhabitants, which were on board the Ship Amethyst whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of Liverpool or which have at any time since been taken on board the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in said report and list expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. Sworn to before me, this third day of August 1826. (Signed) H. A. S. Dearborn, COLLECTOR. (Signed) John Bussey, MASTER.

REPORT and LIST of the passengers taken on board the Ship Amethyst whereof Bussey is master, burthen 359 tons and 36/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong. U. S. A. was given as the country to which they all intended to become inhabitants.

    
   
    1  Thomas York            36  male    labourer        Ireland  
    2  Jane York              34  female                  Ireland
    3* Ann Gi?ty               7  female                  Ireland
    4* Patrick Gi?ty           7  male                    Ireland
    5* Wm. D??in?             26  male                    Ireland
    6* John McG??r            30  male    labourer        Ireland
    7* Alexander Burns        2?  male    weaver          England 
    8* Rose Burns             15  male    weaver          Ireland
    9  Wm. McIntyre           17  male    labourer        Ireland
   10* Elizabeth ?ra??er      30  female                  Ireland
   11* Bridget ?ra??er        25  female                  Ireland
   12* Wm. ?ra??er             5  male                    Ireland
   13  Wm. Lomax              28  male    labourer        Ireland
   14  James Pepper           30  male    labourer        Ireland
   15  John Pepper             8  male    labourer        Ireland
   16  Joseph Pepper           5  male    labourer        Ireland
   17  Michael Farrell        22  male    labourer        Ireland
   18  Mary Farrell           24  female  labourer        Ireland
   19* Bridget Di??nd         20  female  labourer        Ireland
   20  John Heywood           30  male    weaver          England
   21  Alice Heywood          26  female                  England
   22* ? Heywood               5  female                  England  
   23* Mary Heywood         1-1/2 female                  Ireland  
   24  John White             20  male    labourer        Ireland
   25  Patrick White          22  male    labourer        Ireland
   26* Thomas Ka??            34  male    calico printer  England
   27* Patrick ?. Quinn       18  male    weaver          England  
   28* Mar? M. Guin           19  female  weaver          England 
   29* Wm. McDa?i??           33  male    labourer        England  
   30  Catharine Burns        23  female  weaver          England
   31  John Hayes             32  male    dyer            England 
   32  Sam. Appleyard         27  male    block cutter    England
   33* Thomas Hamp?on         24  male    calico printer  England  
   34  Henry McGarrick        34  male    weaver          England
   35  Thomas McGarrick        4  male    weaver          England
   36* Samuel B??ckell        40  male    spinner         England  
   37* James B??ckell         20  male    spinner         England
   38  Hugh Cowan             56  male    joiner          England
   39  Edward Campbell        28  male    carder          England
   40* Joseph Do?ben          28  male    weaver          England
   41  James Carr             32  male    bricklayer      England
   42  Wm. Craig              21  male    machine maker   England      

    
Transcriber's Notes: 

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
  the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
  in the transcriber's notes.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

    
 3-4  Ann Gi?ty: letter could be n or r.
 5  Wm. D??in?: first letters do not extend above or below the line.  
    Last letter could be g or y.
 6  John McG??r: letters could be ir or u.
 7  Alexander Burns: age 20 probably.
 8  Rose Burns: listed as female, and as being from Ireland though 
    Alexander Burns just before her was from Scotland.
10-12  ?ra??er could be Frazier or Trainer.
19  Bridget Di??nd: letters do not extend above or below the line.
22  ? Heywood: name could be Ann or Ellen.
23  Mary Heywood: country to which she belonged was given as Ireland, 
    though the other Heywoods had England written there.
26  Thomas Ka??: letters do not extend above or below the line; 
    possibly rr, ss, or ne.
27  Patrick ?. Quinn: middle initial is L or S.
28  Mar? M. Guin: first name Marg. or Mary.  
    Surname McGuin or Guin, even though name before hers was written Quinn.
29  Wm. McDa?i??: first letter in question does not extend above or below the line.  
    Last 2 letters could be sh or th or tt or st.
33  Thomas Hamp?on: s or t in question.
36-37  B??ckell could be Brickell or Buckell
40  Joseph Do?ben: letter is possibly u.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.

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