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Ship Chariot

DISTRICT OF BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN – PORT OF BOSTON
10 August 1826

I, Peter Pratt, 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 Chariot 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 10th day of August, 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy COLLECTOR. (Signed) Peter Pratt, MASTER.

REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the Ship Chariot of Boston whereof Pratt is master, burthen 359 tons and 50/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.

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

    
   
 1  Joseph Brooks         32  male    weaver          England 
 2  Mary Ann Brooks       30  female  weaver          England
 3  Squire Brooks          5  male                    England
 4  George Duhurst        40  male    weaver          England
 5  George Taylor         43  male    calico printer  England
 6  Joseph Robinson       30  male    farmer          England
 7  Alice Robinson        32  female                  England
 8  Peggy Robinson        12  female                  England
 9  Thomas Robinson       10  male                    England
10* Susan Robinson         8  male                    England
11  Ann Robinson           6  female                  England
12  Wm. Robinson           4  male                    England
13  John Robinson          2  male                    England 
14*   Child                                                     born on the passage
15  Wm. Hudson            30  male    farmer          England 
16* Catharine S????       37  female                  England
17* Charles S????         37  male    gardner         England
18* John M?????           42  male    printer         England
19* John M?????           13  male    none            England
20* Wm. Ca?e              38  male    printer         England
21  Wm. Lidyard           32  male    wool sorter     England
22  James Lidyard         23  male    wool sorter     England
23* James Beckw?th        22  male    wool spinner    England
24  Ann Beckw?th          21  female  wool spinner    England
25* ? ???ley              37  male    servant         England
26* John ?agram           24  male    printer         England 
27* Mar? Layland          30  female  weaver          England
28* ?haylor Lyland         6  male    weaver          England
29* Sarah Layland          1  female                  England     
    
Transcriber's Notes: 
Passengers numbers added to aid with referencing.

10 Susan Robinson: marked as male.
14 Unnamed child born on the voyage, listed after the Robinson family.
16-17 S????: letters do not extend above or below the line. Third letter could be x.  
      Second letter e or i.  Last letter n or r.  Looks like Sixin. 
18-19 M?????: third or fourth letter extends above the line, 
      the other letters do not.
20 Wm. Ca?e: possibly an s or t in question.  
23 Beckw?th: could be a or u.
25 ? ???ley: last name may begin with Fl or H.  Other letters do not 
   extend above or below the line.  First name possibly Wm.
26 ?agram: possibly begins with H. 
27 Mar? Layland: either Mary or Marg.
28 ?haylor Lyland: possibly begins with S or T. Surname spelled Lyland here.
29 ? Layland: first name about 6 letters.  Too dark to read. 

Correspondence 2/14/02 passenger 
Joseph Brooks on ship Chariot 1826, I believe is my gggrandfather.  Settled
in Van Buren, Onondaga, NY until 1844, going to Burr Oak, St Joseph,
Michigan.  Children: John, George, James Henry (my ggrandfather), Ann, Mary,
Thomas, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth.
Denise Brooks Crandall
 

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

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