Immigrant Ships
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Ship Home

Liverpool, England to New Orleans
14 January 1829

DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI - Port of New Orleans

I, * Rt Mitchell Master or Commander of the Ship Home do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers, taken on board the said Vessel at the Port of Liverpool or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear, that one of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me, this 14th day of January 1829 (signed) * Robt Mitchell * (signed) Ben Chim Collector.

List of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Home whereof Rt Mitchell is Master, at the Port of Liverpool and bound for NEW ORLEANS.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Number that have died on passage.

    

1* Rt Wilson          43 years male   merchant England  Mobile      arrived safe
2  A. Sloane          32 years male   merchant Scotland New Orleans arrived safe
3* C.I. Pickford      25 years male   merchant England  New Orleans arrived safe
4* R.I. Lyons         21 years male   merchant England  New Orleans arrived safe

                              Steerage

5  H. McGuffin        58 years male   Farmer   Ireland  Tennessee   arrived safe
6  Mary McGuffin      19 years female Farmer   Ireland  Tennessee   arrived safe
7  Elizabeth McGuffin 17 years female Farmer   Ireland  Tennessee   Died on ship of auge
                                                                    14th December 1828
8  Rosana McGuffin    13 years female Farmer   Ireland  Tennessee   arrived safe
9  Jane McGuffin      15 years female Farmer   Ireland  Tennessee   arrived safe

Transcriber's Notes:

* The Collectors first name could be Ber. The m of his last name had
  a florish that went down under his name and back up to the C, like
  a semi-circle, with the letters All underneath his last name in 
  the middle of the semi-circle.
Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.

1 Rt and Robt I believe were the abbreviation for Robert.
3 C.I. Pickford could be C.J. Pickford
4 R.I. Lyons could be R.J. Lyons 

The passengers were not numbered.

The following was hand written on the bottom of the list:

14 January 1829
Ship Home
(signed) Mitchell
from Liverpool

Correspondence 9 July 2001, passenger McGuffin
My ancestor was Jane McGuffin. She married John B. Cooper on June 22, 1835. 
She settled in Middletown, Rutherford County, TN. She is buried in the 
Cooper Cemetery in Lacon, AL. She had 10 children. Eliza Jane Compton
(my ancestor), William Dodson, John Thomas, Charles Hugh, James Brooks, 
Mitilda Ann, Blackman Anderson,Samuel Wallace, Alexander Franklin, and 
Rufus Leander. She was born February 10, 1814, and died March 14, 1869.  
Her sister is buried under Mary Kemp in the Cooper Cemetery also. We 
think that her brothers came to the USA first with the father and he 
went back for the girls and the mother; but did not have enough money 
for the mother. He later went back for the mother and was never heard 
from again. Rosana we know nothing of her. 
You can email me at PETTIETW@wmconnect.com

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