Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Jamaica

I, John Heron Master or Commander of the Ship Jamaica 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 Ship Jamaica at the Port of Port Glasgow 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 none of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me, this 19 day of Jany 1829 (signed) John Heron (signature of collector cannot be read) Collector.

List of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Jamaica whereof John Heron is Master, at the Port of Port Glasgow and bound for NEW ORLEANS.

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

 1  McMillan      30   man   clerk    Scotland   New Orleans
 2  McDonald      30   man   farmer   Scotland   New Orleans
 3* Jay Heron     26   man   clerk    Scotland   New Orleans


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.

3 This passenger's age could be 24.

There were no deaths reported on this passage, therefore the
"NUMBER THAT DIED ON THE PASSAGE" column has been eliminated.

The passengers were not numbered; passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing.

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

19 Jany 1829
Ship Jamaica
(signed) Heron
from Glasgow
Passenger man.

Correspondence 10/10/2003 Captain Heron
Hello, My name is C. Heron  and I found my answer on the ISTG website. He
was the Captain of the Ship Jamaica departing from the port of Glasgow,
Scotland  which is where he resided and arriving at the port of New Orleans
on January 19, 1829. His name was Captain John Heron. I am not quite sure
what his children's names are, but I do know that my Great Grand Father's
name was George Alexander Heron and his son (my Grandfather)'s name was
Louis Oscar Heron and his son (my father)'s name was Ronald Owen Heron
otherwise known as John Heron who resided in Jamaica where I am from. I have
heard about a Captain Heron in the ancestry but I don't know how he is
related.  Claudette Heron

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