Immigrant Ships
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Barque Kingston

I, Wm. Bowen, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers which were on board the Barque Kingston at the time of her sailing from the port of Trinidad de Cuba, or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present, and have been during the voyage, master of the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. (Signed) Wm. Bowen. Sworn before me, this 9th day of May, 1850, (signed) Leod. K. Bell, Dy. Collector. (On original manifest, the captain's statement appears at the end of the passenger list.)

Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Barque Kingston whereof William Bowen is Master, from Trinidad de Cuba, burthen _____ Tons ______ and owned by Thos. Wattson & Sons of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, country of which it is their intention to become inhabitants.

   
   1* Mrs. Eliza Carrot              40  female  none                 U. States
   2  Miss Isabel Carrot             19  female  none      Trinidad   U. States
   3  Miss Teresa Carrot             14  female  none      U. States  U. States
   4  Miss Eliza Carrot              12  female  none      U. States  U. States
   5  Miss Mary Carrot               11  female  none      Trinidad   U. States
   6* Miss Josephine Carrot           9  female  none                 U. States
   7* Mr. Charly Carrot               7  male    none                 U. States
   8* Mr. James Carrot                5  male    none                 U. States
   9* Miss Martha Carrot              3  female  none                 U. States
  10* Miss Georgiana Carrot         3mo  female  none                 U. States
  11* Mr. Domingo Carrot (colored)    6  male    none                 U. States
  12  Miss Irene F. Beaumont         30  female  teacher   U. States  U. States
  13  Miss Eliza F. Beaumont         20  female  teacher   U. States  U. States
  14* Mr. ?. ?. Ricketts             44  male    merchant  U. States  U. States
  15  Mr. D. B. Rice                 35  male    engineer  U. States  U. States   

   
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.

  Passenger numbers were added to ease referencing.

   1 Mrs. Eliza Carrot: the country she belonged to may have been U. 
     States, but an ink blot covered it.
   6-11 The Carrot children from Josephine through Domingo had only a wavy 
     line in space for "country belonging".  It was not clear if this was 
     meant to mean "ditto" for Trinidad, as farther down the list, the 
     abbreviation "do" was used for ditto for the last 3 passengers.
  11 Domingo Carrot: (colored) was written next to his name.
  14 Ricketts: first initial was I or J; second initial was L or S.

Correspondence: 10/5/99
According to a researcher, Miss Isabel Carrot or Carrett, age 24, was 
married 22 February 1855 in Dedham, Massachusetts to William Lewis Green Peirce.  
She was from Trinidad, Cuba.  Miss Carrett returned to Trinidad at least 
twice.  The name is spelled Carrett on her passport and other records.  
Others researching this family may reach the descendants of Isabel Carrett 
by contacting  R. Kinerson

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 70, List 57.

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