Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Richmond

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

I William Rugan do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains to the best of my knowlege and belief a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Richmond whereof I am master from Liverpool via Cork. So help me God. (Sign) William Rugan Sworn to, the 18 Feby* 1820 Before me, In Kearney

List or Manifest of all the Passsengers* taken on board the Ship Richmond whereof William Rugan is master from Liverpool & Cork Burthen Two hundred ninety seven 84/95 Tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age (Years, Months), Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants.

1  Robert Rhodes      26     male    Weaver       Great Britain  United States
2  Charlotte Rhodes   23     female  none         Great Britain  United States
3  Francis Rhodes      1  6  male    none         Great Britain  United States
4  Joseph Greaves     43     male    Farmer       Great Britain  United States
5  Betsey Greaves     47     female  none         Great Britain  United States
6  Martha Greaves      9     female  none         Great Britain  United States
7  John Greaves        4     male    none         Great Britain  United States
8  Curtis Burgan      40     male    Farmer       Great Britain  United States
9  David Miller       31     male    Farmer       Great Britain  United States
10 Richard B??k       28     male    Butcher      Great Britain  United States
11 Thomas Beer        35     male    Farmer       Great Britain  United States
12 Hannah Beer        36     female  none         Great Britain  United States
13 Richard Beer       10     male    none         Great Britain  United States
14 Mary Beer           8     female  none         Great Britain  United States
15 Eliza Beer          4     female  none         Great Britain  United States
16 Robert Foss        34     male    Butcher      Great Britain  United States
17 Lydia Foss         34     female  none         Great Britain  United States
18 John Foss           7     male    none         Great Britain  United States
19 Ellen Foss          4     female  none         Great Britain  United States
20 Joseph Blunt       40     male    Farmer       Great Britain  United States
21 Sarah Blunt        40     female  none         Great Britain  United States
22 Sarah Blunt        19     female  none         Great Britain  United States
23 May Blunt          10     female  none         Great Britain  United States
24 William Blunt      15     male    none         Great Britain  United States
25 Hannah Blunt       10     female  none         Great Britain  United States
26 Samuel Greves      29     male    Farmer       Great Britain  United States
27 Sarah Greves       25     female  none         Great Britain  United States
28 Mary Greves         4     female  none         Great Britain  United States
29 Mary Beer          60     female  unknown      Great Britain  United States
30 Christian Erickson 49     male    Ship Master  Philadelphia   United States
31 Owen Jones         20     male    Taylor*      Great Britain  United States
32 Benjamin Blount     1     male    none         Great Britain  United States
33 Job Blount          2     male    none         Great Britain  United States
34 Ann Blount          6     female  none         Great Britain  United States
35 Eliza Blount        4     female  none         Great Britain  United States
36 Sarah Foss          3     female  none         Great Britain  United States
37 Elizabeth Foss      1  6  female  none         Great Britain  United States
38 Henry Beer          3     male    none         Great Britain  United States
39 Thomas Beer         1  6  male    none         Great Britain  United States
40 John Greves         1     male    none         Great Britain  United States

(Signed) New York, Feby* 5  1820,  William Rugan

Transcriber's Notes:
*  Under the Years column, under the month section, dittos were used on all passengers
   but 3 (Francis Rhodes, Elizabeth Fo?s, and Thomas Beer) which were filled in with a 6.
*  There was one death during the voyage, but I have eliminated the column for
   'Died on the Voyage':  Owen Jones "died on Passage".  There were no births noted.
*  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
   (Listed below in the order in which it appears on the manifest.)
*  The month is written as Feby, I assume it means February.
*  Passengers is written with 3 s's.
*  Passenger #31: Owen Jones Occupation was written as Taylor,and I believe it to mean
   tailor.
*  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality of
   original document.
*  Passenger #10: The surname B??k could be Burk.

Correspondence: 18 May 2001 passeners 16-19, 36 & 37 Foss
My ancestors aboard this ship are the Foss family, Robert and Lydia, their
children John, Ellen, Elizabeth and Sarah.  They settled in Mansfield,CT. I
have been doing an extensive search on this family. 

There were two other children born in CT, Robert and Samuel Simms.

I am the daughter of Phyllis Brewer Sutthill who was Howland Brewer's older 
sister. Samuel S. Foss( b.1843) was my great grandfather. I have the family 
Bible that belonged to Rebecca Brewster and Samuel S. Foss. I have done a 
lot of research on the Foss family and I think most of what you have is correct.

Samuel Simms Foss went to Bay City,MI to work as a lumberman with his
younger brother Edward Benjamin Foss.(Note: the Benjamin in the 1860 RI
Census living with mother Sarah) I have information on that family. Also
have information on Frank Halsey Foss, brother of Ruth Foss Brewer, my
grandmother. The youngest son of Frank Foss, Hetrick, is still alive and
living in Sarasota, FL. 

 R. Collins

Correspondence February 1, 2008 passengers 16-19, 36 & 37 Foss
Good Day,

Am seeking further information on Robert Foss who married Lydia Simms 
in 1810, at St Alkmunds in Derby. He was said to have been "of this parish" 
and Lydia was listed as being from Aston on Trent. They were both around 24 
at the time of their marriage. I know the SIMMS/SIMS/SYMS/SYMMES/etc name is 
prevalent in the area, but notices not QUITE to many with the FOSS surname. 
Was wondering if anyone else is researching this family? Robert and Lydia, 
along with son, John (b. @1812/13) and Ellen (can't recall birth year, but 
probably around 1815, came to the US in 1820, settling in Massachusetts, 
where they had more children, then removing to Rhode Island, and eventually, 
Connecticut. Two of Robert's sons, both born in Massachusetts in 1821, went 
into the newspaper busines. Samuel Simms Foss, twin of German W. Foss, was 
the owner and editor (for a time) of the Woonsocket Patriot, and was one of 
the many outspoken Anti-Slavery journalists of that time in New England.

I'm working with a non-profit organization named after Samuel, trying to 
piece together the origins of his FOSS line. I have plenty of information 
to share (at least on this "side of the pond"), but have precious little 
information about the family origins in the UK. The only "suspect" Lydia Simms 
in LDS IGI was christened in Duffield (which though both are NEAR Derby, they 
are on opposite sides. However, from 1788 when she was likely christened, to 1810, 
when she married Robert, there's always the possibility that her family moved from 
Duffield to Aston on Trent. IF she was the same Lydia christened in 1788 at Duffield, 
she would have been daughter of Samuel Simms and Silence Brown (by the only accounts 
I have happened upon).

Again, ANYONE with any information on this family, please feel free to respond 
to this post, or directly to me via e-mail.

Cheers,

Jared Handspicker 
Nashua, NH 

Correspondence February 1, 2008 - passengers 16-19, 36 & 37 Foss
Another person doing research on this family is Elizabeth vangel

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