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Ship Topaz
DISTRICT OF BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN – PORT OF BOSTON
I, Francis De?son*, 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 Topaz 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 25th day of September 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy COLLECTOR. (Signed) Francis De?son, MASTER.
REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the Ship Topaz of Boston whereof De?son is master, burthen 358 tons and --/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong. For all the passengers, the U. S. A. was given as the country to which they intended to become inhabitants.
Chester Harding 33 male artist U. S. A.
Caroline M. Harding 30 female lady U. S. A.
Caroline Harding 10 female
Ophria Harding 8 female
Wm. Harding 6 male
Margaret Harding 4 female
Peter T. Thomas 22 male gentleman U. S. A.
Elisabeth Maginley * 40 male labourer Ireland
Bill Maginley 18 male labourer Ireland
Catharine Maginley * 16 male labourer Ireland
Ann Maginley 11 female labourer Ireland
Patrick McEl?oy * 11 male labourer Ireland
Patrick ?yon * 10 male labourer Ireland
Wm. McCann 26 male labourer Ireland
Robert McCann 24 male labourer Ireland
Patrick Smith 21 male labourer Ireland
C??. Kirkpatrick * 25 male labourer Ireland
Co???h? Higgins * 22 male labourer Ireland
James Sheridan 21 male labourer Ireland
Wm. Hughes 23 male labourer Ireland
Transcriber's Notes:
* The captain Francis De?son: letter could be w or ni.
* Elisabeth and Catharine Maginley were both listed as male.
* Patrick McEl?oy: letter is r or v.
* Patrick ?yon: letter is L or S.
* C??. Kirkpatrick: abbreviation is probably Chs.
* Co???h? Higgins: letters 3 & 4 probably rn; letter 5 is g or y;
last letter is probably a.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.
Transcribed by Mary Koelzer for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 26 April 1999
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