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Ship Acasta

I, Daniel Chadwick, 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 Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Acasta whereof I am master, from London. So help me God. Daniel Chadwick Sworn to, this 12 May 1825 Before me M ? Dars?y.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Acasta whereof D Chadwick, is Master, from London burthen 330 15/95 tons.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants.

  1  Dr John ????? ???iks      35  Male    ????      Germany       Germany
  2  Mrs Elisabeth ??o?dw??n   65  Female  ------    England       United States
  3  Mr George Oakley          32  Male    Merchant  United States United States
  4  Miss Louisa Oakley        25  Female  ------    England       England
  5  Miss Decima Oakley        22  Female  ------    England       England
  6  Miss Isabella Oakley      20  Female  ------    England       England
  7  Mr Thomas Blanchet        26  Male    Merchant  France        France
  8  Mr Louis A Blanchet       28  Male    Lawyer    France        France
  9  Mr Joseph Lowe*           26  Male    Merchant  England       England
 10  Mr S Hamilton             45  Male    Merchant  England       England
               Steerage Passengers
 11  Mr John Woodward          39  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 12  Mrs Sarah Woodward        38  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 13  Master John Woodward      12  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 14  Miss Elisabeth Woodward*  11  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 15  Master Benjamin Woodward* 10  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 16  Miss Ann Woodward          9  Female  Farmer    Englnd        United States
 17  Master William Woodward*   8  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 18  Master Henry Woodward      6  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 19  Master Charles Woodward*   4  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 20  Miss Lucy Woodward         3  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 21  Master George Woodward     1  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 22  Mr George Woodward        25  Male    ??????*   England       United States
 23  Mr John Anscombe          3?  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 24  Mr Wm E??zra              21  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 25  Mr Jas. Anscombe          2?  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 26  Mr Thos Anscombe          22  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 27  ?????? Flowers            15  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 28  ???? Prongers             72  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 29  Edward Hobbs              24  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 30  Thos ???ford              36  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 31  Sarah ???ford             26  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 32  Sarah ???ford              5  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 33  John ???ford               1  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 34  Martin Ka??               ?4  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 35  Jane Ka??                 ?0  Female  Wife      England       United States
 36  G Stevens                 36  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 37  E Bell???                 ?0  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 38  Jane Moore                ??  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 39  Wm Hall??                 16  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 40  A Stevens                 38  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 41  Mary Stevens              20  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 42  Jane Stevens               6  Female  Farmer    England       United States
 43  John Stevens               3  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 44  Thos Killey               26  Male    Farmer    England       United States
 45  Thos Boorman              20  Male    Farmer    England       United States


(Signed) Daniel Chadwick

Transcriber's Notes:
  There were no deaths repported on the voyage so this column was omitted.
  Passengers 28 through 45 seem to have been entered by a different hand than
     the first 27.
  Passengers 2,4,5 and 6 had no occupation listed
*Passenger number 9 last name could be Lorre.
*Passenger 14 Name written as Elis. with a small h raised above the period.
*Passenger 15 Name written as Benj with a small n raised above the j.
*Passenger 17 Name written as W with a small m raised after the W.
*Passenger 19 Name written as Cha with a small s raised after the a.
*Occupation of passenger 22 looks like the word Surgeon.
  Passenger 23 missing age digit is unreadable
*Passenger 24 seems to be included in the Anscombe group but not a part of the
     family name. See next note.
  Passenger 23 last name linked to passenger 25 last name with a line.
  Passengers 34 and 35 first digit of age appears to be a number 2.
  Passengers 37 and 38 missing age digits unreadable.

Correspondence added 8-1-2006, OAKLEY

The passengers in question on the Acasta were George Oakley and three of 
his sisters.  George had come to New York some time before 1820 in the 
aftermath of the Napoleonic wars when the family wool business seems to 
have failed. He was the uncle of Jacob Wrey Mould, architect, one of the 
builders of Central Park in NYC about whom I am writing.  George was the 
grandfather of Violet Oakley a well known American painter/muralist. He was 
a talented painter himself but could not make a living at it.  (He had a 
large number of dependents -- 8-9 living children plus a half brother's 
widow and her 2 children) George was a friend of Samuel F.B. Morse who was 
a leader in the group that founded the National Academy of Design in  NYC 
and George became an associate member of that influential academy the year 
after its founding, 1826. (He was not eligible for full membership because 
their rules precluded "amateurs")he did not earn his living with his 
painting.

Many of the Oakleys were talented artists. George's brother Octavius, who 
remained in England, had a career as a watercolor portraitist. His 
paintings are still in London's National Gallery. Octavius' daughters and 
their daughters were all gifted artists whose paintings are still active in 
the art market.  I wont go into all the generations of artists right down 
to the present.

I do have one further question. I see that the name  Acasta is a common one 
for ships but cannot find the origins of the name. Do you know?

Lucille Gordon

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 7.

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