Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Courier

I Jonathan Eldridge 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 knowledge and belief a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Courier whereof I am master from Liverpool So help me God. Sign* Jonathon Eldridge Sworn to, the 13 March 1820 Before me, Jn OKearney DC

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Courier whereof Jonathon Eldreidge is master from Liverpool Burthen 381 10/100 Tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age in Years, Months, Sex, Occupation

 1 William Ridgeway      33      Male     Manufacturer
 2 John Molsom           32      Male     Merchant
 3 John W Clark          30      Male     Musician
 4 Cuthbert Landreth     32      Male     Labourer
 5 James Robb            34      Male     Carpenter
 6 Walter Kitchen        34      Male     Weaver
 7 Andrew Kitchen        34      Male     Weaver
 8 Robert Williams       50      Male     Merchant
 9 Andrew Ure            28      Male     Gardner*
10 Thomas Wood           55      Male     Carpenter
11 John Wood Jr          18      Male     Carpenter
12 Henry A Launey        30      Male     Labourer
13 William Jones         30      Male     Gentlemen
14 Samuel Grundy         45      Male     Merchant
15 George Keates         28      Male     Merchant
16 Molly Clark           25      female   Spintress
17 William Clark          3      male     no trade
18 Charles Clark            18m  male     no trade


Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the 
original recorder.

The use of a ? indicates a word or letter that could not be read, 
due to quality of original document.

The country to which they severally belong column was covered by a 
curly brace to include all passengers and read Great Britain except 
Samuel Grundy. No other country was listed for Samuel Grundy. There was 
an X to the left of his name.

The country in which they intend to become inhabitants column was 
covered by a curly brace to include all passengers and read United 
States of America.

There were no deaths listed in the Died on the Voyage column and 
it was elimated.

Overlapping the columns for country in which they intend to become 
inhabitants column and the Died on the Voyage column is written Sign* 
Jon. ? Eldridge the ? represents what appears to be a small d above and 
to the left of his last name and the asterix represents a small d above 
and to the right of the word sign which may mean signed.

In the master's signature the asterik next to sign is above and to the 
right and may indicate the word signed.

The occupation is probably gardener but is spelled as shown.

Charles Clark is the only passenger with an entry in the months column.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 1.

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