Immigrant Ships
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Brig Fame


Bristol to Philadelphia
October 15, 1832

DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA – PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
I, Benjamin Winsor 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 Brig Fame at the time of her sailing from the port of Bristol 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. Sworn before me, this fifteenth day of October 1832 (signed) Benjm Winsor (signed) John Re?ey, Collector.
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Fame whereof Winsor is the Master, from Bristol E. burthen Two hundred and fifty seven tons 24/95 and owned by Phineas Sprague of Boston Mass and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, To what Country belonging, Country of which it is their intention to become Inhabitants, and Number and Names or Passengers who have died on the Voyage.
    
 1 Jacob Bown                34      male       Grocer                 England  United States
 2 Elizabeth Bown            31      fem                               England  United States
 3 John ??????leigh Bown      9      male                              England  United States
 4 Mary Elizabeth Bown        6      fem                               England  United States
 5 Henry Jacob Bown           2      male                              England  United States
 6 William Bown              --*     male                              England  United States
 7 Charles Brown             24      male       Servant to Jacob Bown  England  United States
 8 Charlotte Bow?            27      fem        Corsetmaker            England  United States
 9 Robert Triggs             40      male       Miller                 England  United States
10 Susannah Triggs           36      fem                               England  United States
11 Robert Triggs              5      male                              England  United States
12 Wm. Matthew Triggs         3      male                              England  United States
13 Susannah A?? Triggs        2      male*                             England  United States
14 Robt Triggs (Infant)      --*     male                              England  United States
15 James Holbrook            43      male       Carpenter              England  United States
16 Maria Holbrook            40      fem                               England  United States
17 Charles Holbrook           3      male                              England  United States
18 James Holbrook             2      male                              England  United States
19 James Williams            42      male       Collier                England  United States
20 Ann Williams              35      fem                               England  United States
21 Sarah Williams            14      fem                               England  United States
22 James Williams            17      male                              England  United States
23 Benjamin Williams          9      male                              England  United States
24 John Williams              8      male                              England  United States
25 Ann Williams               6      fem                               England  United States
26 William Williams           4      male                              England  United States
27 Isaac and Jacob Williams   1      male twins                        England  United States
28 Bowen Lewis               23      male       Currier                England  United States
29 Arthur Bartlet            45      male       Carpenter              England  United States
30 William Bartlet           18      male       Carpenter              England  United States
31 Walter Richards           42      male       Carpenter              England  United States
32 Ann Richards              30      fem                               England  United States
33 Elizabeth Ann Richards     9      fem                               England  United States
34 Richard James Richards     6      male                              England  United States
35 Edward Powell             38      male       Miner                  England  United States
36 Sarah Powell              38      fem                               England  United States
37 Elias Powell               9      male                              England  United States
38 Mary Powell                5      fem                               England  United States
39 Martha Powell              2      fem                               England  United States
40 Wm Ellery                 23      male       Mason                  England  United States
41 Mary Treb?lco?k           27      fem                               England  United States
42 John Treb?lco?k            4      male                              England  United States
43 Thomas Treb?lco?k         --*     male                              England  United States
44 Wm Ray                    35      male       Black Smith            England  United States
45 Sarah Ray                 36      fem                               England  United States
46 Elizabeth Ray              9      fem                               England  United States
47 John Ray                   7      male                              England  United States
48 Sarah Ray                  5      fem                               England  United States
49 Wm Ray                     2      male                              England  United States
50 Job Ray                   19      male       Miner                  England  United States
51 Martha Morgan             63      fem                               England  United States
52 William Morgan            19      male       Collier                England  United States
53 Isaac Morgan              16      male       Collier                England  United States
54 Elizabeth Richards        34      fem        Dressmaker             England  United States
55 Henry Richards             8      male                              England  United States
56 Frederick Richards         6      male                              England  United States
57 Elyth D??y Richards        4      fem                               England  United States
58 Francis Richards          --*     male                              England  United States
59 Temperance ???y Richards  22      fem        Dressmaker             England  United States
60 John W. Richards          20      male       Mason                  England  United States
61 James Gyde                20      male       Baker                  England  United States
62 John Hook Sumers          19      male       Tailor                 England  United States
63 Margaret Edmonds          29      fem                               England  United States
64 Elizabeth Edmonds          8      fem                               England  United States
65 Edmond Edmonds             6      male                              England  United States
66 F??? Edmonds               3      male                              England  United States
67 Margaret Edmonds's infant  2 days fem                               England  United States
68 Wm. Edmonds               20      male       Collier                England  United States
69 Robt Patrick Bultin       28      male       Ship Surgeon           England  United States

  
                                        
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates the omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of an ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of original document.
* There were no deaths on this passage; therefore, the column for Number and Names or Passengers who have died on the Voyage has been eliminated.
* Passenger # 13 has a female name but was recorded as a male.
* Passengers # 6, 14, 43, and 58 have no age indicated in the Age column, only a small horizontal line in that column.
* Passengers # 41, 42, and 43 have a possible last name of Trebelcock, Trebilcock, Trebelcook or Trebilcook.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 47.
Transcribed by Jeanette Moore for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 August 1999



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