Immigrant Ships
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Ship Marcus

I, Joseph Drew, 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 Plymouth 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 Marcus, 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 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. (Signed) Joseph Drew. Sworn to before me, this 22nd day of May 1827 (signed) ?abdia? Sampson, Collector. A true copy Attest (signed) ?abdia? Sampson, Coll.

Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Marcus of Duxbury whereof Joseph Drew is Master, burthen two hundred & eighty six tons and 23/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Liverpool for Duxbury.*

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants. All the passengers were from Great Britain, and all intended to become inhabitants of the United States, so those columns will be eliminated here.

    
   
  1 Thomas Dawhurst      43  male    weaver    Great Britain  United States of America
  2 Ann Dawhurst         30  female
  3 Ann Dawhurst         20  female
  4 George Dawhurst   13y6m  male
  5 Jane Dawhurst         3  female
  6 Miles Dawhurst       28  male    weaver
  7 Mary Dawhurst        25  female
  8   infant          *  6m  ?
  9 Edmund Dawhurst      27  male    weaver
 10 Hannah Dawhurst      24  female
 11 Aaron Hutchinson     19  male    weaver
 12 James Dawhurst       37  male    weaver
 13 Betty Dawhurst       30  female  weaver
 14 Eli Dawhurst          2  male
 15 John Taylor          40  male    weaver
 16 Mary Taylor          40  female
 17 Ann Taylor           13  female
 18 John Taylor           9  male
 19 James Taylor       6y6m  male
 20 Richard Taylor     5y3m  male
 21 Jenny Taylor          3  female
 22   infant          *  6m  ?
 23 James Crosby         30  male    weaver
 24 Mary Crosby          29  female
 25 Edmund Crosby        10  male
 26 Henry Crosby          9  male
 27 Mary Crosby        6y9m  female
 28 James Crosby          5  male
 29 Elizabeth Crosby      3  female
 30   infant          *  6m  ?
 31 James Pilkington     32  male    weaver
 32 Mary Pilkington      33  female
 33 Ann Pilkington     6y6m  female
 34 Alice Pilkington      4  female
 35   infant          *  3m  ? 
 36 Henry Farrel         33  male    labourer
 37 Mary Farrel          33  female
 38 Margaret Farrel       7  female
 39 Mary Farrel           6  female
 40 Con Farrel            4  female
 41 Catharine Farrel      3  female
 42   infant          *  6m  ?
 43 John C???el       *  31  male    labourer  
 44 Margaret C???el      30  female 
 45 John Clarke          30  male    labourer
 46 Judy Clarke          30  female
 47 James Courtenay      23  male    labourer
 48 Thomas Blount        25  male    labourer
 49 J. F. Street         35  male    weaver
 50 Mary Street          36  female  
 51 James B??ford     *  45  male    joiner  
 52 Sarah B??ford        28  female
 53 Samuel Coates        10  male
 54 Joseph Lawton        33  male
 55 Elizabeth Lawton     30  male
 56 Stephen Lawton        6  male
 57 Harriet Lawton        5  female
 58 Richard Lawton        3  male
 59 Joseph Lawton      1y6m  male
 60 George Street         4  male
 61 Henry Saxon          13  male
 62 Lucy Fearon          48  female
 63 H. Nelson Fearon     18  male    engraver
 64 Henry A?lerston   *  16  male  
     
Transcriber's Notes:
* The ship was originally bound for Duxbury, but put in at Plymouth for some reason. 
* There was no information aside from the age, provided for any of the infants 
  aboard this ship. 

 #43-44 name is possibly Carmel or Connel.
 #51-52 letters could be a or o for first letter.  Second letter could be m, or 
     possibly ni.  
 #64 probably n, possibly u. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 8.

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