Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Schooner Planter

I, William B. Fisher, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the Report and List submitted with my name, and now delivered by me to the collector of the District of Edgartown 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 Schooner Planter whereof I am at present Master, at the time of her sailing from the Port of St. Andrews*, or which have at any time since been taken on board of 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) Wm. B. Fisher. Sworn before me this 22nd day of August 1822 (signed) Thomas Cook, Jr., Coll.

Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Sch. Planter of Edgartown, whereof William B. Fisher is Master, burthen One hundred thirteen tons and 75/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of St. Andrews for Edgartown.

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

    
   
  1 Arghtar Richardson     39  male    farmer     Ireland  United States
  2 Bradshaw Hancock       30  male    merchant
  3 David Horthorn         25  male    farmer
  4 John St??art        *  30  male    farmer
  5 Henry McCoult          24  male    farmer
  6 Edward Milligan        25  male    farmer
  7 John Hort              26  male    farmer
  8 Ezekiel Roddy          30  male    farmer
  9 William Osborn         22  male    farmer
 10 Samuel St??art      *  21  male    farmer
 11 Elizabeth Morrow       49  female  spinster
 12 Margaret Morrow        19  female  spinster
 13 Elizabeth Morrow       17  female  spinster
 14 Fanny Morrow           14  female  spinster
 15 Rachel St??art      *  24  female  spinster
 16 James Morrow           11  male  
 17 Jane Dixon             20  female  spinster
 18 Rosanna McCoult        18  female  spinster
 19 Charlotte Milligan     24  female  spinster
 20 Mary Roddy             20  female  spinster
 21 Elisabeth Osborn       20  female  spinster
 22 Eliza Milligan          1  female  infant
 23 David Roddy             1  male    infant
 24 Elisa Osborn            1  female  infant
                                        
(Signed) Wm. B. Fisher
    
Transcriber's Notes:     
* The location of St. Andrews was not noted on manifest.  Could be Scotland. 
  #4 first letter could be e or i.  Second letter could be v.  
     Surname was possibly meant to be Stewart or Stivart. 
 #10 same as #4.
 #15 same as #4.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 2.

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