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Brig Wilson

I, Hewlett T. Coles *, master of Brig Wilson, 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 American Brig Wilson, whereof I am Master, from Dublin. So help me God. Hewlett T. Coles (signature)

Sworn to, the 16 May 1825 Before me, (signature completely illegible)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Wilson whereof Hewlett T. Coles, is master, from Dublin burthen Two Hundred Thirty-six tons *.

Columns represent: given name & surname, age years months, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit

    
   1 John Brinkman          34  Male   Farmer     Ireland    America
   2 Margaret Brinkman      28  Female Matron     Ireland    America
   3 Elizabeth F???is *     45  Female Matron     Ireland    America
   4 Catherine Faierty      19  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
   5 Jacob G. Wakefield     23  Male   Gentleman  Ireland    America
   6 Foster G??k?? *        27  Male   Gentleman  America    America
   7 William M. Hawthorn    23  Male   Physician  America    America
   8 Ann Moore              23  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
   9 Bridget Moore          45  Female Matron     Ireland    America
  10 Mary Moore             15  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  11 Ann Moore              13  Female Child      Ireland    America
  12 Mary Moore             11  Female Child      Ireland    America
  13 Catherine Moore         9  Female Child      Ireland    America
  14 Eliza Moore             7  Female Child      Ireland    America
  15 Patrick Moore           6  Male   Child      Ireland    America
  16 Hue Riley              26  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  17 Mary Riley             17  Female Matron     Ireland    America
  18 Joseph Murphy          41  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  19 Terry McManns          22  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  20 Ellen McManns      *    6  Female Child      Ireland    America
  21 Henry P. Keelen        21  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  22 Patric Riley           25  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  23 Maurice Mangen         22  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  24 Thom Cowan             18  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  25 Francis Battersby      22  Male   Weaver     Ireland    America
  26 Thomas Battersby       21  Male   Weaver     Ireland    America
  27 William Kiernan        21  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  28 Thomas Wallace         22  Male   Brickmaker Ireland    America
  29 John Haley             22  Male   Carpenter  Ireland    America
  30 Patrick Farrelly       19  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  31 Bridget Morgan         19  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  32 Patric Masterson       20  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America                                         
  33 Catherine Morris       23  Female Spinster   Ireland    America                                          
  34 Mich. Morris         * 2?  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  35 Andrew Morris          18  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  36 Richard Sherdon        18  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  37 Mary Reilly            17  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  38 Patric Grey            25  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  39 Mick ? Growney  *      23  Male   Bricklayer Ireland    America
  40 Martha W. Keown   *    25  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  41 Bridget Duigan         19  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  42 Bridget Duigan          6  Female Child      Ireland    America
  43 Margaret Shelly        26  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  44 William Shelly         25  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  45 Henry Walker           25  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  46 E?is??cia Donohoe  *   50  Female Matron     Ireland    America
  47 Patrick Donohoe        24  Male   Clerk      Ireland    America
  48 Mary Walker            19  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  49 Mary Brennon         *  5  Female Child      Ireland    America
  50 Ann Lynch              30  Female Matron     Ireland    America
  51 Mary Ann Lynch          8  Female Child      Ireland    America
  52 Isabella Lynch          6  Female Child      Ireland    America
  53 Bridget W??d           18  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  54 Ellenar Brennan        15  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  55 Ellen Brennan          18  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  56 Eliza Brennan          14  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  57 Eli?ha Kelley   *      22  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  58 Mary Murphy            18  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  59 George Foster          13  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  60 Isabella Foster        18  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  61 Thomas Kavenagh        20  Male   Taylor     Ireland    America
  62 Bridget Kavenagh       18  Female Matron     Ireland    America
  63 Joseph Coogan          18  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  64 John Brogan            22  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  65 Bridget Brogan         19  Female Spinster   Ireland    America 
  66 Judith Brady           20  Female Spinster   Ireland    America 
  67 Rose Reilly            18  Female Spinster   Ireland    America 
  68 Ann Smith              24  Female Matron     Ireland    America 
  69 Richard Ca?field   *   12  Male   Boy        Ireland    America
  70 Mary Ca?field      *    9  Female child      Ireland    America
  71 Elizabeth McGovern     19  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  72 Mary Kiere?a?      *   22  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  73 Michal Murphy      *   11  Male   Boy        Ireland    America
  74 Bridge? Doyle      *   18  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  75 Martin Neill           35  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  76 Eliza Jordon           16  Female Spinster   Ireland    America
  77 Lawrence Jordon        13  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  78 Patrick Colerake       20  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  79 Patrick McDowell       24  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  80 Patrick Keating        30  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  81 John Tralor *          2?  Male   Labourer   Ireland    America
  
Transcriber's Notes:
  *Masters' name is Coles although the 's' on the end is written with a tail and
    looks like a 'z'.  He consistently writes the last 's' in this manner.
  *burthen  after Two Hundred Thirty-six tons is an illegible fraction.
    elminiated death column although one person died 5 days after leaving, 
    see notes for passenter #20
  *passenger 3 possibly Ferris  all of the 's' are written with a tail as 'z'
  *passenger 6 surname illegible I THINK it is a G the K is clear follwed by what 
    might be an 'in' or 'iu'
  *passenger 20, a 6 year old girl, died '5 days out'. 
  *passenger 34   first name appears to be abbreviated, no abbreviations used
    before this name.  Could be Mich. for Michael, after Mich. there appears to be
    a superscript 'l'.Last name is Morris - the last letter is an 's' with a tale.  
    Age is on a break in the page could be 24 or 29 or even 21.
  *passenger 39  another Michael, I think, the superscript 'l' is clearer, the last 
    letter in Mick is clearly a k.
  *passenger 40  middle initial might be an M and remote possibility it is McKeown
  *passenger 46 E is clear T is clear rest is very difficult no tall letters nor none
     below the line. 2nd letter is probably an 'n' or a 'u'
  *passenger 49 difficult to read last name his 'n's tend to look like 2 u's.  He has 
     been linking together the names of passengers I presume who are travelling 
     together.  Usually the names are same so it is fairly obvious, in this case 
     the names are different.  This passenger is linked to # 48 Walker.
  *passenger 57 My guess would be that he is trying to abbrevate Elizabeth although 
     he is not into abbreviations.
  *passenger 69 & 70  Impossible to tell a 'u' from an 'n'  Name could be Caufield
    or Canfield - these two children are linked together - but not linked to anyone
    else.
  *passenger 72  missing letters are probably 'n' Kiernan
  *passenger 73  Michal clearly written
  *passenger 74  probably Bridget but last letter looks like an ordinary s but he writes
    his 's' at the end of a word as a 'z' and this does not have a tail
  *passengers 81 - 90 - copy is too poor anything I put would be a guess.  81 is a
    guess and might be Foster.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 7, List 274

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