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Ship New England
I, William Sprague, Master or Commander of the Ship New England*, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the within List, signed by me, and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers taken on board the said ship at the Port of Havers or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth, are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear, that 9 passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me this 12th day of July 1847. (Signed) William Sprague. (Signed) ?, COLLECTOR.
List and Report of the Passengers in Ship New England from Havre to N. O.
Columns represent: surname, given name, age, sex, birth, allegiance. Allegiance column was marked Pennsylvanie for all the passengers, so that column will be eliminated here; however, it is known that at least two of the passengers settled in Texas.
1 Philipp J. George 31 m France Pennsylvanie
2 Philipp Elisabeth 41 f France
3 Philipp L. Philipp 5 m France
4 Werlepen George 34 m France
5* Leitz George 2? m France
6 Faeber Egidius 39 m Badois
7* Loclauc Pierre 2? m France
8 Dumal Laurent 23 m France
9 Dumal Pierre 19 m France
10 Opetre Wilhelm 21 m Badois
11* Wernskyoll Wilhelm 23 m Norwege
12* Tvede M. Elisa 32 f Norwege
13 Torger Andersen 46 m Norwege
14 Buch J. U. 40 m Norwege
15 Blum Nicolas 34 m France
16 Mitschlen J. Nicolas 24 m France
17 Marcot Frederic 24 m Baviere
18 Steinbach Franz 24 m Baviere
19 Steinbach Madeleine 18 f Baviere
20 Simon Francisca 30 f France
21 Simon Edouard 8 m France
22 Muchler George 43 m France
23 Muchler Marguerite 41 f France
24 Muchler Marguerite 15 f France
25 Muchler Philipp 9 m France
26 Muchler Catharine 7 f France
27 Muchler Christian 5 m France
28 Muchler Salome 1 f France
29 Schill Michel 36 m France
30 Schill Catharine 34 f France
31 Schill Michel 9 m France
32 Schill Adam 26 m France
33 Holtz Gabriel 22 m Badois
34* Wallenstein Herman 23 m Badois
35 Merry Rudolph 27 m Suisse
36 Merry Marianne 23 f Suisse
37 Merry Ferdinand 1 m Suisse
38 Dietsch Guillaum 26 m Suisse
39 Bellot J. Batist 57 m France
40 Bellot Elisabethe 57 f France
41 Bellot J. Batist 26 m France
42 Bellot Joseph 10 m France
43 Bellot M. Francois 21 m France
44 Berdon Louis 23 m France
45 Fewer Dominique 48 m France
46 Fewer Desire 29 m France
47 Fewer Louise 8 f France
48 Champy Denis 27 m France
49 Tascher Philipp 33 m Baviere
50 Tascher Caroline 34 f Baviere
51 Tascher Louis 10 m Baviere
52 Tascher Philippine 8 f Baviere
53 Tascher Frederic 6 m Baviere
54 Tascher Adam 60 m Baviere
55 Jamon J. Pierre 35 m France
56* Jamon Francois 34 m France
57 Jamon Francois 9 m France
58 Jamon Theophile 7 m France
59 Jamon Victorine 6 f France
60 Jamon Elisabethe 4 f France
61 Mintz Adelle 18 f France
62 Mavain T. Adriane 28 f France
63* Kreitz ?. Michel 26 m France
64* Kreitz Henriette 2? f France
65 Blank Magdalena 34 f Baviere
66 Blank Balthasar 44 m Baviere
67 Loeb Carl 24 m Baviere
68* Heintz J. Pierre 3? m France
69 Heintz Marie 24 f France
70 Heintz J. Pierre 62 m France
71 Pesson Marguerite 53 f France
72 Saile Johann 21 m France
73 Mann Martin 40 m Baviere
74 Mann Marguerite 46 f Baviere
75 Mann Catharine 24 f Baviere
76 Mann Carl 19 m Baviere
77 Mann Michel 15 m Baviere
78 Mann Christoph 10 m Baviere
79 Mann Elisabethe 10 f Baviere
80* Mann Heinrich 8 f Baviere
81* Klingelschmidt Dorothe 26 f Baviere
82* Doebler Louis 26 m Baviere
83 Ingelbrandt Michel 18 m Baviere
84 Rick Johann 25 m Baviere
85 Decker Elisabethe 18 f Baviere
86 Kreis Catharine 20 f Baviere
87 Hausmann Marguerite 60 f Baviere
88 Stubaus Catharine 25 f Baviere
89* Sa?? Philipp 25 m Baviere
90 Dorr Johann 25 m Baviere
91 Leibfried Madaleine 49 f Baviere
92* Beuter Bonifacius 23 f Baviere
93 Leibfried Frederic 14 m Baviere
94 Leibfried Jacob 11 m Baviere
95* Leibfried R?re 6 m Baviere
96 Preyer Martin 35 m Baviere
97* Riesinger Frederic 48 m Baviere
98 Riesinger Anastasia 35 f Baviere
99 Riesinger Joseph 4 m Baviere
100 Sail Crecence 28 f Baviere
101 Sail Conrad 2 m Baviere
102 Roeth Johann 34 m Baviere
103 Roeth Eleanore 28 f Baviere
104 Roeth Johann 6 m Baviere
105* Peter A. R. 25 m Baviere
106 Fremont Charles 36 m Baviere
107 Fremont Ernest 13 m Baviere
108* Beyerlen Johann 2? m Suisse
109 Telig Carl 48 m Prusse
110* Lissont James 46 m Irland
111 Agat Nicolas 29 m Irland
112 Christophel Joseph 46 m Baviere
113* Christophel ? Baviere
114 Christophel ? Baviere
115 Christophel ? Baviere
116 Christophel ? Baviere
117 Christophel ? Baviere
118 Christophel ? Baviere
119* Blanc Paul 9 ? ?
120 Wichser Jacob 40 m Suisse
121 Wichser Marguerite 40 f Suisse
122 Wichser Jacob 20 m Suisse
123 Wichser Gabriel 9 m Suisse
124 Wichser Johann 7 m Suisse
125 Kamm Catharine 26 f Suisse
126 Kamm Fridoline 6 f Suisse
127 Manset Fridoline 50 f Suisse
128 Manset Ursula 43 f Suisse
129 Manset Fridoline 19 f Suisse
130* Manset Jost 17 f Suisse
131 Manset Jacob 16 m Suisse
132 Manset Melchior 11 m Suisse
133 Manset Anne 12 f Suisse
134 Manset Leon 9 m Suisse
135 Manset Caspar 6 m Suisse
136 Manset Ursula 4 f Suisse
137* Manset Melchior 40 ? Suisse
138 Grob Mathias 38 m Suisse
139 Weber Fridoline 26 f Suisse
140 Weber Sibilla 67 f Suisse
141 Kamm Fridoline 38 f Suisse
142 Kamm Catharine 36 f Suisse
143 Kamm Catharine 14 f Suisse
144 Kamm Fridoline 10 f Suisse
145 Kamm Caspar 9 m Suisse
146 Kamm Eve 8 f Suisse
147 Kamm Rosine 16 f Suisse
148 Kamm Madaleine 5 f Suisse
149 Kamm Jacob 6mo m Suisse
150 Georg Carl 30 m Suisse
151 Kamm Jacob 47 m Suisse
152 Kamm Rosine 33 f Suisse
153 Kamm Fridoline 18 f Suisse
154 Kamm Pierre 17 m Suisse
155 Kamm Rosine 14 f Suisse
156 Kamm Marie 10 f Suisse
157 Kamm Mathias 9 m Suisse
158 Kamm Dorothe 1 f Suisse
159* Schwepper M. 47 ? Suisse
160 Schwepper Barbara 42 f Suisse
161 Schwepper Dorothe 5 f Suisse
162 Schwepper Barbara 4 f Suisse
163 Brist Caspar 40 m Suisse
164 Brist Catharine 40 f Suisse
165 Brist Caspar 9 m Suisse
166 Brist Catharine 7 f Suisse
167* Schwepper Peter 52 m Suisse
168 Schwepper Anna 42 f Suisse
169* Schwepper Heinrich 22 f Suisse
170 Schwepper Peter 14 m Suisse
171 Schwepper Jost 10 m Suisse
172 Schwepper Barbara 19 f Suisse
173 Grob George 23 m Suisse
174 Grob Rosina 21 f Suisse
175 Grob George 9 m Suisse
176 Geiger Fridoline 40 f Suisse
177 Stein Fridoline 24 f Suisse
178 Grob Jacob 24 m Suisse
179* Grob Rigulat ?7 m Suisse
180 Grob J. Jacob 19 m Suisse
181 Grob J. Jacob 5 m Suisse
182 Grob Lucie 3 f Suisse
183 Grob George 9mo m Suisse
184 King Jacob 52 m Suisse
185 King Anna 32 f Suisse
186 King Susanna 16 f Suisse
187 King George 6 m Suisse
188 King Ferdinand 3 m Suisse
189 King Rosina 6mo f Suisse
190 Ackermann Caspar 36 m Suisse
191* Ackermann Catharine ?4 f Suisse
192 Ackermann Barbara 10 f Suisse
193 Zugenbuhler Johann 24 m Suisse
194 Hohl Johann 26 m Suisse
195 Schindler Balthasar 17 m Suisse
196 Huber Joseph 31 m Suisse
197 Hoenberger Jacob 18 m Suisse
198* Hauser J. Anton ?? m Suisse
199 Hauser J. Anton 51 m Suisse
200* Blantz Anton 3? m Baviere
201 Blantz Pauline 26 f Baviere
202 Gurey Henri 22 m France
203 Greninger J. Batiste 33 m France
204 Quay J. Batiste 32 m France
205 Haigel Joseph 35 m Badois
206 Miltzer Wachim 22 m Badois
207 Miltzer Anna 20 f Badois
208 Buch Stephan 30 m Badois
209 Fink Jacob 32 m Badois
210 Pfau Jacques 29 m Badois
211 Pfau Mathias 29 m Badois
212 Loser Jacob 34 m Badois
213 Sailer Joseph 36 m Badois
214 Fink Jacob 20 m Badois
215 Blank Madaleine 24 f Badois
216 Wallhauser Christ 9 m Badois
217* Huber Andreas 2? m Badois
218 Huber Barbara 9 f Badois
219 Huber Michel 6 m Badois
Deaths:
May 11th Scholastica Rolle, aged two years, female
May 11th Francisca Leibfriet, aged fifteen years, female
May 17th Barbara Schroepfer, aged two years and nine months, female
(could be a child of #159-162 or #167-172, though spelling of name
is different.)
May 20th Caspar Hause, aged seven years, male
May 29th Herman Wallenstein, aged twenty-one years, male
June 3rd Jacob Maizie, aged sixteen years and ten months, male
June 5th Felicie Pou?ront, aged one years and two months, female
(surname Pousront or Pourront)
June 21th Michel Schil?, aged ten years, male (looks like Schilb, but
probably is Schill.)
June 25th Theresia Biesingen, aged one year and seven months, female
Births:
Tuesday, May 6th, a boy, son of Ludwig and Dorothea Debler, Germans
Thursday, June 24th, a boy, son of Johann and Eleanora Boos, Germans
Transcriber's Notes:
* This list has been made possible by the generous contribution of
Mr. Stale Eide and Charles Russell, Ph.D., and his wife Inger Russell
who has also contributed to the transcription. (See footnotes #11 and
#12 for more on the subject of Dr. Russell's project.)
The following information has been provided by Dr. Russell:
"In Norway, Elise had been editor of the emigration magazine 'Norge og
Amerika', probably the first woman editor in her country. In letters
she sent to the magazine after she arrived in Texas, she stated that
the voyage from Le Havre in France to New Orleans took 81 days. The
passengers had to provide their own food, and many ran out of
provisions days before they reached port. She and her Norwegian
associates shared their food with these others. Her ship was able to
hail and buy food from vessels heading east, but the quantities were
insufficient. This provoked Elise to write that the Captain, Robinson,
was 'not a real man,' - she believed he could have secured more provisions.
By boiling water and avoiding eating the occasional meals provided by the
ship she and her fellow Norwegians escaped dysentery, but she succumbed
to the disease in New Orleans and was ill with it through her steamboat
journey up the Mississippi and Red Rivers to Grand Ecore.
"Elise added that Captain Robinson left the ship as they approached New Orleans.
Presumably William Sprague took charge of recording the manifest, and he may
have sailed the ship up to New Orleans.
"Based on detailed accounts of the Ship New England supplied by Alan Stewart,
a volunteer at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine, and John G.
Arrison of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Library in Penobscot, Maine, I am
confident that we can say that the ship Elise crossed on was indeed the New
England described by these two researchers. (Note: The word "Ship"
specifically designates a vessel type; it carries three masts rigged with
square sails).
"One of the builders was (Thomas) Robinson, and the New York List, which gave
arrivals of ships at American ports, showed the arrival of Ship New England
at New Orleans July 10, 1847, which is the date that Elise gave for her
arrival. The ship was 594 tons and 131.4 x 30.5 (wide) x 15.2 ft. (deep).
Alan Stewart gave this quote: 'Launched Jan. 8, 1834. Built by Thomas D.
Robinson for Himself, Captain Thomas P. Stetson, John G. and Henry L.
Richardson, Alfred T. Thompson and Captain Samuel Swanton, master; owned
later by Messrs. Robinson, Swanton, and William Richardson. Capts. Swanton,
A. Lowell, and Timothy Batchelder.' "
The following further information on the Ship New England is from
Dr. Russell's correspondence with John G. Arrison, of the Stephen Phillips
Memorial Library, Penobscot, Maine, and derived from "Queens of the Western
Ocean," by Carl Cutler, about the packet vessels that sailed foreign and
coastal routes:
"Ship New England, 549 37/95 tons, built Bath 1833, rebuilt Bath 1846.
131'4" registered length, 30'4.5" registered beam, 15'2.25" registered
depth (of hold)...It received a new registration in Bath on
December 12, 1846...Its master was then listed as Alfred T. Robinson.
This certificate of registration is numbered 65 for the year 1846,
for the Bath Customs district. A copy of this may be obtained from
the National Archives.
"According to Cutler, the New England was sailing as a packet ship between
Boston and Savannah and possibly Natchez, New Orleans, and Havana, in
Samuel R. Allen's "Packet Line" beginning in 1837 with a Captain Davis.
In 1848, Cutler shows the New England sailing in the same "Packet Line"
between Boston and New Orleans, with Captain Alfred T. Robinson.
"The Maine Maritime Museum has a black and white reproduction of a painting
of Ship New England leaving Marseilles under S. Swanton as Master. Copies
of the reproduction can be obtained from the museum at lipfert@bathmaine.com
Phone (207) 443-1316, ext. 328."
Footnotes for individual passengers:
#5 age could be 20 or 21.
#11 surname spelled as found but should be Wærenskjold; he was the future
husband of passenger #12 Elise Tvede.
#12 Elise Tvede is the subject of a biography in progress by the historian
Charles Russell, Ph.D. Elise Tvede arrived in Texas in 1847 after she
"disembarked (on the Red River) from the steamboat she took from New Orleans.
The landing was at Grand Ecore which is four miles north of Natchitoches
(they pronounce it 'Nackatish'). All that is left of the landing is some
wharf pilings that stick up out of the river, but the place is well enough
known locally so that residents positively identify the location.
The steamboat was the 'St. Helena'." (Quotes from Dr. Charles Russell.)
#34 possibly the one who died May 29th, though that one was given the age of 21.
#56 though marked male, perhaps this was the wife and mother of this group,
but only a guess.
#63 same as #62.
#64 age could be 20 or 21 or 28.
#68 age 30 or 38.
#80 marked female.
#81-82 these are probably the parents of the baby born May 6th, giving the
mother's maiden name on the manifest.
#89 surname possibly spelled Salz or Sass but is overwritten so cannot be
certain of last 2 letters.
#92 another instance of a first name seeming male, but gender column marked
female.
#95 uncertain of second letter, looks like a.
#97-99 these are probably the family of the child who died June 25th, named
Theresia with a surname in that section of the manifest that definitely
looks like more like Biesingen.
#102-104 this is probably the family of the baby born June 24th, though the
surname is spelled differently in each of the sections. In the passenger
list section, it looks like Roeth though spelled Boos in the birth section.
#105 surname is probably Peter, but possibly there is a ditto mark before
the word Peter, to indicate the previous surname.
#108 age could be 20 or 21 or 28.
#110 surname spelled with the old-style double s, but is probably Lissont,
but Lifsont will be found in the surname index as well.
#113-118 no other information provided for these passengers.
#119 probably ditto mark for Baviere, but could be smudge. Gender not marked.
#130 gender dittoed for female, but Jost is probably a male name.
#137 smudged gender column but is probably male.
#159 gender possibly male.
#167-172 could be the family of the child who died May 17th,
named Barbara Schroepfer.
#169 gender is marked with ditto.
#179 age 27 or 37.
#191 age could be 24 or 34.
#198 age is marked with ditto so is probably 18, as the last passenger
is 18.
#200 age could be 30 or 31.
#217 age could be 20 or 28.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 29.
Contributed by Mr. Stale Eide and Charles Russell Ph.D.
Transcribed by Inger Russell, and Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 May 2000
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