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Ship Paragon

I, Benj. F. Thompson, 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 BOSTON and CHARLESTOWN, 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 Paragon, 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) Benj. F. Thompson, MASTER. Sworn to before me, this 28th day of October 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy Collector.

REPORT and LIST of the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Paragon of Boston whereof Thomas* is Master, burthen 350 tons and (not filled in)/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country to which they intend to become inhabitants. The last column was U. S. Am. for all the passengers, so that will be eliminated here.

  1 Thomas         Gregory          22  male    weaver        England   U. S. Am.
  2 Thomas         Birford       *  38  male    ?             England
  3 John           Dele?ny       *  24  male    sol?          England
  4 Bridget        Dele?ny          23  female  sol?          England
  5 Mich.          Ma???         *  36  male    sol?          England
  6 Mich.          Clair            19  male    sol?          England
  7 Shad.          Peirce           31  male    woolsorter    England
  8 Sarah          Peirce           31  female                England
  9 M?             Peirce        *  30  female                England
 10 Juliana        Peirce            6  female                England
 11 Shad.          Peirce            5  male                  England
 12 Susanna        Peirce            3  female                England
 13 Robert         Peirce         1y6m  male                  England
 14 Wm.            Clegg            32  male    weaver        England
 15 Harrison       Ga??t         *  26  male    weaver        England
 16 Mary           Cosgro?       *  24  female  spinster      England
 17 A??.           Ha?kerhoff    *  2?  male    joiner        Halifax
 18 John           White            23  male    weaver        Halifax
 19 ?.             Barron        *  30  male    stonemason    Halifax
 20 ??ch.          Corn?il?      *  22  male                  France
 21 Sullivan       Bierson          25  male                  France
 22 John           Robinson         36  male    cabinetmaker  Scotland
 23 Margaret       Robinson         36  female                Scotland
 24 Benj.          Robinson          9  male                  Scotland
 25 Walter         Robinson          6  male                  Scotland
 26 And.           Robinson          4  male                  Scotland
 27 Mary           Robinson         5m  female                Scotland
 28 And.           Coffay        *  2?  male    labourer      Scotland
 29 Thomas         Jones            25  male    farmer        Scotland
 30 Hugh           Jones            28  male    farmer        Scotland
 31 John Thomas    ?             *  23  male    ????man       Scotland
 32 Henry Thomas   Jones            23  male    joiner        Scotland
 33 Robert Thomas  ?             *  2?  male    joiner        Scotland
 34 Louis          O'Halloran       24  male    farmer        Scotland
  
Transcriber's Notes:     
* Captain's surname was written once as Thomas, twice as Thompson.

  #2 possibly ditto marks for occupation but not certain.
  #3-4 surname could be Deleany or Delenny.
  #3-6 about 3 more letters for occupation, none extend above 
     mid-point or below the line.  Does not look like soldier.
  #5 not certain if surname is Marsh or could be Martin.
  #9 first name possibly Mary.
 #15 surname possibly Gaunt, but could also be Grant or Garnt.
 #16 surname Cosgrow or Cosgrom.
 #17 surname could be Hackerhoff or Haskerhoff.  Abbreviation for 
     first name looks like Asb. or Arb. or Ash. or Arh.   
     Age probably 27.
 #19 initial is possibly R.
 #20 surname is Corneille or Corncille.  Abbreviation for first name 
     could be Soch. or Lech.
 #28 age possibly 27 or 29.
 #31 surname is either Thomas or Jones.  Uncertain whether the name 
     Thomas was the surname or whether there were ditto marks for Jones.  
     Occupation possibly begins with d or s.  Perhaps it is dairyman 
     or drayman.
 #33 same problem with surname as #31.  Age could be 26 or 20.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.