Immigrant Ships
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Ship Cortes

I Benjamin Sprague 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 Cortes from London whereof I am Master, from London So help me God. [signed] Benj^n Sprague

Sworn to, the 23^d Nov 1827 Before me SG????? DC

LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Cortes whereof Sprague is Master, from London Burthen 382 Tons.

Columns represent: NAMES; AGE*[subheaded:] Years/Months; SEX; OCCUPATION; The Country to which they severally belong; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants; Died on the Voyage*.

 1* M^r Henry Jessopp           38 Male                   England  Canada
 2  M^rs Henry Jessopp          26 female                 England  Canada
 3  Phebe Edwards (Lady's Maid) 26 female                 England  Canada
 4  M^r. James W^m. Gudge       21 Male   Gent            England  New York
 5  Miss Mary Anne Stratton     22 female                 England  Albany
 6* W^m ?. Pearman              33 Male   Th. R. C. G.    England  New York
 7* E^d S. Smith                38 Male   Gent            England  New York
 8* Eliza Smith his daughter     6 female                 England  New York
 9* Timothy H. Carter           27 Male                   America  Boston
10* Antonio della?o?e           21 Male   Merchant        England  New York
11* Cap^t Simeon Bull??         31 Male   Gen^t           England  Canada
12  M^r James Hawkins           31 Male   farmer          England  New York
13  Miss Sophia Hawkins         17 female                 England  New York
14  Mast^r William Hawkins      18 Male                   England  New York
15* M^rs Susanna Brendenba?h    24 female                 England  New York
16* Henry Brendenba?h            4 Male                   England  New York
17* M^rs Margaret Edmunds       25 female                 England  New York
18  M^r Ja^s Edmunds            15 Male   boot maker      England  New York
19  Bernard Norton              28 Male   Gent^n          England  N.Orleans
20  M^r William Wilcox          33 Male   Gardner         England  Albany
21  Frances Craggs              23 Male   Smith           England  New York
22* John Hilkin                 27 Male   Sugar Bakery    England  New York
23* Lutge Rarigen               47 Male   Sugar Bakery    England  New York
24* Jurjen Bolliwinkle          30 Male   Sugar Bakery    England  New York
25  Wolfe Solomon Myers         19 Male   Gent            England  New York
26  Richard Wardle              27 Male   taylor          England  New York
27  Benjamin Hallets            36 Male   Carpenter       England  New York
28  Joseph Hallets              12 Male                   England  New York
29* John Moss                   18 Male   teachers        England  New York
30* John Hil?                   20 Male   teachers        England  New York
31  William Lowther             45 Male   Goldlace Maker  England  New York
32* Cha^s Lowther               17 Male   Goldlace Maker  England  New York
33* Harriet Lowther             15 female Goldlace Maker  England  New York
34* Mary Anne Lowther           12 female Goldlace Maker  England  New York
35* Thomas Lowther               9 Male   Goldlace Maker  England  New York
36* Sarah Lowther                6 female Goldlace Maker  England  New York
37* W^m Hurley                  14 Male   Goldlace Maker  England  New York
38* John Hurley                 13 Male   Goldlace Maker  England  New York
           [signed] Benjn Sprague


Transcriber's notes:

*  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
   recorder; or a clarification by the transcriber.

?  The use of a ? indicates a letter that could not be deciphered, due
   to the quality of the original document.

^  The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letters in that word
   are superscripted.

*  Collector of Customs (in the sworn statement): Name is 
   indecipherable. It may begin with SG and may end with the 
   abbreviation DC which probably stands for Deputy Collector.

*  There were NO deaths on this passage and the sub-columns for AGE 
   have only years listed, therefore the "Months" and "Died on the 
   Voyage" columns have been omitted.

Passenger # 1 - Occupation listed as "In his B. M. Custo??".
                Occupation: may? mean "In his Britannic Majesty's 
                Customs" particularly since he is traveling to
                Canada from England
Passenger # 6 - Middle initial may be "P" or "R"
Passenger # 7 & 8 - There is a bracket drawn after the names to
                connect these two passengers.
Passenger # 9 - The middle initial is above the name with a caret
                under the line to indicate the initial belongs to
                this passenger
Passenger #10 - Surname may be dellatorre or dellatone
Passenger #11 - Surname may be Bullau, Bullan, Bulleu or Bullen
Passenger #15 & 16 - Surname may be Brendenbach, Brendenbash, or
                Brendenbath
Passenger #17 - Surname may be Edmands
Passenger #23 - Surname may be Rarigus
Passenger #22, 23 & 24 - Occupation is written only once, but 
                bracket indicates all three passengers
Passenger #24 - Surname may be Bollimukle
Passenger #29 & 30 - Occupation is written only once, but bracket
                indicates both passengers 
Passenger #30 - Surname is probably Hile or Hill
Passenger #31-38 - Occupation is written only after #31, but there
                is a bracket which indicates all passengers #31-38

Latter Day Saints Family History Library Film #0002256
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York
from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828
Ship Cortes, London, November 23, 1827, #767

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