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Barque C. P Williams
I, Henry Ashbey, Master or Commander of the Barque C. P Williams, 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 Barque C. P Williams at the Port of Matagorda 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 one* of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. (Signed) Henry Ashbey. Sworn before me, this 18th day of July 1836, (unsigned) Collector.
List of all Passengers taken on board the Barque C. P Williams whereof Henry Ashbey is Master, at the Port of Matagorda and bound for New-Orleans.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants. The last column will be eliminated here, as U. States was dittoed for all.
1 John Gurrille 28 male gent Italian
2 J. A. Moody 27 male gent English
3* Francis ? 23 male servant French
4 C. McSweeney 22 male merchant U. States
5 Nicholas Peck 35 male farmer U. States
6 Mrs. Pamelia L. Hatch 40 female farmer U. States
7 Davis Hatch 12 male farmer U. States
8 John N. Hatch 14 male farmer U. States
9 Jas H. Brown 18 male farmer U. States
10 John James 11 male farmer U. States
11 Dan'l James 9 male farmer U. States
12 Mrs. Catherine Bray 35 female farmer Irish
13 Miss Mary Bray 14 female farmer Irish
14 Ann Bray 12 female farmer Irish
15 Catherine Bray 10 female farmer Irish
16* Patrick Bray ? male farmer Irish
17* Pau?? Be?a 4? male merchant Greek
18* Mrs. Candelina P??? 20 female Mexican
19* Antonio Ma?eni? 15 male servant Mexican
20* Antonio N???mas 40 male servant Mexican
21* Anestasia ? 35 female servant Mexican
22* Centinio Da?es 85 female servant Mexican
23 Mr. John Linn 75 male gent Irish
24 John J. Linn 38 male merchant Irish
25 Mrs. M. C. Linn 19 female merchant Irish
26* Miss Susannah J. Linn 19 female merchant U. States
27* Catherine McHeary 5 female merchant Mexican
28 Master William Daniel 4 male merchant American
29* Mr. J. M. J. Caraba?al 25 male Mexican
30 Manual Caraba?al 22 male Mexican
31* Mrs. Rufege? Caraba?al 19 female Mexican
32 Mrs. Gertrude Caraba?al 45 female Mexican
33 Miss Cecelia Navarano 9 female Mexican
34* Antonio Cara?abal ? male Mexican
35 Antonio Sanchez 46 male Mexican
36* Raffelle Herman 27 male Mexican
37 Fernando de Leon 34 male Mexican
38* Maria ? de Leon 28 female Mexican
39 Chepata Navaras 13 female Mexican
40* Antonia Escl??r?a 11 female Mexican
41* Rufegeo Esca?a?a 13 female Mexican
42* Manuel H??asola 40 male Mexican
43 Masino Campos 27 male servant Mexican
44* Tom??o Campos 4 child servant Mexican
45 Vincent Flores 22 male servant Mexican
46* Mrs. Augustina Benevid?? 20 female servant Mexican
47* Pilar B??bada? 4 female servant Mexican
48* L?berta? B??bada? 2 female servant Mexican
49 Beatrice B??bada? 11 female servant Mexican
50 Richard B??bada? 5 male servant Mexican
51 Mrs. Patrico de Leon 48 female servant Mexican
52 Jesusa de Leon 25 female servant Mexican
53* ?ag?la Monchola ? female servant Mexican
54 Francisa de Leon 25 female servant Mexican
55* Mrs. Gaudalope Garcia 29 female servant Mexican
56 Ramon German 40 male servant Mexican
57 Cecelia German 27 female servant Mexican
58 Soledad German 14 female servant Mexican
59* Antiona German 11 female servant Mexican
60 Nicolasa German 5 female servant Mexican
61 Carlos German 8 male servant Mexican
62 Sylvester de Leon 27 male farmer Mexican
63 Rosa de Leon 24 female farmer Mexican
64* Jesusa ?al?nda 15 female farmer Mexican
65* Francis de Leon 11 male farmer Mexican
66* Francis de Leon 11 male farmer Mexican
67* Va?lios ? 11 male servant Mexican
68* Refugea ? 12 female servant Mexican
69* Maria Antino ???a?to 20 female servant Mexican
70* D? Leon Leon ? 4 male servant Mexican
71* Felix de Leon 2? male farmer Mexican
72 Saloma de Leon 20 female farmer Mexican
73 Santiago de Leon 9 male farmer Mexican
74 Patrico de Leon 5 male farmer Mexican
75* Sylv? de Leon 2 male farmer Mexican
76* Eugenos Benevid? 36 male farmer Mexican
77 Juanna Benevid? 22 female farmer Mexican
78 Juane ? 9 female farmer Mexican
79 David ? 7 male farmer Mexican
80 Mary ? 5 female farmer Mexican
81 Julia ? 3 female farmer Mexican
82 Joseph ? 2 male farmer Mexican
83* ??dro Benvidas 40 male farmer Mexican
84* ?a?atano Benvidas 35 female farmer Mexican
85* Joseph Ma??y 12 male farmer Mexican
86* Juane Ma??y 10 male farmer Mexican
87* Antonia ? 9 female farmer Mexican
88 Leonora ? 5 female farmer Mexican
89 Joseph ? 9 male servant Mexican
90 John ? 7 male servant Mexican
91* Eli Eustes ? male farmer American
(Signed) Henry Ashbey
Transcriber's Notes:
* The list does not state which passenger died on the voyage.
* This ship probably sailed from Matagorda in Texas which is on the
Gulf of Mexico.
#3 only the name Francis written for this passenger, presumably
the first name.
#16 age possibly 8.
#17 name looks like Pauro Bena or Berra; age could be 44; damage
in area.
#18 surname looks like Phla; uncertain if the title is Mrs. or Miss.
#19 surname something like Masenio or Masenia.
#20 surname something like Nurmas or Nuimas or Neumas.
#21 no surname dittoed, possibly same as previous passenger.
#22 surname possibly spelled Dames.
#26 perhaps the wrong origin was recorded for this passenger, as her
surname was the same as the previous passengers from Ireland.
#27 perhaps the wrong origin was recorded for this passenger.
#29-32 surname could be Carabagal or Carabayal.
#29-42 not certain if occupation "merchant" was dittoed for these
passengers.
#31 first name possibly Rufegea or Rufegeo.
#34 surname letters transposed from the surname for #29-32;
written here as Caragabal or Carayabal; age could be 4 or 11.
#36 surname spelled with H, but perhaps is the same as #56-61.
#38 first name could be Maria Lucia; or Maria S. Luisa;
or Maria de Luca.
#40 surname looks something like Esclalda or Esclarlora or Esclaladra.
#41 surname looks something like Escaladra.
#42 surname looks something like Hinasola.
#44 first name could be spelled Tomaseo.
#46 surname something like Benevidas or Benevidos.
#47-50 surname looks something Bambadas or Banebadas, but could be
same name as #20.
#48 first name could be Libertad.
#53 first name looks like Pagila or Pagela; age 2 or 9.
#55 first name spelled as found.
#59 first name spelled as found.
#64 surname something like Galinda or Salunda or Galunda or variation.
#65-66 name could have been repeated or there could have been 2 of the
same name and age.
#67-68 presumably only the first names here. Name for #67 looks like
Vaulios or Vanlio.
#69 surname looks like Soganto or Losanto or similar.
#70 presumably the surname was recorded first for this passenger.
Is possibly another de Leon family member.
#71 age could be 20 or 25.
#75 first name possibly Sylvester but some over-writing.
#76-82 surname possibly written Benevido.
#83 first name looks like Indro, but perhaps is Isidro.
#84 first name looks like Cagatano or Cayatano.
#85-86 surname looks like Marcy or Maecy or Mascy.
#87-90 presumably the same surname as #85-86, though only horizontal
line drawn for surname.
#91 area for age was very dark.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 14.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 October 2000
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