Immigrant Ships
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Ship Emerald

I, Jabez Howes, Jr., 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 Emerald 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 the 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. Sworn to before me, this 15th day of August 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Dep. COLLECTOR. (Signed) J. Howes, Jr., MASTER.

REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the Ship Emerald of Boston whereof Jabez Howes, Jr. is master, burthen 359 tons and 22/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country of which they severally belong, country to which they intend to become inhabitants.

 
  1* Revd. John G.  Pat???      25  male    minister        Boston   Boston
  2* Warren         D??ton      50  male    gentleman       Boston   Boston
  3* Mary ?.        Pickard     25  female  lady            Boston   Boston
  4* Eliza          D??ton      4?  female  lady            ?        ?
  5* John           Ba??? Jr.   34  male    gentleman       ?        ?
  6* Martha         Del??an     21  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
  7* Margaret       Del??an     15  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
  8* Micha?         Hopiday     24  male                    England  U. S. Am.
  9* Rose           M????       21  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
 10  Bridget        Burns       17  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
 11  Mary           Sheridan    10  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
 12* Rose           Mac???      16  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
 13  Elinor         Dobbins     16  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
 14* Mary           Finar?aty   30  female                  Ireland  U. S. Am.
 15* James          Finar?aty    3  male                    Ireland  U. S. Am.
 16* John           Finar?aty    1  male                    Ireland  U. S. Am.
 17* Francis        Rhail       20  male    labourer        Ireland  U. S. Am.
 18  John           Green       20  male    labourer        Ireland  U. S. Am.
 19* Elizabeth      M??ey       30  female                  England  U. S. Am.
 20* John           Ma?ny        1  male                    England  U. S. Am.
 21* Margaret       Hey?        35  female  calico printer  England  U. S. Am.
 22* John           Butwo??     18  male    calico printer  England  U. S. Am.
 23* Thomas         ?           15  male    calico printer  England  U. S. Am.
 24* Zachariah      ?           11  male    calico printer  England  U. S. Am.
  
24 in all   
    
Transcriber's Notes:     
  #1 surname possibly Patfrey.
  #2 surname could be Dutton or Dalton; looks like Dalton here.
  #3 middle initial could be L or possibly S.
  #4 surname here looks like Dutton compared to #2; age could be 41 or 46 perhaps; 
     cannot see any ditto marks in columns for country information.
  #5 surname looks like Bazir or Bagir or Bagin or Bayin; cannot see any ditto 
     marks in columns for country information. 
  #6-7 surname surname could be Delewan or Deliwar or Deleman perhaps.
  #8 first name looks like Michan or Michau.
  #9 surname light but something like Muglat or Mayln, but not certain 
     if all is visible.
 #12 surname possibly Magan or Magar, perhaps for McCann or McCarr.
 #14-16 surname looks like Finarssaty perhaps.
 #17 surname possibly phonetic for Riley.
 #19 surname looks like Maney.
 #20 surname here looks like Mainy or Marny or Masny.
 #21 surname looks like Heyb or Heyc, but seems to be a period after the 
     name; perhaps was abbreviated for some reason.
 #22 surname possibly Butwoth.
 #23-24 on the copy, cannot see if there are ditto marks for surname; 
     perhaps it is the same as #22.      

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

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