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Ship Wm. H. Prescott
I, Chas Butchelder, master of the ship Wm H Prescott do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said ship at Liverpool, from which port said ship has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to, this 7th of September 1857, So help me God. (signed) Charles Batchelder.
Before me, (signed) G??????.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the ship Wm. H. Prescott whereof Batchelder is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1,370 25/35 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, and part of the ship occupied by the passenger during the voyage. In the manifest, a column headed "country in which they intend to become inhabitants" had no entries and has been omitted from this transcription. In the manifest, a column headed "died on the voyage" had a single entry alongside Passenger 49, and this entry is addressed in the transcriber's notes below, and the column has been omitted from this transcription.
1 R. B. Macauley 35 Male Lawyer Scotland Houses on deck
2 Emily Macauley 30 Female Wife Scotland Houses on Deck
3* E????? Macauley 7 M Child Scotland Houses on Deck
4 Emily Macauley 5 F Child Scotland Houses on Deck
5 Lind Macauley Inft M Child Scotland Houses on Deck
6 Ernest Macauley Inft M Child Scotland Houses on Deck
7 Hermann Meyer 36 M Tailor Germany Houses on Deck
8* Bosha Meyer 28 M Wife Germany Houses on Deck
9 Sarah Meyer 11 F Child Germany Houses on Deck
10 Esther Meyer 8 F Child Germany Houses on Deck
11 Samuel Meyer 5 M Child Germany Houses on Deck
12 Rat. Sullivan 45 M Labor Ireland Houses on Deck
13 Bridget Sullivan 45 F Wife Ireland Houses on Deck
14* Ellen Troy 11 F Child Ireland Houses on Deck
15 Martin Sullivan 10 Ireland Houses on Deck
16 Cath^e Nolan 30 Ireland Houses on Deck
17 Mich^l Nolan 11 Ireland Houses on Deck
18 Mary Nolan 7 Ireland Houses on Deck
19 Mich^l Nolan Inft Ireland Houses on Deck
20 Jackson Silvester 28 Ireland Houses on Deck
21 Mary Maloney 25 Ireland Upper Between deck
22 Mary Anne Maloney Inft Ireland Upper Between deck
23 W^m Beete 34 England Upper Between deck
24 Thos Wood 20 England Upper Between deck
25 Benj Barth 30 England Upper Between deck
26 W^m Smith 22 Ireland Upper Between deck
27 Anna Smith 21 Ireland Upper Between deck
28* R. Mouish 34 Hungary Upper Between deck
29* Thos St????son 24 England Upper Between deck
30 Jas Mack 26 Scotland Upper Between deck
31 John McDonald 40 Scotland Upper Between deck
32 Geo H. Smith 21 Scotland Upper Between deck
33 Arthur Joey 24 Scotland Upper Between deck
34 Geo. Wright 23 England Upper Between deck
35* El????? Wright 21 England Upper Between deck
36 Sarah Fleming 17 England Upper Between deck
37 John Fleming 11 England Upper Between deck
38 Marg Magee 25 Ireland Upper Between deck
39 Maria Meyer 28 Germany Upper Between deck
40 Marg^t McIntyre 45 Ireland Upper Between deck
41 Ellen Bryan 30 Ireland Upper Between deck
42 Herwick Shader 20 Germany Upper Between deck
43* Deof H????? 18 Germany Upper Between deck
44 W^m Dinstuhl 28 Germany Upper Between deck
45 Thos Owens 1? Ireland Upper Between deck
46 Hannah Webster 32 England Upper Between deck
47 W^m Webster 30 England Upper Between deck
48 Thos Jos Webster Inft England Upper Between deck
49* Rob^t W^m Webster Inft England Upper Between deck
50 Chas Philips 18 England Upper Between deck
51 Benj Condon 40 England Upper Between deck
52 Sarah Falkner 23 England Upper Between deck
53 Mary Falkner 7 England Upper Between deck
54* Rat O'Dowell 11 Ireland Upper Between deck
55 John O'Dowell Inft Ireland Upper Between deck
56 Ellen O'Dowell Inft Ireland Upper Between deck
57 Mary O'Dowell Inft Ireland Upper Between deck
58 Mary Martin 28 England Upper Between deck
59 Alessendria Martin 7 England Upper Between deck
60 Emma Martin 5 England Upper Between deck
61 Sarah Martin Inft England Upper Between deck
62 Edith Martin Inft England Upper Between deck
63 Anne Wellington 30 England Upper Between deck
64 John Wellington 4 M England Upper Between deck
65 Fred^k Wellington Inft M England Upper Between deck
66* Flora Rathoffe 37 F Germany Upper Between deck
67* Layle Rathoffe 11 F Germany Upper Between deck
68* Leibish Rathoffe 7 Germany Upper Between deck
69* Parka Rathoffe 7 Germany Upper Between deck
70* Sena Rathoffe 20 Germany Upper Between deck
71* Jos Rathoffe 6 Germany Upper Between deck
72* Nich^s Rathoffe 5 Germany Upper Between deck
73 T. Barlor 34 Germany Upper Between deck
74 Hench Barlor 10 Germany Upper Between deck
75 David Barlor 7 Germany Upper Between deck
76 Esther Barlor 6 Germany Upper Between deck
77 Ida Barlor Inft Germany Upper Between deck
78* Sara Barlor Inft Germany Upper Between deck
79* Vogel Rattoffe 38 Germany Upper Between deck
80* Barbre Rattoffe 16 Germany Upper Between deck
81* Suser Rattoffe 7 Germany Upper Between deck
82* Esther Rattoffe Inft Germany Upper Between deck
83* Ida Rattoffe Inft Germany Upper Between deck
84 Carl Essagrath 31 Germany Upper Between deck
85 Bertha Essagrath 21 Germany Upper Between deck
86 Mary Rowell 37 England Upper Between deck
87 Thos Jennings 37 England Upper Between deck
88* M??? E. Boubbe 22 United States Cabin
89 J. Laurence Byrne 25 United States Cabin
90* Jos Lecky 20 Ireland Cabin
91 W. H. Walmeley 19 England Cabin
92 Sam^l Walmeley 18 England Cabin
Transcriber's Notes:
In recording the passengers' given names, the recorder sometimes abbreviated
by omitting several letters then superscripting the last letter or two.
Examples:
Cath^e = Catherine
Fred^k = Frederick
W^m = William
Benj^n = Benjamin
Marg^t = Margaret
Mich^l = Michael
Nich^s = Nicholas
Rob^t = Robert
Pat^k = Patrick
Sam^l = Samuel
In other cases, the recorder abbreviated given names by recording the first
syllable, or the commonly used abbreviation for the name.
Examples:
Jos = Joseph
Thos = Thomas
Jas = James
Geo = George
Marg = Margaret
Chas = Charles
Benj = Benjamin
In the cases in which the Sex and Occupation of passengers are not included
in this transcription, they were not recorded in the manifest.
3 Macauley - Given name begins with an E. The second and third letters are
possibly m and a, or possibly r, n and a. The remaining letters, possibly
3, are not decipherable.
8 Meyer - Wife probably incorrectly recorded as a male.
14 Troy - Child's surname originally recorded as Sullivan and then written
over as Troy.
28 Mouish - Although surname appears to be written as Mouish, it might possibly
be Morrish.
29 St????son - Surname could be Stevenson
35 Wright - Given name appears to be Elvya, or possibly Elirya.
49 Webster - Infant recorded as dying on the voyage but the date, time, cause
or circumstances were not recorded on the manifest.
43 H????? - Although surname appears to be Hannam, the individual letters are
not distinct.
54 O'Dowell - Given name appears to be Rat, but the manifest is smudged and
the individual letters are not clearly decipherable.
66-72 Rathoffe - Surname appears to be Rathoffe, but might possibly be Rattoffe or Pattoffe.
70 Rathoffe - Given name appears to be Sena, but might possibly be Sara.
78 Rattoffe - Given name appears to be Sara, but might possibly be Sena.
79-83 Rattoffe - Surname appears to be Rattoffe, but might possibly be Rathoffe.
86 Surname could be Powell.
88 Boubbe - Given name appears to be M^me, but might be meant to represent
Mademoiselle.
90 Lecky - First recorded as Leecky, then the first e was lined through.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 178, Number 1075.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
October 25, 2000
Reviewed by Gerald Conway a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 June 2001
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