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Brig Pedraza

I, Robt. Dorritie, 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 Brig Pedraza whereof I am Master, from Nassau*.
                                                                                             
Sworn to this  6 Sept.,1854                                                    So help me God.
Before me  (signed) _____________                                    (signed)  R. Dorritie   

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Pedraza  whereof  Robt. Dorritie, is Master, from Nassau. burthen 33/95 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage*.

     
 1  Thos          Katon        42    Male     Master mariner    U.S.A     U.S.A     
 2  William       Anderson     32    Male     Capt. Br. Army    England   England     
 3  Charlotte     Anderson     28    Female   wife of above     England   England     
 4  Hanry Chas.   Watson       35    Male     Lieut. Br. Army   England   England     
 5  Jane          Watson       22    Female   wife of above     England   England     
 6  Margaret      Mallory      20    Female   none              England   England     
 7  E. M.         Busby        32    Female   Teacher           U.S.A     U.S.A     
 8  John R.       Bacon        30    Male     Merchant          U.S.A     U.S.A     
 9  Curtis        Clutsam      14    Male     none              England   England     
10  T Grenville   Dashing      12    Male     none              U.S.A     U.S.A     
11  Charlotte A.  Minns        10    Female   none              England   England     
12  Juliana       Anderson      8    Female   none              England   England     
13  John          Anderson      6    Male     none              England   England      
          (signed) R. Dorritie
   

Transcriber's Notes:

   These passengers were numbered by the transcriber, not on original film.          
   No one is listed as Died on voyage so that column was eliminated
   I cannot read the two letters after Nassau   

Correspondence 03/28/2004 Capt. Dorritie
Capt. Robert Dorritie is the earliest known ancestor of the only known 
family of Dorrities in the United States.  I know of none of his siblings, 
nor of any of his children other than Edwin Augustus Dorritie born in 
1848, who married Mary Ellen Fant in New York City in 1870 and had 
eleven children.  Capt. Dorritie married Emeline Smith, formerly of 
Nassau, Bahamas, who was related to Dickinson of Bermuda.  He is said 
to have drowned off Antigua (I have no date or ship information).
 
Would love any more information on Capt. Dorritie if anyone is researching.  
Ellie Dorritie

Film 0175501, Record #1206.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 145.

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