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Barque Wenham
I, Samuel Hasker, certify that the within manifest was this day presented to me as the original manifest of the cargo on board the Barque Wenham of Baltimore, John Wiley master from London.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of June 1847.
Sam Hasker
I, John Wyle, master of Barque Wenham of Baltimore from London, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that I have deposited in the post office at this port all letters directed to any person or persons within the United States (excepting such as are directed to the owner or consignee the vessel,) which are brought in the said Barque under my care or ???????. John Wyle
Sworn to before me
???????? Collector
I, John Wyle, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the report and manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the district of New York, contains to best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the goods, wares and merchandise including packages of every kind and nature whatsoever, which were on board the said Barque at the time of her sailing from the port of London or which have been laden or taken on board at any port since, and that the packages of said goods are as particularly described in the bills of lading signed for the same by me, or with my knowledge; that I am at present master of said vessel, that no packages whatsoever or any goods, wares, or merchandise have been unladen, landed, taken out, or in any manner whatever removed from on board the said Barque since her departure from the said port of London except such as now particularly specified and declared in the abstract or account, herewith, and that the clearance and other papers now delivered by me to the collector, are all that I now have, or have had, that in any way relate to the cargo of said vessel. And I further swear that the several articles specified in the said manifest as the sea stores for the cabin and vessel, are truly such and were bona fide put on board the said Barque for the ... and are intended to remain on board for the consumption of the said officers and crew. I further swear that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any other or greater quantity of goods, wares and merchandise of any nature or kind whatsoever, than are contained in the report and manifest expressed, are to the best knowledge and belief, on board of the Barque Wenham any goods or merchandise, the importation of which into the United States or territories thereof, is prohibited by law; And I do further swear that if I shall hereafter discover or know of any such goods, wares or merchandise, on board the siad vessel, or which shall have ... of the port of this district.
John Wyle
Sworn before me this 4 day of June 1847
John ?????? Collector
I, W. Ditmor of Balt in the state of MD master, owner of the ship or vessel called the Wenham of Balt do swear that according to the best of my knowledge and belief, the register of Said ship now produced to the said collector of the customs for the district of Baltimore, contains the names of all the persons who are owners thereof and that no foreign subject or citizen has to best of my knowledge and belief any share by way of trust, confidence or otherwise in the said ship or vessel SO HELP ME GOD. William Gilmor
Sworn before me this 4th day of June 1849
John Danlly
Import Manifest Manifest of the cargo of a vessel arriving from a foreign port
Report and Manifest of all the Cargo laden on board the Barque Wenham of Baltimore, whereof John Wyle is master which cargo was taken on board at the port of London burden 523 Tons, built at Newbury Port in the state pf Massachusetts and owned by George Guest, William Gilmor, Samuel Owen Hoffman, Merchants at Baltimore, MD as per Register, granted at the port of Baltimore US the 19th day of February and bound for New York State of New York.
Columns represent: Name of Passenger, Baggage of Passenger
Cabin Passengers
1 Mrs. Amelia Butt Three Boxes One Basket Bed and Bedding
2 Master Thomas Butt
3* Mr. James Gardner Two Boxes & one gun
4* Mr. James Cooper One Box and two carpet bags ?
Steerage Passengers
5 Henry Wakeford Six Boxes & One Bag
6 Margaret Wakeford
7 Samuel Taylor Four Boxes
8 Jane Taylor
9 William Holston Three Boxes and Four Bags
10 Elizabeth Holston
11 John Mills
12 Fanny Holston
13 Charlotte Holston
14 Mary Ann Holston
15 William Holston
16 James Goer Eight Boxes - Two
17 Sarah Goer Beds & Bedding
18 James Goer One Bag of Biscuits
19 Mary Ann Goes
20 Theresa Potter
21 William Elson One Box and one
22 John Elson Bed & Bedding
23 Stephen North Three Boxes & One Bag
24 James Cooke Five Boxes & One Bed
25 Amelia Cooke
26 Percy Cooke
27 George Barling Three Boxes & One Bag
28 Edward Barling
29 William Green One Box
30 John Wells Two Boxes
31 Charles T. Billingham 10 boxes - two carpet
32* Martha Billingham Bags & two bedst'e
33 Henry Long
34 Jane Long
35 Charles Billingham
36 Thomas Bushell Four Boxes / 3 Hampers
37 Sarah Ann Bushnell and one office stool
38 Thomas Barber Two Boxes & one carpet bag
39* William Parkhouse Two boxes / one bed'te
40* Woolfe Lazurus Three boxes & one Bed'te
41 Charles Smith Three Boxes
42 John Blackbourne One Box
43* John Davis One Box One Bag & 1 Bed'te
44 John Melon Two Boxes
45 Robert Melon
46 John Turner Four boxes & two bags
47* Elizabeth Turner One Bedst'e & two Guns
48 George Hatcher
49 Meda Hatcher
50 George Hatcher
51 Lewis Lazurus Three Boxes
52 James Marriott Fourteen Boxes &
53 Rosamond Marriott two bags & two
54 Sarah Wass Beds & Bedding
55* Tho's Wass
56* Susanah Moore
57* Johana Granden One Box and one
58* Johana Gerig Bed & Bedding
59 Otto Rothschild Eight Boxes - Six
60 Franz Schrieber Bedste & One Gun
61 Jacob Blum
62* Heinrich Sippla
63 Max Blum
64 George Saunders Three Boxes and
65 George Salmon One Bed / Bedding
66 Ann Saunders
67 John Williams Twenty packages/Containing
68 Mary Williams wearing apparel
69 Frederick Williams and one bed and
70 Helen Williams Bedding
71 Richard Williams
72* ????? Williams
73 Edwin Williams
74 Charles Tress Four Boxes and one
75 Charles Tress Bed & Bedding
76 Benjamin Walker Two Boxes and one
77 Martha Walker Bed & Bedding
78 Mary Walker
79 James Wood Two Boxes and Carpet Bag & Bedding
80 James Murray One Chest
81 Daniel Regan Two Boxes
82 Charles Coghlen One Box
83 Thomas Gary Three Boxes & 2 Bags
84 Bridget Gary
85 Ellen Gary
86 Mary Gary
87 S'zans Schindler Four Boxes and
88 John Schnughoffer One Bag
89 John Knight Four Boxes Three
90 Sarah Knight Bags Three beds &
91 William Knight Bedding
92 Emily Knight
93 Henry Knight
94 William Knight
95 Thomas Knight
96* Thomas B. Sp??? Six Boxes
97 George Bolton Carpet Bag
98* Richard Spr???
99 Louis Manning Four Boxes
100 Francis Manning Four Boxes
101* Robert Sneesby Seven Boxes ?
102 Elizabeth Sneesby Bedding
103 Henry Sneesby
104* Louise Marie Sneesby
105 Henry Sneesby
106 Samuel Sneesby
107 Elizabeth Sneesby
108 Henry Sneesby
109* Mary Haley ?
110 Justin Arthur Eight Boxes ?
111 Margaret Arthur Beds & Bedding
112 Justinian Arthur of Pictures
113 John Arthur
114 Jane Arthur
115 Margaret Arthur
116 Thomas Arthur
117 George Arthur
118 Edward Page
119 Sarah Page
120 Harriet Page
121 James Cowley Four Bags ?
122 William Gray Five Boxes ?
123 Samuel Gray Carpet Bags & Bedding
124 John Morris Twenty one Boxes
125 Sarah Morris and bags and
126* Robert Morris Three beds't & Bedding
127 Sarah Morris
128 Magnus Morris
129 Alice Morris
130 Margaret Morris
131 Robert Higgins Ten Boxes & one bed & Bedding
132 James Moore One Box
133 John Gordon
134 Martha Gordon
135 William Gordon
136 Martha Gordon
137 William Whitfield Twelve Boxes
138 Stephen Wickens Three Bags snd four
139 Charlotte Wickens Beds & Bedding
140 ? Wickens
141 Elizabeth Wickens
142 Luke Wickens
143 Stephen Wickens
144 Eliza Noyer
145 John Rampton
146 Daniel Headland Seven Boxes one Hamper
147 Francis Headland and two beds and bedding
148 Sarah Headland
149 Thomas Headland
150 Fanny Headland
151 John Golding
152 William Golding
153 Charles Golding
154 William Croft
155 James Cornes Six Boxes and One Bed
156 Mary Ann Cornes & Bedding
157 Edward Cornes
158 Charles Cornes
159 James Cornes
161 John Cornes
162 Mary Ann Cornes
163 Thomas Waghorn Four Boxes and One
164 Mary Waghorn Bed and Bedding
165 Jane Waghorn
166 William Waghorn
167 Thomas Waghorn
168 Mary Waghorn
169* John ????unger Nine Boxes and Three Beds
170* James ????unger & Bedding
171 Stephen Kemp
172 Charles Ottaway
173 Elizabeth Dawson
174 Mary Ann Ottaway
175 Charles Ottaway
176 Gilbert Clark
177 Elizabeth Clark
178 Elizabeth Wood
179 Thomas Clark
180 Richard Lee Two Chests
181 Daniel Bridgeland Two Boxes and
182 Silas Hickmost One Bed & Bedding
183 Elizabeth Hart
184 William S. Coppinger
185* James P?????? One Box One Bed and Bedding
186 William Coyne Four Boxes & One Bed
187 Margaret Coyne Bedding
188 Sarah Lewis Four Boxes/one bed & Bedding
189 James ? ? box ?
190 George One Bed & Bedding
191 Alfred ?
192 Sarah ?
193 Elizabeth Carden One Box and Bed ?
194 William Brown
195 John Brown
196 Charles Hughes
197 David Hughes
198 Daniel Dowling One Box One Bed & Bedding
199 Robert North ?
200 Elizabeth Salmon Two Boxes and one Bed
201 William Salmon & Bedding
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
? indicates letter or letters not legible/poor quality microfilm
3 Mr. James Gardner ? an unknown item.
4 Mr. James Cooper ? is not legible
32 Martha Billingham - Bedst'e may mean Bedstead
39 William Parkhouse - Bedst'e may mean Bedstead
40 Woolfe Lazurus - Bedst'e may mean Bedstead
43 John Davis - Bed'te may mean Bedstead
47 Elizabeth Turner - Bedst'e may mean Bedstead, G?? not legible
55 Tho's Wass - Tho's may be Thomas
56 Susanah Moore - firstname maybe Susannah
57 Johana Granden - firstname maybe Johanna
58 Johana Gerig - firstname maybe Johanna
62 Heinrich Sippla Surname may also be Seppla or Leppla
72 ????? Williams - Firstname not legible
96 Thomas B. Sp??? - Surname not legible
98 Richard Spr??? - Surname not legible
101 Robert Sneesby Seven Boxes ? - ? may be Beds
104 ? Marie Sneesly - First name not legible
109 Mary Haley - Baggage not legible
126 Robert Morris - beds't may mean bedstead
169 John ????unger - Surname not legible
170 James ????unger - Surname not legible
185 James P?????? - Surname not legible
CARGO Please scroll to view all columns.
Columns represent: Marks, Numbers, Packages and Contents, By Whom Shipped,
To Whom Consigned, Place of Consignees Residence, Port of Destination
1 MITMRLI Fifty two and a half tons of Hemp in Bales Sampson Mighih B? Johnston New York New York
2 Directed "C J M Eaton, Baltimore" One Box Containing Books ???zbody C J M Eaton Baltimore Baltimore
3 Directed "Frederick Salmonson" One Box Containing Books Ebeneezer Ferme Fred'k Salmonson New York New York
4 One Case Containing Oil Cloth Edmund Phillips Margetson George Guest Baltimore Baltimore
5 1 @ 16 Sixteen Cases of Wine Jellings Blow John Edmund Body New York New York
6 17 One case of Wine Jellings Blow John Edmund Body New york New York
7 9 / 21 Thirteen Packages of Drugs G.H. & T.F. Wolff Order New York New York
8 7 / 12 Twelve Cases of Wine William Phelps Guest & Gilmore Baltimore Baltimore
9 12/ 14 One Hogshead & One Quarter Cask of Wine William Phelps Guest & Gilmore Baltimore Baltimore
10 1 / 30 Thirty Kegs of Merchandize Macdean Mares & Co Order New York New York
11 31/ 60 Thirty Kegs of Merchandize Macdean Mares & Co Order New York New York
12 ?1/ 73 Seventy Six Kegs of Merchandize Macdean Mares & Co Order New York New York
13 291/414 One hundred twenty four Kegs of Merchandize Macdean Mares & Co Order New York New York
14 1 / 30 Thirty Casks Green Copperas Morewood & Br G.H. Morewood & Br New York New York
15 Various One Hundred Twenty eight Casks of Merchandize Melhuish & Co Order New York New York
16 Ten Thousand Three Hundred twenty-five bars ? Cole Brothers Order New York New York
17 One Thousand Two hundred & fifty bars Sweetened iron Cole Brothers Order New York New York
18 Two hundred and twenty six tons of Pig Iron Lemuel Goddard Order New York New York
19 1 / 45 Forty Five Casks of Merchandize Hetherington & Co G B Morewood & Co New York New York
Transcriber's Notes:
All ? areas are not legible because of poor microfilm copy other than
the items below.
The column marks contained many symbols not reproduceable in this file.
1 B? Johnston - Firstname not legible
2 ???zbody - Full name not legible
14 Green Copperas = ferrous sulphate heptahydrate - a green compound
used in inks, paint and medicine.
16 Bars of ? not legible
Correspondence 08/15/2003 passengers #24-26 Cooke
James Moutire O'Neale Cooke - born: December 11, 1814 died: September 03, 1874
Married to: Amelia Cross Wilson Cooke - Bath, Islington, England - August 12, 1842
Son: Percy Wison George O'Neale Cooke - 2nd son born to this couple.
Born: August 12, 1846 - 1st son: Gerald Wilson O'Neale Cooke born: June 14, 1843
died: June 20, 1843 Islington, England.
James and Amelai Cooke are my great-great grandparents. They settled in
New York City, and had two more sons: Thomas Reginald Cooke, and
Joclyn William James O'Neale Cooke. I am related through Thomas Reginald Cooke.
As of this date, August 14, 2003, I have located and have contacts for all
nine children of Thomas Reginal Cooke, and am working hard at locating the
information and family members in England. Kathie Heidenfelder
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 79 List 59
Transcribed by Joseph & Irene Buersmeyer members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 June 2002
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