Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Kensington

I Eli Curly do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers which were on board the Ship Kensington at the time of her sailing from the port of Liverpool or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present and have been during the voyage, master of the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in the said report or Manifest, are to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD

Sworn before me, this 21 day of March 1836 (signature cannot be read) Collector.

Report Or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Kensington whereof Eli Curly is Master from Liverpool, England burthen 494? Tons and owned by R. J. Walker and Joseph Marshall of New York and bound to Philadelphia.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex to which they severally belong.

 1  R Hayward           50   male
 2  Alice Hayward       50   female
 3* Jo^s Hayward        18   male
 4  John Hayward        13   male
 5* Dan Hayward          9   male
 6  Mary Ann Hayward    11   female
 7  Ann Cooper          19   female
 8  Isabella Parry      19   female
 9* Rob^t Collyer       48   male
10  Ann Collyer         38   female
11* Rob^t Collyer       22   male
12* Jo^s Collyer        20   male
13  Didy Collyer        17   male 
14  Ann Collyer         16   female
15  Sarah Collyer       12   female 
16  Frances Collyer     10   male
17  Mary Collyer         8   male
18* Fred??? Collyer      6   male
19  Charles Collyer      4   male
20  Clara Collyer        2   female


Transcriber's Notes:

*  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.

?  The use of an ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read by the transcriber, 
   due to the quality of the original document.

^  Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.

   Correct tonnage unable to be read.

   There were no births or deaths on this passage therefore that column has been eliminated.
   Occupation, To what country they belong, and Country to which they intend to belong was
   not entered therefore those columns have been eliminated.

   Passengers were numbered by the transcriber


 3  Jos Hayward and 12 Jos Collyer, the s was written to the right and above the o may
    indicate a longer name such as Joseph or Josiah.
 5  Dan Hayward the n has an upward tail to it may be an l.
 9  and 11 Rob Collyer there was a t following the name may indicate a longer name such
    as Robert.
18  Fred Collyer has 3 other letters which I was unable to read.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 51.

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