Columns represent passenger number, passenger name, sex of passenger, and compartment that was stated that they traveled in.

 
     1 Mr. Burk              M   Cabin Class
     2 Mr. Fitzgerald        M   Cabin Class
     3 Mr. Brown             M   Cabin Class
     4 Mr. Londell           M   Cabin Class
     5 Mr. Weeks             M   Cabin Class
     6 Mr. Hitchcock         M   Cabin Class
     7 Mr. Carl              M   Cabin Class
     8 Mrs. Carl             F   Cabin Class

New York Times, April 16, 1862, page 8

Donated by Maureen Graves Anderson
Transcribed by Donna Jackson a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
September 9, 2003

I, Abel Beard master of the Plantagenet (screw steamer)do solemnly, sincerely, and truly ---- 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 the said Steamer at Kingston, Jam. and Port au Prince Haiti from which ports the said steamer 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 this 16th April 1862 signed Abel Beard, So Help me God

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Plantagenet Screwsteamer whereof Abel Beard is master from Kingston and Port au Prince burthen 472 (crossed out) 718 Am (crossed out) tons

Columns Represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severely belong, part of vessel

1  B. C. Meigs        73  M  Clergyman       United States   Cabin
2  W. C. Lonsdell     22  M  Gent            Canada          Cabin
3  W. Burke           46  M  Attorney        Jamaica         Cabin
4  Thomas Brown       45  M  Solicitor       Jamaica         Cabin
5  B. Fitzgerald      34  M  ---             Jamaica         Cabin
6* Peter Crellie      38  M  Shipmaster      Great Britain   Cabin
7  A. Kilchenback     35  M  Merchant        Hesse           Cabin
8  G. W. Carl         41  F  Lady            Great Britain   Cabin
9  A. Carl            13  F  Lady            Great Britain   Cabin

Transcriber's Notes:
6  surname could be Cullie

1  Benjamin Clark Meigs, missionary to Ceylon.  Graduate of Yale and Andover 
   Theological Seminary. Over forty years a missionary in Ceylon, India. born 9 Aug 1789 
   of Bethleham, Litchfield, Connecticut  Died 12 May 1862.
   Sources: Title: Families of Early Guilford, CT
   Page: II:811; Author: Henry B. Meigs, 1901; updated by Return Jonathan Meigs, 1935
   Title: Record of the Descendants of Vincent Meigs who came from Dorsetshire, 
   England about 1635 pg 51 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 218, List 289.

Transcribed by Sheila Tate a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 April 2005

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