Immigrant Ships
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Brig Purrington

I Lynde Rowland 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 Purrington whereof I am Master, from London So help me God. [signed:] Lynde Rowland

Sworn to, the 8th Dec^r 1827.
Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Brig Purrington whereof L. Rowland is Master, from London Burthen 273 Tons.

Columns represent: "Names.; Age. [Years.; Months.]; Sex.; Occupation.; The Country to which they severally belong.; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants.; Died on the Voyage." Column "Died on the Voyage" is empty and is omitted here.

    
 1  Anthony Hermange     26   Male   Physician  United States  United States
 2  George McLeod        40   Male   Taylor     Great Britain  United States
 3  Violet McLeod        39   female none       Great Britain  United States
 4  Margaret Mcleod      15   female none       Great Britain  United States
 5  William McLeod       12   male   none       Great Britain  United States
 6  Violet McLeod         7   female none       Great Britain  United States
 7  George McLeod         1   male   none       Great Britain  United States
 8  Barbara McLeod        4   female none       Great Britain  United States
 9  John Walsh           29   male   Shoemaker  Great Britain  United States
10* Mar? Walsh           29   female none       Great Britain  United States
11  Mary Ann Walsh        3   female none       Great Britain  United States
12* Ellen Walsh             6 female none       Great Britain  United States
13* Cha^s S Campbell     22   male   Bookbinder Great Britain  United States
14  Elizabeth P Campbell 23   female none       Great Britain  United States
15  Robert Grierson      28   male   jeweller   Great Britain  United States
16* William B?tt         19   male   Grocer     Great Britain  United States
17  J D Richard          29   male   Grocer     Great Britain  United States
18* Elizabeth Horen      17   female none       Great Britain  United States


                             [signed] Lynde Rowland
    
Transcriber's Notes:
    
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made in the original document
or a clarification by this transcriber.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
the quality of the original document.
The use of a caret ^ indicates the following letter has been
superscripted, indicating possible abbreviation.
The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
followed by DC which may indicate the Deputy Collector of Customs
Passengers were numbered by the transcriber for ease of reference.

10 Given name may be Mary or Marg
12 Age is six months
13 Given name may be abbreviation for Charles
16 Family name probably Butt, but may be Batt

National Archives and Records Administration, LDS FHL Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Brig Purrington, London, December 8, 1827, #8813.

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