Immigrant Ships
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Ship William F. Storer

I, James Bryant, Master of the Ship W^m F. Storer, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear 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 Ship at Liverpool, from which Port the said Ship 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. So help me God. (Signature) Jas Bryant.
Sworn to this Feb'y 20th 1868, Before me. (Signature) W ? C??????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship W^m F Storer whereof Bryant is Master, from L'pool, burthen (blank) tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in this transcription.

  1* David Hopkin      23   M   Laborer       England     England   2nd Cabin
  2* J?? Murphey       24   M   Laborer       England     U.S.      2nd Cabin
  3* Sarah Davis       24   F   Wife          England     U.S.      2nd Cabin
  4* Robert ?reland    50   M   M???ner       England     U.S.      2nd Cabin       
  5* J?? McKee         50   M   Ship Master   U. States   U.S.      Cabin
  

Transcriber's Notes:

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber Notes to which the reader should refer.  
  
  1  Third letter of surname is overwritten by a letter extending from the surname 
     below, but surname is either "Hopkin" or "Hoskin". 
  2  Given name is not clearly written and difficult to decipher with certainty, 
     but clearly begins with "J" followed by either "a" or "o" followed by a letter
     which is poorly formed and not decipherable.  Given name is possibly "Jos" for 
     "Joseph", "Jas" for "James", or even "Joh" for "John".  Although clearly written
     as "Murphey", surname might actually be "Murphy".
  3  Surname is not carefully written and could be either "Davis" or "David".  
  4  First letter of surname is difficult to decipher, but is perhaps "I" or "O",
     resulting in possible surname "Ireland" or "Oreland".  Passenger's occupation is
     also difficult to decipher because it is carelessly written.  It appears to be
     written as 'Morner", but likely is actually either "Mariner" or "Miner".
  5  Given name is not clearly written and difficult to decipher with certainty, 
     but clearly begins with "J" followed by either "a" or "o" followed by a letter
     which is poorly formed and not decipherable.  Given name is possibly "Jos" for 
     "Joseph", "Jas" for "James", or even "Joh" for "John". 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 127.

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