Immigrant Ships
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Ship Highflyer

I, Gurdon B Waterman 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 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 Ship Highflyer whereof I am Master, from Liverpool bound to New York. So help me GOD, G B Waterman.

Sworn to this 12 Feby 1855, Before me M?offman D.C.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Highflyer whereof Gurdon B Waterman is master, from Liverpool, burthen 1193 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.

 
   1  John McFarlen        27    Male   Clerk      Ireland  America
   2  Matthew Haverana     30    Male   Laborer    America  America
   3  Margret Haverana     30    Feamle Wife       Ireland  America
   4  Eliza Clark          13    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
   5  George Price         22    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
   6  Margret Lynch        24    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
   7  James King           24    Male   Farmer     America  America
   8  Bridget King         11    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
   9  Patrick Daly         22    Male   Farmer     Ireland  America
  10  Peter Daly           18    Male   Farmer     Ireland  America
  11  John McCulen         23    Male   Farmer     Ireland  America
  12  James Brogan         21    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  13  Charles Wannue       20    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  14  James Mulgainan      21    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  15  Patrick Mulgainan    18    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  16  Thomas Palmer        25    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  17  Henry Flannegan      23    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  18  Anthony Bassion      23    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  19  Jamed Mulholind      22    Male   Carpenter  Ireland  America
  20  John Hety            21    Male   Farmer     Ireland  America
  21  Barnard McGuire      28    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  22  Mary Hagin           20    Female Servant    Ireland  America
  23  Michael Rourke       18    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  24  Mary Heme            22    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
  25  Margret Roch         15    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
  26  Mary Fitzpatrick     25    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
  27  Mary Morris          24    Female Unknown    Ireland  America
  28  Corny Houllin        29    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  29  Mary Houllin         44    Female Mother     Ireland  America
  30  Honora Houllin       22    Female Wife       Ireland  America
  31  Ann Houllin          18    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
  32  Patrick Houllin      1y 6M Male   Child      Ireland  America
  33  Mary Murphy          27    Female Spinster   Ireland  America
  34  Mary Condon          28    Female Slinster   Ireland  America
  35  Jacob Ashley         38    Male   Minister   Ireland  America
  36  Charles Martin       22    Male   Tailor     England  America
  37  Nelson Barwich       50    Male   Contractor England  Canadian
  38  Thomas Barwich       18    Male   Contractor England  Canadian
  40  John McConnel        17    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  41  Moses Doyle          22    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  42  Thomas Quick         20    Male   Farmer     Ireland  America
  43  Patrick Loftue       19    Male   Brewer     Ireland  America
  44  Rubin Wade           34    Male   Machinist  England  America
  45  John Jones           18    Male   Carpenter  Wales    America
  46  Thomas Beverly       28    Male   Farmer     England  America
  47  Mary Beverly         22    Female Wife       England  America
  48  Antoin Englehart     29    Male   Merchant   England  America
  49  John Ray             30    Male   Builer     England  America
  50  John Zimmustine      17    Male   Jerv       Hamburg  America
  51* Wm Ashton            30    Male   Bootmaker  England  America
  52  Eliza Ashton         25    Female Wife       England  America
  53  Rose Ashton           2    Female Child      England  America
  54  Kate Ashton          3m    Female Child      England  America 
  55  Pete Kans            29    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  56  James Burke          21    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America
  57  John Rearden         19    Male   Laborer    Ireland  America

  Cabin Passengers
  58  George Rudd                                      Canada
  59  Mrs Rudd                                         Canada

            Cabin   2
   Adult Steerage  53
              Inf   1
                   56 Total  
                                          Gurdon B Waterman
    

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.
  
  The reason for the one passenger difference in Total Passengers and the Passenger 
  numbers is that the Captain skipped the number 39.

   51  Wm is a contraction for William
   55, 56, 57 were listed as Stowaways    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 150.

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