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Ship Webster


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Liverpool, England to New York, New York
26 April 1855

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, Joseph J Lawrence, do solemnly, 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 Passengers received on board the Ship Webster whereof I am Master, from Liverpool, England.
So help me God. (signed) Joseph J Lawrence.
Sworn before me ? ? Walden D. C. this date April 26th 1855.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Webster, whereof Joseph J Lawrence is master, from Liverpool, burthen Seventeen hundred twenty seven...29/75 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation, Died on the voyage.
    
  1  WALSH          Catherine      18      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States      
  2  HOLMES         Edmund         50      Male    Laborer        England        United States    
  3  HOLMES         Ann            45      Female                 England        United States
  4  HOLMES         Edmund         27      Male    Laborer        England        United States
  5  HOLMES         Lavinia        25      Female                 England        United States
  6  HOLMES         John            8      Male                   England        United States
  7  HOLMES         Richard         7      Male                   England        United States   
  8  WHITE          William        23      Male    Laborer        England        United States
  9  WRIGHT         William        39      Male    Laborer        England        United States
 10  WRIGHT         Elizabeth      24      Female                 England        United States
 11  WRIGHT         John            8      Male                   England        United States
 12  WRIGHT         Joseph          7      Male                   England        United States
 13  WRIGHT         Ann             6      Female                 England        United States
 14  WRIGHT         William         3      Male                   England        United States
     WRIGHT         Charles    Infant  11  Male                   England        United States
 15  MOFFETT        Sarah          20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
 16  DALTON         Thomas         29      Male    Warehouseman   England        United States 
 17  MCMANAMY       Robert         50      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 18  MCMANAMY       Jane           48      Female                 Ireland        United States
 19  MCMANAMY       William        24      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 20  MCMANAMY       Alexander      17      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 21  MCMANAMY       Robert         12      Male                   Ireland        United States
 22  MCMANAMY       Hugh            9      Male                   Ireland        United States
 23  MCMANAMY       William        30      Male                   Ireland        United States
 24  MARTIN         Sarah          35      Female                 Ireland        United States
 25  MARTIN         Jane           12      Female                 Ireland        United States
 26  MARTIN         Robert          9      Male                   Ireland        United States
 27  CLARKE         Robert         20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 28  ANDERSON       Mary           17      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
 29  PEACOCK        Thomas         55      Male    Farmer         England        United States  
 30  PEACOCK        Mary           52      Female                 England        United States
 31  PEACOCK        Patience       26      Female                 England        United States
 32  PEACOCK        John           24      Male    Laborer        England        United States
 33  PEACOCK        Ann            22      Female                 England        United States
 34  PEACOCK        Margaret       19      Female                 England        United States
 35  PEACOCK        Mary           16      Female                 England        United States
 36  PEACOCK        Jane           14      Female                 England        United States
 37  PEACOCK        Hannah         12      Female                 England        United States
 38  PEACOCK        Thomas         10      Male                   England        United States
 39  PEACOCK        Elira           8      Female                 England        United States
 40  PEACOCK        William         6      Male                   England        United States
 41  FENWICK        Francis        22      Male    Laborer        England        United States
 42  BELL           Martha         28      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States      
 43  BUCK           Henry          21      Male    Farmer         England        United States    
 44  PARKER         William        23      Male    Farmer         England        United States    
 45  EMMINGHAM      William        25      Male    Farmer         England        United States  
 46  EMMINGHAM      Elizabeth      23      Female                 England        United States
 47  RHODES         William        41      Male    Shoemaker      England        United States 
 48  RHODES         George         13      Male                   England        United States
 49  RHODES         Thomas          9      Male                   England        United States
 50  WALLACE        John           40      Male    Farmer         United States  United States
 51  BANBRIDGE      Charles        23      Male    Laborer        England        United States       
 52  BANBRIDGE      Jane           51      Female                 England        United States
 53  BANBRIDGE      Mary           29      Female                 England        United States
 54  BANBRIDGE      Michael        10      Male                   England        United States
 55  BANBRIDGE      Sarah           9      Female                 England        United States
 56  ATKINS         Joseph         22      Male    Laborer        England        United States 
 57  EATON          Josiah         20      Male    Nailer         England        United States
 58  GARDNER        Joseph         23      Male    Butcher        England        United States 
 59  SYMONDS        William        22      Male    Coach Trimer   Wales          United States
 60  SYMONDS        Hugh           22      Male    Silver Smith   Wales          United States
 61  SYMONDS        Harriet        26      Female                 Wales          United States 
 62  DEWIRE         James          37      Male    Sawyer         England        United States
 63  DEWIRE         Mary           35      Female                 England        United States
 64  DEWIRE         Arthur         12      Male                   England        United States
 65  DEWIRE         William         7      Male                   England        United States
 66  DIXON          George         37      Male    Mason          England        United States
 67  DIXON          Ann            35      Female                 England        United States
 68  DIXON          George         18      Male    Iron Monger    England        United States
 69  DIXON          Lucy           13      Female                 England        United States
 70  DIXON          Ann            12      Female                 England        United States
 71  HOPKINS        Richard        20      Male    Mariner        United States  United States
 72  SNELL          James M        36      Male    Blacksmith     United States  United States
 73  CUTTS          Edwin R        20      Male    Farmer         United States  United States
 74  BURNS          John J         24      Male    Laborer        United States  United States
 75  LUCE           George         23      Male    Carpenter      United States  United States
 76  ALLEN          E N            34      Male    Farmer         United States  United States
 77  BELISLE        Octavius G     27      Male    Farmer         United States  United States
 78  WILLIAMS       George E       21      Male    Farmer         United States  United States
 79  FLANAGAN       Job            27      Male    Brass Founder  England        United States
 80  MALONEY        Patrick        19      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 81  DANAGHUE       John           34      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 82  CONLON         Mary           24      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
 83  DWYER          William        23      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 84  DORAN          John           30      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 85  QUINN          Margaret       20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
 86  FITZGERALD     John           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 87  CANNON         Stephen        25      Female  Laborer        Ireland        United States
 88  SCOTT          Mary Ann       25      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
 89  SHACKLETON     James          29      Male    Tailor         United States  United States 
 90  THOMAS         Isaac          35      Male    Tailor         United States  United States
 91  HOWARD         John           23      Male    Stone Cutter   United States  United States
 92  HALEY          James          21      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
 93  HOWARD         Mary           15      Female                 Ireland        United States
 94  CARR           Mary           18      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
 95  ODONALD        Ann            16      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States    
 96  MATHEWS        James          48      Male    Capenter       United States  United States    
 97  BUCHANNAN      Alexander      21      Male                   United States  United States
 98  MCMARA         Patrick        34      Male    Mariner        Ireland        United States  
 99  MANARA         Margaret       15      Female                 Ireland        United States
100  MCNARA         James           9      Male                   Ireland        United States
101  MCNARA         Mary            6      Female                 Ireland        United States
102  GRIFFITHS      Joseph         32      Male    Brickmaker     Ireland        United States
103  ROBERTS        Harriet        34      Female                 Ireland        United States
104  CAHILL         Thomas         22      Male    Laborer        United States  United States
105  CAHILL         Catherine      50      Female                 Ireland        United States
106  CAHILL         Mary           10      Female                 Ireland        United States
107  CAIN           James          18      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
108  BYRNE          James          27      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States    
109  MAHONEY        Dennis         20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States    
110  BUCHINER       John           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States    
111  BARRETT        Con            20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States    
112  NEIL           Johanna        26      Female                 Ireland        United States
113  KEEFE          John           26      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
114  KEEFE          Julia          26      Female                 Ireland        United States
115  DESMOND        Catherine      30      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
116  CALLAGHAN      Catherine      20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
117  COTTER         Patrick        21      Male    Butcher        Ireland        United States
118  RYAN           Catherine      18      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
119  KELLY          William        25      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States 
120  HEALEY         William        21      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
121  KELLY          Catherine      28      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
122  DONOVAN        Julia          18      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
123  KELLY          Mary           25      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
124  NOLAN          John           22      Male    Porter         Ireland        United States 
125  JANETT         Ann Maria      17      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
126  CAIN           Ellen          50      Female                 Ireland        United States
127  CAIN           Felix          12      Male                   Ireland        United States
128  HERMAN         Mary           12      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States    
129  RILEY          Edward         16      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
130  RILEY          Biddy          14      Female                 Ireland        United States
131  DOWNEY         Johanna        16      Female                 Ireland        United States
132  CLEARY         Margaret       18      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
133  CLEARY         Mary           16      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
134  CLEARY         Kelly          14      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
135  CARVILLE       Catherine      20      Female                 Ireland        United States
136  HYNE           Mary           40      Female                 Ireland        United States
137  CAVANAUGH      Patrick        20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States 
138  KELLY          John           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
139  FINNELLY       Fenton         48      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States 
140  OBRIEN         James          21      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States   
141  OBRIEN         Mary           20      Female                 Ireland        United States
142  MCCARTHY       Margaret       23      Female                 Ireland        United States
143  MCCARTHY       Anne            3      Female                 Ireland        United States
144  SULLIVAN       Nancy          40      Female                 Ireland        United States
145  SULLIVAN       Ellen          12      Female                 Ireland        United States
146  MALONE         Jane           17      Female                 Ireland        United States
147  MALONE         Patrick        12      Male                   Ireland        United States    
148  MALONE         Owen            9      Male                   Ireland        United States
149  GALVIN         Catherine      40      Female                 Ireland        United States
150  GALVIN         Michael        18      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States  
151  GALVIN         Dora           10      Female                 Ireland        United States
152  GALVIN         Daniel          9      Male                   Ireland        United States
153  SHEEHAN        Margaret       20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
154  TREDDEN        Catherine      20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
155  CONNERS        Michael        20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States  
156  CONNERS        Michael        21      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
157  HURLEY         Nicholas       30      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
158  CASEY          Mary           30      Female                 Ireland        United States
159  WELSH          James          20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
160  WELSH          Ellen          40      Female                 Ireland        United States
161  THOMPSON       Jane           18      Female                 Ireland        United States
162  THOMPSON       John           12      Male                   Ireland        United States
163  FITZPATRICK    Mary           21      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
164* SHAUNGHNEFSY   Patrick        25      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
165  REARDON        Jerry          24      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
166  REARDON        Cornelius      22      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
167  DARKIN         William        38      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
168  DARKIN         Catherine      20      Female                 Ireland        United States
169  DARKIN         Honora          9      Female                 Ireland        United States
170  FARLEY         Thomas         21      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
171  BOYLAN         Catherine      13      Female                 Ireland        United States
172  KEENAN         Elizabeth      25      Female                 Ireland        United States
     KEENAN         Sarah      Infant  10  Female                 Ireland        United States
173  RAMSAY         Robert         20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
174  MCQUILLAN      Mary           20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
175  BRENNAN        Michael        20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
176  BRENNAN        Peter          19      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
177  MCCONNER       Jane           20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
178  CORCORAN       Peter          18      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
179  GARRITY        Catherine      20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States 
180  COUGHLAN       Ellen          20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
181  SHEEHAN        Johanna        28      Female                 Ireland        United States
182  FLYNN          Honora          7      Female                 Ireland        United States
183  MAY            Alice          25      Female  Servant        United States  United States
184  FINN           Johanna        40      Female                 Ireland        United States
185  FINN           Margaret       19      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
186  SEXTON         Ellen          20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
187  HURLEY         Johanna        20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
188  MCCARTY        Dennis         20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
189  MURRAY         Julia          20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
190  GREEN          John           17      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
191  MCGUIGAN       John           25      Male    Shoe Maker     Ireland        United States 
192  HENSON         Ann            12      Female                 Ireland        United States
193  DOUGHERTY      Mary           35      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
194  LAWRENCE       Alice          30      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
195  MCDONNELL      Michael        20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
196  MCDONNELL      Anne           16      Female                 Ireland        United States      
197  MCDONNELL      Patrick        12      Male                   Ireland        United States
198  MCDONNELL      James          10      Male                   Ireland        United States
199  MCDONNELL      John            7      Male                   Ireland        United States
200  MCDONNELL      Thomas          5      Male                   Ireland        United States
201  KILKENNEY      Catherine      17      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
202  CALVERT        Joseph         25      Male    Tailor         England        United States
203  CALVERT        George         28      Male                   England        United States
204  WRIGHT         George         28      Male    Moulder        United States  United States
205  WRIGHT         Sarah          18      Female                 England        United States
206  MULCAHY        Mary           19      Female  Servant        England        United States
207  DOYLE          Patrick        25      Male    Store Keeper   United Stated  United States
208  DOYLE          Ann            20      Female                 Ireland        United States
209  COLLINS        Samuel         25      Male    Wheelwright    England        United States
210  SNOW           Charles        30      Male    Tinman         United States  United States
211  COWER          Hugh           24      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
212  MOORE          Elizabeth      40      Female                 England        United States
213  MOORE          George         17      Male    Laborer        England        United States
214  MOORE          Charles        15      Male    Laborer        England        United States
215  KENNEDY        Bridget        20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
216  MOONAN         Catherine      21      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
217  DELANEY        John           25      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
218  STAFFORD       Thomas         20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
219  BRIEN          Elira          40      Female                 Ireland        United States
220  BRIEN          Elira          18      Female                 Ireland        United States
221  KENNEDY        Mary           18      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States
222  MCGUIRE        Lawrence       25      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
223  MCGUIRE        Ann            40      Female                 Ireland        United States
224  MCGUIRE        Mary           18      Female                 Ireland        United States
225  FAY            John           16      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
226  HOLWYD         Benjamin       31      Male    Gardener       England        United States
227  HOLWYD         Ann            30      Female                 England        United States
     HOLWYD         Richard    Infant 10   Male                   England        United States
228  HOLWYD         Ellis           5      Male                   England        United States
229  CAUDLE         William        35      Male    Ostler         England        United States
230  CAUDLE         Mary           30      Female                 England        United States
231  MARKEY         Simon          22      Male    Shoe Maker     Ireland        United States
232  HOGG           John           22      Male    Gentleman      England        United States
233  ROWBOTTOM      William        21      Male    Hat Finisher   England        United States
234  OATES          Michael        21      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
235  OATES          Winny          30      Female                 Ireland        United States
236  FALLON         Thomas         22      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
237  DALY           James          20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
238  WILLIAMS       John           29      Male    Wagoner        England        United States
239  WILLIAMS       Hannah         35      Female                 England        United States
240  WILLIAMS       James          13      Male                   England        United States
241  WILLIAMS       John            8      Male                   England        United States
242  WILLIAMS       Mary            5      Female                 England        United States
     WILLIAMS       Harriet    Infant  11  Female                 England        United States
243  DALY           Honora         25      Female                 Ireland        United States
244  DALY           Thomas          3      Male                   Ireland        United States
245  CROOK          George         21      Male    Shiner         Ireland        United States
246  GARTLAND       Patrick        25      Male    Farmer         United States  United States
247  MCKENNA        Con            20      Male    School Teacher Ireland        United States  
248  PETIT          Luke           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States  
249  DERMOTT        Bernard        20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States  
250  RYAN           Michael        25      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States  
251  FLANNAGAN      Michael        22      Male    Servant        Ireland        United States  
252  FALLON         Honora         17      Female  Miner          Isle of Man    United States  
253  SEECE          John           42      Male                   Isle of Man    United States 
254  SEECE          Catherine      40      Female                 Isle of Man    United States
255  SEECE          Ann            16      Female                 Isle of Man    United States
256  SEECE          Elizabeth      13      Female                 Isle of Man    United States
257  SEECE          John           12      Male                   Isle of Man    United States
258  SEECE          Henry          10      Male                   Isle of Man    United States
259  SEECE          William        26      Male    Miner          Isle of Man    United States 
260  HUTCHINS       John           17      Male    Miner          Isle of Man    United States
261  THOMPSON       Samuel         53      Male    Farmer         England        United States  
262  THOMPSON       Mary A         50      Female                 England        United States
263  THOMPSON       William        23      Male    Shoe Maker     England        United States
264  THOMPSON       Ellen          24      Female                 England        United States
265  SMITH          Sarah          28      Female                 England        United States
266  THOMPSON       George         21      Male    Wauller        England        United States   
267  THOMPSON       Mary A         22      Female                 England        United States
268  THOMPSON       Walter         13      Male                   England        United States
269  THOMPSON       Sarah           2      Female                 England        United States
     THOMPSON       Henry      Infant  2   Male                   England        United States
270  RICHARDS       Isaac          20      Male    Wauller        England        United States
271  RICHARDSON     Ellen          22      Female                 England        United States
272  RICHARDSON     Mary A          8      Female                 England        United States
   * RICHARDSON     Margaret E Infant  9   Female                 England        United States  Died at sea April 2nd
273  HUDDLEBOROUGH  Edward         18      Male    Farmer         England        United States  
274  SHIP           James          29      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
275  BOYLE          John           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
276  SCHERNO        Jeremiah       24      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
277  SCHERNO        Ellen          40      Female                 Ireland        United States
278  SCHERNO        Catherine       8      Female                 Ireland        United States 
279  MURPHY         Honora         20      Female  Servant        Ireland        United States  
280  CORNELL        Patrick        20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
281  LINEHAN        John           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
282  HEILL          John           20      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
283  HEILL          Patrick        22      Male    Laborer        Ireland        United States
284  HEILL          Mary           25      Female                 Ireland        United States
285  HEILL          Ellen           4      Female                 Ireland        United States
286  MURRY          Hannah         27      Female                 Ireland        United States
287  MURRY          Bernard         2      Male                   Ireland        United States
     MURRY          Alexander  Infant  11  Male                   Ireland        United States
288  MUDGE          William        22      Male    Laborer        England        United States
289  MUDGE          Elizabeth      18      Female                 England        United States
290  HAVERCROFT     Thomas         36      Male    Farmer         England        United States 
291  HAVERCROFT     Sarah          31      Female                 England        United States
292  HAVERCROFT     Alfred          7      Male                   England        United States
293  HAVERCROFT     William         5      Male                   England        United States
294  HAVERCROFT     Charles         3      Male                   England        United States
     HAVERCROFT     Blanchard  Infant  9   Male                   England        United States
    

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.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

Infants were not numbered, but placed with their families, ages indicated in months.
 
164  The Captain wrote this list using the "leading S' so this name could be Shaunghnessy.
272  Infant died at sea.  Scroll to see notation.

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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 138.
Transcribed by Terry Hutchison Cook a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 August 2004



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