Ship Ashland
I, J D Rice, Master of the Ship Ashland, 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 said Ship has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, 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.
John D Rice
Sworn to this July 21, 1848
Before Me ????????
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Ashland whereof John D Rice is Master, from Liverpool.
Burthen 631 32/95 tons
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage.
Columns eliminated and the reasons why:
Destination---All bound for the United States except Passengers #203 thru #209 Hetheringtons
bound for Canada
Died on Voyage---No deaths
Part of ship occupied during voyage---Not given
1 George McRea 40 M Millwright Scotland 2 Margaret McRea 40 F Scotland 3 Stewart McRea 9 M Child Scotland 4 James Kirk 35 M Scotland 5 Sally Kirk 34 F Scotland 6 Martha Kirk 8 F Child Scotland 7 Robert Kirk 4 M Child Scotland 8* ????? Kirk .00 ? Infant Scotland 9 Thomas Colgan 25 M Laborer Ireland 10 Margaret Colgan 28 F Ireland 11 Wm Donlan 30 M Laborer Ireland 12 Mary Ann Donlan 20 F Ireland 13 Patrick Mallon 30 M Laborer Ireland 14 Thomas Carr 29 M Laborer Ireland 15 John Gillespie 40 M Priest Ireland 16 Wm McElroy 50 M Ireland 17 Elisabeth McElroy 35 F Ireland 18 Mary McElroy 20 F Ireland 19 Sarah McElroy 7 F Child Ireland 20 Andrew Thompson 20 M Servant Ireland 21 Edward McKinley 60 M Farmer Ireland 22 Ann McKinley 45 F Ireland 23 Patrick McElroy 20 M Laborer Ireland 24 Sally McKinley 20 F Servant Ireland 25 Catherine McVickar 19 F Servant Ireland 26 Owen Gerraty 35 M Laborer Scotland 27 Margaret Gerraty 29 F Scotland 28 Patrick Gerraty 3 M Child Scotland 29* ????? Gerraty .00 ? Infant Scotland 30 Ellen Kernan 60 F Ireland 31 Farrell Kernan 20 M Servant Ireland 32 Francis Kernan 18 M Servant Ireland 33 Terrence Kelly 35 M Laborer Ireland 34 Mary Kelly 34 F Ireland 35 Joseph Kelly 33 M Laborer Ireland 36 John Kilkenny 26 M Laborer Ireland 37 Mary Kilkenny 24 F Ireland 38 Michael Nevins 26 M Laborer Ireland 39 Bridget Nevins 25 F Ireland 40 John Carty 24 M Laborer Ireland 41 Simon Keary 22 M Laborer Ireland 42 Michael Gibney 18 M Servant Ireland 43 Thomas Gibney 14 M Servant Ireland 44 Bridget Cary 18 F Servant Ireland 45 Jas Barrett 20 M Laborer Ireland 46 Catherine Barrett 22 F Servant Ireland 47 Sally Wallace 25 F Servant Ireland 48 Robt McCluskey 18 M Laborer Ireland 49 Connor Fleming 45 M Laborer Ireland 50 Mary Fleming 43 F Ireland 51 John Fleming 12 M Child Ireland 52 Catherine Fleming 10 F Child Ireland 53 Honoria Fleming 8 F Child Ireland 54 William Fleming 6 M Child Ireland 55* Jann Fleming 3 ? Child Ireland 56* ????? Fleming .00 ? Infant Ireland 57* ????? Fleming .00 ? Infant Ireland 58 James Quirk 23 M Laborer Ireland 59 Danl Simon 25 M Farmer England 60 Stanley Roper 21 M Baker England 61 James Sterling 45 M Laborer England 62 William Sterling 12 M Child England 63 Dennis Prior 21 M Laborer Ireland 64 Samuel Bacon 24 M Brickmaker England 65 Thomas Steel 24 M Laborer England 66 Thomas Welch 27 M Laborer Ireland 67 Eliza Welch 21 F Ireland 68 Patrick Muldony 18 M Laborer Ireland 69 William Arthur 40 M Dyer England 70 John Arthur 12 M Child England 71 William Arthur Jr 8 M Child England 72 Michael Janry 30 M Founder England 73* Thomas Hart 19 M Tinner England Drowned 74 Lucy Rigley 45 F Publican England 75 Mary Ann Rigley 14 F England 76 Betsy Rigley 11 F Child England 77 Sarah Rigley 9 F Child England 78 Thomas Lutherwaite 23 M Moulder England 79 Joseph McAuley 19 M Laborer England 80 John Law 23 M Laborer England 81 Marmaduke Chadwick 48 M Clothdraper England 82 Joseph Chadwick 11 M Child England 83 Elisabeth Chadwick 8 F Child England 84 James Thompson 23 M Weaver England 85 James Ferguson 18 M Weaver England 86 Nancy Ferguson 20 F England 87 James Armstrong 17 M Laborer Ireland 88 Samuel Armstrong 15 M Laborer Ireland 89 Mary Dunlap 18 F Servant Ireland 90 Peggy Jane Dunlap 17 F Servant Ireland 91 James Bunn 40 M England 92 Benjamin Bunn 10 M Child England 93 Frederick Beasly 27 M Framemaker England 94 Maria Russell 30 F Dressmaker England 95 Thomas Hard 27 M Laborer England 96 Martin Curley 22 M Laborer Ireland 97 Daniel Lamb 55 M Mariner England 98 John Hawkworth 30 M Servant England 99 Edward Riley 24 M Servant Ireland 100* Alley Carlan 21 ? Laborer Ireland 101 Ann Hammond 19 F Servant Ireland 102 Ellen Gallagher 37 F Ireland 103 Catherine Gallagher 11 F Child Ireland 104 Mary Gallagher 8 F Child Ireland 105 John Gallagher 4 M Child Ireland 106 Ellen Gallagher 6 F Child Ireland 107 Wm Sherry 38 M Laborer Ireland 108 Thomas Sherry 13 M Ireland 109 Michael Donly 22 M Laborer Ireland 110 Margaret Nowlan 18 F Servant Ireland 111 Rose Nowlan 17 F Servant Ireland 112 Patrick Mitchison 26 M Laborer Ireland 113 John McGinness 24 M Laborer Ireland 114 Thomas Adam 22 M Laborer England 115 Patrick Murphey 24 M Laborer England 116 John Rufe 24 M Laborer Ireland 117 James Rufe 26 M Laborer Ireland 118 James Doyle 24 M Laborer Ireland 119 Patrick Langan 34 M Laborer Ireland 120 Mary Langan 25 F Laborer Ireland 121 William Coglan 25 M Ireland 122 David Bonar 28 M Mason Ireland 123 John Burns 20 M Carpenter England 124 James Robertson 21 M Carpenter England 125 James Walker 25 M Quarryman England 126 Thomas Leary 25 M Laborer Ireland 127 Mary Mohan 20 F Servant Ireland 128 Kevan Whelan 19 M Servant Ireland 129 Henry Dixon 40 M Laborer Ireland 130 James Jones 47 M Laborer Ireland 131 Mary Jones 46 F Laborer Ireland 132 Samuel Jones 20 M Laborer Ireland 133 William Jones 18 M Laborer Ireland 134 Charles Jones 16 M Laborer Ireland 135 Bridget Gallagher 40 F Ireland 136 Eliza Gallagher 21 F Servant Ireland 137 Edward Gallagher 20 M Servant Ireland 138 Charles Devlin 28 M Laborer Ireland 139 Bridget Devlin 24 F Ireland 140 Mary Devlin 3 F Child Ireland 141 Sarah Hutchinson 25 F Ireland 142 Joseph Marl 35 M Candlemaker England 143 Samuel Sheardon 45 M Farmer England 144 Elizabeth Sheardon 45 F England 145 Sarah Sheardon 20 F England 146 Henry Sheardon 14 M England 147 Ann Sheardon 11 F Child England 148 Stephen Gray 28 M Farmer England 149 Ellen Smith 40 F Servant Ireland 150 Rose Barrett 20 F Servant Ireland 151 John Gargan 28 M Servant Ireland 152 William Pugh 21 M Ireland 153 John Falkner 25 M Laborer Ireland 154 James Falkner 20 M Ireland 155 Thomas Falkner 22 M Ireland 156 Mary Falkner 18 F Servant Ireland 157 Eliza Falkner 16 F Servant Ireland 158 Adam Ferguson 40 M Millwright Scotland 159 Matilda Ferguson 40 F Scotland 160 Jane Ferguson 11 F Child Scotland 161 Samuel Ferguson 7 M Child Scotland 162 Adam Ferguson 3 M Child Scotland 163 Edward Kilpatrick 16 M Servant Scotland 164 Robert Boyd 23 M Laborer England 165 Margaret Boyd 13 F England 166 Jane Boyd 50 F England 167 Martha Boyd 20 F England 168 Mary O'Donnell 19 F Servant Ireland 169 Catherine Sullivan 25 F Servant Ireland 170 Martin Toole 27 M Ireland 171 Mary Toole 27 F Ireland 172 Hannah Toole 25 F Ireland 173 Jane Besan 19 F Ireland 174 Dennis Campbell 45 M Laborer Ireland 175 Bridget Campbell 24 F Ireland 176 Martha Goldrich 25 F Servant Ireland 177 Catherine Ford 29 F Servant Ireland 178 James McGuire 34 M Laborer Ireland 179 Sarah McGuire 33 F Ireland 180 Edmund McGuire 15 M Ireland 181 Ann McGuire 13 F Ireland 182 Mary McGuire 11 F Child Ireland 183 Barnard McGuire 9 M Child Ireland 184* ????? McGuire .00 ? Infant Ireland 185 Mary Murphy 16 F Servant Ireland 186 Mary McPeak 16 F Ireland 187 Margaret McPeak 22 F Ireland 188 Mary Ann Donley 22 F Ireland 189 John Fallen 22 M Laborer Ireland 190 George Kearny 29 M Laborer Ireland 191 Catherine Armstrong 20 F Servant Ireland 192 Saml O'Brien 30 M Servant Ireland 193 John Walker 30 M Shoemaker Scotland 194 Ellen Walker 26 F Scotland 195 George Wilson 20 M Laborer Ireland 196 Mary Haran 40 F USA 197 Jas O'Neil 26 M Ireland 198 Nancy McFarland 30 F Laborer Ireland 199 William McFarland 25 M Ireland 200 Frederich H Bartlett 25 M Butcher England 201 Thos Winchell 24 M Butcher England 202 Joseph Winchell 11 M Child England 203* James Hetherington 48 M Farmer Scotland Canada 204* Matilda Hetherington 55 F Scotland Canada 205* John Hetherington 28 M Scotland Canada 206* James Hetherington 18 M Scotland Canada 207* Margaret Hetherington 29 F Scotland Canada 208* Susan Hetherington 25 F Scotland Canada 209* Isabella Hetherington 20 F Scotland Canada 210 Thomas Shilliam 29 M Laborer Ireland 211 Sarah Shilliam 27 F Ireland 212 William Atchinson 24 M Ireland 213 Robert Corkin 40 M Weaver England 214 Mary Corkin 38 F England Transcriber's Notes: Transcriber's Notes: * The use of an asterisk is to call attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes. ? The use of a question mark indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the condition of the original document. 8---Infant without a first name. Sex unknown. 29---Infant first name unknown & Sex unknown. 55---Suspect first name, Jann, is meant to be Jane.Hence Sex ?? 56-57---Infant #56 must have been slightly under 1 year old since it is noted that Infant #57 was Born at Sea. 73---Tragic notation for this passenger. "Drowned in Harbor" 100---Because of first name Sex is unknown. 184---Infant without a first name so Sex is undetermined. 203 thru 209---Only passengers noted as bound for Canada
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 74, List 787.
Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of the
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8 April 2006
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