Immigrant Ships
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Ship Daniel Webster

I, S L Spencer Master of the Ship Daniel Webster 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 of the said Ship Daniel Webster at London from which port said Vessel 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.
(Signed) S L Spencer

Sworn to this 24 Dec 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Daniel Webster whereof S L Spencer is Master, from London burthen 1183 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and the column has been omitted from the transcription.

  1  Charlotte Bell     22y  Female  Nill      England  United States Cabin
  2* W. H. K?eney       28y  Male    Nill      America  America       Cabin
  3  Geo. S. Pike       21y  Male    Nill      America  America       Cabin
  4  Geo Cady           56y  Male    Shoemaker England  England       2^nd Cabin
  5  Maria Cady         33y  Female  Wife      England  England       2^nd Cabin
  6  Jno Bingley        45y  Male    Nill      England  England       2^nd Cabin
  7  Tho^s Bishop       32y  Male    Farmer    England  England       2^nd Cabin
  8  Sarah Bishop       32y  Female  Wife      England  England       2^nd Cabin
  9  Mariam Bishop      11y  Female  Daughter  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 10  Ann Bishop          8y  Female  Daughter  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 11  Sophia Bishop       6y  Female  Daughter  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 12  Caroline Bishop     4y  Female  Daughter  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 13  Walter Bishop       1y  Male    Son       England  England       2^nd Cabin
 14  Ellen Durnivan     21y  Female  Nill      England  England       2^nd Cabin
 15  Ann Kerr           55y  Female  Nill      England  England       2^nd Cabin
 16  Jno Bull           48y  Male    Nill      England  England       2^nd Cabin
 17  Jno Lucas          17y  Male    Gunmaker  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 18  W^m Hills          21y  Male    Farmer    England  England       2^nd Cabin
 19  William Fellpot    22y  Male    Farmer    England  England       2^nd Cabin
 20  Henry Crosby       22y  Male    Tinsmith  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 21  Francis Schweiger  23y  Male    Gunsmith  England  England       2^nd Cabin
 22  Jane Schweiger     22y  Female  Wife      England  England       2^nd Cabin
 23  Louis Frederick    19y  Male    Engraver  Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 24  Mathias Held       22y  Male    Merchant  Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 25  Peter Baumann      22y  Male    Seaman    Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 26  Ferdinand Keonig   21y  Male    Nill      Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 27  Phillip Steig      25y  Male    Farmer    Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 28  Christiana Steig   26y  Female  Wife      Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 29  Jno Roth           18y  Male    Farmer    Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 30  Gertrude Meller    38y  Female  Wife      Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 31* Peter Meller       1?y  Male    Son       Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 32  Carl Meller         8y  Male    Son       Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 33  Catharine Meller    4y  Female  Daughter  Germany  England       2^nd Cabin
 34* W^m Dani?le        55y  Male    Farmer    America  England       2^nd Cabin


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 below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality
   of the original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by
 the transcriber.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
 indicated.

 2 Surname not clear, could be Keney or Kleney, difficult to determine if the
   (2nd letter) 'l' is a letter or a stray mark.
31 2nd number of Age not clear, could be 10y or 16y.
34 5th letter of surname overwritten, not clear, could be Daniele or Danille.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 189, List 1174.

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