Immigrant Ships
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SS Henry Chauncey

I, J H Ankers, Master of the SS Henry Chauncey, 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 SS at Aspinwall from which port said SS 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.
Sworn to this *11 Jan 1876

So help me God,
(signed) J. Henry Ankers

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Henry Chauncey whereof J. Henry Ankers, is master, from Aspinwall, Panama burthen 2656 67/100 tons.

Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  1  Mr C J Mowatt        45   male                  U.S.   U. States   cabin         
  2  Mrs. C. J. Mowatt    25   female                U.S.   U. States   cabin         
  3* Miss Annett Ince     30   female   actress      U.S.   U. States   cabin         
  4  Mr R Deliper         42   male                  Eng.   England?    cabin         
  5  Mrs R  Deliper       20   female                Eng.   England?    cabin         
  6  Mrs Pierce            2   female                U.S.   U. States   cabin         
  7  Harry Shaw           17   male                  U.S.   U. States   cabin         
  8  Capt W. H. Chapman   43   male     navigator    U.S.   U. States   cabin         
  9  H. E. Siexas         28   male                  U.S.   U. States   cabin         
 10  W. H. Beltknap       30   male     merchant     U.S.   U. States   cabin         
 11  Mrs E. E. Eddy       30   female   actress      U.S.   U. States   cabin         
 12  William Collins      29   male                  U.S.               steerage      
 13  B. Carter            27   male                  U.S.               steerage      
 14  A. W. Gregory        33   male     actor        U.S.               steerage      
 15* S. De Barn           30   male                  U.S.               steerage      
 16  Chas Rompt           40   male                  U.S.               steerage      
 17  John W Crocket       37   male     seaman       U.S.               steerage      
 18* Hans Anderson        35   male     seaman       U.S.               steerage      
 19* W^m Brown            39   male     seaman       U.S.               steerage      
 20* Harry Baker          42   male     seaman       U.S.               steerage      
 21* W^m Johnston         28   male     seaman       U.S.               steerage      
 22* J. N. C. Frost       30   male     seaman       U.S.               steerage      
 23* Capt. E. M. Pirne    35   male     navigatror   U.S.               steerage      
    

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.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

*  The handwriting in the sworn statement is hard to read, the arrival date
   could be June.

3:     Surname may be Juce or Inee.
4 & 5: looks like countrry to which they wanty to become inhabitants,
       namely England, has been lined through
18-23: "American consuls crew" is written behind the names.

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