Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship London


London, England to New York
26 October 1858

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J R Hurlbu?? (partially illegible) Master of the Ship London 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 London at London 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 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) J. R. Hurlbut
Sworn to this 26^th Oct 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship London whereof (omitted) is Master, from London burthen (omitted) 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. The Space Occupied for all passengers was "Between decks" and no deaths were recorded on this voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
  1  Rob't Tusling      24y   M  G Britain
  2  Annie Tusling      22y   f  Germany
  3  Annie Tusling       7y   f  Germany
  4  Thomas Evansfield  40y   M  Germany
  5  Francis Evansfield 29y   f  Germany
  6* Mary Anni? Eking   26y   f  Germany
  7* Eliza Spo???       40y   f  Germany
  8  Harriet Lord       31y   f  Germany
  9  W^m Richards       36y   M  Germany
 10  John Cook          27y   M  Germany
 11* Co?fried E??t      28y   M  Germany
 12* Mary Annie E??t    40y   f  Germany
 13* John E??t          14y   M  Germany
 14* Elizabeth E??t     ??y   f  Germany
 15* Marg't ??Ch        ?7y   f  Germany
 16* Julius Rh??nhart   ??y   f  Germany
 17  Peter Young        19y   M  Germany
 18  Peter Martin       40y   M  Germany
 19  Peter Crouse       36y   M  Germany
 20  Peter Crest        41y   M  Germany
 21  Phillip Comforty   39y   M  Germany
 22* Francis D????      28y   M  Germany
 23* Marg't ?ise        46y   f  Great Britain
 24  Louis Flishman     24y   M  Great Britain
 25  Valentine Smith    38y   M  Great Britain
 26  Elizabeth Smith    40y   f  Great Britain
 27  Valentine Smith    26y   f  Great Britain
 28* Cathert??? Smith   29y   f  Great Britain
 29  Louis Smith        30y   M  Great Britain
 30  Mary Sinder        26y   f  Great Britain
 31  Caroline Sinder    28y   f  Great Britain
 32* S???th Sinder?     40y   M  Great Britain
 33  Andrew Ruff        38y   M  Great Britain
 34  Catherine Ruff     24y   f  Great Britain
 35  Charles Luther     19y   M  Great Britain
 36  H E Taylor         22y   M  Great Britain
 37* Henry ?i??y        30y   M  Great Britain
 38  Solaby Dening      21y   M  Great Britain
 39  George Stone       26y   M  Great Britain
 40  Henry James        28y   M  Great Britain
 41* James ?otes        40y   M  Great Britain
 42* Charles C??te      21y   M  Great Britain
 43  Charles Stonar     24y   M  Great Britain
 44  Edwin Howland      40y   M  Great Britain
 45  Henry Harrison     38y   M  Great Britain
 46* George ?oil        26y   M  Great Britain
 47  Francis Miles      24y   M  Great Britain
 48* John ????          14y   M  Great Britain
 49  James Jackson      18y   M  Great Britain
 50  Eliza Jackson      40y   f  Great Britain
 51  Eliza Jackson      26y   f  Great Britain
 52  Maria Jackson      22y   f  Great Britain
 53* James Jackson      19y   f  Great Britain
 54* Eliza Barnes       ?4y   f  Great Britain
 55* John Barnes        20y   f  Great Britain
 56* Mark Barnes        17y   f  Great Britain
 57  Henry Barnes       19y   M  Great Britain
 58  James Barnes       16y   f  Great Britain
 59  William Barnes     14y   M  Great Britain
 60  Fanny Barnes       11y   f  Great Britain
 61* Tho^s Coulter      28y   f  Great Britain
 62  Phillip Barsley    24y   M  Great Britain


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 handwriting of this manifest was poor; additional research should be undertaken 
to confirm findings.

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.

        6  Middle name not clear, could be Annie or Anise.
        7  Ending of surname illegible.
       11  3rd letter of first name not clear, could be Codfried or Cosfried.
    11-14  Center letters of surname illegible.
       15  Surname illegible; first number of Age illegible.
       16  3rd and 4th letters of surname not clear, could be Rheinhart or Rhienhart.
       22  Ending of surname illegible.
       23  1st letter of surname not clear, could be Vise.
       28  Ending of first name illegible.
       32  Center letters of first name illegible.
       37  Surname illegible.
       41  1st letter of surname illegible.
       42  Most of surname illegible because of fold/roll on document.
       46  1st letter of surname illegible.
       48  Surname illegible.
       53  Sex not consistent with first name.
       54  1st number of Age illegible.
55-56, 61  Sex not consistent with first name.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 188, List 1029.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 April 2006



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