Ship Devonshire
I, Henry R. Hovey do solemly, sincerely, and truly 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 the Passengers received on board the Ship Devonshire whereof I am Master, from London. So help me God. Signed H.R. Hovey
Sworn to this 9th November 1853. Before me (unreadable)
List or Manifest of All the Passengers taken on board the Ship Devonshire whereof Henry R. Hovey is Master, from Liverpool, burthen 1149 91/95 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age (Years/Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants*, Died on Voyage.
397 Anna Maria Hund 45 Female Germany
398* H David La?? 22 Male Germany
399 Hein Peter Hund 18 Male Germany
400 Hein Jacob Hund 15 Male Germany
401 Anna Marg Hund 12 Female Germany
402 Cath Ph Hund 8 Female Germany
403 Elizabetha Kunz 17 Female Germany
404 Balth Bendel 50 Male Farmer Germany Died
405 Elizabetha Bendel 50 Female Germany
406 Anna Maria Bendel 26 Female Germany
407 Jacob Bendel 21 Male Germany
408 Michel Bendel 17 Male Germany
409 Johann Bendel 14 Male Germany
410 Christina Bendel 11 Female Germany
411 Joh Wust 44 Male Farmer Germany
412 Elizabeth Wust 36 Female Germany
413 Joh Wust 17 Male Germany
414 Matthias Wust 11 Male Germany
415 Peter Wust 9 Male Germany
416 Anton Wust 3 Male Germany
417* Anna Cath Wust ? Female Germany
418* Johann Adam G?tz 22 Male Clerk Germany
419 Wilhelm Birkle 19 Male Cooper Germany
420 Cath Nickles 16 Female Germany
421 Maria Birkle 19 Female Germany
422* Carl Sp?nn 19 Male Blacksmith Germany
423 Cath Schillinger 19 Female Germany
424 Cath Wolf 19 Female Germany
425 Jacob Stephan 20 Male Farmer Germany
426 Joh Metternich 47 Male Farmer Germany
427 Joh Metternich 14 Male Germany
428 Maria Cath Metternich 11 Female Germany
429 Caspar Metternich 9 Male Germany
430 Anna Maria Metternich 2 Female Germany
431 Elizabetha Etz 22 Female Germany
432 Anna Maria Wolf 22 Female Servant Germany
433 Guson Schman 17 Male Clerk Germany
434 Balth Holzer 23 Male Tailor Germany
435 Christian Munoz 20 Male Farmer Germany
436 Jacob Wolf 45 Male Shoemaker Germany
437 Anna M Wolf 42 Female Germany
438 Joh Adam Wolf 16 Male Germany
439 Anna M Wolf 11 Female Germany
440 Joh Jac Wolf 9 Male Germany
441 Balth Wolf 5 Male Germany
442 Peter Wolf 2 Male Germany
443 Math Hor???bel 40 Male Farmer Germany
444 Philippe Fro?tag 21 Male Farmer Germany
445 Julie Miller 22 Female Germany
446 Fried Hideman 33 Male Farmer Germany
447 Anna E Hideman 40 Female Germany
448 Gott Died^r Hideman 9 Male Germany
449 Caspar Hein Hideman 1y6m Male Germany
450 Herman Hein Hideman 7 Male Germany
451 Gott Died^r Hideman 3 Male Germany
452* Rosalie Hag?? 24 Female Germany
453 Michael Ha?? 20 Male Gardener Germany
454* Peter Henric?es 26 Male Farmer Germany
455 Nicolaus Schutz 28 Male Farmer Germany
456 Agatha Schutz 29 Female Germany
457 Wilhelmina Schutz 8m Female Germany Died
458* Matthias Klai?r 22 Male Germany
459 Catharine Lais 26 Female Germany
460* Christian Dahl?? 17 Male Farmer Germany
461 Math Gerber 19 Male Farmer Germany
462 Fried Schnieder 23 Male Farmer Germany
463 Fried Schumacher 23 Male Farmer Germany
464 Eliz Baer 18 Female Germany
465 G Burgermeister 58 Male Farmer Germany
466 M Kath Burgermeister 19 Female Germany
467 Christiana Burgermeister 16 Female Germany
468 August Birkenfeld 32 Male Carpenter Germany
469 Mary Birkenfeld 28 Female Germany
470 Hartman Birkenfeld 3 Male Germany
471 Kath Birkenfeld 6m Female Germany
472 Adam Waldermeyer 40 Male Farmer Germany
473 Conrad Doch??g?? 27 Male Carpenter Germany
474 Mary Doch??g?? 24 Female Germany
475* Joh G ????? 17 Male Blacksmith Germany
476* Alston ????? 18 Male Germany
477* Ernst Hinc??? 45 Male Farmer Germany
478* Anna Hinc??? 43 Female Germany
479* Anna M Hinc??? 20 Female Germany
480* Balth Hinc??? 13 Male Germany
481* Anna Hinc??? 11 Female Germany
482* Mary Hinc??? 9 Female Germany
483* Cath Hinc??? 3 Female Germany
484 Ernst Koen 24 Male Tailor Germany
485 G Pet Bach 33 Male Farmer Germany
486 Wilhelmina Bach 2? Female Germany
487 Jacob Bach ? Male Germany
488 Wm Bach 4 Male Germany
489 David Bach 6m Male Germany
490 Peter Schlossor 53 Male Farmer Germany
491 Alonia Schlossor 36 Female Germany
492 Peter Schlossor 25 Male Germany
493 Anna Maria Schlossor 23 Female Germany
494 Melchior Schlossor 22 Male Germany
495 Matthias Schlossor 18 Male Germany
496 Helena Schlossor 11 Female Germany
497 Marg Schlossor 10 Female Germany
498 Louisa Schlossor 9 Female Germany
499 Cath Schlossor 5 Female Germany
500 Anna Schlossor 6m Female Germany
501 Johann L Uhl 45 Male Baker Germany
502 Kath Eliz Uhl 36 Female Germany
503 Elisabetha Uhl 11 Female Germany
504 Johannes Uhl 5 Male Germany
505 Elizabetha Lipp 25 Female Germany
506 Kath Meuller 18 Female Germany
507 Carl H Ludwig 29 Male Shoemaker Germany
508 Cath Waldermeyer 28 Female Germany
509 Carl Christian Waldermeyer ? Male Germany
510 Caroline G M??z 20 Female Germany
511* Gottliebin B????ff 27 Male Germany
512* Christian B????ff 2? Male Germany
513* Johann B????ff 9m Male Germany Died
514 Joh Ph Schaefer 27 Male Carpenter Germany
515 Louisa Schaefer 32 Female Germany
516* Louisa Schaefer 1? Female Germany
517 Maria Eliz Schaefer 24 Female Germany
518 Joh Ph Holdman 27 Male Farmer Germany
519 A Maria Holdman 26 Female Germany
520 Carl Farion 18 Male Germany
521 Joh E Jacobs 37 Male Weaver Germany
522 M Eliz Jacobs 34 Female Germany
523 Ph Carl Jacobs 9 Male Germany
524 Peter Christ^n Jacobs 7 Male Germany
525 M Ca?? Jacobs 6 Female Germany
526* Geo ?ied Jacobs ? Male Germany
527 John G Roth 29 Male Shoemaker Germany
528 Johann Roth 24 Male Germany
529* Gott Enz 9 Male Germany
530* Marg Raus? 24 Female Germany
531* David E?lan 20 Male Tailor Germany
532* Sara St??s 27 Female Germany
533* Ludwig Li??k 20 Male Shoemaker Germany
534* Joh Jos K?lscha??en 24 Male Farmer Germany
535 Rosa Stolzenberger 20 Female Germany
536* Ludg??r Libbering 34 Male Farmer Germany
537 Fran Johann Libbering 37 Male Germany
538 Christina Libbering 5 Female Germany Died
539 Johanna Libbering 4 Female Germany
540 Bernard Libbering Inft Male Germany
541* Johanna Fres? 59 Female Germany
542* Theresa Er?k 23 Female Germany
543 Alexander Schellenberger 22 Male Canaller Germany
544* Geo Fried Kalo?i??s 58 Male Blacksmith Germany
545* Katrina Eliz Kalo?i??s 59 Female Germany
546* Maria Cath Kalo?i??s 30 Female Germany
547 Leopold Steinheimer 20 Male Clerk Germany
548 Lob Sechbeck 29 Male Clerk Germany
549* Peter Carl Kalo?i??s 32 Male Wagonmaker Germany
550* Marg Eliz Kalo?i??s 29 Female Germany
551* Cath Eliz Kalo?i??s 6 Female Germany
552* Ph Carl Kalo?i??s 4 Male Germany
553* Louisa Cath Kalo?i??s Inft Female Germany Died
554 Adolph Staadlman 29 Male Farmer Germany
555 Martha Bally 18 Female Germany
556 Anna Frust 31 Female Germany
557 Christ^n Martin 39 Male Farmer Germany
558 Maria Josepha Martin 46 Female Germany
559 Anna Christina Martin 2 Female Germany Died
560 Johann Martin 4 Male Germany
561 Johann Jacob Nole 58 Male Germany
562 Cath Brinkman 18 Female Germany
563* Jul Wagenk?icht 20 Male Machinist Germany
564 Edward Koch 22 Male Clerk Germany
565 Jonas Wehr 44 Male Brewer Germany
566 Justine Wehr 50 Female Germany
567* Conrad Wehr 11 Male Germany
568 Johanna Wehr 10 Female Germany
569 Johannes Wehr 7 Male Germany
570 Simson Strauss 18 Male Germany
571 Johannes Jacob 27 Male Farmer Germany
572* August Schli?ffer 24 Male Tailor Germany
573 Joh Wagner 28 Male Tailor Germany
574 Marg Wagner 34 Female Germany
575* C?rolett Ka?? 25 Male Tailor Germany
576* Elisabeth Engle ? Female Germany
577* ? ? Female Germany
578 Marg Steynebach 18 Female Germany
579 Peter Kabb 16 Male Germany
580 Justus Heinrick Krausse 16 Male Germany
581 And Ludwig 42 Male Germany
582 Anna Catherine Ludwig 31 Female Germany Died
583 Philip Ludwig 4 Male Germany
584 Anna Maria Ludwig 2 Female Germany Died
585 Mathias Ludwig 47 Male Germany
586 Christina Simon 28 Female Germany
587* Elisabetha Simon 4 Female Germany Died
588 Christina Simon Inft Female Germany
589 Stephen Schomaker 39 Male Germany
590 Michelina Schomaker 35 Female Germany
591 Julius Schomaker 8 Male Germany
592 Anna Schomaker 3 Female Germany
593 Johannes Schomaker Inft Male Germany Died
594 John F Weiss 30 Male Germany Died
595 Catherine Leh?? 17 Female Germany
Transcriber's Notes:
Signed at bottom of last page of manifest by Captain Hovey. 595 passengers, 26 infants
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to the quality of
original document.
* Column "The country in which they intend to become inhabitants" was not transcribed as
all said United States
Passengers 397 to 398 on page 8 of ships manifest
Passengers 399 to 449 on page 9 of ships manifest
Passengers 450 to 500 on page 10 of ships manifest
Passengers 501 to 551 on page 11 of ships manifest
Passengers 552 to 595 on page 12 of ships manifest
398 Last name may be Lause, Lanse
417 No age listed
418 Last name may be Gotz
422 Last name may be Sponn
452 Last name may be Hagen
454 Last name either Henrickes or Henriches
458 Last name may be Klaiber
460 Last name may be Dahlem
475-476 Last name may be Ostertag, but unknown as page torn at this point
477-483 Last name may be Hinckes or Hinches
511-513 Last name may be Barhuff
512 Age may be 2 1/2
516 Age may be 1 1/2
526 List torn at this point
529 This person may be with above. There is no "do" after name, but that may be error.
Added to surname list as a Roth.
530 Last name may be Rauss
531 Last name may be Eylan or Esplan
532 Last name may be Stern
533 Last name could also be Zuik
534 Last name may be Kulschausen
536 First name may be Ludgeuer
541 Last name may be Fresa
542 Last name may be Enk
544-546 Last name may be Kalonius
548-553 Last name may be Kalonius
563 Last name may be Wagenknicht
567 Age listed as 11 1/2
572 Last name may be Schlieffer or Schleiffer
575 Last name may be Kant
577 List torn
595 Last name may be Leher
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 133, List 1127.
Transcribed by Patricia Reardon Gault a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 August 2007
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