Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Experiment

REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Experiment whereof John Chapman is Master from Bristol, England, burthen 210 tons and owned by John Chapman & Co. of Chepstow, England and bound to Philadelphia.

Columns represent: Passenger number, given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.

  
 1  John      Mitchell  40     male    teacher   England
 2  Harriet   Mitchell  35     female            England
 3  Edward    Mitchell   9     male              England
 4  George    Mitchell   7     male              England
 5  Henry     Mitchell   5     male              England
 6  William   Mitchell   4     male              England
 7  Milicent  Mitchell   2y6m  female            England 
 8  Charles   Mitchell   9m    male              England
 9  George    Oram       55    male    farmer    U.S.
10  Joseph    Terrell    55    male    farmer    England
11  John      Mark       22    male    labourer  England   
12  Thomas    Shippan    25    male    labourer  England
13  William   Wilton     30    male    carver    England


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.

*  Passenger number assigned by transcriber for ease of search.

*  Country they intend to become inhabitants not shown as all intended to be 
   residents of the U.S.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 45.

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