Ship John Wells
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship John Wells whereof Eli Curty is Master from Liverpook, England, burthen 366 17/95ths tons and owned by John M Dimend of Philadelphia and H. J. Walker of New York and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number, given name, last name, age, occupation, *to what Country belonging and *country they intend to become inhabitants.
1 John Madding 32 m carpenter 2 Maria Madding 30 f 3 James Madding 6 m 4 Philip Madding 1 m 5 H. Jones 26 f 6 Elizabeth Jones 3m f 7 W^m Hull 34 m miner 8 Amelia Hull 40 f 9 Lydia Hull 3 f 10 Morgan Reed 30 m collier 11 Elizabeth Reed 23 f 12 Thomas Reed 9m m 13 Edward Prosser 25 m collier 14 Mary Prosser 23 f 15 W^m Turner 50 m miner 16 Mary Turner 50 f 17 Eliza Turner 19 f 18 Thomas Turner 16 m 19 Mary Ann Turner 14 f 20 W^m Turner 11 m 21 Isaac Turner 5 m 22 * W^m Brick 22 m weaver 23 * Chanty Brick 21 f 24 * Robert Brick ? m 25 * Samuel Brick ? m 26 James Collins 22 m weaver 27 John Herrons 38 m merchant 28 Ann Herrons 40 f 29 Ann Jane Herrons 17 f 30 Mary Herrons 16 f 31 John Herrons 13 m 32 Hanse Herrons 11 m 33 David Herrons 9 m 34 William Herrons 7 m 35 Samuel Herrons 5 m 36 R. Herrons 3 m 37 James Herrons 9m m 38 H. M^cGoffin 18 m 39 Mary Jane Anderson 18 f 40 John Vellin 23 m 41 Luke Vellin 21 m 42 Thomas Chambers 32 m 43 Mary Chambers 23 f 44 Mary Chambers 1 f 45 Ann Martin 20 f 46 Benjamin Pacer 21 m butcher 47 Judith Pacer 20 f 48 John Pacer 1 m 49 John Leads 38 m farmer 50 Ann Leads 33 f 51 Mary Leads 11 f 52 Sarah Leads 10 f 53 John Leads 7 m 54 George Lee 17 m 55 Thomas Green 44 m miner 56 John Green 77 m 57 Thomas Green 19 m 58 Isabella Green 14 f 59 Homer Green 10 m 60 Joseph Green 12 m 61 William Green 8 m 62 Ann Green 6 f 63 Mary Green 4 f 64 Margaret Green 3 f 65 Thomas Wiley 33 m 66 Elizabeth Wiley 30 f 67 William Wiley 12 m 68 Wilford Wiley 8 m 69 Elisa Wiley 6 f 70 Homer Wiley 4 m 71 Sarah Wiley 6m f 72 William Turner 36 m 73 Mary Turner 33 f 74 William Turner 10 m 75 Jas Turner 6 m 76 Th^s Turner 3 m 77 Geo Turner 2 m 78 James Vaughn 40 m farmer 79 Thomas Leach 26 m farmer 80 * Sarah Leach ?? f 81 Thomas Leach 3 m 82 Sarah Leach 28 f 83 S. Holer 22 m weaver 84 C. Holt 23 m smith 85 G. Pannberg 25 miner 86 Ann Pannberg 26 f 87 Dorothea Watson 18 f 88 * James Hictchenman 2? m weaver 89 W^m Knowles 28 m weaver 90 Ann Knowles 28 f 91 Sarah Knowles 3 f 92 Henry Knowles 2 m 93 * Jane Knowles ? f 94 John Stargale 33 m brick layer 95 Sarah Stargale 30 f 96 Robert Stargale 8 m 97 Mary Stargale 6 f 98 Joseph Glashull 25 m weaver 99 M. Jenkins 28 f 100 J. Gedwick 31 m miner 101 R. Walton 27 m miner 102 John Westakey 18 m 103 Peter Fieldhouse 28 m 104 Ann Iverson 34 f 105 Sarah Iverson 15 f 106 Jane Iverson 13 f 107 Samuel Iverson 9 m 108 Charlotte Iverson 6 f 109 Mary Ann Iverson 4 f 110 Martha Iverson 1 f 111 Catherine Haler 21 f 112 Peter Cronin 44 113 C. Sweney 15 m 114 W^m Sweney 11 m 115 Mary Sweney 9 f 116 M^rs Cronner 43 f 117 Timothy Hamerlion 17 m plasterer 118 Pr. Mell 74 m plasterer 119 B. Trodden 21 f 120 Ellen Trodden 19 f 121 Margaret Collins 24 f 122 Christopher Collins 3 m 123 Elizabeth Collins 1 f 124 Elizabeth Wright 27 f 125 Jane Wright 3 f 126 Thomas Bryon 19 m tailor 127 * Bridget M^c?hones 24 f 128 * Mary Jane M^c?hones 3 f 129 * Agnes M^c?hones 2 f 130 Maria Mercer 23 f 131 Philip Mercer 8m m 132 Ann Green 44 f 133 Sarah Massner 17 f 134 Carla Floyd 24 m 135 Elizabeth Floyd 3 f 136 D. Smedley 54 m 137 James Spencer 36 m 138 Martha Flington 25 f 139 Hannah Flington 6 f 140 Mary Flington 4 f 141 Walter Flington 1 m 142 James Paine 21 m Cabin Passengers 143 Abr^m Roxburgh 55 m officer 144 S. C. Honfield 21 m 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. * To what Country belonging is not shown as all are reported to have come from "Great Britain & Ireland", i.e the scribe did not specify where each passenger came from * Country they intend to become inhabitants is not shown as all intended to be U.States residents. 22 In the Age column the number 33 was written above the thirty three. 23 In the age column the number 3 was written above the 2 making her age possibly 31. 24, 25 Age had been over written and are not readable but are less than 10. 80 Age numbners are blacked out either intentionally or by an ink blot. 88 Number is unreadable, has either been over written or scratcbhed out intentionally 93 Age is less than 1 year, bur no numbers are shown, just the slash line. 127 to 129 Surname maybe M^cHones, where the scribe may have entered the "h" twice.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 45.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 May 2008
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