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Alexander
Alexander
Ship: Alexander Date: June 1749 (Arrival) Departing: Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia Master: Samuel Harris Ship Type: 320 Tons
Register Number, First Name, LastName, Comment, Occupation, Boys, Girls, Male Servants, Female Servants, Total, Register Comment
1 Thomas Lewis & wife Captain 8 2 12 Beaufort Privateer
2 David Lewis Lieutenant 1 Beaufort Privateer
3 William Magee & wife 5 3 10
4 Thomas Phipps Mariner 1
5 William Berry Merchant 1 2
6* William Lascelles Surgeon's mate 1 2 Duke of Cumberland's Regiment Dragoons
7* Gustavus Muyden Lieutenant 1 3 5 Raleigh Privateer
8 John Hilton & wife Sergeant 2 General Churchill's
9* John Goodwin Private man 1 2 H.R.H. Reg. Dragoons
10 Joseph Cole Private man 1 H.R.H. Reg. Dragoons
11 John Callbeck & wife Mariner 1 1 1 5 Deptford's Prize
12* John Sontley Mariner 1 Dover
13 John Taylor & wife Shipwright 3 1 6
14 Thomas Leatham & wife Mariner 2 Yarmouth
15* James Seagarson Mariner 1 Yarmouth
16* Ren?rillet Artificer 1 3 5
17 John Robinson Mariner 1 2 Russell
18 John Endy & wife Gunner's mate 1 3 Hastings
19 Frederick William Gardener 1
20 John Creem & wife Husbandman 1 3 6
21 John Gosbee & wife Husbandman 1 1 4
22 Joseph Bell & wife Mariner 2 Lenox
23 Thomas Jones Mariner 1 Faulkland
24 Edward Rawlens Private man 1 General Cholmondley's
25* William Williams Labourer 1
26* Peter Hand Bricklayer 1
27* Thomas Taylor Bricklayer 1
28* William Crocock & wife Private man 2 4 1st Regiment Guards
29 Peter Boyd Private man 1 1st Regiment Guards
30* Robert Taylor Husbandman 1
31 Thomas Randall Private man 1 2 1st Regiment Guards
32* Fras. O'Neal & wife Mariner 2 Gosport
33* James O'Neal Mariner 1 Lyon
34* Henry Harris & wife Mariner 2 Warcester
35* John Stocks Private man 1 H.R.H. Reg. Dragoons
36* Thomas Goddard Corporal 1 H.R.H. Reg. Dragoons
37 William Grant Surgeon 1 Eagle Cruiser
38* Thomas Mills Mariner 1 Merchant Service
39* Fras. Moseley & wife Bricklayer 2 1 5
40* Thomas Jones & wife Husbandman 2
41 James Jones & wife Mariner 2 York Armed Vessel
42 Thomas Crane Mariner 1 Lenox
43 George Smith & wife Mariner 1 3
44 George Taylor & wife Husbandman 2
45* Edward Butt & wife Mariner 2 Princess Louisa
46* Robert Williams Husbandman 1
47* John Sims Mariner 1 Windsor
48 Thomas Stephens & wife Joiner 1 4 7
49 John Coboon Shoemaker 1
50 Gregory Berners & wife Lieutenant 1 1 3 3 10 Welsh Fusileer
51* Nicholas Carr Bricklayer 1
52 James Rogers Mariner 1 2 Severn
53 Roger Loudon Midshipman 1
54* Richard Whitwell Husbandman 1 2
55* William Leeke Baker 1
56* John Orton Husbandman 1
57* Matthew Graham Private 1 General Brag's
58 Henry Wendell Ensign 1 Colonel Waldo's
59* George Holmes Smith 1
60* John Hosking Mariner 1
61 Christopher Rider Private 1 General Richbell's
62* John Yarrick Funck Shoemaker 1
63* Abram Spidell Tanner 1
64* John Whiteley Mariner 1 2
65* Henry Manning Mariner 1 Burford
66* Thomas Ellis Husbandman 1
67 John Cook Biscuitmaker 1
68* Edward Gillson Volunteer 1
69 John Burrows Tailor 1
70* Thomas Wood & wife Smith 2
71* Thomas Ward Smith 1
72* Daniel Burton Smith 1
73* Thomas Agar & wife Smith 2 1 5
74* William Betsworth & wife Smith 1 3
75* John Keysler Husbandman 1
76* John Peterson Husbandman 1
77* James Sapwell Husbandman 1
Transcriber's Notes:
Passenger numbers added by the formatter.
* Additional information on some of these passengers can be found in "George T. Bates, The Great Exodus of 1749", in Collections of The Nova Scotia Historical Society. A description of all of Bates comments from all 1749 ships can be found at: Bates
Document Source: Copy of the Mess Book of the Settlers, found in: Akins, Thomas Beamish, editor, "List of the Settlers Who Came Out with Governor Cornwallis to Chebucto, in June 1749". In "Selections from the Public Documents of the Province of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS: Charles Annand, 1869, pp 506-557. Reprint, Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1973 under the title "Acadia and Nova Scotia: Documents Relating to the Acadian French and the First British Colonisation of the Province, 1714-1758", p 531-537.
Contributed by Chignecto Project
Reformatted by G.P. Schill, III for the
Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
25 February 1999
Reviewed by Mary Beth Arthur a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 October 2004
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