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Ann
Ann
Ship: Ann
Date: June 1750
Departing: Helvoetslys/Rotterdam
Arriving: Halifax
Master: John Spurrier
Ship Type: Galley
"Sir, I am directed by my Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations to
inform you, that the bearer of this, John Spurrier, Master of the Ann from
Rotterdam, has on board his vessel 280 Foreign Protestants or thereabouts
procured by Mr. Dick, Merchant at Rotterdam. These their Lordships desire
you will receive and dispose of in the best manner you are able, as a means
of encouraging others of their countrymen to follow, and that you will
dismiss the vessel as soon as you conveniently can."-- Thomas Hill to
Governor Cornwallis, Whitehall, 29 May 1750., Nova Scotia Documents, p 610.
"We have received a letter from Mr. Dick dated the 27th June NS,
acquainting us that the Ship Ann, John Spurrier, Master, has sailed from
Helvoetslys with 312 foreign Portestants on board, a list whereof we
herewith enclose to you, together with a copy of Mr. Dick's instructions to
the master of the ship."
Mr. Dick in his letter acquaints us that there is a German gentleman on
board, John Eberhard Klages, who is a man of Fortune and Figure in his own
county, that he has paid the passage of sixteen people and a boy on
condition that they are to give him their fifty acres of land each and to
continue with him and cultivate it.
We recommend this gentleman to your particular countenance and regard, as
you must be sensible that his favorable representation of his reception and
the state of the settlement to his countrymen will be a great inducement to
others to resort to the Province and when the settlers who have engaged to
convey their fifty acres to him shall have cultivated them according to
their engagement with him we see no reason why you should not make fresh
grants to them.
We don't doubt but you will receive all these foreign Protestants in
general in kindest manner as our procuring a large number next year will
depend upon the accounts they send home.." Lords of Trade to Cornwallis, 26
June 1750, Nova Scotia Documents, p 615-616.)
The attached list is dated 21 June 1750. There is a second list, dated 5
July 1750, but the spelling of the names is very botched. However, the head
count on this later list increases by 10 from the June list. These 10 may
have been picked up after initial departure. For this 2nd list, consult the
above text, page 69. Reconciliation will be a chore, and a good knowledge
of German surnames will likely prove useful.
[The Ann was a galley. On an earlier trip, in Sept 1746, she sailed from
Rotterdam, to Orkneys, and then to North America. See "30,000 Emigrants, p
174."]
Columns represent: FirstName, LastName, Gender, Origin, Comment
Mr. Klanges Male Hardinger in Calenbourg Petter Schetzlein Male Rommelingen in Franconia Adam Schetzlein Male Rommelingen in Franconia Johan George Seindner Male Auerbach in Dramstadt Henry Spindler Male Zurstahl in Weilbourg Lewis Spindler Male Zurstahl in Weilbourg Adam Spindler Male Zurstahl in Weilbourg Gaspard Amande Male Tedzelinden in Silesia Nicholas Deutsch Male Nordekin in Hessia Conradus Wagenarr Male Odenhausen in Weilbourg Elizabeth Barbara Seidlerin Female Auerbach in Dramstadt Johan Fredk. Koch Male Strasbourg Johan Schmidt Male Lesternach in Hohenlach wife & 3 sons Schmidt Female Wife Lesternach in Hohenlach Wife of Johan Schmidt Schmidt Male Child Lesternach in Hohenlach Child of Johan Schmid Schmidt Male Child Lesternach in Hohenlach Child of Johan Schmidt Schmidt Male Child Lesternach in Hohenlach Child of Johan Schmidt John Sebastian Nicolia Male Turingberg in Dramstad Johan Petter Erbambold Male Turingberg in Dramstadt Christopher Schulter Male Turingberg in Dramstadt Johan Adam Erbambols Male Turingberg in Dramstadt with 2 women Adam Putter Male Auerbach in Dramstadt & family Erasme Diell Male Auerbach in Dramstadt Richard Schupp Male Litreland in Weilbourg & family Andrew Jung Male Litreland in Weilbourg senior Henry Jung Male Litreland in Weilbourg & family Andrew Jung Male Litreland in Weilbourg Adam Jung Male Litreland in Weilbourg Frederick Meill Male Litreland in Weilbourg Johan Jung Male Litreland in Weilbourg & family Johan Welderhann Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & family Johan Leonard Ukrig Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & family Johan George Greigor Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & family Johan Welderhann Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & family John George Haas Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & wife George Storck Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & family Johan Wendahl Bamichen Male Oberlingen in the Colanlenade & family Johan Fredk. Arenburg Male Brensbach & family Johan Peter Walter Male Michaelstad in Erbach & family Johan Lohnnick Male Michaelstad in Erbach & family Michael Clausner Male Klagreyd & family James Kraffer Male Bleysyadt in Schalewaback & family Elizabeth Mulleren Female Morssen in Erbach Henry Scheffer Male Berlin Carl Lodowicus Hageliep Male Berlin Woll Haber Male Wangen Leonardus Trehous Male Lepzig & wife Johann Schreder Male Berlin & wife Johann Oberig Klett Male Ulm Johan Samuel Gross Male Carl Gottleb Clericus Male Johan Balthasar Weber Male & family Godfeid Kuntz Male & family John Petchz Male Ulm '& family Christian Klein Male Dresden Godfried Blinger Male & family Jacob Safahouser Male Zurick & wife Nicholaas Eggly Male Afhalteren & family Olerick Schinkelle Male Jacob Luber Male Zurlach & family Jacob Bunker Male Wangen & family Christopher Weever Male Wangen & wife Margarette Meyhoffer Female Haslach Jacob Kruin Male Ricken & family Anna Eggley Female Afhalteren & family Shinkell Male Aldorf & her family Jacob Rudolph Male Zurlach & family Rudolph Kune Male Lieken & family Jacob Smitt Male Lieken Augustin Wolff Male & family Andrew Schulp Male & family Lawrence Beplar Male & family Hans Schnider Male Hastech & family Benadicdt Maynhoffer Male Hastech & family Andrew Halter Male Brudendorf & family Johan Motlan Male Brudendorf & family Jacob Riel Male Alwieler & family John George Merlinn Male Alwieler & family Michael Klein Male Alwieler & family Matthew Nagel Male Lutherburg & wife Matthew Handshufe Male Eybach & wife Bernard Witteck Male & wife x Harri Male Montbeliard & family x Maillard Male Montbeliard & family Michael Brecht Male Fredk. Cellerman Male & wife Conradus Schneid Male & family Johan Henry Fidler Male Rosanna Frederickett Female & 3 sons Joseph Ham Male Antony Koch Male & family John Christ Hight Male & son John Fredk. Henerire Male Johan Michael Coalback Male John Michael Ryming Male & family George Michael Tennigh Male & family John Henry Kohler Male & family x Ellison Male Montbeliard Petter Smith Male Isaac Iser Male Joseph Reneau Male Correspondence 03/09/02 passenger Merlinn John George Merlin: Sailed on the "Ann" from Rotterdam in 1750 to Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is buried in the graveyard adjacent to St. Paul's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His family settled in Halifax, and Prospect Nova Scotia. My ancestor Daniel Merlin was a sealer, and he and his son died in a sailing for seals hunting accident off Navy Point in the Falkland Islands in 1903. They are buried there. He was married to Emma Christian in Halifax. They were on the ship Beatrice L. Corkum--however the accident was on one of their small sailing vessels. Maria Heemskerk, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Reformatted by Debbie Haining for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 26 February 1999
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