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Beaufort 
Beaufort
Ship: Beaufort
Date: June, 1749 (Arrival)
Master: Elias Perriman
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Columns represent: Register #, Name, Occupation, Boys, Girls, Male servants, Female servants, RegistersComments
589 Thomas Newton & wife Lieutenant 3 1 Colonel Waldos 590 John Phillips Purser Beaufort Privateer 591 Garret Salsfield & wife Quartermaster Berwick 592 Peter Needham & wife Boatswain's mate Windsor 593 Richard Partride & wife Lieutenant 2 General Winyard's 594 John Lane & wife Corporal General Otway's 595 James Irwin & wife Mariner 596 William Green & wife Quarter Gunner Russell 597 Robert Trochmorton Pupil Surgeon 1 St.Georges Hospital 598 George Calley Lieutenant 4 Lord Torrington's 599 James Agan Mariner Windsor 600 Edward Selley Husbandman 1 601 William Ford & wife Mariner Culloden 602 James Read Mariner Burford 603 John Taylor & wife Shoemaker 1 2 604 Charles Taylor & wife Weaver 1 1 605 Joseph Eagleton Mariner Boyne Privateer 606 Robert Stone Mariner 1 Boyne Privateer 607John Mackley Corporal Jordan's Marines 608 Stephen Fisher Fisherman 609 Richard Hill & wife Husbandman 3 610 Richard Hall & wife Cooper 1 611 William Devereaux & wife Private Mariner 1 2 1st Regiment Foot Guards 612 John Kerby Husbandman 1 613 William Palmer & wife Carpenter 2 614 John Goldsmith & wife Bricklayer 615 John Smithson Husbandman 616 Richard Freeborn Bookbinder 617 Daniel Wood Attorney 1 618 Obediah Satchell Mariner Princess Royal 619 Robert Garner Stationer 620 George Draper & wife Labourer 1 1 621 James Draper & wife Private man General Richbell's 622 George Frewhitt Husbandman 623 Thomas Cane Mariner Amazon 624 David Jones Husbandman 625 John Moore Private man St. George's Dragoon 626 Henry Fullford Husbandman 627 Henry Merrifield & wife Pewterer 3 628 Robert Merrifield & wife Labourer 1 1 Yard at Woolwich 629 Vernon Merrifield & wife Periwigmaker 630 George Negus & wife Armourer Boyne Privateer 631 Stephen Dunahoo & wife Mariner Russell 632 John Perry Quartermaster Salamander Privateer 633 Henry Sibley & wife Soapmaker 2 1 634 Philip Hemet Joiner 635 Joseph Thompson Baker;Brewer 636 John Hooper & wife Husbandman 637 John Statton & wife Husbandman 1 1 1 1 638 William Cheshire & wife Corporal Douglas 639 James Neal & wife Mariner Royal George 640 Henry McCullum & wife Mariner Lyon 641 Nathaniel Follat & wife Husbandman 2 1 642 Adam Martin & wife Mariner Burford 643 Martin Lodowick Private man General Richbell's 644 John Marvin & wife Stationer 2 2 645 Thomas Backwell Bookbinder 646 Jno.Chrisr.Laurilliard & wife Husbandman 2 1 647 Edward Francis & wife Mariner Dreadnought 648 Patrick Millar & wife Mariner Dreadnought 649 Robert Hull & wife Husbandman 650 James Main Private General Richbell's 651 Luke Shelton Bricklayer 652 Stephen Mould Private O'Farrells 653 James Doyle & wife Mariner Furnace Sloop 654 Alexander Cheetham Butcher Prince George 655 Hugh Philips & wife Private 1 1 Ingolsby's 656 Alexander Clark & wife Private 1 General St Clair's 657 William Gorbill & wife Private Lord Torrington's 658 Anthony Fidoe Private Pawlett's 659 Joseph Halsey & wife Stationer 1 660 Thomas Hunt Mariner Hampton Court 661 Charles Vochee & wife Gardener 1 662 John Thomas & wife Smith 1 663 John Williams Smith 664 John Driver & wife Glover 1 1 665 Lawrence Paget Private Hamilton's 666 John Curtis Carpenter 667 Joseph Gunn & wife Midshipman Nassau 668 James Davis & wife Mariner Grampus Sloop 669 William Murray Mariner 2 Saltash 670 William Hull Husbandman 671 John Spratt Sergeant General Irwin's 672 David Patterson Mariner Salisbury 673 Simon Decharmes & wife Mariner Pembroke 674 Ibbotson, James & wife Private Duke of Montague's Dragoons 675 George Bray & wife Carpenter 676 Thomas Salter & wife Carpenters Crew 1 St. Alban's 677 Robert Brighton & wife Mariner Boyne Privateer 678 John Pepperell & wife Mariner Furnace Sloop 679 John Brooks & wife Carpenter 1 1 1 680 John Cornley Private Lord H. Beauclerk's 681 John Thompson Midshipman Norfolk 682 William Shirley & wife Marine Powlett's 683 Robert Hick Husbandman 684 Thomas Webb & wife Mariner Edinburgh Regiment 685 Richard Kingman & wife Mariner Guernsey 686 Charles Yates & wife Husbandman 1 687 John Hogdon Glazier 688 William Marriott & wife Shoemaker 3 1 1 689 John Harrold Labourer 690 Christopher Ambler Carpenter 691 Griffith Evans Husbandman 1 692 Ralph Clitheroe Smith 693 Richard Avery Quartermaster Berwick 694 John Burton Carpenter 695 John Collier & wife Lieutenant 1 1 Earl of Halifax's 696 Richard Monk & wife Husbandman 1 1 697 John Flynn & wife Mariner Furnace Sloop 698 John Sharp Corporal Jeffrey's 699 Robert Smithson Private Jeffrey's 700 John Mead & wife Husbandman 701 Joseph Mead & wife Husbandman 1 702 Nathaniel Normanton & wife Carpenter 1 703 Robert White Surgeon 704 Neals Nealson Baker 705 Benjamin Burrell Mariner 1 Dreadnought 706 John Daw Baker 707 James Bateman & wife Husbandman 1 708 Francis Yarroll Husbansdman 709 Matthew Jones Surgeon 4 710 John Steele Lieutant;Surgeon 2 1 Colonel Shirley's Artificers 711 Richard Catherwood none 712 Thomas Alpha Mariner Advice 713 George Goodbier Husbandman 714 Patrick Hay Surgeon 1 715 Thomas Vaughen Lieutenant Warburton's 716 Thomas Dent * & wife Turner *[total was given as 1 on list , should be 2 inc. wife] YorkshireNOTES: The Beaufort was certainly still at Halifax as of mid-July 1749. Cornwallis held on board the Beaufort his first Council meeting for Nova Scotia on 14 July 1749. (Minutes of Council dated 14 July 1799). A second meeting was held on board the Beaufort a few days later, on the 17th of July. (1) Again on the 18th, 19th. 13th of August, 14th of August. 28th August. 18th September. 1 October 1749. By the 14th of October the meetings had changed location, to "The Governors Apartment at Halifax". In a letter from Cornwallis to Lords of Trade, dated 20 August 1749, he writes that the Alexander was had already sailed, and in a few days he hoped to be able to discharge the rest. Above facts from: 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 568-574.
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..
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