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Merry Jacks 
Ship: Ship: Merry Jacks
Departing:
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Master: Giles Granger
Ship Type: 378 Tons
Columns represent: No., Name, Occupation, Origin or Comments
365 William Neal & wife Lieutenant Prosperous Privateer Halifax
366 Charles Paine Surgeon Halifax
367 John Clarke Master Mary Galley Halifax
368 Bacon Holmes Mariner** Culloden Halifax
369 Charles O'Neal & wife Mariner** Roebuck Halifax
370 Thomas Jenkins Cadet Train of Artillery Halifax
371 Patrick De Laney Mariner**&* Roebuck Halifax
372 Samuel Gane & wife Mariner Otter Sloop Halifax
373 Andrew Reid & wife Mariner Prince of Orange Halifax
374 William Evans Carpenter Deptford Yard Halifax
375 Gotlieb Liebrickt & wife Furrier Halifax
376 William Kein & wife Mariner** Hampton Court Halifax
377 William Watson Mariner** Mortar Bomb Halifax
378 Michael Hagarty Mariner Princessa Halifax
379 Robert Magee & wife Mariner** Hector Halifax
380 Francis Drake Mariner** Ludlow Castle Halifax
381 Charles Cross Mariner** Burford Halifax
382 William Willey & wife Cooper** Halifax
383 George Lambden Carpenter** Halifax
384 Joseph Nichols Mariner* Culloden Halifax
385 Ralph Colston Mariner* Barfleur Halifax
386 Coneraud Alban Mariner** Intrepid Halifax
387 James Bruce Mariner** Flamborough Halifax
388 Leonard Faulchon Mariner Sterling Castle Halifax
389 John Giron Mariner** Leopard Halifax
390 Paul Nidicker Mariner** Royal Oak Halifax
391 Peter Bowyer Private man** General Sibourg's Halifax
392 Charles Whelan Mariner** Porcupine Sloop Halifax
393 Robert Whelan & wife Mariner** Warwick Halifax
394 William Blake & wife Mariner Winchelsea Halifax
395 William Sloper Carpenter Halifax
396 William Brown & wife Mariner Lyon Halifax
397 John Simpson Carpenter** Halifax
398 Richard Orrick & wife Mariner Shoreham Halifax
399 Edward Shore Mariner** Deptford Store Ship Halifax
400 John Adams & wife Mariner Lenox Halifax
401 John Kennedy Mariner** Plymouth Halifax
402 John Kilby Mariner Captain Halifax
403 Joseph Loughton Mariner Halifax
404 Oliver Mowat Mariner** Prince Henry Halifax
405 Laurence Mooney Mariner** Roebuck Halifax
406 William Lewis Mariner** Ferret Sloop Halifax
407 Harris Hilton Mariner** Woolwich Halifax
408 William Boochett & wife Mariner** Intrepid Halifax
409 Ralph Collier Private Sir Robert Rich's Halifax
410 John Ismaster Mariner Seaforth Halifax
411 James Hissin Mariner Adventure Halifax
412 Richard Greenhill & wife Mariner Sutherland Halifax
413 George Fuller Mariner** Prince George Halifax
414 James Ryan & wife Mariner** Badger Sloop Halifax
415 John Warren & wife Mariner** Flamborough Halifax
416 David Terry & wife Mariner** Saltash Halifax
417 John Lescalleet Mariner**&* Panther Halifax
418 James Brown Mariner Panther Halifax
419 Benjamin Lyon Mariner** Panther Halifax
420 William Stephens Smith** Halifax
421 Richard Howard Mariner** Saltash Halifax
422 Joseph Nesbett Mariner** Bristol Halifax
423 Thomas Barrett & wife Mariner** Loestoff Halifax
424 Nicholas Todd Midshipman** Berwick Halifax
425 Archibald Campbell & wife Private Royal Irish Halifax
426 Thomas Smith Carpenter** Deptford Yard Halifax
427 George Flenigan Mariner** Rose Halifax
428 Thomas Stratford Mariner Dispatch Halifax
429 Benjamin Dance Mariner** Gloucester Halifax
430 Ralph Shirley Mariner** Ipswich Halifax
431 Duncan McCormack Mariner Flamborough Halifax
432 John Wilkinson Mariner** Vulcan Halifax
433 John Tomlin Mariner** Norwich Halifax
434 Joseph Latore Mariner Pool Halifax
435 John Connor Mariner Salebay Halifax
436 John Davis Husbandman Halifax
437 John Hancock Mariner** Spence Sloop Halifax
438 William Jackson Mariner Colonel Frazer's Halifax
439 Solomon Williams Private Colonel Frazer's Halifax
440 John Crows Mariner Fortune Sloop Halifax
441 James Gray Mariner** Colonel Frazer's Halifax
442 James Kelly Mariner Feversham Halifax
443 Stephen Sherman Mariner** Merchant Service Halifax
444 Thomas Owen Mariner Worchester Halifax
445 John Davis & wife Private** 1st Regiment Foot Guards Halifax
446 James Christian & wife Mariner Lark Halifax
447 Peter Delodine Mariner** Victory Halifax
448 Alexander Dunshee Mariner** Amazon Halifax
449 Patrick Hamilton & wife Mariner Fire Drake Halifax
450 Michael Quinn Mariner** Lenox Halifax
451 Peter Botto & wife Mariner** Lenox Halifax
452 James Fitzimonds Labourer** Halifax
453 Charles Crowley & wife Mariner Queensborough Halifax
454 Francis Deakins Mariner** Tyger Halifax
455 James Forrest Husbandman** Halifax
456 Robert McCurdie Mariner** Dragon Halifax
457 David Falkistone Mariner** Queensborough Halifax
458 Alexander Frazer Mariner** Badger Sloop Halifax
459 Dorrell Smalt Mariner Captain Halifax
460 William Martin Labourer Halifax
461 John Davis & wife Quarter Gunner Nightingale Halifax
462 Joshua Seeby Mariner** Mortar Bomb Halifax
463 Thomas Willoughby & wife Mariner Boyne Privateer Halifax
464 Richard Blunder Basketmaker Halifax
465 John Collins & wife Mariner* Royal George Halifax
466 Leonard Lockman (four servants of, Halifax
Major Leonard Lockman
being on board the
Beaufort)*
467 John Osborn Mariner** Falkstone Halifax
468 John Elsar Mariner** Cornwall's Halifax
469 Timothy Kane & wife Mariner Princess Louisa Halifax
470 And. Jordon Sawyer Halifax
471 Charles Knight Cooper* Halifax
472 Robert Tyrrell Mariner Halifax
473 Thomas Smith Baker** Halifax
474 Moses Toon & wife Butcher** Halifax
475 Matthew Savage Baker** Halifax
476 James Cousins Labourer**&* Halifax
477 Robert Verdon Mariner** Kent Halifax
478 Ralph Walthall Mariner** Oxford Halifax
479 Walter Robert Ross Pipe maker** Halifax
480 James Magraf(h) Mariner** Antelope Halifax
481 Andrew Neasey Husbandman** Halifax
482 Boyfield Wareham & wife Gardener** Halifax
483 George Logan Mariner** Warwick Halifax
484 Christoper Webb Mariner** Rainbow Halifax
485 Michael Magross Mariner** Cumberland Halifax
486 Richard Kitchen Private** Royal Irish Halifax
487 Richard Bishop Mariner** Colonel Frazer's Halifax
488 Richard Hall Mariner** Kent Halifax
489 Gabriel Chillingcox Private** General Richbell's Halifax
490 Samuel Burrell Sawyer** Halifax
491 Thomas Stafford Shoemaker** Halifax
492 John Deley & wife Mariner Cumberland Halifax
493 Daniel Fox Mariner Scorpion Sloop Halifax
494 Francis Cooper Mariner** Yarmouth Halifax
495 Thomas Quinn Mariner** Lyon Halifax
496 John Lowe & wife Mariner** Assistance Halifax
497 Stephen Hughes Mariner Sunderland Halifax
498 Anthony Prince Mariner** Crown Halifax
499 William Parker Mariner** Anglesea Halifax
500 George Brown Mariner** Halifax
501 Francis Bartelo Captain Free Company Halifax
502 William Matthew Mariner Leopard Halifax
503 Nicholas Grayley Mariner** Lightning Privateer Halifax
504 George Houghton & wife Mariner** Expedition Halifax
505 John Stevenson Mariner** Sheerness Halifax
506 Henry Cobill Weaver** Halifax
507 Jos. Bond Mariner** Centurion Halifax
508 Thomas Wilson Buckle Maker** Halifax
509 John McGregor & wife Rope maker** Halifax
510 Matthew Lacey Mariner** Hardwick Privateer Halifax
511 Edward Andrews Mariner Hector Halifax
Formater's notes:
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
** Bates says "Disappeared from Halifax - likely sliped away to New England."
371 Delaney, Patrick- (added to passenger list by Bates from Mess Book)
385 Colston, Ralph- Bates says: "See Ralph Coulston buried 4 Jan 1750"
390 Nichols, Joseph- Bates says: "See George Nichols buried 28 Sep 1749.
Also Rachel Nichols, widow, married Kennedy Fogg, 16 Mar 1750."
417 Lescalleet, John (added to passenger list by Bates from Mess List)
465 Collins, John- Bates says: "See Ann Collins buried 3 Mar 1751."
466 Lockman, Leonard (four servants of Major Leonard Lockman being on board
the Beaufort. In fact he was on the Rochampton)
471 Knight, Charles- Bates says: "See 1752 Census: Jane Knight, within the
town, 1 female over 16, 1 male under 16"
476 Cousins, James- Bates says: "See also John Cozens, on a lot in Block C,
South Suburbs, East Side of Hollis Street."
There were 3 other columns at the end of this manifest.
They included: Boys, Girls, MaleServ., FemaleServ, Total in Party. I
have attempted to put these numbers below next to register number. Any
line with just husband and wife or travelling alone I have not included below.
369 1 girl 3 total
370 4 male serv., 3 female serv. 8 total
375 1 boy, 1 girl 4 total
396 2 male serv. 4 total
398 1 boy 3 total
415 1 male serv., 1 female serv. 4 total
416 1 male serv. 3 total
423 1 boy 1 male serv. 4 total
425 1 girl 3 total
428 1 male serv. 2 total
463 1 female serv. 3 total
466 3 male serv. 1 female serv. 4 total
474 1 girl 3 total
485 1 male serv. 2 total
501 1 male serv. 2 total
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 Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 25 February 1999
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