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Wilmington 
Ship: Wilmington
Date: June 1749 (Arrival)
Departing:
Arriving: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Master: Thomas Adams
Ship Type: 631 tons
Columns represent: Gender Name Occupation Comment Boys Girls MaleServants FemaleServants Total*
217 William Paget & wife 3 1 6 218 Dennis Geary & wife Mariner 1 3 Bedford 219 Joseph Wakefield Lieutenant 1 Colonel Shirley's Artificers 220 Thomas Greenock & wife Mate 3 3 8 Nassau 221 Augustine Graham Lieutenant 2 1 4 Colonel Schuyler's 222 Thomas Price Husbandman 1 223 Andrew Arden Carpenter 1 224 Joseph Edwards Joiner 1 225 John Petty & wife Joiner 1 1 4 226 John Johnson & wife Carpenter 1 1 4 227 William Hastings & wife Carpenter 1 1 4 228 William Wilkins Mariner 1 Merchant Service 229 Michael Barrett & wife Joiner 1 3 230 Robert Cockburn Master's mate 1 Penzance 231 James Cockburn & wife Quarter Gunner 1 3 Chatham 232 Richard Cooper & wife Midshipman 1 1 4 Boyne Privateer 233 John Dale & wife Mariner 2 Prince Frederick 234 Adam McLaren & wife Mariner 1 3 Burford 235 James Holmes Husbandman 1 236 Daniel McWade Mariner 1 Revenge 237 Richard Mainwarring Midshipman 1 Gosport 238 James Hayes 1 239 Thomas Dunston Midshipman 1 Winchelsea 240 Samuel Barkes Mariner 1 Hampton Court 241 James Perry Husbandman 1 242 John Barnes & wife Gardener 2 243 Dennis Clarke & wife Lieutenant 2 4 Hardwick Privateer 244 Thomas Thomas & wife Corporal 1 3 Jordan's Marines 245 Andrew Shepherd & wife Baker 1 1 4 Victualling Office 246 George Strangmore & wife Carpenter's Crew 3 5 Dursely Galley 247 Timothy Pearce & wife Midshipman 2 Lys 248 Owen Jones & wife Labourer 2 1 5 Deptford Yard 249 John Beaumont & wife Mariner 2 Dolphin 250 William Cox & wife Smith 2 251 William Bennett & wife Mariner 3 Cumberland 252 Joshua Pritchard Husbandman 2 3 253 William Wright & wife Husbandman 3 2 7 254 Benjamin Bailis & wife Mariner 1 3 Shark Sloop 255 William Notten Mariner 1 Kent 256 Moses Walwood Carpenter; joiner 1 3 5 257 Samuel Roberts Mariner 1 Royal George 258 William Cook Husbandman 1 259 Robert Kirshaw & wife Carpenter; joiner 1 3 6 260 Richard Winne & wife Husbandman 2 261 Thomas Groom & wife Joiner 2 262 Thomas Mertell & wife Weaver 2 263 William Hunthank Mariner 1 Colonel Holmes's 264 Fenton Griffith & wife Surgeon's mate 2 265 John Brooksby Husbandman 1 266 Richard Halford & wife Husbandman 1 1 4 267 James Halford Butcher 1 268 Carew Weeks Husbandman 1 269 John Meadows Carpenter 1 270 Thomas Wilson Surgeon 1 Rye 271 John Dickson & wife Smith 2 4 272 Peter Alexander & wife Mariner 2 Dorsetshire 273 Philip Taylor & wife usbandman 1 1 4 274 William Redman & wife Mariner 2 Dover 275 John Norris & wife Shoemaker 2 276 John Collis & wife Husbandman 2 1 5 277 Thomas Noddell Joiner 1 278 Ambrose Lloyd & wife Mariner 2 Friendship 279 Humphry Jones Husbandman 1 280 Folk Davis & wife Butcher 1 3 Rainbow 281 Heny. Hughes Private 1 2 Lord Cholmondeley's 282 Mardo McLeod Fisherman 1 2 283 Thomas Louthion Surgeon's mate 1 284 George Hick Smith 1 2 285 Thomas Warrington Husbandman 1 286 George Shipton Private 1 Lord Cholmondeley's 287 William Davis & wife Mariner 1 3 Panther 288 James Anderson & wife Private 1 3 Lord Stairs 289 Patrick Malone Mariner 1 2 Alderney 290 Jeremiah Ford & wife Mariner 2 Barfleur 291 William Burt & wife Mariner 2 Prince of Orange 292 Andrew Hoare & wife Carpenter 2 293 Thomas Fountain & wife Husbandman 2 294 Abraham Ogier Mariner 1 Tilbury 295 Samuel Westbrook Mason 1 296 William Nicholson & wife Staymaker 1 3 297 William Jackson & wife Butcher 1 1 4 Victualling Office 298 Edward Darling & wife Corporal 1 3 Cochran's 299 Shovel Abraham Husbandman 1 300 William Rye & wife Mariner 2 Royal Sovereign 301 Richard Patterson & wife Bricklayer 4 6 302 John Podder & wife Brickmaker 1 3 6 303 Edward Richardson & wife Mariner 2 Dragon 304 William Allen & wife Quartermaster 1 2 5 4th Troop Horse Guards 305 Thomas Tickles & wife Mariner 2 Ludlow Castle 306 Peter Morefield & wife Mariner 2 Greyhound 307 George Dundas Sergeant 1 Colonel Holmes's 308 John Golden & wife Carpenter 1 3 309 Robert Boreham Smith 1 310 William Challand & wife Husbandman 2 311 Robert Parkinson & wife Plasterer 2 312 William Andrews & wife Bricklayer 2 313 Edward Brown & wife Gardener 4 2 8 314 Thomas Pilgrim & wife Private 2 1st Regiment Foot Guards 315 William Williams Smith 1 316 Elizabeth Williams Midwife 1 317 James Fyney Painter 1 318 George Gordon Ship Carpenter 1 319 John Grant Volunteer 1 320 John Woodmansey Husbandman 1 321 Thomas Frankland & wife Husbandman 2 322 Benjamin Holt Shipwright 1 Deptford Yard 323 Benjamin Burton Shipwright 1 Deptford Yard 324 Daniel Goodman Shipwright 1 Deptford Yard 325 Richard Eden & wife Carpenter 1 3 326 Thomas Wilkins Carpenter 1 327 John Clarke Mariner 1 2 Nonsuch 328 Richard Reynolds Gardener 1 329 William Rycraft Shipwright 1 330 John Stevens & wife Carpenter 1 4 7 331 Robert Rumsey & wife Carpenter 1 3 332 John Buckell Husbandman 1 333 John Michael Jacon Cornet 1 Imperial Service 334 Barnard Gordon Mariner 1 Sunderland 335 Richard Jackson Husbandman 1 336 Richard Sparkes & wife Mariner 2 Plymouth 337 Robert Ward Brickmaker 1 338 Antonio Baptista Mariner 1 339 John Haly & wife Mariner 2 Guernsey 340 John McDowel & wife Mariner 2 341 John Turner Husbandman 1 342 William Elliot & wife Fisherman 2 343 Matthew Basterfield Husbandman 1 344 John Arthur Tobacconist 1 345 Daniel Gordon Mariner 1 Lenox 346 Robert Hastings Carpenter 1 347 John Hudson & wife Volunteer 2 3 7 348 John Yarburgh Mariner 1 Yarmouth 349 Robert Kerr Apothecary's mate 1 2 350 Thomas Smith Labourer 1 351 John Young & wife Husbandman 2 352 Hugh Makeum & wife Husbandman 2 353 Robert Carrier Mariner 1 Enterprise 354 Daniel East & wife Husbandman 2 355 Alexander McLeish & wife Husbandman 1 3 356 John Haywood & wife Husbandman 1 1 4 357 Thomas Reynolds Ensign 1 2 Plymouth Garrison 358 Greenway Davis Purser 2 3 New Castle 359 Edward Self Periwigmaker 1 360 Richard Bond Periwigmaker 1 361 Peter Pope & wife Cooper 1 3 362 Malacy Page & wife Shoemaker 1 3 363 Edward Jenkins Carpenter 1 364 William Langford & wife Carpenter 2 1 5 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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Reformatted by Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 25 February 1999
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