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Ship Amethyst
I, Jabez Howes, Jr., do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear,that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of BOSTON and CHARLESTOWN, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the names, age, sex, and occupation of all the passengers, together with the name of the country to which they severally belong, and that of which they intend to become inhabitants, which were on board the Ship Amethyst, whereof I am at present Master, at the time of her sailing from the Port of Liverpool or which have at any time since been taken on board said vessel. And I do likewise swear, that all matters whatsoever, in said Report and List expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD.
Sworn to before me, this fourteenth day of February 1828.
(Signed) Jabez Howes, Jr., MASTER.
(Collector did not sign the statement.)
REPORT and LIST of the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Amethyst of Boston whereof Jabez Howes, Jr. is Master, burthen three hundred and fifty ninetons and 36/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong. USA was listed for all the passengers as the country of which they intended to become inhabitants, therefore that column was eliminated.
1 Nicholas Ryan 30 male merchant USA
2 Nicholas Darghan 14 male labourer Ireland
3 William Galvin 18 male labourer Ireland
4 Anthony Shairn 35 male labourer Ireland
5 James Morgan 24 male labourer Ireland
6 Phillip Riley 22 male labourer Ireland
7 John Riley 20 male labourer Ireland
8 Bridget Nugent 16 female labourer Ireland
9 Betsy Carrol 20 female labourer Ireland
10 Rose Brady 26 female labourer Ireland
11 Bridget Lacy 18 female labourer Ireland
12 Margaret Gill 30 female labourer Ireland
13 Margaret Gill 7 female labourer Ireland
14 Margaret Britt 16 female labourer Ireland
15 Mary Hogan 20 female labourer Ireland
Transcriber's Notes:
Passenger numbers were added for ease in referencing.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.
Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
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