Immigrant Ships
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Ship Bashan

I, Joseph Callender, 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 Bashan 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 knowlege and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. Sworn to before me, this seventeenth day of March 1828. (Signed) Joseph Callender, MASTER. Dy COLLECTOR (Deputy Collector did not sign this.)

REPORT and LIST of the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Bashan of Boston whereof Jos. Callender is Master, burthen three hundred & ninety two tons and 18/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong.

    
   
  1 Edward Pepper         26  male    labourer      Ireland
  2 Catharine Long        16  female                Ireland
  3 Catharine Qu???   *   23  female                Ireland
  4 Margaret Castle       16  female                Ireland
  5 Bridget McGrath       25  female                Ireland
  6 John McGrath          12  male                  Ireland
  7 B???y McGrath     *    9  female                Ireland
  8 James Swaney      *   1?  male                  Ireland
  9 Sarah Swaney           7  female                Ireland
 10 Janet Scoot       *    2  female                Scotland
 11 John Scoot             8  male                  Scotland
 12 James Scoot            6  male                  Scotland
 13 Jane Scoot             4  female                Scotland
 14 Andrew Scoot           2  male                  Scotland
 15 John Dillon           21  male    labourer      Ireland
 16 John Dogherty         21  male    stone cutter  Ireland
 17 James Ca?iff      *   29  male    labourer      Ireland
 18 Edward Swerils        28  male    labourer      Ireland
 19 William Swerils       18  male    labourer      Ireland
 20 William Richards      31  male    stone cutter  Ireland
 21 John Lynch            14  male                  England
 22 John Grayton          38  male    mariner       USA   
        
Transcriber's Notes:   
 #3 looks like Quam, but is possibly Quinn.
 #7 name looks like Barry, but could be Bessy. 
 #8 age was 16 or 10.
#10-13 spelled as found, but probably Scott.
#17 letter looks like n or rr. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.

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