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Ship Mercury

I, John Boit, 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 Mercury whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of London or which have at any time since been taken on board the 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 5th day of September, 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy COLLECTOR. (Signed) John Boit, MASTER.

REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the Ship Mercury of Boston whereof Boit is master, burthen 304 tons and 65/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of London for Boston.

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

    
   1* George Bar???          52  male     ?                U. S. A.   U. S. A.
   2  Chs. H. Burgess        19  male     gentleman        England    England
   3  Arabella Mitchell      50  female   seamstress       England    England
   4* M?sco? Faigin           4  female                    England    England
   5  Edward Dudley          36  male     marble polisher  England    England
   6* Joseph Wilkin?         30  male     clothier         England    England
   7* Richard Bar??          27  male     labourer         England    England
   8  John B. Boulding       24  male     labourer         England    England
   9* Thomas Mitt??          30  male     blacksmith       England    England
  10* Charlotte Mitt??       36  male     seamstress       England    England
  11* Elizabeth Mitt??       60  male     seamstress       England    England
  12* Martha Mitt??           ?  male                      England    England   
  13* Thomas Mitt??           4  male                      England    England  
  14* Francis Mitt?        10mo  female                    England    England  Died Aug. 15, 1826
  15  Charles Ruther         39  male     cordwainer       England    England 
  16  Sarah Ruther           39  female   seamstress       England    England 
  17* Charles Ruther Jr.     1?  male     cordwainer       England    England  
  18  Caroline Ruther         7  female                    England    England
  19  Thomas Ruther           2  male                      England    England  
    

Transcriber's Notes:  

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
  the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
  in the transcriber's notes.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

Passenger numbers were added to aid in referencing.

 1 George Bar??: possibly Barber or Barker.  His occupation may have started 
   with F, T, or W, and probably ended with er, about 5 or 6 letters in all.  
 4 M?sco? Faigin: first name looks like Muscom.
 6 Joseph Wilkin?: there may be an s on end.
 7 Richard Bar???: looked the same as first passenger's name, 
   but they were from different places.
 9-14 Mitt??: could be en or in, or er or ir.
10-11 Charlotte and Elizabeth Mitt?? were listed as male.
12 Martha Mitt??: age 6 or 60.
17 Charles Ruthe? Jr.: age was 10 or 16.

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

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