Immigrant Ships
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Ship Sapphire

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 Sapphire 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 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 third day of May 1827. (Signed) JW??, COLLECTOR; (Signed) Joseph Callender, MASTER.

REPORT AND LIST of the passengers taken on board the Ship Sapphire of Boston whereof J. Callender is master, burthen three hundred and sixty five tons and --/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.

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

   
   1  Joseph Dickee       14  male                    Great Britain  USA
   2  Sophia Reed         22  female                  Great Britain  USA
   3  William Young       24  male    slater          Great Britain  USA
   4  Thomas Wallwork     30  male    fuller          Great Britain  USA
   5  John Clegg          38  male    fuller          Great Britain  USA
   6  Robert Cox          27  male    iron moulder    Great Britain  USA
   7  Mary Turner         40  female                  Great Britain  USA
   8  James Wood          24  male    engraver        Great Britain  USA
   9  Sarah Wood          18  female                  Great Britain  USA
  10  Ann Wood            17  female                  Great Britain  USA
  11  John Taylor         25  male    fulling miller  Great Britain  USA
  12* ? Taylor            23  female                  Great Britain  USA
  13  John Taylor          1  male                    Great Britain  USA
  14  Samuel Whitaker     20  male    weaver          Great Britain  USA
  15  Matthew Olton       36  male    cabinet maker   Great Britain  USA
  16  Thomas Davison      25  male    warehouse man   Great Britain  USA
  17  Margaret Gannon     46  female                  Great Britain  USA
  18  Margaret Gannon      8  female                  Great Britain  USA
  19  Caroline Gannon      2  female                  Great Britain  USA   

   
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 with referencing.   

12 ? Taylor: there was no first name given for this passenger.

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

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