Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Wm. Brown

DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI - PORT OF NEW ORLEANS

I, S.W. McKown master or commander of the Ship Wm. Brown do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within list signed by me and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all Passengers, taken on board the said Brig at the port of Liverpool or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth, are according to the best of my knowledge and belief just and true; I do further swear that none of the said passengers have died on the voyage. Sworn before me this 5th day of February 1827. (signature illegible) Signed by S.W. McKown.

List of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Wm Brown whereof S.W. McKown is Master, at the Post of Liverpool and bound for New Orleans.

Column headings are for: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they belong, and Country of which they intend to become inhabitants.

 1  M. Nicholson   32       male merchant Scotland      U States
 2* Jno Pearson    35       male merchant England       U States
 3  Wm Alanson     40       male merchant Englant       U States
 4* T. Bagger      27       male Clerk    Ireland       U States
 5* S. ?. Hobson   35       male merchant United States U States
 6  Richard Carnay 45       male          Ireland       New Orleans
 7* ?.?. Carney    40       female        Ireland       New Orleans
 8  Helene Carney  12       female        Ireland       New Orleans
 9* ??? Carney     10       female        Ireland       New Orleans
10  R.Carney        8       child         Ireland       New Orleans
11  C. Carney       9 month girl          Ireland       New Orleans

An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the transcriber.
The ? marks indicate letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the original document.
There were no births or deaths reported on the passage, therefore the Birth/Death column has been eliminated.
2 The first name is three letters. It could be Jno or Ivo.
3 Alonson could be Aldorson.
4 Bagger could be Bagget or Baggen. There are ink splotches across the tops of the last 4 letters.
5 The missing initial could be an I.
7 The first initial could possibly be an M, the second is illegible.
9 The first name has what looks like three letters. It is very dark and hard to read, but the name could be Fay.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 6.

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