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Ship Mersey


Cardiff, Wales to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
28 September 1836
I, M. B. Webb do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector for the distruct of Philadelphia, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Mersey whereof I am Master, from Cardiff, Wales so help me God
Sworn to, the __________
Before me, ___________
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the _________ whereof ________ is Master from __________, burthen _____ tons.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, and to what country intending to reside*.
 1   Augustin       M^cPherson       25   male    blacksmith    Scotland    
 2   Margaret       M^cPherson       86   female                Scotland
 3   Daniel         Douglass         40   male    weaver        Scotland      
 4   William        Meridith         30   male                  Great Britain
 5   W^m            Hick             20   male    sadler        Great Britain          
 6   Prichard       Thomas           25   male    sadler        Great Britain
 7   Benjamin       Verner           28   male    ore smelter   Great Britain    
 8   M^r            Watkin           20   male    pudler        Great Britain
 9   Hannah         Llewellyn        42   female                Great Britain
10   Catherine      Llewellyn        20   female                Great Britain       
11   Methululest    Llewellyn        16   male                  Great Britain             
12   Henery         Llewellyn        12   male                  Great Britain       
13   Bettey?        Llewellyn         9   female                Great Britain       
14   G??man         Llewellyn         4   female                Great Britain       
15   O??            Watkins?         18   female                Great Britain       
16   Catherine      Crawley          25   female                Great Britain       
17   Mary Ann       Crawley          18   female                Great Britain        
18   Eliza          Crawley           7   female                Great Britain       
19   Catherine      Crawley          13   female                Great Britain       
20   Edward         Crawley          41   male                  Great Britain       


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.
^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for ease of reference.
*  All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 51.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 April 2009



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