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Ship Pocahontas


Liverpool, England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19 July 1836

Printed for J. H. Barnes, Ship & Insurance Broker,
opposite the Custom House, Philadelphia-by Russell & Martien
C.3
Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Pocahontas whereof James West is Master from Liverpool, England, burthen 534 43/95 tons, and owned by John A. Brown & Co of Philad^a and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, and to what country intending to reside*.
 1   John W.        Perat           48     male     merchant      Un. States
 2   Ruth L.        Perat           28     female                 U. States
 3   M^rs Anna B.   West            40     female                 U. States
 4   Matha          Allinson        18     female                 U. States
 5   Francis        Dobbs           40     male     Capt. H.M.S.  England
 6   Jane           Byrne           29     female                 England
 7   Terance        Tenor           28     male                   U. States
 8   Edw^d          Marron          23     male     weaver        England
 9   Roger          Harkisen        20     male     weaver        Scotland
10   Rob^t          Harkisen        28     male     weaver        Scotland
11   Marian?        Harkisen        60     female   lady          Scotland
12   John           Jones           24     male     shoemaker     England
13   Elizabeth      Jones           24     female                 England
14   Rob^t          Williams        34     male     farmer        Wales
15   Mary           Williams        30     female   farmer        Wales
16   W^m            Griffith        32     male     farmer        Wales


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
27 March 2009



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