Brig Powhatan
Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Brig Powhatan of Newburyport whereof Robert W. Welsh is Master, burthen two hundred sixty seven tons and 66/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of London, England for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, to what country belonging, and to what country intending to reside*.
1 Benj^n Brown 23 male lawyer U. States U.S. Richmond 1 trunk & hat box
2* Geo. Lawrence 23 male sadler England U.S. 3 boxes, bed & bedding
3 Cha^s Lawrence 12 male boy England U.S.
4 James Lawrence 10 male boy England U.S.
5 John Lawrence 7 male boy England U.S.
6 Rebecca Lawrence 20 female lady England U.S.
7 Ester Lawrence 18 female lady England U.S.
8 Mary Lawrence 16 female lady England U.S.
9 Rob^t B. Linder 22 male merchant U. States U.S. Philad^a 3 trunks, bed & bedding
10 William Caldwell 37 male type founder U. States U.S. Philad^a 3 packages, bed & bedding
11 Fred^k Ruff 21 male brush maker England U.S. 3 packages, bed & bedding
12* Ellen Haley 44 female Ireland U.S. Richmond 1 case, bed & besdding
13 Catherine Haley 16 female Ireland U.S. Richmond
14 William Haley 19 male labourer Ireland U.S. Richmond
15* Alexander Dunnivan 48 male carpenter England U.S. Richmond 4 packages, bed & bedding
16 Hannah Dunnivan 40 female England U.S. Richmond
17 Mary Dunnivan 18 female England U.S. Richmond
18* John Dunnivan 14 male England U.S. Richmond
19 William Dunnivan 12 male England U.S. Richmond
20 Alexander Dunnivan 10 male England U.S. Richmond
21 Thomas Dunnivan 8 male England U.S. Richmond
22* Mary Ann Edwards 24 female lady England U.S. Philad^a 3 cases, bed & bedding
23 William Edwards 9 male England U.S. Philad^a
24 Emma G. Edwards 5 female England U.S. Philad^a
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.
2 passengers 2 to 8 bracketed together.
12 passengers 12 to 14 bracketed together.
15 passengers 15 to 21 bracketed together.
18 Died May 1st, 1835
22 passengers 22 to 24 bracketed together.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 50.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3 March 2009
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