Brig Splendid
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Splendid whereof Francis R. Thobald is Master from Newcastle, England, burthen 222 20/95 tons, and owned by James Nicholas & Alexander Cooper of Pittston, Maine and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, given name, last name, age, sex, occupation, to what Country belonging, and Country they intend to become inhabitants*.
1 Margaret Housecroft 31 female England 2 Ralph Housecroft 10 male England 3 Thomas Housecroft 8 male England 4 Margaret Housecroft 6 female England 5 George Pearson 50 male farmer England 6 Dorothy Pearson 36 female England 7 Henry Pearson 11 male England 8 William Pearson 9 male England 9 R. F. Pearson 7 male England 10 Alexander Seng 47 male manufacturer England 11 T. Song 40 female England 12 W^m P. Song 19 male England 13 Ann C. Song 17 female England 14 Elizabeth R. Seng 11 female England 15 Chales G. Song 6 male England 16 Joseph Carr 24 male glover England 17 Jane Carr 22 female England 18 A. H. Melville 30 male confectioner Scotland 19 Ann Melville 27 female Scotland 20 John Melville 4 male Scotland 21 Andrew Melville 9m male Scotland 22* R. Maughan 24 male baker ? 23* Sarah Maughan 26 female ? 24* Robert Braithwrite 23 male baker ? 25* Elizabeth Clement 31 female ? 26* W^m Clement 2 male ? 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. * Since all were going to the United States this column has been omitted. 22-26 Country of origin can not be read as it had been overwritten; might be Ireland.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 46.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 August 2008
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