I, James S. Fries, Master of the Danish Brig "Gipsy" do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collecting District of New York is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Brig at Teneriffe, Canary Islands from which port said _________ has now arrived and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to beome and inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.

So help me God
Ja^s S. Fries,

Sworn to this Jany 23rd 1878
Before me      Raymond ?
                   Dis Collector

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Danish Brig "Gipsy" whereof I James S. Fries is Master, from Teneriffe, burthen 137 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age (Years, Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage*, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

1  Albert C. Brown     43y 2m   Male   Sea Captain   United States   United States   Cabin 
2  Francis T. Freeman  44y 4m   Male   Mate          United States   United States   Cabin 
3  Edward Smith        26y 7m   Male   Steward       United States   United States   Steerage
    

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.
 
*  No one died on the voyage so this column has been omitted.


Personal Information

Master of the ship James S. Fries, aka James Smith Fries, is my great great Grandfather, 
born 09 Jun 1847, Port Republic N.J. U.S.A., died 19 Apr 1903 Brooklyn N.Y.  
He married Mary Etta Smith, born 14 Jul 1850, New Jersey, died 06 Jan 1923, Brooklyn N.Y. 
 
James was the son of Charles Smith Fries and Elizabeth McCollum.
Daughter of James S. Fries, Marcella Freeman Fries, born 21 Jul 1877 Harrison New Jersey, 
died 17 Jun 1955 Brooklyn, New York.
 
Marcella married Lindsley Haviland 01 Jan 1899 In New York.
Lindsley Haviland born 10 Oct 1876 New Rochelle N.Y., died Feb 2 1955 Brooklyn N.Y.
Marcella had Alice Haviland born 02 Oct 1899 Brooklyn N.Y., died 15 Jul 1988 Brooklyn N.Y. 

Alice married Irving Berkeley Stanton Sr. 16 Sep 1922 Brooklyn N.Y. 
Irving was born 10 Jun 1894 Bayonne New Jersey, Died May 1979 Brooklyn N.Y.
Irving was my grandfather.
 
The Smith and Freeman names in the passenger list are probably related to me but at this 
time I do not know how.
 
I have pictures and daugerrotypes of James Fries and family as well as his 
sextant.  Correspondence  refers to him as Captain Fries in the late 1800's.
 
You may contact me at my email address: gastanton1@aol.com
E.R.Stanton.  

Contributed by E.R.Stanton
Transcribed by Mary Beth Arthur a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 February 2010

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