Bark John W. Cater
[No.8.]
REPORT or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Bark John W. Cater whereof Davis is Captain from St. Thomas, burthen 217 31/95 tons, and owned by G? T? Davis of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
1 Henry H. Haywood 27 male merchant Demena? 2 M^rs Haywood 26 female Demena? 3 M^rs C. Gamble 38 female Jamaica Jamaica 4 servant 40 female Jamaica 5* Captn H. C. Cotte 25 male officer of Me Me England 6 Doctor J G Deveny 40 male merchant Jamaica 7 servant 22 male St Thomas 8 A. J. Hill 55 male merchant St Thomas 9 Doctor W^m Stevens 64 male merchant St Croix 10 W^m Wiseman 30 male merchant St Thomas 11 M^rs Wiseman 25 female St Thomas 12 servant 13 female St Thomas 13* W^m P. Scull 60 male merchant Philadelphia 14 Victor Madeiras 25 male merchant St Thomas 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. * Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling. * Passenger numbers assigned by transcriber for search purpose. * All passengers were probably from Germany and intended to reside in the United States so these columns are not shown. 5 Occupation may mean "Officer of the Merchant Marine" 13 Passenger died at sea 24th July 1840.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 56.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 July 2009
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