Ship Pocahontas
D.31
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Pocahontas whereof Ja^s West, is master, from Liverpool, England, burthen 534 43/95 tons and owned by Jn^o A. Brown & Co of Philadelphia and bound to Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Names, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants*.
1* M^rs Jane Thompson 40 female U. States 2 M^rs Jn^o C. Craig 20 female U. States 3 Joh. Craig 2 male U. States 4 Sarah Callahan 30 female nurse? U. States 5 Edw^d C Biddle 22 male gent U. States 6 C. Bele Gibson 26 male physician U. States 7 Cha^s Willing 30 male physician U. States 8 Elijat? Waring 22 male U. States 9 J. L. Schrage 26 male merchant U. States 10 Jn^o Middleton 24 male merchant England 11 J. R. Adkinson 18 male student England 12* ?ido ?aborn 25 male gent France 13 Alex^r Kelly 26 male U.S. 14 Jo. Kelly 23 male U.S. 15 Ellen Kelly 63 female U.S. 16 Eliza Wilson 20 female U.S. 17 Jo. Johnson 23 male U.S. 18 W^m Young 11 male U.S. 19 Geo. Wilson 5mos male U.S. 20 Jn^o Rutherford 40 male U.S. 21 Jn^o Wilson 28 male England 22 W^m Wilson 4y 6mos male England 23 Benj.? Gibson 30 male England 24 Ann Gibson 29 female England 25 John Gibson 2 male Ireland 26 Bridget M^cAnn 25 female Ireland 27 Mary? M^cAnn 4y 6mos female Ireland 28 Bridget M^cAnn 2y 6mos female Ireland 29 Aggen? M^cClellan 24 male Scotland 30 James Derogherty? 42 male mechanist Ireland 31 Stephen Giber 42 male artist Ireland 32 Ann Margerie? 21 female Ireland 33 Sam^l Fryer 30 male England 34 Mary? Ann Fryer 36 female England 35 Sam^l John Fryer 6 male England 36 George Fryer 4 female England 37 Ann Ellen Fryer 3 female England 38 Tho^s Fryer 16mos male England 39 Sarah Fryer 23 female England 40 Ann Harding 50 female England 41 Eliz^th Harding 14 female England 42 Ann Harding 8 female England 43 Jane Harding 7 female England 44 Marg^t M^cMuller 38 female England 45 Sam^l M^cMuller 6 male England 46 John Drake 22 male England 47 Matthew Gerrity? 31 male Ireland 48 Mary Doyle 24 female Ireland 49 William Pecock 40 male U.S. 50 Ann Pecock 40 male U.S. 51 Isabella Pecock 6y 6mos female U.S. 52 Thomas Pecock 3y 5mos male U.S. 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. * All passengers intended to reside in the United States so this column is not shown. 1-12 These passengers were bracketed together as being "Cabin" passengers. 12 Given name may be Victor. Surname could be Laborn or Saborn.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 52.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 April 2009
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