Ship William Brown
List of Passengers with their baggage on board the Ship William Brown, Henry S. Brown captain and bound for Philadelphia.
Columns represent: Passenger number*, name, list of baggage.
1* Rev^d Stephen Johnson one bureau and one chest wearing apparel
2* M^rs Johnson thirteen chests & boxes wearing apparel
3* ? child Johnson three baslets, two`beds & bedding, one chair &
one couch, one box curiosities
4* Elisabeth Robinson-nurse one bureau in two parts, one trunk &
5* ?child Robinson three chests,
6* ?child Robinson wearing apparel
7* Howard Malcolm Jones one basket, one matrass, one small bedstead,
8* Julia Jones one cradle, and two small chairs
9 Joseph Chapman sailor sent home by the Consul.
signed: "Ship William Brown at sea
Henry A. Brown"
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 to aid search.
* All passengers intended to reside in the United States (even though not stated)
so this column is not shown.
* Departure port and date of arrival obtained from Ancestry.com, i.e. information
not shown on the manfest that is on-line. Batavia is present day Jakarta.
1 to 3 Bracketed
4 to 8 Bracketed
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 53.
Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 May 2009
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