[No. 8]
REPORT OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the Schooner Liberty whereof Thomas Hewitt is Captain from Cape May, N.J.*, burthen 26 tons and owned by Thomas Hewitt of Cape May, N.J. and bound to Philadelphia.

Coloums represent: Passenger numbers*, names, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend becoming inhabitants*.

  1  Gott^b Geissler     54   male                    
  2  Elizab Geissler     56   female                  
  3  Leop Geissler       27   male                    
  4  Amelia Geissler     23   female                  
  5  Adolph Geissler     22   male                    
  6  Stiner Geissler     18   male                    
  7  Sturn Schenk        30   male                    
  8  Con Popp            34   male                    
  9  Martin Popp         24   male                    
 10  Kudegund Popp       59   male                    
 11  Margaretta Weisel   38   female                  
 12  ?enka Scheider      28   male                    
 13  John Silbaur        33   male                    
 14  Barbara Wald        25   female                  
 15  John Hoesel         26   male                    
 16  W. Wagner           28   male                    
 17  Franziska Wagner    21   female                  
 18  C. Carl             21   male                    
 19  Theresa Carl        43   female                  
 20  Walbuger Carl       46   female                  
 21  Walbuger Carl       18   female                  
 22  Margaretta Carl      8   female                  
 23  Herese Carl          3   female                  
 24  Anne Carl           12   female                  
 25* ? Freehling          4   female                  
 26* ? Freehling         30   female                  
 27  Mathias Ebsen       34   male                    

Summary
N.18. Oct. 17/48 Sch^r Liberty, brought from the Ship Marbs from Hamburg the passengers of that
vessel wrecked near Cape May, New Jersey.

Number of passengers   13   14
         total          27

Ages
 under  5 years        --    1 
 under 10 years        --    1   
 under 15 years        --    1
 under 20 years         1    1 
 under 25 years         2    3 
 under 30 years         4    1
 under 45 years         4    1
 40 yrs & above        --    1
                        2    4
        totals         13   14 
 
Occupations
             Not known but put as follows: 
                   manufasturers & wives      7   4
                   Mechanics & wives          6   4    
                   number under 10 yrs            3          
                   spinsters                      3 
                   totals                    13  14

Country-Germany
 

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 from Germany and intended to reside in the United States so
   these columns are not shown.
*  As stated in the Summary the passengers were originally on the Ship Marbs that was
   from Hamburg Germany and was wrecked (off the shore) near Cape May, N. J. and brought
   to Philadelphia on the Schooner Liberty.


25,26  Surname may be Fruhling

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 67.

Transcribed by Harry Green a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 January 2011

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