Immigrant Ships
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Ship Colossus

I, Robert Marshall, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Colossus whereof I am Master, from Liverpool. So help me God. (signed) RMarshall Sworn to, the 30 May 1825 Before me (signed)?? Kearney

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Colossus whereof Robert Marshall is Master, from Liverpool. Burthen 399 31/95 Tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age in years and months, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage.

  
1  Richard Fletcher   32     Male   Labourer     Ireland
2  Catharine Fletcher 28     Female None         Ireland
3  Hannah Fletcher     9  6  Female None         Ireland
4  Elizabeth Fletcher  1  2  Female None         Ireland
5  Thomas Guns??      24     Male   Distiller    Ireland
6  Patrick Carey      24     Male   Farmer       Ireland
7  John Pendergrass   12     Male   None         Ireland
8  Patrick McDonald   24  8  Male   Farmer       Ireland
9  Mary McDonald      25     Female None         Ireland
10 Mary McDonald      10  8  Female None         Ireland
11 Alice McDonald      3  4  Female None         Ireland
12 James ??aso?       21     Male   None         Ireland
13 Obadiah Booth      28     Male   Baker        England
14 Edward Gadsby      30     Male   Farmer       England
15 Elizabeth Gadsby   25     Female None         England
16 ???? ??????        35     Male   M????        England
17 Henry Wilson       35     Male   Farmer       England
18 Martha Wilson      36     Female None         England
19 Elizabeth Wilson    9     Female None         England
20 Jane Wilson         8     Female None         England
21 Richard Wilson      6     Male   None         England
22 Martha Wilson       5     Female None         England
24 Sarah Wilson        1     Female None         England
25 John Webb          27     Male   Baker        England
26 Barnard Murray     28     Male   Glass Cutter Ireland
27 John Lord          21     Male   Miller       England
28 Maria Lord         19     Female None         England
29 Mary Ann Fearnly   12     Female None         England      

 
Transcriber's Notes:
It is not possible to read the two initials at the beginning of the 
  Collector's signature.
The words "United States" are written at the top of the "Country in 
  which they intend to become inhabitants", with ditto marks underneath 
  for every passenger on the voyage.  I did not include that column in 
  my transcription.
The word None is written in the center of the "Died on the Voyage" 
  column, indicating that no passengers on this voyage died.  This is 
  why I omitted the column in my transcription.
The surname for Passenger #5 could be Gunsen or Gunson.  The copy is 
  too light to be legible.
The surname for Passenger #12 could begin with either an H or a Gl.  
  The last letter could be an n or a w.
The entire name for Passenger #16 is illegible.  The paper had 
  apparently been folded just at his name, and it seemed to have cracked.  
  The copy just shows dark spaces over most of the letters.  It is 
  possible that the given name is John, but it is impossible to tell 
  definitively.  The occupation may be Mason.  The crack does not 
  obliterate that word, but the copy is too light to be legible.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 7, List 307.

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