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Ship Constitution

I, Elliott Ward, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the above List, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of New-Haven, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers which were on board said Ship Constitution at the time of her sailing from the Port of Limerick in Ireland. So help me God. Sworn to before me, this 26th day of June 1821. (Signed) Elliott Ward.

List of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Constitution of New Haven in any foreign Port or Place.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage. There were no deaths on this voyage. All the passengers were from Ireland and all intended to become inhabitants of the United States, so those columns have been eliminated here.

         1 Daniel O'Brian        30  male    gentleman    Ireland    United States  2 James Handerson       30  male    farmer    3 Patt Handerson        28  male    farmer  4 Patt Ryan             22  male    farmer  5 Catherine ?ands    *  3?  female  none   6 Edward ?ands          10  male    none  7 Eliza ?ands            6  female  none  8 Mary Duane            26  female  none  9 Hugh O'Keafe          52  male    farmer 10 Johanna O'Keafe       37  female  none 11 Hugh O'Keafe, Jnr     12  male    none 12 Susannah O'Keafe      13  female  none 13 Daniel O'Keafe         9  male    none 14 Martha O'Keafe         8  female  none 15 Honora O'Keafe         4  female  none 16 Thomas O'Keafe         2  male    none 17 James O'Gorham     *  36  male    farmer   18 Eliza O'Gorman        12  female  none 19 Ellen O'Gorman        10  female  none    Transcriber's Notes:  #5 age either 30 or 36.     #5-#7 first letter(s) could be H or M or St.#17-#19 surname spelled both O'Gorham and O'Gorman for this group.Correspondence - 1/00 #9-19 Hugh and Johanna (O'GORMAN) O'KEEFE were living in Kilrush, County Clare,Ireland just before they went to Limerick and boarded the Ship Constitutionfor America.  Johanna's brother James also was on the same ship.  Upon arriving in America the family settled at Madison, Indiana, where thefather resumed his profession of river boat pilot on the Ohio River.  Later,they crossed over the river into Kentucky and lived on Pattons Creek, OldhamCounty.  It appears that Hugh, Sr. died there.Johanna followed her daughter and son to Morgan Co., Illinois and died there onMarch 07, 1861.  She was buried in Williams Cemetery, Philadelphia Township,Cass Co., Illinois with her son Thomas and grandchildren from Hanorah.Hanorah, who was born April 02, 1817, met Milton TROTTER in the Madison, Indianaarea. They  moved to Morgan Co., Illinois and on April 29, 1835, they weremarried.  Milton homesteaded on land in Morgan Co. that later became Cass Co.Milton and Hanorah had a total of 10 children.  September 1854 was a hardtime for the Trotter family.  They lost 3 children within the month.  Of the10, only 4 out-lived their mother.Milton with Hanorah's help was a very successful business man.  They farmedin Cass Co., until about 1860 when they moved to Decatur, Macon Co., Ilinois.They lived at 954 N. Broadway in Decatur.  Hanorah died there October 02,1888.  Her husband Milton died 3 years later.There is a picture of Hanorah athttp://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/fotos4.htmlHanorah's Obit is located at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/t_obits.htmlThe information for this footnote from Errol CrossOur Web Site - http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ecrossTrotter Family - http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/fotos4.html#11 Hugh O'KEEFFE (Junior) was born December 25, 1804, in Kilrush, County Clare,Ireland, and was sent to the parish school to be trained for the priesthood.  His religious training was discontinued in 1822 when the family immigratedto America.  Hugh was described as a stocky, red-headed, and witty Irishman.  His age was incorrectly written on the original manifest.  He was 17 at the time of immigration.Upon arriving in America the family settled at Madison, Indiana, where thefather resumed his profession of river boat pilot on the Ohio River.  Later,they crossed over the river into Kentucky and lived on Pattons Creek, OldhamCounty. Here, Hugh married Mary Ann (Polly) MORGAN on August 30, 1826.Polly, the daughter of John MORGAN, was born on December 25, 1804, in HenryCounty, Kentucky. Hugh, Mary and their 10 children moved to Texas in covered ox-drawn wagonsand settled in Bell County in 1853.  Hugh purchased 150 acres of land onPeppers Creek in the Howard community and built a house.  He engaged infarming, ranching and, for a period, operated the stagecoach stop at Howard. Later he purchased about 100 acres of land on the north side of the LeonRiver in the vicinity of present-day Lake Belton.  While living in Howard,Mary persuaded Hugh to attend a revival in Belton being conducted by MajorPENN, a known evangelist.  Hugh renounced his Catholic faith and joined theBaptist church with Mary.Source: THE STORY OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS, Volumes I & II, 1988, Bell CountyHistorical Commission, pp. 799-800, originally submitted by: Major FredT. O'Keefe.  The footnote for #11 added by Mike AllenSome other descendants of Hugh O'Keeffe and Johanna O'Gorman doing family historyresearch on the Internet:Laurel BurnsLisa Marie "Cinel" DwyerJeff Looper

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M575, Reel 5.

Transcribed by Mary Koelzer for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 22 June 1999

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