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Brig Forrester


Liverpool, England to Boston, Massachusetts
5 October 1826

DISTRICT OF BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN – PORT OF BOSTON
I, Nath. Barstow, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within REPORT and LIST, subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the district of BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the names, age, sex and occupation of all the passengers, together with the name of the country to which they severally belong, and that of which they intend to become inhabitants, which were on board the Brig Forrester whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of Liverpool or which have at any time since been taken on board the said vessel. And I do likewise swear that all matters whatsoever in said report and list expressed, are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. (Signed) Nath. Barstow, MASTER. Sworn to before me, this 5th day of October 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy COLLECTOR.
REPORT and LIST of the passengers taken on board the Brig Forrester of Salem whereof Barstow is master, burthen 242 tons and 90/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Liverpool for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants.
 
  1 Michael       Hogan       31     male    farmer        Ireland  U. S. Am.
  2 Ann           Hogan       25     female                Ireland  U. S. Am.
  3 Alice         Hogan        4     female                Ireland  U. S. Am.
  4 Ann           Hogan        1y6m  female                Ireland  U. S. Am.
  5 John          Moor     *  1?     male    labourer      Ireland  U. S. Am.
  6 Christopher   Wilson      27     male    farmer        England  U. S. Am.
  7 John          Parks       32     male    basket maker  England  U. S. Am.
  8 Martha        Parks       32     female                England  U. S. Am.
  9 Eliza         Parks        7     female                England  U. S. Am.
 10 Betsey        Parks        4     female                England  U. S. Am.
 11 Wm.           Park?s   *   1y6m  male                  England  U. S. Am.

Transcriber's Notes:  
  #5 age could be 17 or 19.
 #11 surname looks like Parkes for this one, but Parks for 
     the rest of this family.   
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 November 1999



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