Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Schooner Maria

St. Johns* to Boston, Massachusetts
24 October 1826

DISTRICT OF BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN – PORT OF BOSTON
I, Wm. Bennett, 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 Schooner Maria whereof I am at present master, at the time of her sailing from the port of St. Johns 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) Wm. Bennett, MASTER. Sworn to before me, this 24th day of October 1826. (Signed) N. Tracy, Deputy COLLECTOR.
REPORT and LIST of the passengers taken on board the Schooner Maria of (illegible) whereof Bennett is master, burthen 56 tons and (not filled in)/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of St. Johns for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants. 
 
  1 James          Wallace     25  male    blockmaker  Scotland    U. S. Am.
  2 George         Bennett  *  23  male    seaman      U. S. Am.   U. S. Am.
  3 Henry          Bennett  *  20  male    seaman      England     U. S. Am.
  4 James          Lorch       27  male    blacksmith  England     U. S. Am.
  5 Mrs. James     Lorch    *  20  female              Ireland     U. S. Am.
  6 Mrs. Thomas.   Nichols     18  female              Ireland     U. S. Am.
  
Transcriber's Notes: 
* Manifest does not state which port of St. Johns, but either Newfoundland or 
  perhaps New Brunswick. 

  #2-3, #5 if these 2 young seamen were relatives of the captain, then it 
           is possible that the country of origin column was not filled out 
           correctly.  That would also apply to #5 Mrs. James Lorch, who 
           could possibly have been from England, then.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 3.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
14 November 1999

If you find an ancestor on a ship on ISTG and would like to link to your email address or home page, please submit a short paragraph about the passenger, where settled, children, etc., with the name of the ship and date of arrival, and send to the transcriber at the bottom of the manifest or to the ISTG Production Coordinator. Be sure to include the name of the SHIP and VOLUME number.

Get all your genealogy books and CDs at one convenient location:
Genealogical Publishing Company
120x60 (animated)

World Vital Records - An Affordable Option

Website search technology courtesy of FreeFind.com

The new ISTG logo was created by Patty McCormack, 2007.
The old Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo, which is still used in part on this site,
was designed and contributed by Pat Walker and Sheila Tate.
The logo and other genealogical graphics are available on tee shirts, mousepads and tote bags from: AncesTees.
ISTG does not profit in any way from the sale of these items.
Copyrights, Trade Marks, & Registered Trade Marks within this web site are protected under international copyright law.
All rights reserved by the respective holders of any ™ © ® included within this site.

ISTG™ NOTICE: These electronic pages MAY NOT be reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation,
distribution or profit by anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. Copyright 1998-2009

Created & Maintained by the ISTG™ Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild


Back to ISTG Home Page