Immigrant Ships
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Ship American

There was no captain's sworn statement with this list.

A List of Passengers who intend going to New York on the Ship American, 340 Tons burthen, Alexander Thompson Master, sworn at Londonderry, 9 April 1803.*

Columns represent: name, age, county or town of origin in Ireland, occupation.

  
  1 David          Kerr           28  Donegal    farmer
  2 Hannah         Kerr           26  Donegal    spinster
  3 Robert         Virtue         22  Donegal    farmer
  4 Ann            Virtue         25  Donegal    spinster
  5 Alexander      Thompson       21  Fermanagh  farmer
  6 L.             Jenkin      *      Fermanagh  labourer  
  7 Andw.          Brander            Fermanagh  labourer
  8 L.             Miller             Fermanagh  labourer
  9 James          McCafferty         Fermanagh  labourer
 10 John           Ward               Fermanagh  labourer
 11 Robert         Fitzpatrick        Fermanagh  labourer
 12 Robert         Stinson            Fermanagh  labourer
 13 William        Taylor             Sligo      labourer
 14 Elinor         Taylor             Sligo      spinster
 15 Mary           Taylor             Sligo      spinster
 16 John           Longhead           Donegal    labourer
 17 R.             Longhead           Donegal    spinster
 18 Robt.          Longhead           Donegal    labourer
 19 John           Longhead           Donegal    labourer
 20 John           Whiteside          Donegal    labourer
 21 Ann            Whiteside          Donegal    spinster
 22 Arthur         Johnston           Donegal    farmer
 23 Mary           Johnston           Donegal    spinster
 24 Thomas         Longhead           Donegal    labourer
 25 Thomas         Longhead       28  Donegal    labourer
 26 James          McCrea         20  Ballantra  labourer
 27 John           McCrea         25  Ballantra  labourer
 28 Barbara        Spence         24  Ballantra  spinster
 29 Catherine      Spence         23  Ballantra  spinster
 30 John           Coulter        23  Petigo     labourer
 31 Dennis         Carr           22  Petigo     labourer
 32 Catherine      Carr           21  Petigo     spinster
 33 James          Tremble        26  Donegal    farmer
 34 Patk           McGeragh       22  Donegal    farmer
 35 Alex           McKee          27  Donegal    farmer
 36 Fanny          McKee          26  Donegal    spinster
 37 Patrick        McMullen       29  Donegal    labourer
 38 Hugh           Devarney       26  Monaghan   labourer
 39 Bryan          Devine         28  Monaghan   labourer
 40 Ann            Devine         25  Monaghan   spinster
 41 Mary           McGinn         22  Cavan      spinster
 42 Thos.          McGinn         27  Cavan      labourer
 43 James          Murphy         27  Cavan      labourer
 44 Thomas         Murphy         23  Cavan      labourer
 45 Thomas         McSurgan       26  Cavan      labourer
 46 Mary           McSurgan       23  Cavan      spinster
 47 Mark           O’Neill        25  Drunguin   labourer
 48 Jane           O’Neill        23  Drunguin   spinster
 49 Henry          O’Neill        17  Drunguin   labourer

Transcriber's Notes:     
* This was probably near the date of departure from Ireland.  It probably 
  arrived during the summer months. 

  #6-23 no ages provided for these passengers. 

This information was originally published in "Passenger Lists to America" 
in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, along with 
a number of other lists, between 1906 and 1912, by Gerald Fothergill.  
These lists were found by Fothergill, while searching through the 
British Archives, in British Museum Manuscript Add. 35932. 

It was subsequently published in "Ship Passenger Lists" by Carl Boyer 3rd, 
in 1977, Newhall, California.  Library of Congress Catalogue number: 
76-37355.