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Ship Sheridan

I, Geo. B Cornish 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 Sheridan whereof I am Master, from Newport Eng^d. So help me God. (signed) Geo. B Cornish

Sworn this 17 November, 1851, Before me (signature unreadable)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Sheridan whereof Geo. B Cornish, is master, from Newport, Eng^d burthen 895 55/95 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants.

     
    
 1* Rich^d T??i?d       41       Male   Miner        England  United States
 2  Ann Morris          40       Female Housewife    England  United States
 3  John Morris         20       Male                England  United States
 4  Margret Morris      19       Female              England  United States
 5  Mary Morris         18       Female              England  United States
 6  William Morris      13       Male                England  United States
 7* Tho^s Morris        12       Male                England  United States
 8  Benjamin Morris     10       Male                England  United States
 9  Jane Morris          7       Female              England  United States
10  Mordecai Morris      3       Male                England  United States
11  Sarah Davies        29       Female              England  United States
12* Edmond Emonds       36       Male   Hollier      Wales    United States  
13  Ann Edmonds         33       Female              Wales    United States 
14* Tho^s Edmonds       11       Male                Wales    United States 
15  James Edmonds        7       Male                Wales    United States 
16  Mary Edmonds         4       Female              Wales    United States 
17  Jane Pinchers       52       Female Housewife    England  United States 
18  Mary Ann Pinchers   22       Female              England  United States  
19* Rich^d Pinchers     14       Male                England  United States  
20  Elizabeth Lobb       3       Female              England  United States  
21  Henry Davies        22       Male   Collier      England  United States  
22  Joseph Davies       45       Male   Miner        England  United States  
23  Catharine Davies    39       Female              England  United States  
24  Abel Davies         10       Male                England  United States  
25* Cath^e Davies        7       Female              England  United States  
26  Mary Davies          5       Female              England  United States  
27* John Davies         10? Inft Male                England  United States  
28  Mary Jenkins        50       Female Housewife    England  United States
29  Elizabeth Jenkins   16       Female              England  United States  
30  Jane Jenkins        30       Female              England  United States  
31  Margret Jankins     24       Female              England  United States  
32* Tho^s Jenkins       20       Male                England  United States  
33  David Jenkins       12       Male                England  United States  
34  Ann Jenkins          6       Female              England  United States  
35  David Thomas        22       Male   Collier      England  United States  
36  John Lewis          22       Male   Engineer     England  United States  
37  Harriett Jenkins    44       Female Housekeeper  England  United States  
38* Tho^s Jenkins       24       Male                England  United States  
39  Lydia Jenkins       15       Female              England  United States  
40  Marianna Jenkins     9       Female              England  United States  
41  Eliza Harris        30       Female Housekeeper  England  United States  
42  Aron Harris          8       Male                England  United States  
43  Sarah Harris         3       Female              England  United States  
44  Elizabeth Harris     2y 6m   Female              England  United States  
45  George Jones        49       Male   Collier      England  United States  
46  James Taylor        25       Male   Labourer     England  United States  
47* George Sel??y       32       Male   Grocer       England  United States  
48  George Baker        30       Male   Collier      England  United States  
49* La?? Jenkins        35       Female Housekeeper  England  United States  
50  John Jenkins         5       Male                England  United States  
51  Sophia Griffiths    30       Female              England  United States  
52* John Griffiths       2        *                  England  United States  
53* Marg^t Ann Griffiths Inft     *                  England  United States  
                              
(Signed)  *Fifty two Souls including two infants, Geo B Cornish, Master
    
Transcriber's Notes: 
An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder not the 
  transcriber or is used to call your attention to additional information in the 
  Transcriber's Notes below.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to quality
  of original document.
The use of a ^ indicates the the letters following were written in superscript.
This list was numbered by the transcriber, they are not part of the original 
  document.

The column "Died on the Voyage" was eliminated because there were no entries.

In the Occupation column, all blank spaces were marked with ditto marks.  The 
assumption would be made that the occupation applies to the entire family, but in 
many cases this is illogical. (For example, men would be listed as Housewives or 
small children as Miners.)  Thus, the occupation has been listed only on the line 
where it was written on the manifest, though it is possible that it applies to 
other members of the family as well.

#1 - First name Richard.  The surname of this passenger is written too lightly to 
  make out clearly.  The two letters following the T appear as three small bumps, 
  possibly ur or ri.  The letter following the i appears to be an n, or an si.  
  Since the dot for the i is high above the name, its not clear which letter it 
  belongs to.  This name could be "Friend"
#7 - Thomas
#12 - This surname is clearly written Emonds, but since it is followed by several 
  passengers named Edmonds, it should most likely be Edmonds as well.
#14 - Thomas
#19 - Thomas
#25 - Catherine
#27 - Next to the number 10 a notation is made that is too small to read.  Since 
  the child is listed as Inft (infant) the note might indicate that the child is 
  10 months.
#32 - Thomas
#38 - Thomas
#47 - This surname is either Selby or Sellry
#49 - First name La followed by 4 bumps, than an a.  There is a dot above the word, 
  which could be the dot of an i.  Name could possibly by Laurra, Lanna, Larrisa 
  or something similar.
#52 - Sex column blank, should be male.
#53 - First name probably Margaret.  Sex column blank, should be female.  Inft 
  denotes an infant.

The Captains tally count in his signature does not match the number of passengers 
  listed on this manifest.  The reason for this is unknown.
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 107, List 1680.