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I, John Doyle (signed) 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 Customs for the District of New York to the best of my knowledge and belief, a true account of all the Passengers received on board the Br. Ship Chester whereof I am Master, from Liverpool
So help me God. _________ to the _______ 1842. John Doyle (signed)
Sworn before me, 16th June 1842 M. L. Davis (signed)
LIST, or MANIFEST of all the PASSENGERS taken on board the Br. Ship Chester whereof John Doyle Master, from Liverpool burthen (left blank) tons (left blank)
Columns represent: NAMES, AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION, The Country to which they severally belong, The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and Baggage. All passengers noted that they were from Ireland and their destination as the Unites States so these columns have been omitted.
1 Richard Mitty 28 Male Labourer 4
2 Mrs. Mitty 26 Female Spinster
3 Philip Mitty 3 Male None
4 James Mitty Inft Male None
5 John Dunne 28 Male Labourer
6 Catherine Healy 26 Female Spinster
7 Esther Mullally 39 Female Spinster
8 James McCormick 37 Male Labourer
9 Marcella Purcell 38 Female Spinster 2
10 Mary McDonnell 30 Female Spinster
11 Bridget Friery 29 Female Spinster
12* Thomas Milnamo 28 Male Labourer
13 Bridget Fagan 26 Female Spinster
14 Mary Gilligan 25 Female Spinster 3
15 James Donnelly 38 Male Labourer
16 Thomas Quinn 36 Male Labourer
17 Thomas Mulligan 30 Male Labourer
18 Ann Murray 29 Female Spinster
19 Bridget Murray 37 Female Spinster
20 Bridget Murray 19 Female Spinster
21 Mary Flinn 25 Female Spinster
22 Margt Mullhall 28 Female Spinster
23 Catherine McDonagh 26 Female Spinster 4
24 Ellen McDonagh 21 Female Spinster 1
25* Mary Cluver 26 Female Spinster 1
26 Mr. Stevenson 29 Male Labourer 1
27 Mrs. Stevenson 30 Female Spinster 1
28 Mary Stevenson 4 Female Spinster
29 Margt Stevenson 3 Female Spinster
30 Ann Mulligan 25 Female Spinster
31 Honora McCormick 26 Female Spinster
32 Thomas Gill 21 Male Labourer
33 Mary O'Neill 26 Female Spinster 1
34 Thomas O'Neill 5 Male None 1
35 Ann O'Neill 4 Female None 1
36* James Riley 36 Male Labourer 1
37 ?????? ????? Male Labourer
38 Catherine Bradley 20 Female Spinster 1
39 Richard Burke 24 Male Labourer 1
40 Lewis Gunnig 26 Male Labourer
41 Rose Kealagher 19 Female Spinster
42 John Kelly 21 Male Labourer
43 Kitty Kelly 26 Female Spinster
44* Thomas Blany 21 Male Labourer
45* Jane Blany 26 Female Spinster
46* Patr Blany 26 Male Labourer
47* Mary Blany 21 Female Spinster 4
48* Sarah Lugan 21 Female Spinster 5
49* Bridget Lugan 23 Female Spinster
50 Hugh Coyle 26 Male Labourer
51 Margt Coyle 26 Female Spinster
52 Margt Coyle 28 Male Labourer
53 John Coyle 28 Male Labourer
54 Patr Coyle 21 Male Labourer
55 Mich Lestrange 26 Male Labourer 1
56 Catherine Casey 23 Female Spinster 1
57 Ann Kilrooly 28 Female Spinster 1
58 James Nelson 26 Male Labourer 2
59 Catherine Byrne 36 Female Spinster
60 Bridget Byrne 39 Female Spinster
61 Patr McFarland 38 Male Labourer
62 Peter McDonald 31 Male Labourer
63 Margt McDonald 23 Female Spinster
64 Michael Fleming 21 Male Labourer
65 Catherine Crawford 23 Female Spinster
66* Ann Killanphey 27 Female Spinster
67* John Killanphey 29 Male Labourer
68* Bridget Killanphey 51 Female Spinster
69* Rose Killanphey 51 Female Spinster
70 Michl Hoars 6 Male None
71 Michael Reynolds 18 Male Labourer
72 Mary Mackin 17 Female Spinster
73* John Dunney 16 Male Labourer 1
74* Michl Dunney 29 Male Labourer 1
75* Bridget Dunney 23 Female Spinster 1
76* Patr Dunney 19 Male Labourer 3
77 John Kelly 26 Male Labourer
78 Bridget Kelly 25 Female Spinster
79 Mary Kri?n?a 21 Female Spinster
80 Bridget Kri?n?a 23 Female Spinster
81 Eliza Mulholl 18 Female Spinster
82 Susan Murray 19 Female Spinster
83 Rose Murray 21 Female Spinster
84 David Lawler 23 Male Labourer
85 Patr Lawler 27 Male Labourer 4
86 Susan Lawler 26 Female Spinster
87 Margt McDonnell 18 Female Spinster
88 Bernard McGarry 28 Male Labourer
89 Mrs. McGarry 29 Female Spinster
90 James Riley 26 Male Labourer
91 Patr Riley 29 Male Labourer 2
92 James Collins 30 Male Labourer 1
93 James Murray 31 Male Labourer 1
94 Mary Murray 30 Female Spinster 1
95 Eliza Kiernan 29 Female Spinster 3
96 John Downey 24 Male Labourer
97 Owen Cannon 21 Male Labourer
98 Patr Keegan 26 Male Labourer
99 Wm Gainor 10 Male Labourer
100 Ellen Fitzgerald 26 Female Spinster
101* Mary Kennedy 23 Female Spinster
102 Ann Mulvey 12 Female Spinster
103 Ann Horan 19 Female Spinster
104 Mary Sheridan 18 Female Spinster 1
105 Matthew Elnell 23 Male Labourer 1
106 James Lanegan 26 Male Labourer
107 John Lanegan 13 Male Labourer
108* Mary Ganele 23 Female Spinster
109* John Ganele 29 Male Labourer
110 Mary Hughes 29 Female Spinster 1
111 Catherine Collins 21 Female Spinster 1
112 Mary Lawler 21 Female Spinster 1
113* Julia Mullaly 21 Female Spinster
114* Mr. Manicks 40 Male Labourer
115* Thomas Manicks 13 Male None
116* John Manicks 10 Male None
117* James Manicks 8 Male None
118* Eliza Manicks 6 Female None 4
119* Mary Manicks 3 Female None 3
120* Julia Manicks Inft Female None 4
121 Honor Spellman 21 Female Spinster
122 Ellen Manion 23 Female Spinster
123 Inez Shannon 23 Female Spinster
124 Sally Kinnian 19 Female Spinster
125 Mrs. Ann Smith 40 Female Spinster
126 Inft Smith Inft Female Spinster
127 Julia Smith 10 Female Spinster
128 Thomas Smith 6 Male None
129 James Smith 3 Male None 1
130 Peter Smith Inft Male none 1
131 John Doyle 26 Male Labourer 1
132 Mary Doyle 23 Female Spinster 1
133 Michal Brennan 24 Male Labourer 1
134 Biddy Singer 18 Female Spinster
135 Biddy Douglas 14 Female Spinster
136* Peter Lampton 12 *Female Spinster
137 Mary Keough 22 Female Spinster
138 Ann Fagan 26 Male None
139 Michael Fagan 6 Male None
140 John Fagan Inft Male None 2
141 Hannah Fagan 26 Male None
142 Michl Peters 27 Male Labourer
143* Thomas Frarch 29 Male Labourer
144* John Frarch 20 Male Labourer
145* James Frarch 13 Male Labourer 1
146* Edwd Frarch 10 Male Labourer 1
147* William Frarch 4 Male Labourer 1
148* Bernard Frarch Inft Male Labourer 1
149 Richard Bately 26 Male Labourer 1
150 Rebecca Bately 21 Male Labourer
151 Ann Smith 39 Female Spinster
152 Thos Smith 4 Male None
153 Eliza Smith 3 Female None
154 Joseph McCormick 26 Male Labourer
155 Sarah McCormick 21 Female Spinster
156 Jane Smith 26 Female Spinster 4
157 Bridget Smith 13 Female Spinster 3
158 Catherine Smith 6 Female Spinster 1
159 Bridget Lee 24 Female Spinster
160* John Kearnan 26 Male Labourer
161 Ann Smith 27 Female Spinster
162 Patr Smith Inft Male None
163 John Fitzgerald 26 Male Labourer
164 Thomas Baker 19 Male Labourer
165 Catherine English 13 Female Spinster
166 Mary Ann Carrigan 26 Female Spinster 2
167* Bridget Granney 26 Female Spinster 3
168 Bridget Sheeran 40 Female Spinster 1
169 May Sheeran Inft Female Spinster 1
170 Wm Sheeran 10 Male None 1
171 Hugh Sheeran 6 Male None
172 Novla Sheeran 3 Male None
173 Mary Kiernan 26 Female Spinster
174 Thomas Kiernan 26 Male Labourer
175 Ann Kiernan 13 Female Spinster
176 Wm Kiernan 10 Male None 1
177 Thos Kiernan 6 Male None 1
178 Wm Calhoun 26 Male Labourer 1
179 Simon Voight 25 Male Labourer 1
180 Wm Kennedy 24 Male Labourer
181 Mary Lynch 26 Female Spinster
182 Bridget Broderick 27 Female Spinster 1
183 John Matthews 21 Male Labourer 1
184 David Fleming 28 Male Labourer 1
185* Mary Connell 40 Female Spinster
186* Patr Connell 13 Male None
187* Margt Connell 4 Female Spinster
188* Inft Connell Inft Female Spinster
189 John Carroll 10 Male None
190 Ann Carroll 3 Female None
191 Patr Murphy 26 Male Labourer 2
192 Edw Kiernan 27 Male Labourer 3
193 Ann Ruddin 28 Female Spinster
194 Patr Kiernan 50 Male Labourer
195 Catherine Farrell 26 Female Spinster
196 Eliza Furman 27 Female Spinster
197 Esther Shea 20 Female Spinster
198 Margt McDermott 31 Female Spinster
199 Michl Brannon 30 Male Labourer
200 Bridget Donlan 29 Female Spinster 4
201 Patr Halpin 27 Male Labourer
202 Patr Farrell 26 Male Labourer
203 John Kelly 10 Male Labourer
204 Richd Kelly 8 Male Labourer
205 Chas Kelly 6 Male Labourer
206 Catherine Keenan 21 Female Spinster
207 John Gale 28 Male Labourer 1
208 John Gale 21 Male Labourer 1
209* Catherine Halfpenney 23 Female Spinster 1
210 Michael Burke 26 Male Labourer 1
211 Edw Martin 29 Male Labourer
212 Ann Gormley 30 Female Spinster
213 Ann Kerry 26 Female Spinster
214 Alia Kerry 29 Female Spinster
215 Austin Kerry 40 Male Labourer
216 Catherine McKenner? 18 Female Spinster
217 Eliza Kennedy 20 Female Spinster
218 Sus Morgan 21 Female Spinster
219 Bridget Lee 20 Female Spinster
220 Sarah Farrell 21 Female Spinster
221 Catherine Farrell 21 Female Spinster
222 Jane McDonald 22 Female Spinster
223 Mr. Byrne 29 Male Labourer
224 Mr. Donahoe 31 Male Labourer
225 John Byrne 40 Male Labourer 2
226 Mr. Crawford 25 Male Labourer 3
227* William Murphey 30 Male Labourer
228 ?????? Massey Male Labourer
229 Bu?? ???????? 19 Male Labourer
230* Mr. Smith 23 Male Labourer
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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
All passengers noted that they were from Ireland and their destination as the
U.S. so these columns have been omitted.
Passenger Notes:
12: Last name appears to be Milnamo.
25: Last name appears to be Cluver.
36: Last name hard to read; appears to be Riley.
37: Cannot read first and last name.
44-47: Last name could be Blary or Blany.
48-49: Last name could be Leegan or Lugan.
66-69: Last name could be Killanphey or Kellanphey.
73-76: Last name could be Dunning or Dunney.
84: First name is hard to read, it could be David or Paul.
101: Last name appears to be Kennedy.
108-09: Last name appears to be Ganele.
113: Last name appears to be Mullaly.
113-120: Last name appears to be Manicks.
136: First name appears to be Peter and its noted that this passenger is
Female and a Spinister.
143-148: Last names could be French or Frarch.
160: Last name could be Kiernan.
167: Last name appears to be Granney.
185-188: Last name could also be Cornell.
209: Last name hard to read; it could be Halfpenny or Halfprey.
216: Last name could be McKenna.
227: Name appears to be William Murphey.
228-9: First name for passenger 228 is illegible. Last name for 229 is
illegible.
230: First word of name could be Mr. or abbreviation Wm. short for William.
Personal Notes
Passengers 129, 130 and 161 I believe to be my Smith ancestors that
emigrated from Ireland and settled in Newark, N.J. I believe Ann Smith,
passenger no. 161, to be my great great grandmother. Her maiden name was
Cahill. James and Peter Smith, referred to as passengers 129 and 130, were
her sons born in Ireland. Passenger no. 162, Patr, could have been an infant
son of hers. There is no record of her husband, Peter Smith, on this ship's
passenger list. He was my great great grandfather and born in Ireland as well.
I have found a Peter Smith on a ship a few days later which arrived in New York
which could have been him. Peter Smith's occupation was a tailor. He lived
until November 1874 in Newark. He is buried at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery
in nearby Belleville, NJ. Also buried with him are son James mentioned above
and two other infant children who died in the 1850's.
Peter and Ann's first son born in the U.S. was Michael Smith. He was born
in Newark on October 6, 1845. He was my great grandfather. He was a Civil War
veteran and served as a drummer boy in Co. E, 37th New Jersey Infantry Regiment.
(Click here to see the 37th NJ Infantry's Regimental Flag). His regiment served
on the front lines of the siege at Petersburg, Virginia, which occurred the last
year of the war between 1864-65.
After the Civil War Michael Smith worked as a hatter in a Newark factory.
A hatter, or hat maker, in this time period was a skilled workman. In December
1869 Michael married Esther Braughal in Newark. She was also a first generation
Irish American. In 1870 Micheal's hat factory moved to nearby Orange, also in
Essex County, NJ. He remained in the hat trade until he died in December 1904.
Micheal and Esther Smith had 10 children. Their sixth child, Andrew Francis
Smith, was my grandfather. He was born in Orange in March 1880.
Esther Braughal Smith lived a long life and passed away in February 1941
at the age of 86. One event which occurred early in her life at the age of
six in Newark she remembered to her dying day. The event was that in February
1860 she met presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln at a political rally and
shook his hand. Esther is buried with husband Michael, five of her children,
a daughter-in-law, and grand daughter at St. John's RC Cemetery in Orange, NJ.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 49.
Transcribed by Jack Smith a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Reviewed by Gary DeWees
31 October 2001
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