Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Hope

I Peter Tyson* 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 Brig Hope whereof I am Master, from Port Glasgow So help me God. [signed:] Peter Tyson*

Sworn to, the 5^th Dec^r 1827 Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Brig Hope whereof Peter Tyson* is Master, from Port Glasgow Burthen 187 23/95 Tons.

Columns represent: Names; Age [Years; Months]; Sex; Occupation; The Country to which they severally belong; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants; Died on the Voyage*.

 1* John B?rr         27   Man   Baker          Scotland  United States
 2* Mary B?rr         24   Woman                Scotland  United States
 3* John B?rr          1 6 Child                Scotland  United States 
 4  John M^cNeil      37   Man   Paper Maker    Scotland  United States 
 5  Christmas M^cNeil 16   Woman                Scotland  United States 
 6  George Pollock    49   Man   Paper Maker    Scotland  United States 
 7  William Beverage  35   Man   Taylor         Scotland  United States 
 8* John Ross         24   Man   farmer         Scotland  United States 
 9  John Hamilton     24   Man   Baker          Scotland  United States
10  James Wylie       23   Man   Weaver         Scotland  United States
11  John Williams     32   Man   Cabinet Maker  Scotland  United States
12  John Hull         23   Man   Sugar Baker    Germany   United States
13* William H?ddy     12   Man                  Scotland  United States


Transcriber's Notes:

*  The use of an '*' indicates an omission or error made in the original
   document or a clarification by this transcriber.

?  The use of a '?' indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due
   to the quality of the original document.

^  The use of a caret '^' indicates the following letter has been
   superscripted.

*  Surname of captain may be Treon or Trion

*  Surname of witness to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is followed
   by a subscripted DC which would stand for Deputy Collector

*  There is no entry in the 'Died' column: it has been omitted.


Passenger Notes:

# 1-# 3 - Surname may be Barr or Burr
# 3 - Age of child is actually indicated as 1 1/2
# 8 - Surname is written with a 'leading s' which looks like 'Rofs'
#13 - Surname may be Huddy or Haddy

Latter Day Saints Family History Library Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York
from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Brig Hope, Glasgow, December 5, 1827, #791.

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