Immigrant Ships
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Ship John W. Cater

I, Edwin Ross, 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 John W. Cater whereof I am Master, from Kingston Jamaica. So help me God. Signed: Edwin Ross

Sworn to the 18th day of May (illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship John W. Cater whereof Edwin Ross is Master, from Jamaica, Burthen 217 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage. (As only one person died on the voyage, that column was eliminated and the death information can be found in the transcriber's notes.)

    
 1* Lt Col St Clair K HvKTS    47    Male   Military Officer Great Britain   Great Britain
    of British Army, Lady
    & Servant
 2  W.B. King Esq. Lady        40    Male   Counsellor       Great Britain   Canada
    & 2 Serv.
 3  Miss Seaman                15    Female Lady             Great Britain   Great Britain
 4  Dr. John Anderson, Lady    --    Male   Gentleman        Great Britain   Great Britain
    & child
 5  Mrs. Neyle, Miss Tucker    --    Female Lady             Great Britain   Great Britain
    & maid
 6* Mrs Langrishe & 2 children --    Female Widow            Great Britain   Johnnstown
 7* Geo Codrington Esq &       35    Male   Gentleman        Great Britain   --
    2 child ofrov?
 8  Dr. Miller                 37    Male   M.D.             Great Britain   --
 9* S.L. Stewart Esq           40    Male   Gentleman        Great Britain   --
10  Wm Hossack Esq             25    Male   Gentleman        Great Britain   --
11  James Hunt                 71    Male   Merchant         Jamaica         Unknown
12  J Sanguinetti Esquire      24    Male   Merchant         Jamaica         Unknown
13* F. Elliot Esq              62    Male   Masslot          Jamaica         Unknown
14  W A Howard Esq             27    Male   Seaman           Maine           Maine
15* L L Laureus                16    Male   Seaman           So Carolina     Unknown
16* Mr Raymond                 20    Male   Boatswain        Mass            Oahu, ?I                
17  Senor Apollonis Marin      25    Male   Merchant         Central America Central America
18* Edwin McFall Esq           40    Male   Merchant         Lima Peru       Peru
19  Masters J & L Livingston   12&13 Male   Boys             Jamaica         Jamaica  
                                         
(Signed)  Edwin Ross
    
Transcriber's Notes:     

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality
 of original document.
All place names listed are transcribed as written on the manifest.

* Passenger #1:  Name is transcribed as written.  Transcriber could not find any
                 explanation or meaning for the initials.
* Passenger #6:  No indication as to country or state for Johnnstown.
* Passenger #7:  "ofrov" transcribed as written.  One child, Wm Codrington, is
                 listed in the death column as having died of debility on 2 May 1836.
* Passenger #9:  First initial could be an I or a J.
* Passenger #13: Occupation could be written as masplot.  Transciber could not find
                 an explanation of this occupation.
* Passenger #15: Surname could be Laurens
* Passenger #16: Unknown letter in destination could be an I, J or T.
* Passenger #18: First name could be Edward.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 30, List 334.

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