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Ship La Fayette

I Thomas Fanning 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 La Fayette* whereof I am Master, from Liverpool So help me God. [signed:] Tho^s Fanning

Sworn to, the 3^rd Dec 1827
Before me ?????????? DC*

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Lafayette* whereof Tho^s Fanning is Master, from Liverpool Burthen Three Hundred & forty one 76/95 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. The columns "Months" and "Died on the Voyage" have no entries; they have been omitted.

 1  M^r Robert Carter  26 Male    Merchant  England       England
 2  M^r Tho^s J Natt   24 Male    Artist    Philadelphia  U S America
 3  M^rs Shepard       30 Female            New York      U S America
 4  W^m Shepard         7 Male              New York      U S America
 5  John Shepard        1 Male              New York      U S America
 6  John King          48 Male    Mariner   England       England
 7  W^m Porter         68 Male    Farmer    Ireland       U.S. America
 8* John Eastwood      22 Male    Mechanic  England       Great Britain
 9* Johnathan Earnshaw 24 Male    Mechanic  England       Great Britain
10* Tho^s Holmes       17 Male    Mechanic  England       Great Britain
11* Peter S Wy?k?off   29 Male    Farmer    New York      U.S. America
                            [signed:] Tho^s Fanning


Transcriberıs 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.

* Collector of Customs (in the sworn statement): Name is indecipherable. It
may begin with "MO" and end with the abbreviation "DC" which would stand for
"Deputy Collector"

* Shipıs name is "La Fayette" where Capt. Fanning wrote it; but the DC wrote
it as "Lafayette"


Passenger Notes:
 
 8-11: According to "Emigrants & Exiles" by Keith Miller, "Mechanic" on a
    shipıs list MAY mean "Boiler Makers, Painters, Machinists or Flax Spinners"
 9: It is possible the surname may be Earnshawe
10: The age may be 11
11: Surname may be (Wy/Wyc/Wyr)(kroff/koff)

LDS Family History Library Film #0002256
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 11.

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