Immigrant Ships
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Brig Mary Livingston

I John Rycroft 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 Mary Livingston whereof I am Master, from Bahia So help me God. [signed:] John Rycroft

Sworn to, the 6^th Dec 1827
Before me ?????????? DC*

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Brig Mary Livingston whereof John Rycroft is Master, from Bahia Burthen 174 30/95 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* Cyrus Nurd   30  Male  Mercht.     U. States   U. States
 2* Mova Pope    29  Male  Mercht.     U. States   U. States
 3  Thomas Saul  39  Male  Shipmaster  U. States   U. States
 4  George Dame  47  Male  Shipmaster  U. States   U. States
 5* Robert Barr  37  Male  Shipmaster  U. States   U. States
                               [signed:] John Rycrooft


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. 

*The Port of Bahia gives no indication of the country to which it belongs.  
  "Bahia" is the Spanish word for "Bay" and there are many ports throughout 
  Central and South America which use this word. 

*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

Passenger Notes:
1  Surname may be Wird, Hurd, Nuid
2. Given name may be Mona or Mora
5. Surname may be Burr

LDS FHL Film#0002256, Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York
from Nov 21, 1827 to June 30, 1828
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 11, List 794.

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