Immigrant Ships
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Ship Wellington

I, Daniel Chadick, 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 Wellington whereof I am Master, from London.
(Signature) D. Chadick

Sworn to the 9th January 1843 before,(signature cannot be read).

List or Manifest of all the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Wellington whereof D. Chadick is Master, From burthen 726 56/9? tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age (years/months), Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The Country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage.

 1* Capt J.W. Coll?to?  44      male   G??t     England  England
 2* Lewis Praler        40      male   G??t     Germany  United States
 Steerage Passengers
 3* David Cross         26      male   ???      England  United States 
 4  Elisabeth Cross     24                      England  United States
 5  Emma Cross           3                      England  United States
 6* Milli?? Cross        2                      England  United States
 7  Henry Cross         Infant                  England  United States 
 8  Elizabeth Cross     Infant                  England  United States
 9* Mary Hibard         47                      England  United States
10* Joseph Alv??y       42       male Tanner    England  United States
11* Nevell Chal?nin     26       male           England  United States
12  Pryor Andrew        30                      England  United States
13  Ruthell Andrew      11                      England  United States
14  Pryor Andrew         9                      England  United States
15* Ths Murphy          27                      England  United States
16* George Co????       23            Shoemaker England  United States
17* John Brown          35            ??????    England  United States
18* G B ?y?ey           28            Tanner    England  United States
19* Elhsia Ca???        18            Taylor    England  United States

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.

*  No one died on the voyage so that column was eliminated.

*  Sex and occupation colums were not complete as the 
   person who wrote this list did not include that information.
 
Passenger # 1 -  Last name could be Colleton,Colliton,Collitos,
                 Colletor. The letters in question are the "e"
                 which could be an "i" and the last letter 
                 which could be s, r or n. The occupation could
                 be guest or gent, short for gentleman.
Passenger # 2 -  Occupation could be guest or gent, short for
                 gentleman
Passenger # 3 -  Occupation not readable due to poor copy
Passenger # 6 -  First name could be Millissa. No sex was listed.
Passenger # 7 - 8 - Both names are written on the same line. 
Passenger #10 -  Last name starts Al and ends in y. The copy is
                 poor and difficult to read. Possibilites could
                 include Alvery and Aluroy.
Passenger #11 -  The last name begins Chal? then ends in. The 
                 letters in question do not extend above or below
                 the line. The copy is dark and difficult to read. 
                 Possibilites are Chalenin or Chalmin.
Passenger #12 -  Sex is listed as female
Passenger #15 -  Ths is abbreviated for Thomas
Passenger #16 -  The last name could be Conners
Passenger #17 -  Occupation is not readable
Passenger #18 -  Last name could be Byby, Ryley, Byley

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M236, Reel 51.

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