Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Edward Bonaffe

I E Hathaway* 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 Ew^d Bonaffe whereof I am Master, from Havre So help me God. [signed:] ? Hathaway*

Sworn to, the Dec^r 11 1827
Before me ?????????? DC

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Ew^d Bonaffe whereof E Hathaway* is Master, from Havre Burthen 325 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. Columns Age [Months] and Died on the Voyage are blank and have been omitted. All passengers are bracketed in Country to which they intend to become inhabitants for the United States; this column has been omitted as well.

 1  Ew^d Ducat         37 Male   Refiner        France
 2  A Ducat            22 female                France
 3  Fanny Ducat        17 female                France
 4  Martha Honeywell   28 female                N York
 5  Ann Patterson      15 female                England
 6* A B????at          31 Male   Merchant       France
 7* Philip ?anet       36 Male   Merchant       Canada
 8  Piere Beaubier     31 Male   Physician      Canada
 9* B Donega???        22 Male   Merchant       Canada
10* Francis Donega???  26 Male   Merchant       Italy
11  Isaac Lockwood     28 Male   Merchant       N York
12* Francis Gonsreaume 20 Male   Merchant       France
13  P S Joseph         25 Male   Merchant       Germany
14  Geo D S Mackie     25 Male   Merchant       Scotland
15* ? A Dela?are       23 Male   Baker          France
16  P C Grier          23 Male   Labourer       France
17  P D Montere        23 Male   Shoe Maker     France
18* J?h? ?????         25 Male   ????? Merchant Germany
19* John Stei???       30 Male   Labourer       Germany
20* ? Harris           30 Male   Iron ??ounder  England
21* M^rs Harris        28 female                England
22* ? ???ffenstien     25 Male   Baker          Germany
23* A???? Patterson    20 female
24  John Starkey       30 Male                  England
25* Theodore Me?er     19 Male                  Germany   
                                 [signed] ? Hathaway*


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,
 indicating possible abbreviation.

The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
 followed by DC which may indicate the Deputy Collector of Customs

Passengers were numbered by the transcriber for ease of reference.

*Captain: Initial of given name is clearly E when written by the deputy
 collector; but in the captainıs two signings, it looks more like an M or W


 6  Family name probably Bijolat but may be Bijotat, Bijslat, or Bijstat
 7  Family name probably Panet
 9, 10  Family name probably Donegaire but may be Donegane or Doneguin
12  Family name probably Gonsreaume but may be Gondreaume
15  First initial may be I or J; family name may be Delamare or Delaware
18  Hole in page on this name. First name may be John or ?; family name may
    have first, second, third, and fifth letters extending above midline.
    Occupation may be Flour Merchant or Stone Merchant
19  Family name may be Steirn or Steiner
20  First initial may be R, K, or H; occupation looks like Iron Hounder or
    Iron Flounder
21  Name is stated as M^rs  do  (do=ditto)
22  Initial may be D, B, P, or J; family name may be Kloffenstien,
    Aloffenstien, or Eloffenstien
23  Given name may be Ann or Agnes
25  Family name probably Meyer but may be Meger

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 11.
LDS FHL Film #0002256

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