Immigrant Ships
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Ship Manhattan

I, Thos Dixon, Master of the Ship Manhattan, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said Ship at Liverpool, from which port said Ship has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. So Help Me God.
Thomas Dixon

Sworn to this 11th February 1861
Before Me ????????

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Manhattan whereof Thomas Dixon is Master, from Liverpool. Burthen 1299 88/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. All passengers are going to the United States and there were no deaths so those columns have been eliminated. Passengers #1 through #98 are shown to have occupied 2nd Cabin during the voyage and passengers #99 through #122 are shown on the Upper Deck. That column has also been eliminated.

    
  1  Mathew Murphy      25 M Seaman      Ireland
  2  William Ellis      30 M Miner       England
  3  Clara Ellis        22 F Wife        England
  4  Phillip Blunn      18 M Miner       England
  5  John Early         23 M Laborer     England
  6  Biddy Early        25 F Wife        England
  7  Peter Kennedy      23 M Laborer     Ireland
  8  Michael McHugh     43 M Tailor      Ireland
  9  Francis McNeill    31 M Laborer     Ireland
 10  William Donnelly   20 M Laborer     Ireland
 11  John Harris        21 M Miner       Ireland
 12  Mary Ann Harris    22 F Wife        Ireland 
 13  Elizabeth Harris    2 F             Ireland
 14  Michael Lawler     20 M Laborer     Ireland
 15  James Meaney       20 M Laborer     Ireland
 16  George Pike        45 M Farmer      Ireland
 17  Patrick Smith      22 M Laborer     Ireland
 18  Edward Murphy      26 M Laborer     Ireland 
 19  Honora Murphy      24 F Wife        Ireland
 20  Ellen Murphy      6mo F             Ireland
 21  Kate Donohue       21 F Servant     Ireland
 22  Honora Doherty     20 F Servant     Ireland
 23  Edward Delaney     25 M Laborer     Ireland
 24  Patrick Canning    27 M Blacksmith  Ireland
 25  John Tierney       21 M Laborer     Ireland 
 26  William Lyttle     19 M Laborer     Ireland
 27  James Lyttle       17 M Laborer     Ireland
 28  Luke Maguire       22 M Shoemaker   Ireland
 29  Edward Panvill     26 M Tailor      Ireland
 30  Catherine Banfield 18 F Drapemaker  Ireland
 31  Michael Daley      26 M Laborer     Ireland
 32  Ernest Helforman   20 M Druggist    Germany
 33  Joseph Hallesher   22 M Tailor      Germany
 34  Maria Allman       26 F Wife        Germany 
 35  Harman Gervary     21 M Clerk       Germany
 36  William Lawson     25 M Carpenter   Ireland
 37  Robert Morgan      27 M Joiner      Ireland
 38  Mary Brady         22 F Servant     Ireland
 39  Terrence Darcey    32 M Laborer     Ireland
 40* Francis Lynch      23 M ?????       Ireland
 41  John Groves        22 M Weaver      England
 42  William Brown      20 M Weaver      England
 43  William Godding    23 M Filemaker   England
 44  James E Lambert    27 M Sawyer      England
 45  Eliza Lambert      27 F Wife        England
 46  Richard Bailey     21 M Farmer      England
 47  John Frost         29 M Miner       England
 48* William Roach      31 M ?????       Ireland
 49* Mark Davis         24 M ?????       Ireland
 50* Jacob Lewis        24 M ?????       England
 51  Thomas Williams    20 M Miner       England
 52  James Williams     18 M Miner       England
 53  Daniel Dotta       21 M Peddler     Germany
 54  Floriana Dotta     23 F Wife        Germany
 55  Carlo Gavins       22 M Clerk       Germany
 56  William Scott      34 M Broommaker  England
 57  Paul Schultz       28 M Tinsmith    Germany
 58  David Davis        50 M Farmer      Wales
 59  Rachel Davis       45 F Wife        Wales
 60  Eliza Pymm         25 F Wife        England
 61  Eliza Marshall     19 F Servant     England
 62  James Rowe         26 M Joiner      England
 63  M H Flanigan       27 F Wife        Ireland
 64  John Hogan         30 M Rigger      Ireland
 65  Mrs Hogan          25 F Wife        Ireland
 66  Timothy Devine     18 M Laborer     Ireland
 67  Thomas Quinn       20 M Laborer     Ireland
 68  Kate Wilson        21 F Servant     Ireland
 69  Lawrence Collins   20 M Shoemaker   Ireland
 70  Francis Digman     30 M Miner       Ireland
 71  Ann Joyce          22 F Servant     Ireland
 72  Mary Lawrence      40 F Servant     Ireland
 73  Peter McCarroll    22 M Laborer     Ireland
 74  John Marran        20 M Laborer     Ireland
 75  Bernard Markey     35 M Miner       Ireland
 76  Ann Markey         20 F Wife        Ireland
 77  Alice Markey       30 F Servant     Ireland
 78  Michael Feeney     17 M Laborer     Ireland
 79  John Nary          20 M Laborer     Ireland
 80* John Johns         25 M ????roller  England 
 81  John Coleman       22 M Bricklayer  England
 82  Michael Canning    20 M Laborer     Ireland
 83  Patrick Canning    18 M Blacksmith  Ireland
 84  Ellen Donohue      21 F Servant     Ireland
 85  Margaret Mulligan  31 F Servant     Ireland
 86  Mary Mulligan      21 F Servant     Ireland
 87  Maria Coughlan     16 F Servant     Ireland
 88  John Scully        32 M Laborer     Ireland
 89  Rose Scully        34 F Wife        Ireland
 90  Daniel Scully      11 M             Ireland
 91  Thomas Scully       9 M             Ireland
 92  John Scully         7 M             Ireland
 93  Michael Scully      5 M             Ireland
 94  Mary Scully         3 F             Ireland
 95  Teresa Scully     8mo F             Ireland
 96  Mary Scully        18 F Servant     Ireland
 97* James Burn         36 M Laborer     Ireland
 98* Elizabeth Burn     32 F Servant     Ireland
 99* Margaret Burn      12 F             Ireland
100* Martha Burn         6 F             Ireland
101* Isabella Burn       4 F             Ireland
102* James Burn          2 M             Ireland
103  Mary Kelly         24 F Servant     Ireland
104  George Gerbett     22 M Engineer    Ireland
105* Eliza Davidson     30 F ????maker   Ireland
106  Alice Keenan       22 F Servant     Ireland
107  James McDonnell    24 M Laborer     Ireland
108  Frederick Smith    22 M Laborer     Ireland
109  Bridget Canning    18 F Servant     Ireland
110  Bridget Moran      30 F Servant     Ireland
111  Peter Farley       24 M Laborer     Ireland
112  Rose Farley        26 F Servant     Ireland
113  John Gaughegan     18 M Laborer     Ireland
114  Martin Fahey        6 M Laborer     Ireland
115  Ann Durbam         16 F Servant     Ireland
116  David Evans        38 M Miner       England
117* Ferdinand Srllock  47 M Peddler     Germany
118  J Kessing          26 M Upholsterer United States
119  C Bengutner        24 M Upholsterer United States
120  Susan Wilkin       16 F Servant     Ireland
121  Ellen Early        20 F Servant     Ireland
122  Charles White      27 M Clerk       Ireland 
    

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 the condition 
of the original document.

40   Occupation ??
48   Occupation ??
49   Occupation ??
50   Occupation ??
80   Occupation ??
97 thru 102  The Burn family is shown separated. Mother & Father in
     Second Cabin and the young children on the Upper Deck.  Very unlikely. Probably 
     an error.
105  Occupation ??
117  Last Name ?? Perhaps meant to be Sherlock ??

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208.