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Ship Stephania

I Jn^o B. Pell 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 Stephania whereof I am Master, from Havre So help me God. [signed:] J B Pell

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

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Ship Stephania whereof Jn^o B. Pell is Master, from Havre Burthen 31?* 18/95 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. On Column "Country to which they intend to become inhabitants" only "United States" can be read at the top, with squiggly line below indicating same for all passengers. Therefore this column has been omitted in the transcription.

 1   [blank]
 2   [blank]
 3   [blank]
 4* L???s Lutz        24               Male Farmer     France
 5* Fred^c Lutz       22               Male Farmer     France
 6* Hen^y Welch       48               Male   ?        France
 7* Mich^l Ruff       44               Male   ?        France
 8* barbara Ruf       55               Fem             France
 9* Barbara Ruff      27               Fem             France
10* Margaret Ruff     21               Fem             France
11* Madaline Ruff     24               Fem             France
12* M?ch Ruff         20               Male Silk Smith France
13* Jn^o ?olch        45               Male Weaver     France
14* Margaret ?olch    40               Fem             France
15* Margaret ?olch    21               Fem             France
16* Pla????? ?olch    10               Male            France
17* Jn^o ?olch         7               Male            France
18* George Schmidt    52               Male Taylor     France
19* Margaret Schmidt  44               Fem             France
20* Margaret Schmidt  20               Fem             France
21* George Schmidt     6               Male            France
22* Jn^o Smith        48               Male Weaver     France
23* Marian Smith      35               Fem             France
24* Th???sa Smith      5               Fem             France
25* ?ack Smith         2               Male            France
26* Mich Roderon      31               Male Weaver     France
27* Marian Roderon    30               Fem             France
28* Louiza Roderon     4               Fem             France
29* Joseph Roderon       + 7 months+++ Male            France       -Nov-
30* Charles Roderon      +22 months+++ Male            France       -Oct-
31* Ackta? ??ubbert   28               Fem             France
32* Joseph ??ubbert    5               Male            France
33* Henri Brinich     43               Male Cooper     France
34* Cath Brinich      41               Fem             France
35* Christian Brinich 10               Male            France
36* Barbara Brinich    7               Fem             France
37* ==George Peters== 24               Male            France
38* Ab?? ?eanguen???  28               Male Carpenter  Switzerland
39* Christ^? Schant?  22               Male Carpenter  Switzerland
    [blank]
    [blank]
    [blank]
40* Jn^o C?omwell     26 an American pass???? ????
                                 [signed]  J. B. Pell


Transcriber's 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 ^ shows the following letter has been superscripted and
   may indicate missing letters in the word.

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

   The first three lines of the manifest are blank, except for numbers and
   possible "United States" on line 1 "Destination" column. Visable passenger
   numbers start on the seventeenth line and correspond from there with the
   numbers 17-39 given in this transcription. Numbers 1-16 have been added by
   the transcriber for ease of reference. Passenger 40 was unnumbered and three
   blank lines separate him from line 39.

*  Burthen tonnage may be 315 18/95 or 318 18/95.

   Most information on this list very faint.

 4 & 5 - may have been bracketed together, possibly to indicate a family.
 4 - Given name may be Lewis, Linus, or Lucas.
 5 - Given name may be an abbreviated Frederic.
 6 - Given name may be an abbreviated Henry; family name probably Welch, but
     may be Walch or Wolch; occupation is too faint to read.
 7 to 12 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family,
     squiggly line may indicate all family in same occupation except 12.
 7 - Given name may be an abbreviated Michel; occupation is too faint to read.
 8 - Surname probably a misspelled Ruff.
12 - Given name may be an abbreviated Michel; no superscript "l" can be seen.
13 to 17 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family;
     family name may be Volch or Kolch, squiggly line may indicate all family in
     same occupation.
16 - Given name looks like Planscus Plauscus or Plaunius.
13 & 17 - Given name may be an abbreviated John or Jonathan.
18 to 21 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family.
22 to 25 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family.
22 - Given name may be an abbreviated John or Jonathan.
24 - Given name may be Theresa or Theusa.
25 - Given name may be Zack or Jack.
26 to 30 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family,
     squiggly line may indicate all family in same occupation except 29 & 30.
29 - Joseph evidently died in November at age 7 months.
30 - Charles evidently died in October at age 22 months.
31 & 32 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family; family
     name may be Stubbert or Hubbert; squiggly line continued from 26-29 may
     indicate these two also weavers.
31 - Given name looks like Acta?; hole/blot on possible next letter.
33 to 36 - have been bracketed together, probably to indicate a family.
34-35 - Squiggly line may indicate these two also coopers.
34 - Given name looks like Cath; hole/blot on possible next letter.
37 - Unknown reason for double lines on either side of name.
38 - Given name possibly Abm or Abrn, possibly abbreviation for Abraham;
     family name may be Jeangueness or Teanguenen.
39 - Given name may be an abbreviated Christian or Christopher. Family name
     may be Schants or Schantz.
40 - Given name may be an abbreviated John or Jonathan; family name probably
     Cromwell but may be Coomwell or Ceomwell. Information on this passenger may
     say "An American  passage  free" or "An American  passager  free";
     passage/passager has the "leading s".

Latter Day Saints Family History Library Film #0002256,
Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York
from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828.
Ship Stephania, Havre, December 6, 1827, #799.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 11.

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