Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Ship Orient

I, George S. Hill Master of the Ship Orient do solemnly, sincerely and truly sear 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 of 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 of said passengers, 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.
(Signed) George S. Hill

Sworn to this 31^st January 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Orient whereof Hill is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1560 64/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. The Country of Origin for all passengers was recorded as "Gt. Britian"*, the Destination for all passengers was recorded as "United States", and no deaths were recorded on the voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  James Keenan      40y   M  Labourer
  2  Ann Keenan        30y   F
  3  Michael Keenan     7y   M
  4  James Burnett     34y   M  Labourer
  5  Luke Burke        18y   M  Labourer
  6  Wm Kane           25y   M  Labourer
  7  Wm Devine         40y   M  Labourer
  8  John Kane         13y   M  Labourer
  9  Albert Hind       20y   M  Labourer
 10  Sarah Herraty     26y   F
 11  Margt Meghan      48y   F
 12  Ann Meghan        22y   F
 13  Robert Sands      37y   M  Labourer
 14  James Buckley     45y   M  Labourer
 15  Mathew Wallace    18y   M  Labourer
 16  Timothy Higgins   38y   M  Labourer
 17  Mary Higgins      32y   F
 18  Margt Higgins     Inft  F
 19  Edward Cunningham 18y   M  Labourer
 20  Eugene Hagan      40y   M  Labourer
 21  Eliza Hagan       20y   F
 22  Thomas Alexander  21y   M  Labourer
 23  Bridget Tyghe     30y   F
 24* John Pa??ins      18y   M  Labourer
 25* Wm Walker         3?y   M  Labourer
 26  John Hard         25y   M  Labourer
 27  H G Garland       21y   M  Labourer
 28  George North      45y   M  Labourer
 29  John Ward         45y   M  Labourer
 30* Lucy Ri?hardson   22y   F
 31  Agnes Gothway     22y   F
 32  Charles Vincent   30y   M  Labourer
 33  Cathrine Vincent  27y   F
 34  Jeremiah Noolan   32y   M  Labourer
 35* Mathew McDa??n    23y   M  Labourer

                   (Signed) George S Hill


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 below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of 
   the original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

The manifest scribe used vertical lines probably to indicate continuation/duplication of 
the last written word(s).

* Country of Origin as written.

24 3rd and 4th letters of surname not clear because of lower 
   extension of letters 'ty' in surname above and ink blots; could be Parkins.
25 2nd number of Age illegible because of ink blot.
30 3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Richardson or Rishardson.
35 5th/6th letters of surname illegible because of ink blot, 5th letter 
   could be 'l'.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 60.

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