The lists below have been assembled from various secondary sources (noted, where possible). The authenticity of the information is considerably in doubt, as genealogists and researchers of various eras have borrowed and copied from each other with abandon, and it is likely that I have added my own quota of transcription and typographical errors.
It would be an interesting exercise to trace the genesis of the various printed Yorkshire passenger lists, but a far more useful one to examine the original documents. This I aim to do, in time. For the present, I believe the information below to be generally correct, and it is my view that in the absence of better data, suspect lists are preferable to none. I would be very glad to hear from anyone with suggestions or comments.
Gord Ripley, Teeswater, Ontario.
| Ship Name | Year | From |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | 1772 | Yorkshire, England (?) |
| Albion | 1773 | Yorkshire, England (?) |
| Albion1 | 1774 | Yorkshire, England |
| Arethusa | 1775 | __ |
| Charming Molly | 1750 | London, England |
| Charming Molly | 1760 | New England |
| Duke of York2 | 1772 | Liverpool |
| Durham | 1775 | Newcastle, Northumberland |
| Jenny | 1775 | Hull, Yorkshire |
| Mary3 | 1774 | Stockton, Durham |
| Prince George | 1775 | Scarborough, Yorkshire |
| Providence4 | 1774 | Newcastle, Northumberland |
| Providence5 | 1775 | Newcastle, Northumberland |
| Thomas and William | 1774 | Scarborough, Yorkshire |
| Two Friends6 | 1774 | Hull, Yorkshire |
| Valiant | 1817 | Hull, Yorkshire |
| William and Mary [Thomas and William?] | 1774 | Scarborough, Yorkshire |
See also: A list of passengers on ships leaving the Port of Scarborough, Yorks., between April 5, 1774 and April 12, 1774. Published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register and reprinted by G. Fothergill in Emigrants from England 1773-1776, pp. 65-68.
The Duke of York
Sailed from Liverpool, England on March 16, 1772 [or possibly during the week ending March 16, 1772]. Arrived at Halifax after a voyage of forty-six days, carrying sixty-two passengers. No period passenger list survives, and the following list has been assembled from secondary sources.
| Surname | Given | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Thomas | __ |
| Anderson | Mary | wife of Thomas |
| Bulmer | George7 | 12, apprentice to Wm Freeze |
| Bulmer | William8 | brother of George |
| Coates | Thomas9 | __ |
| Coates | Ann (Hood) | wife of Thomas |
| Coates | Mary | age 2 |
| Dixon | Charles | 41, papermaker10 |
| Dixon | Susanna | 34, wife of Charles |
| Dixon | Mary | age 7 |
| Dixon | Charles | age 6 |
| Dixon | Susanna | age 4 |
| Dixon | Elizabeth | age 1 |
| [Flintoft] | Jane11 | age 18 |
| Freeze | William Sr. | __ |
| Freeze | William | a mason12 |
| Freeze | ------ | his wife |
| Freeze | ------ | a daughter |
| Freeze | ------ | a daughter |
| [Lowerison] | Richard13 | __ |
| Metcalf | James | batchelor14 |
| Read | Stephen15 | age 27, farmer |
| Read | Mary | wife |
| Read | Robert | age 12 |
| Siddell | Francis | plus 3 |
| Siddell | ------ | __ |
| Siddell | ------ | __ |
| Siddell | ------ | __ |
| [Siddell] | Ralph16 | __ |
| Siddell | ------ | wife of Ralph |
| [Trenholm] | Edward17 | __ |
| [Trenholm] | John18 | __ |
| [Trenholm] | Matthew19 | __ |
| Trerice | John | apprentice to Thomas Coates20 |
| Wood | William21 | of Burinston, nr. Bedale, WR |
| Wood | Elizabeth | his wife |
| Wood | Valintine | their son |
| Wood | ------ | a daughter |
| Wood | ------ | a daughter |
The Providence
The ship Providence, 150 tons, sailed from newcastle, Northumberland early in 1774. She arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 1, 1774 with 10 crew and 71 passengers. Among the passengers were '44 men, 25 women and 2 children'.
| Surname | Given | Occupation/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Atkinson | Ann | __ |
| Atkinson | Henry | __ |
| Atkinson | John | __ |
| Atkinson | John | __ |
| Atkinson | Margaret | __ |
| Atkinson | Martha | __ |
| Atkinson | Robert | __ |
| Atkinson | Thomas | __ |
| Blenkinsop | William | __ |
| Calvert | Jane | [of Battersby, NR; travelling with Ripley family] |
| Dobson | Ann | __ |
| Dobson | Thomas | __ |
| Ellis | George | __ |
| Fairbairn | James | __ |
| Flintoff | Christ[opher] | [brother of Mary Richardson, below] |
| Foster | Eleanor | __ |
| Foster | George | __ |
| Foster | Margery | __ |
| Foster | Margaret | __ |
| Foster | Peggy | __ |
| Foster | Polly | __ |
| Franckland | Thomas | __ |
| Graham | Thomas | __ |
| Graham | William | __ |
| Hall | Thomas | __ |
| Harris | Rachael | __ |
| Jackson | Joseph | __ |
| Johnson | Ann | Ann Ash |
| Johnson | Mathew | __ |
| Johnson | John | infant |
| Matkin | Mattew | __ |
| Maugham | Henry | __ |
| Moon | Robert | __ |
| Nelson | Ann | __ |
| Newton | Elizabeth | __ |
| Newton | John | __ |
| Oliver | John | __ |
| Oxley | George | __ |
| Oxley | John | __ |
| Oxley | Mary | __ |
| Praid | Ralph | __ |
| Ramsay | John | __ |
| Reed | Elizabeth | __ |
| Remmington | James | __ |
| Richardson | Christ | __ |
| Richardson | Elizabeth | [wife of John Richardson] |
| Richardson | John | [of Hutton Rudby, Yorks.] |
| Richardson | Joseph | __ |
| Richardson | Mary | __ |
| Ripley | Elizabeth | __ |
| Ripley | Henry | __ |
| Ripley | Isobel | [wife of Robert Ripley] |
| Ripley | Jane | __ |
| Ripley | John | __ |
| Ripley | Mary | __ |
| Ripley | Robert | __ |
| Ripley | Robert | [39, farmer, from Battersby, Yorks.] |
| Silk | Michael | __ |
| Swinburn | George | __ |
| Swinburn | Elizabeth | __ |
| Turnbull | Foster | __ |
| Watson | Elizabeth | __ |
| Watson | James | __ |
| Watson | Jane | __ |
| Watson | Jno | __ |
| Watson | Robert | __ |
| Watson | Thomas | __ |
| Watson | Thomas | __ |
| Watson | William | __ |
The Providence
The ship Providence sailed from the port of Newcastle on April 24, 1775, bound for Halifax.
| Surname | Given | Occupation/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Hewton | Mathew | 30, yeoman, in expectation of better employment |
The Valiant
The ship Valiant sailed from the port of Hull, Yorkshire between March 22 and April 26, 1817, and arrived in Prince Edward Island on June 25, 1817. Class: Brigantine. Master: Capt. John Ezard.22
| Surname | Given | Occupation/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Ba(r)ker | William | [According to George R. Schurman, came with wife and daughter Arabella] |
| Bell | Vincent | and family |
| Burdett | Matthew | cabin passenger, family did not accompany him |
| Carr | Thomas | single |
| Cross | Christopher | cabin passenger, family did not accompany him |
| Dodd | Robert | and family |
| Fawcett | Thomas [John?] | of Stockton Forest, Yorks. |
| Fox | Mr. ---- | single |
| Hardy | George23 | and family |
| Hardy | Thomas | family did not accompany him |
| Hawks | Robert | and family |
| Hutchison | John | and family |
| Mason | T. | single |
| Mason | William | single |
| Milner | John | settled at Sackville, New Brunswick |
| Moore | Anna | single |
| Pearson | John | single |
| Smith | Christopher | and family |
| Smith | Isaac | [Smith drafted the plans for the Colonial Building in Charlottetown] |
| Towse | John24 | of Garton-on-the-Wolds, Yorks., settled at Dorchester, New Brunswick |
| Towse | Mary | wife of John |
| Trowsdale | Joseph | and family |
| Weldon | William | single, cabin passenger |
| Wigginton | George | and family |
The William and Mary
A contemporary report (19th April, 1774) in the Leeds Intelligencer states: "On Tuesday the 4th inst., sailed from Scarboro' the William and Mary, and on Sunday the 9th inst., sailed from the same place, The Prince George. They had on board a large number of emigrants (not less it is said than 150 each) for Halifax and Port Cumberland in Nova Scotia. It is much to be feared that few of them have considered the consequences attending so large a number of people being for at least two months crowded together four in a bed, and those beds one upon another three deep, with not so much room betwixt each as to admit even the smallest person to sit up on end'.
A modern writer, on the other hand, has this to say: "On the Prince George (sometimes inexplicably referred to as the 'William and Mary') would have been found 54 year old John Harrison, his wife Sarah and nine children.25
The likelihood is that the 'William and Mary' is actually the 'Thomas and William'. There is no mention in the Legge List of a ship named 'William and Mary'.
The Jenny
The ship Jenny sailed from Hull, Yorkshire in April of 1775, bound for Nova Scotia. Captain: Forster, or Foster.
| Surname | Given | Occupation/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Aldfield | Elizabeth | 25, servant |
| Anderson | Elizabeth | 36, going over with her children to her husband, who is cooper to Wm Johnson |
| Anderson | Jane | 7 |
| Anderson | John | 1 |
| Anderson | Mary | 9 |
| Anderson | Moses | 5 |
| Anderson | William | 4 |
| Bath | John | 23, servant |
| Beaver | Elizabeth | 30, housekeeper |
| Black | Elizabeth | 36 |
| Black | John | 15 |
| Black | Richard | 11 |
| Black | Sarah | 7 |
| Black | Thomas | 9 |
| Black | William | 14 |
| Black | William | 43, linen draper |
| Clark | Mary | 13 |
| Clark | Rachael | 3 |
| Clark | Richard | 9 |
| Clark | William | 10 |
| Clark | William | 42, farmer |
| Colpits | Robert | 28 |
| Fallydown | Patience | 22, servant |
| Fenton | Mary | 9, to join father |
| Fenton | Sarah | 15, to join father |
| Harper | Catherine | 7 |
| Harper | Charlotte | 6 |
| Harper | Elizabeth | 14 |
| Harper | Elizabeth | 40, wife of Christopher |
| Harper | Hannah | 15 |
| Harper | John | 13 |
| Harper | Thomas | 12 |
| Harper | William | 4 |
| Horsman | Christopher | 27, farmer |
| Hudry | Jane | 16, servant |
| Hulton | James | 15, apprentice |
| Johnson | Emanuel | 16 |
| Johnson | George | 26, servant/carpenter |
| Johnson | Joseph | 14 |
| Johnson | Margaret | 48 |
| Johnson | William | 23 |
| Johnson | William | 28, gentleman |
| Johnson | William | 49, farmer |
| Kalin | Thomas | 24, servant to William Robinson |
| King | Thomas | 21, blacksmith |
| Lodge | Mathew | 20, house carpenter |
| Lowerson | Mary | 27, to join husband |
| Lowry | Mary | 27, to join husband |
| Parker | Elizabeth | 9 |
| Parker | James | 2 |
| Parker | Mary | 40, to join husband |
| Peck | Helen | 15 |
| Peck | Isaac | 13 |
| Peck | Jane | 17 |
| Peck | Jane | 42 |
| Peck | Joseph | 2 |
| Peck | Mary | 20 |
| Peck | Richard | 47, husbandman, having made a purchase, is going with his family to reside |
| Peck | Richard | 5 |
| Peck | Robert | 10 |
| Peck | Rose | 7 |
| Robinson | Ann | 13 |
| Robinson | Elizabeth | 30 |
| Robinson | Francis | 3 |
| Robinson | Jenny | 9 |
| Robinson | John | 47, husbandman |
| Robinson | Jonathan | 5 |
| Robinson | William | 2 |
| Robinson | William | 42 |
| Sedel | Bridget | 38, to join husband |
| Sedel | Francis | 6 |
| Sedel | Mary | 7 |
| Sedel | Sarah | 1 |
| Skelton | Jane | 36 |
| Skelton | John | 38, servant |
| Walton | Thomas | 24, husbandman |
| Watson | Francis | 18, tailor |
| Wheatley | Thomas | 53, farmer |
The Mary
The ship Mary sailed from Stockton, Durham during the week of April 19-26, 1774, and arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia in June of that year. All aboard were listed as being from Durham (though this may have referred to their place of departure rather than their nativity).
| Surname | Given | Occupation/Other |
|---|---|---|
| Robinson | William | 32, tallow chandler, to seek better employment |
| Robinson | Mary | wife of William |
| Bentley | Mary | 65, widow, to seek better employment |
| Pearson | Nicholas | 40, shoemaker, to seek better employment |
| Pearson | Esther | 36, wife of Nicholas |
| Pearson | ------ | 10, child of Nicholas |
| Pearson | ------ | 6, child of Nicholas |
| Pearson | ------ | 1, child of Nicholas |
| Greenwood | John | 40, farmer, seeks better employment |
| Greenwood | Elizabeth | 36, wife of John |
| Greenwood | ------ | 10, child of John |
| Greenwood | ------ | 8, child of John |
| Greenwood | ------ | 6, child of John |
| Greenwood | ------ | 4, child of John |
| Teckle | John | 42, stay maker, seeks better employment |
| Teckle | Elizabeth | 40, wife of John |
| Lancaster | Thomas | 23, linen draper's apprentice, to dispose of goods |
| Elstob | Thomas | 40, to dispose of goods, intends to return |
| Luking | Joshua | 41, farmer, seeks better employment |
| Luking | Ann | 39, wife of Joshua |
| Luking | ------ | 11, child of Joshua |
| Old | John | 30, tailor, seeks better employment |
| Pashley | William | 70, gardener, seeks better employment |
| Latham | John | 32, brewer, seeks better employment |
| Hutchinson | John | 22, butcher, seeks better employment |
| Robertson | Robert | 23, butcher, seeks better employment |
| Hall | William | 40, labourer, seeks better employment |
| Miller | Jane | 25, spinster, seeks better employment |
| Harland | John | 30, shopkeeper, seeks better employment |
| Paterson | William | 34, shopkeeper, seeks better employment |
| Stavely | Robert | 26, farmer, seeks better employment |
| Pierson | Joseph | 34, ship carpenter, seeks better employment |
| Miller | Thomas | 26, shopkeeper, with goods to sell and return |
| Ward | James | 28, carpenter, to seek better employment |
The Two Friends
The Two Friends, James Watt (master) sailed March 7, 1774 from Hull to Halifax, Nova Scotia [NAN T47/9 ff. 77-79.]. See also https://immigrantships.net/1700/twofriends740509.html
| Surname | Given | Age | Occ/Other | Reason for Emigrating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willison | John | 36 | Carpenter | May have died on the voyage |
| Smith | John | 29 | Farmer | Their rents being so high they cannot live |
| Smith | Mary | 25 | His wife | __ |
| Smith | John | 4 | __ | __ |
| Smith | George | 2 | __ | __ |
| Smith | William | 1 | __ | __ |
| Fawcett | Robert | 30 | Sailcloth maker | Spelled 'Fawceit'. Going out on business. |
| Pickering | Samuel | 23 | Farmer | __ |
| Layton | Francis | 29 | Blacksmith | Legge List has 'Leighton' |
| Layton | Elizabeth | 26 | __ | __ |
| Layton | Francis | 1 | __ | __ |
| Layton | John | 22/td> | Husbandman | __ |
| Peck | Richard | 46 | Farmer | Legge List has 'Pick' |
| Hodgson | William | 22 | Husbandman | Legge List has 'Hodson' |
| Wilson | John | 46 | Farmer | __ |
| Ward | William | 24 | Farmer | __ |
| Ward | Elizabeth | 22 | __ | |
| Ward | Moses26 | 18 months | Husbandman | Legge List |
The Thomas and William and The Prince George
From Etherington's York Chronicle: 27
"The good ship 'Thomas and William', well accommodated for passengers, Samuel Pattinson, master, will sail from Scarborough the middle of March, 1774. All who are desirous to proceed to that land of liberty , may be carried, from ten years and upwards, at 5 l. per head; under ten years 2 l. 10 s. sucking children, gratis.- For further particulars apply to the owner, Capt. John Watkinson at his house in Saturday-market, Scarborough; Mr. William Thompson, at Sherborn; Mr. John Lancaster, at Wilton, near Thornton; or Mr. William Grant, in Skeldergate, York. "All letters (post paid) will be duly answered."28
28 January 1774 : "For Nova Scotia the good ship Prince George, burthen 280 tons, exceedingly well accommodated for passengers, Robert Appleton, master, will sail from Scarborough the latter end of March or beginning of April next. "All persons who are inclined to go to that country, may be conveyed from ten years of age and upwards, at 5 l.each; under ten years 2 l. 10 s. sucking children, gratis.- For other particulars apply to Mr. Stephen Wharton, the owner in Scarborough; Mr. Robert Appleton, in Bridlington; Mr. John Baxter, in Settrington; Mr. William Porter, in Driffield; Mr. William Staveley, in Thornby; Mr. Richard Shepherd in Kirby; Mr. Andrew Loughhead, in Pickering; or Mr. Jonathan Milner, in Barrow. "All letters (post paid) will be duly answered."29
5 February 1774 : "Some evil-disposed person or persons having maliciously reported that the ship 'Prince George', advertised for taking passengers from Scarborough to Nova Scotia, is totally unfit to perform this voyage, and that therefore the persons going therein must do it at the hazard of their lives and fortunes..."30
18 March 1774 : 'Thomas and William' advertisement. "N.B. The above ship is now almost compleatly [sic] sorted? Out for the accommodation of passengers, and as persons who reside in the country and intend to remove their habitations to this land of liberty, not being judges of a proper ship to accommodate them for such a passage, have been intimidated by threatening advertisements, and in doubt how to proceed: The owner of the above-named ship begs, of such persons as intend to take their passage to Nova Scotia this season, that they will make inquiry at Scarborough of any disinterested persons who are conversant in maritime affairs, and hopes they will go on board of such ship, as they shall be advised is properly fitted, and sufficient for the performance of such a voyage."31
The Thomas & William and The Prince George arrived at Halifax from Scarborough, Yorkshire on May 14/16, 1774. Separate passenger lists for the two ships have not been found, but the following people are reported to have been aboard one or the other. From the Leeds Intelligencer, 27th September, 1774: "We are informed from Scarboro' that the ship 'Prince George', which sailed from that place for Nova Scotia the beginning of April last, with about 150 emigrants, is returned to England, with as many passengers on board as she had when she went out, and many more would have gladly returned, but could not pay for their freight; the country not being in any respect equal to the favourable idea they had formed of it".
| Surname | Given | Age | Occ/Other | Spouse | Father | Mother |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allver | Robert | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Andrew | Moses | 34 | cooper | __ | __ | __ |
| Atkinson | Jane | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Atkinson | Mary | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Atkinson | Roger | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Atkinson | Sarah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Bainbridge | Sam | 24 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Barlow | Jonathan | 24 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Berwick | George | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Berwick | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Berwick | George | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Berwick | Robert | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Biggin | Thomas | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Blashell | Francis | 29 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Boast | Francis | 47 | farmer, wife + 5 children | __ | __ | __ |
| Brown | Jane | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Cass | George | 19 | gardener | __ | __ | __ |
| Clark | John | 55 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Clark | Richard | 50 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Cole | John | __ | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Davis | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Dean | Robert | 28 | labourer | __ | __ | __ |
| Dewthwaite | James | 34 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Duke | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Duke | John | 25 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Duke | Sarah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Eison | Thomas | 25 | joiner | __ | __ | __ |
| Ellis | George | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Ellis | Margaret | __ | __ | William | __ | __ |
| Ellis | William | 24 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Benjm | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Chas | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | David | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Elizabeth | __ | __ | Richard | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Mary | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Richard | 34 | joiner | __ | __ | __ |
| Garbut | Richard | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Gibbin | Thomas | 31 | mason | __ | __ | __ |
| Gilliat | Mary | 1 | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Gilliat | Rebecca | 30 | __ | William | __ | __ |
| Gilliat | William | 34 | farmer | Rebecca | __ | __ |
| Gilliat | William | 3 | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Gray | Thomas | 31 | blacksmith | __ | __ | __ |
| Habishaw | William | 18 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Hardy | William | 25 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Harrison | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | Hannah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Harrison | John | 54 | farmer | Sarah | __ | __ |
| Harrison | John | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | Luke | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | Mary | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | Nancy | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | Sarah | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | Sarah Lovell | __ | __ | John | __ | __ |
| Harrison | Thomas | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Harrison | William | __ | __ | __ | John | Sarah |
| Hawksworth | Adam | 34 | joiner | __ | __ | __ |
| Hawksworth | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Hawksworth | Elizabeth | __ | __ | Adam | __ | __ |
| Hawksworth | George | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Hawksworth | Hannah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Hawksworth | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Hemsel | William | 31 | farmer, plus wife & 3 children | __ | __ | __ |
| Hodgson | Thomas | 38 | taylor | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | Christopher | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | Hannah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | John | 46 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Holiday | William | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Holliday | John | 40 | shoemaker | __ | __ | __ |
| Hopper | John | 23 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Huttson | Henry | 21 | taylor | __ | __ | __ |
| Jackson | Ann | __ | __ | Robert | __ | __ |
| Jackson | Benjamin | 50 | mason, plus wife & 3 sons | __ | __ | __ |
| Jackson | Isaac | __ | __ | __ | Robert | Ann |
| Jackson | Robert | 39 | ploughwright | __ | __ | __ |
| Jackson | Robert | 48 | blacksmith | __ | __ | __ |
| Jackson | Stephen | __ | __ | __ | Robert | Ann |
| Jacques | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Jacques | Elizabeth | __ | __ | John | __ | __ |
| Jacques | Hannah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Jacques | John | 26 | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Jacques | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Jarratt | William | 40 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Jefferson | Robert | 24 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Johnson | John | 20 | taylor | __ | __ | __ |
| Johnson | William | 22 | wheelwright | __ | __ | __ |
| Jones | William | 9 | s. of Mary Thompson | __ | __ | __ |
| Jukes | David | 23 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Kneeshaw | Jane | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Kneeshaw | William | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Lamb | John | 21 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Lewis | William | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Mason | Francis | 33 | butcher | __ | __ | __ |
| Mennard | Robert | 27 | taylor, plus wife & child | __ | __ | __ |
| Miller | Robert | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Mills | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Mills | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Mills | Frans | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Mills | Robert | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Mills | William | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Milner | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Milner | Elizabeth | 30 | servant | __ | __ | __ |
| Milner | Elizabeth | 50 | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Milner | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Milner | Jonathan | 26 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Mitton [Milton]32 | John | 22 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Moon | William | 25 | weaver | __ | __ | __ |
| Mooring | Thomas | 23 | house carpenter | __ | __ | __ |
| Nispin | Thomas | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Noddin | Michael | __ | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Noddings | Jane | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Noddings | Mark | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Noddings | Mary | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Noddings | Robert | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Noddings | William | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Oliver | Richard | 19 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Orkird | John | 30 | farmer, plus wife & 3 children | __ | __ | __ |
| Pearson | Christopher | 20 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Peck | Benjamin | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Peebles | Hugh | 36 | weaver | __ | __ | __ |
| Pickny | Michael | 42 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Reed | Elizabeth | 28 | sister of William | __ | __ | __ |
| Reed | William | 30 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Richardson | John | 28 | smith | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | Edward | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | Hannah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | John | 28 | butcher | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | John | 40 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | John | 41 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | Jona | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | Mary | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Robinson | Mary | __ | __ | John | __ | __ |
| Sharrow | George | 26 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Sherwood | William | 21 | linen weaver | __ | __ | __ |
| Shires | William | 29 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Skelton | John | 25 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Skelton | Thomas | 35 | tallow chandler | __ | __ | __ |
| Smith | Jane | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Stapleton33 | __ | 30 | physican | __ | __ | __ |
| Steel | John | 46 | farmer, plus son | __ | __ | __ |
| Stibbins | Ralph | 40 | merchant, plus wife & 4 children | __ | __ | __ |
| Stiles | Anthony | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Stiles | John | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Swan | Clifford | 21 | joiner | __ | __ | __ |
| Taylor | Robert | 28 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Thompson | Andrew | 40 | farmer | Mary | __ | __ |
| Thompson | Mary | __ | __ | Andrew | __ | __ |
| Thomson | William | 42 | farmer, plus wife & 6 children | __ | __ | __ |
| Topham | Richard | 29 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Tranner | Joseph | 32 | farmer, plus wife & child | __ | __ | __ |
| Walker | Mathew | 24 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Walker | Richard | 33 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Webster | Mathew | 33 | tailor | __ | __ | __ |
| Webster | William | 33 | house carpenter | __ | __ | __ |
| Webster | William | 33 | joiner | __ | __ | __ |
| White | Mary | 20 | servant | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilkinson | Frans | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilkinson | Margaret | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilkinson | Thomas | 23 | blacksmith, plus wife & child | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | __ | __ | __ | Robert | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Ann | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Barbara | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Christopher | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Edward | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Elizabeth | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Jane | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Leonard | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Mary | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Robert | 49 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Sarah | __ | __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | Thomas | 26 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
| Wilson | William | 23 | farmer | __ | __ | __ |
The Albion, 1774
'An account of all Persons who have taken their Passage on Board any Ship or Vessel to go out of this Kingdom from any Port in England with a description of their Age, Quality, Occupation or Employment, former residence to which port or place they propose to go, & on what Account & for what purposes they leave this Country.' Embarked from the Port of Hull on March 14, 1774.34
| Order | Surname | Given | Age | Occupation | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harland | William | 23 | Farmer | To seek better livelihood |
| 2 | Coulson | John | 20 | Farmer | To seek better livelihood |
| 3 | Coulson | Mary | 20 | Wife | __ |
| 4 | Patison | Jonathan | 19 | Husbandman | To seek better livelihood |
| 5 | Smith | Nathaniel | 52 | Farmer | Their rents being raised by his landlord Mr. Chapman they have made a purchase of some land in North America |
| 6 | Smith | Elizabeth | 52 | Wife | __ |
| 7 | Smith | Nathaniel | 22 | Child | __ |
| 8 | Smith | John | 18 | Child | __ |
| 9 | Smith | Robert | 9 | Child | __ |
| 10 | Smith | Elizabeth | 7 | Child | __ |
Notes
2. Sources: (1) Smith, L.H. and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., [n.d.]; (2) Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993; (3) www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8429/dyork.html: 'The Duke of York Passenger list'.
3. Sources: Coldham, Peter Wilson. Emigrants from England to theAmerican Colonies, 1773-1776. (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988, p. 138); Forthergill, Gerald. Emigrants from England. (Baltimore, GenealogicalPublishing Co, Inc., 1976, p. 71-72). Reformatted by Gord Ripley from a list prepared by the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and donated by Randal Oulton.
4. Derived by G.M. Ripley from The Legge List. A 'list of persons' who had arrived from Yorkshire between May 6, 1774 and June 21, 1774. (P.A.N.S. Vol 44, Doc 37). This list was an enclosure in a letter sent by Governor Legge of Nova Scotia to Lord Dartmouth in England. It notes the arrival of 490 persons (on nine ships), and was compiled from the ships' registers by clerks. Published in Report of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1935. pp. 35-38.
5. Collections, N.S.H.S., Vol 15, 1911 pp. 45.
6. Partial passenger list of the ship 'Two Friends' in Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, Vol 15, 1911. pp. 61-62.
7. George Bulmer, [age 12], apprenticed to William Freeze. See History of Sackville, p. 91. George was a son of John Bulmer, who arrived aboard 'The Two Friends' in 1774. There is speculation that George returned to England in 1773, along with William Freeze, and then came again to Nova Scotia with his family in 1774.
8. Letter of Marjorie Bulmer, Fundy Family Researchers, Sep 5, 1998: William [Bulmer] came out to Canada on the 'Duke of York' [along with his brother George and sister Mary (Bulmer) Freeze] and settled at Amherst. William settled at Amherst, N.S. He married [----- Warren]? and had at least one son. 'Jane Donkin, b ca 1786, daughter of Robert and Jane (Crawford) Donkin, married Nov 26, 1804, David Bulmore [Bulmer], son of William Bulmore, an early settler from England. At least five children, surname ulmore'. (Oldershaw, Marion. 'William Donkin, Northumbrian, and his Nova Scotian Descendants', Nova Scotia Historical Review. Vol 10 No 1, 1990).
9. Thomas Coates is buried at Smith's Creek, King's County, New Brunswick. His tombstone bears the following inscription: 'In memory of Thomas Coates who emigrated from England in 1772 and resided in Nova Scotia until 1804. From thense came to this place when the country was almost a wilderness with but few inhabitants and departed this life, April 3, 1813 in the 72nd year of his age'.
10. Trueman, Howard. Chignecto Isthmus and Its First Settlers, 1902. pp. 42, 45.
11. Jane Flintoft married William Humphrey in Nova Scotia circa 1774. Their first child was born in 1775. Jane may have arrived with her sister Sarah in 1773, but it is possible at least that she travelled with the Dixons in 1772. Like the Dixons, the Flintofts were from Hutton Rudby, Yorks. In 1798, after the death of William Humphrey, Charles Dixon took steps to help Jane and her children move to New Brunswick.
12. Ibid. Chignecto Isthmus, pp. 131-132.
13. Richard Lowerison was born in Yorkshire in 1741, and married Mary Gray in Yorkshire in 1773[!]. Richard was a passenger on the 'Albion', 1774. Mary, accompanied by her children, followed him aboard the 'Jenny' in 1775. See passenger lists for the 'Albion' and 'Jenny'.
14. Collections, N.S.H.S., Vol 15, 1911 pp. 62-64.
15. Robert Read was a son of Stephen Read (b May 6, 1734) and Mary Colling (b October 20, 1739/November 19, 1732). They are said to have emigrated to Nova Scotia on February 18, 1772, possibly aboard the 'Albion' and arrived arrived in Halifax on May the 2nd, 1772. Stephen Read was born in Kilham, Yorkshire (East Riding), while Mary Colling was born in Cayton, Yorkshire, near Scarborough.
16. Ralph Siddall, cartwright, age 29, was a passenger on the Albion, 1774. Passengers on the Jenny, 1775, included Bridget Sedel (sic), going with her children to join her husband. Three possiblities exist: (1) Ralph Siddall arrived on the Duke of York in 1772, but returned to England in time to re-emigrate in 1774; (2) the Ralph Siddall on the Duke of York is unrelated the Ralph Siddall on the Albion; (3) the Ralph Siddall on the Duke of York is the uncle of the Ralph who arrived in 1774. This theory is supported by information that Francis Siddall (1772) was the father of Ralph Siddall (1774).
17. Karen Trenholm (kjtren@sympatico.ca) note that her family believes Robert Trenholm was a passenger (with his sons Edward, John and Matthew) on the 'Duke of York', 1772. Evidence in support of this theory is yet to be found.
18. Karen Trenholm (kjtren@sympatico.ca) notes that her family believes Robert Trenholm was a passenger (with his sons Edward, John and Matthew) on the 'Duke of York', 1772. Evidence in support of this theory has yet to be found.
19. Karen Trenholm (kjtren@sympatico.ca) notes that her family believes Robert Trenholm was a passenger (with his sons Edward, John and Matthew) on the 'Duke of York', 1772. Evidence in support of this theory has yet to be found.
20. Susan Hill of Amherst believes that John Trerice 'an orphan from Old Shrewsbury' came to Nova Scotia with Thomas Coates in 1772. She writes: 'A descendant visited England [and] found the orphanage records where it stated he was apprenticed out to Thomas Coates at the age of nine years. The Trerice descendants resided in Albert County, New Brunswick and Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, some using the spelling of Terris and others using Trerice. John Trerice's wife was a Porter from Kings County, Nova Scotia'.
21. Wood family, see Chignecto Isthmus, pp. 131-132
22. From Tracy Court, September 2007. (tlc.dva@sympatico.ca): It has been reported that there were 196 passengers aboard the vessel, but the following are those who are known. The listings in the book are reconstructed through two reports, the first of which appeared in the Charlottetown Guardian, January 4th, 1898. It was a report of an interview by J. E. Matthews, with the Rev. Matthew Smith, who, at 4 years of age had come to Crapaud with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chistopher Smith aboard the Valiant. The second report was from the Guardian, March 3rd, 1898. This was an interview with Mrs. William Court, of Black River, Lot 25, P.E.I. Her maiden name was Jane Bell, and she was the daughter of Vincent Bell.
23. From Tracy Court, September 2007. (tlc.dva@sympatico.ca): ... from The Valiant Connection, is a note from Robert K. Stevens, of New York, a former U. S. diplomat to Rome that says: "George Hardy, a widower with two children, moved from his home in Lincolnshire, circa 1806, and found work in Hessle, East Yorkshire. He sailed to Prince Edward Island on the ship, Valiant, leaving Hull, England in April 1817. The ship was owned by a Yorkshireman from Hessle-upon-Hull, Robert Saunders, who was to become George Hardy's father in law. George married Mary Saunders after their arrival on P.E.I. Mary was born in 1789, the daughter of Robert Saunders and Hannah Taylor of Hessle. Mary's father was owner of the ship on which they immigrated. Family tradition indicates it to have been a shipboard romance with Mary marrying George, a widower with children, a farmer and labourer, and therefore beneath her class, over the strong objections of her family. It was said, however, that Mary received disbursements from her father's estate after his death. Mary's sister, Hannah Saunders, had married George West, and they were among the Valiant immigrants."
24. Debra Cohig. (Cohigfam@aol.com)
25. History of Nova Scotia [http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part1/Ch05.htm]
26. Moses Ward was 18 months old when his parents migrated to Nova Scotia. When he was older he settled in Digby, Digby, Nova Scotia. Seehttp://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I1086&tree=Kings
27. In 1772 the York Chronicle was established as a rival to the York Courant, the only newspaper then published in the city. The new paper was published weekly by Christopher Etherington, bookseller and publisher, at his press in Coppergate, and the first number appeared on 18 December 1772 under the title of the York Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser. It was at first an eight-page quarto. Etherington produced 3,000 copies of each of the first two numbers and distributed them free of charge; a price of 2½d. was fixed for the 1,650 copies of the third number. The circulation did not reach 2,500 until 1774, in which year the paper was renamed Etherington's York Chronicle; it was then a four-page folio. The circulation subsequently fell below 1,900 in May 1775, and decreased further as a result of an increase of ½d. in the price of the paper which followed the increased newspaper duty of 1776. With this increase in price, the paper was renamed Etherington's York Chronicle, or the Northern Flying Post and General Advertiser. The last number appeared on 24 January 1777 following Etherington's bankruptcy. [Wikipedia]
28. Renee de Gannes, Yorkshire Immigration Research Analyst [http://heritage.tantramar.com/Y2shipanns.html]
29. Renee de Gannes, Yorkshire Immigration Research Analyst [http://heritage.tantramar.com/Y2shipanns.html]
30. Renee de Gannes, Yorkshire Immigration Research Analyst [http://heritage.tantramar.com/Y2shipanns.html]
31. Renee de Gannes, Yorkshire Immigration Research Analyst [http://heritage.tantramar.com/Y2shipanns.html]
32. [http://www.familyorigins.com/users/m/i/t/Randall--Mitton/FAMO1-0001/d1383.htm]: "John Mitton sailed from Scarborough, England on a ship of uncertain name and captain. My ship list, compiled by Michael Cooney of Yorkshire called the ship the 'William and Mary' but it is called different names by different people. It sailed in April of 1774. The list shows John as travelling alone with no wife or family. The 1783 census shows John as living with a wife and one child. The wife would be Eliza and the child would be her son Ralph who was born about 1774. In his will, John leaves the furniture to his wife, Eliza, and names his sole executor as "his step-son, Ralph Johnson, known as Ralph Johnson Mitton".
33. [unknown] Stapleton, age 30, a physician from Yorkshire, left the Port of Scarborough for Nova Scotia between 5 April and 12 April 1774. [Gerald Fothergill: Emigrants from England, 1773-1776 p. 67; Boston (1913)] [Michael Tepper:Passengers to America, p. 288; Baltimore (1980)] ["Yorkshire, England to Nova Scotia, 1774" in the Genealogical Reference Builders, Vol. 1, No. 9, p. 4; October-November 1967] Perhaps he is the same Doctor Stapleton with Tarleton's forces in the Carolinas during the American Revolution who refused to treat a captured and wounded American officer. [William Dobein James: A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion, a History of His Brigade From Its Rise in June 1780 until Disbanded in December, 1782, Appendix p. 6; Marietta, Georgia (1948)] There was a report of the death in September 1780 from a violent fever at Waxsaws, North Carolina, of Mr. Stapleton, Surgeon to the British Legion, a young man. [Kenneth Scott: Rivington's New York Newspaper Excerpts from a Loyalist Press, 1773-1783, p. 244; New York (1973)] Samuel Stapleton was a cornet in the British Legion commanded by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton on a pay list covering the period 21 October 1782 to 25 December 1782. [Murtie June Clark: Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Vol. III, p. 408; Baltimore (1981)] Samuel Stapleton was a Cornet of Cavalry in the British Legion during the American Revolution. [Lorenzo Sabine: Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Vol. II, p. 581; Boston (1864)]. http://robertstapleton.tripod.com/stapleton2.html
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