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A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 K SSLn tar HKi HWK WflH ,'/(, UUKWUP L I B HA FLY OF THE U N IVLR.5ITY Of ILLINOIS OI6.3Z573 L228b 1963 Cop. 2, K. KfllWB HISTORICAL SURVEY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.archive.org/details/bibliographyofshOOIanc A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SHIP PASSENGER LISTS, 1538-1825 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SHIP PASSENGER LISTS 1538-1825 Being a Guide to Published Lists of Early Immigrants to North America Compiled by HAROLD LANCOUR THIRD EDITION Revised and Enlarged by RICHARD J. WOLFE WITH A LIST OF PASSENGER ARRIVAL RECORDS IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES By FRANK E. BRIDGERS New York The New York Public Library 19 6 3 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 63-18141 * * * A revised edition of Passenger Lists of Ships Coming to North America, 1607-1825 (1938) Illustrations by Hal Wilson, Public Relations Staff Printed at The New York Public Library form p717 [x-28-63 2m] 0\(o L*a? Xw . Preface to the Third Edition F INESTIMABLE VALUE to genealogists and historians o would be a record of every emigrant who sailed from Europe to North America in the early years of our nation's history. But no such record exists. Actually, the ravages of fire and time have left to succeeding generations but little of the all too incomplete docu- ments made by the shipping and port authorities in those early days. Those that do remain are now preserved in the archives and libraries of the United States and Europe. In recent years efforts have been made to sort out, transcribe, and print from such old original records, diaries, log books, etc, lists of the early emigrants. This bibliography is an attempt to bring together a list of these printed sources and to put it into a convenient and usable form. Word has reached us from many places that the earlier editions of this little pamphlet, which first appeared in 1938, have indeed been found useful far beyond our most hopeful expectations. The emphasis in this compilation has been utilitarian rather than academic. Its purpose is to provide genealogists, historians, and stu- dents of immigration with a useful guide to widely scattered and little-known material. Such emphasis has had two results: first, to make advisable a free interpretation of the phrase "passenger list" so as to include all such collections of emigrants' or immigrants' names, as, in the opinion of the compiler, would be of value; and, second, to call for a simple bibliographical entry with a briefly descriptive rather than evaluative annotation. On the assumption that the researcher, in looking for a particular individual's name, will know at least one of three things: the place of arrival, the approximate date of arrival, or the name of the ship, the list is arranged, first by the state to which the ship came, and second, under each state, chronologically by the year of arrival. In addition there is a complete index to all ships' names mentioned in the several books and articles listed in the bibliography giving exact page references to the books and articles referred to. [v] A few users of the original edition of this work kept records of additional items which subsequently were published or came to light. Wolfe, of York Public Library staff, Mr Richard J. The New has kindly brought these and a great many other supplementary materials together and incorporated them into the bibliography and the index. Thus the list is as complete, up to the time of publication, as cooperative effort can make it. As before, additions and corrections to the list will be appreciated and may be sent to the compiler or to The New York Public Library. Harold Lancour Morgan Hill Farm Weston, Vermont [vi] Reviser's Preface TO THOSE engaged in the study of American genealogy and immigration Harold Lancour's Passenger Lists will require no introduction. Since its publication by The New York Public Library 26 years ago as a modest booklet it has achieved a remarkable reputa- tion as one of the most useful tools for aiding in the identification of persons coming to North America before 1825, and the demand for copies of it has not diminished over the years in spite of the fact that it has long since gone out of print. The usefulness of the Lancour Bibliography lies not only in bringing together references to so many scattered lists but in the utilitarian manner in which it has organized and presented them. It has been my intention in undertaking the revision and enlarge- ment of Passenger Lists to preserve as much as possible the identity and practical intent of the original. Only such changes and modifica- tions have been adopted as would improve upon the aim and useful- ness of the work or which seemed necessary in order to incorporate into it the many items which have appeared in print since 1938. The standard for including a list in the revised edition is proof of overseas origin. I have reserved the right of judgment in this matter, as did Dr Lancour before me, usefulness being the deciding factor in bor- derline cases. And again no claim is made for unerring judgment or for completeness, though I have made every effort to make the present edition as complete and comprehensive as possible. Every entry appearing in the second edition of Passenger Lists ( 1938 ) has been described anew and has been completely reindexed for inclusion in the "Index of Ship Names" at the end of the volume. And to these have been added approximately 145 new references. A number of typographical errors and errors of oversight have been corrected, and every reference has been annotated in order to inform the user of the origin and scope of each entry within the volume. The section "Name Registers and Genealogical Dictionaries" found at the conclusion of the earlier list has been dropped out and two [vii] . appendices, one giving lists of ship passengers and immigrants com- ing to America after 1825 and the other passenger arrival records in the National Archives, have been substituted in its place. By doing this we hope to furnish the user with a compendium of all known published passenger and immigrant records and at the same time pro- vide him with a resume of the holdings of our major source of such unpublished data. (For the type of material originally included in "Name Registers and Genealogical Dictionaries," where proof of overseas origin is not established, the reader is directed to various genealogical handbooks, such as Genealogical Research and Search and Research, which usually include such materials under their re- spective states.) l To add to the usefulness of the work, a number of cross references have been inserted in order to inform the user of regional material included in lists entered under different localities; an author index has also been furnished; and slight changes have been made in the manner of entering references in the analytical index of ship names. I have tried to take notice of all reprinted edi- tions of works in the Bibliography so as to tell the researcher what may be purchased on the "in print" market. The majority of such reprints have been issued by the Genealogical Publishing Company, 521-23 St Paul Place, Baltimore, and, as I have been informed by Mr Jules Chodak, President of the firm, as many more will be sched- uled for republication in the future as demand warrants. Finally, the work has been given a new title which, it is hoped, will better reflect the true nature of its contents and will help abate the confusion that the earlier title created. As Dr Lancour implies in his preface to this edition, its under- taking has been a cooperative effort. I should like to express my grati- tude for the kind assistance rendered by Dr Gerald D. McDonald of this Library and by the staff of the Genealogy and Local History Division which he heads, and particularly by Mr Gunther E. Pohl, 1 Genealogical Research: Methods and Sources (Washington, D C, The American Society of Genealogists 1960); Noel C. Stevenson Search and Research; The Research- er's Handbook ( Salt Lake City, Deseret Book Co 1959 ) [ viii ] who read over the manuscript and made a number of valuable sug- gestions, and by Miss Rosalie Fellows Bailey, who went over the New York and New Jersey sections and offered a great many refer- ences for my consideration. I should also like to thank Mr Frank E. Bridgers for contributing his article "Passenger Arrival Records in the National Archives," which originally appeared in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly for September 1962, and Colonel Carleton E. Fisher, President of the Society, for permitting it to be republished. Finally I would like to acknowledge the interest of Mr Jules Chodak, and the assistance rendered by him in the course of this revision. Richard J. Wolfe The New York Public Library [ix] Contents PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION v REVISER'S PREFACE vii THE BIBLIOGRAPHY All Ports 3 Maine 13 New Hampshire 15 Massachusetts 17 Rhode Island 25 Connecticut 27 New York 29 New Jersey 41 Pennsylvania 45 Delaware 63 Maryland 65 VmGiNiA 69 District of Columria 75 North Carolina 77 South Carolina 79 Georgia 81 Florida 83 Louisiana 85 Appendix I: Purlished Lists of Ship Passengers and Immigrants After 1825 87 Appendix II: Passenger Arrival Records in the National Archives, ry Frank E. Bridgers 93 Index of Authors and Contrirutors 101 Index of Ship Names 105 A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 ALL PORTS 1600-1700 John Camden Hotten, ed, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emi- grants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700.
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