Ship WILMINGTON Passenger List



A List of Passengers intending to go from Belfast to New York
in the Ship WILMINGTON, Thomas Woodward, Master, 
160 tons, sworn 9 July 1803.

John Houston	    aged 30 	Farmer
Mrs. Houston		27
        Houston    	 7	Children
            "		 5		"
	"		 2		"
Robert Stewart		27	Farmer
Mrs.     "		24
	"		  2	Child
James Galway		18	Farmer
Thomas Allen		25		"
Will'm. Erskin		32		"
Isabella Dick		16

John Cross		35	Farmer 
Wm. Crozier		26	     "
Henry McHenry		40	gentleman
Hen. Read		30	      "
Jane Curry		36
Mary    "		14
Eliza    "		12
John     "		 9
Rob't. Warwick		30	gentleman
Hen. Garrett		33	Farmer
S. Ann "		27
Mary Maucally		23
John Browne		45	gentleman
Rob't. Jackson		30		"
John Murphy		28		"
John Thompson		26		"
Tho's. McCrellos	34	Farmer
Tho's. McConaghy	27		"
John Cameron		39		"
Lavinia  "		20
Agnus   "		17
Martha	"		14
Elinor	"		 9
Sam'l. Chestnut		30	gentleman
Mary Cameron		36





Source of Information

The above list is found in two books:"Handbook of Irish Genealogy", 
Heraldic Artists Ltd., Dublin, 1973, page 113 and; "Ship Passenger Lists, 
vol. I, National and New England (1600-1825)", Carl Boyer III, Newhall, 
California, 1977, page 24. 

The name Agnus Cameron is spelled Agnes in the "Handbook of Irish Genealogy". 

Discussion of Voyage and Ship

The "New York Evening Post" for Wednesday, 14 September 1803, lists the
ship "Wilmington", Woodward, master, from Belfast, in quarantine, with
"some linen and 45 passengers".  The difference in passenger numbers can
probably be explained by the fact that the newspaper count includes
children, including infants, whereas the departure list that you quote
(and which I have not seen) probably does not.  There is no arrival list,
as ship captains were not required to submit them to U.S. Customs
authorities until 1820 (Act of 1819).
I am unable to identify the vessel with any certainty. "Lloyd's Register" 
for 1800 contains a reference to a ship "Wilmington", built in 
Philadelphia about 1791 (she was in her 10th year in 1800), but her master 
is given as R. Shield, and her tonnage as 264.