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In the early 1800's port cities in the USA bore the burden of immigration. By the time they arrived, so many immigrants were tired, hungry and poor they ended up in the City Almshouse. This meant the citizens had to take care of them. At first the citizens of the city asked the Mayors for funds to support the poor. Eventually they asked the states, and by mid-century some states (PA, NY, MA) set up State agencies to deal with the issue. Eventually, beginning in the 1880's, the Federal Government nationalized the programs.

Dating back to the colonial era, New York City assumed responsibility for its citizens who were destitute, sick, homeless, or otherwise unable to care for themselves. The city maintained an almshouse, various hospitals, and a workhouse on Blackwell's Island (now called Roosevelt Island) for the poor. Read more about New York City Almshouse...

Lorine's Note: There are 2 pages for each name in this ledger. I have only copied part of the left hand page. There is more information on the microfilm, including Captain's Name, Owner's Name, Date of Bond, Sureties, Date Discharged, Death Date, Remarks, Bonded, Commuted & Total. For example, under date 1820 Mar 11 - Elizabeth Kennedy age 34 is listed as having died Jun 14, 1820; her daughter Mary Ann died Nov 5, 1820

I have not had time to track down the exact arrival date of each of the ships named, but interested researchers could use the clues (admission date, captain's name, owner's name, etc) as well as census records, to narrow the time frame of arrival. Families with children born in one country, such as England, and then in New York will find it much easier to narrow the time frame of immigration.

Ship arrivals with partial passenger names before 1827: Albion , Alicia , Amelia , American , Ann Marie , Atlantic , Aurora , Baltic , Blakely , Borneo , Brighton , Brittania , Candis , Carleton , Carolina Ann , Clover , Compeer , Concordia , Constitution , Cortes , Courier , Curlew , Dalhousie Castle , Dancer , Danish Iris , Diana , Dublin Packet , Edward , Edward Bonasse , Eliza , Eliza Baker , Emulous , Fame , Fenwick , Francis Henrietta , Franklin , Ganges , Garland , Gen. Putnam , Gentile , George Clinton , Gridley , Hamilton , Hector , Henrietta , Henry Freeland? Kneeland? , Holbert , Hope & Easter , Hudson , Hunter , India , Ivory , James & Margaret , Java , Jno (John) & Elizabeth , John Adams , Jubilee , Lady Henrietta , Lady Hunter , Lady Wellington , Lark , Leeds , Liverpool , Lord Wellington , Louisa , Lydia , Maine , Manchester , Margaret Boyle , Martha , Mary , Mary Howland , Meteor , Michaels , Nelson? Wilson? , New England , New Hampshire , New Orleans , Newry , Peru , Plutarch , Princess Charlotte , Robert Edwards , Robert Fulton , Roman , Sarah George , Silvanus Genkins , St Michael , St. Croix , St. Nichady , Thomas , Thomas & William , Thompson , Torn? Tom? , Traveler , Trident , Trio , Union , Venus , Virginia , Westmoreland , William , William & George , William Byrnes , William Dawson , Wilson , Wm. H. Pantheon?

For individuals recorded in 1855-1858 the information includes ship name, date of sailing, ports of departure and arrival

Transcribers: Lorine Schulze & Laura Freeman

Date	Foreigner (Surname)	Foreigner ( First Name)	Age	Place of Birth	Vessel	Where From
Jan 5	Orr	Elizabeth	18	Ireland	Gen. Putnam	Londonderry
Jan .8	Sutton	William	20	England	Brighton	London
Jan 10	Horrocks	Richard	25	England	Blakely	Liverpool
Jan 12	Thomas	John	19	New York	Small Pox, from New York, Hospital, To pay $3 p.w.
Jan 12	Kerchoffer	Mary	21	Switzerland	Edward Bonasse	Havre
Jan 20	Barry aka Brandon	Elira/Eliza	27	Ireland	Atlantic	Belfast
Jan 20	Poor	Patrick	29	Ireland	St. Croix	Eastport
Jan 25	Clark	William	30	Ireland	New Hampshire	Liverpool
Jan 27	Hickey	John	28	Ireland	Liverpool	Cork
Jan 27	Fehily	Michael	37	Ireland	Diana	Cork
Jan 29	Dickinson	John	22	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Jan 29	Lee	Thomas	25	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Jan 31	Starling	William	23	Newry	no entry	no entry
Feb 2	Shannon aka Bignal	Richard	6	Ireland	Wm. H. Pantheon?	Liverpool
Feb 3	O'Hanlon aka Chandler	John	45	Ireland	Gridley	Liverpool
Feb 6	Reynolds	Patrick	25	Ireland	Wm. Byrnes	Liverpool
Feb 8	Mussy?Massey?	Mary	28	no entry (preg)	Concordia	no entry
Feb 8	Briorly	Joseph	43	Eng	Fame	Liverpool
. Feb 10	Cleverida	Anthony	50	Switzerland	India	Havre
Feb 10	Cleverida	Barbery	50	Switzerland	India	Havre
Feb 10	Cleverida	Augatia	10	Switzerland	India	Havre
Feb 10	Cleverida	Antoinio	3	Switzerland	India	Havre
Feb 10	Cleverida	Francisco	1	Switzerland	India	Havre
Feb 12	Welch	Catherine	26	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Feb 13	Haives	William	23	England	no entry	no entry
Feb 13	Cockran	Thomas	21	England	Fame	Liverpool
Feb 20	Golding	John	25	Ireland	Henry Freeland	Liverpool
Feb 22	McBrian	Owen	30	Ireland	Gen. Putnam	Londonderry
Feb 22	Doran	Mary	18	Ireland	Francis Henrietta	Liverpool
Mar 2	Carlina	Mary	22	Ireland	St. Nichady	St. Johns NB
Mar 2	Carlina	Mary	5mos.	At Sea	St. Nichady	St. Johns NB
Mar 2	Foley	Edward	19	Ireland	Eliza	Liverpool
Mar 4	Brady	John	25	Ireland	Francis Henrietta	Liverpool
Mar 20	Keene	John	30	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Mar 24	Casey	William	24	Ireland	Edward	no entry
Apr 5	Moore	John	21	England	Hudson	London
Apr11	Whelin	Martin	31	Ireland	Plutarch	Liverpool
Apr 13	Morris	James	32	Ireland	Hope	Galway
Apr 19	Brady	Mary	36	Ireland	Carolina & Ann	Belfast
Apr 20	Hassin	Dennis	25	Ireland	Robert Fulton	Londonderry
Apr 25	Terry	Patrick	11	Ireland	no entry	no netry
Apr 27	Dickson	Biddy	28	Ireland	Carolina Ann	Belfast
Apr 28	Burns	John	30	Ireland	Plutarch	Liverpool
Apr 30	Healy	Bridget	23	Ireland	Virginia	Sligo
Apr 30	Healy	Ellen	no entry	Ireland	James & Margaret	?ay, Virginia
May 1	Foster	Harriett	28	England	James & Margaret	no entry
May 1	Foster	Jane	1	England	James & Margaret	no entry
May 1	Foster	Robert	4	England	James & Margaret	no entry
May 1	Foster	Frederick	4mos.	New York	James & Margaret	no entry
May 3	Cull	John	20	Ireland	Ganges	Cork
May 3	Cor	Terence	25	Ireland	Lark	Savannah
May 4	Hoth	Rosanna	28	Germany	Jno (John) & Elizabeth	Havre
May 5	Melville	Andrew	47	Ireland	Lark	Savannah
May 5	Simple	Sarah	30	Ireland	Robert Fulton	Londonderry
May 5	Simple	John	7	Ireland	Robert Fulton	Londonderry
May 5.	Simple	Jane	5	Ireland	Robert Fulton	Londonderry
May 5	Simple	Matthew	2 wks.	New York	Robert Fulton	Londonderry
May 8	Dwyer	John	25	Ireland	Holbert	no entry
May 8	Dwyer	Mary	28	Ireland	Holbert	no entry
May 8	Bently	William	29	England	Francis Henrietta	Liverpool
May 9	Graham	Charles	28	Ireland	Maine	Sligo
May 10	Highland	Susan	28	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
May 11	Magee	John	23	Ireland	Louisa	no entry
May 15	Buchanan	Samuel	22	Ireland	Trident	Londonderry
May 17	Logge	David	24	Scotland	Franklin	Greenock
May 23	Reynolds	Biddy	23	Ireland	Wm. Byrnes	Liverpool
May 24	Lawler	Patrick	25	Ireland	Margaret Boyle	no entry
May 25	Kelly	Patrick	24	Ireland	Dancer	no entry
May 26	Mackin	Peter	18	Ireland	Princess Charlotte	Newry
May 29	Brian	Thomas	23	Ireland	Thomas & William	Limerick
May 30	Fernion	Mary	26	Ireland	Atlantic	Liverpool
May 30	McGaffey	Ann	20	Ireland	Atlantic	Liverpool
May 30	Nood? Wood?	Sophia	28	Ireland	St Michael	St Johns
Jun. 1	McComb	Ann	22	Ireland	Princess Charlotte	Newry
Jun. 2	Green	Thomas	no entry	Ireland	Eliza Baker	Liverpool
Jun. 6	Dunn	Phelix	27	Ireland	Henrietta	no entry
Jun. 6	Hatchae	Nicholas	30	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Jun. 9	Gibson	William	30	Scotland	Lady Henrietta	St Johns
Jun. 13	O'Neile	Bridget	28	Ireland	Aurora	Liverpool
Jun. 13	O'Neile	Joseph	4yr. 3 mos.	Ireland	Aurora	Liverpool
Jun.	O'Neile	Thomas	33	Ireland	Gentile	no entry
Jun.13	Egan	Michael	24	Ireland	Mary	Dublin
Jun. 14	Harrigan	Michael	33	Ireland	Albion	no entry
Jun. 15	Clark	Ann	30	Ireland	Lady Hen---	St Johns
Jun. 18	Kenedy	Catherine	32	Ireland	Amelia	Liverpool
Jun. 20	Colinay	David	27	Ireland	Dublin Packet	no entry
Jun. 21	Keanan	Thomas	19	Ireland	Atlantic	Liverpool
Jun. 21	Croppin	Frederick	21	Liverpool	Britania	no entry
Jun. 22	Teaffe	George	42	Ireland	William Dawson
Jun. 22	Keefe	John	44	Ireland	Hope & Easter	no entry
Jun. 23	McLaughlin	James	29	Ireland	Wilson	Belfast
Jun. 27	Canary	Thomas	28	Ireland	Lydia	New Haven
Jun. 27	Canary	Hellen	25	Ireland	Lydia	New Haven
Jun. 27	Canary	Patrick	4	Ireland	Lydia	New Haven
Jun. 27	Canary	Johanna	2	Ireland	Lydia	New Haven
Jun. 28	Byrnes	Mary	25	Ireland	Lady Wellington	Newry
Jun. 30	Almoda	Bridget	25	Ireland	India	Liverpool
Jul. 2	Anderson	Thomas	63	England	Fenwick	New Castlo
Jul. 7	Marrac	James	36	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jul. 10	Kenwick	Ellen	28	Ireland	Wilson	no entry
Jul. 14	McNanamy	James	25	Ireland	Constitution	Liverpool
Jul. 18	Shanley	Ann	31	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Jul 18	Shanley	Mary	2wks	New York	no entry	no entry
Jul 19	Brean	John	25	Ireland	Curlew	no entry
Jul. 19	Whater	Isaac	30	England	Peru	Liverpool
Jul. 20	Hacket	Mary	25	Ireland	Meteor	Belfast
Jul. 21	Kain	Catherine	25	Ireland	Borneo	St Johns
Jul. 25.	Blake	Catherine	17	Ireland	Nelson? Wilson?	Belfast
Jul. 28	Martling	Alice	43	England	Franklin	Liverpool
Jul. 31	Daley	Catherine	27	Ireland	no entry	no entry
Aug 1	Murray	Benjamin	35	Ireland	Ann Marie	St Johns
Aug 1	Murray	Ann	34	Ireland	Ann Marie	St Johns
Aug 1	Murray	Neal	14	Ireland	Ann Marie	St.Johns
Aug 1	Murray	Catherine	8	Ireland	Ann Marie	St Johns
Aug 1	Murray	Patrick	6	Ireland	Ann Marie	St Johns
Aug 1	Murray	Fanny	3	Ireland	Ann Marie	St.Johns
Aug 1	Murray	Mary	1	Ireland	Ann Marie	St.Johns
Aug 2	McCullum	Martin	32	Scotland	St Michaels	no entry
Aug 2	Boyd	John	17	Ireland	Meteor	Belfast
Aug 2	McGocch	Jamiona?	20	Scotland	St Michael	St. Johns NB
Aug 1	McCann	John	24	Ireland	Lady Hunter	St. Johns NB
Aug 7	McIntally	Matthew	22	Ireland	Newry	Newry
Aug 9	Fuhilly	William	21	Ireland	Dianna	Cork
Aug 9	Dolton	Bridget	20	Ireland	Indus	Liverpool
Aug 11	Brady	Hugh	29	Ireland	Plutarch	Liverpool
Aug 12	Borady	John H. [Henry?]	21	Germany	Cortes	London
Aug 13	Seary	Michael	22	Ireland	Ganges	Liverpool
Aug 13	Daugherty	Michael	18	Ireland	Dublin Packet	Dublin
Aug 14	Powers	Francis	22	Ireland	Ganges	Liverpool
Aug, 14	Waters	John	23	Ireland	Maine	no entry
Aug 15	Shey	William	30	Scotland	Martha	Liverpool
Aug 15	Riley	Margaret	20	Ireland	India	Liverpool
Aug 16	Hand	Biddy	31	Ireland	John Adams	Liverpool
Aug 16	Hand	Catherine	5	Ireland	John Adams	Liverpool
Aug 16	Hand	Thomas	1yr. 6mos.	Ireland	John Adams	Liverpool
Aug 16	Gibson	William	45	England	Emulous	Liverpool
Aug 16	Morrison	Ann	28	Ireland	Ganges	Cork
Aug 16	Morrison	Mary	5	Ireland	Ganges	Cork
Aug 16	Morrison	Ann	1	New York	Ganges	Cork
Aug 23	Slinet	Margaret	27	Ireland	Trio	no entry
Aug 24	Bevin	Thomas	31	England	Alicia	no entry
Aug 29	Kirk	Mary	3	Ireland	Meteor	Liverpool
Aug 29	Gallagahar	Margery	18	Ireland	Clever	no entry
Sep. 1	Haffey	John	23	Ireland	Ivory	Havre
Sep. 4	Cadden	Catherine	19	Ireland