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Article posted: April 15, 1998
Passengers On The Ship "APOLLO" 1783
By: Contributed By Lark Szick
Return of Men, women, children and servants in Capt. Robert Wilkins Company of Loyalists on board the ship APOLLO, John Adamson, Master for Port Roseway ( now Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada) from New York on 8th June 1783.
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Residence
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Occupation
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Residence
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Recommended By
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Comments
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* Robert Wilkins Capt
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merchant
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Army
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General Brock
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came with a woman, 1 child under 10, 2 children over 10, and 4 servants.
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* Henry Hodgkinson, Lt. |
hairdresser
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Army
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Capt Hartly
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came with a woman and a servant.
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* Stuart Thomas Lt.
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arms mover
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Army
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Capt Wilkins
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came with a woman and a servant.
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* James Holden Sergeant
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cooper
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Army |
Capt Wilkins
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came with a woman and a servant.
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* William Fraser Sergeant
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weaver
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Army
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Capt Wilkins
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came with a woman
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John Adams |
navy pilot
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North Carolina,
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came with a woman and a servant.
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John Al(sop) not confirmed |
sawer
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England
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Mr Stuart
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came alone with 3 servants. The last name is not clear on the passenger manifest.
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William Branston
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mariner
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New York
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came with a child over 10 and a servant.
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* William Caldwell
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carpenter
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Ireland
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Mr. David Porter |
came alone.
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* John Cheese |
navy pilot
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New York
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Mr Verner
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came with a woman and 2 servants.
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Robert Dodds |
mariner
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New York
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went in his own vessel
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came with a woman, 1 child under 10, 1 child over 10 and 2 servants.
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* Ronald MacDonald |
mariner
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New York
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went in his own vessel
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came with a woman and a child under 10, and 2 servants.
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William Doane |
mariner
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New York
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came alone.
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James Dolfied |
labourer
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army
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Robert Wilkins (servant Indented)
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came alone.
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John Goody |
mariner
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New York
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Mr Ellis
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came alone.
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* Alexander Gordon |
labourer
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N. Britain |
Capt Wilkins
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came with a woman and a servant
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* Edward Green
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cord weaver
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Rhode Island
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John Smith
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came with a woman, 1 child under 10, 1 child over 10, and 4 servants.
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* John McIntire |
merchant |
New York
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Mr Ross, went in his own vessel
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came with his wife , 3 children over 10, and 7 servants.
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* Ronald McIntire
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carpenter
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N. Britain
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came with a woman and a child over 10, and a servant.
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* Alexander McKay |
mariner
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New York
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Mr Johnston,
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went in his own vessel ,
; came with a woman and 2 servants.
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Duncan McKinnon
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labourer |
N. Britain
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came alone.
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George McKay |
labourer
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New York
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went in his own vessel
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came with a woman and 2 servants.
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* Alexander McKenzie |
labourer
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N. Britain
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came with a woman and 2 servants.
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* James Leslie |
house carpenter
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N. Britain
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Mr Henry Hodgkinson
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came with a woman and a servant.
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Berry Lowe |
tailor
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Rhode Island
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came with a woman, 2 children over 10, and a servant.
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* William Moody |
mariner
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New York
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Mr Scully
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came with a woman and 3 servants.
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* William Owens |
carpenter
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Pennsylvania
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Mr Williams
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came alone.
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* David Porter |
carpenter
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New York
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came alone with one servant.
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* John Phillips |
mariner
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New York
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went in his own vessel
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came with a woman, 2 children under 10, 4 children over 10, and a servant.
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* Lewis Palmer |
farmer |
Cornthe__ Manor
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Capt Pitcher.
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came with a woman, 5 children under 10, and 2 servants.
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Thomas (Tom) Ross |
cord weaver
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Philadelphia
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Capt Dodds
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came with a woman and 3 children under 10
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Archibald MacBeath |
carpenter
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N. Britain
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Mr Sloane
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came with a woman, 2 children under 10, 1 child over 10, and a servant
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John Sloane |
carpenter
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Ireland
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Mr. John Bull,
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came alone. (on original list it states he was sent back to New York.. sick.)
( Comment: did he try to come at an earlier time?)
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* George Singleton |
labourer
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Pennsylvania
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Mr Williams
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came alone.
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* David Thompson Mr Benj. Lowe , |
stone cutter
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N. Britain
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went in his own vessel,
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came with a woman, 2 children under 10, 1 child over 10, and 5 servants.
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* John Fitzpatrick |
carpenter
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Ireland
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Mr. David Porter
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came alone with a servant.
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* John Williams.
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came alone with a servant.
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Total 38 men, 14 women, 18 children under 10, 17 children over 10, 54 servants
making a grand total of 151 in this group.
An asterisk (*) marks confirms members of the Port Roseway Association.
Source:ĘPAC MG 23, (B30). Wilkins, Robert (Soldier), transcripts, 1781-1787.
On the top of the page it states,
¬Copy of the following document in the possession of Thomas B. Wragg of the City of Belleville, son of the late Thomas B. Wragg of the City of Montreal and Mary Ann Wilkins of the Barrying Place, Ontario, daughter of the late Robert Charles Wilkins of the same place as follows:
Other related articled connected to this text that can be found on the net.
1) MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PORT ROSEWAY ASSOCIATES 1782
List of people whose names were added to be part of the Port Roseway
Association going to Shelburne, Nova Scotia in 1783.
2) NAME SUBMITTED TO BE PART OF THE PORT ROSEWAY ASSOCIATION GROUP OF LOYALISTS
There is much controversy over who was and who was not a member of this elite group, the text supplied here is strictly to provide information concerning our ancestors and not to prove or disprove any membership to the Port Roseway Association.
THESE PAGES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
NOTICE: Please feel free to copy this list for your own personal use with this notice attached but it is not to be distributed electronically, in print, or by any other means without written permission from the copyright holders.
If you are able to supply additional data for any of the names listed above
please contact any of the above names or send an email to Lark at
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