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Passenger manifest of the ship APOLLO evacuating Loyalists from New York to Shelburne, Nova Scotia 1783
Originally posted April 15, 1998. Updated November 18, 2013
Originally contributed By Lark Szick, Randal Oulton, Gail Facini
Updated by Rick Roberts
The Apollo was one ship in a fleet that evacuated thousands of Unitied Empire Loyalists from New York at the conclusion of the American Revolution.
This article contains a transcription of the 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 which is now known as Shelburne, Nova Scotia. The Apollo departed New York on June 8, 1783.
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 of 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 confirmed members of the Port Roseway Association.
Source: ĘPAC MG 23, (B30). Wilkins, Robert (Soldier), transcripts, 1781-1787.
Related reading and published sources:
Book - Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia
The general purpose of this book was to collect in as compact a form as possible all the information that has survived on Loyalist settlements in Nova Scotia and to make this accessible to the descendants who are interested. No attempt was made to discuss the merits or demerits of the Loyalists as such...
More information...
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- Norman K. Crowder, British Army Pensioners Abroad, 1772-1899, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1995, reprinted 2012
- Elva E. Jackson, Cape Breton and the Jackson Kith and Kin
- Born Wood-Holt, Early marriage Records of New Brunswick, Saint John City and County from the British Conquest to 1839
- W.A. Calnek, History of the County of Annapolis, Including Old Port Royal and Acadia, Published by William Briggs, 1897; New edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 1999
- A. W. Savary, Supplement to the History of the County of Annapolis Correcting and Suppling Omissions in the Original Volume, Published by William Briggs, 1913; New edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2001.
- Rev. D J. Rankin, A History of the County of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Published by The MacMillan Company, 1929; New edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2005
- Raymond A. MacLean, History of Antigonish County, volumes 1 and 2
- J.L. MacDougall, History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, published in Truro, 1922; New edition by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2005
- James F. More, The History Of Queens County, Nova Scotia, Published by Nova Scotia Printing Company, 1873; New edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2003
- John V. Duncanson, History of Rawdon and Douglas Townships, Nova Scotia, Mica Publishing, Belleville, cir 1970
- Patterson, History of Victoria County
- Brian Tennyson, Impressions of Cape Breton
- Marion Robertson, Kings Bounty, A History of Early Shelburne
- Marion Gilroy and D. C. Harvey, Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia, Published 1937; New edition by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2006
- L. H. Smith Jr., C.G. & Norma H. Smith, Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867
- Martha Ford Barto, Passamaquoddy - Genealogies of West Isles Families
- M.A. MacDonald, Rebels and Royalists
- B. Wood-Holt, The King's loyal Americans
- U.E.L.A.C, The Loyalists of Quebec
- Christopher Moore, The Loyalists, Revolution, Exile, Settlement
- Sharon Dubeau, The New Brunswick Loyalists - A Bicentennial Tribute
- Paul Bunnell, The New Loyalist Index
- Marion Robertson, The Port Roseway Associates, an article in the Nova Scotia Historical Review Loyalists; NSHR#3:1 (1983)
- Neil MacKinnon, This Unfriendly Soil, The Loyalist Experience in Nova Scotia 1783-1791
- More related reading...Nova Scotia
- More related reading...New Brunswick
- More related reading...Prince Edward Island
- More related reading...United Empire Loyalist
Final thoughts:
- Always check primary sources to confirm transcribed materials. We acknowledge that these pages may, and probably do, contain technical and/or typographical errors.
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