Brig Excelsior
Hamilton, Bermuda to New York
28 June 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, WH Mayor, Master of the Brig Excelsior, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said Brig Excelsior at Hamilton, Bermuda from which port said Brig Excelsior has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 28 June 1876                                                          So help me God,
                                                                                                 (signed) WH Mayor
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Brig Excelsior whereof Mayoris Master, from Hamilton, Bermuda burthen 140 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
 
 1*     C. A. W. Jerygerish       45      male    farmer    Sweden          cabin
 2*     Elizabeth A. Jerygerish   40      female  farmer    Sweden          cabin
 3*     Gof. Jerygerish           12      male    farmer    Sweden          cabin
 4*     G. A. Jerygerish           9      male    farmer    Sweden          cabin
 5*     Wilhelmina Jerygerish      6      female  farmer    Sweden          cabin
 6*     Richard Le?ycraft         50      male    farmer    Bermuda         cabin
 7*     James  Jalford            40      male    trainer   Bermuda         cabin
 8      Alfred G. Montague        37      male    trainer   Bermuda         cabin
 9      Lansdowne Adams           10      male    trainer   Bermuda         cabin
10*     Alfred Fershner           28      male    farmer    Bermuda         cabin
11      A. F. Fraser              27      male    farmer    Bermuda         cabin
12*     Gen Jasden                22      male    farmer    Bermuda         cabin
13      Alfred G. Boam            28      male    farmer    United States   cabin

                                                  signed: WH Mayor, Master


Transcriber's notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
   or is used to call your attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to
   the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  None died on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

1 - 5: Surname maybe Berggenish. The last name is spelled with gg or yg
       for the parents, one g for the children.
6:     Surname may be Leaycraft.
7:     Surname may be Bulford.
10:    Surname may be Ferskner.
12:    Name may be Geo Basden.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, reel 404, list 583.
This material made available through the generous permission of the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and the transcriber Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt