The Captain of the William and Mary was Spinson. It left Liverpool
on March 22,1853
with 81 passengers of Dutch birth, six of whom remained at
Liverpool. Their leader was
O.E.Bonnema. Also aboard were 176 Irishmen. The Irish names
were not included in the
list I found but I will try to locate them and add them at
a later time.
The William and Mary was shipwrecked near Nassau in the Bahamas
on Isaac Rock.
The Passengers were deserted and left for dead by the Captain
and crew. The Passengers
were rescued by a group of Blacks who also collected money
for them to continue on to
New Orleans. When the group arrived at New Orleans on June
11,1853 they found that
the Captain and crew had preceded them and falsely reported
that “all were lost at sea”.
Eleven passengers were lost at sea before the shipwreck but
that was due to sickness.
From New Orleans they went on to Wisconsin and Michigan.
Name Age From
Tjypka Dirks Algra(M)25,Franekeradeel,Friesland
Jan Balkstra(M)29,Harlingen,Friesland
Sjoerd Douwes Bekius(M)22,Het Bild,Friesland
Ulke Bergsma(?)?,?
O.E.Bonnema(M)28,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Hendrikus DeBoer(M)29,Harlingen,Friesland
Mrs.DeBoer(F)?,Harlingen,Friesland
Herke DeJong(M)43,Harlingen,Friesland
Mrs.DeJong(F)?,Harlingen,Friesland
?DeJong(?)?,Harlingen,Friesland
?DeJong(?),?,Harlingen,Friesland
Jelle Hermanus Gorsema(M)24,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Bauke Douwes Graafsma(M)40,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Mrs.Graafsma(F)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Graafsma(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Graafsma(died at sea)(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Broer Baukes Haagsma(M)22,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Sytske Martens Hiemstra(F)23,Het Bild,Friesland
Bertus Hofstra(M)30,Menaldumsdeel,Friesland
Pietje Hollander(?)?,?
Jan Willems Jansen(M)23,Franeker,Friesland
Grietje Jansonius(F)20,Menaldumsdeel,Friesland
Jans Kas Hendrik(M)27,Franekeradeel,Friesland
Jacob Sakes Kooistra(M)45,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Mrs.Kooistra(F)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Kooistra(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Kooistra(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Kooistra(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Kooistra(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
?Kooistra(?)?,Wonseradeel,Friesland
Dirk Cornelis Kuiken(M)25,Het Bild,Friesland
Gerrit Molenaar(M)?,?
Cornelis Ploegsma(M)?,?
Beinze Cornelis Rienks(M)25,Het Bild,Friesland
Hendrik Rienks(M)?,Het Bild,Friesland
Pieter Jans Rooda(M)34,Het Bild,Friesland
Isaac Rorda(M)?,?
Peter Ages Salverda(M)32,Franekeradeel,Friesland
Naartje Pieters Schaaf(M)25,?
Rients Sikkes Sikkema(M)33,Barradeel,Friesland
?Sikkema(F)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Sikkema(died at sea)(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Sikkema(died at sea)(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
Johannes Derks Steenstra(M)38,Franekeradeel,Friesland
Mrs.Steenstra(F)?,Franekeradeel,Friesland
?Steenstra(?)?,Franekeradeel,Friesland
?Steenstra(?)?,Franekeradeel,Friesland
?Steenstra(?)?,Franekeradeel,Friesland
Peter Tal(died at sea)(M)?,?
Sjoerd Tjalsma(M)?,?
Mrs.Tjalsma(F)?,?
?Tjalsma(died on the Mississippi river)(?)?,?
?Tjalsma(?)?,?
?Tjalsma(?)?,?
?Tjalsma(?)?,?
?Tjalsma(?)?,?
?Tjalsma(?)?,?
Johannes Jans Tuininga(M)40,Barradeel,Friesland
Mrs.Tuininga(F)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Tuininga(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Tuininga(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Tuininga(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Tuininga(died at sea)(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Tuininga(died at sea)(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
Jan Martens Vander Ploeg(M)20,Westdongeradeel,Friesland
Bautje Vander Ploeg(F)?,?
Maartje Vander Ploeg(F)?,?
Matje Sopes Vander Ploeg(F)21,Het Bild,Friesland
Petrus Jans Vander Tol(M)29,Franekeradeel,Friesland
Bart Vander Veer(M)?,?
O.M.Wagenaar(?)?,?
Siebren Riekeles Wesselius(M)56,Barradeel,Friesland
Mrs.Wesselius(F)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Wesselius(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Wesselius(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Wesselius(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
Arijen Gerrits Westerhuis(M)38,Barradeel,Friesland
?Westerhuis(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Westerhuis(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Westerhuis(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Westerhuis(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
?Westerhuis(?)?,Barradeel,Friesland
Dirk Zewight(M)?,?