The following is a transcription of the crew list compiled at New Bedford on 14 July 1815 and submitted to collector John Hawes at the Customs House. The return list is the same with the exception of whatever is mentioned in brackets.

LIST OF PERSONS composing the crew of the ship Barclay of New Bedford, whereof is master Job Coffin bound for the Pacific Ocean

NAMES	PLACES OF BIRTH	PLACES OF RESIDENCE	OF WHAT COUNTRY CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS	DESCRIPTION OF THESE PERSONS
				AGES	HEIGHT		COMPLEXION	HAIR
					FEET	INCHES
Job Coffin	Nantucket	Nantucket	United States	40
Barnabus Russell	Nantucket	Nantucket	United States	31	5	8	fair	dark
Joseph Spooner	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	31	5	6 1/2	light	brown
John Briggs	Berkley	Fairhvaven	United States	27	5	8 1/2	light	light
Richard Baxter	Nantucket	Nantucket	United States	23	5	6 1/4	dark	dark
Charles [G. on return list] Glover	Nantucket	Nantucket	United States	20	5	7 1/2	fair	dark
Frederick Longker	in Sweden	New Bedford	Sweden	42	5	9 3/4	fair	brown
Holder Lapham	Dartmouth	New Bedford	United States	20	5	9	light	brown
Ivory C. Albert	Little Compton	New Bedford	United States	20	5	5 3/4	dark	dark
Alfred Shaw	Middleborough	New Bedford	United States	20	5	4 1/2	light	brown
Squire Wheeler	Dartmouth	Dartmouth	United States	17	5	6 3/4	dark	brown
William Tripp	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	20	5	6	dark	dark
William Kenyon	Dartmouth	Dartmouth	United States	16	5	3	light	light
Joseph Quonwell	Dartmouth	New Bedford	United States	16	5	7	black	black
John Lusy	Dartmouth	New Bedford	United States	19	5	9 1/2	mulatto	black
Henry Boston	Windsor	New Bedford	United States	23	5	10	black	black
Elisha Peters	Hanover	New Bedford	United States	23	5	5 1/2	negro	black
George Ease	New York	New Bedford	United States	27	5	5	negro	black
Joseph Lewis ["not returned" on return list]	Philadelphia	New Bedford	United States	23	5	6 3/4	negro	black
Joseph Butler	Orange Co., Maryland	New Bedford	United States	39	5	9 1/2	negro	black
Thomas Honourable	West Chester	New Bedford	United States	38	5	4	negro	black

I Job Coffin do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the above List contains the Names of the Crew of the Ship Barclay of New Bedford together with the Places of their Birth and Residence, as far as I can ascertain the same. Sworn this fourteenth day of July 1815 Before me [signed] Jno Hawes Collector [signed] Job Coffin

In the margin of the return list: "I hereby certify that all the men named in this list are returned into the Port & District of New Bedford from their whale voyage, except Barnabas Russell & Joseph Lewis, given under my hand the fifteenth day of Novr 1817 [signed] Eli Haskell Dy Surveyor

On the return list the oath is shown on the reverse, with further standard oaths: "I do certify that the within is a true Copy of the list of the Crew of the Ship Barclay of New Bedford whereof Job Coffin is Master, taken from the Original, on File in this office. Given under my hand and Seal of Office, at the Custom-House, New Bedford this fourteenth day of July in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight-hunderd and fifteen. [signed] John Hawes Collr I do hereby further certify that the within named [the names of crewmembers follow] who compose all of the company of the above mentioned ship Barclay whereof Job Coffin is at present Master, have produced to me proof in the manner directed in the Act entitled "An Act for the Relief and Protection of American Seamen." And pursuant to the said Act and to the Act Supplementary to the Act concerning Consuls and Vice Consuls, and for the further Protection of American Seamen I do hereby certify that the said persons are citizens of the United States of America Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, this fourteenth day of July 1815 [signed] Jno. Hawes Collr I do hereby further certify that the within named [the names of crewmembers follow] are citizens of the United States of America. Given under my Hand and Seal of Office, this fourteenth day of July 1815. [signed] Jno. Hawes Collr" also on the reverse on original list: "Descriptive List of the Crew of the Ship Barclay July 14th 1815" and on return list: "Descriptive list of Ship Barclay Returned Nov 15th 1817"

Barnabus Russell was undoubtedly the son of John and Hepsibah (Coleman), b. 18 Nov 1784, Nantucket, m. Mary Swain 6 Feb 1811 and d. 30 Nov 1816 (Nantucket vital records). Nantucket vital records have the death of Barnabus as the 30th of the 11th month (Friends phrasing) 1816, obtained from the William C. Folger Collection, Nantucket Historical Society, and the Isaac Coffin manuscript at the Nantucket Atheneum, the latter of which says he was 32. This and his birth year support the idea that he was the Barclay crewman. Given his death date, the ship was probably off the coast of Peru when he died (they were at latitude 12 30 South on 20 October, which is east of Lima), presumably from sickness or an accident. Shipping news columns often mention deaths at sea among the whalers, but nothing has been found regarding Barnabus.

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