| Portuguese Passenger Ship Lists |
A data base is under construction, and we expect to have the names of Portuguese passengers that have come to the new world since the 16th century. During the 19th century, lists such as the ones shown below are easily available.
The information below has been reproduced from this web site: www.dholmes.com/ships.html. We suggest a visit to this web site for more information.
More ships lists may be searched at The Compass--Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild: istg.rootsweb.com/newcompass/pcindex.html
Arrivals of Portuguese to North-America before the 18th Century
| 1492 | With Columbus: João Areias from Algarve, Portugal | |
| 1539 | With Hernando de Soto: André de Vasconcellos, Álvaro Afonso, João Álvares de Valverde, Abião Lopes, Gavião Lopes, Manuel de Torres, Simão Rodrigues do Marão, Mem Roiz Pereira, Domingo Sardinha, Fernão Pegado, Estevão Pegado and Antonio Martins Segurado | |
| 1560/6 | Diogo de Ferreira from Porto, Portugal | |
| 1560/6 | Francisco Gil from Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 1560/6 | Francisco Merida de Molina and his wife Guiomar Pereira from Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 1566 | With Pedro Menéndes de Aviles: Antonio Pereira, a native of Porto, Portugal | |
| 1578/85 | Diogo Martins from Campo Maior, Portugal | |
| 1578/85 | Leonor Nunes, Bartolomeu Garcia, Isabel Soares, Bartolomeu Fernandes, all from Evora, Portugal |
Passenger Ships Arriving at the Port of New York
| Ship Name | Arrival Date | |
| SS Vega from Açores | 11 Jul 1891 | istg.rootsweb.com/1800/vega910711.html |
Passenger Ships Arriving at the Port of New Bedford, Massachusetts
| Ship Name | Arrival Date | |
| E.B. Sawyer | 23 jan 1855 | |
| E.A. Lowd | 2 Jul 1857 | |
| Medford | 15 Jun 1860 | |
| Fred Gray | 12 Nov 1877 | |
| Moses Knowlton | 11 Oct 1878 | |
| Mississippi | 13 Aug 1879 | |
| Veronica | 1 May 1881 | |
| Veronica | 6 Apr 1882 | |
| Brig Aristos | 28 Jun 1883 | |
| Veronica | 17 Jul 1883 | |
| Veronica | 13 Jan 1884 | |
| Veronica | 21 Jul 1884 (questionable year) | |
| Veronica | 21 Jul 1885 | |
| Spring Bird | 30 Apr 1886 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers) | |
| Moses B. Tower | 7 May 1886 | |
| Bogata | 19 May 1886 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers) | |
| Moses B. Tower | 5 May 1887 | |
| Moses B. Tower | 24 Jul 1887 | |
| Raposa Do Mar | 29 Apr 1890 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers) | |
| Raposa Do Mar | 21 Apr 1891 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers) | |
| Rebecca J. Evans | 15 May 1891 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers) | |
| Forest Fairy | 9 Jun 1891 (with Brava, Cape Verde passengers) | |
| Moses B. Tower | 20 Jul 1891 |
