I’m back to my father wanting to know only what ship my Smith ancestors came to Newark in, and nothing else about them. Wasn’t interested in their land, its location, how they supported themselves, their struggles, none of that. Too bad they weren’t here in time to fight in the Revolutionary War; my parents would have had the record professionally printed and framed. (Eyes rolling on what matters to some people) I know there’s no record of the ship, if there ever was. The ships’ records at Newark burned in a fire. John and Isabella Smith, Scotch Irish (the Y DNA proves it) were penniless, and lost their firstborn son on the voyage over. They landed at Newcastle, in the closing days of September, sometime in the 1790’s. John Smith was a weaver by trade, and they were Presbyterian. They became employed by a wealthy local farmer who also had black slaves. They then bought a piece of land, evidently paying cash, or it was paid on their behalf, and it was broken off from the larger estate of someone who had died, 29 and a half acres, just the size to support a family. They bought this land in October, 1798, and lived in the unfinished basement all winter with two infants while they built a log cabin. Recall that they got off the ship in September. I believe that they were indentured servants, and at the end of their four or seven year term they were given enough money to buy a piece of land. I understand that the majority of such immigrants rode in steerage, and small children were very likely to die on the way over. The question. What kind of ship was it, and what did it look like? Mind you, I find the Saxon boats of our ancestors more interesting, but... Thanks! Yours, Dora Smith