There must be more than a few Romany families that doesn't have a American relation somewhere in the family tree !
Some may have been sent to America by force whilst others may have chosen to go ,whatever the circumstances were the English Romany is well represented in the States.

"American Cyclopedia (1874), the writer of the article 'Gipsies' pronounces it 'questionable whether a band of genuine Gipsies has ever been in America.' Yet in 1665 at Edinburgh the Privy Council gave warrant and power to George Hutcheson, merchant, and his co-partners to transport to Jamaica and Barbadoes Egyptians and other loose and dissolute persons; and on 1st January 1715 nine Border Gypsies, men and women, of the names of Faa, Stirling, Yorstoun, Finnick (Fenwick), Lindsey, Ross, and Robertson, were transported by the magistrates of Glasgow to the Virginia plantations at a cost of thirteen pounds sterling (Gypsy Lore Journal, ii. 60-62). That is all, or practically all, we know of the coming of the Gypsies to North America, where, at New York, there were house-dwelling Gypsies as far back as 1850, and where to-day there must be hundreds or thousands of the race from England, Scotland, Hungary, Spain."

Prior to Ellis Island the Immigration centre was Castle Garden.
From 1892 to 1954 over 12 million immagrants passed through
 the portal of Ellis Island a small island in New York harbour
and entered the United Sates of America.
Prior to January 1, 1820, the U.S. Federal Government
 did not require captains or masters of vessels to present
a passenger list to U.S. officials upon arrival in America.
Therefore, for pre-1820 passenger lists, researchers must
 rely on surviving ship cargo manifests which have been
scattered among archives, museums, and other historical
agencies. The good news is that most of these surviving
 passenger manifests have been published, and several
indexes have been compiled to these pre-1820 published
 passenger lists.
 
The Five Major Ports of Arrival :-
The five major U.S. arrival ports in the 19th and 20th Centuries were: New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans. New York was by far the most commonly used port, followed by the others. You can use these links to find information about the available indexes for these ports...
New York Passenger Lists
Boston Passenger Lists
Baltimore Passenger Lists
Philadelphia Passenger Lists
New Orleans Passenger Lists

Don't Overlook The Smaller Ports Some immigrants also arrived at a number of smaller ports. You can find a list of nearly every U.S. arrival port at... US Ports of Arrival & Their Available Immigration Records 1820-1957
The Buckland and Stanley familie's seem to have made the journey across the bori panni !! Not just once it seems but many times, and in various census records you can see that some children are born in England and some of their siblings in the United States it would be interesting to find out just how much it costs as one would imagine it would not have been cheap! even in those days.

Pictured above are Nelson Buckland son of Tennant ,wife Betsy Smith and the child is William.Great Grandparents of my good friend Sandy Buckland who regularly sends me articles and records of her Buckland and Stanley ancestors, as well as many other familes that have married into her family lines.
 Sandy also contributes many snippets and Newspaper articles about the English Romanichals that settled in the States and I am indebted to Sandy for her tireless efforts and her help so a big thank you Sandy!!!!

 Sandy who descends from Tennant Buckland would love any info that could help her find the parents of Tennant and his brother Plato Buckland ,it has been suggested that it could be Edward and Dianna Buckland but without positive proof it remains just a theory.

ELLIS ISLAND