19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Activity: Master:

Coastal trade

1825 – 6 P Sudwell 1827-9 George Sutton b.1804 (Clonakilty) 1830 – 6 B Nicholas 1834 – 40 Patrick Collins b.1802 (Clonakilty) 1838 Jeremiah McCarthy b.1806 (Clonakilty)#2217 1837 James Doyle b.1817 (Wexford) #7107 1816 – 17 Patrick Collins b.1802 (Clonakilty)

Mate:

Seaman:

Apprentice:

Additional information:

Captain P Sudwell (not a common name) lacks documentation beyond Lloyd’s, however a Patrick Sudwell b.1805 (Crosshaven) was a seaman on Kangaroo of Cork in 1839 and possibly related. Captain George Sutton served as Master for the first time on Friends . He was previously Mate under his uncle, Captain John Sutton (b. c.1780), on Industry 1820 – 7. Captain Patrick Collins has interesting papers. First, due to document fading, his birth date has been misread by some as 1807. Second, Patrick appears to have been illiterate (signed with his mark), so his application process was presumably delegated to another; his captaincies were verified by the Cork Customs Authority. Third, while the ship description for his apprenticeship matches, the dates are incompatible with the date of ship construction. When that data is matched with his marriage to Sarah Sutton in 1825 and George Sutton documented as Master of Friends 1827 – 9, I am persuaded that the apprenticeship dates are off by a decade. Captain Collins, like numerous illiterate mariners over the centuries, possessed the intelligence to compensate and become a successful master mariner. He obtained his Master Certificate in 1861, but evidence suggests only an occasional voyage in the 1860s. This Collins Family was in the coal trade, possibly sharing office space with the Suttons (Michael O’Mahoney, Clonakilt y historian, pers. comm.) and Captain Jeremiah Collins b.1854 would have premises on George’s Quay, near George Sutton & Son on White Street, in the latter part of the century. #UK Nat Arch BT112; UK M&M; Sutton and Collins Family Histories.

References:

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Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Southampton 1833

90t; Schooner

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