19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

brigantine Margaret Sutton until 1889; she ended her days at Plymouth in 1916. The brigantine Ellen Sutton , owned by George Sutton Jr, was decommissioned in 1894.

Fig. 7: Figurehead of the Ellen Sutton of Cork (Courtesy of Erica McCarthy and the Newport Museum, Wales) .

The coal supply chain for Cork would however continue and George Sutton’s son Abraham George (b.1842) guided the business into the twentieth century. Its operation moved to Batchelor’s Quay but the company disappeared from the records in 1916. Abraham Sutton’s sons, Abraham Sutton Junior and George Abraham and grandson Abraham Edward (Braham) Sutton (b.1872) established Suttons Ltd In 1902. This company enjoyed much success in the twentieth century and had a considerable international business.