19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Home port:

Kinsale

Owner: Activity: Master:

Carroll&Co, Brown

Coastal trade

1811 – 3 R Andrews 1813 – 20 William Roche b.1790 (Kinsale) 1820 – 2 McCarty 1824 – 33 John Sutton b.c.1775

1834 – 6 Nathaniel Sutton b.1794 (Clonakilty)#17877 1836 – 7 James McNamarra b.1781 (Crosshaven)#2222 1820 – 6 George Sutton b.1804 (Clonakilty) 1836-7 William McNamarra b.1817 (Crosshaven)#2223

Mate:

1837 Joseph Downes b.1797 (Cove)#7116 1843 Robert Brown b.1803 (Kinsale)#12032

Seaman:

1834 – 5 William Sutton b.1814 (Clonakilty) 1835 Michael Driscoll b.1810 (Kinsale)#6934 1836 John Connell b.1814 (Kinsale)#9311 1837 Lawrence McCarthy b.1814 (Ring, Clonakilty)#2225

Apprentice: Fate of ship:

1832 – 4 Daniel Driscoll b.1816 (Kinsale)

Industry was driven ashore and severely damaged at Selsey, Sussex, 13 January 1843. Her crew was rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Portsmouth (List of Shipwrecks – Wiki). The Carrolls were Cork Quaker merchants and in the timber trade. They diversified, acquired their own ships and embraced West Indies trade (see the Hebe ). They had close associations with other Quaker families of that era in Cork City and Youghal. This 1807 sloop was one of the Carroll’s first ships. Harrison indicated its disappearance from Lloyd’s in 1816, which was not entirely true since four Suttons sailed on her between 1820 and 1836. Lloyd’s indicates operation out of Waterford in the early 1820s, which is not supported by Mate (future Captain) George Sutton. In the post-F amine era: ’Cork merchant dynasties such as the Suttons, not Quakers, were building up fleets of their own and based on specific trades such as timber, tea, grain and coal ’ (Harrison) . It seems the Suttons were as familiar with this ship as were the Carrolls. Captain John Sutton is thought to be an uncle to the five Clonakilty brothers; his occupational history at sea intertwines with the five brothers (Lloyd’s) and his name later appears as a signature witness on Sutton ship documents in 1845 (BT98/615-617 reports).

Additional information:

Mate Robert Brown documents Industry (Reg: 29/150) remaining in operation for 1843.

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