(b.1810, Clonakilty) and the two Captain Florence McCarthys (b.1823) (see also Robert Boyle ).
References:
# UK Nat Arch BT112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M.
JOSEPH DEXTER
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Liverpool, Nova Scotia 1855
173t; Brigantine
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
James A Harley, Benjamin Jeffers
Foreign trade
1870 – 6 John Shea b.1836 (Wexford) 1877 John Spillane b.1819 (Crosshaven) 1877 David Flynn b.1817 (Dungarvan) 1879 Jeremiah Creamer b.1834 (Kinsale)* 1880 – 2 Benjamin Jeffers b.1850 (Courtmacsherry)*
1882 John Twohig b.1804 (Kinsale)* 1882 – 3/86 John Jeffers b.1860 (Cork) 1870-1 Richard Shee b.1845 (Cork) 1873 Terence Shee b.1850 (Cork)* 1877 Thomas Foley b.1847 (Dungarvan)* 1881 John Jeffers b.1860 (Cork)
Mate:
Seaman:
1869 – 70 Andrew McDonnell b.1842 (Crosshaven) 1870 – 1 Terence Shee b.1850 (Cork)* 1870 – 1 Richard Keating b.1826 (Crosshaven) 1880 John Jeffers b.1860 (Cork) Collided and lost in the Bristol Channel 22 December 1886 (IMNCL) Ship trading routes documented in 1870s were Cork to Portugal, Cork to New Brunswick and the Dominion of Canada. Coastal trade in 1880s. Captain John Shee on IMNCL record confirmed by his certificate number (Cert: 16.796) to be Captain John Shea b.1836 (Wexford) in UK M&M. Captain John Spillane in UK M&M record proven by certificate number 15820 to be the Captain John Spillane (b.1821, Cork) on the IMNCL report. Captain Benjamin Jeffers sailed previously on Sutton ships, as did other members of the Jeffers family. Captain John Twohig knew the Suttons well and was godfather to a couple of the Sutton children (see Patriot ). One of his Master Mariner sons, Captain John Twohig (b.1838, Cork) and Captain Robert G Sutton (b.1832, Courtmacsherry) were married to sisters, Elizabeth and Joanna (Hanna) Sexton, daughters of Denis Sexton of Midleton, ropemaker.
Fate of ship:
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