19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Activity: Master:

Coastal and foreign trade

1840 – 1 Newman 1841 – 4 John Driscoll b.1790 (Castletownsend) 1845 – 8 J Dunbar 1848 – 50 William Carroll b.1814 (Cove)

Fate of ship:

An emigrant ship during the Famine. Arrival at St John, New Brunswick 25 May 1847. This brig was from Cork with passsengers under Captain Dunbar. (Appendix: Emigrant Ships). This ship recorded as trading from New Brunswick to Quebec.

Additional information:

Captain John Driscoll returned from New Brunswick to captain this vessel and documented her in coastal trade 1841-42.

Captain William Carroll would next be Master of Scott’s Lucy Anne of Cork.

References:

Lloyd’s; UK M&M ; New Brunswick Courier

MARY

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Nova Scotia 1840 110t; Brigantine

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Dawson&

Coastal trade

1843 George Havelock b.1805 (Guisbro, Yorkshire) 1846 – 9 Emanuel Murray b.1818 (Kinsale)

Fate of ship:

An emigrant ship during the Famine. Arrival at St John, New Brunswick, 5 July 1847. This brigantine under Captain Murray was 38 days out from Cork with seventy-eight passengers and one death (Appendix: Emigrant ships).

Moved to the Port of London 1852 (Lloyd's).

Additional information:

Captain George Havelock commanded multiple Cork vessels in transatlantic trade and would captain Hardy’s Zephyr 1846– 50 in West Indies trade. Captain Emanuel Murray went on to become master of Robert Lawe after the passing of Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1794, Clonakilty). Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History ; New Brunswick Courier .

References:

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