19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

References:

# UK Nat Arch BT98/617; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History; South Wales Argus , 23 Oct 1986; Sutton, ‘ Two mariner families and a yacht’; Gaines, Encyclopaedia of Civil War Shipwrecks ; New Brunswick Courier .

MARY

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Prince Edward Island 1823

74t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Scott & Co

Foreign trade

1848 – 53 G Bailey

Fate of ship:

Moved to the Port of Limerick in 1854.

Additional information:

This ship sailed on Baltic routes

References:

Lloyd’s.

MARY ANNE

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Kinsale 1839 93t; Schooner

Home port:

Kinsale

Owner: Activity: Master:

McDaniel, Robert Acton

Coastal trade

1839 – 46 Timothy Donovan b.1805 (Kinsale) 1867 Robert Fowler b.1832 (Kinsale)* 1873 Daniel Shea b.1818 (Cork)* 1873 Michael Shea b.1852 (Kinsale)*

Mate:

Fate of ship:

This vessel, (Reg 8347), was laid up for repairs 30 June 1875 (IMNCL). No further information. This vessel (Reg: 8347) was owned in the 1870s by Robert Acton of Kinsale, who was also a co-owner of the T Crowley . Captain Timothy Donovan had two older sons in the maritime trades. Captain Timothy Donovan (b.1839, Kinsale) and Andrew Donovan (b.1834, Kinsale) a sailmaker, chandler and ship owner (see also Grand Master ) . Timothy’s two youngest sons became doctors in Cork. Denis Donovan (b.1846, Kinsale) spent 1863 as an apprentice on Grand Master , perhaps propelling him into a life of medicine, whereas Justin Foley Donovan (b.1848, Kinsale) spent time in the 1870s as the Medical Officer in Killeagh (where Dr Thomas Sutton practiced in the 1970s) before a stint in the British Navy and then settling down to a practice in Jamaica.

Additional information:

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