#868 in UK Nat Archives records are likely to be the same man.
Apprentice (future Captain) William Best provided dates that are inconsistent with Lloyd’s ship construction date. He would master Ellen Drinan in 1839 and later obtain his Master Certificate in 1851. The next generation of Bests from Crosshaven would also provide master mariners. #UK Nat Arch BT120; BT112/27; Lloyd’s; MNL 1852; UK M&M ; New Brunswick Courier .
References:
PANDORA
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Nova Scotia 1841
402t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
E Burke
Foreign trade
1843 – 4 James Bisson b.1802 (Cork)#58671 1843 – 4 J Norton 1845 Edward Dempsey b.1808 (Dublin) 1845 – 7 William White b.1819 (Whitehaven, Cumberland) 1846 Burke 1847 – 9 J Bisson 1845 – 7 William Martin b.1822 (Whitehaven, Cumberland) 1847 – 8 Michael Keane b.1824 (Cork)
Mate:
1847 – 9 David Lee b.1806 (Pittenween, Fife) 1848 – 50 Robert Johnston b.1816 (Leith) 1848 – 9 William Webster b.1817 (Liverpool) 1846 – 9 Henry Heagarty b.1829 (Clonakilty) 1848 James John Burke b.1828 (Queenstown)
Apprentice:
Fate of ship:
Emigrant ship in 1847 (Appendix: Famine and emigration) This ship's trade with South America, Charleston South Carolina and Quebec was documented by AB David Lee, AB William Webster and Mate Robert Johnston. The Burke family held shares in a considerable number of vessels of all sizes in the first half of the nineteenth century (Anderson). Captain J. Bisson in Lloyd’s 1847– 9 is likely to be the same James Bisson. Captain William White would next captain General Sale of Cork. Mate Robert Johnston was previously captain of the 118t schooner V enus in 1847 and obtained his Master Certificate at the Port of Cork in 1851.
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