American timber trade until the end of the1880s. He sold off all his barques about 1888 (Anderson).
Captain Benjamin Jeffers apprenticed on Sutton’s brigantine Nithsdale in 1865 and served on Sutton vessels prior to earning his Master Certificate in 1874. Captain John Spillane identified by his certificate number (Cert: 15.820). Mate John Jeffers was in fact a boatswain in 1878. He would earn his Mate Certificate in 1881 and his Master Certificate in 1888. Mate (future Captain) John Jeffers (b.1860) and Captain Robert Jeffers (b.1860, Cork) shared the same birth years but different months (February and May) and therefore were likely cousins. *IMNCL; CLIP; UK M&M; Anderson, Sailing Ships of Ireland; Bourke, Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast.
References:
ST LAWRENCE
Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:
Prince Edward Island 1841
221t; Barque
Home port:
Cork
Owner: Activity: Master:
Scott&Co
Foreign trader
1845 – 6 Benjamin Askey b.1811 (Stockton, Durham) 1846 – 7 Joseph Bullen b.1816 (Kinsale) 1847 – 52 George Stewart b.1818 (Queenstown) 1852 Stephen Bertridge b.1825 (Cork) 1854 R Malone 1856 – 8 Michael Lehan b,1825 (Cork) 1843 John Flynn b.1811 (Rathcoursey) 1848 – 9 Redmond Bransfield b.1821 (Queenstown) 1848 – 50 Thomas Clements b.1829 (Cove) 1853 – 4 Michael Lehan b.1825 (Cork) 1848 David Sullivan b.1826 (Queenstown) 1849 Richard Sheehan b.1826 (Queenstown)
Mate:
Seaman:
Fate of ship:
This barque was driven into the brig Cobden (Austrian Empire) 16 January 1851 and was abandoned at Queenstown, Co Cork. She was later driven into the schooner Undine (United Kingdom). She was later reboarded (List of Shipwrecks - Wiki). An annotation in the Appropriations book suggests she was lost in 1858. Captain Stewart documented North American trade.
Additional information:
Captain Benjamin Askey was likely to be the Captain B Askey in Lloyd’s although he did not list his service on St Lawrence
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