19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Dempsey

Coastal trade

1829 – 31 Dempsey 1832 – 9 William Dempsey b.1809 (Kinsale) 1835 Timothy Dempsey b.1801 (Kinsale)

Seaman:

Fate of ship:

Unknown.

Additional information:

Coincidently in 1828 there were two Cork ships of this same name and tonnage, a sloop and a schooner, built in Nova Scotia and in the same year. These two Captain Dempseys are likely to have been related, and Captain William Dempsey (b.1809, Kinsale) was likely to have been a bother-in-law to Captain Thade Donovan (b.1805, Kinsale).

References:

Lloyd’s; UK M &M.

SARAH

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Cork (Port of Registry)

64t; Unknown

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Unknown

Coastal trade

1830 – 41 Timothy McCarthy b.1810 (Clonakilty) 1833 – 8 John Twohig b.1804 (Kinsale) 1835 – 6 William Sutton b.1814 (Clonakilty) 1836 Patrick Donovan b.1814 (Kinsale)#

Mate:

Seaman:

Fate of ship:

Unknown.

Additional information:

While little information is available on this vessel, Lawrence would own a 73t schooner Sarah , built in Quebec in 1837 and Hardy, a 103t schooner built in Sunderland in 1837. The Captain T Twohig listed in Lloyd’s as master of the 72t Sarah in 1836 is likely to be incorrect. That report is otherwise devoid of information. Captain John Twohig, who documented his service 1833 – 8, would be godfather to Catherine Frances, the daughter of future Captain William Sutton, on 23 June 1844 at St Pat’s Cork. Mate (future Captain) William Sutton indicated a vessel of 73t and was serving here, 1835 – 6, as Mate under Captains Timothy McCarthy and John Twohig, who were from two prominent West Cork mariner families that had many ties to the Sutton mariners in the nineteenth century. #UK Nat Arch; Lloyd’s; UK M&M; Sutton Family History.

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