19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Captain James Guest would next captain the schooner Joseph R Pim . Captain Timothy McNamarra would next captain the schooners George Brown and Nancy Dawson 1844 – 54. Seaman John Stamp received his first Master appointment on the schooner Cambria of Kinsale in 1843. He did not apply for his Master Certificate until 1872.

Thomas Kennefick’s name was spelt Thomas ‘Kinifick’ in BT 112 (See Henrietta for the Kennefick’s of Crosshaven).

Seaman Daniel Driscoll would later captain Planter .

Apprentice Thomas Donovan was later to survive the sinking of the Asiatic in 1853 when Captain Thomas Sutton (b.1797/98, Clonakilty) died. #UK Nat Arch BT120, BT112; Lloyd’s; UK M&M ; Charbonneau & Sévigny, 1847, Grosse Île.

References:

BELLE

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Pugwash, Nova Scotia 1861

165t; Brig

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

George Sutton Jr, Gerald Walsh, Denis Driscoll

Coastal trader

1878 Denis Driscoll b.1822 (Kinsale)* 1878 Daniel Donovan b.1847 (Kinsale)* 1878 Andrew Barry b.1838 (Courtmacsherry)*

Mate:

Seaman:

Fate of ship:

The Belle moved to Cork from St John’s Newfoundland after 1876 and on to Glasgow in 1882. Pugwash, Nova Scotia is located across the Northumberland Strait from Prince Edward Island and WNW of Pictou and Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. Owners George Sutton Jr, Gerald Walsh and Denis Driscoll were all master mariners and members of the extended Sutton mariner family. Captain Gerald Walsh of 5 St Patrick’s Terrace, who was a son of Captain Jeremiah Walsh (b.1815, Dungarvan) and Catherine Sutton (b.1822), and a grandson of Captain Nathaniel Sutton (b.1794) , became an owner of Abraham Sutton’s Eagle in 1875. Unfortunately, he died in an accident, after slipping on the deck of that ship, at Cardiff in 1884 (see Eagle ). He was on his way home to attend the funeral of his daughter.

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