19th Century Cork Sutton Mariners, Sailing Ships and Crews

Elizabeth McCarthy at St. Pat’s, Cork on 20 Oct 1868 (see Marco Polo ).

Captain William Shea was previously Master of the Sutton barque Charles in 1869 and the schooner Wave 1864 – 8. He was the father of Mate William Shea; they both provided an address of 23 Friar’s Walk at that time in UK M&M papers. Seaman William Mahony would also serve on Abraham Sutton’s Victory as an AB Seaman and a Boatswain. *IMNCL; Lloyd’s ; UK M&M; Sutton Family History.

References:

ELIZA

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Cork 1832

112t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner: Activity: Master:

Whelan&, Capt&Co

Foreign trade

1833 – 9 James Nowlan b.1807 (Scilly Isles, Cornwall)#1968 1839 – 46 Laurence Nowlan b.1810 (Scilly Isles, Cornwall)

Fate of ship:

Moved to the Scilly Isles

Additional information:

This was a popular ship’s name: there are twenty pages of ships named Eliza in Lloyd’s for 1833.

Captain Laurence Nowlan documented Scilly to have been the port of registration, while Lloyd’s listed the port change in 1840- 41 and James Nowlan’s continued captaincy.

References:

# UK Nat Arch BT120; Lloyd’s ; UK M&M.

ELIZA

Place and date built: Tonnage/ Vessel type:

Cork 1836

109t; Schooner

Home port:

Cork

Owner:

Brown, Brown & C, A Sutton, Jeremiah Walsh, Mrs Catherine Walsh

Activity: Master:

Coastal and foreign trade

1836 –40 Samuel Woodcock b.1804 (St Martin’s, Scilly) 1840 – 3 William Dempsey b.1809 (Kinsale) 1842 – 5 Jeremiah Walsh b.1815 (Dungarvan, Waterford) 1847 – 50s Jeremiah Walsh b.1815 (Waterford) 1866 – 73 Garret (Gerald) Laurence Walsh b.1844 (Cork)

Mate:

1839 – 42 Calaghan McCarthy b.1817 (Youghal) 1856 John Twohig b.1838 (Cork)