Westward Cork Migration by Sail 1815-1860 by John Sutton

PART I CALENDAR OF CORK EMIGRANT SHIP SAILINGS 1815-60

45 would be accepted. Each emigrant was to be given 70 acres which would be subject to a payment of an annual quit rent to the Crown, to be paid every six months at 2 pence per acre. (Montreal newspapers – The Ships List ). * Two-Boaters Acadian Recorder Nov 29,1823: some Irish and others were probably coming in from Newfoundland. In the Acadian Recorder of this date, it is noted that two ships, the schooner St. John's Packet and the schooner Mayflower, bound from Newfoundland to Halifax, with passengers, were wrecked, the first off Newfoundland and the other off Cape Breton. Only three people lost their lives. It was all too common for Irish emigrants in Newfoundland, finding lack of opportunity and dismal conditions during the winter, to move to other BNA locales for the winter or longer.

1824 A-LIST

Ship

Captain

Cork Dep

Arrival

Voyage

Emigrants

Source

SIR JAMES KEMPT ST CHARLES

A Patterson 17 Apr

Quebec 2 Jun 1824 Quebec 3 Jun 1824 Quebec 11 Jun Quebec 12 Jun Quebec 25 Jun Quebec 1 Aug Quebec 20 Aug 1824 Quebec 8 Sep 1824 Quebec 26 Sep Quebec 4 Oct Quebec 25 Oct 1824 New York 28 Dec 1824

18 settlers

2 8

J Leslie

3 May

30 settlers + Mr. Robinson 37 settlers 3 settlers 40 settlers 16 settlers 37 settlers + Rev Crawly 10 settlers

2 8

GALES

W Dawson 11 May

2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8

MARGARET WELLINGTON

Thomas

2 May

Leppington 16 May

UNION

G Hurlow John Mills Henry Bowman

2 Jun 18 Jul

ALCHYMIST

CERES

30 Jul

2 8 9

ST CHARLES

J Leslie

15 Aug 22 Aug 28 Aug

4 settlers 8 settlers 12 settlers

2 8 2 8 2 8

JOHN HOWARD Tisdall

ALBION

William Stewart R Almy

GEM

emigrants

4 8

B-LIST

– RELATED NEWS and EVENTS * Cork Shipping

Wellington survived a violent storm on a return trip to Cork, arriving back in Cove with a replacement Master, J Kelleher, and, after extensive repairs, he assumed the regular command of Wellington 1827-33. Alchymist of Cork completed her second Quebec voyage of the season on 20 Aug 1824.