Irish Passenger Lists Encrease, Youghal, Cork, 1679 Subject: passengers on ship ENCREASE of Youghal, Ireland, 1679 Following are transcriptions of original documents listing passengers of the ship ENCREASE out of Youghal, Ireland to Maryland in 1679. March 19 - Captain Phillip Poplestone signs over the headrights on Cornelius Shehane to John Stevens of Dorchester County, Maryland. Cornelius arrived aboard the ship Encrease of Youghall, County Cork, and is listed among servants on board as coming out of Ireland. According to William G. Hills, the ship landed in Talbot County. Philip Poplestone craves rights to one thousand acres of land from importacon of 20 persons into this province to inhabitt according to the following catalogue viz ano 1679: William Newmarch Marriah Keally Timothy Connor Adam Merritt Thomas White Joan English Habia Loftus John Legge Thomas Gelliburne James Smyth Dennis Nurane Edmond Goremond John Haghieren Thomas Henery Honor Mulrean Thomas Bullen Robert Hawkins CORNELIUS SHEHANE John Brendevill Katherine Londry The persons above specified were imported by me Philip Poplestone and never made use of the rights for their transportation until assigned by me unto John Stevens witness my hand this nineteenth day of March 1679. Philip Popleston I do hereby assigne and make over all my rights and jurist to the above specified unto John Stevens and his assignes as witness my hand and seale the 19th March 1679. Philip Popleston Warrent: then granted unto John Stevens of Dorchester County by the right honorable Lord Proprietor for and in consideration of the foregoing rights and assignments from Philip Poplestone for one thousand acres of land. (Notes prepared by William G. Hills, 1939 and located by Ron Shawhan in 1982 at the DAR Headquarters, Washington, D.C. Page 128. These notes suggest the ship probably came from London. See also reference to Dorchester County Patent Records, Liber WC, folio 129, in Elizabeth Shahan, An Early History of the Shahan Family 1678-1920, Gaithersburg, MD, 1995.) March 28 - Captain Phillip Poplestone signs over the headrights on Thomas Shehawne to William Sharpe of Talbot County. Thomas Shehawne arrived aboard the ship Encrease of Youghall, County Cork, and is listed among servants on board as coming out of Ireland. Know all men by these presents that we William Sharpe of Talbot County and Phillip Poplestone master of the ship Encrease of Youghall are holden and firmly bound to the right honorable Charles Lord Baltimore in the sum of one hundred pounds sterling to be paid to the said Charles Lord Baltimore the said sum of one hundred pounds or his certain attorney, executors and administrators or assigns to they which payment well and truly be made we bind us and either of us our and either of our heirs executors and administrators and every of us jointly and severally by himself for all and in the whole firmly by these presents signed with our hand and sealed with our seals dated the eight and twentieth day of March one thousand six hudred seventy nine and in the fourth year of the Dominion of the said Charles Lord Baltimore over Maryland. Whereas the persons in the catague(sic) mentioned were lately brought over by the above bound Phillip Poplestone in the ship above mentioned and their rights by him assigned to the above bound William Sharpe as by the said catalogue may appear and whereas upon their humble request the above named Charles Lord Baltimore hath the day of the date above written promised a grant to the said William Sharpe by his general warrant to take up land in the province for the right of the said several persons now the condition of this obligation is such that if the said persons mentioned and named in the said catalogue or any or either of them have not formerly been made use or in order to their rights nor shall be hereafter made use of to the purpose otherwise then according to the intent that is herein and hereby declared then this obligation to be void and of none effect otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Sealed and delivered by the said Wm. Sharpe in the presence of William Sharpe, Vincent Lowe, Rich Keen, Thos. Greening. Annexed to the above obligation was this catalogue follow viz and catalogue of all the servants names which came out of Ireland into Maryland in the ship Encrease of Youghall Phillip Poplestone master, March 8, 1679. 1. John Coverane 15. John Jones 29. her young daughter 2. Morris Magrath 16. John Feahine 30. Alice Green 3. Morgan connell 17. Thomas Nanury 31. Margaret West 4. Edward Bourke 18. Patrick Cahane 32. Alice Quaine 5. Thomas Smith 19. Mortagh Murphey 33. Cather Haloorane 6. Patrick Lacey 20. Tim Hartagane 34. Cather Kennedy 7. Patrick Freeman 21. Thomas Shehawne 35. Mary Ireland 8. David Dolly 22. William Harge 36. Cath Ahagh 9. David Mulreau 23. Peter Mub 37. Eliz. Fostor 10..Morish Dulen 24. John Condon 38. Mary Corohane 11. Rich Ashwood 25. John Rye 39. Honora Neale 12. Davis Brothers 26. Morris Fitzgerald 40. Mary Bowen 13. Cornel Driskole 27. John Miunhane 41. Margt Corrane 14. Dan Gallahoe 28. Cather Magrath 42. Cath Hennesy 43. Helena Mulreau 44. Margt Gerrald 45. Joan Pully 46. John Coughlane (Data taken from a photocopy of the original record, located at the Maryland Hall of Records (Patents, Liber 20, folio 184). Photocopy. Personal library of Eric Shawn, Oak Grove, Oregon. This reference to Thomas Shehawne is also found in Harry Wright Newman's To Maryland from Overseas. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, p. 156.)