Hugh Stinson (abt. 1797 - abt. 1841)

Born about 1797 in Drumholm, County Donegal, Ireland

Husband of Mary (Kerrigan) Stinson — married about 1818 (to about 1841) in Donegal,Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1841 at about age 44 in New York City, New York, United States

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Italic textA baptismal record is found for Hugh Stinson. The address is Glassbolie; the parish Drumhome. The date is 5 March 1797. Hugh Stinson is the child baptized. The denomination is Church of Ireland. The father is Alexander Stinson; the mother Anne Crawford The Sponsors and Informants spaces are left blank. Source: Donegal Ancestry at donegalancestry.com to RootsIreland.ie for Irish Genealogy Records Databases, search for Hugh Stinson

Biography

Hugh Stinson was naturalized on April 11, 1838 in New York Common Pleas Court, New York County. The witness was John Boyd, probably the same John Boyd whose daughter, Frances, was to marry Thomas, Hugh's son, about 1854. It seems almost certain that he was the Irish construction worker, Hugh Stinson, killed in a fall from a window in Manhattan.

Sources

• Research by Jim Duggan, my distant cousin who is now a professional genealogist, and my own consultation of New York newspapers of the time.

Hugh Stinson arrived with his family and three young female sisters of his wife in New York on Dec. 11, 1826 on the ship Carolina Ann that had sailed from Belfast, Ireland. (Microfilm Serial Number M237, Microfilm Roll Number 9, Line number 720. The children of Hugh and Mary, arriving with them were Mary, age 5, Sally age 4, and Jane, age 1. The three sisters-in-law arriving with Hugh and Mary Kerrigan Stinson were Ellen Kerrigan, age 15; Bridget Kerrigan, age 16; Ann Kerrigan, age 22.

• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPX-2QXG : 20 February 2021), Mary Stinson, 1826; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 2,254.

Death of a Hugh Stinson in Manhattan, 1839: from "New York American" May 7, 1839, Vol. XXI, No.2101, "Verdict: Accidental Death" Coroner's Office: An inquest was held yesterday at 106 Madison Street on the body of a laboring man, named Hugh Stinson, a native of Ireland, who died in consequence, as it is supposed, of a fall from a window in Jaim',s street on the 30th ult. The deceased cam home and complained of sickness, went to bed at4 o'clock, and lay until about 10 o'clock, when he died. Verdict: AccidentalDeath.

An advertisement for passage to America aboard the Carolina Ann, the ship that the Stinsons and Kerrigans took to New York in 1826.

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____________________________________________________________________________________________ Ship Carolina Ann, Belfast to New York. NEW-YORK PACKETS.

IN PORT,

FOR NEW-YORK,

To Sail the 1st of 11th mo. Nov.

The Packet Ship

CAROLINA ANN,

JACOB BAUSH, Master.

This Ship arrived to-day, from New-York, after a pleasant passage of 26 days, and will sail again, for NEW-YORK, the 1st of next month. Her accommodations in both Cabin and Steerage, are very comfortable; and as a large number of her Passengers have been engaged in New-York, early application is recommended. - Goods and Passengers are required to be on board on the 31st. - Apply to Captain BAUSH; or to THOS. [Thomas?] BELL & JOS. [Joseph?] MALCOMSON, No. 9, Donegall-Quay. Belfast, 10th Mo. (October) 10th, 1826. 458 A SURGEON Wanted. Also, 50 Tons of Good Black or Red POTATOES. Close Copyright © 2012 DIPPAM. All Rights Reserved. Ethical Use Policy Accessibility The above complies with DIPPAM's Ethical Use Policy