The ship Hopewell - Belfast to Charleston, 7 Sep 1770 to 6 Jan 1771

Date: 7 Sep 1770 to 6 Jan 1771
Location: Belfast, Ireland to Charleston, South Carolina
Surnames/tags: Irish_Roots Hopewell Passenger_List

In 1770, coming off the heals of some negative publicity in which Matthew Rea, land promoter for Queensborough Township, Georgia, stated he had been requested by "sundry men... from Ballyshannon, and other distant parts to send a vessel to Savannah and stated he would arrange for a vessel to leave Belfast or Newry--."^[1] But rather, the ship Hopewell was advertised to sail from Belfast to Charleston beginning 4 Sep 1770^[2] when it ported after a trip to New York.^[3]. It departed mid-October^[4] and arrived 6 Jan 1771 with 155 passengers aboard^[5] In effect, the Hopewell was the only ship to set sail from Northern Ireland to southern ports in 1770 due to the damaging letter written the previous year.^[6]

The South Carolina Council Journal states,^[7]

In the Council Chamber

Thursday the 17th Day of January 1771

Present

His Honor the Lieutenant Governors

The Honble {Ethniel Beal, John Burn, Egerton Leigh, Tho^s Shottowe, John Stuart} Esquires

Read the following Petitions for Warrants of Survey

(Page 14) - Click to View

• Joseph Kaine 150 +
  
• James Russell 300 +
  
• Robt Phillips Junr 100 +
  
• John Phillips 450 +
  
• James Cunningham 150 +
  

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• Joseph Cunningham 250 +
  
• Samuel Maxwell 100 + {Samuel MacOwell}
  
• William Hamilton 250 +
  
• Elizabeth Gray 100 +
  
• Margaret Gray 100 +
  
• John Rodgers 200 +
  
• Adam Blair 150 +
  
• Robert Hull 350 +
  
• John MacBride 400 +
  
• Mary MacBride 100
  
• Jane MacBride 100 +
  
• John MacCardy Junr 250 +
  
• Thomas Morton 200 +
  
• Andrew Mort 200 + {Andrew Morton}
  
• Samuel Sloan 100 +
  
• Andrew Miller 200 +
  
• William Hood 450 +
  
• David Ferris 200 +
  
• Robert Martin 250 +
  
• John Richman 100
  
• James Wilson 200 +
  
• Thomas Gladney 100 +
  
• John MacCurdy 200 +
  

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• Mary MacCurdy 100 +
  
• Jannet MacCurdy 100 +
  
• James MacCurdy 100 +
  
• William MacKee 350 +
  
• William MacCaa 450 +
  
• Jean MacCaa 100 +
  
• John MacCaa 100
  
• James Harbison 150 +
  
• Samuel Penny 200 +
  
• John Gray 300 +
  
• John Gray Junior 100 +
  
• John MacCrory 250 +
  
• William Anderson 300 +
  
• John Arnet 150 +
  
• John Arnet Junior 100 +
  
• Alexander Arnet 100 +
  
• Margaret Arnet 100 +
  
• Ann Arnet 100 +
  
• Mary Arnet 100 +
  
• Robert Phillips 250 +
  
• William Hamilton 200 {Only 1 "William Hamilton" is recorded in Dobbs' book. But two are recorded in the Council Notes}
  
• Charles Hamilton 100 +
  

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• Henry Henderson 100 +
  
• Richard MacCrory 100 +
  
• Margaret MacCrory 100 +
  
• Ann MacCrory 100 +
  
• George Rodgers 100 +
  
• Alexander Rodgers 100 +
  
• Thomas Rodgers 100 +
  
• Agnes Martin 100 +
  
• Joan MacCalaster 100 + {Jean MacCalawter}
  
• Robert Ross 100 +
  
• William Graham 250 +
  
• James Rodgers 250 +
  
• Richard Gladney 100 +
  

Ordered that the Secretary do prepare Warrants of Survey, as prayed for by the petitioners.

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Notes:

1. numbers next to the name represent the amount of petitioned acres
   
2. the plus "+" sign indicates the individual is mentioned in Dobson's Irish Emigrants in North America, Part Seven.^[8] If the individual's name is spelled different in Dobson's book, then the Dobson spelling is included after the plus sign within brackets. i.e. "{ Dobson's Spelling }"
   1. Dobbs' entry for each of these individuals was exactly the same, which read: " [name], from Ireland, probably on board the Hopewell from Belfast, petitioned for a land grant in South Carolina in January 1771. "
3. If a WikiTree profile corresponds to one of these passengers, feel free to add a link to their profile by adding their ID to their name. i.e. "Robert Ross" becomes "Ross-5829|Robert Ross" inside double square brackets "[[ ]]".

Sources

1. ↑ R. J. Dickson, Ulster Emigration to Colonial America 1718-1775, (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966), 171; digital images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org : accessed 7 May 2024).
2. ↑ Greene, John C., Compiler, "The Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800," database, The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, (https://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/ : accessed 7 May 2024), search Ship Name "Hopewell," entry no. 75771; citing The Belfast Newsletter, issue 4 Sep 1770, page 3. Click to View
3. ↑ Greene, John C., Compiler, "The Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800," database, The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, (https://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/ : accessed 7 May 2024), search Ship Name "Hopewell," entry no. 85255; citing The Belfast Newsletter, issue 9 Sep 1770, page 2. Click to View
4. ↑ Greene, John C., Compiler, "The Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800," database, The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, (https://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/ : accessed 7 May 2024), search Ship Name "Hopewell," entry no. 77588; citing The Belfast Newsletter, issue 23 Oct 1770, page 3. Click to View
5. ↑ Charles Crouch, "Charles-Town, January 15," The South-Carolina Gazette ; and Country Journal, Tuesday, 15 Jan 1771, p.3, col. 2; image copy, Newspapers.com, "The South-Carolina Gazette; and Country Journal Archive," 1765-1780, (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 8 May 2024).
6. ↑ Dickson, Ulster Emigration to Colonial America 1718-1775, 171.
7. ↑ In the Council Chamber. Thursday the 17th Day of January 1771, 17 Jan 1771, Reel No. 36, pages 14-17; South Carolina Council Journals and Upper House Journals, 1706-1775; Illinois History and Lincoln Collections; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, Illinois.
8. ↑ David Dobson, Irish Emigrants in North America, Part Seven, (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008)

Bibliography

• Crouch, Charles. The South-Carolina Gazette ; and Country Journal, 1765-1775.
• Dickson, R. J. Ulster Emigration to Colonial America 1718-1775. London. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1966. Image copy. Internet Archive. https://archive.org : 2024.
• Dobson, David. Irish Emigrants in North America, Part Seven. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company by Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008.
• Greene, John C., Compiler. "The Belfast Newsletter Index, 1737-1800." Database. The University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana. https://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/ : 2024.
• South Carolina Council Journals and Upper House Journals, 1706-1775. Illinois History and Lincoln Collections. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, Illinois.