Shawhan Family History

Cornelius Sheehan

Also written as Cornelius Shehane (as recorded in the original 1679 headright transcription)

One of twenty Irish men named in a 1679 Maryland headright claim for the ship Encrease, out of Youghal, Co. Cork. Proposed by manuscript research as a possible kinsman of Darby Shawhan — same evidentiary tier as Daniel Shahan and Mary Mahady Moynihan: a real, documented person whose relationship to Darby is a hypothesis, not a documented fact.

Life events

  1. 1679Named in the Maryland headright claim for the Encrease voyage from Youghal, Co. Cork (Dorchester Co. Patent Records, Liber WC, folio 129); headright claimed by Capt. Philip Poplestone.

Records

Sources

  • Encrease Passenger List 1679