One of twenty Irish men named in a 1679 Maryland headright claim for the ship Encrease, out of Youghal, Co. Cork — named alongside Cornelius Sheehan. Proposed by manuscript research as a possible kinsman of Darby Shawhan, same evidentiary tier as Daniel Shahan and Mary Mahady Moynihan: documented as a person, hypothesized as kin.
Life events
- 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
- Headright lists from the ship Encrease19 and 28 March 1679
Sources
- Encrease Passenger List 1679