William Brundage - Seaman NB

Resolving William Brundage the Seaman

Source: Saint John, N.B. Customs House Passenger Lists 1815, 1832, 1833-1834 & 1837-1838brig William sailed from Londonderry April 2nd 1834 / arr. May 10th/13th 1834Port of Londonderry - A List of the crew and of such persons as have contracted to take their passage on board the brig Willam of Saint John, N.B., 138 tons per Register. William Lawton Master, for St. John, New Brunswick. (the list was received at the Customs House on May 13th, however the ship arrived on May 10th. "I hereby certify that the within list of Passengers is correct with the exception of four persons being absent whose names are crossed and there are also 17 additional passengers on board whose names are not in this list. -

(signed) St. John May 10th 1834 John Harding M.D. Immigration Officer.")

Crew Members

1 Lawton, William 45 St. John Master

2 Hutton, Andrew 26 Scotland Mate

3 Brundage, William 22 St. John Seaman

4 Lightfoot, John 30 Ireland Seaman

5 Lyons, John 25 Ireland Seaman

6 Doherty, Charles 27 Ireland Seaman

7 McGee, Neil 24 Ireland Seaman

8 Munroe, Richard 38 Ireland Seaman

Interestingly, William Lawton, Master of the ship was married to Deborah Brundage b. 28 feb 1789, daugher of Jeremiah Brundage and Elizabeth ( Dixon ). Deborahs' first husband, Henry Gardiner died in 1823 and Deborah married second, on August 19 1826, Cpt. William Lawton. It seems likely tht the parents of Seaman William Brundage 22 (b 1812) from St John. would be Thomas, noted in the death notice of William who drowned May of 1836 while serving as a mate on the ship James Lemon. If this were so, William Brundage would be a nephew of Cpt. William Lawton by way of marriage to Deborah Brundage as Deborah and Thomas, the father of seaman William were siblings. The only other William in the area of near age was William the son of William and Elizabeth Foster who married Ann McAuley. The possibilty of this William being the seaman in the ships list is unlikely as William married and raised a family, being noted as occupation of "Joiner" in the 1852 census.