Hello Maurice, Eliz and Geraldine,

Liz is correct in her information about Captain John Kearney and Mary Field’s children. His brothers were Michael Kearney married Bridget Blackler, James Kearney-1816-1840, Richard Kearney, and Catherine Kearney married William Armstrong.
Mary Ann Field was born in 1815 in Torbay and her parents were Richard Field and Margaret Walsh. It appears that Richard Field was a shipowner according to MHA. Richard Field and Margaret Walsh had several other children including a Nathaniel, Richard and Margaret Louise? Mary Ann Field Kearney died around 1856 and her will is listed at NGB. Captain John Kearney who was lost with his ship in 1852, had parents Michael Kearney and mother Mary(she is buried at Belvedere cemetery) an uncle John Kearney 1773-1853, and his grandparents were John and Elizabeth Kearney according to the Ferryland census of 1800. The two books published recently by Calvin Evans? on the Master Shipbuilders of Newfoundland give some history of the Kearney family with the help of Anne Kearney Guigne. An interesting note in the Book of Newfoundland (online at MUN-Michael Keearney) and on the back cover of an LP put out in the 1970’s by Kevin Jardine (great grandson? of Captain John Kearney) indicates that Michael Kearney’s mother was descendant of John Condon? sp who was a teacher who arrived with the George Calvert settlement. I have not been able to connect the dots on that information. Keep in touch-an interesting family to research.
Brenda Young

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