The brig/brigantine Mary sailed from Cork, date unknown, but probably in April. The passengers were all Irish, and their intended destination was the United States, via the port of Boston. The Mary arrived at Boston May 17th 1847, but the passengers were in such a destitute condition, the city authorities would not allow them to land unless the captain was willing to pay a bond for their care. The captain was either unable or unwilling to pay such a bond, so the decision was made to sail for Halifax, Nova Scotia. The passengers protested, but to no avail, and Mary set sail for Halifax May 22nd 1847. A newspaper account from the Boston papers was published in the Saint John, NB, Morning News on Friday, May 28, 1847. On Friday, June 4, 1847, The Christian Messenger (Halifax), reported "Arrived Friday 28th; Brigt Mary, [captain] Wyman, Cork via Boston, 46 passengers who were prohibited from landing at Boston."

brig Mary sailed from Cork April ? 1847 / arr. Halifax, N.S., (via Boston) May 28th 1847
brig Mary of Yarmouth, from the port of Cork, Ireland to Boston, Mass., dated May 21st 1847. Burthen per Register 82 tons, Joseph Wyman, the Master. The passenger list does not include the Captain's "sworn statement" however, a notation reads "The above named vessel sailed without discharging her Passengers, the Captain refusing to give the bonds required by the State Laws." (Passenger list Source: NARA Microfilm Publication M277, Roll 22)

No.	Names	Age	Sex / Remarks
1	Donaghue, Thomas	24	male
2	Kelleher, Timothy	22	male
3	Coghlan, Samuel	24	male
4	Flanahan, Thomas	29	male
5	Cortin?, Ellen	2?	female - Carlin ?
6	Walsh, Thomas	20	male
7	Shea, William	19	male
8	Cavanagh, Joseph	21	male
9	Cavanagh, John	20	male
10	Fenerty?, Samuel	30	male
11	Callahan, Ellen	30	female - Callaghan
12	Callahan, Johanna	8	female
13	Callahan, Mary	9	female
14	Callahan, Ellen	37	female
15	Callahan, Bridget	6	female
16	Callahan, Catharine	8	female
17	Turner, Thomas	20	male
18	Sullivan, Daniel	?6?	male
19	Connor, Michael	40	male
20	Connor, Margaret	40	female
21	Connor, James	17	male
22	Connor, Catharine	15	female
23	Connor, Mary	15	female
24	Connor, Thomas	11	male
25	Manning, Michael	20	male
26	Collins, Thomas	20	male
27	Brion, Jeremiah	20	male
28	Brion, Margaret	26	female
29	Brion, Bridget	21	female
30	Brion, Johanna	2	female
31	Brion, Mary	2	female
32	Noonan, Edward	40	male
33	Mahony, Jeremiah	33	male
34	Sullivan, Patrick	22	male
35	Daley, James	20	male
36	Daley, Timothy	20	male
37	Murphy, Dennis	20	male
38	Driscoll, Timothy	25	male
39	Atkinson, Eliza	25	female
40	Bowles, Patrick	27	male
41	Brown, John	20	male
42	Connor, John	25	male
43	Lovett, Simon	20	male - Lovatt
44	Sullivan, John	20	male
45	Sullivan, Con.	22	male
46	Sullivan, Daniel	19	male

Saint John, NB, Morning News Friday, May 28, 1847

Disturbance in the Harbour of Boston.
The British brig Mary, Captain Wyman from Cork, arrived at this port 17th inst., [Monday, May 17th 1847] with forty-six steerage passengers. The city authorities would not suffer them to be landed, owing to their destitute condition, unless the master gave bonds that they would not become a burthen to the city. This he was unable or unwilling to do, and came to the conclusion that he must take them to Halifax, for which port he accordingly cleared on Saturday [May 22nd 1847]. The passengers were naturally much exasperated at the turn matters were taking, and when the pilot ordered the crew to weigh anchor, the passengers took possession at the handspikes and windlass, and assaulted Capt. Wyman, who called to his assistance Capt. Josiah Sturgis, of the revenue cutter Hamilton, who went on board with six men and attempted in his usually judicious and dispassionate manner, to restore order, and directed his men to man the windlass.

The passengers crowded forward, obstructing the operation in various ways, and while Capt S. stood upon the windlass encouraging his men, one of the passengers, who appeared to take the lead, got upon the windlass and collared the gallant captain, attempting to remove him. But Capt Sturgis instantly threw him several feet from him, prostrate upon the deck, and made a signal for a reinforcement from the Hamilton, when another boat's crew, armed with cutlasses, came on board. Capt Sturgis ordered the women and children to go aft, and the men to fall back from the windlass, which they did. He then got the brig under weigh, and accompanied her some distance, leaving her with a fair and fresh breeze.

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