I'm wondering if someone can throw a little insight into a couple of matters for me. I'm attempting to trace the origin of three COLLINS brothers who emigrated from Cork to Newfoundland in the late 1770s. One of them was JOHN COLLINS, who settled in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in 1776. Before sailing, he placed an advertisement in the Hibernian Chronicle, stating that the Hannah & Lydia of Cork was ready to sail and asking for fishermen, shoremen, and youngsters to accompany him. He said, "For passage apply to said master at cove". The "at cove" reference I'm taking to be the Cove of Cork (Queenstown, Cobh). I also understand that the Cove of Cork was a small fishing village in the 1700s. Does anyone know whether all (or almost all) ships from Cork City would be anchored at "cove"? If so, then John Collins could have had his place of residence anywhere in Cork County. Or would those departing from "cove" be residents of Cove? (To give an example, if a ship was leaving the port of, say, Carmanville, in Newfoundland, it's a good bet that the master of the ship lived in Carmanville. However, if it was leaving from St. John's (the capital city), then the master could have been from anywhere, because the St. John's Port was a "gateway", so to speak.) So I'm wondering whether this reference to "cove" is a clue as to where John lived. Is the Collins surname indigenous to Cobh? I also noted that a Eugene A. Coyle published an article, back in 1990, in the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archealogical Society entitled "An incident at Cove 1776". Is anyone familiar with this article? Do you know what the incident in question was? Thanks for any help. Marilyn Pilkington Ottawa, Canada