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* Ship Nancy, Londonderry to Newcastle & Philadelphia, U.S.A. ([http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/23907 Article on 25-04-1788]. Departed May 20)
 
* Ship Nancy, Londonderry to Newcastle & Philadelphia, U.S.A. ([http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/23907 Article on 25-04-1788]. Departed May 20)
 
* Ship Hannibal, Belfast to Newcastle & Philadelphia, U.S.A. ([http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/31227 Article on 25-04-1788]. Departed May 25)
 
* Ship Hannibal, Belfast to Newcastle & Philadelphia, U.S.A. ([http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/31227 Article on 25-04-1788]. Departed May 25)
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* Ship Sally, for Newcastle and Philadelphia ([http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/29655 Article on 09-06-1788]. Departed Jul 15)
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* Brigantine Coningham, Derry to Newcastle & Philadelphia, America ([http://ied.dippam.ac.uk/records/28946 Article on 14-07-1788]. Departed Jul 14)

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Rebecca Lee

Our sources for Hugh's parents and for Sarah's parents do not list any Rebecca siblings. That's in conflict with this quote from The Clan Linn:

In arranging for this long journey it was decided that the second child, William, a lad of eight years, should be left in care of his aunt, Rebecca Lee. 

Who is this Rebecca Lee?

Immigration

The Irish Emigration Database seems to be fairly comprehensive in its records of newspaper clippings about ships leaving Ireland for the US. It lists these ships having left for Philadelphia (dates are of articles, not departure):