Captain Benjamin Lawrence

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Captain Benjamin Lawrence

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: March 28, 1879 (80)
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Husband of Elizabeth (Eliza) Lawrence
Father of William Lawrence; Lydia M Lawrence; Benjamin B Lawrence; Lydia Swain Hall; Rebecca Lawrence and 2 others

Managed by: Robert Sydney Blake
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About Captain Benjamin Lawrence

Benjamin was the boatsteerer on the "Essex" the whaling ship that was rammed and sunk by a whale in 1820.

Philbrick, Nathaniel, "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the WHaleship Essex", Viking Penguin Press, 2000

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Captain Benjamin Lawrence's Timeline

1799
February 25, 1799
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
1825
1825
1832
1832
1837
1837
1843
January 12, 1843
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
1851
1851
1879
March 28, 1879
Age 80
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
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