Captain Thomas Nye

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Captain Thomas Nye

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
Death: June 22, 1842 (73)
Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Obed Obed Nye and Mary Nye
Husband of Hannah Nye
Father of William C. Nye; Betsey H. Allen; Nancy Perry; Philip Nye; Hannah Davis and 7 others
Brother of Jonathan Nye; Mercy Howland; Deborah Potter; Nancy Nye; Mary Nye and 8 others

Occupation: Businessman
Managed by: John H. Nye
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About Captain Thomas Nye

Served in the Revolutionary War Private, Captain Henry Jenne's company, Colonel John Hathaway's (2nd Bristol County) regiment; enlisted 8/2/1780; discharged 8/8/1780; service 6 days at Rhode Island on an alarm. Roll dated Dartmouth.

Was a successful in business for many years in New Bedford, MA.

He was a Representative in 1809.

He was a sea captain and ship owner. He made at least one whaling voyage to the North Atlantic in 1821 returning 550 barrels of whale oil from the waters around the Cape Verde islands.

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Captain Thomas Nye's Timeline

1768
September 28, 1768
Dartmouth, Bristol, MA
1792
1792
1796
January 14, 1796
1797
1797
1799
1799
1800
1800
1803
1803
Massachusetts, United States
1804
November 9, 1804
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States