Perez Bangs

Buried Isla de Mona Island which is part of the Puerto Rican Archipelago.

Barnstable Patriot, 8 Mar 1848 "Parental Affection.--Intelligence was received at Provincetown, says the Boston Daily Advertiser, a few days since, from Capt. Cook, of the whaling brig Samuel Cook, that Mr. Perez Bangs, boat-steerer, had died on board, and that he had been buried on one of the Mona Islands, situated in the Mona Passage, West Indies. Soon after the intelligence arrived, his father, Mr. Solomon Bangs, chartered the schooner Palestine, of 100 tons, Capt. Whorf, to proceed at once to the spot, recover, if possible, the remains of his son, and land them at Provincetown. The schooner sailed from P, on the 26th ult., in ballast. The expense to Mr. Bangs will probably exceed $1000. The island on which he was buried is of small extent--uninhabited, and but a few feet above the level of the sea."

Barnstable Patriot, 5 Apr 1848 "Parental Affection--We noticed some weeks since that Mr. Perez Bangs, boat steerer of the whaling brig Samuel Cook, aged about 21 years, had died on board that vessel while at sea, and that his body was buried on one of the Mona Islands, W.I. After the intelligence reached Mr. Solomon Bags, of Provincetown, the father of the young man, he chartered at great expense the schr. Palestine, Whorf, master, to proceed to this Island, to recover the remains of his son. The Palestine has just returned to Provincetown, after some weeks absence without, we regret to say, being able to recover his remains. The Island on which he was interred, was an uninhabited one--and the spot which was near the sea shore, could not be found."

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Parents:

 Solomon Bangs (1791 - 1874)

 Elizabeth Rich Bangs (1790 - 1849)

Inscription: Perez Bangs Died Jan. 15, 1848: On board brig Samuel Cook, buried on Mona I. West Indies. Aged 23 years.

Burial: Provincetown Cemetery Provincetown Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA