Thomas Wheeler Williams (September 28, 1789 – December 31, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Stonington, Connecticut, Williams attended the public schools. At the age of fifteen...
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Thomas Wheeler Williams (September 28, 1789 – December 31, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Stonington, Connecticut, Williams attended the public schools. At the age of fifteen...
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Ebenezer Paine, Sr.
Gender: Male
Birth: June 17, 1692 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: circa 1733 (36-45) At Sea off shoals of Nantuckett (lost at sea)
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Ebenezer Paine, Sr.
Gender: Male
Birth: June 17, 1692 Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: circa 1733 (36-45) At Sea off shoals of Nantuckett (lost at sea)
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Between 20 and 40 percent of whalers were black, and the danger and difficulty of the business produced the opportunity for 64 of them to become captains, beginning even during the days of slavery and ...
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Between 20 and 40 percent of whalers were black, and the danger and difficulty of the business produced the opportunity for 64 of them to become captains, beginning even during the days of slavery and ...
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Born in St. Vincent, in the West Indies, in 1847, Capt. Stevenson came to the U.S. at age 18 and was already a widower by then. Little is known about his early life, but at age 34 his occupation was li...
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Born in St. Vincent, in the West Indies, in 1847, Capt. Stevenson came to the U.S. at age 18 and was already a widower by then. Little is known about his early life, but at age 34 his occupation was li...
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Michael A. Martin ==*Birth: July 17, 1830 Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States*Death: September 05, 1907 Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States* Place of Burial: Hilltop (Chappaquiddick) Cemetery, ...
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Michael A. Martin ==*Birth: July 17, 1830 Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States*Death: September 05, 1907 Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States* Place of Burial: Hilltop (Chappaquiddick) Cemetery, ...
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John Hamblin was born 10 Oct. 1829 in Falmouth, MA [Andrews, 1902, pp. 561, 954].He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of twenty he began a seafaring life of whaling, which he followed ...
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John Hamblin was born 10 Oct. 1829 in Falmouth, MA [Andrews, 1902, pp. 561, 954].He was educated in the common schools, and at the age of twenty he began a seafaring life of whaling, which he followed ...
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His education was limited to attendance at the public school in his native town from the age of four to ten years [Andrews, 1902, p. 950]. Then he began work in the glass factory at Sandwich, and worke...
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His education was limited to attendance at the public school in his native town from the age of four to ten years [Andrews, 1902, p. 950]. Then he began work in the glass factory at Sandwich, and worke...
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Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and Constance Snow (Hopkins) Kendrick (born John Kenrick, c. 1740–1794) was an American sea captain, both during the American Revolutionary War and th...
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Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and Constance Snow (Hopkins) Kendrick (born John Kenrick, c. 1740–1794) was an American sea captain, both during the American Revolutionary War and th...
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William Billings was one of the most prominent and successful business men in the area/New London, New London County, CT, USAAttended Yale. 1821 graduated from Yale College/New Haven, New Haven County,...
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William Billings was one of the most prominent and successful business men in the area/New London, New London County, CT, USAAttended Yale. 1821 graduated from Yale College/New Haven, New Haven County,...
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1819 graduated from Yale College/New Haven, New Haven County, CT, USAElected or appointed 1846 lieutenant governor of Connecticut/ConnecticutBillings (March 31, 1800 – April 26, 1865) was an American p...
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1819 graduated from Yale College/New Haven, New Haven County, CT, USAElected or appointed 1846 lieutenant governor of Connecticut/ConnecticutBillings (March 31, 1800 – April 26, 1865) was an American p...
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Edward Mott Robinson, an affable and unassuming man, married well and through his wife's family became a partner of a thriving whaling business, Isaac Howland Jr. & Co. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, w...
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Edward Mott Robinson, an affable and unassuming man, married well and through his wife's family became a partner of a thriving whaling business, Isaac Howland Jr. & Co. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, w...
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Charles Ramsdell served as a Captain aboard the ship "General Jackson" sometime in the 1840's. Charles is very likely the young seaman recently immortalized by the book "The Heart of the Sea" which chr...
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Charles Ramsdell served as a Captain aboard the ship "General Jackson" sometime in the 1840's. Charles is very likely the young seaman recently immortalized by the book "The Heart of the Sea" which chr...
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Collections of the New York Historical Society ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OEFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK , VOL. IV. 1744-1753. WITH LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED 1745—1753.Captain Jeck...
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Collections of the New York Historical Society ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OEFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK , VOL. IV. 1744-1753. WITH LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION GRANTED 1745—1753.Captain Jeck...
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Lewis Acker was born probably in New York, in the United States, some time between 1813 and 1817. His father, variously recorded as a mariner and as the possessor of a substantial estate, allowed him t...
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Lewis Acker was born probably in New York, in the United States, some time between 1813 and 1817. His father, variously recorded as a mariner and as the possessor of a substantial estate, allowed him t...
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Captain John Agar Love, master of the trading ship Adventure, and his first mate Richard (Dicky) Barrett arrived off Ngamotu (later New Plymouth) from Sydney, in February, 1828. They quickly formed goo...
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Captain John Agar Love, master of the trading ship Adventure, and his first mate Richard (Dicky) Barrett arrived off Ngamotu (later New Plymouth) from Sydney, in February, 1828. They quickly formed goo...
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From a Time Magazine profile of American Revolutionary War veterans: * "As a boy, Dr. Eneas Munson knew Nathan Hale, the heroic spy who was executed and said he regretted that he had only one life to g...
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From a Time Magazine profile of American Revolutionary War veterans: * "As a boy, Dr. Eneas Munson knew Nathan Hale, the heroic spy who was executed and said he regretted that he had only one life to g...
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He was a mariner for 20 years, but later became interested in town affairs and became the tax collector for Sandwich. In 1885 he was the collector and treasurer for the town of Bourne, where he also se...
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He was a mariner for 20 years, but later became interested in town affairs and became the tax collector for Sandwich. In 1885 he was the collector and treasurer for the town of Bourne, where he also se...
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According to Kull's New England Cemeteries, this reads: "Capt. James L. Nye of Sandwich, who was killed by a whale in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 29, 1852, while in command of the Bark Andrew of New Bedford...
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According to Kull's New England Cemeteries, this reads: "Capt. James L. Nye of Sandwich, who was killed by a whale in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 29, 1852, while in command of the Bark Andrew of New Bedford...
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He had no childrenHe did not have to fight in the Civil War, because on 3/3/1862 when the Civil War Conscription Act called for all males between the age of 20-45 Peleg was 45 and turned 46 seven days ...
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He had no childrenHe did not have to fight in the Civil War, because on 3/3/1862 when the Civil War Conscription Act called for all males between the age of 20-45 Peleg was 45 and turned 46 seven days ...
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