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JOHN, son of Sergeant Samuel, who was fourth son of Cornet Robert, built the first tide mill at the Harbor, and in 1730 purchased the noted Wanton estate. Here he had a ship-yard, and many ships were built here during his time. His son Sam- uel, b. 1748, mar. Mary Clapp, of Scituate. He was a great singer and a shipwright, probably continuing the business in the Wanton Yard. He d. 1788.
Snow Stutson built the gambrel-roofed house opposite the present residence of Chas. Randall, in Pembroke. Wm. J. Baker occupied the house before the present resident, Nathan Howard. Capt. Silas Morton's daughter, who now lives in Dedham, at the age of ninety-three, writes: "I remember Snow Stutson very well. He lived opposite my father's for many years, and was a brilliant, handsome man, but not of strong principles. While living there, he married Lydia Tol- man, of Scituate, and they had a large family of children. Three daughters and one son lived to adult age. The oldest daughter, Eliza, married for her first husband a Mr. Larkin ; after his death, Mr. Clapp. She had no children. The next daughter, Lydia, married a Mr. Athearn, and left three chil- dren, who now reside in New York State. Miss Eliza and Miss Frances lived at Niagara ; George, I do not know where.
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Snow Stetson's son John lived in Bridgewater, where Snow Stetson finally went, and, in his old age, while under an ah- erration of mind, committed suicide. His wife received a pension after his death, so he was probably in the Revolution- ary army."
Geo. F. Athearn now lives at Niagara Falls, N. Y. Fanny is dead, and her sister Eliza's mind was so affected by the loss that it became necessary to place her in an asylum, where she now is. These two are the only direct descendants of Snow Stetson now living. In 1783, the sch. "HOPE," 38 tons, of Boston, was built on North River, and owned by Thomas Wal- ter of Boston, Snow Stutson of Scituate, and others ; Peleg Rogers,* master. Snow Stutson built, in 1785, the sch. "IN- DUSTRY," 42 tons, owned by him and Elisha Briggs.t In 1786, was built the sch. "SALLY," 54 tons, owned by William and Stephen Vinal, Nathaniel Wade, Jr., Thomas Mann, and Snow Stutson of Scituate ; in 1787, the sch. "AMERICA," 47 tons, owned by Joseph Tolman and Snow Stutson, who was master of her in 1790; and in 1794, there was built here the sch. "BACHELDOR," which ran to North Carolina; also, in 1796, the sch. "INDUSTRY," for Capts. Cook, Witherell, and Covill ; and in 1796, the brig " PACIFIC." Thomas Stutson, of Scituate, went mate of her, and S. Dunham, captain. She was used as a blockade runner, and for smuggling goods from Havre-de-Grace to Lisbon and back. Ebenezer, a descendant of the above Ebenezer, helped build this last vessel. Snow Stutson had been appointed Inspector of Vessels for the District including Hanover, Scituate, Pembroke, and Marshfield, prior to 1793, and probably gave up ship-building, as in 1801 we find him master of the sch. "Polly," of Scituate. Many descendants of the Stetson family were ship-builders or carpen- ters, and many learned their trade here and built elsewhere. Prominent among them were Ebenezer Stetson, d. March 14, 1881, aged 93 years, 5 months, buried at the First Parish Cem- etery, Scituate ; and Matthew, d. July 29, 1888, aged 71 years, buried at Church Hill. Thomas Stetson is buried in Hatch- ville. George Stetson, son of Melzar and brother of Matthew, is now living at Medford. The following are members of the
* See Roger Yards.
t See Brick-kiln Yard, Continued Chapter.
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Stetson family who were ship-carpenters, and went from Scit- uate to other ship-yards :
Melzar Stetson, b. 1805, went to South Boston.
Charles
" 1752, .. New Bedford.
Thomas 66 “ 1766,
Barnstable.
Lincoln
“ 1774,
Salem.
Wiswell
" 1785,
Kingston.
Jotham
" 1794,
Medford.
Elisha
“ 1799,
Medford.
John
" 1811,
Medford.
Alpheus
1794,
South Boston.
Also, William Turner went to Boston from a North River ship-yard. "Uncle Josh" Stetson, the wag of the ship-yards, was a descendant of "Cornet " Robert. One day, while eating dinner in the work-house, the inen were discussing which ani- mals would fight most desperately. Some said the lion, some said a tiger, and so on. "Uncle Josh " said, " I saw two cats fight once 'till there was nothing left but their two tails." " Uncle Josh " was called a great joker. A man ent his knee, in the yard, one day, and " Uncle Josh " told him he ought to have a "scabbard on his axe and a skillet on each knee :" but the tables were turned on him when he fell from a vessel into the water. One of the workmen looked over the side of the vessel, and asked, " Are your boots tight, JJoshy ?" At another time he went out in a boat fishing on the river, with his two brothers, one of whom could not swim. They upset the boat, and had hard work to save themselves and the brother who could not swim. After they reached home, "Uncle Josh" re- lated what had happened, and said, "What pleased me most, was to see Melzar's doughnuts bobbing on the water."
The Delanos built on the Wanton Yard, located on what was called the " MOLLY STETSON PLACE," soon after 1770. Benja- min Delano, the first of that family who built here, came from Pembroke in 1770, and settled on the ancient Richard Dwelley place, on the north side of the bank of the brook then known as Dwelley's Brook, but later as Till's Creek. His house was on the east side of the road, and has since been occupied by Major Samuel Foster. The Delano sisters now own the old place, and it is occupied by John H. Corthell. The earliest record that is preserved of any of Delano's vessels is in 1796, the sch. " ROVER," 79 tons, of Duxbury ; owner : Silvanus
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Delano, of Duxbury, shipwright ; surveyor, Samuel Delano, Jr. ; built at Scituate, afterward sold to Nantucket. "Benjamin Delano was succeeded by his son. For a brief account of cer- tain members of the Duxbury branch of this family, see the continued chapter of the "Brick-kiln Yard." The following account of a branch of the Delano family, was prepared many years ago by the late Miss Thomas of Marshfield : "Lemuel Delano, a descendant, doubtless, of Philip De La Noye, one of the Pilgrims, mar. Mary Eames, 20th April, 1762. Children : 1. Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1763. 2. Thomas, b. Jan. 25, 1766 ; bap. May 25, 1766. 3. William, b. Jan. 27, 1770 ; bap. May 20, 1770. 4. Elizabeth, b. March 25, 1772; bap. May 17, 1773. This family removed to Sunderland, Mass. They had also, 5. Charles, bap. Aug. 27, 1774.
IIezadiah Delano, of Duxbury, mar. Mary Taylor, 1731.
William Delano, of Scituate, mar. Eleanor Stevens, 1761.
Joseph Delano, mar. Judith Damon, and had children : 1. Joseph, bap. Aug. 31, 1755 ; mar. Mary Thomas; d. in the Revolution. 2. Judith, bap. April 17, 1757; mar. John Hatch. 3. Jesse, bap. July 22, 1759 ; mar. Margaret Leavitt. 4. Zebulon, bap. June 21, 1761. 5. Mary; mar. Luther White. 6. Hannah, bap. July 22, 1769 ; mar. Ronse Bourne, Jr. 7. Edward, bap. July 28, 1771. Joseph Delano mar. 2nd, Lucy Cushing, widow of Ronse Bourne, and had one child, Barak, bap. March 22, 1778.
was born in 1775. M/m elano~ He built many very large vessels. Prior to the time he built here, the Wanton Yard had been divided into two yards ; the Delanos built in one yard, and the Fosters soon began building in the other. After serving his time, and building one vessel in Hanover in the year 1799, spoken of in the account of those yards, William Delano came to this yard and built the same year, 1799, the ship " INDUS," 338 tons, of Boston. The next year he built two, as follows : 1800. Sch. "HANNAH," 118 tons of Boston. 1800. Ship "HARLEQUIN," 336 tons, of Boston, two decks and three masts, drawing eighteen feet of water. (More than any other vessel built on the river.) In 1801, he built the ship " ALEXANDER HODGDEN," 377
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tons, of Boston, which was one of the largest vessels built at this yard. In 1802 he built the ship "COLUMBINE," 270 tons, of Boston.
Benjamin Delano built here, in 1804, the sch. "CHARLES," 123 tons, of Duxbury. This is the last vessel on record of which Benjamin Delano was the master carpenter.
There was built at this yard, by William Delano, in 1805, the ship "TOPAZ," 385 tons, which was one of Delano's largest vessels, two deeks and three masts; owned by David Sears, at Boston. William Delano was master carpenter, in 1806, of the ship "Granges " or "GANGES," 215 tons, of Boston. This was probably the "Ganges " condemned at Tul- cahuano, Chili, m June, 1858. In 1806, he built the ship "AUGUSTUS," 325 tons, of Boston; and in 1809, the ship "IDA," 363 tons, of Boston. The next vessel built by the Delanos was one of the two famous vessels spoken of by Deane as being the largest vessels ever built on North River, but he failed to give either their names or any further particulars con- cerning them. The first was built in 1810, by William Delano, and the second was finished in 1815 by his family. The first built in 1810 was the ship "LADY MADISON," 4502 tons, of New York. She was 112 feet long, 30 broad, and 15 deep, and was owned by Thomas Hazard, Jr., of New Bedford, and Jacob Barker, of New York. The following anecdote, related by F. C. Sanford of Nantucket, and by Israel H. Sher- man of Norwell, is familiar to all the old merchants of New York and New Bedford, and many of Boston. The correctness of this story is attested by the fact that it was told to Mr. San- ford by Wharton Barker, grandson of Jacob Barker. Barker " ran " the Government at Washington, so to speak, during Madison's time, by his great influence and wealth. Jacob Bar- ker was son-in-law of Thomas Hazard. At one time, the "Lady Madison" was out on a whaling voyage, and on her home- ward passage, laden with sperm oil, she encountered much rough weather. The delay alarmed her owners, who feared she was lost. Jacob Barker, who was a Quaker, went to the in- surance office, and requested the agent to make out a policy for the insurance of the ship, but not to sign it until the agent had heard from him. In the mean time, the Quaker heard that the ship was lost. He immediately sent his boy to the insurance office, with the message, " If thee hast not signed the policy thee need not, for I have heard from my ship." The agent,
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supposing the ship to be safe, and wishing to get the premium, immediately signed the policy and sent it to the Quaker. To his dismay, he found that the ship was lost, and had to pay one-half of the insurance in settlement. She was lost on "Goodwin Sands," in the English Channel, about 1815. Jacob Barker died in 1872, aged 92.
William Delano probably built few vessels during the last years of his life, though he may have begun the " Mt. Ver- non," which was finished in 1815 by Samuel Hartt, a relative of his wife's, whose son, Joseph T., mar. Nellie L., dau. of Dr. Brownell, and had a son Joseph. William Delano d. in 1814, leaving seven children : 1. William H. 2. Benjamin F., b. Sept. 17, 1809. 3. Edward H., b. Aug. 12, 1811. 4. Mary. 5. Prudence. 6. Sarah. 7. Lucy. The three latter now re- side in Norwell, in a beautiful place that overlooks the old homestead and the far distant sea. William H. and Benjamin F. worked in the ship-yard in company from the time they were old enough until the former removed to East Boston. William H. was often called "Lord North " about this time. The " Mt. Vernon " referred to before, was the LARGEST VESSEL EVER BUILT ON THE NORTH RIVER, and the excitement caused by the building and launching of this ship is well remembered by the older people of to-day, who have not yet ceased to talk of it.
The ship " MOUNT VERNON," 464 tons, was built in 1815, and sold to Philadelphia. Samuel Hartt was her master car- penter. It is certainly wonderful how a vessel of her size could be launched from this yard ; but such is the fact, and she was gotten out of the river safely, and was a well-built and suc- cessful ship. Samuel Hartt was Naval Constructor on the Ports- mouth and other yards. He died at So. Scituate, Dec. 18, 1860, aged 78 years. Benjamin F. Delano was educated under the Rev. Samuel Deane, and, displaying quite a talent for ship- building, he was placed in the draughting office of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he served his time. He then returned to So. Scituate, and, in company with his oldest brother and Jo- seph Clapp, built, iu 1829, the sch. "ONLY DAUGHTER," 70 tons, of Hingham ; owners, Seth Gardner, Jr., Scituate, Hi- ram and Capt. Thomas Jefferson Gardner of Hanover, and others.
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Joseph Playah Delano were the master carpenters. Jo- seph Clapp has two grandsons living, Herbert and Joseph, sons of John Otis of Norwell. Joseph mar. Lizzie, dau. of Joseph Corthell. In 1833, Stephen White and others bought Grand Island, on Niagara River, and engaged Benj. F. Delano to convert the forest of oak timber that was there into vessels. He took with him his two broth- ers and twenty picked men from his native town. The venture proved a success, and they built seven vessels. A $100,000 hotel is about to be erected on Grand Island. He also built the first steam vessel that plied between East Boston and Boston. In 1847 he received an appointment as Naval Constructor, and was stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., and from there was trans- ferred, in 1850, to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he was Chief Naval Constructor, and was retired June 11, 1873. At Portsmouth he constructed the "Saranac." He constructed twenty-one war vessels from 1861-65, among them the daring dispatch boat "Iroquois," the "Oneida," "Nyack," " Wampa- noag," and "Mattawaska." He also converted numbers of harmless merchantmen, bought by the Government, into death- dealing war vessels, and worked day and night over his plans for their reconstruction. He d. April 30, 1882, leaving a widow, Jane, dau. of Seth Foster, who now resides in Brook- lyn, and one son, Alfred Otis, living in Norwell. The life of Edward H. Delano was not unlike that of his brother Benja- min. He served his time in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was with his brother later, and in 1848 was commissioned Naval Con- structor, and ordered to Pensacola, and afterward transferred to Norfolk and Charlestown. He built the U. S. steam frigate " Merrimac," and Admiral Farragut's flagship, the " Hartford." He d. at Charlestown, Mass., April 9, 1859, while in charge of that station. He mar. Mary R., dau. of William James of Scituate, by whom he had two sons, William E. and Edward Franklin. He mar., 2nd, June 16, 1858, Avoline S. Frost, of So. Berwick, Me. The Fosters built next to the Delanos, and at times in company with them.
Elifha Ghoster was the first of this family recorded as having built here. He used to say that in 1760 his friends earnestly advised him to abandon his design of becoming a ship-
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wright because the timber was so far exhausted ; they thought the business must soon fail, but he did become a shipwright and obtained enough timber to successfully carry on the art, and his sons also, for many years. Certainly there were some large trees standing at that time in Scituate, as later a tree of immense size was cut there, as appears in an item taken from the Boston Evening Post of March 2, 1772.
" We hear from Scituate that on the 12th ult. a tree was cut there and brought to the mill which made 2809 feet of inch boards, 2000 shingles and four cords of wood."
Elisha Foster was a descendant of Edward the lawyer, one of the men of Kent, who settled in Kent street, Scituate (after- ward Capt. Webb's place), in 1633. His children were 1. Timothy, b. 1640; 2. Elizabeth, b. 1645. Timothy's children were 1. Ruth, b. 1664; 2. Elizabeth, b. 1667; 3. Naomi, b. 1668 ; 4. Hatherly, b. 1671 ; 5. Rebecca, b. 1675 ; 6. Timothy, b. 1681; 7. Edward, b. 1682; 8. Thomas, b. 1686; 9. Eliza- beth, b. 1688. Hatherly, b. 1671 (son of Timothy, Sen.), mar. Barthshua Turner and had children : 1. Margaret, b. 1699 ; 2. Joseph, b. 1702; 3. Ruth, b. 1704; 4. Timothy, b. 1706; 5. Elisha, b. 1708 ; 6. John, b. 1711; 7. Elizabeth, b. 1721. Elisha, son of Hatherly, mar. Temperance Freeman, of Har- wich, in 1739. Their children were 1. John, b. 1740; 2. Barthshua, b. 1742; 3. Elisha, b. 1745; 4. Temperance, b. 1747; 5. Sarah, b. 1749; 6. Mary, b. 1751; 7. Ruth, b. 1754.
Elisha, son of Elisha, mar. Grace Barstow of Hanover in 1769. Their children were : 1. Capt. Seth, b. 1770. He was a ship-builder and mar. Abigail Otis. They had : 1. Otis ( ?) who died ; 2. Jane ( wife of Benjamin Delano). 2. Margaret, b. 1772, who mar. Capt. Samuel Tilden of Marshfield, and had children : 1. Margaret ( wife of Capt. Benj. Smith of Duxbury ) ; 2. Samuel ; 3. Mary, wife of William Smith (of East Bridge- water). 3. Elisha, b. 1775, the store-keeper who furnished " black-strap" and other necessaries of life to the yards. He mar. a Miss Turner and had sons : 1. Joshua Turner, 2. George, 3. Phillip, and 4. Henry ( who is now living in Berkeley, Cal. ). George and Phillip are dead. An account of J. Turner will be given later. Elisha had daughters : 1. Grace, who was the first wife of Captain Nath'l Barstow of Hanover, and left one dau. Grace. 2. Sally, who mar. Isaac Haskins and left two chil- dren (1. Esther, mar. Edward Barnard; 2. Edward H.) ; 3.
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Mary, whom ar. Capt. William H. Talbot and left three sons : 1. William, 2. Frank and 3. Richmond. 4. Mary Frances, who died. It will be seen that of Elisha's seven children, two are now living. 4. Freeman, a physician, b. 1777, married ; he d. July 18, 1863. 5. Samuel, b. 1779, was a ship-builder, mar. Sarah Delano and had children : 1. Sarah Delano, b. 1810; 2. Mary Louisa, b. 1824. Sarah Delano, mar. John K. Nash in 1832. They had children : 1. John Cushing, born 1839, mar. Sarah Brown in 1860 and had children : 1. Mary Louisa Foster, b. 1862, (mar. Arthur L. Power in 1883. They have children : 1. Nelson Foster, b. 1884; 2. Samuel Foster, b. 1885; 3. Howard Stone, b. 1887) ; 2. Sarah, b. 1865 ; 3. Helen Eliza, b. 1868 ; 6. CHARLES, b. 1781, a farmer, mar. and had children 1. Walter ; 2. Charles. 7. TEMPERANCE, b. 1782, (died early ). 8. DANIEL, b. 1787, mar. Leafy Sampson and had children : 1. Seth ; 2. Caroline ; 3. Benjamin P. ; 4. Helen. 9. Walter, h. 1789, a ship-builder, mar. Betsey Pierce, no children.
Elisha Foster, who is described as a heavy, stout man, built alone until 1803-4. In 1795 he built the brigantine " GAR- LAND," 128 tons, for Daniel Sargent of Boston. The good old blacksmith at Foster's Yard was in the habit of lending his narrow hoe to a young apprentice, who was very tardy in returning it, and one day when he came for it the old man said, " When you have done with it, you just put legs to it and send it home." Elisha Foster built the following vessels : the "CASPIAN," and in 1800 the ship " HANNAH & ELIZA," 255 tons, of Boston ; in 1801, the sch. "GEORGE," 82 tons, of Chatham, owners, Samuel & Elisha Foster, Jr., of Scit- uate and others, afterwards sold to Gloucester; and the same year, 1801, ship "FORTUNE," 339 tons, of Boston, one of the largest vessels built at this yard. She had 2 decks and 3 masts. He built the same year, 1801, ship " PERSEVER- ANCE," 214 tons, of Boston, afterwards of Nantucket. He built in 1802, the ship " O'CAIN," 280 tons, of Boston, which (" O'Cain ") was quite a noted ship, and when on the northwest coast she was commanded by Capt. Blanchard, of Brighton, she was lost in 1826 at Valdalia, coast of Chili. The ship " ASIA," 274 tons, of Boston, was probably built by Foster in 1803 ; she was sold May 21, 1813 to a Spaniard and called the " Fernando Septimo." The next year Elisha Foster took into partnership his son Elisha and they launched in 1805 the sch. " FAVORITE," 74 tons, of Chatham, owners, Elisha Foster,
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Sr. and Jr., of Scituate. In 1807 they built two ships, the " GOLCONDA " and the "ELIZABETH," both afterward hailed from New Bedford. In 1809 the Fosters built a ship sold to Salem. In 1810 they built the ship " FRANCES ANN," for the launching of which $5.20 was spent for lemons. In 1811 they built the ship "HOWLAND." Both the above named vessels were whaling from New Bedford later. Also in 1811 they built the ship "HELLENOH."
Charles Foster, in 1811, built the ship " FRANCISCAN." Joseph Tolman worked on her. The ship " AMERICA " was built by the Fosters in 1812. Capt. Peleg Kent, son of Peleg Kent and father of Smith Kent, commanded her. Very dull times followed the war of 1812, and one of the vessels that was built at Foster's Yard lay two or three years before launching, until the Embargo Act was off. She was finally launched and much admired as she lay at Union Bridge until her spars and rigging were sent down from Boston; she had a very fancy figure head of an eagle. A " Kanaka " or Hawaiian came down to help rig her and used to amuse the ship-carpenters at noon time by lighting their pipes by rubbing two pieces of wood together. At this yard there was also a vessel launched at one time that beat the Kanaka, the friction caused by launching making a fire so great that the Captain lighted his pipe from the blaze. The village minister at Scituate was considered a good judge of horses as well an historian. One day a certain man was trying to sell a horse, and when asked how old he was, answered that Mr. Deane the minister told him that the horse was nine years old. Before buying, the purchaser thought it well to ask Mr. Deane, who replied, "Yes, I did tell him so ; but that was nine years ago." The Fosters built two vessels for David Ellis of Boston, also one for Capt. Howes of the Cape, who went master of her. On her first voyage Capt. Howes ran near the shore on the other side of Cape Cod to signal his family a good bye, but running too near she struck and capsized ; all hands were saved except one of the crew. Phillip Foster was on her.
Prior to 1815 Elisha Foster had taken into the firm his sons Seth, Samuel and Walter, and it was styled Elisha Foster & Sons. Walter was an officer in the 2nd Regiment of Militia. The " WARSAW," a New Bedford whaler, was built here. The Fosters were also interested in the bark "Maria Theresa " (built at Block House Yard). William Delano died in 1814, and
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Samuel Hartt finished his last vessel, and then, according to the old Foster account books, sold in 1815 one pair of bilgeways and launching plank to Elisha and Samuel Foster, and judging from the number of vessels the Fosters built the next year they probably occupied both yards. There was built at this yard by Elisha Foster & Sons, in 1815, the ship " ATLAS," 360 tons, of Boston. This vessel had 2 decks and 3 masts, and her length was 102 feet. In 1823 she was cast away off the Port of Heleler, Germany, and was a total loss. The same year they built a vessel that became famous the world over, and a book was published giving her history.
This was in 1815 ; the ship "GLOBE," 293 tons. Her keel was 78 feet ; beam, 26 feet ; hold, 11 feet ; between decks, 5 feet 6 inches ; the mainmast, 63 feet ; foremast, 58 feet; miz- zen, 55 feet. This vessel was the first to bring two thousand barrels of sperm oil into the United States. A horrible mutiny occurred on her in 1824, off Fanning's Island, in which captain and mates were killed. The following is gleaned from the account published by the two survivors, Hussey and Lay : The ship " Globe " sailed from Nantucket 20th Dec., 1822, on a whaling voyage. She was then owned by C. Mitchell & Co., and commanded by Thomas Worth of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard. She sailed direet to the Sandwich Islands, where she arrived May 1st, 1823. At Hawaii they received a wel- come supply of potatoes, sugar-cane, yams, cocoanuts, bananas, fish, etc. At Oahu, another of the islands, six of the crew deserted at night; two were re-captured, but again escaped. From Oahu, the "Globe " sailed on a cruise to Japan ; then re- turned to the Sandwich Islands for vegetables, and sailed south towards Fanning's Islands. Jan. 26, 1824, Joseph Thomas in- sulted the captain, and was punished by being whipped with the end of a main buntling. Whether this had anything to do with the murderous mutiny, which followed on the evening of the same day, is not known, but it would seem as if the mutiny had been planned some time before. On the night of Jan. 26, Samuel B. Comstock and Silas Payne went into the cabin, taking with them an axe, knives, and muskets with fixed bayo- nets, and murdered the captain and the first and second mates, by shooting and then running their bodies through with knives and bayonets, seeming to enjoy their writhings in pain and their entreaties for mercy. The bodies were then thrown over- board. A rope was made fast to the feet of John Lambert,
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