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Signed by a number of Selectmen, Pembroke, Feb. 7, 1775 .*
Pembroke has always been among the first to furnish men and arms in time of war; not that the inhabitants were a fight- ing race, but, loyal to the true principles of our government in times of peace they encouraged the military spirit. The women showed their patriotism in many ways, and, during the war of 1812, gave the Pembroke Light Infantry a flag, Miss Lucy Cushing, of Pembroke, making the presentation in the following words :
* See Brooks and Tilden's Yard.
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" Officers and Privates of the Pembroke Light Infantry : Soldiers,-Early sensible of the blessings of freedom, and conscious that to the military spirit of our country men we owe its support, we view with grateful pride the present martial preparation. May the just renown of our nation fill with reverence admiring Europe, and the glory of her wisdom and valour secure from indignity, and pre- serve to us perpetual peace. Ambitious to deserve the proud title of daughters worthy our victorious ancestors, by expressing our regard to those from whom, in times of danger, we expect protec- tion, and happy in decorating so respectable a body of citizens, I, in behalf of the ladies for whom I appear, commit, sir, to your care, this standard, presuming that, whether its silken folds are gently moved on the mild breeze of peace, or roughly fluttered in the rude blasts of war, you will preserve it unrent by discord, unblemished by cowardice, and unspotted by dishonor. We trust you will ever bear it where honor calls, and never allow it to grace the triumph of a haughty victor. May your soldiery add a bright train of glory to the star that designates our State, that shall bode ill to every foe of American liberty. May danger never quench the fire of patriotism in your breasts, and may the rich reward of fame and honor attend you."
It was accepted by the Ensign of the Company, Nathaniel Wales, who said :
" With grateful sensibility we accept, Miss, this brilliant token of the social and patriotic ardour of the respectable ladies in whose name and behalf it is presented in so interesting a manner. Patriotism, like other laudable emctions, may warrantably exist in the bosom where all the amiable and endearing virtues live. Its insignia is not alone confined to the martial, but is ever to be regarded with grate- ful veneration in every social circle of citizens. Where ample deeds of its existence are exhibited, we would not enquire for the merit we now admire, nor be insensible that we are liable to suffer if we in- dulge in indifference, and sleep destitute of the means of defence. This sentiment seems not peculiar to the sons of 'New England,' but is also embraced by her daughters, and enforced by their deeds. The officers and privates of Pembroke Light Infantry receive this standard as a trust too sacred ever to dishonor it by faction, or desert it through fear. It is an illusive picture of our country's emancipa- tion when our victorious ancestors constrained their mighty enemies to hail them as a free and united people ; and ambitious ourselves to deserve the genuine title of sons, not only enjoying the freedom our fathers achieved, but by defending the standard, and honoring the device they erected and waved. It is refreshing to enjoy the sweet zephyrs of peace ; but, should the rough blasts of war return, we will rally around the fortress of our freedom and independence, and nobly resolve to defend it or die."
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TOAST : " May the standard so politely given by the ladies, and so gallantly received by the Ensign, never be unfurled but in the defence of liberty."
Miss Lucy Cushing may have been of the same family as Capt. Nehemiah Cushing, whose death, just prior to the Rev- olution, is recorded in the Massachusetts Spy or Thomas' Bos- ton Journal, March 9, 1775 :
"Died, at Pembroke, Capt. Nehemiah Cushing."
It will be seen from the above that Pembroke was active during time of war, and her citizens were probably too patriotic not to lay by the broad-axe and plough. They gave their ser- vices, and in many instances their lives, to their country.
Looking down the river from the North River Bridge, any time during the years 1799 to 1808, eleven ship-yards could have been seen filled with ship-carpenters, and with vessels in various stages of construction. First, on the right or Pembroke side was the Turner Yard, Located just below the ledge of rock extending east from the bridge, and called ROCKY REACH. The Turners also built on the same side about one hundred feet below their upper yard. Both yards were located on land now owned by Lorenzo Sherman. "Deane," of Scituate, and "Bar- ry," of Hanover, give the genealogy of the Turner family so fully that but little of value can be added. Col. Ezekiel Tur- ner was quite a prominent man of his day, and a notice of his death appears in The Boston Evening Post, Monday, Aug. 16, 1773 :
" Died, at Hanover, Col. Ezekiel Turner, age 73."
Caleb Turner, who died in 1767, was great-grandson of Thomas of Hingham, and a ship-builder; but whether he built here is not known. I am inclined to think that George Turner built at Job's Landing, before coming up the river, and that this yard was occupied by Nathaniel Cushing before it was by the Turners. The following is taken from The Boston Evening Post, July 20, 1772 :
" Married, Nathan Cushing, Esq., of Scituate, Barrister-at-law, to Miss Abigail Tilden, of Pembroke."
It is doubtful whether this was the same Nathaniel Cushing.
Col. George and Thomas Turner built in Pembroke about A.D. 1800. Thomas had a son Thomas, who had, among other
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children, Thomas, now a wheelwright at Hanover Four Cor- ners, where he resides, and a daughter, now a widow, who resides near her brother. She married the late Dr. Ira Warren, who at one time was Principal of Hanover Academy, and was author of Warren's " Family Physician," a most valuable book to families, and almost the Bible of many of the sea captains, by whom it is used the world over. The following is the gene- alogy of a few of the Turners :
Thomas Turner, of Pembroke, married Joanna Phillips ; she died March 27, 1828. They had three children : Charles Tur- ner, born Sept. 8, 1766 ; married Ruth Thomas, of Pembroke, Jan. 7, 1789 ; died Aug. 9, 1804. Joanna Turner, born Dec. 20, 1771 ; married Seth Whitman, of Pembroke, May 5, 1806. Thomas Turner, Jr., born Dec. 22, 1782; married Deborah Stockbridge, of Hanover, May 8, 1811 ; he died July 8, 1829. She died Oct. 15, 1882.
CHILDREN OF DR. CHARLES AND RUTH TURNER ; GRAND-CHILDREN OF THOMAS, SR.
Charles Turner, Jr., born June 8, 1789. John Phillips Tur- ner, born Sept. 12, 1792. He resided in Coals Mouth, Kana- wha Co., West Virginia.
CHILDREN OF SETH AND JOANNA WHITMAN.
Charles Henry Whitman, born Oct. 3, 1807 ; married Mary Delano, of Duxbury, Jan. 17, 1831. Ann Phillips Whitman, born May 20, 1809 ; married Elisha Delano, of Duxbury, Dec. 9, 1838 ; died June 9, 1841. Seth Whitman, Jr., born Jan. 31, 1811 ; married Sarah C. Goodspeed, of Duxbury, March 28, 1839. Thomas Turner Whitman, born Feb. 16, 1813; married Rebecca Barker, of Pembroke, April 25, 1841.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND DEBORAH TURNER.
Thomas Turner, Jr., born Dec. 21, 1812 ; died Jan. 21, 1813. Ruth Stockbridge Turner, born Dec. 17, 1813; married Ira Warren, M.D., of Boston, Nov. 27, 1834. Thomas Turner, Jr. (second of that name), born Nov. 22, 1815; married Susan Maria Thayer, of So. Boston, March 29, 1838. Jane Reed Turner, born Dec. 26, 1817; died Aug. 9, 1819. Charles Phillips Turner, born June 13, 1823.
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CHILDREN OF CHARLES AND MARY WHITMAN; GREAT-GRAND- CHILDREN OF THOMAS, SR.
George Turner Whitman, born Nov. 28, 1831 ; died Aug. 8, 1833. Ann Eliza Whitman, born March 29, 1834. Seth Ber- nard Whitman, born Dec. 17, 1839 ; died April 9, 1841. Henry Barker Whitman, born July 28, 1838. Peter Salmon Whit- man, born Nov. 23, 1842.
CHILDREN OF THOMAS AND SUSAN MARIA THAYER TURNER.
1. THOMAS, born at So. Boston, Feb. 1, 1841 ; died Feb. 7, 1841. 2. SUSAN J., born Jan. 18, 1842 ; married J. W. Phinney, Oct. 30, 1868 ; died Dec. 8, 1882. They had children born in So. Boston : 1. Warren, born Aug. 20, 1869. 2. Arthur Thomas, born Nov. 6, 1873 ; died July 2, 1874. 3. THOMAS, 2D, born July 17, 1844 ; died May 18, 1849. 4. ADELAIDE W., born Sept. 22, 1848, So. Boston ; married J. F. Beale, Sept. 30, 1869, and now living in Brockton. They have one child, Lillian G. V., born Aug. 12, 1870. 5. CHARLES P., born April 5, 1851; married Caroline I. Cushing, April 5, 1873; no children. 6. MARY G., born Dee. 16, 1854; married J. D. Fiske, Oct. 5, 1881 ; no children.
built in Pembroke alone, in 1801, the Sch. "MARY," 100 tons, of Marblehead. When spoken of as build- ing alone, it is understood that the builder had no one in com- pany with him, so far as has been ascertained, though of course he had a large force of men under him. Also, in 1801, he built the Sch. " SPANKER," of 103 tons, for Jubal Harrington and Joseph Chapin, of Boston. He built here, in 1803, the Sch. "ELIZA," of Boston, 39 tons, owned by Alden Briggs, Thomas and George Turner, Mercy Mandall, and David Church, of Pembroke. This was the last vessel on record as having been built at this yard. The indentation, where the saw-pit was located, can be seen at the present time, and some of the dis- placed rocks that once formed a wharf.
The next yard in Pembroke was located at SEABURY'S POINT, about one "reach " and a half below, and on the opposite side to, the Third Herring Brook. This yard is now grown up to woods, which are known as " Seabury's Woods." Robert Magoun is said to have built one vessel here, and Barry says that Col.
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JOB'S LANDING.
George and Thomas Turner built here at one time. Little is known of the Seaburys in this locality at the present day. The man from whom this Point received its name, was son of John Seabury, of Duxbury, who died before 1662, leaving several daughters and two sons: 1. John, who went to Barbadoes. 2. Samuel, born Dec. 10, 1640. Samuel was a physician, and lived in Duxbury in 1662. He owned land at the Gurnet, Island Creek, North River, and at the Brick-kilns. He mar- ried, first, at Weymouth, Patience Kemp, Nov. 9, 1660; sec- ond, Martha Pabodie, April 4, 1677. He died Ang. 5, 1681, leaving several children, who have descendants living on Cape Cod.
Next below, on the Pembroke side, we come to the "Brick- kilns Yard," to the history of which two chapters are devoted. Nearly a mile below the Brick-kilns, on the same side, is JOB'S LANDING, where the packets called for freight ; and ships were built here prior to 1800. The landing is said to have been named after Job Randall, Jr. * It joined the ship-yard, and both were located on land formerly owned by Ephraim Randall, and now owned and occupied by Anson Hatch. Below are accounts of a few of the vessels that were built here : George Turner and Aaron Sherman probably built here, in company with the Ran- dalls, at one time. There was built, in 1793, Sch. "BETSEY," 33 tons, owned by Ephraim Randall and David Church, of Pem- broke. Built at Pembroke, 1794, Sch. "RUTHY," 39 tons, owned by Ephraim Randall, Pembroke. 1796, Sch. "BET- SEY," 37 tons, owned by David Church, George Turner and Ephraim Randall, of Pembroke. Built at Pembroke, 1797, Sch. "ELIZA," 108 tons, of Pembroke; owned by Elisha Ford, of Marshfield. Also, in 1797, Sch. "POLLY," 23 tons, of Pembroke; owned by Benj. Thomas, Samuel and John Jones, and Aaron Sherman, of Marshfield, shipwright, and in 1799, Sch. "EVELINA," 109 tons, of Boston, afterward of Sandwich ; owned at one time by Ephraim Randall and Joseph Hunt, of Pembroke, and others.
While the accounts of the above yards are far from complete, they are sufficient to prove to the reader that ship-building was carried on to a considerable extent during the above years ; and because the records of but few vessels have been found, it must not be inferred that only a few were built, for such is probably not the fact.
* See Chittenden Yard.
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CHAPTER VI.
SMITH YARD. 1792-1819.
(AFTERWARDS EELLS' & BARSTOW'S YARD.)
COL. JOHN BAILEY, DEA. ISAAC PERRY, JOSIAH SMITH, ALBERT SMITH, THOMAS SMITH, MILLER SMITH, BENJAMIN BASS, JR., WILLIAM DELANO, BEZAL EELLS, EDWARD EELLS, SAMUEL EELLS.
THE Smiths built in the ship yard previously occupied by Col. Jno. Bailey, back of the present residence of Edmund Q. Sylvester. This land was owned by David Stock- bridge, and he was paid rent at a rate per ton for the vessels built there. After the Smiths the Eells built here, and they were succeeded by the Barstows who moved here from their upper yard in 1817 .* The Smiths also occupied a yard further "up river," the upper part of which yard had been used by Dea. Isaac Perry, and was then called Paige's yard. It was next the old Barstow & Eells yard at the "Two Oaks," and was located a little way above said yard. They also occupied the Dea. Isaac Perry yard between their lower yard and the "Two Oaks." Here the Smiths built their smaller vessels and used these yards when they were build- ing more vessels than they could accommodate at their lower yard. In 1819 Josiah Smith and Edward and Samuel Eells in company built a ship which was probably built here, as the Barstows then had possession of the lower yard.
There seems to be no account of any particular vessels built by Dea. Isaac Perry, spoken of above, but he built here late in 1700, or until the yard was occupied by the Smiths, he
* See Chapter on Barstow's Yard.
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having previously occupied the small yard next below the Clarks, also located on the land of the late J. O. French, M.D. He was son of Amos, grandson of William, and great- grandson of Thomas Perry, who appeared in Scituate before 1647. Dea. Isaac was born Sept. 5, 1736, and died August 16, 1825, aged 89. He married Jemima Farrow and lived near the corner of Hanover street, on the site where the late Josiah Winslow lived, now Mr. Bower's residence. Of his children : 1. Priscilla, married Elijah Packard in 1803. 2 and 3. Timothy and Isaac, went to St. Johns, N. B. 4. Betsey, married a Smith. 5. Ruth, went to Maine. Isaac descended from the same common ancestor as E. Y. Perry, Esq., of So. Hanover. Dea. Isaac Perry built one vessel at the Kingman yard .* The oakum used at these yards was prepared at the alms-house ; the iron work was furnished by Robert and Joseph Eells.
Hon. Albert Smith, Josiah Smith, Thomas and Millar Smith were brothers, sons of Dea. Josiah, grandsons of Rev. Thomas Smith of Pembroke, and great-grandsons of Joseph of Yar- mouth, Mass. Albert Smitht took no personal part in the building of the vessels on North River, though he owned and sailed many of them, furnishing a part of the capital, and being a member of the firm with his brother Josiah. Capt. Albert was also proprietor of a store at "Hanover Four Corners." There were many men of superior intelligence at work on the yards in those days, who brought up profound questions for argument, from which the younger men gained much knowledge. Col. Samuel Tolman, Michael Ford, Elisha Bass, Col. John B. Barstow, Capt. Ichabod Thomas, William Delano and the Smiths were among the number.
Capt. Albert Smith was born March 22, 1763, married Anne L. daughter of Capt. Robert L. Eells, Angust 23, 1787. He settled in Hanover, in the old mansion house on Broadway, afterwards the home of the late Martin Stetson, and now owned by Daniel E. Damon, Esq. He died May 28, 1823, and his widow, who was born July 18, 1765, died May 7, 1835. They had children : 1. Anne L., born Oct. 4, 1788. 2. Joseph, born March 30, 1790. 3. Albert, born Jan. 3, 1793. 4. Mary, born Oct. 21, 1795. 5. John, born Dec. 10, 1797, died Sept. 5, 1813. 6. Thomas M., born August 15, 1799, died
* See Miscellaneous Yards, Hanover, about 1800.
+ See Hurd's History of Plymouth Co., page 401.
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Jan., 1803. 7. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1801. 8. Sarah B., born Nov. 23, 1802, died young. 9. Sarah B., born Jan. 7, 1808.
ANNE L., first child of Albert Sr., married Nathaniel Crooker, March 9, 1808. She died in 1846, he died Jan., 1847. No children are now living, but they have one grandchild in New York state, and one or two in the West.
REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH SMITH, second child of Albert, Sr., married Harriet Bryant of Maine. She died 1855, aged 58. He died March 17, 1879, in his 89th year. They had four children, two daughters, one of whom died in infancy, the other, Anna, is unmarried and resides in Washington. Both sons were naval officers. Albert died in Boston. Joseph's life was sacrificed for his country while in command of the "Congress," when she was sunk by the " Merrimac."
ALBERT, JR., third child of Albert, Sr., married Roxa Shat- tuek, June 24, 1814. He died May 29, 1867, aged 74 years, and his wife a few years later. They had two daughters, both now living. Annie Lenthal, who married Horatio Bigelow of Boston, and Adeline, who married Dr. Whelan of the Navy, Horatio Bigelow died in Boston, Oet. 25, 1888. His widow and the following children survive him. 1. Horatio Ripley, a physician, who married Sarah Z. Batten, at Baltimore, and resided in Washington, D. C., until recently, when he went abroad. 2. Adeline A. 3. Albert S., who was married at Grace Church, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 4, 1875, to Mary De Ford of Baltimore, and they have three sons born as follows : Horatio, Jan. 11, 1877 ; William De Ford, Jan. 29, 1878 ; Albert Francis, Oct. 4, 1880. 4. Joseph S., was married at Trinity Church, Boston, in April, 1877, to Mary Cleveland Bryant, of Boston. The births of his children are as follows : Joseph Smith, Feb. 16, 1878 ; Henry Bryant, Oct 3, 1879 ; Arthur George, Dec., 1881 ; Cleveland, March, 1883 ; Mary Cleveland, Nov. 29, 1884. 5. Annie S., married Oct. 28, 1884, at the Church of the Advent, Boston, Thomas Nelson of Marshfield.
MARY, fourth child of Albert Sr., married Capt. David Whittier of Belfast, Me., Sept. 27, 1815. She died July 19, 1848. He died Oct. 8, 1849. They had two daughters, 1.
* See Hurd's History of Plymouth Co.
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Marianna, married Mr. Madigan of Houlton, Me., since de- ceased. She still resides at Houlton and has several children, and, 2, Harriet, who is unmarried, and resides in Washington.
ELIZABETHI, seventh child of Albert, Sr., married Samuel Salmond of Hanover, July 26, 1826. He died May 25, 1859, aged 70 years, 10 months .* She is still living at the old home- stead on Washington street in her 89th year. They have had two sons and two daughters. The oldest son, Robert, a promising youth, died Oct. 18, 1845, aged 18 years. The other son died in infancy. Mary, the eldest daughter, married E. Q. Sylves- ter, and died leaving three children. Eliza the second daughter, afterwards married E. Q. Sylvester. t
SARAH B., ninth child of Albert, Sr., married Joseph Eells, Jr., March 11, 1829. He died in the West, probably in Arkansas, where she died, April, 1889. They had a family of eight children who reside in the West and South.
Josiah Smith
builder, brother of Albert, Sr., was born March 2, 1767, mar- ried 1st, Nab- by, daughter of Capt. Robert Lenthall Eells, March 13, 1794. She died Aug. 3, 1812; married 2nd, Jane, daughter of Jeremiah Smith, and died in Hanover, April, 24, 1842, aged 75. Jane, his wife, died 1850. He had children. 1. Nabby E., born Aug. 26,1795, married Theo. Whitney, of Niagara, N. Y., and died in 1870, no children. 2. Lucy W., b. Nov. 12, 1796. (For descendants of Lucy, see account at end of this family.) 3. Ruth C., b. Jan. 2, 1798 ; d. 1874, unmarried. 4. Elizabeth B., b. May 20, 1799. (For account of Elizabeth, see end of Lucy's family. ) 5. Mary L., b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; mar. Edward E. Nash, of Medford, Mass., and d. in Arkansas, leaving children and grandchildren. 6. Josiah Miller, b. Feb. 12, 1803 ; mar., 1st, Frances Waterman, of Scituate ; she d. April 12, 1854, aged 46; 2nd, Charlotte Waterman Bailey, a widow, and sister of his first wife ; no children
* See continued chapter on North River.
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Lucy W., second child of Josiah, the builder, mar. in 1819, William Little Loring, M. D., of Duxbury. He was a grad- uate of Harvard College, and a lineal descendant, in the fifth generation, on his mother's side, of John and Priscilla Alden. Their children were : 1. LUCY WILLIAMS, b. April 29, 1820 ; mar. in the Episcopal Church in Hanover, Rev. Dr. Samuel Crothers Logan, of Indiana, Aug. 17, 1852. He was a Pres- byterian, a graduate of Princeton, and was settled in Constan- tine, Mich., in Cincinnati, O., and Valparaiso, Ind. For twenty-one years he has been pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Scranton, Pa. They have had five children; two have died, and three are now living in Scranton, viz. : Harry Vannuys, a physician, b. May 21, 1853 ; Arthur Coffin, a law- yer, b. Oct. 23, 1854; and Lillie, who mar. Judge Henry A. Knapp. 2. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, b. Oct. 14, 1821 ; who was in the Union Navy during the Rebellion, later in the Revenue Marine Service, and now on the retired list. In 1866, he mar. Nellie Cahoun, of Morrisiana, N. Y., and they have had five children. The following are now living : Benjamin Williams, Jr., b. May 10, 1867 ; John Alden, b. March 6, 1869; Nano Jennie Gladden, b. April 17, 1879. 3. MARIA KITTREDGE, b. Feb. 23, 1823 ; mar., in 1850, James W. Carswell, a Georgia planter, who d. in December, 1885. She resides in Barton, Ga., and has had four children : Lucy, d. 1878, aged 27; William, d. 1878, aged 25; Lillie, mar. a merchant ; Mary, mar. a physician. The above three children of Dr. William L. and Lucy Loring were b. in the old Loring homestead, in West Duxbury. The remaining four children were b. in Springfield. 4. MARY LENTHALL, b. 1825 ; d. aged 11 months. 5. BAILEY HIALL, b. Dec. 12, 1827 ; went to California, where he was cap- tain in the Home Guard during the war, and d. unmarried at Sierra, Cal., Feb. 14, 1874. 6. ELIZA, b. Aug. 5, 1832 ; mar. Jan. 23, 1873, Rev. Hervey Logan Vannuys, of Goshen, Ind. ; no children living. 7. SOPHIA BRADFORD, b. April 14, 1836. Over two years of her life have been spent in Beirout, Syria, where she taught in a young ladies' seminary. She mar. Sept. 24, 1885, Rev. Dr. William M. Taylor : no children.
Elizabeth B., fourth child of Josiah, the builder, mar. Am- brose Packard, of Niagara, N. Y. ; both now dead. They had children : Ambrose, d., leaving a widow but no children ; JJo- siah, mar., and lives in Providence, R. I., where he has several children ; Rhoda, mar. a Dr. Palmer, of Canada : Ralph, mar., and lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.
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E. Rainbow Bridge.
F. Hanover.
G. Pembroke.
H. Scituate.
I and J. Turner's Yards.
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L. James Barstow's Yard, about 1790.
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O. Perry's Yard. P. Smith's Yard.
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Capt. Thomas Smith was b. March 22, 1775. He lived in Pembroke, but built in Hanover, and sailed many of the ves- sels built by himself and brothers. He d. unmarried, in Nova Scotia.
Miller Smith (or Milliar, as it was sometimes written) was b. Feb. 9, 1782. He built alone and in company with his brothers, and was also captain of some of the vessels. He was washed overboard at sea, and lost, near the " Three Sand Hills," on the coast of North Carolina. He mar. Jane, dan. of David Stockbridge, Esq., and they had one dan., Jane S., who mar. Gen. A. W. Oldham, of Pembroke, Mass.
The Sch. "Hazard," under Capt. Albert Smith, who sailed for Nehemiah Somes, Eben Wales, and Moses and Aaron Davis, was, in 1789, at Cape Francois (probably Old Cape Francis), on the Island of Hispaniola, now Santo Domingo. The first vessel there is any account of as having been built by the Smiths, was in 1792, Brig't'n " APOLLO," 139 tons, of Bos- ton. This vessel was commanded by Capt. Albert Smith, and broken up at the Vineyard about 1825. The next record found is in a letter from the Smiths, dated Hanover, March 10, 1795. They set forth the "contract of a vessel of 115 tons," which they were building, as follows :
" Dimensions, 57 feet 43 inches keel ; 10 feet hold ; 22 feet beam. To be built of good, sound, white oak timber, and planked. * * * Cal- culated to sail fast and carry a good burthen ; to finish the upper work as may best suit the owners ; to be completed the first day of July next."
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