Ship registers and enrollments of Boston and Charlestown, Part 13

Author: Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Boston, Mass., National Archives Project
Number of Pages: 542


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Registered, No. 324, Nov. 17, 1795. Owners: Daniel Scott, merchant, Charlestown. Master: Henry Jackson. Vessel sold foreign. (NA).


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JERUSHA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Falmouth (now Maine) , 1793. 42 54/95 tons; 50 ft. 4 in. x 15 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 15, May 24, 1793, at Portland (now Maine) .


Enrolled, No. 54, Apr. 10, 1794. Owners: Ezra Whitney, merchant, Levi Lane, mariner, Boston; Isaac Lane, mariner, Falmouth (now Maine) . Master: Charles Jenkins. Change of masters: Risdon Bozman, Nov. 26, 1794; Reuben Harlow, at Edenton, N. C., Feb. 7, 1795; Gamaliel Curtis, May 4, 1795. Thomas Fosdick, deputy collector, Portland (now Maine) .


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Registered, No. 317, Nov. 10, 1795. Owners: John Byles Marshall, merchant, William Marshall, Boston; Ebenezer Wales, Dorchester; Moses Davis, Aaron Davis, Roxbury. Master: William Marshall. Change


of masters: George Mclellan, June 3, 1796, ( NA) . For subsequent


documentation see Vol. II.


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JOA, schooner, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1794. 62 55/95 tons; 59 ft. 10 in. x 17 ft. 8 in x 6 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern.


Enrolled, No. 85, May 1, 1794. Ommers: Joseph Ruggles, Nathaniel Ruggles, merchants, Roxbury. Master: Obadiah Wright. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Registered, No. 153, Aug. 28, 1794. Owners: same. Master:


Archelus Smith. Change of masters: Nehemiah Lovell, Apr. 24, 1795; Peter Pease, Dec. 8, 1795; Joseph Tirrell, June 14, 1796; Jonathan Dorr, Sept. 17, 1796; Peter Pease, Nov. 7, 1796; Sam Stoddard, May 20, 1797. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


553 JOHN, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Barnstable, 1786. 107 tons; 67 ft. 8 in. x 21 ft. & in. x 8 ft. 7 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 17, Oct. 21, 1789. Owners: John Duballett,


merchant, Boston. Master: Benjamin Parker. (NA).


Registered, No. 19, Mar. 29, 1791. Owners: Joseph Hussey;


merchant, John Haskins Jr., druggist, Daniel Bates, leather dresser, William Mackay Jr., merchant, Boston. Master: William Johnson. Change of masters: David Bray, July 30, 1792; Peckhamn Rowland, Feb. 18, 1793. ( NA ) .


Registered, No. 57, Mar. 2, 1795. Owners: Joseph Hussey, William Mackay Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: Seymour Potter. (NA). Enrolled, No. 107, Aug. 13, 1795. Owners: John W. Quincy, merchant, Abraham Quincy, Boston; Jacob Quincy, Portland (now Maine) ; Benjamin Ireson, Lynn. Master: James Williams. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


554


JOHN, sloop, of Boston. Built in France, 1784. 92 87/95 tons; 55 ft. 4 in. x 18 ft. x ll ft. One deck, one mast, square stern, figure- head. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 35, Nov. 4, 1739. Omers: John Little, mer- chant, Boston. Master: Salisbury Blackmere. (NA).


555


JOHN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Pembroke, 1786. 60 12/95 tons; 58 ft. 3 in. x 17 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 73, Dec. 1, 1789. Owners: Daniel Sargent, merchant, Boston. Master: Luther Little. (NA).


556 JOHN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1785. 63 31/95 tons; 61 ft. x 18 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 59, Feb. 10, 1790. Owners: John Gray, mer- chant, Boston. Master: James Harding. Change of masters : Thomas Dingley, Apr. 21, 1791. (NA). 557 JOHN, sloop, of Boston. Built at Sandwich, 1785. 56 52/95 tons; 60 ft. 8 in. z 18 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.


Enrolled, No. 115, Aug. 14, 1790. Owners: James S. Lovell, merchant, Boston. Master: John Cobb.


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Enrolled, No. 7, June 22, 1793. Owners: William Jarvis, merchant, Boston; John Sparhawk, merchant, Alexandria, Va. Master: Gamaliel Luce. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Enrolled, No. 62, Dec. 28, 1793. 75 79/95 tons; 60 ft. 8 in.


x 18 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. 112 in. Owners:


Jacob Eustis, merchant,


Boston; Nathaniel Eustis, merchant, Petersburgh, Va, Master: Elihu


Russell. Change of masters: Leonard Merry, Mar. 15, 1794; Daniel Atwood, June 21, 1794; Isaac Bullock, Sept. 13, 1794; Leonard Merry, Dec. 6, 1794; Peter Butler, Mar. 7, 1795. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


558 JOHN, ship, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1789. 272 42/95 tons; 93 ft. 8 in. x 25 ft. 10 in. x 12 ft. Il in. Two decks, three · masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 135, Aug. 20, 1790. Owners: Nathaniel Fellows, merchant, Boston. Master: Albert Smith. Change of masters: Ben Homan Jr., Aug. 15, 1791; Daniel Jennings, Sept. 15, 1794, (NA) .


559


JOHN, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1792. 96 64/95 tons; 68 ft. 3 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 61, June 6, 1792. Owners; John Gray, merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Dingley. Change of masters: Zoeth Smith, May 23, 1794; Nathaniel Lincoln, May 12, 1797. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


560 JOHN, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1794. 137 86/95 tons; 72 ft. x 21 ft. x 10 ft. 6 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 248, Dec. 13, 1794. Owners: Seth Adams, Joseph Loring Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: Eden Wadsworth. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


561 JOHN, schooner, of New York City. Built at Kingston, 1793. 111 64/95 tons; 69 ft. 9 in. x 21 ft. x 8 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 25, Dec. 3, 1793, at Plymouth.


Registered (temporary) , No. 91, Apr. 10, 1795. Owners: Thomas Hook, Nicholas Cruger, merchants, New York City. Master: Elijah Hathaway. Surrendered, June 2, 1795, at New York City. (NA). 562 JOHN, schooner, of North Yarmouth ( now Maine) . Built at Topsham (now Maine), 1795. 101 tons; 68 ft. x 21 ft. 7 in. x 8 ft, 1 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 2, June 1, 1795, at Bath (now Maine) .


Enrolled (temporary), No. 88, June 30, 1795. Owners: William Widgory, New Gloucester. Master: Isaac Bonnett. Joshua Shaw, surveyor, Bath (now Maine) . Surrendered, Nov. 11, 1795, at Portland ( now Maino) .


JOHN JAY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Woymouth, 1795. 88 6/95 tons; 66 ft. 8 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. One dock, two masts, square stern.


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Enrolled, No. 57, May 15, 1795. Owners: David Ellis, morchant, Boston. Mastor: Andrew Linnen. Thomas Molville, surveyor. Registorod, No. 191, July 11, 1795. Owners : £ Nathaniel Ayers, merchant, Joshua Gardner, Boston. Master: Joseph Bacon. (NA). For subsequent documentation soo Vol. II.


564 JOHN JAY, ship, of Boston. Built at Milton, 1795. 217 45/95 tons; 82 ft. 8 in. x 24 ft. 8 in. x 12 ft. 4 in. Two docks, throc


masts, square storn.


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Registered, No. 131, May 25, 1795. Owners: Samuel Smith, merchant, Boston. Master: Benjamin Glovor. Change of master: Robert Harwoll, Nov. 19, 1796; Mayhow Folger, Mar. 22, 1798. (NA). subsequent documentation soo Vol. II.


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JOHN AND BENJAMIN, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Danvers,


1774. 130 44/95 tons; 68 ft. x 21 ft. 2 in. x 10 ft. 7 in. Two docks, two masts, square storn. Provious documentation not shown. Registorod, No. 8, Oct. 12, 1789. Owners: Josoph Blake,


merchant, Boston. Master: : Jamos Todd. Vessol sold. (NA).


566 JOSEPH, schoonor, of Boston. Built at Cohasset, 1788. 72 19/95 tons; 60 ft. x 18 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 3 in. Ono dock, two masts, square stern. Provious documentation not shown. Registorod, No. 75, Doc. 3, 1789. Ownors: Giles Alexander merchant, Boston; Elijah Nickorson, marinor, Provincetown; Thomas Smalley, mariner, Truro. Master: Jonathan Carter. Change of masters: Simeon Bates, Mar. 31, 1790; Zenas Fhinney, Dec. 5, 1791. (NA).


567


JOSEPH, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1781. 118 5/95 tons; 73 ft. x 21 ft. x 8 ft. 9 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 71, Apr. 2, 1790. Owners: Eben Parsons, merchant, Boston. Master: Thomas Dissmore. Change of masters: Ignatius Webber, June 11, 1794. (NA).


568


JOSEFH, ship, of New York City. Built at Somerset, 1793. 240 38/95 tons; 86 ft. 3 in. x 25 ft. 5 in. x 12 ft. 85 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 9, Oct. 29, 1793, at Dighton.


Registered (temporary), No. 102, July 3, 1794. Owners: Gideon Gardner, mariner, New York City. Master: Gideon Gardner. Surrendered July 24, 1794, at New York City. ( NA) .


569


JUDITH, schooner, of Plympton. Built at Duxbury, 1785. 88 41/95 tons; 65 ft. x 19 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. Il in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered (temporary) , No. 58, Nov. 21, 1789. Owners: Ebenezer Lobdell, mariner, Plympton. Master: Ebenezer Lobdell. Change of masters: , George Bryant, June 9, 1790. (NA).


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570


JUDITH, sloop, of Yarmouth. Built at Kingston, 1786. 57 63/95 tons; 59 ft. x 16 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered (temporary), No. 73, Aug. 17, 1791. Owners: Judah Paddock, mariner, Yamouth. Master: Nathan Davis. Change of masters: Judah Paddock, Feb. 7, 1793. (NA).


571


JUDITH, schooner, of Boothbay (now Maine). Built at Deer Isle


(now Maine) , 1791. 37 tons; 49 ft. x 14 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, Feb. 23, 1793, at Wiscasset (now Maine).


Registered (temporary), No. 151, Aug. 26, 1794. Owners: Ezekiel Pearce', mariner, Boothbay (now Maine). Master: Ezekiel Pearce. Surrendered, Oct. 16, 1794, at Wiscasset (now Maine). (NA).


572


JULIAN , schooner, of Provincetown. Built at Braintree, 1785. 48 33/95 tons; 54 ft. x 17 ft. x 5 ft. ll in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not showm.


Registered (temporary), No. 62, Mar. 23, 1790. Owners: Elijah Nickerson, Henry Atwood, mariners, Provincetown. Master: Henry


Atwood. Change of masters: John Collins, Nov. 24, 1791. (NA).


Enrolled, No. 55, May 29, 1792. Owners: Elijah Nickerson, mariner, Provincetown. Master: Elijah Nickerson. Change of masters: Josiah Nickerson, July 2, 1792; Simeon Bates, Mar. 18, 1793.


JUNO, schooner, of Cohasset. Built at Dighton, 1786. 63 84/95 tons; 59 ft. 6 in. x 18 ft. x 6 ft. ll in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 93, Dec. 16, 1789. Owners: Elisha Doane, merchant, Cchasset; Richard Rich, mariner, Truro. Master: Heman Rich


Change of masters: Urian Oakes, May 27, 1790; Garland Chamberlain, Dec. 15, 1790; Shubart Cook, Oct. 18, 1791; Urian Okes, Jan. 2, 1792; Snell Wade, June 16, 1792. (NA). Enrolled, No. 3, Jan. 2, 1794. Owners: Elisha Doane, mer-


chant, Cohasset. Master: Zenas Stodder. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Registered; No. 249, Dec. 13, 1794. Owners: same. Master: Joseph Myrick. (NA).


574


JUNO, sloop, of Marshfield. Built at Marshfield, 1786. 97 87/95 tons; 69 ft. x 21 ft. 1 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered (temporary), No. 87, Apr. 20, 1790. Owners: Elisha Foord, gentleman, Jonathan Sprague, Marshfield. Master: Doane Snow. Change of masters: John Porter, July 23, 1790; Elisha Foord Jr., Apr. 9, 1792. (NA).


Registered, hailing port, Boston, No. 49, May 22, 1792. 94 49/95 tons; 68 ft. x 21 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. 8 in. Owners: Joseph Hussey, William Mackay Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: Constant Norton. (NA). Registered, as schooner, No. 100, Sept. 5, 1792. Two masts.


Owners: same . Master:


same. Vessel sold. (NA) .


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575 JUNO, brig, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1792. 142 50/95 tons; 71 ft. 5 in. x 21 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 9 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, serpent figurehead.


Registered, No. 92, Aug. 6, 1792. Owners: William Smith, Stephen Gorham, merchants, Boston. Master: Rufas Sampson. Change of


masters: John Freeman, Mar. 29, 1793. (NA). Enrolled, No. 7, Apr. 28, 1794, Wilmington, N. C. Registered, No. 61, June 4, 1794. Owners: same. Master:


John Freeman. Change of masters: Henry Atkins Jr., Dec. 16, 1794. (NA).


576 JUNO, ship, of Boston. Built at Bradford, 1793. 257 36/95 tons; 88 ft. 9. in. x 25 ft. 10 in. x 12 ft. ll in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 215, Dec. 13, 1793. Owners: Joseph Roby, tinplate worker, Lemuel Gardner, cooper, John Wardwell, mariner, Boston. Master: John Wardwell. Change of masters: John Harvey, June 25, 1795. (NA) .


577 JUNO, schooner, of Boston. Built at New Bedford, 1794. 111 37/95 tons; 65 ft. 9 in. x 21 ft. 8 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Enrolled, No. 168, Oct. 1, 1794. Owners: John Haskins Jr., merchant, Boston; Elijah Dix, physician, Worcester. Master: Seth


Delano. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Registered, No. 319, Oct. 6, 1795, at Philadelphia, Pa. Enrolled, No. 142, Dec. 22, 1795. Owners: samo. Master:


same. Change of masters: William Burgiss, Feb. 29, 1796. Cancelled, June 21, 1796, by direction of the Treasury Department.


578 KATY, brigantine, of Boston. Built in Pennsylvania, 1785. 129 19/95 tons; 70 ft. 8 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 3 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, figurehead. Frevious documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 4, Jan. 8, 1790. Owners: John Duballett, merchant, Boston. Master: Mathias Rich. Change of masters: John Hall, Sept. 30, 1790; Burrell Potter, Aug. 26, 1791. (NA). Registered, No. 36, Apr. 13, 1792. Owners: Samuel Banton, merchant, Boston. Master: Isaac Collins, Change of masters: Edward subsequent documentation sec Vol. II.


Preble, Bec. 13, 1793; Samuel Rider, June 7, 1794. (NA). For 579


KATY, brigantine, of Boston. Built at New York City, 1774. 104 20/95 tons; 61 ft. 6 in. x 20 ft. 10 in. x 10 ft. Two decks, two masts, square stern, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, Io. 142, Sept. 1, 1790. Owners: William Hoskins, merchant, Boston. Master: Benjamin Harris. ( NA).


Registered, No. 40, Apr. 26, 1793. Owners: Thomas Dennie,


merchant, Boston. Master: John Grozier. Change of masters: Israel Williams, July 2, 1794; James Smith, Mar. 19, 1796. (NA) . Registered, No. 355, Dec. 11, 1795. Owners: Thomas Carter, mariner, Boston. Master: Thomas Carter. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


KATY, schooner, of Branford, Conn. Built at York (now Maine) , 1775. 32 14/95 tons; 45 ft. 8 in. x 13 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. One deck,


two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


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Enrolled ( temporary ), No. 15, July 12, 1793. Owners: Daniel Frisbie, Branford, Conn. Master: Daniel Frisbie, Joseph Nichols, surveyor, Sherbourne. Cancelled, May 13, 1795, by direction of the Treasury Department, dated May 4, 1795. 1


KATY, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Rochester, 1792. 95 68/95 tons; 67 ft. 4 in. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 8, July 13, 1792, at New Bedford.


Registered, No. 107, Aug. 1, 1793. Owners: Benjamin Bussey, Jaazaniah Bussey, merchants, Boston. Master: Samuel Lumbard. (NA). Registered, No. 169, Sept. 15, 1794. 120 42/95 tons; 66 ft. x 20 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 4 in. Two decks, Owners: John Peck, John


Gardner, Boston. Master: Martin Pease. (NA), For subsequent documen- tation see Vol. II.


582


KATY, schooner, of Chatham. Built at Chatham, 1793. 47 25/95 tons; 56 ft. x 16 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, May 29, 1793, at Barnstable.


Enrolled (temporary), No. 106, May 29, 1794. Owners: Thomas


Godfrey, David Godfrey, Chatham. Master: David Godfrey. Change of


masters: William Slocum, Oct. 22, 1794; Richard Godfrey, Nov. 18, 1794. Joseph Otis, collector, Barnstable.


Enrolled (temporary), No. 17, Mar. 19, 1795. Owners: Sa la thịah Nickerson, David Godfrey, mariners, Chatham. Master: Salathish Nickersor


Enrolled (temporary), No. 18, Mar. 20, 1795. Owners: Joshua Godfrey, mariner, David Godfrey, Chatham. Master: Eleazer Bearse. Cancelled, July 30, 1795, by direction of the Treasury Department, dated July 23, 1795.


583


KING FISHER, schooner, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine) : 1792. 47 8/95 tons; 53 ft. x 15 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, May 23, 1792, at Wiscasset (now Maine).


Enrolled, No. 15, Mar. 12, 1794. Owners: Peter Bicknell,


trader, Quincy. Master: John Reed. Change of masters: Ephraim Harding, Dec. 1, 1795. Francis Cook, collector, Wiscasset (now Maine).


584


KITE, sloop, of Boston. Built at Bath (now Maine), 1795. 32 28/95 tons; 42 ft. x 14 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 3} in. One deck, one mast, square stern, fiddle figurehead. Previously enrolled, No. 3, May 16, 1795, at Bath (now Maine).


Registered, No. 155, June 9, 1795. Owners: Joseph Clark,


Henry Hovey, Boston. Master: Judah Bacon. Change of masters: Reuben Taylor, Oct. 14, 1795. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


KNIGHT, ship, of Boston. Built at Falmouth (now Maine), 1793. 192 20/95 tons; 87 ft. 8 in. x 22 ft. 2 in. x ll ft. 1 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 1, Mar. 17, 1794, at Portland (now Maine).


Registered, No, 68, June 11, 1794. Owners: Archabald McNiel,


merchant, Boston, Master: William McNiel 3d. Surrendered at Charleston, S. C. (date unknovm). (NA).


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586


LAFAYETTE, schooner, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1792. 87 26/95 tons; 64 ft. x 21 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 7 in.


One deck, two masts,


square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 141, Dec. 17, 1792. Owners: William Stevenson, merchant, Boston; Nathan Ward, Richard Langdon, merchants, Wilmington, N. C. Master: Joseph Wyatt. Vessel having been captured and condemned by the English in 1792. (NA).


587


LADY WASHINGTON, brigantine, of Boston. Built at North River,


1787. 118 68/95 tons; 69 ft. 3 in. x 21 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, woman figurehead. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 7, Oct. 12, 1789. Owners: Thomas Lamb, James


Lamb, merchants, Boston. Master: David Lamb. Change of masters: Joseph West, Nov. 23, 1791. (NA).


Registered, No. 220, Dec. 20, 1793. Owners: Stephen Gorham, merchant, Boston. Master: Ephraim Lombard. Vessel having been taken by British Privateer and condemned at the Island of Barbadoes, Mar. 22, 1794. (NA) .


588


LARK, schooner, of Boston. Built at Cohasset, 1781. 34 42/95 tons; 46 ft. 4 in. x 14 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. Il in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck, Previous documentation not shown.


Enrollod, No. 97, Apr. 15, 1790. Owners: Eben Parsons, merchant, Boston. Master: Nathan Fhillips.


589


LARK, sloop, of Hingham. Built at Weymouth, 1785. 23 56/95


tons; 44 ft. x 14 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Enrolled, No. 122, Mar. 14, 1791. Owners: Thomas Loring Jr. , gentleman, Thomas Thaxter, trader, Hingham. Master: Ezra Gardnor. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Enrolled, hailing port, Weymouth, No. 81, Apr. 29, 1794.


Owners: Joshua Bates, Weymouth. Master: Regemelick Cushing.


590


LARK, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Dover, N. H., 1784. 60 tons; 55 ft. 7 in. x 17 ft. 2 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 34, Aug. 2, 1792, at Salem. Registered, No. 158, Oct. 23, 1793. Owners: Ebenezer Woodward, merchant, Boston. Master: John Curtis. (NA).


Registered, No. 18, Jan. 15, 1794. Owners : David Spoar Jr.,


Joseph Kidder Jr., merchants, Boston. Mastor: Phillip Jarvis. (NA). Registered, No. 207, Oct. 29, 1794. Owners: Thomas Perkins, John Welles, Joseph Woodward, merchants, Boston. Master: Samucl Chessman. (NA).


Registered, No. 108, May 2, 1795. Owners: Thomas . Dennic, Joseph Woodward, merchants, Boston. Master: samo. Change of masters: Nathaniel Harding, Oct. 29, 1795. (NA).


591


LEMMON, sloop, of Boston. Built at Weymouth, 1774. 29 55/95 tons; 41 ft. 3 in. x lo ft. o in: x 5 ft: 8 in: One deck, one mast, square stern, short waist, short quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.


Enrolled, No. 147, Aug. 6, 1791. Owners: Seth Crocker, mariner, Boston; Joseph Malcolm, mariner, Falmouth. Master: Joseph Malcolm.


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592 LENNOX, ship, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1794. 195 80/95 tons; 81 ft. 6 in. x 23 ft. 6 in. x 1l ft. 9 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 5, Jan. 2, 1795 .. Owners: Archibald MCNeill, merchant, Boston; Hugh Lenox, Joseph Ball, merchants, Philadelphia, Pa .; John Rich, mariner, Harwich. Master: Change of masters: William McNeill 3d, Oct. 6, 1796. (NA).


593


LEONORA, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Haverhill, 1793. 118 27/95 tons; 59 ft. 8 in. x 20 ft. 10 in. x 10 ft. 5 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Previous documenta- tion not shown.


Enrolled, No. 242, Sept. 23, 1793. £ Owners: Samuel Hewes, mer- chant, Boston; Doddridge Crocker, Josiah Sturgiss, merchants, Charleston S. C. Master: Elisha Crocker. Change of masters: Samuel Pendexter,


Jan. 21, 1794. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Enrolled, as barque, No. 19, Mar. 17, 1794. Owners: same.


Master: Samuel Pendexter. Change of masters: Samuel Wild, Nov. 19, 1794. Surrendered, Mar. 23, 1795, at New York City.


594


LEOPARD, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Woolwich (now Maine),


1785. 122 tons; 70 ft. x 20 ft. x 10 ft. Two decks, two masts, square


stern. Previously registered, No. 32, Apr. 13, 1790, at Salem.


Registered, No. 44, Mar. 17, 1794. Owners: Nathaniel Goodwin, merchant, Thomas Powers, mariner, Boston. Master: Robert Goodridge. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


595


LEXINGTON, ship, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1794. 226 20/95 tons; 85 ft. x 24 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 4_ in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 90, June 27, 1794. Owners: Joseph Hurd, Matthew Bridge, merchants, Charlestown. Master: George Stutson. (NA).


Registered (temporary ), hailing port, Alexandria, va., No. 288, Oct. 22, 1795. Overs: John Turpin Brooks, mariner, William Wilson, mariner, Alexandria, Va. Master: John Turpin Brooks. (NA).


596 LIBERTY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Kingston, 1781, 20 89/95 tons; 39 ft. 1 in. x 11 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. One deck, two masts. square stern, figurehead. Previously enrolled, Mar. 5, 1793, at Barn- stable.


Enrolled, No. 49, Apr. 8, 1794. Owners: Francis Gray, mer- chant, Boston. Master: Patrick Merry. Joseph Otis, collector, Barn- stable.


Enrolled, No. 136, Dec. 8, 1795. Owners: Bartholomew Carter, merchant, Boston. Master: John Smith Jr. Enrolled, No. 137, Dec. 9, 1795, at Boston and Charlestown. Owners: Samuel Coverly, merchant, Boston. Master: same. Change of masters: John Tinker, at Frenchman's Bay (now Maine), Apr. 18, 1796.


597


LIBERTY, schooner, of Penobscot (now Maine). Built at Penob- scot (now Maine), 1794. 115 64/95 tons; 74 ft. 9 in. x 22 ft. 3 in. x 8 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 27, Aug. 21, 1794, at Penobscot (now Maine).


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Registered, No. 173, Sept. 17, 1794. Owners: Thatcher Avery, John Bakeman, Penobscot (now Maine) . (NA).


Registered, hailing port, Boston, No. 267, Dec. 24, 1794.


Owners: Amos Lewis, Jr., John Hunting, merchants, Boston; John Bakeman,


yeoman, Penobscot (now Maine) . Master: Eben Sprague. (NA) .


Registered, No. 239, Aug. 29, 1795. Ommers: Amos Lewis Jr., John Hunting, Francis James, merchants, Boston. Master: Eben Sprague. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


LIFFEY, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Rehoboth, 1794. 124 47/95 tons; 66 ft. 3 in. :: 21 ft. = 10 ft. 5 in. Two decks, two mnests, square stern. Previously registered, No. 11, Iar. 11, 1794, at Newport, R. I.


Registered, No. 256, Aug. 28, 1795. Owners: Thomas English, merchant, Boston. Master: John Howland. (2).


LILLY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Duxbury, 1783. 20 61/95 tons; 39 ft. 6 in. = 12 ft. ¿ in. : 5 ft. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, Jan. 16, 1793, at Barnstable.


Enrolled, No. 86, May 3, 1794. Owners: Daniel Sargent, merchant, Boston; Ebenezer Eldridge, mariner, Chatham. Master: Ebenezer Eldridge. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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LINCOLN, sloop, of Hingham. Built at Hingham, 1793. 29 20/95 tons; 47 ft. 5 in. x 16 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft, 6 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Enrolled, No. 28, Aug. 13, 1793. Owners: Jotham Lincoln, Beza Lincoln, Hingham. Master: Beza Lincoln. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


Enrolled, No. 159, Sept. 20, 1794. Owners: Beza Lincoln, Isaac Gardner, mariners, Thomas Loring, Ezekiel Lincoln, Thomas Thaxter, Jonathan Lincoln, Jotham Lincoln, Benjamin Jones, Elijah Lewis, Hingham. Master: same. Change of masters: Isaac Gardner, May 16, 1796. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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LION, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Kennebunk (now Line) , 1791. 95 63/95 tons; 64 ft. x 21 ft. x 8 ft. 5 'in. One deck, two masts, square stern, long quarter deck. Previously registered, No. 35, June 25, 1793, at Salem.




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