Ship registers and enrollments of Boston and Charlestown, Part 23

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


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1037


SUCCESS, schooner, of Boston. Built at Salisbury, 1790. 47 tons; 53 ft. x 15 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 1, Sept. 15, 1794, at Marblehead. Enrolled, No. 5, Jan. 12, 1795. Owners: Benjamin R. Welsh, merchant, Boston; Moses Brown, merchant, Newburyport. Master: John Collyer. Samuel R. Gerry, surveyor, Marblehead. Cancelled, July 21, 1795, by direction of Treasury Department, dated July 15, 1795.


1038


SUCCESS, ship, of Boston. Built at Ducktrap (now Maine) , 1795. 158 tons; 70. ft. 6 in. x 23 ft. x 11 ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Previously registered, No. 7, Sept. 3, 1795, at Penobscot (now Maine) . Registered, No. 356, Dec. 12, 1795. Owners: Jonas Welsh, merchant, Boston. Master: Robert Welsh. (NA) .


1039


SUFFOLK, ship, of Boston. Built at Braintree, 1793. 203 11/95 tons; 81 ft. 5 in. x 24 ft, x 12 ft. Two decks, three masts, square


stern, quarter badges, figurehead. Registered, No. 19, Mar. 8, 1793. Owners: Ebenezer Dorr,


merchant, Boston. Master: Peter Wert. (NA) . Registered, No. 165, June 19, 1795. Owners: James Tisdale, merchant, Boston. Master: same. (NA) .


Registored (temporary) , hailing port Georgetown, Md., No. 169, June 22, 1795. Owners: Peter West, mariner, Tisbury; Francis Lowis Tancy, Georgetown, Md. Master: same. (NA) .


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1040


SUKEY, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Scituate, 1786. 154 71/95 tons; 74 ft. x 22 ft. x 1l ft. stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Two decks, two masts, square


Registered, No. 97, Dec. 17, 1789. Owners: Stephen Higginson, William Parsons, merchants, Boston. Master: John Higginson. Vessel having been sold (date unknown). (NA).


1041


SUKEY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Taunton, 1786. 65 23/95 tons; 57 ft. 6 in. x 17 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 52, Feb. 2, 1790. Owners: Joseph Russell Jr. , . merchant, Boston. Master: Joseph Howland. Change of masters: Killey Eldridge, Oct. 2, 1790; David Sherman, Sept. 12, 1791. (NA). Registered, No. 110, Oct. 8, 1792. Owners: Charles Vaughan, merchant, Boston. Master: John Welles. Change of masters: Joseph Loring, Mar. 7, 1793. (NA).


1042 SUKEY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Scituate, 1785. 49 2/95 tons; 55 ft. x 16 ft. 6 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown. Enrolled, No. 67, Mar. 18, 1790. Owners: Enoch Young, blacksmith, Boston; James Brackett, merchant, Samuel Brown, mariner, . Braintree. Master: Jeremiah Newcomb. Change of masters: Elijah Stodder, Sept. 5, 1795; Jonathan Higgins, Mar. 10, 1796; Richard S. Rich, May 3, 1797. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1043


SUKEY, sloop, of Boston. Built at Wells (now Maine) , 1783. 92 1/95 tons; 68 ft. x 21 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. One deck, one mast, square stern. Previously registered, No. 18, 1789, at Newburyport.


Registered, No. 2, Jan. 8, 1791. Owners: William Smith,


Peckham Howland. (NA) . Stephen Gorham, merchants, Boston. Master: Registered, No. 59, July 2, 1791. Owners: Elisha Bangs, Samuel Watts, merchants, Boston. Master: Gorham Lovell. (NA).


Registered, No. 145, Dec. 22, 1791.


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Nathaniel Clift. (NA) .


Stephen Gorham, merchants, Boston. Master: Registered (temporary) , hailing port Newburyport, No. 104, Sept. 24, 1792. Owners: Tristram Coffin, merchant, Newburyport. Master: Tristram Coffin. Vessel having been lost at Squam Harbor (date unknown) . (NA) .


1044


SUKEY, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Haverhill, 1784. 128 45/95 tons; 65 ft. x 21 ft. 8 in. x 10 ft. 10 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, billethead. Previous documentation not shown. 'Registered, No. 27, Mar. 31, 1792. Owners: George Makepeace, merchant, Boston. Master: Elkanah Clapp. Change of masters: Anthony Andaulk, Apr. 11, 1793. (NA). 1045


SUKEY, sloop, of Hingham. Built at Hingham, 1785. 26 69/95 tons; 44 ft. 4 in. x 15 ft. 2 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.


Enrolled, No. 169, May 8, 1792. Owners: Elijah Lewis, Ezra Lewis, mariners, Hingham. Master: Elijah Lewis. Enrolled, No. 54, May 11, 1795. Owners: Elijah Lewis,


mariner, Ezra Lewis, Hobbart Smith, Hingham. Master: Ezra Lewis. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation soe Vol. IV.


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1046


SUKEY, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Salisbury, 1784. 111 55/95 tons; 65 ft. x 20 ft. x 10 ft. Two decks, two masts, square


stern. Previously registered, No. 16, Dec. 9, 1791, at Gloucester. Registered, No. 58, May 31, 1793. Owners: Daniel Sargent, Daniel Sargent Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: David Lufkin. (NA).


Registered, No. 132, Aug. 5, 1794. Owners: Daniel Sargent, Samuel Gardner, Thomas Ferkins, Benjamin Fickman, Daniel Sargent Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: William V. Hutchings. (NA). For


subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1047


SUKEY, brigantine, of Philadelphia, Pa. Built at Salisbury,


. 1791. 161 tons; 72 ft. 1 in. x22 ft. Il in. x ll ft. 5 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 29, Sept. 16, 1791, at Newburyport.


Registered (temporary), No. 49, Mar. 26, 1794. Owners: John Frazier, Nelborough Frazier, James Yard, merchants, Philadelphia, Pa. · Master: Chapin Sampson. Change of masters: Elisha Turner, May 20,


1795. Surrendered, July 3, 1795, at Philadelphia, Pa.


1048


SUKEY, schooner, of Yarmouth. Built at Barnstable, 1793. 44 60/95 tons; 55 ft. x 16 ft. 2 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 15, Apr. 22, 1793, at Barnstable.


Enrolled (temporary), No. 78, Apr. 26, 1794. Owners: Levi Crowell, mariner; Feter Sears, Joseph Sears, Nathaniel Crowell, Yarmouth. Master: Levi Crowell. Joseph Otis, collector, Barnstable. Cancelled, Apr. 7, 1795, by direction of Treasury Department, dated Mar. 30, 1795.


1049


SUKEY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Thomaston (now. Maine) , 1790. 105 3/95 tons; 65 ft. 6 in. x 22 ft. x 8 ft. 8 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, long quarter deck. Previously registered, No. 2, Feb. 19, 1791, at Biddeford and Pepperelboro (now Maine) . Registered, No. 203, July 20, 1795. Owners: Nathaniel Goodwin, Boston. Master: William Tucker. Change of masters; Andrew Linnen, Aug. 20, 1795; Bellingham Watts, Nov. 5, 1795. Vessel having been condemned at Savannah, Ga. (date unknown). (NA).


1050 SUPERB, ship, of Boston. Built at Marshfield, 1794. 335 25/95 tons; 98 ft. x 28 ft. x 14 ft. Two docks, three masts, square stern, quarter galleries, figurehead. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 6, Jan. 2, 1795. Owners: Martin Bicker, Thomas Kilby Jones, Martin Bicker Jr., merchants, Boston. Master: Increase Blake. Change of masters: John Trail, June 14, 1796. (NA) . For subsequent documentation soc Vol. II.


1051


SUPERB, ship, of Portsmouth, N. H. Built at Kittery (now Maine), 1793. 282 tons; 91 ft. 5 in. x 26 ft. 7 in. x 13 ft. 32 in. Two docks, three masts, square stern, quarter badges, woman figurehead. Previously registered, No. 5, Mar. 6, 1793, at Portsmouth, N. H. Registered (temporary) , No. 87, Apr. 7, 1795. Owners: Joseph Champney, Portsmouth, N. H. Master: William Appleton. (NA) .


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Registered, hailing port Boston, No. 128, May 23, 1795. Owners: John Skinner, John Skinner Jr., Richard Skinner, Perez Morton, merchants, Boston. Master: Latham Gardner. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1052


SUPFLY, sloop, of Boston. Built at Kennebunk (now Maine) , 1792. 60 42/95 tons; 57 ft. 8 in. x 18 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 9 in. One deck, one mast, square stern, short quarter deck. Previously enrolled, Dec. 25, 1793, at Biddeford and Pepperelboro (now Maine) . Enrolled, No. 24, Mar. 21, 1794. Owners: William Woods,


baker, Boston. Master: Samuel Fairfield. John Perkins, deputy surveyor, Biddeford ( now Maine) . .


Enrolled (temporary) , hailing port . New York City, No. 30, Mar. 27, 1794. Owners: John Foster, merchant, New York City. Master: Seth Cleveland.


1053


SUSANNA, schooner, of Cohasset. Built et Cohasset, 1787. 56 68/95 tons; 57 ft. x 17 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. Ono deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 31, Oct. 31, 1789. Owners: Samuel Bates, Hoff Oakes, shipwrights, John Lewis, mariner, James Stottard, shipjoiner, Cohasset. Master: Daniel Hayden. Change of masters: Samuel Ennis, Jan. 21, 1790; Elisha Luce, Apr. 17, 1790; John Butler, Oct. 21, 1790. (NA) .


Registered (temporary) , hailing port Provincetown, No. 14,


Mar. 15, 1791. Owners: Nathan Nickerson, Seth Nickerson, mariners, Provincetown. Master: Allen Nickerson. (NA) .


Registered, hailing port Cohasset, No. 58, June 28, 1791.


Owners: Samuel Bates, shipwright, Thomas Bourne, gentleman, Cohasset.


Master: Salisbury Blackmer. Change of masters: Daniel Hayden, Dec. 28, 1791; Aaron Pratt, May 30, 1792; Nehemiah Munsen, Feb. 8, 1793; Aaron Pratt, May 1, 1793. (NA) .


Enrolled, No. 28, Mar. 25, 1794. Owners: same. Master: Aaron Pratt. Change of masters: Benjamin Hayden, May 6, 1795; Aaron Pratt Jr., Dec. 18, 1795; Lewis Larry, June 2, 1797; George Gifford, Oct. 24, 1797; Martin Stephanson, Nov. 9, 1798. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1054


SUSANNA, sloop, of Boston. Built at Bristol (now Maine) , 1786. 86 20/95 tons; 60 ft. x 20 ft. x 7 ft. 7 in. One dėck, one mast, square stern, deep waist, short quarter deck. Previous documentation not shown.


Enrolled, No. 166, Apr. 23, 1792. Owners: John Hooten, wharfinger, Boston; Andrew McFarland, Ephraim McFarland, mariners, Elizabeth McFarland, widow, Boothbay (now Maine). Master: Ephraim Mc Farland.


Registered, No. 265, Dec. 24, 1794. Owners:


same . Master: Joseph Wardwell. (NA) .


Enrolled, No. 38, Apr. 25, 1795. Owners : John Hooten, Boston.


Master: same. Change of masters: John Limeburner, Sept. 26, 1795, at Penobscot (now Maine) ; Jeremiah Wordwell, Apr. 21, 1798. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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1055


SUSANNA, schooner, of Penobscot (now Maine) . Built at Bangor (now Maine), 1793. 90 91/95 tons; 68 ft. x 20 ft. 9 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 17, Nov. 8, 1793, at Penobscot (now Maine) .


Registered (temporary) , No. 211, Dec. 12, 1793. Owners: John Lord, mariner, Boston; Robert Hichborn, merchant, Frankfort ( now Maine) . Master: John Lord. (NA) .


Enrolled, No. 14, Apr. 30, 1794, at Penobscot (now Maine). Registered (temporary) ; No. 84, June 23, 1794. Owners: same.


Master: same. Change of masters: Owen Hillman, Dec. 11; 1794; John .Lord, July 28, 1795; Daniel Darling, Sept. 10, 1795. (NA). Enrolled, hailing port Boston, No. 143, Dec. 22, 1795. Owners: Phillip Hichborn, Boston; Robert Hichborn, Prospect (now Maine) . Master: Daniel Darling. Change of masters: Phillip Hichborn, Apr. 12, 1796; Thomas Shute, Sept. 16, 1796. William Turner, surveyor, Bangor (now Maine) :


1056


SWALLOW, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Scituate, 1789. 75 20/95 tons; 52 ft. 2 in. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 9 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, knee figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 180, Nov. 13, 1790. Owners: Solomon Davis, Thomas Russell, merchants, Boston. Master: Samuel Foster. (NA) . Registered, No. 24, Apr. 6, 1791. Owners: Thomas Russell,


merchant, Boston. Master: same. (NA) .


Registered, No. 79, Sept: 8, 1791. Owners: Samuel Smith,


baker, Boston. Master: William Snowden. Change of masters: Samuel Chessman, Feb. 24, 1792. (NA).


1057


SWALLOW, schooner, of Provincetown. Built at Braintree, 1791. 62 8/95 tons; 58 ft. 10 in. x 17 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. ll in. One deck, two masts, square stern.


Registered (temporary) , No. 64, July 14, 1791. Owners: Samuel Rider, David Xider, mariners, Provincetown. Master: David Rider. Change of masters: Richard Rider, Feb. 27, 1792.


1058


SWALLOW, sloop, of Braintree. Built at Braintree, 1794. 26 61/95 tons; 43 ft. 4 in. x 14 ft. x 5 ft. 2 in. One deck, one mast; square stern. Enrolled, No. 59, Apr. 11, 1794. Owners: Benjamin Hayden, merchant; John Hayard, yeoman, Braintree. Master: Benjamin Wales. Thomas Melville, surveyor.


1059


SWALLOW, schooner, of Boston. Built at Lynn, 1776. 73 tons; 62 ft. x 18 ft. x 7 ft. 7 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 3, July 26, 1794 at Machias (now Maine) . Registered, No. 188, Sept. 27, 1794. Owners: Andrew Leach, merchant, Boston. Master: William Hathaway. Change of masters: Samuel H. Brown, Jan. 2, 1795. (NA) . Registered, No. 89, Apr. 7, 1795. Owners : James Tisdale, merchant, Boston. Master: Samuel H. Brown. Change of masters: Richard Stubbs, Nov. 10, 1795. (NA).


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1060 SWALLOW, schooner, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1784. 59 1/95


tons; 58 ft. 9 in. x 17 ft. x 6. ft. 10 in. One deck, two masts, square


stern. Previously registered, No. 2, Aug. 2, 1794, at Sherbourne. Enrolled, No. 104, July 28, 1795. Owners: Elisha Baker, mariner, Boston. Master: Elisha Baker. Change of masters: George Call, Oct. 17, 1795. Joseph Nichols, deputy surveyor, Sherbourne. Registered, No. 375, Dec. 26, 1795. Owners: Daniel Merry, merchant, Boston; Christopher Grant, Marblehead. Master: John Bartlett. (NA) .


1061


TABBY, schooner, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1786. 72 tons; 61 ft. x 18 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 31, July 22, 1791, at Salem.


Registered, No. 99, July 18, 1793. Owners: Mathias Rich, . mariner, Boston. Master: Mathias Rich. Change of masters: Peter W. Marriner, July 9, 1794. Surrendered, Apr. 22, 1795, at Philadelphia, Pa. (NA) .


.1062


TELEMACHUS, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Newbury, 1794. 144 73/95 tons; 70 ft. x 22 ft. x 11 ft. Two decks, two masts, square . stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 71, June 16, 1794. Owners; Eben Parsons,


merchant, Boston. Master: Israel Trask. Change of masters: Nehemiah Parsons, Dec. 29, 1794; Martin Pease, Apr. 21, 1796; William S. Plummer, Jan. 13, 1797. (NA) .


1063


THETIS, ship, of Boston. Built at . Pembroke, 1794. 258 50/95 tons; 89 ft. 6 in. x 25 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 10% in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 180, Sept. 23, 1794. Owners: John Codman, Richard Codman, Samuel Prince, merchants, Boston. Master: Samuel Prince. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1064


THETIS, brig, of Boston. Built at Hallowell (now Mainc) , 1793. 173 30/95 tons; 76 ft. x 23 ft. x 1l ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 2, Jan. 10, 1794, at Bath (now Maine) .


Registered, No. 258, Sept. 22, 1795. Owners: Isaac Davis, merchant, Edward Davis, mariner, Boston, Master: James Felt. (NA) . Registered ( temporary) , hailing port Charleston, S. C., No. 259, Sept. 22, 1795. Owners: Edward Penman, James Gardner, merchants, Charleston, S. C. Master: same. Surrendered, June 25, 1796, at Charleston, S. C. (NA) .


1065


THETIS, brig, of Boston, Built at Cohasset, 1795. 140 8/95 tons; 76 ft. x 22 ft. 5 in. x 9 ft. 6 in. One deck, two masts, square stern.


Registered, No. 331, Nov. 20, 1795. Owners: Theodore Lyman, merchant, Boston; Stephen Williams, Salem. · Master: Abraham Tower. Change of masters: Nathaniel Baker, May 18, 1796. (NA).


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1066 THOMAS, ship, of Salem. Built in State of New York, 1778. 178 8/95 tons; 75 ft. x 23 ft. 6 in. x 1l ft. 9 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered (temporary), No. 78, Dec. 5, 1789. Owners: George Williams, Esquire, Henry Williams Jr., mariner, Thomas Mason, merchant, Salem; Samuel Williams, merchant, Boston. Master: William Patterson. (NA) .


Registered, hailing port Boston, No. 63, July 15, 1791.


Owners: John Montgomery, Robert Montgomery, merchants, Boston. Master: Peckham Howland. Vessel having been sold in Spain (date unknown). (NA)


1067 THOMAS, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Haverhill, 1785. 83 52/95 tons; 59 ft. 9 in. x 18 ft. x 9 ft. Two decks, two masts, · square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 17, Jan. 14, 1790. Owners: John Callahan, . mariner, Boston. Master: John Cruft. (NA).


Registered, No. 18, Mar. 28, 1791. 88 26/95 tons; 60 ft. x


18 ft. 6 in. x 9 ft. 3 in. Owners: Giles Alexander Jr., merchant,


Boston. Master: Daniel Prior. Change of masters: Ephraim May,


Oct. 13, 1791. (NA). Registered, No. 120, Nov. 3, 1792. Owners: Ephraim May, mariner, Boston. Master: Ephraim May. (NA) .


Enrolled, Sept. 7, 1793, at Charleston, S. C. Registered (temporary), hailing port Charleston, S. C., No. 154, Oct. 17, 1793. Owners: Robert Welsh, mariner, Boston; Rowland Hazard, John Robins, merchants, Charleston, S. C. Master: Robert Welsh. Cancelled by direction of Treasury Department, dated Jan. 6, 1794. (NA).


THOMAS, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Amesbury, 1788. 160 63/95 tons; 73 ft. x 22 ft. 8 in. x 1l ft. 4 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern, knee figurehead. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 122, July 19, 1790. Owners: William Burgess, merchant, Boston. Master: Nathaniel Thayer. (NA) .


Registered, No. 197, Dec. 21, 1790. Owners : David Sears,


merchant, Boston. Master: same. (NA).


Registered, as snow, No. 50, May 31, 1791. Owners: John Hubbard, mariner, Daniel Hubbard, merchant, Boston. Master: Samuel Faine. Change of masters: Isaac Johnson, Feb. 16, 1793. (NA).


1069


THOMAS, ship, of Boston. Built at York (now Maine) , 1791. 215 35/95 tons; 82 ft. x 24 ft. 8 in. x 12 ft. 4 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 137, Dec. 14, 1791. Owners: Thomas Adams, mariner, Boston. Master: Edward Staples. (NA) .


1070 THOMAS AND SARAH, ship, of Boston. Built at Boston, 1784. 233 tons; 85 ft. 10 in. x 25 ft. x 12 ft. 6 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, quarter galleries, figurehead. Previous


documentation not shown. Registered, No. 36, Feb. 5, 1790. Owners: Thomas Russell,


merchant, Boston. Master: James Seaver. Change of masters: Nathan Nichols, Jan. 8, 1794. (NA). · For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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1071 THORN, ship, of Boston. Built at Rochester, 1793. 162 16/95 tons; 75 ft. 3 in. x 22 ft. 5 in. x 1l ft. 2g in. Two decks, three masts, square stern, image figurehead. Previously registered, No. 17, Dec. 18, 1793, at New Bedford.


Registered, No. 158, Sept. 3, 1794. Owners: John Ritchie, Andrew Ritchie, merchants, Boston; William Walkinshaw, merchant, Pepperelborough (now Maine) . Master: John Wilson. (NA) . Registered, No. 198, July 18, 1795. Owners: Joseph Howard, merchant, William Walkinshaw, Boston. Master: Thomas Norton. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1072 THREE BROTHERS, ship, of Boston. Built in Europe, 1785. . 221 39/95 tons; 78 ft. 10 in. x 23 ft. 10 in .. x 1l ft. 10 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 34, Feb. 5, 1790. Owners: Thomas Russell, merchant, Boston. Master: Charles Chambers Russell. Change of masters: John Cathcart, Mar. 1, 1790; Samuel Foster, May 10, 1792; Andrew Sigourney, Jan. 17, 1793. (NA) . Registered, No. 285, Oct. 21, 1795. Owners: Jeremiah B. Stimson, merchant, Boston. Master: William Brown. (NA) .


Registered (temporary) , hailing port Norfolk, Va., No. 286,


Oct. 22, 1795. Owners: John Keith, merchant, Norfolk, Va. Master:


Reuben Dunbar. Vessel unfit for sec. (NA).


1073


THREE BROTHERS, schooner, of Boston. Built at Newburyport, 1786. 70 50/95 tons; 60 ft. x 17 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. One deck, two masts, square stern, deep waist, long quarter deck. Previously


enrolled, Jan. 13, 1793, at Barnstable. Registered, No. 47, Mar. 25, 1794. Owners: William Cowell, merchant, John Davidson, mariner, Boston. 'Master: John Davidson. (NA). For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


1074


THREE FRIENDS, schooner, of Cushing (now Maine) . Built at Cushing (now Maine), 1788. 94 61/95 tons; 67 ft. 8 in. x 22 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 4 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previous documenta- tion not shown.


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Registered (temporary), No. 14, Oct. 16, 1789. Owners: Benjamin Burton, mariner, Hans Robinson, Simeon Hiller, farmers, Cushing (now Maine) . Master: Benjamin Burton. Change of masters:


Simeon Mclellan, vet. 5, 1791. (NA) .


Enrolled, No. 18, July 6, 1793, at Wiscasset (now Maine) . Enrolled, hailing port Boston, No. 52, May 8, 1795. Owners: William Shaw, merchant, Boston. Master: Simeon McLollan. Surrendered, Dec. 14, 1795, at Newport, R. I. 1075


THREE FRIENDS, schooner, of Bristol (now Maine) . Built at Bristol (now Maine), 1789. 101 29/95 tons; 70 ft. x 22 ft. x 7 ft. 82 in. Ono deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 12, Dec. 9, 1789, at Wiscasset (now Moine) .


Registered (temporary) , No. 35, Apr. 23, 1791. Owners: Robert Given, John McKown, gentleman, Robert Randall, carpenter, Samuel Hiller, mariner, Bristol (now Maine). Master: Samuel Miller. (NA) .


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Registered (temporary), No. 143, Dec. 18, 1792. Owners: John McKown, Robert Given, gentlemen, Robert Randall, joiner, Bristol (now Maine) ; Samuel Cunningham, mariner, Newcastle (now Meine) . Master:


same. (NA).


Enrolled, No. 2, June 6, 1793, at Wiscasset (now Maine) . Registered, hailing port Boston, No. 110, Aug. 6, 1793.


Owners: Porrin May, merchant, Henry Hunter, mariner, Boston. Master:


Samuel Wild. (NA).


Enrolled, No. 112, June 3, 1794. Overs: same. Mester:


same. Thomas Melville, surveyor. Surrendered, July 3, 1794, at Baltimore, Md.


1076


THREE FRIENDS, schooner, of Bristol (now Maine). Built at Bristol (now Maine) , 1793. 127 6/95 tons; 76 ft. 3 in. x 22 ft. x 8 ft.


8 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously enrolled, No. 24, Aug. 23, 1793, at Wiscasset ( now Maine) .


Registered (temporary) , No. 145, Oct. 4, 1793. Owners: John Johnston, mariner, Oliver Nash, housewright, Bristol (now Maine) , Ebenezer Welles, scilmaker, Boston. Master: John Johnston. (NA).


Registered, as brigantine, hailing port Boston, No. 268, Dec. 26, 1794. Owners: Ebenezer Welles, Boston. Master: Bellingham Watts. Change of masters: Robert Higgins, Oct. 13, 1795. (NA) . For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.


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THREE FRIENDS, brigantine, of Boston. Built at Salisbury,


1784. 150 tons; 70 ft. 10 in. x 22 ft. 4 in. x ll ft. 2 in. Two decks, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 51, June 23, 1790, at Newburyport.


"Registered, No. 41, Mar. 10, 1794.' Owners: Benjamin Bussey Jr., Jaazaniah Bussey, merchant, Boston. Joseph Herd, merchant, Charlestown. Master: Ezra Chaffee. (NA).


Enrolled, No. 9, May 2, 1794, at Wilmington, N. C. Registered, No. 56, Mar. 24, 1794. Owners: same. Master: same . Change of masters: John Wood, Nov. 21, 1796. Vessel having been stranded off Cuba (date unknown). (NA) .


1078


THREE FRIENDS, schooner, of Boston. Built at Kennebunk (now Maine), 1794. 47 81/95 tons; 53 ft. 8 in. x 16 ft. Il in. x 6 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 5, Feb. 2, 1795, at Biddeford and Pepperelboro (now Maine) . Registered, No. 163, June 17, 1795. Owners: William Woods,


baker, Boston. Master: William Patterson. (NA). Registered, No. 172, June 23, 1795. Owners: Timothy Williams, Samuel Williams, Boston; George Williams, Salem; Henry Williams, John Williams, Watertown. Master: William Patterson. (NA) .


Registered (temporary) , hailing port Newcastle, N. H., No. 309, Nov. 6, 1795. Owners: Abraham Trefethen, mariner, Newcastle, N. H. Master: Abraham Trefethen. Surrendered, Nov. 30, 1795, at Portsmouth,


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THREE FRIENDS, ship, of Boston. Built at Nobleboro (now Maine), 1795. 231 38/95 tons; 84 ft. 6 in. x 25 ft. 2 in. x 12 ft. 7 in. Two decks, three masts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown.


Registered, No. 350, Dec. 8, 1795. Owners: William Baker, merchant, William Hickling, Gamaliel Bradford Jr., Boston. Master: Daniel Bradford. (NA).


1080


THREE JOSEPHS, schooner, of Philadelphia, Pa. Built at Duxbury, 1795. 100 84/95 tons; 69 ft. 6 in. x 20 ft. 6 in. x 8 ft. 2 in. One deck, two masts, square stern. Previously registered, No. 4, May 28, 1795, at Plymouth.


Registered ( temporary), No. 144, June 2, 1795. Owners: James Fosdick, merchant, Portland (now Maine) ; Charles Fettit, ----- Bayard, merchants, Philadelphia, Pa. Master: Francis Hart. Surrendered, July 14, 1795, at Philadelphia, Pa. (NA) .


1081


TIRZAH, schooner, of Boston. Built at Damariscotta (now Maine), 1786. 57 10/95 tons; 56 ft. 6 in. x 16 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. deck, two mosts, square stern. Previous documentation not shown. Registered, No. 177, Nov. 10, 1790. Owners : Joshua Bates,


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gentleman, Weymouth. Master: Thomas Gould. Change of masters: Nathaniel Wiley, Mar. 14, 1791. (NA) . Registered, No. 32, Apr. 9, 1792. Owners: Jonathan Merry, merchant, Boston. Joshua Batos, gentleman, Weymouth. Master: Nathaniel Wiley. Change of masters: Thomas Rob, Nov. 15, 1792;


Nathaniel Wiley, Apr. 16, 1793. (NA). Enrolled, No. 100, May 16, 1794. Owners: same. Master: Abraham Crowley. Change of masters: John Snow, Aug. 19, 1794; David Baker, Mar. 12, 1795. Thomas Melville, surveyor. For subsequent documentation see Vol. II.




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