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MARCELLUS, sch., 114 tons, Bristol, Me., 1816. Reg. Oct. 23, 1821. Charles Hart, owner ; Charles Hart, master. Reg. Nov. 25, 1823. Samuel Derby, jr., Thomas Barker, owners; Thorndike Symonds, master.
MARGARET, ship, 295 tons, Salem, 1800. Reg. Nov. 13, 1800. John Derby, Benjamin Pickman, Samuel Derby, own- ers ; Samuel Derby, master. Reg. Feb. 16, 1804. Benjamin Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, Geo. Crowninshield, jr., Jacob Crowninshield, John Crowninshield, Richard Crowninshield, owners; Henry Elkins, master. Reg. June 29, 1809. John Crowninshield, William Fairfield, owners ; William Fairfield, master. [The "Margaret" made a very early voyage to Japan, going to Nagasaki in July, 1801. See Hist. Sketch of Salem, p. 147; and E. I. Hist. Coll., II, 166, for ac- counts of this voyage. In 1810, the ship left Naples and on May 20 was thrown on her beam ends in a squall. The suf- ferings of the crew, the few survivors of which were not res- cued for over a month, were terrible. See Hist. Sketch, of Salem, p. 197; the Salem Gazette of July 23, 1810, and a rare pamphlet entitled "The Distressful Loss of the Ship Mar- garet." The spar dimensions are given by Leavitt in " Mate- rials for Hist. of Salem Shipbuilding," E. I. Hist. Coll., VII, 211. Oil painting of the ship by Benjamin West and water- color painting by Francisco Resmann at the Peabody Academy of Science, and a water color copy at the Essex Institute.]
MARGARET, sch., Beverly, 131 tons, Essex, 1889. Reg. Dec. 3, 1891. Horace W. Woodberry, Beverly, George E. Pickett, Beverly, Susie E. Trask, Beverly, Margaret R. Wood-
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berry, Beverly, Lovett Hines, Beverly, owners ; Lovett Hines, master. Reg. Nov. 24, 1896. Horace W. Woodberry, Beverly, Susie E. Trask, Beverly, Margaret R. Woodberry, Beverly, owners ; F. S. Robinson, master. [Frederick Howard, Stanley B. Hines and James S. Kenney were also masters.]
MARGARETTA, brig, 235 tons, Machias, Me., 1841. Al- tered to a bark in April, 1851. Reg. Nov. 28, 1849. Ben- jamin Webb, John Hodges, George Savory, owners ; Daniel Marshall, master. [Hiram Prior was also master. Sold in California. ]
MARIA, brig, 150 tons, Haverhill, 1791. Reg. July 30, 1791. John Norris, owner ; John Burchmore, master.
MARIA, sch., :72 tons, Amesbury, 1786. Reg. Jan. 31, 1795. Nathaniel West, Israel Dodge, Israel Dodge, jr., own- ers ; Joseph Lambert, master. [Sold to Beverly owners, Dec., 1798.] Reg. June 15, 1795. Israel Dodge, owner; Joseph Lambert, master. Reg. Dec. 21, 1798. William Homan, Beverly, owner ; William Cole, master.
MARIA THERESA, sch., 148 tons, Newburyport, 1847. Reg. Jan. 30, 1849. Daniel R. Bowker, George Bowker, Roland Smalley, Dennis, owners ; Obed Baker, jr., master. Reg. Sept. 22, 1853. John Bertram, Benjamin Howard, Boston, owners ; Paul Upton, master.
MARION, brig, 112 tons, Dorchester, 1833. Reg. May 13, 1841. Antonio DaCosta, owner; Antonio DaCosta, master. [Sailed for Maranham, Feb. 16, 1843, and never heard from. ]
MARK, brig, 158 tons, Thomaston, Me., 1824. Reg. Feb. 16, 1839. Benjamin Webb, jr., William M. Hanson, William Page, jr., William P. Goodhue, owners ; William M. Hanson, master.
MARQUIS DE SOMERULAS, ship, 359 tons, Charlestown, 1802. Reg. Jan. 14, 1800. John Gardner, jr., Richard Gardner, owners; William Story, master. Reg. Mar. 25, 1809. John Gardner, jr., owner; Thomas Russell, master. Reg. Aug. 16, 1810. Richard Gardner, John Gardner, jr., owners ; Samuel Candler, master. Reg. Mar. 30, 1811. Rich- ard Gardner, owner ; Thomas Moriarity, master. [Attacked by Malays on Sumatra in 1806. See Felt, Annals, II, 321. Captured and taken to Halifax in War of 1812. E. I. Inst. Hist. Coll., XXXIX, 361.]
MARS, bgtne., 152 tons, Salisbury, 1794. Tonnage changed to 142 tons, Dec. 21, 1801. Reg. Nov. 14, 1798. William Orne, owner; Joseph Orne, master. Reg. Dec. 21, 1801. Dudley Porter, Benjamin Ireson, Lynn, James Clemmons
BRIG MARY HELEN, BUILT IN 1833.
Owned by Benjamin A. West and others. From the original painting now in the possession of Arthur W. West.
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Marblehead, owners; James Clemmons, master. [Wrecked on coast of Nova Scotia in 1802.]
MARS, brig, 101 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg. Nov. 24, 1813. James Cook, owner ; Thomas Holmes, master. [Water-color copy of a brig " Mars " of Salem, possibly this one, said to have been a privateer, at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
MARTHA, ship, 340 tons, Salem, 1796. Reg. Aug. 2, 1796. Elias H. Derby, owner ; George Ropes, master. Reg. Feb. 13, 1800. John Derby, Benjamin Pickman, Ezekiel H. Derby, Richard Derby, Nathaniel West, owners ; John Prince, mas- ter. Reg. Apr. 9, 1802. Benjamin Pickman, Nathaniel West, John Derby, John Prince, jr., Boston, owners ; Ebenezer Shillaber, master. [Masts and spar dimensions of this vessel given by Leavitt in E. I. Hist. Coll. VI, 226.]
MARTHA, bgtne., 110 tons, Harpswell, 1796. Reg. Aug. 2, 1803. Moses Townsend, Isaac Very, Penn Townsend, owners ; Penn Townsend, master. Reg. Dec. 8, 1803. Penn Town- send, Isaac Very, owners; Penn Townsend, master. Reg. Mar. 13, 1805. William P. Symonds, Benjamin Ropes, James Silver, Curtis Searl, Danvers, owners ; Curtis Searl, master. Reg. Dec. 3, 1807. William P. Symonds, Benjamin Ropes, Ephraim Symonds, owners ; Ephraim Symonds, master. Reg. May 1, 1809. William P. Symonds, Benjamin Ropes, owners ; David Ropes, jr., master.
MARY, sch., 93 tons, Scarborough, 1786. Reg. Oct. 22, 1789. Stephen Hill, Daniel McMillan, owners ; John McMil- lan, master. Reg Nov. 17, 1794. Jacob Ashton, owner ; James Very, master.
MARY, ship, Beverly, 180 tons, Haverhill, 1795. Reg. Oct. 18, 1796. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owner ; Nicholas Thorndide, master. Reg. Nov. 20, 1799. Tarbox Moulton, Beverly, Israel Thorndike, owners ; John Moulton, master. Reg. Nov. 5, 1801. Israel Thorndike, owner ; John Thissel, master.
MARY, ship, 176 tons, Salem, 1800. Reg. Dec. 23, 1800. John Norris, Benjamin Goodhue, John Barr, owners ; John Burchmore, master. Reg. Dec. 16, 1805. John Norris, Ben- jamin Goodhue, owners; Samuel King, master. Reg. Mar. 23, 1807. William Lander, Benjamin Ropes, James Ropes, owners ; William Lander, master. [Water-color copy of a sketch made in 1806, at the Peabody Academy of Science. Lost at sea. ]
MARY, bgtne, 202 tons, Salem, 1801. Altered to a bark June 27, 1809. Reg. July 30, 1801. Samuel Gray, Sylva- nus Gray, Boston, owners ; Oliver Obear, master.
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MARY, snow, 160 tons, Falmouth, 1800. Altered to a bark of 189 tons, Sept. 8, 1804. Reg. May 12, 1802. Elias H. Derby, owner; William Webb, master. Reg. Sept. 13, 1803. John Derby, Benj. Pickman, jr., owners ; George Cleveland, master. Reg. Sept. 8, 1804. John Derby, Benjamin Pick- man, jr., owners ; Daniel Bray, jr., master.
MARY, bark, 195 tons, Kennebunk, 1802. Reg. May 3, 1806. Joseph Ropes, Nathaniel Silsbee, owners ; Joseph Ropes, master. Reg. June 18, 1806. Joseph Ropes, Nathan- iel Silsbee, John Becket, jr., owners ; John Becket, jr., master.
MARY, sch., 113 tons, Newcastle, 1805. Altered to a brig, Oct. 28, 1809. Reg. Jan. 2, 1807. Timothy Brooks, Joseph Campbell, Boothbay, owners ; Joseph Campbell, master. Reg. May 24, 1809. Joseph Perkins, Abner Burbank, Danvers, Oliver Saunders, Danvers, William W. Little, Danvers, Ben- jamin Kimball, Danvers, owners ; William Cook, master. Reg. Oct. 28, 1809. Joseph Perkins, Abner Burbank, Paul J. Bur- bank, Oliver Saunders, Danvers, Benjamin Kimball, Danvers ; owners ; William Cook, master. Reg. Oct. 30, 1809. Paul J. Burbank, Abner Burbank, Oliver Saunders, Danvers ; Benjamin Kimball, Danvers, owners ; William Cook, master. Reg. Mar. 8, 1810. Thomas Perkins, John H. Andrews, owners ; Benj. Chapman, master. Reg. June 22, 1810. William S. Gray, owner ; William Scallon, master. Reg. Oct. 18, 1810. Wil- liam S. Gray, Robert Marland, owners ; William Lander, master. Reg. Sept. 12, 1812, William S. Gray, owner; Ben- jamin Archer, master.
MARY, sch., Beverly, 80 tons, Amesbury, 1805. Reg. Mar. 20, 1809. John Pinder, Beverly, owner ; Henry Larcom, master.
MARY, sch., 82 tons, Haverhill, 1803. Reg. Dec. 25, 1809. John Fairfield, owner ; John Derby, 3rd, master.
MARY, brig, 186 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg. Nov. 10, 1815. James Cook, Pickering Dodge, Thomas Saunders, Charles Saunders, Nathan Robinson, Henry Pick- ering, Ebenezer Seccomb, Nathaniel W. Williams, owners ; Nicholas Thorndike, jr., master.
MARY, sch., Beverly, 38 tons, Lubec, 1815. Reg. Feb. 22, 1820. Jonathan Dodge, Beverly, William Dodge, Beverly, Joseph Gardner, owners; Daniel Brimmer, master. Reg. Dec. 12, 1820. Joseph Gardner, owner; Daniel Brimmer, master.
MARY, brig, 147 tons, Portsmouth, N. H., 1818. Reg. May 28, 1828. Pierce L. Wiggin, owner ; William Tage, master.
MARY, sch., Beverly, 108 tons, Kennebunk, Me., 1834. Reg.
BRIG MARY PAULINE, NEAL P. HEWESON, MASTER.
Formerly the African slaver, " Lalla Rooke." From the original painting now in possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.
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May 17, 1850. Josiah Lovett, 2nd, Beverly, Elliot Wood- berry, Beverly, Seaward Lee, Beverly, owners ; Samuel Blunt, jr., master.
MARY ANN, sch., 71 tons, property of citizens of the U. S., May 16, 1789. Reg. Jan. 2, 1790. Spence Hall, James Becket, owners ; Spence Hall, master.
MARY ANN, ship, 240 tons, Columbia, 1794. Reg. Apr. 13, 1805, John Norris, owner ; Edward Norris, master. Reg. May 12, 1809, Joseph Ropes, Robert Stone, Robert Stone, jr., Tim- othy Wellman, 3rd, owners ; Timothy Wellman, 3rd, master. Reg. Aug. 16, 1810, Nathaniel Silsbee, Joseph Ropes, Robert Stone, Robert Stone, jr., Timothy Wellman, 3rd, owners ; Jonathan Shillaber, master. Reg. May 6, 1811. Nathaniel Silsbee, Joseph Ropes, Robert Stone, Robert Stone, jr., James Devereux, John Forrester, Timothy Wellman, jr., owners ; Timothy Wellman, jr., master. Reg. Apr. 3, 1815, Nathaniel Silsbee, Joseph Ropes, Robert Stone, jr., James Devereux, John Forrester, Timothy Wellman, jr., owners ; Timothy Wellman, jr., master. Reg. Apr. 3, 1815, Nathaniel Silsbee, Robert Stone, jr., Joseph Ropes, William Silsbee, Zachariah F. Silsbee, Timothy Wellman, jr., owners ; Timothy Wellman, jr., master.
MARY CAROLINE, brig, 158 tons, Harpswell, 1797. Reg. June 2, 1809. Joshua Oakes, Samuel B. Graves, Charles Wilson, owners ; Samuel B. Graves, master. Reg. Feb. 26, 1810. John Andrew, Joseph Perkins, Samuel B. Graves, owners ; Samuel B. Graves, master.
MARY ELIZABETH, brig, 197 tons, formerly a British vessel. Reg. Aug. 11, 1855, Benjamin Webb, owner ; William S. Roads, master. Reg. Oct. 5, 1855. Benjamin Webb, John E. Gow- en, Boston, Franklin Copeland, Boston, owners ; W. H. Jor- dan, master.
MARY HELEN, brig, 157 tons, Hingham, 1833. Reg. Dec. 18, 1840. George West, jr., George West, John Hayman, owners ; John Hayman, master. Reg. Jan. 27, 1845. Benja- min A. West, George West, jr., William H. Dean, Samuel Chamberlain, John A. West, owners ; William H. Dean, mas- ter. Reg. July 23, 1845. Benjamin A. West, John A. West, George West, S. Chamberlain & Son, owners ; L. W. Withie, master. Reg. Aug. 10, 1847. Benjamin A. West, George West, John A. West, James Chamberlain, owners; T. H. Gregory, master. Reg. Feb. 23, 1850. Thomas P. Pingree, owner ; John H. Gregory, jr., master. [Photograph of an original painting at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
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MARY JANE, sch., 119 tons, Manchester, 1816. Reg. May 2, 1820. Pickering Dodge, owner; Israel Williams, master. Reg. Apr. 21, 1821. Edward Barnard, jr., John Barr, owners ; Edward Barnard, jr., master. [Sold in Boston in 1822.]
MARY PAULINE, brig, 172 tons, Hartford, Conn., 1833. Reg. Dec. 1, 1843. Henry E. Jenks, Charles Hoffman, Os- born Dunlap, owners ; Neal P. Heweson. [Original oil paint- ing at Peabody Academy of Science. Lost at sea on a voy- age to Africa in 1845.]
MARY WILKINS, brig, 265 tons, Salem, 1855. Reg. Nov. 30, 1855. Ripley Ropes, Charles A. Ropes, Reuben W. Ropes, owners ; Stephen Nickerson, master.
MARY A. JONES, brig, 225 tons, Baltimore, Md., 1847. Reg. Mar. 16, 1858. Benjamin A. West, owner ; William H. Her- sey, master. Reg. Dec. 14, 1858. Benjamin A. West, David Moore, James Chamberlain, Samuel West, Edward Brown, owners. William H. Caulfield, master.
MARY B. SMITH, sch., Beverly, 119 tons, Ipswich, 1854. Reg. May 27, 1863. Francis A. Smith, Beverly, John Huse, Joseph E. Evans, Edward Choate, Ipswich, Thomas Sweet, Ipswich, owners; James Cushing, master. Reg. Oct. 18, 1865. Charles H. Fabens, owner ; Charles C. Foster, master. Reg. Sept. 28, 1866. Charles H. Fabens, owner; James M. Haddock, master. Reg. Oct. 1, 1868, Benjamin Fabens, own- er ; James M. Haddock, master.
MARY D. WILSON, sch., 97 tons, Salem, 1873. Reg. Nov. 3, 1873. Frederick Wilson, owner; William R. McLarren, master.
MARY E. DANA, brig, 219 tons, Boston, 1868. Reg. May 31, 1877. Charles E. Fabens, Benjamin H. Fabens, owners ; J. L. Saunders, master. [Sold away from Salem and later abandoned at sea.]
MARY M. BARTLETT, sch. 64 tons, Salisbury, 1866. Reg. Mar. 23, 1877. Edwin Bruce, owner ; Henry O. Smith, mas- ter.
MARY & ALLEN, bgtne., 136 tons, Newbury, 1804. Reg. Apr. 1, 1807. John Gardner, owner ; John Lambert, master.
MARY & ELIZA, ship. 215 tons, Dover, N. H., 1789. Reg. Oct. 23, 1789. Francis Boardman, Nathaniel West, owners ; Francis Boardman, master.
MARY & ELIZA, ship, 233 tons, Salem, 1803. Altered to 234 tons, Sept. 4, 1810. Reg. Dec. 8, 1803. Joseph White, owner; Henry White, master. Reg. May 8, 1809, Joseph White, jr., Henry White, John White, Stephen White, owners;
September De 1892
BRIG MEXICAN, JOHN G. BUTMAN, MASTER.
Showing the brig attacked by a pirate, Sept. 20, 1832. From a painting now in possession of Edward C. Battis; made about 1876, by George Southward of Cambridge, after a drawing by Benjamin B. Reed, made in Sept., 1832.
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John White, master. Reg. June 30, 1815, Stephen White, Joseph White, jr., John W. Treadwell, Henry White, jr., owners ; Joseph Beadle, master. Reg. Oct. 5, 1816, Stephen White, Henry White, John W. Treadwell, owners ; John Beckford, master. [Benjamin Upton was also regis- tered as master. Injured in a gale and condemned at Bata- via in 1819.]
MARY & ELIZA, sch., 40 tons, Boston, 1814. Reg. Apr. 14, 1815. William Fettyplace, Joseph White, jr., Stephen White, John W. Treadwell, owners ; Edward Dutch, master.
MARY & ELIZA, sch., 82 tons, Bangor, 1815. Reg. Oct. 8, 1822. Walter Marston, William Cole, owners; William Cole, master. [While on a voyage to Matanzas in 1822, was taken by pirates off Cuba. Was retaken by a U. S. vessel and taken to Charlestown, S. C., and there sold.]
MARY & ELLEN, brig, 183 tons, Dorchester, Md., 1848. Reg. Oct. 27, 1848. John H. Proctor, John H. Eagleston, owners ; John H. Eagleston, master. [The Mary and Ellen sailed Oct. 28, 1848 for California and the Sandwich Islands immediately on the receipt of the news of the discovery of gold and was the first vessel to reach California from Salem. See J. H. Eagleston, E. I. Hist. Coll., XII, 2. Vessel sold in California in 1849.]
MASON, ship, 299 tons, Charlestown, 1838. Reg. Jan. 22, 1841. John Dwyer, William H. Allen, Nathaniel B. Mansfield, Charles Roundy, T. M. Saunders, Timothy Bryant, W. H. Foster, owners ; W. H. Allen, master.
MASON'S DAUGHTER, sch., 94 tons, Georgetown, 1804. Reg. Mch. 6, 1805. Benjamin Henderson, owner ; Benjamin Hen- derson, master. [Sold to Beverly owners, Sept., 1805.] Reg. Sept. 2, 1805. Isaac Rea, Beverly, John Willet, Beverly, own- ers ; John Willett, master.
MASSAFUERO, brig., 158 tons, Duxbury, 1802. Reg. June 3, 1805. John Ward, Joshua Ward, jr., Andrew Harraden, owners ; Andrew Harraden, master. Reg. July 29, 1806, John Norris, owner ; Thomas Tate, master. Reg. May 14, 1807. Jerry L. Page, Abraham Foster, Abel Lawrence, own- ers ; Jerry L. Page, master.
MAY DACRE, brig, 193 tons, Calais, Me., 1833. Reg. Aug. 25, 1836, Charles Hoffman, William Potter, Brunswick, Me., owners; Osborn Dunlap, master. [Sold in Africa in 1837.]
MAYFLOWER, sch., 103 tons, Bluehill, Me., 1833. Reg. May 3, 1834. John Brooks, owner ; Thomas Dean, master.
MAY QUEEN, bark, 325 tons, Newbury, 1850. Altered to
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268 tons, May, 1865. Reg. Feb. 4, 1858. Robert Brookhouse, Robert Brookhouse, jr., William Hunt, Joseph H. Hanson, Nathan A. Frye, owners; Victor F. Debaker, master. Reg. May 14, 1865, Nathan A. Frye, Robert Brookhouse, Joseph H. Hanson, William Hunt, owners.
MECHANIC, sch., Beverly, 114 tons, Richmond, Me., 1826. Reg. Apr. 4, 1843. Richard Picket, Beverly, Abraham Ed- wards, Beverly, Albert Thorndike, Beverly, Samuel Endicott, Beverly, owners; Otis Roberts, master.
MECHANICK, sch., Beverly, 103 tons, Haverhill, 1819. Reg. Mar. 30, 1820. Josiah Foster, 3d, Beverly, Abraham Edwards, Beverly, Richard Picket, Beverly, owners; Richard Wilken- son, master. [James Haskell was also registered as master, Feb. 27, 1825.]
MENTOR, bgtne., 183 tons, Falmouth, 1801. Reg. June 15, 1803. William Gray, jr., owner; Elisha Whitney, master. [Lost at sea.]
MENTOR, ship, 213 tons, Salem, 1807. Reg. Mar. 14, 1809. Jacob Ashton, Benj. Goodhue, Jonathan Waldo, jr., William Ashton, owners; William Ashton, master. Reg. Mar. 18, 1812. Jacob Ashton, Benjamin Goodhue, William Ashton, owners; Nehemiah Andrews, master.
MERANDA, sch., Beverly, 60 tons, Essex, 1828. Reg. July 20, 1850. Thomas Burke, jr., Beverly, owner; Thomas Burke, jr., master.
MERCATOR, brig, 176 tons, Bowdoinham, 1815. Altered to 222 tons, Mar. 25, 1823. Reg. Dec. 20, 1815. Samuel B. Graves, Joseph Howard, Robert Upton, John Andrew, James Brown, Danvers, owners ; Samuel B. Graves, master. Reg. Aug. 30, 1816. Samuel B. Graves, Robert Upton, John An- drew, James Brown, Danvers, owners ; Samuel B. Graves, master. Reg. July 21, 1820. Robert Upton, John Andrew Samuel B. Graves, owners ; Samuel B. Graves, master. Reg. Mar. 25, 1823. John Andrew, Samuel B. Graves, owners ; Samuel B. Graves, master. Reg. July 16, 1825. John An- drew, John F. Andrew, owners ; John F. Andrew, master. Reg. Feb. 3, 1832. Thomas P. Pingree, John F. Pitman, owners ; John F. Pitman, master. [Sold in New York in 1831.]
MERCURY, sch., 102 tons, Portland, 1802. Reg. Mar. 8, 1805. Samuel Cook, David Nichols, Jacob B. Winchester, owners ; Samuel Cook, master. Reg. Apr. 16, 1806. Ed- ward West, Ebenezer Seccomb, owners ; Asa Batchelder, mas- ter. Reg. Mar. 21, 1807. Edward West, Nathaniel West, jr.,
SHIP MINDORO, CHARLES H. ALLEN, JR., MASTER.
Silsbee, Pickman & Allen, owners. From a painting owned by George H. Allen; showing the ship leaving Boston, July 17, 1866, for Batavia and Hong Kong.
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owners ; Edward Barnard, jr., master. Reg. July 23, 1810. Moses Hale, owner ; Jonathan Blyth, master.
MERIAM, sch., 82 tons, Salisbury, 1785. Reg. Mar. 27, 1815. Archelaus Rea, William Calley, owners; William Calley, master. Reg. July 15, 1815. John Dodge, owner ; John Dempsey, master.
MERMAID, sch., 109 tons, Duxbury, 1805. Altered to a brig of 124 tons, Oct. 16, 1824. Reg. Nov. 1, 1823. Daniel Ab- bott, Daniel Abbott, jr., John Willis, Benjamin Willis, own- ers; John Willis, master. Reg. Oct. 16, 1824. Daniel Ab- bott, Daniel Abbott, jr., John Beckford, Aaron Ordway, own- ers ; John Beckford, master. [Condemned at St. Thomas in 1829.]
MERMAID, brig, 189 tons, Charlestown, 1828. Reg. Sept. 30, 1836. William D. Waters, John F. Andrew, Charles Roundy, Allen Putnam, John H. Eagleston, owners ; John H. Eagleston, master. Reg. June 25, 1839. George Savory, Richard Savory, owners ; George Savory, master. Reg. Dec. 4, 1840. Putnam I. Farnham, George Savory, Richard Savo- ry, Jed. Frye, New York, owners; George Savory, master. Reg. July 22, 1841. Putman I. Farnham, George Savory, Eben K. Lakeman, Jed Frye, New York, owners; Chaplin Conway, master. Reg. Sept. 22, 1843. Benjamin Upton, Henry P. Upton, George Savory, owners. Reg. May 28, 1852. Aaron Perkins, owner ; Peter Lassen, master.
MERRIMACK PACKET, sloop, 86 tons, Haverhill, 1812. Al- tered to a schooner in Dec., 1822. Reg. Feb. 15, 1821. Jo- seph Peabody, owner ; Jonathan Batchelder, master. Reg. Dec. 2, 1822. Oliver Saunders, Danvers, Benjamin Wheeler, Danvers, Samuel Symonds, Danvers, owners; Samuel Sy- monds, master. Reg. Oct. 23, 1824. Samuel Symonds, own- er ; Samuel Symonds, master. [Went on shore and was con- demned at Maranham in 1828.]
MERVA, brig, 134 tons, Cohassett, 1799. Reg. Mar. 21, 1811. Joshua Burbank, Henry Betton, Beverly, owners ; Salmon Goodrich, master.
MESSENGER, ship, 277 tons, Salem, 1805. Reg. July 11, 1805. Simon Forrester, owner; James Buffington, master. Reg. Apr. 18, 1815. John Forrester, Thomas H. Forrester, Charles Forrester, owners ; George Barker, jr., master. Reg. May 21, 1816. John Forrester, Thomas H. Forrester, owners; Edward Stanley, master. [James Buffington was also master, June 12, 1822. Sold in Boston in 1831.]
MESSENGER, brig, 213 tons, Duxbury, 1834. Altered to a
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bark, June 14, 1854. Reg. Feb. 19, 1851. William Hunt, Robert Brookhouse, Joseph H. Hanson, Robert Brookhouse, jr., owners ; James Ward, master. Reg. June 14, 1854. Ben- jamin Webb, John Hodges, owners ; James W. Holmes, mas- ter. Reg. Apr. 29, 1857. Benjamin Webb, owner; James W. Holmes, master. [Sold to the United States government.] MESSENGER, sch., 107 tons, Samoset, Md., 1839. Reg. Apr. 17, 1855. Joseph Gardner, owner ; William S. Roads, master.
METROPOLIS, brig, Beverly, 209 tons, Essex, 1847. Reg. Nov. 23, 1847. Andrew W. Standley, Beverly, Robert G. Bennett, Beverly, John C. Bennett, Beverly, William Porter, Beverly, owners ; John C. Bennett, master. Reg. Nov. 14, 1849. Nathaniel P. Sheldon, Beverly, President of the Essex Co. and California Mining Co., Moses Low, Beverly, John E. Porter, Beverly, Israel Trask, 5th, Beverly, George Thissel, Beverly, Emerson McKensie, Beverly,directors of same, own- ers ; John C. Bennett, master.
MEXICAN, brig, 227 tons, Salem, 1824. Reg. Oct. 8, 1824. Joseph Peabody, Joseph A. Peabody, owners; Jonathan Batchelder, master. Reg. July 13, 1829. Joseph Peabody, owner ; John G. Butman, master. [Half-hull model and water-color copy of an original painting showing attack by pirates, at Peabody Academy of Science. In Sept., 1832, the Mexican, while on a voyage to Rio Janiero, was captured by pirates, robbed and set on fire. The crew succeeded in putting out the flames and saving their vessel. The pirates were afterwards captured, brought to Salem, tried and sev- eral of them hanged. This was probably the last case of piracy on the Atlantic ocean, at least in which Salem vessels were sufferers. For a very full account of this incident by one of the survivors, see E. I. Hist. Coll., XXXIV, 42. The Mex- can was sold to Gloucester owners, Oct., 1841. See also Hist. Sketch of Salem, p. 180, and Felt, Annals, II., 357.]
MEXICAN, sch., 128 tons, Waldoboro, Me., 1841. Reg. Mar. 30, 1848. John Kinsman, Nathaniel Wiggin, Jeremiah Pres- cott, Boston, Robert W. Annable, Portsmouth, owners ; John Simmons, master. [John B. Osborn was also master. Sold. ]
MEXICO, sch., 81 tons, Gardner, Me., 1833. Reg. Oct. 7, 1836. Edward D. Kimball, Joseph S. Leavitt, Charles McIn- tire, Boston, owners ; Thomas Lyons, master.
MIDAS, brig, 211 tons, Falmouth, 1820. Reg. Nov. 25, 1825. Edward Lander, owner ; Robert B. Stover, master. Reg. Sept. 28,1826. Stephen W. Shepard, Charles Hart, owners ; Charles Hart, master. [Sold in New York in June, 1827.]
SHIP MONK, JOHN W. ALLEN, MASTER.
Captured by the British Brig "Colibri" during the War of 1812. From a water-color owned by John W. Allen and Alfred C. Needham, after the original painting by Nicholas Cammillieri, Marseilles, 1806.
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MIDAS, ship, 355 tons, Amesbury, 1815. Reg. Sept. 22, 1815. Pickering Dodge, owner ; Timothy Endicott, master. [Condemned at Lisbon, Jan., 1821.]
MILO, sch., 122 tons, Thomaston, 1815. Reg. June 25, 1817. James Brown, Danvers, John Andrew, Robert Upton, James Brace, jr., George Gregerson, owners ; George Greg- erson, master. [Sold to Boston owners, Nov., 1818.]
MINDORO, ship, tonnage 1065 gross and 970 net, Boston, 1864. Temp. Reg. Boston, Dec. 2, 1864. William D. Pick- man, Benjamin H. Silsbee, John H. Silsbee, Geo. Z. Silsbee, Geo. H. Allen, owners ; Charles H. Allen, master. [Original water-color by M. MacPherson at Peabody Academy of Science and original photograph at the Essex Institute. The Mindo- ro was sold in 1897 to New York owners, who converted her into a coal barge which was lost off Barnegat, April 8, 1902. For several years previous to her sale, the Mindoro had been the only vessel of any size from Salem in the foreign trade, and her departure from Salem in April, 1897, marked the end of the foreign commerce of the port.]
MINERVA, ship, 266 tons, Hampton Falls, N. H., 1794. Reg. Dec. 23, 1794. Richard Crowninshield, owner; Jacob Crowninshield, master.
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