Ship registers of the District of Salem and Beverly , Part 13

Author: Hitchings, A. Frank
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Essex Institute
Number of Pages: 422


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MINERVA, bgtne, 114 tons, Newburyport, 1795. Reg. Jan. 24, 1798. William Gray, owner; William Mugford, master.


MINERVA, ship, 202 tons, Haverhill, 1798. Altered to 224 tons in Oct., 1799. Reg. Nov. 16, 1798. Nathaniel West, owner ; Edward West, master. Reg. Oct. 21,1799. Nathan- iel West, Timothy Williams, Boston, owners ; Mayhew Fol- ger, master. Reg. Nov. 24, 1802. Richard Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, Geo. Crowninshield, jr., Jacob Crown- inshield, John Crowninshield, Benjamin Crowninshield, jr., owners ; Richard Ward, jr., master. [In May, 1802, the Miner- va, returned to Salem after a voyage around the world being the first Salem ship to make such a voyage, see Felt, Annals, II., 314. Vessel condemned as unfit for sea in March, 1805.]


MINERVA, sch., 96 tons, Falmouth, 1798. Reg. Apr. 30, 1801. Daniel Pierce, owner ; Nathaniel Phippen, master.


MINERVA, bgtne, 100 tons, York, 1801. Reg. Oct. 27, 1801. William Gray, owner ; Archilaus Rea, master. Reg. Jan. 3, 1804. William Gray jr., owner ; Nehemiah Roundy, master.


MINERVA, ship, 231 tons, Portland, 1800. Reg. Apr. 26, 1802. William Gray, jr., owner; Thomas Beckford, master.


MINERVA, sch, 103 tons, Cohasset, 1799. Altered to 134 tons, April 1, 1806. Reg. Apr. 23, 1804. James Silver, Cur;


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tis Searl, Danvers, owners ; James Silver, master. Reg. July 6, 1809. Benjamin Babbidge, Hardy Phippen, owners ; Hardy Phippen, master. Reg. Mar. 10, 1810. Hardy Phippen, owner ; Hardy Phippen, master ; Reg. June 2, 1810. Eben- ezer Seccomb, owner; Jesse Smith, master. Reg. Mar. 21, 1811. Abner Burbank, Paul J. Burbank, owners ; Salmon Goodrich, master. [Curtis Searl and James Mansfield were also masters.]


MINERVA, sch., 83 tons, Amesbury, 1804. Reg. Apr. 9, 1822. David Moore, William Batchelder, James Harvey, John Dexter, Essex, owners ; James Harvey, master. [Cast away on Cape Cod in 1822 while on a voyage to Martinico.]


MINERVA, ship, 223 tons, Duxbury, 1808. Reg. Apr. 24, 1823. Ephraim Safford, Ebenezer Dodge, Nathaniel Safford, Beverly, owners; Ephraim Safford, master. Reg. Nov. 1, 1825. William Rrown, John B. Osgood, Samuel Rea, owners; William Brown, master.


MINOTAUR, bgtne., 147 tons, Connecticut, 1799. Reg. Aug. 6, 1799. Jacob Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, Geo. Crowninshield, jr., John Crowninshield, Benjamin Crownin- shield, jr., Richard Crowninshield, owners; Stephen Webb, master. [Commissioned as a privateer in the War of 1812. In the French War carried 4 guns.]


MIQUELON, bark, 182 tons, Boston, 1843. Reg. Jan. 8, 1850. Eben Dodge, Samuel A. Safford, owners ; William Hadley, master. Reg. July 7, 1852. George Savory, E. H. Folmar, owners ; S. Hutchinson, master.


MISSOURI, sch., 98 tons, Sussex Co., Del., 1835. Reg. Nov. 26, 1853. Preston & Co., owners ; J. Plummer, master.


MOLLY, sch., 62 tons, Newburyport, 1778. Reg. Jan. 29, 1790. William Gray, jr., owner ; Joseph Baker, master. Reg. Dec. 2, 1790. William Goodshall, Robert Sheldon, owners ; William Goodshall, master. Reg. May 19, 1792. Robert Sheldon, owner ; Robert Sheldon, master.


MOLLY, sch., 47 tons, Newbury, 1780. Reg. Aug. 3, 1793. Joseph Cabot, Winthrop Gray, Boston, Sylvanus Gray, Bos- ton, owners ; William Blackler, master.


MOLLY, sch., 51 tons, Newbury, 1772. Reg. Apr. 18, 1796. Jonathan Holt, owner; Jonathan Holt, master. Reg. Aug. 29, 1796. Samuel Derby, owner; John Millet, master. Reg. Apr. 16, 1798. Samuel Derby, Abel Lawrence, Joseph Cabot, owners ; Samuel Townsend, master. Reg. Oct. 27, 1798. Joseph Cabot, Abel Lawrence, George Osborn, owners ; Geo. Osborn, jr. master.


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SHIP MOUNT VERNON, ELIAS HASKET DERBY, MASTER


From the painting by Corne, now in possession of Charles S. Rea, showing the encounter with a French cruiser on July 29, 1799.


SHIP MOUNT VERNON, ELIAS HASKET DERBY, MASTER


From the painting by Corne, now in the possession of Charles S. Rea.


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MOLLY, sch., 65 tons, Amesbury, 1787. Reg. July 24, 1810. John Waters, owner; Joshua Ellingwood, master. Reg. June 18, 1811. John Dutch, jr., Thorndike Deland, owners ; Thomas Holmes, master. Reg. Apr. 2, 1812. Richard Lake- man, jr., owner ; David Harris, master.


MONK, ship, 253 tons, Nobleborough, 1805. Reg. Oct. 19, 1805. William Orne, owner; John W. Allen, master. Reg. June 16. 1809. William Orne, owner; Jonathan P. Felt, master.


MONROE, brig, Beverly, 192 tons, Westbrook, 1817. Reg. Dec. 16, 1824. Josiah Gould, Beverly, Nathaniel Safford, Beverly, owners ; James Vent, master. [Sold to Boston own- ers, Jan., 1827.]


MONTEZUMA, sch., Beverly, 99 tons, Essex, 1856. Reg. Nov. 17, 1858. David Crowell, Beverly, Charles Moulton, Beverly, Benjamin Gentlee, Beverly, Dewey Southwick, Bev- erly, Charles F. Dodge, Beverly, John Picket, Beverly, John W.Picket,Beverly,Richard J. Preston, Beverly, Benjamin Wal- lis, Beverly, William G. Woodbury, Beverly, owners ; John W. Phillips, master. Reg. Oct. 19, 1863. David Crowell, Beverly, Dewey Southwick, Beverly, Charles Moulton, Bev- erly, Charles F. Dodge, Beverly, John Picket, Beverly, Rich- ard S. Preston, Beverly, Benjamin Wallis, Beverly, John W. Picket, Beverly, owners; William Whelding, master. Reg. Dec. 28, 1865. David Crowell, Beverly, Dewey Southwick, Beverly, Charles Moulton, Beverly, John W. Picket, Beverly, William G. Woodbury, Beverly, owners; S. G. Pedrick, master. [James W. Maxner was also master in 1881 under the same ownership.]


MONTEZUMA, sch., Beverly, 77 tons, New London, 1849. Reg. Apr. 12, 1859. David Crowell, Beverly, owner ; Benja- min Gentlee, master.


MONTGOMERY, brig, 166 tons, Milton, 1812. Reg. Aug. 24, 1812. Israel Williams, Henry Prince, jr., Joseph Beadle, J. & E. Marston, Joseph White, jr., Stephen White, John Dodge, Henry Prince, Francis Boardman, Lynch Bott, Thomas Dean, Henry Allen, Thorndike Proctor, David Putnam, Ben- jamin Upton, William Manning, Joseph Winn, John Winn, Thomas Whitteridge, Thomas Butnam, William Morrow, Isaac Needham, John Sinclair, jr., Robert Brookhouse, Henry King, James C. King, Benjamin Cox, jr., William Fabens, Samuel Leech, jr.,Joseph Perkins, Samuel Briggs, jr., Joseph J. Knapp, George Gregerson, Samuel Webb, jr., Curtis Searl, Danvers, owners ; Holten J. Breed, master. Made several very suc-


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cessful cruises as a privateer, under Holten J. Breed, Joseph Strout and Benjamin Upton and was finally captured May 5, 1813. See Hist. of Essex County, I, p. 195; Maclay, Hist. of Amer. Privateers, p. 470 ; and Report of the Centennial Cele- bration of the Salem Marine Society, p. 112.]


MONTICELLO, brig, 133 tons, Essex, 1826. Reg. Nov. 7, 1829. James Harvey, John Dexter, Essex, owners ; James Harvey, master. [Sold in Tampico in 1830 and soon after lost at Vera Cruz. 7


MONTPHELIER, brig, 110 tons, Thomaston, 1804. Reg. Nov. 24. 1807. Phineas Cole, Francis Quarles, owners ; Tracy Patch, master. Reg. Oct. 5, 1808. Phineas Cole, Paul J. Burbank, Eleazer Burbank, Abner Burbank, owners ; Tracy Patch, master.


MORNING STAR, brig, 84 tons, Kent, 1797. Reg. Aug. 20, 1804. Nathaniel Knight, Jonathan Mason, John Fairfield, owners ; Daniel Hathorne, master ; [Lost at sea in 1805.] MORO, sch., 58 tons, Essex, 1829. Reg. Aug. 31, 1832. Joel Bowker, owner ; Isaac Morgan, master.


MOSES, brig, 150 tons, Wells, 1803. Altered to a bark of 203 tons, April 5, 1806. Reg. May 16, 1804. Samuel Arch- er, 3d, John Andrew, Benjamin Babbidge, owners ; Benjamin Babbidge, master. Reg. Apr. 5, 1806. Samuel Archer, 3rd, John Andrew, Benjamin Babbidge, owners; John Searl, jr., master. Reg. Apr. 29, 1809. Samuel Archer, 3d, Benjamin Bowditch, owners ; Richard Bowditch, master. Reg. Mar. 5, 1810. Samuel Upton, John Andrew, Joseph Baker, John Saunders, Danvers, owners ; Richard Bowditch, master. Reg. Mar. 14, 1810. Philip Chase, Richard Wheatland, Samuel Upton, Joseph Baker, John Saunders, Danvers, owners ; Rich- ard Bowditch, master. Reg. May 29, 1810. Richard Gard- ner, owner ; Henry Massey, master.


MOUNT VERNON, ship, 355 tons, Salem, 1798. Reg. Feb. 2, 1799. Elias H. Derby, owner ; Elias H. Derby, master. Reg. Sept. 11, 1800. Jerathmiel Peirce, Aaron Waitt, owners ; Jonathan Neal, master. Reg. June 4, 1803. Joseph Pea- body, Gideon Tucker, owners ; Samuel Endicott, master. [The Mount Vernon was a favorite vessel of Mr. Derby's. For a characteristic letter in regard to her, see Hist. of Essex Coun- ty, I, 100. She was commissioned as a privateer in the French War and carried twelve guns. She was on a voyage to La Guay- ra before 1805. There are two original water-color paintings at the Peabody Academy of Science, showing the Mt. Vernon escaping from a French fleet,by M. Corné, an Italian marine


Maiad of Salem


leaving Marseilla for India March 15.900


BRIG NAIAD, NATHANIEL OSGOOD, MASTER.


From the painting by Anton Roux, in 1 820, now in possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.


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artist who was on board at the time. Another view by Corné is at the Essex Institute. See also Mason, Reminiscences of Newport, p. 330, for account of Corné's voyage and reproduc- tion of a painting of the Mt. Vernon. ]


MOUNT WOLLASTON, ship, 325 tons, Quincy, 1822. Altered to a bark, Jan., 1844. Reg. June 28, 1836. John B. Os- good, agent for Whaling Co. of Am. Citizens, owner; Pur- chase Jewett, master. Reg. Jan. 1, 1844. Benjamin Webb, John Hodges, owners ; Joseph R. Francks, master. [Used as a whaler 1836-43. Sold to Fairhaven owners, Aug. 4, 1844.]


M. SHEPARD, brig, 167 tons, Salem, 1850. Reg. Sept. 10, 1850. John Bertram, James B. Curwin, owners ; John H. Hobart, master. Reg. Dec. 28, 1858. John Bertram, owner ; Henry Edwards, master. [Half-hull model at Peabody Aca- demy of Science. Sold to Boston owners and altered to 145 tons in May, 1862.]


N. E. SYMONDS, sch., Beverly, 131 tons, Essex, 1875. Reg. Oct. 23, 1878. Francis J. Crowell, Beverly. David Crowell, Beverly, Samuel B. Symonds, Beverly, Daniel C. Keene, Bev- erly, George F. Putnam, Luther A. Roby, Nashua, N. H., owners ; Daniel C. Keene, master.


N. D. CHASE, bark, Beverly, 241 tons, Pembroke, Me., 1847. Reg. Sept. 24, 1851. Frederick W. Choate, Beverly, William Larrabee, Beverly, John Meacom, Beverly, Robert G. Bennett, Beverly, Samuel Kemp, Salem, Israel Lombard, Boston, own- ers ; William Miller, master. Reg. Dec. 13, 1852. Frederick W. Choate, Beverly, William Larrabee, Beverly, John Mea- com, Beverly, Robert G. Bennett, Beverly, Edwin Burley, Beverly, Samuel Kemp, Salem, Israel Lombard, Boston, own- ers ; Charles H. Chase, master. Reg. May 14, 1857. Fred- erick W. Choate, Beverly, Robert G. Bennett, Beverly, Ed- ward Burley, Beverly, Amos Lefavour, Beverly, Joseph Snel- ling, Boston, Samuel C. Hooper, Boston, Samuel Kemp, Salem, Seth Clark, Salisbury, owners ; Frederick W. Choate, master. Reg. Apr. Apr. 17, 1860. Frederick W. Choate, Beverly, Ed- ward Burley, Beverly, Josiah Hamlin, Barnstable, Seth Clark, Salisbury, Samuel Kemp, Salem, owners; Josiah Hamlin, master.


N. J. MILLER, sch., 124 tons, Wrecked and rebuilt at Boothbay, Me., in 1873. Reg. June 14, 1888. James Fair- field, owner ; J. H. Trask, master. [Formerly a British vessel. ]


NABBY, sch., 71 tons, Hanover, 1785. Reg. Oct. 9, 1789. Robert Leach, owner ; Thomas Stevens, master. [Vessel lost, Mar. 16, 1790.


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NABBY, sch., 113 tons, Newcastle, 1795. Reg. Dec. 14, 1795. Thomas Perkins, Joseph Peabody, owners ; Job Trask, master. Reg. Apr. 19, 1796. John Willis, Bradstreet Par- ker, William Parker, George Batchelder, Benjamin Felt, own- ers ; John Willis, master.


NABBY, sloop, 52 tons, Wareham, 1799. Reg. July 24, 1801. Stephen Field, Jeduthan Upton, Dudley Porter, own- ers ; Stephen Field, master.


NABBY, brig, 154 tons, Falmouth, 1803. Reg. June 26, 1807. Benjamin Babbidge, Samuel Archer, 3d, John Andrew, owners ; Nathaniel Hathorne, master. Reg. Mar. 29, 1809. Samuel Archer, 3d, Benjamin Babbidge, owners ; Hardy Phip- pen, master. Reg. Mar. 10, 1810. John Babbidge, owner; Benj. Babbidge, master.


NAIAD, brig, 259 tons, Haverhill, 1817. Reg. July 18, 1818. Pickering Dodge, owner; Nathaniel Osgood, master. [Sold to Newburyport owners, Aug., 1823.]


NANCY, ship, 201 tons, Sheepscote, 1789. Reg. Oct. 14, 1789. John Fisk, owner; Richard Derby, master.


NANCY, sch., Danvers, 60 tons, Danvers, 1787. Reg. Dec. 10, 1789. Samuel Page, Danvers, owner ; Samuel Mackintire, master. Reg. Jan. 17, 1810. Thomas Putnam, Danvers, Jer- emiah Putnam, Danvers. [James Devereux was also regis- tered as master, Nov. 1, 1792.]


NANCY, sch., 97 tons, Pembroke, 1789. Reg. Dec. 15, 1789. Benjamin Pickman, Elias H. Dodge, jr., John Derby, jr., owners ; Joseph Pratt, master. Reg. Oct. 29, 1791. John Derby, jr., Benjamin Pickman, jr., owners ; Edward West, master. Reg. May 22, 1792, John Derby, owner; Edward West, master.


NANCY, sch., 89 tons, Newbury, 1783. Reg. Dec. 8, 1790. William Gray, jr., owner ; Zackeriah Stone, master.


NANCY, bgtne., Nancy, 143 tons, Salisbury, 1788. Reg. Nov. 16, 1791. Samuel Gray, owner ; Joseph Barker, master. Nicholas Bartlett also sailed as master.]


NANCY, bgtne., 127 tons, Pembroke, 1789. Reg. June 7, 1793. John Derby, Elias H. Derby, owners ; Edward West, master.


NANCY, sloop, 61 tons, Rochester, 1787. Reg. July 24, 1793. Jonathan Ingersoll, owner; John Ingersoll, master. Reg. Jan. 5, 1795. Alexander Story, Jonathan Ingersoll, Beverly, Samuel Ingersoll, Beverly, owners ; Alexander Story, master. Reg. Sept. 3. 1795. Samuel Ingersoll, Beverly, Jonathan Ingersoll, owners ; Samuel Ingersoll, master. Reg.


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SHIP NAVIGATOR, J. A. PHIPPS, MASTER From the painting now in possession of George G. Putnam of Salem.


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Aug. 4, 1796. Benjamin Dimond, David Smith, Thomas Ban- croft, owners ; Benjamin Dimond, master.


NANCY, sch., Beverly, 70 tons, Haverhill, 1793. Reg. Dec. 4, 1793. Nathaniel Leach, Beverly, owner ; Thomas Butman, master. Reg. Dec. 26, 1805. Mark Knowlton, Beverly, Rufus Nourse, Beverly, owners; Mark Knowlton, master. Reg. May 20, 1809. Samuel Dimon, Thomas Safford, owners ; Joshua Saf- ford, master. Reg. Mar. 19, 1810. Francis Quarles, Samuel King, Joseph Beadle, owners ; William Calley, master. Reg. June 26, 1810. Joseph Beadle, Samuel King, owners ; James Ford, master. Reg. Oct. 4, 1810. Joseph White, owner ; Joseph Wellman, master. [Asa Cole, James Haskell, Samuel Haskell and Zebulon Obear also sailed as masters.]


NANCY, sch., 63 tons, Newburyport, 1787. Reg. Sept 13, 1794. Richard Gray, owner; Richard Gray, master.


NANCY, bgtne., 157 tons, Newburyport, 1787. Reg. Apr. 21, 1797. William Gray, owner; Jonathan Neall, master. Reg. Oct. 2, 1804. William Gray, jr., owner; Freeborn Woodbury, master. [Condemned as unfit for sea.]


NANCY, sch., Beverly, 79 tons, Newburyport, 1785. Reg. Dec. 15, 1797. John Tittle, Beverly, owner; John Tittle, master. Reg. Feb. 2, 1801. Henry White, Beverly, owner; Timothy Wellman, master.


NANCY, sch., 106 tons, Harpswell, 1792. Reg. June 23. 1801. Thomas Woodbury, Beverly, Thomas Woodbury, jr., owners; Zebulon Woodbury, master. [Thomas Woodbury, jr., also sailed as master.]


NANCY, sloop, 28 tons, Weymouth, 1788. Reg. Aug. 5, 1809. William Gavett, John Day, owners; Michael Veal, master. Reg. Sept. 7, 1809. William Gavett, owner ; Michael Veal, master.


NANCY, brig, 150 tons, Amesbury, 1819. Reg. Aug. 11, 1820. William Fettyplace, Joseph White, Stephen White, Gideon Barstow, owners; Benjamin Upton, master.


NANCY, sch., 69 tons, Weymouth, 1796. Reg. Aug. 24, 1820. John Winn, Joseph Winn, owners ; John Foster, mas- ter.


NANCY ANN, brig, 173 tons, Salisbury, 1809. Reg. Apr. 12, 1815. Stephen Phillips, owner ; John B. Osgood, master. [The first Salem vessel to visit Buenos Ayres, 1815.]


NANCY THORNDIKE, sch., Beverly, 38 tons, Ipswich, 1817. Reg. Feb. 17, 1821. Benjamin Webber, 2nd, Beverly, Nathan- iel Wallis, 2nd, Beverly, owners; Nathaniel Wallis, 2nd, master.


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NAPLES, ship, 309 tons, Salem, 1833. Reg. Aug. 17, 1833. Joseph Peabody, George Peabody, Tucker Daland, John L. Gardner, Boston, owners ; William Johnson, master.


NAT & JOHN, sch., 103 tons, Thomaston, 1801. Reg. Dec. 31, 1804. James Barr, John Barr, William Barr, owners ; John Edwards, master. Reg. Aug. 10, 1805. Jonathan Beckford, Joseph E. Bacon, owners ; Jonathan Beckford, mas- ter. Reg. Dec. 7, 1807. Joseph E. Bacon, Jonathan Fox, owners ; Joseph E. Bacon, master. Reg. May 3, 1809. Haf- field Reed, Jonathan Wiggins, owners ; Haffield Reed, master.


NASSAU, sch., 107 tons, Newbury, 1843. Reg. Nov. 24, 1847. Benjamin Fabens, Joseph W. Fabens, owners ; Daniel H. Bray, master. Reg. July 3, 1850. Joseph Winn, James Chamberlain, Benjamin F. Fabens, owners ; Moses Wiley, master. [Lost at sea. ]


NAUMKEAG, sch., 94 tons, Salem, 1837. Reg. May 15, 1838. John Archer, Benjamin Webb, William Page, Stephen Whitmore, Morse & Crocker, Isaiah Cole, Wellfleet, Isaiah Freeman, Wellfleet, owners ; Isaiah Cole, master. Reg. Mar. 26, 1842. David Pingree, owner ; Collins Ingalls, master. Reg. Apr. 13, 1843. Benjamin Upton, Benjamin Upton, jr., Henry Upton, owners ; Henry Towne, master. Reg. Aug. 20, 1846. George Savory, owner ; Henry Upton, master. Reg. May 31, 1847. Benjamin Webb, Isaiah Cole, William Page, Josiah Crocker, owners; Darius Cahoon, master. [While on a voyage to Africa in 1842 the entire crew, except the captain and one seaman, died of fever. Sold in Rio Grande in 1846.]


NAUTILUS, sch., Beverly, 64 tons, Pembroke, 1786. Reg. Nov. 22, 1799, Abner Chapman, Beverly, Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owners ; Thomas Smith, master. Reg. Nov. 21, 1800. Abner Chapman, Beverly, owner ; Thomas Smith, master. Reg. May 24, 1809. Thomas Woodbury, Beverly, owner; James Haskell, master. [Robert Remmond was also master.]


NAUTILUS, bgtne., 252 tons, Newbury, 1812. Reg. Oct. 17, 1815. George Nichols, Dudley L. Pickman, Humphrey Dev- ereux, Charles Saunders, Timothy Bryant, owners ; John Frost, master. Reg. Nov. 18, 1818. George Nich - ols, Ichabod Nichols, Charles Saunders, Jerathmiel Peirce Benjamin Peirce, Henry Peirce, owners; Andrew Curwin, master. Reg. Apr. 14, 1826. John Frost, owner, John Frost, master. [Sold.]


NAVIGATOR, ship, 333 tons, Medford, 1841. Temp. Doc. Boston. J. A. Phipps, master. [Oil painting and photograph of oil painting at Peabody Academy of Science Neal & Co.


SHIP OCEAN ROVER, J. W. WILLCOMB, MASTER.


Owned by Silsbee, Pickman & Allen. From a painting now in possession of George H. Allen, showing the ship entering Hong Kong, Feb. 20, 1865.


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of Salem were owners of this vessel which was sold to Lynn owners in 1845.]


NELLIE FOSTER, sch., Beverly, 92 tons, Newburyport, 1871. Reg. Feb. 9, 1876. Daniel Foster, Beverly, Charles C. Foster, Beverly, Francis A. Foster, Beverly, Elizabeth W. Foster, Beverly, Benjamin H. Fabens, A. J. Fabens, owners; Francis A. Foster, master. [Sunk on the Grand Banks after a col- lision with an Allan S. S. Co. vessel.]


NELLIE BAKER, sch., 59 tons, Essex, 1859. Reg. Mar. 1, 1864. Charles Hoffman, owner ; Baker Peirce, master.


NEPONSET, sch., 68 tons, Essex, 1834. Reg. Nov. 18, 1840. Henry F. Pitman, owner; Samuel T. Valentine, master.


NEPTUNE, sch., 70 tons, Bradford, 1786. Reg. Dec. 3, 1789. William Gray, jr., owner ; Thomas Butman, master. Reg. Jan. 18,1791. Benjamin Hodges, John Hodges, owners ; Gamaliel Hodges, master. Reg. Dec. 10, 1793. Benjamin Hodges, Ichabod Nichols, owners ; Joseph Ropes, master.


NEPTUNE, sloop, Beverly, 70 tons, Rochester, 1784. Reg. May 21, 1792. James Fairer, Beverly, Larkin Thorndike, owners ; Andrew Ober, master.


NEPTUNE, sch., 67 tons, Duxbury, 1787. Reg. Sept. 28, 1793. John Barr, owner ; Robert Barr, master.


NEPTUNE, bgtne., 152 tons, North Yarmouth, 1795. Reg. Aug. 16, 1797. James Dunlap, owner ; James Devereux, master.


NEPTUNE, bgtne., 160 tons, Salem, 1798. Reg. Sept. 10, 1798. Joseph Peabody, Thomas Perkins, owners ; Hezekiah Flint, master.


NEPTUNE, sch., 101 tons, Hallowell, 1803. Reg. Feb. 4, 1804. Joseph White, jr., Robert Stone, jr., owners ; Jos. J. Knapp, master. Reg. Nov. 15, 1806. Benjamin Cook, Ezra Smith, owners ; Benjamin Cook, master. Reg. June 29, 1809. James Very, Benjamin Cox, jr., owners ; James Very, master. Reg. Dec. 10, 1810. Henry L. Norris, Edward Norris, John Norris, owners; Henry L. Norris, master. [Ezra Smith and Nathaniel Archer were also masters. ]


NEPTUNE, sch., 126 tons, Thomaston, 1808. Reg. July 7, 1808. Greenleaf Porter, Samuel Upton, Samuel Rankins, Thomaston, owners ; Constant Rankins, jr., master. Reg. Dec. 23, 1809. Samuel Upton, John Saunders, owners ; Hen- ry King, master. Reg. Jan. 5, 1811. Benj. W. Crownin- shield, George Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, jr., owners ; Henry Prince, jr., master.


NEPTUNE, brig, 290 tons, Bath, 1825. Reg. Apr. 27, 1826.


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Robert Upton, Michael Shepard, Holten J. Breed, owners ; John D. Symonds, master. Reg. Sept. 29, 1831. Robert Upton, Michael Shepard, Holten J. Breed, William Osgood, owners ; William Osgood, master. Reg. Oct. 1, 1833. Michael Shepard, William Osgood, Holten J. Breed, John Bertram, Nathaniel Weston, owners; Amos Lamson, master. Reg. May 4, 1835. Michael Shepard, Holten J. Breed, John Bertram, Nathaniel Weston, Andrew Ward, owners; Reg. Jan. 2, 1838. Michael Shepard, Nathaniel Weston, Holten J. Breed, Nathaniel Osgood, Andrew Ward, Nathaniel Grif- fin, owners ; Nathaniel Osgood, master. [Condemned in Hol- land as leaky in 1839.]


NEPTUNE, brig, 196 tons, Durbury, 1829. Reg. Nov. 23, 1841. Robert Brookhouse, William Hunt, owners ; Herman Foster, master.


NEPTUNE, ship, 236 tons, Scituate, 1835. Temp. Reg. Bos- ton, Aug. 12, 1847. John Dwyer, owner ; William H. Henry, master.


NEREUS, brig, 181 tons, Haverhill, 1818. Reg. July 8, 1818. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel L. Rogers, owners ; Thomas Bow- ditch, master. Reg. Nov. 7, 1843. Benjamin Fabens, own- er ; Charles Fabens, master. Reg. Mar. 26, 1851. Benjamin Fabens, Charles H. Fabens, owners ; William F. Upton, mas- ter. [Broken up in Salem.]


NEREUS, brig, Beverly, 243 tons, Duxbury, 1829. Reg. Oct. 25, 1847. Josiah Raymond, Beverly, owner; Stephen Masury, master.


NESTOR, brig, Beverly, 236 tons, Salem, 1822. Reg. May 8, 1822. William Leech, Beverly, Michael Whitney, Bev- erly, Harvey Lunt, Boston, Nathan Leech, Beverly, owners ; Michael Whitney, master.


NESTOR, ship, 400 tons, Portsmouth, N. H., 1831. Temp. Reg. Boston, Nov. 27, 1849. John Clifton, owner ; Nathan Pool, master.


NEUTRALITY, sch., 123 tons, Pembroke, 1804. Reg. June 20, 1809. William Fabens, owner ; Benjamin Fabens, master. Reg. May 2, 1815. William Fabens, Benjamin Fabens, own- ers ; Benjamin Fabens, master.


NEUTRALITY, brig, 239 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg. June 3, 1813. William Manning, James Cook, owners ; NEUTRALITY, brig, 130 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg. Aug. 31, 1813. William Manning, owner; William Manning, master.


NEUTRALITY, brig, 135 tons, Pembroke, 1804. Reg. July


BRIG OLINDA, RICHARD WHEATLAND, MASTER. From the painting by F. Roux, now in possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.


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17, 1820. Benjamin Fabens, William Fabens, owners ; Joseph A. Thompson, master. [Probably the same vessel as the schooner of 123 tons, altered and enlarged. Lost at St. Pierre, Sept. 8, 1824.]


NEVA, brig, 227 tons. Captured in War of 1812. Reg. May 13, 1815. Nathaniel West, Nathaniel West, jr , owners; Edward Stanley, master. Reg. Jan. 2, 1816. Nathaniel West, Edward G. West, owners; Joseph Bowditch, master. Reg. Jan. 17, 1818. Nathaniel West, Nathaniel West, jr., Edward Lander, owners; Joseph Bowditch, master. Reg. Mar. 13, 1822. Gideon Tucker, Samuel Tucker, Daniel H. Mansfield, John T. Mansfield, owners ; Asa Burnham, master. [Sold in New York in 1824.]


NEW HAZARD, brig, 281 tons, Newbury, 1809. Reg. Feb. 8, 1810. John Gardner, jr., owner ; Edward Stanley, master. Reg. Aug. 13, 1810. Pickering Dodge, Joseph Peabody, Benjamin Pickman, jr., Jerathmiel Peirce, John Derby, Eben- ezer Preble, Boston, John Prince, jr., Boston, Richard C. Derby, Boston, William Ropes, Boston, owners ; Benjamin Henderson, master. Reg. May 22, 1816. Willard Peele, Richard Wheatland, Benjamin Dodge, John Andrew, owners; Isaac W. Andrew, master.


NEW JERSEY, ship, 636 tons, New York, 1833. Reg. Jan. 18, 1843. Joseph Peabody, owner; John Barry, master. [Sold to owners in Boston in 1843.]


NEW PRISCILLA, brig, 125 tons, Scituate, 1822. Reg. Oct. 27, 1827. Stephen W. Shepard, Charles Hart, owners ; Charles Hart, master. [Sailed Oct. 2, 1828 for the West In- dies and never arrived. A deserted brig with " New Pris- cilla " on her stern was sighted, her stern-boat tackles hanging in the water. It was supposed that she had been taken by pirates and the crew murdered. The body of a boy was found spiked to the deck. See E. I. Hist. Coll., XXXIV, 42.]


NEW YORK, brig, 293 tons, Baltimore, 1860. Temp. Reg. Boston, Dec. 9, 1864. William D. Pickman, Benjamin H. Silsbee, John H. Silsbee, George Z. Silsbee, George H. Allen, owners; Joseph B. Boswell, master. [In 1865 was transferred to the English flag and renamed " Newsboy." In 1868 was sold in Japan and later abandoned at sea.]




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