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TRENTON, bark, 274 tons, Salem, 1835. Reg. Oct. 10, 1835. Edward Allen, John F. Allen, John F. Putnam, owners ; John F. Putnam, master.
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Charles Hoffman, owner; William M. Camp, master. Reg. Aug. 7, 1858. Albert G. Brown, owner; Robert Murrey, master.
Two BETSEYS, brig, Beverly, 141 tons, Bath, 1803. Reg. Oct. 6, 1807. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owner; Ebenezer, Meacom, master.
Two BROTHERS, sch., 56 tons, Danvers, 1784. Reg. Oct. 22, 1789. John Page, Francis Roche, owners ; Francis Roche, master. [Lost at sea, Aug. 24, 1791.]
Two BROTHERS, sch., 103 tons, Casco Bay, 1783. Rig changed to brigantine, and tonnage altered to 148, in Oct. 1793. Reg. Oct. 24, 1789. Jonathan Gardner, Jonathan Gardner, jr., Thomas Perkins, owners ; John Ropes, master. Reg. Oct. 9, 1793, Jonathan Gardner, owner; Samuel Endi- cott, master.
Two BROTHERS, bgtne., 68 tons, Amesbury, 1786. Reg. Apr. 14, 1791. Benjamin Carpenter, owner ; Benjamin Carpenter, master. Reg. Jan. 16, 1792. Nathaniel West, owner; Ste- phen Webb, master. [Bartholomew Putnam was also master.]
Two BROTHERS, snow, Beverly, 149 tons, Salisbury, 1792. Reg. Nov. 24, 1792. Hugh Hill, Beverly, owner ; Jonathan Batchelder, master. [John Gardner was also master.]
Two BROTHERS, sch., Danvers, 74 tons, Danvers, 1797. Reg. Dec. 16, 1799. Samuel Page, Danvers, owner ; John Groves, master. Reg. Jan. 22, 1807. Nathaniel Fowler, Beverly, Benjamin Giles, owners ; Benjamin Giles, master. Reg. Oct. 9, 1807. Nathaniel Fowler, Beverly, owner ; Nathaniel Fowler, master.
Two BROTHERS, bark, 141 tons, Duxbury, 1800. Rig changed to ship, and tonnage altered to 151, in June, 1801. Reg. Nov. 11, 1800. Israel Williams, owner ; John Holman, master. [William Deblois, was also master].
Two BROTHERS, bgtne., 162 tons, Georgetown, 1801. Ton. nage changed to 197 tons, in April, 1804. Reg. Feb. 3, 1802. William Gray, jr., owner, Abial Burgess, master. Reg. Mar- 6, 1805. John Dutch, jr., Thorndike Deland, jr., owners ; Sam- uel Rea, master. [Jeremiah Putnam was also master. Sold to New Bedford owners, April, 1806.]
Two BROTHERS, schooner, Beverly, 97 tons, Haverhill, 1805. Reg. Dec. 10, 1805. William Gray, jr., Samuel Has- kell, Beverly, owners ; Samuel Haskell, master. [Sold to Boston owners in May, 1809.
Two BROTHERS, ship, 288 tons, Salem, 1816. Reg. Jan. 21, 1817. John Forrester, Thomas H. Forrester, owners ;
Cap Cook. Cast a Way vre
SHIP ULYSSES, JAMES COOK, MASTER.
Wrecked on Cape Cod, February 22, 1802. From the water-color probably made by Corne. A copy is now in the possession of the Peabody Academy of Science,
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OF SALEM AND BEVERLY, 1789-1900.
James Gilchrist, master. [Water-color copy of original sketch at Peabody Academy of Science. ]
Two FRIENDS, schooner, Beverly, 74 tons, Salisbury, 1785. Reg. Nov. 2, 1789. Moses Brown, Beverly, Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owners; Nicholas Thorndike, master. [Jonathan Basay was also master. Vessel lost.]
Two FRIENDS, sch., Beverly, 74 tons, Bradford, 1798. Reg Dec. 11, 1801. Henry Thorndike, Beverly, William Ray. mond, Beverly, owners ; Tarbox Moulton, master. Reg. Aug- 20, 1802. Henry Thorndike, Beverly, owner; Tarbox Moul, ton, master. Reg. Nov. 10, 1809. Henry Thorndike, Beverly. Larkin T. Lee, Beverly, owners; Larkin T. Lee, master [John Glover was also master. ]
Two FRIENDS, bgtne., 165 tons, Columbia, 1801. Reg. Feb. 22, 1802. Joseph Fenno, William Russell, Ebenezer Learock, Joseph Patten, Columbia, owners ; William Russell, master. Reg. Oct. 24, 1803. Joseph Fenno, Samuel Derby. Jonathan Mason, Jonathan Gardner, William Russell, owners ; William Russell, master.
Two SISTERS, sch., 100 tons, Bath, 1785. Reg. Oct. 12, 1789. Samuel Ingersoll, owner. James Very, master.
Two SISTERS, sch., 68 tons, Amesbury, 1787. Reg. Dec. 24, 1792. Henry Williams, Jonathan Peele, owners ; Henry Williams, master. Reg. Mar. 20, 1795. Jonathan Peele, owner ; Aaron Allen, master. [Sold to Beverly owners in Dec., 1802.] Reg. Dec. 22, 1802. Thomas Stephens, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, owners ; William Leach, jr., master. Reg. Nov. 30, 1803. Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owner. Benjamin Giles, master. [Joseph L. Lee was also master. ]
Two SISTERS, sch., Beverly, 72 tons, Haverhill, 1818. Reg. Dec. 26, 1820. Josiah Foster, Beverly, owner ; Stephen Woodbury, master. Reg. Dec. 10, 1822. Josiah Foster, 3rd, Beverly, owner ; Jesse Woodbury, master.
Two SISTERS, brig, 122 tons, Kingston, Me., 1831. Reg. Dec. 8, 1835. Henry Grant, owner ; Edward Sprague, master.
Two SONS, ship, 210 tons, New York, N. Y., 1801. Reg. Dec. 10, 1803. Benjamin Crowninshield, jr., George Crown- inshield, George Crowninshield, jr., Jacob Crowninshield, John Crowninshield, Richard Crowninshield, owners ; Thom- as Rue, master. Reg. Apr. 23, 1805. Benjamin Crownin- shield, jr., George Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, jr., Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Crowninshield, owners ; Thom- as Rue, master. [Lost at sea. ]
TYBEE, ship, 298 tons, Philadelphia, Pa., 1829. Reg. Apr.
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27, 1832. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel L. Rogers, Richard S. Rogers, Charles Millet, owners ; Charles Millet, master. [Water-color painting at Peabody Academy of Science. Ar- rived at Sydney, Oct. 8, 1832, being the first Salem vessel to visit Australia. Thought by Felt to have been the first direct trading vessel from America to Australia. See Felt, Annals II, p. 357.]
TYGER, sch., 167 tons, Bristol, 1813. Reg. Mar. 12, 1817. Joseph Peabody, Gideon Tucker, owners ; Samuel F. Tucker, master.
ULYSSES, ship, 340 tons, Haverhill, 1798. Reg. June 26, 1798. William Gray, owner; Josiah Orne, master. John R. Dalling was also registered as master, Sept. 10, 1804. In 1804, this ship while under command of William Mugford, had her rudder carried away in a gale. An ingeniously con- trived temporary rudder was rigged by which the ship was brought safely to Marseilles. Capt. Mugford received a gold medal from the American Philosophical Society (see Society's Publications, VI, 203) ; and his device was widely commented on at the time (see Felt, Annals, II, 189) and described in Bowditch, Practical Navigator, 3rd ed., p. 266. There are at the Peabody Academy of Science, three water-color paintings by Anton Roux, showing the vessel in the gale and with the temporary rudder. Also a hull model by Capt. Mugford showing how the rudder was rigged and also a small model of the rudder.]
ULYSSES, ship, 163 tons, Amesbury, 1794. Reg. Oct. 3, 1800. Richard Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, George Crowninshield, jr., Jacob Crowninshield, John Crowninshield, Benjamin Crowninshield, owners; Henry Elkins, master. [Sunday Feb. 21, 1802, the Ulysses, James Cook, master at the time, sailed from Salem, in company with the Brutus and Volusia, all bound for Europe. On the next day, in a snow storm, all three were driven on Cape Cod and the first two lost. Part of the cargo of this ship was saved and entered at the Salem Custom House on Mar. 19, 1802 (see Felt, Annals II, 314). There is a series of three original oil paintings, quaintly illustrating this great disaster, at the Essex Institute. Water-color copy of an original probably by Corné, showing the shipwreck, is at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
ULYSSES, brig, 259 tons, Kennebunk, Me., 1824. Reg. Jan. 23, 1833. John F. Andrew, owner ; William Haskell, master. [Condemned at Goree, 1833.]
UNICORN, bgtne., 172 tons, changed to a brig May 26, 1804,
SHIP ULYSSES, WILLIAM MUGFORD, MASTER
From a water-color by Anton Roux, painted at Marseilles in 1804, and now in possession of the Peabody Academy of Science, showing the temporary rudder by means of which the ship safely reached that port.
SHIP ULYSSES, WILLIAM MUGFORD, MASTER.
From[the painting by Anton Roux, now in the possession of the Peabody Academy of Science, showing the ship " Entering the Harbour of Marseilles the 23 March, 1804."
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OF SALEM AND BEVERLY, 1789-1900.
Freeport, 1799. Reg. May 16, 1803. William Gray, jr., owner ; Benjamin Babbidge, master. Reg. Sept. 22, 1803. Samuel Archer, 3rd, Benjamin Babbidge, John Andrew, own- ers ; Benjamin Babbidge, master. [John Sarls was also mas- ter.] Reg. May 26, 1804. Elijah Sanderson, Jacob Sanderson, Nehemiah Adams, George Taylor, owners ; George Taylor, master. [Lost at sea.]
UNICORN, ship, 397 tons, Medford, 1833. Temp. Reg. at Bos- ton, Nov. 16, 1841. Tucker Daland, Jacob Putnam, owners ; Charles F. Williams, master.
UNION, sch., 82 tons, Kingston, 1783. Reg. Dec. 21, 1799. James Barr, jr., John Norris, owners. James Barr, jr., master. Reg. Oct. 4, 1790. Spence Hall, owner ; Spence Hall, master. Reg. Jan. 6, 1795. Clifford Crowninshield, owner; James Devereux, master.
UNION, bgtne., 163 tons, Marshfield, 1786. Reg. Jan. 1, 1790. Henry White, Joseph White, owners. Henry White, master. [Sold to Beverly owners, July, 1790.] Reg. July 28, 1790. Moses Brown, Beverly, Israel Thorndike, Beverly, owners ; Samuel Foster, master.
UNION, bgtne., Beverly, 140 tons, Salisbury, 1792. Reg. Sept. 15, 1792. Nathaniel Lee, Beverly, William Gray, own- ers ; William Lee, master.
UNION, bgtne, Beverly, 147 tons, Pembroke, 1795. Reg. June 17, 1795. Benjamin Lovett, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, owners; John Wallace, master. Reg. Oct. 21, 1796. Nathaniel Leach, Beverly, Benjamin Lovett, jr., Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, owners ; John Wallace, master.
UNION, sch., 99 tons, Addison, 1800. Reg. June 3, 1801. Thomas Perkins, owner ; Jonathan Beckford, master. [Rob- ert S. Hooper was also registered as master.] Reg. May 15, 1810. Archelæus Rea, Ezra Northey, owners ; Joseph Noble, master. Reg. Sept. 7, 1810. Jonathan Waldo, jr., Edward Norris, John Norris, owners ; James Hanscom, master. Reg. Jan. 30, 1811. John Norris, Edward Norris, owners ; James Hanscom, master.
UNION, sch., 109 tons, Sedgwick, 1800. Reg. Sept. 8, 1801. Daniel Rust, Jonathan Mason, Joseph Winn, owners ; Daniel Rust, master. Reg. Apr. 16, 1802. Stephen Field, Joseph Winn, John Winn, Philip Chase, Abijah Chase, owners ; Stephen Field, master. Reg. Oct. 27, 1802. James Cheever, owner ; James Cheever, master. [John Sarl, Joseph Strout, were also masters. ] Reg. Dec. 28, 1805. James Cheever, Joseph Lambert, Benjamin Crowninshield, Moses Townsend, owners. [Lost at sea.]
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UNION, ship, 250 tons, Salem, 1802. Reg. Mar. 20, 1802. Clifford Crowninshield, Ichabod Nichols, Benjamin Hodges, Nathan Peirce, owners; George Hodges, master. Reg. Feb. 16, 1804. Ichabod Nichols, Benjamin Hodges, Nathan Peirce, owners ; George Hodges, master. Reg. Jan. 4, 1806. Nathan Peirce, Stephen Phillips, George Peirce, owners ; George Peirce, master. Reg. July 16, 1809. Stephen Phillips, George Peirce, owners ; George Pierce, master. [William Osgood was also registered as master, April 14, 1815. Photograph and water-color copy of original water-color paintings at Peabody Academy of Science. Lost on Baker's Island on her return from Sumatra Feb. 24, 1817.]
UNION, sch., Beverly, 85 tons, Amesbury, 1803. Reg. Dec. 6, 1804. John Pendar, Beverly, owner; Benjamin Rogers, master. [Freeborn Thorndike, Elisha Whitney and Thomas Picket were also masters.]
UNION, sch., Beverly, 105 tons, captured in War of 1812. Reg. Oct. 15, 1813. William Leach, jr., Beverly, owner ; William Leach, jr., master. [Vessel sold to foreign owner.]
UNION, sch., 114 tons, captured in War of 1812. Reg. Dec. 19, 1813. Samuel Hemmenway, owner; Samuel Hemmen- way, master. [Vessel sold to a foreign owner.]
UNION, sch., 129 tons, Plantation, 1816. Reg. July 30, 1817. Michael Shepard, owner ; William Calley, master. Reg. July 13, 1818. John H. Andrews, Michael Shepard, owners ; James Harvey, master. [Allen Putnam and Jeremiah Shep- ard were also masters. Sold to Frankfort owners, April, 1828.]
UNION, sch., Beverly, 108 tons, Amesbury, 1803. Reg. Apr. 24, 1821. John Pindar, Beverly, owner; Freeborn Woodbury, master.
VANDYCK, sch., 69 tons, Duxbury, 1796. Reg. Nov. 19, 1810. Joseph Woodbury, Ebenezer Learock, owners ; Eben- ezer Learock, master.
VELOCITY, brig, 119 tons, Barnstable, 1822. Reg. Sept. 29, 1826. Putnam I. Farnham, Peter E. Webster, John Bertram, owners ; William B. Smith, master. Reg. Oct. 14, 1830. Putnam I. Farnham, Peter E. Webster, Jed. Frye, owners ; James F. Carleton, master. Reg. July 30, 1832. Putnam I. Farnham, Peter E. Webster, owners ; Edward Pingree, master. [As a part owner of this little brig, Capt. John Bertram began his career as a vessel owner. As master of her, he carried on a trading business with Patagonia between 1824 and 1830 (see Hist. Sketch of Salem, p. 135.) The vessel was sold to Boston owners in 1834].
1802
Ship
Volusia of Salen Cotting the Measan Mast
SHIP VOLUSIA, SAMUEL COOK, MASTER.
Wrecked on Cape Cod, February 22, 1802. From the water-color probably made by Corne.
A copy is now in the possession of the Peabody Academy of Science.
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OF SALEM AND BEVERLY, 1789-1900.
VELOCITY, sch., 111 tons, Steuben, Me., 1831. Reg. Nov. 27, 1854. James W. Kimball, William Pickering, William B. Aiken, owners ; John Frazier, master. [Sold to Boston Owners, May, 1863].
VENGEANCE, bgtne., 181 tons, Kennebunk, 1800. Reg. Apr. 2, 1803. William Gray, jr., owner; Archalæus Rea, master.
VENUS, ship, 208 tons, Stonington, Conn., 1809. Reg. Dec. 19, 1812. Pickering Dodge, owner ; Benjamin Lander, master. VENUS, bgtne., 151 tons, Salem, 1795. Reg. Sept. 28, 1795. Woodbridge Grafton, owner ; Woodbridge Grafton, master.
VENUS, sch., 110 tons, Hampton, 1795. Reg. Oct. 29, 1795. Nicholas Crosby, Benjamin Smith, Hamden, owners ; John Smith, master. [Samuel Masury, jr., was also master.]
VENUS, sch., 123 tons, Harpswell, 1804. Changed to a brig of 184 tons, Mar., 1806, and tonnage again changed to 180 tons on Oct. 9, 1810. Reg. Sept. 13, 1804. Benjamin Peirce, George Nichols, owners; Timothy Wellman, 3rd, master. [William Lander was also master.] Reg. Nov. 13, 1807. George Nichols, Charles Saunders, Timothy Bryant, Ichabod Nichols, Benjamin Peirce, owners ; Samuel Rea, master. Reg. Oct. 9, 1810. Humphrey Devereux, Charles Saunders, own- ers ; Nathaniel Osgood, master.
VESPASIAN, ship, 317 tons, Duxbury, 1835. Reg. May 28, 1850. William Hunt, Robert Brookhouse, Joseph H. Hanson, Robert Brookhouse, jr., owners ; Robert H. Waters, master. [Sold to a New York owner, April, 1856.]
VICTORIA, ship, 394 tons, Medford, 1833. [Owned by Neal and Co. Lost near Cape Henry, Oct., 1845.]
VICTORY, bgtne., Beverly, 107 tons, Braintree, 1799. Reg. July 1, 1802. Abner Chapman, Beverly, owner ; Thomas Smith, master. Reg. Jan. 24, 1804. Abner Chapman, Bever- ly, Thomas Woodbury, jr., Beverly, owners ; Thomas Wood- bury, jr., master. [Condemned in a foreign port.]
VICTORY, sch., 120 tons, Columbia, 1803. Changed to a brig of 176 tons, Oct. 11, 1807. Reg. Jan. 30, 1805. Ebenezer Learock, Gilbert Chadwick, owners; Ebenezer Learock, mas- ter. Reg. Oct. 11, 1806. Ebenezer Learock, owner ; Thomas Picket, master. Reg. Feb. 26, 1807. John Dutch, jr., Thorn- dike Deland, owners; Ebenezer Learock, master. Reg. Oct. 11, 1807. Thorndike Deland, John Dutch, jr., owners ; Joseph Felt, 3rd, master. [Sold at Bahia in 1825.]
VICTORY, brig, 151 tons, Saybrook, Conn., 1818. Reg. Feb. 10, 1826. Michael Shepard, Francis G. Clarke, owners ; Francis G. Clarke, master.
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VIGILANT, ship, 194 tons, Durham, N. H., 1792. Reg. Oct. 30, 1799. Simon Forrester, owner; James Clemmons, mas- ter. Reg. Mar. 28, 1801. Jesse Richardson, Joshua Rich- ardson, Nathaniel Richardson, owners ; Nathaniel Archer, master. [Richard Wheatland was also master. The first vessel to enter at Salem from Archangel, Russia, in Oct., 1798. Frequently described as a snow, but no registry of her as such has been found.]
VIGILANT, sch., 102 tons, purchased of the U. S. Govern- ment. Reg. May 26, 1842. James Upton, Robert Upton, Luther Upton, George Upton, owners ; George Upton, master. [Sold at Montevideo in 1842.]
VINE, brig, 170 tons, Kennebunk, Me., 1825. Reg. June 14, 1828. Putnam I. Farnham, Jed. Frye, owners ; Thomas Downing, master. [Cast away in Table Bay, July, 1831.]
VINTAGE, brig, 199 tons, Scituate, 1837. Reg. Dec. 7, 1841. Robert Brookhouse, William Hunt, owners ; John A. Phipps, master. [Oil painting at the Peabody Academy of Science.]
VIOLA, ship, 496 tons, Haverhill, 1839. Temp. Reg. at Boston, Mar. 1, 1842. Joseph Andrews, owner; Edward Sprague, master.
VIRGINIA, sch., 137 tons, Bradford, 1817. Rig changed to a brig in Mar., 1828. Reg. Dec. 16, 1820. William Fabens, owner ; Samuel Upton, master. Reg. Apr. 1, 1825. Nathan- iel W. Rogers, John W. Rogers, Richard S. Rogers, owners ; John Goodrich, master. Reg. June 15, 1830. John W. Rogers, Nathaniel L. Rogers, Richard S. Rogers, Philip P. Pinel, owners ; Philip P. Pinel, master. [Sold to Gloucester owners, June, 1831. Purchased back in May, 1833.] Reg. May 18, 1833. Thomas P. Pingree, owner ; Chaplin Conway, master. Reg. Oct. 23, 1833. Thomas P. Pingree, William A. Rea, John F. Allen, owners ; Chaplin Conway, master. Reg. Feb. 11, 1834. Edward Allen, John F. Allen, owners ; Chap- lin Conway, master. Reg. Jan. 17, 1835. David Pingree, owner; John Madison, master. Reg. May 19, 1835. Ben- jamin Fabens, Benjamin Fabens, jr., Charles H. Fabens, owners ; William Summers, master. Reg. June 2, 1836. John B. Peirce, Danvers, owner ; George E. Bailey, master. [Henry Leverett was also registered as master. Sold at Penambuco in 1836.]
VIRGINIA, brig, 158 tons, Alexandria, Va., 1837. Reg. Apr. 26, 1849. Elbridge G. Kimball, Charles Millet, Samuel Varney, owners; Charles Endicott, master. Reg. June 8, 1850. Benjamin A. West, Edward D. Kimball, Nathaniel
BARK WITCH, EDWARD D. KIMBALL, OWNER.
From the painting by a Chinese artist, now in the possession of Frank R. Kimball.
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OF SALEM AND BEVERLY, 1789-1900.
A. Kimball, Samuel Varney, Charles Millett, owners ; Thomas H. Gregory, master. [Sold to California owners.]
VITULA, ship, 1187 tons, Boston, 1855. Temp. Reg. May 5, 1855. Tucker Daland, Henry T. Daland, Henry L. Wil- liams, owners ; Samuel K. Leach, master.
VOLANT, brig, 138 tons, Kennebunk, 1795. Reg. May 4, 1795. William Gray, owner ; David Martin, master.
VOLUSIA, ship, 273 tons, Falmouth, 1801. Reg. Feb. 16, 1802. Samuel Cook, Israel Williams, owners ; Samuel Cook, master. [One of the ships from Salem that went ashore on Cape Cod, Feb. 22, 1802. See long note under the ship Ulys- ses. Two water-color copies of curious original paintings showing the wreck of this vessel, are at the Peabody Academy of Science. ]
VULTURE, bgtne., 82 tons, York, 1794. Reg. May 21, 1795. Nathaniel Richardson, owner; Joshua Richardson, master. Reg. Aug. 1, 1797. Joshua Richardson, Jesse Richardson, owners.
WALLACE, ship, 343 tons, Newbury, 1811. Reg. Nov. 5, 1817. Stephen White, Gideon Barstow, Joseph L.Lee, owners ; Joseph L. Lee, master. Reg. Dec. 8, 1818. Stephen White, Gideon Barstow, Franklin H. Story, Joseph L. Lee, owners; Joseph L. Lee, master. [Lost near Boulogne in 1820 on her way home from Batavia. Capt. Lee and three others were drowned.]
WARREN WHITE, bark, 405 tons, Eastport, Me., 1851. Reg. Mar. 22, 1858. Robert Brookhouse, Robert Brookhouse, jr, William Hunt, Nathan A. Frye, Joseph H. Hanson, owners ; Israel T. Howe, master. Reg. Feb. 1, 1865. Robert Brook- house, jr., Nathan A. Frye, Joseph H. Hanson, William Hunt, owners.
WARRINGTON, ship, 234 tons, captured in War of 1812. Reg. Sept. 18, 1815. William Manning, Harvey Choate, Beverly, owners ; Harvey Choate, master. Reg. Dec. 10, 1816. Rob- ert Upton, James Brace, James Brace, jr., Thomas Palfray, Francis Quarles, Harvey Choate, Beverly, owners; James Brace, master. Reg. Nov. 18, 1817. Robert Upton, James Brace, jr., Thomas Palfray, Stephen Gale, owners; James Brace, master. Reg. July 13, 1818. Stephen White, Joseph White, John Dodge, John W. Treadwell, owners ; Benjamin Upton, master.
WARRIOR, brig, 204 tons, Eden, 1824. Reg. Nov. 15, 1824. Charles Parker, owner ; Oliver Thomas, master.
WASHINGTON, ship, 228 tons, Portland, 1793. Reg. Nov. 5, 1793. John Fisk, owner; Benjamin Webb, master.
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WASHINGTON, bgtne., 163 tons, Newcastle, 1779. Reg. June 18, 1779. Simon Forrester, owner ; John Murphy, master.
WASHINGTON, bgtne., 178 tons, Somersworth, N. H., 1800. Reg. Apr. 13, 1801. William Orne, owner; Benjamin Hawkes, master. [William Allen, Nathan Story and Amos Hill were also masters.] Reg. Nov. 2, 1816. Joseph J. Knapp, William S. Gray, James C. King, owners ; Jonathan Skerry, master. [Isaac Knapp was also master.]
WASHINGTON, sch., 133 tons, Nobleborough, 1804. Reg. July 24, 1804. Gamaliel Hodges, Jonathan Neal, William P. Orne, owners; Jonathan Ropes, jr., master. Reg. Apr. 9, 1805. Jonathan Neal, Gamaliel Hodges, owners; Nathaniel Knight, master. [Edward Smith was also master.] Reg. June 21, 1810. Jonathan Waldo, jr., Josiah Hacker, owners ; William Calley, master.
WASHINGTON, brig, 108 tons, Scituate, 1805. Reg. July 18, 1809. Paul J. Burbank, Abner Burbank, Phineas Cole, own- ers ; John Shillaber, master.
WASHINGTON, sch., 40 tons, Cape Elizabeth, 1813. Reg. Jan. 17, 1815. Jesse Potter, James Potter, Daniel Perkins, Ephriam Safford, owners ; William Warner, master.
WASHINGTON, ship, Beverly, 197 tons, Newbury 1803. Changed to a bark, July 19, 1816. Reg. May 29, 1815. Nich- olas Thorndike, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, Thomas Stephen, Beverly, Abraham Kilham, Beverly, owners ; Wil- liam Gallop, master. Reg. July 19, 1816. Nicholas Thorn- dike, Beverly, William Leach, Beverly, Thomas Stephens, Beverly, Abraham Kilham, Beverly, Josiah Lovett, Beverly, owners ; Asa Woodbury, jr., master.
WASHINGTON, sch., Danvers, 150 tons, Salisbury 1810. Changed to a brig, Nov. 19, 1825. Reg. May 30, 1822. Nathaniel Putnam, Danvers, Thomas Chever, owners; John Eveleth, master. Reg. Nov. 19, 1825. Francis Quarles, owner ; Fran- cis Rappall, master. Reg. Nov. 10, 1826. David Pingree, owner ; Francis Rappall, master. [Sold to Beverly owners, Apr., 1827.] Reg. Apr. 10, 1827. Harvey Choate, Beverly, owner ; Francis Quarles, jr., master.
WASHINGTON, brig, 236 tons, Salem, 1823. Reg. Feb. 14, 1824. Benjamin Shreve, John Frost, owners ; John Frost, master. Reg. Apr. 7, 1827. Benjamin Shreve, owner ; Ben- jamin Shreve, master.
WASHINGTON, brig, 166 tons, Salisbury, 1804. Reg. Mar. 9, 1824. William Fettyplace, Stephen White, Franklin H. Story, owners; George Hodges, jr., master. Reg. Mar. 17,
SHIP WITCH OF THE WAVE, JOSEPH HARDY MILLETT, MASTER.
John Bertram and others, owners. From the original oil painting now in possession of Clarence H. Millett.
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OF SALEM AND BEVERLY, 1789-1900.
1826. Franklin H. Story, William Fettyplace, owners ; Na- thaniel Lindsey, master. Reg. May 31, 1830. Stephen White, owner ; Nathaniel Ingersoll, master. [Sold at Maranham in 1830.]
WATER WITCH, brig, 145 tons, Newbury, 1847. Reg. Dec. 29, 1849. Daniel R. Bowker, William Lummus, owners ; An- drew E. Rogers, master. Reg. June 20, 1850. John Bertram, James B. Curwen, owners ; C. Conway, master.
WAVERLY, brig, 232 tons, Marshfield, 1827. Reg. May 21, 1834. Timothy Bryant, jr., John Bertram, Nathaniel Wes- ton, owners ; Samuel V. Shreve, master. Reg. July 19, 1837. Nathaniel Weston, Michael Shepard, John Bertram, William Sutton, owners ; Andrew Ward, master. [Sold at Philadel- phia in 1839.]
WELCOME RETURN, brig, 174 tons, Bowdoinham, 1805. Ton- nage changed to 233 in April, 1809. Reg. July 14, 1806. Thom- as Brooks, owner, Hezekiah Flint, master. Reg. June 10, 1807. Archelaus Rea, John Edwards, Thomas Brooks, own- ners; John Edwards, master. Reg. Nov. 7, 1807. Archelaus Rea, Thomas Brooks, John Edwards, Josiah Dow, owners ; Gamaliel H. Ward, master. Reg. Apr. 4, 1808. Josiah Dow, Jeremiah Briggs, owners ; James Silver, master. [Jeremiah Briggs was also master.] Reg. Oct. 20, 1809. Jeremiah Briggs, John Dodge, Abner Briggs, owners; Abner Briggs, master.
WELLS, ship, 205 tons, Wells, 1801. Reg. June 6, 1801. William Gray, owner; Joseph Lindsey, master. Reg. Mar. 3, 1804. William Gray, jr., owner ; Ezra Smith, master.
WESSACUMCON, ship, 320 tons, Newbury, 1841. Reg. Mar. 20, 1846. Lewis Endicott, Nathan Endicott, Nathaniel B. Mansfield, John E. Giddings, owners ; Lewis Endicott, mas- ter. [Nathan A. Bachelder was also master.]
WHIM, sch., 78 tons, Amesbury, 1787. Reg. Apr. 13, 1791. Samuel Gray, owner ; John T. Ropes, master. [Josiah Orne was also master.]
WHIM, sch., 100 tons, Cohassett, 1794. Reg. June 6, 1795. John Derby, owner ; Penn Townsend, master. Reg. July 29, 1799. Josiah Orne, James Porter, Alexandria, Va., owners ; Peter Frye, master.
WILD GOOSE, brig, 199 tons, Bath, 1817. Reg. June 5, 1818. Moses Townsend, John Dodge, John Crowninshield, William Rice, owners ; William Rice, master. Reg. Oct. 24, 1820. Moses Townsend, John Crowninshield, William Rice, owners ; Joseph Preston, master. Reg. Mar. 28, 1821. Moses
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Townsend, William Rice, owners; William Rice, master. [Sold at Gibraltar in 1821.]
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