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Magnet
Ship
371
Kingston, 1810
William
Schooner
120
Kingston, 1809
George Russell, William Sever, -
Spencer Brewster, Joseph Bartlett Benjamin Barnes, Plymouth
Lysander Bartlett Samuel Robbins, Plymouth Nathaniel Foster, John Thomas Nathaniel Thomas Benjamin Delano, 1805 ( Lemuel Fuller, Josiah Fuller, Solomon Holmes Stephen Drew, Ellis Drew
Benjamin Delano
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
NAME OF VESSEL
TYPE TONS YEAR BUILT
BUILDER
OWNER
Flying Fish
Schooner 68 Duxbury, 1813
Sarah
Schooner 37 Kingston, 1814
Attractive
Schooner I26 Duxbury, 1814
Lucy
Brig
I40
Kingston, 1814
Indian Chief
Brig
157
Kingston, 1815
Agenoria
Brig I29
Kingston, 1815
Lilly
Schooner 48 Duxbury, 1815
Morning Star
Schooner
77 Duxbury, 1805
Fair Lady
Schooner
Hanover, 1816
Ann Gurley
Schooner
105 Kingston, 1816
Cordelia
Sloop
58
Kingston, 1816
Only Son
Schooner
103 Kingston, 1816
Lilly
Schooner 28 Duxbury, 1793
Leo
Schooner 61 Kingston, 1816
Leo
Sloop
61
Kingston, 1817 Lysander Bartlett
Milo
Schooner
86 Kingston, 1817 Joseph Holmes
Celar
Schooner
60 Kingston, 1817
Richard Everson
Caleb
Schooner 60 Kingston, 1817
Caroline
Schooner I20
Chatham, Conn., 1817
Fornax
Schooner
74 Kingston, 1818
Five Sisters
Schooner
100
Kingston, 1818
Albacore
Schooner
58 Kingston, 1818
Hope
Schooner 64 Kingston, 1818
Rambler
Ship 320
Kingston, 1818
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Ebenezer Lobdell
Olive
Schooner
65 Kingston, 1819
Charles Bartlett
Chili
Ship
278
Kingston, 1819
Lewis Holmes
Echo
Schooner
69
Kingston, 1819
Falcon
Sloop
41
Sandwich, 1821
Hunter
Schooner
7 Kingston, 1820 Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes Melzar Whitten
Hollis
Schooner
35
Lark
Schooner
43
Scituate
Peter Winsor, 1820
King Solomon
Schooner
61
Duxbury, 1817
Peter Winsor, 1820
Fair Play
Schooner
50
Kingston Stephen Drew
Peter Winsor, 1820
Packet
Sloop
58
Duxbury, 1815
Richard Johnson, Seth Bartlett
Massasoit
Schooner
52
Edward
Schooner
38
Kingston, 1821 Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Jones River Packet Sloop
45
Kingston, 1821
Lysander Bartlett
Industry
Schooner
71 Kingston, 182I
Joseph Holmes
Nancy
Schooner
26 Kingston, 182I
Peter Lanman, Jr.
Pilot Schooner
32 Westbrook, Me., 1820
Columbus
Ship
320
Kingston, 1821
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Kingston
Ship
325
Kingston, 1822
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Five Brothers
Schooner 71
Kingston, 1823
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Peter Winsor Benjamin Delano, James Fuller Jos. Holmes, Jr., Thos. Bates, 1816 Caleb Bates
Peleg Bartlett, John Sever, James Sever, Melzar Whitten [Joseph Holmes, Lewis Holmes, Solomon Corey
John Sever, Jedediah Holmes, Jr.,
( Benjamin Delano, James Sever (John Sever, Benjamin Delano, ( James Sever, Jr., Melzar Whitten ( Joseph Holmes, Jr., Lewis Holmes, Jedediah Holmes, Jr.
John Sever Stephen Drew Benjamin Delano, 1823 Peter Winsor
Paraciete
Schooner
95
Kingston, 1819
John Cook, Provincetown Gethro Mitchell, Nantucket Abraham Jackson, Plymouth
John Sever, Benjamin Delano, Melzar Whitten, James Sever, Jr., Joseph Holmes, Jr.
Peter Winsor, 1820
John Sever, Benjamin Delano, Melzar Whitten, James Sever, Jr. Joseph Holmes, George B. Holmes Joseph Holmes Peter Lanman, Jr. Melzar Whitten, John Sever
Peter Winsor, 1814 Ellis Bradford Melzar Whitten
Joseph Holmes Stephen Drew William Drew
Stephen Drew Benjamin Delano Thomas Bates
Benjamin Delano Peter Winsor Ellis Bradford
Lewis Holmes Zeneth Wadsworth Charles Bartlett
Ellis Bradford
PLACE AND
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
NAME OF VESSEL
TYPE
TONS
PLACE AND YEAR BUILT
BUILDER
OWNER
King Solomon
Schooner
83 Duxbury, 1823
Horace
Schooner 53
Kingston, 1822
Joseph Holmes
Manomet
Schooner 42
Melzar Whitten, Philip Washburn
Packet
Sloop
58
Fones River Packet Sloop
45
North River Packet
Hollis Schooner
46
Westbrook, Me.
Melzar Whitten
Sophia & Eliza
Brig
Schooner
103 Kingston, 1824
Lysander Bartlett
Benjamin Delano
Cornelius
Schooner
22 Kingston, 1824
Richard Everson
Joseph Holmes
Leonidas
Brig
165 Kingston, 1824
Joseph Holmes
Wm.Lovering,Jr., Boston, Jos.Holmes
Fair Play
Schooner
62 Kingston, 1824
Stephen Drew
Peter Winsor
Deborah
Brig
I44
Kingston, 1824
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Rambler
Brig
187
Duxbury, 1824
Levi Sampson
Peter Winsor, Solomon Corey
Sea Flower
Pink Stern Schooner }
37
Essex, 1823
Peter Winsor, 1825
Kingston
Schooner
115
Kingston, 1825 Lysander Bartlett
John Sever, Benjamin Delano, Melzar Whitten, James Sever
William Wallace Schooner
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes
Edward
Brig
238 Kingston, 1825
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes
Shawmut
Brig
137
Kingston, 1826
Lysander Bartlett
Melzar Whitten, John Sever, Charles Sever
Bruce
Brig
147
Kingston, 1826
Lysander Bartlett
(Melzar Whitten, John Sever, Charles Sever Joseph Holmes
Eveline
Schooner
71 Kingston, 1826
Joseph Holmes
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Canning
Brig
182
Kingston, 1827 Lysander Bartlett
Melzar Whitten, John Sever, Charles Sever, Melzar Whitten, Jr.
Dremon
Brig
267
Kingston, 1827 Joseph Holmes
Fox
Schooner
20
Plymouth, 1796
Fay
Pink Stern 20
Newburyport, 1815
Lexington
Brig
197
Scituate, 1825
Galago
Brig
160
Kingston, 1827
Joseph Holmes
Roxana
Brig
I37
Kingston, 1828
Joseph Holmes
Undine
Schooner
74
Kingston, 1828
Lysander Bartlett
William Allen
Schooner
86
Kingston, 1828
Joseph Holmes
Pamela
Schooner
88
Kingston, 1828
Joseph Holmes
March
Schooner
90 Kingston, 1828
Joseph Holmes
Harriet
Schooner
23 Kingston, 1829
Lysander Bartlett
Revolutioner
Schooner 81 Kingston, 1829
James
Brig
169
Kingston, 1829
John Sever, Solomon Davie
Helen Mar
Ship
268 Kingston, 1829
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes
February
Schooner
86 Kingston, 1829
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes Joseph Holmes
January
Schooner
64 Kingston, 1829
Joseph Holmes
April
Schooner
64 Kingston, 1829
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Ohio
Ship
300
Kingston, 1830
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes William D. Winsor, 1830
Thetis
Sloop
68 Killingsworth, Conn., 1829
Joseph Holmes James Fuller, 1827
Francis Washburn, 1827, Dan'l Adams John Sever, James Sever, Melzar Whitten, Benj. Delano, et al.
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes Benj. Delano, James Allen, Harwich
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, William Allen, John Allen, William Allen, Jr., Harwich
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes Joseph Holmes
Lysander Bartlett, Joseph Holmes, James H. Drew, Lysander Bartlett, Jr. Peter Winsor
Lysander Bartlett Lysander Bartlett Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes
Benjamin Delano, Richard F. Johnson, Francis Johnson
Brig
248
Kingston, 1826
Stephen Drew
116
Kingston, 1825 Joseph Holmes
[Joseph W. Plaskett, Nantucket, Joseph Holmes
Leonidas
206 Kingston, 1824
Joseph Holmes
Solomon Corey Joseph Holmes
Thomas C. Holmes, J. Bisbee
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NAME OF
VESSEL
TYPE
TONS
PLACE AND YEAR BUILT
BUILDER
OWNER
Mercator
Bark
200
Topsham, Me., 1822
Turbo
Bark
294
Kingston, 1831 Joseph Holmes
Sedum
Schooner 82 Duxbury, 1831 Luther Turner
Two Sisters
Brig
222
Kingston, 1831 Joseph Holmes
Angeline
Brig
195
Wells, Me., 1831
Baltimore
Ship
299
Kingston, 1832 Lysander Bartlett
Alasco
Bark
299 Kingston, 1832 Joseph Holmes
William Tell
Schooner 84 Essex, 1832
Lookout
Sloop
26 Montville, Conn., 1810
Mary Susan
Schooner 54 Essex, 1832
Mariposa
Ship
317 Kingston, 1833
Lysander Bartlett
Clio
Schooner 79
Essex, 1833
Abel Storey
Delos
Schooner 69
Kingston, 1833
Lysander Bartlett
Marine
Brig
213 Kingston, 1833 Joseph Holmes
Fuventer
Sloop
58
Killingsworth, Conn., 1833
William D. Winsor, Peter Winsor
Rialto
Ship
459
Kingston, 1834 Joseph Holmes
Russell
Shi
348
Kingston, 1834
Lysander Bartlett
Volant
Schooner 8 1 Kingston, 1834
Lysander Bartlett
John Sever, et al. William H. Beaton, John Fearo, Jr.
Van
Schooner 22 Duxbury, 1835
Winslow
Schooner
71 Duxbury, 1833
December
Schooner
55 Kingston, 1835
Vesper
Schooner
95
Essex, 1835
Cordova
Schooner
93 Kingston, 1835
Lysander Bartlett
Benjamin Delano
Fawn
Schooner 96 Kingston, 1835
Lysander Bartlett
John Sever Rufus Bradford
Algerine
Sloop 49 Kingston, 1835
November
Schooner 108 Kingston, 1836
Charles
Ship
387 Kingston, 1836
John Sever
July
Schooner 47 Kingston, 1836
Joseph Holmes
Exchange
Schooner 99 Kingston, 1836 Lysander Bartlett
40 Essex, 1836
Engineer
Schooner
76
Kingston, 1837
Lysander Bartlett
Lemuel Bradford, Plymouth
August
Schooner II6
Kingston, 1837
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Horace Holmes
Caro
Schooner 99
Kingston, 1837
Lysander Bartlett Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano
September
Schooner 115 Kingston, 1838
Schooner 100 Kingston, 1838
Lysander Bartlett Peter Winsor
Red Rover
Schooner 99 Pembroke, 1838
Luther Briggs
Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano
Emerald
Schooner IOI Kingston, 1838
Lysander Bartlett
John Sever
Rowena
Schooner
99 Kingston, 1838
Lysander Bartlett [ Joseph Holmes, Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes David Beal, Measurer
Herculean
Ship
542
Kingston, 1839
( Joseph Holmes, Joseph Holmes Horace Holmes, Master Carpenter
Atlantic
Schooner 103 Addison, Me., 1838
Thomas Bates, 1838
( Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, Edward Holmes, 1831
[ Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, ( Henry Hall, Geo. T. Williams, Boston Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, Edward Holmes Benjamin Delano, Francis Johnson John Sever
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, Boston Parties
Peter Winsor Francis Washburn, 1832, Mariner Melzar Whitten
John Sever Peter Winsor, Albert Fuller Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, Edward Holmes
Joseph Holmes, Alexander Holmes, Paraclete Holmes, Edward Holmes John Sever, et al., of Plymouth and Boston
Joseph Holmes Abel Storey
James N. Sever Joseph Holmes Peter Winsor
1993080
Hope
Schooner 64 Kingston, 1835
John Sever, et al., Delanos, 1836 Joseph Holmes
Lysander Bartlett Joseph Holmes Lysander Bartlett Joseph Holmes
Alonzo Schudder, Plymouth Peter Winsor
[ Joseph Holmes, Joseph Holmes, Nathaniel Burgess Horace Holmes, Master Carpenter
Eurotus
Belize
Brig 162
Kingston, 1838
William D. Winsor
George Washington Schooner
SHIPS OF KINGSTON
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
PLACE AND
NAME OF VESSEL TYPE TONS YEAR BUILT
Charlotte
Schooner
99
Kingston, 1839
Navarro
Schooner
99 Kingston, 1839
Cohannet
Schooner
99 Kingston, 1839
BUILDER Lysander Bartlett Lysander Bartlett Nathaniel D. Drew, Master Carpenter (Nathaniel D. Drew, Master Carpenter
Nathaniel D. Drew, Master Carpenter
Alesto
Ship
420
Kingston, 1840 Lysander Bartlett
October
Schooner 114
Kingston, 1840
Lysander Bartlett, Jr. Joseph and Edward Holmes
Leodes
Ship
445 Kingston, 1841
Lysander Bartlett
June
Schooner 88
Kingston, 1841
Nathaniel D. Drew
Brasos
Schooner
99 Kingston, 1841
Nathaniel D. Drew
Abeona
Brig
I19 Kingston, 1842
Nathaniel Bartlett
Rodney
Brig
116
Kingston, 1842 Lysander Bartlett,Jr.
Raritan
Ship
492 Kingston, 1843
Joseph Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter Nathaniel D. Drew
Joseph Holmes Edward Holmes Alexander Holmes
Bridgewater
Schooner
104 Kingston, 1844
Reindeer
Brig
136
Kingston, 1844
Lysander Bartlett, Jr.
Joseph Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
King Philip
Schooner 97
Kingston, 1845
Troubadour
Schooner 60 Brewer, Me., 1840
Honest Tom
Schooner 99 Kingston, 1845
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes
Gustavus
Brig
145 Kingston, 1846
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Trueman
Bark
229 Kingston, 1846
Nathaniel D. Drew, Master Carpenter
Alexander Holmes, Trueman Doane
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Risk
Schooner 95 Kingston, 1847
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Omrah
Schooner 92 Kingston, 1847
(Nathaniel D. Drew, Master Carpenter
Alexander Holmes
Monte Christo Brig 161 Kingston, 1847
Nathan Hannau Ship 513 Kingston, 1848
Edward Holmes,
Master Carpenter
Lysander
Schooner II2 Kingston, 1848
Cosmos Schooner IIO Kingston, 1848
Stafford
Bark 205 Kingston, 1848
(Nathan D. Drew, Master Carpenter ( Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Alexander Holmes
Ann & Mary Bark
242 Kingston, 1849
OWNER
James N. Sever John Sever
Alexander Holmes
Alexander Holmes
John Drew
Schooner
IO5
Kingston, 1840
Chattahoochee
Schooner
115 Kingston, 1840
Alexander Holmes, Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano, Melzar Whitten, Ezekiel Doane - John Sever, James N. Sever, Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano, Melzar Whitten; Henry Whiting, Josiah Finney, W. S. Finney, Plymouth
John Sever
Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Alexander Holmes, Dawson Lincoln, Benjamin and Joshua Delano, Melzar Whitten
Alexander Holmes
Lysander Bartlett, Jr., Lysander Bart- lett, Henry Bartlett, Spencer Drew
Alexander Holmes [ Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano, Elbridge G. Winsor Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes
May Bee
Schooner 99 Kingston, 1844
Lysander Bartlett, Jr. Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano Francis Johnson
Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Edward Henry Brig
152 Kingston, 1847
Lysander Bartlett, Jr. Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Paraclete Holmes, William S. Adams, Edward Holmes, Horace Holmes
Lysander Bartlett, Jr. Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano [ Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
NAME OF VESSEL TYPE TONS
PLACE AND YEAR BUILT
BUILDER
Clark Winsor
Schooner 124 Kingston, 1850
[ Joseph Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Grey Hound Bark
265 Kingston, 1850
Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano, Elbridge G. Winsor
Joseph Holmes Ship
611 Kingston, 1851
Edward Holmes Joseph Holmes
Messenger Bird Bark
418 Kingston, 1852
Nathaniel Drew, Master Carpenter
[ Joseph Holmes
Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
White Wings Bark
293
Kingston, 1852
Lysander Bartlett, Jr.
Benjamin Delano, Joshua Delano, Freeman Sherman, Henry Pigeons
Fruiter
Bark
290
Kingston, 1853 { Edward Holmes,
Master Carpenter
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes
King Fisher
Schooner
120 Kingston, 1853
Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Abby
Bark
178. Kingston, 1854
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Frank Henry
Brig
99
Kingston, 1854
Nathaniel D. Drew Joseph Holmes Edward Holmes, Master Carpenter
Joseph Holmes 3/4, Edward Holmes 1/8, Allen Dawes 1/8
Neapolitan
Bark
320
Kingston, 1856
Joseph Holmes
Bird of the Wave Brig
178
Kingston, 1857
Joseph Holmes
Sentinel Boat
19
Joseph Holmes
Egypt
Bark
557
Kingston, 1860 ‹ Edward Holmes,
Master Carpenter
Glance
Schooner
46 Killingsworth, Me., 1823
Fruiterer
Bark
321
Kingston, 1861
[ Joseph Holmes
Stephen Holmes, Measurer
Ellen
Sloop
14
Francis Washburn, 1861
Lemuel
Bark
321
Kingston, 1863 Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes
Anna Eldridge
Schooner
139
Kingston, 1864
Edward Holmes
Fisher
Schooner
86
Kingston, 1865
Edward Holmes
Young Teaser
Schooner 126
Fairhaven, Mass., 1860
Solomon
Bark
600
Kingston, 1866 Edward Holmes
Lucy Holmes
Schooner IO5
Kingston, 1867 Edward Holmes Kingston, 1868 Edward Holmes
Simon Burgess, Plymouth
Hornet
Bark
330
Kingston, 1868
Edward Holmes
Edward Holmes
Mary Baker
Schooner
IOI
Kingston, 1869
Edward Holmes
Edward Holmes
Molly Porter
Schooner
97
Duxbury, 1868
Keene & Shiverick
Joshua Delano, Joshua Delano, Jr.
Helen A. Holmes Brig
316
Kingston, 1874
Spencer Drew, Master Carpenter
Hermes
Schooner
I2 Kingston, 1876
Nathan B. Watson
Siren
Sloop
IO
Tiger
Steamer 30
Kingston, 1898
Edward A. Ransom
Jos. Holmes 8/16, Wm. S. Adams 4/16, Edward Holmes 2/16, Paraclete Holmes 1/ 16, Alexander Holmes 1/ 16 Alexander Holmes 1/8, Trueman Doane 1/8, Orleans Joseph Holmes
Ocean Bird Schooner 114
Kingston, 1852
Joseph Holmes
Joseph Holmes 6/8, Allen Dawes 1/8, Edward Holmes 1/8
Alexander Holmes
Sicilian
Bark
321
Kingston, 1855
Joseph Holmes Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes Harvey Ransom, 1858
Joseph Holmes 4/8, Alexander Holmes 1/8, Paraclete Holmes 1/8, Edward Holmes 1/8, William S. Adams 1/8 Edward Holmes Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes
Edward Holmes Edward Holmes
Levi Morton 2/16, Benjamin Delano 4/16, George T. Adams 2/16, E. G.W. Winsor 4/16, Joshua Delano 4/ 16 Edward Holmes Edward Holmes
Rosewood
Sloop
Edward Holmes
Edward Holmes
Marcus Winslow, Boston Lewis H. Keith, 1877 [ Edward A. Ransom, A. J. Hill, C. A. Ransom, H. S. West
OWNER Joseph Holmes, Edward Holmes
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
WILLIAM SEVER, ESQUIRE, 1760 From a Portrait
WILLIAM SEVER
William Sever, or Squire Sever, as he was always called, was born in Kingston in 1729, and from the time of the first coming to Kingston of his father, Nicholas, in 1828, down to the death of Colonel John Sever, in 1855, this family has always played a most prominent part in business and affairs of the town.
With his father and brother he owned many vessels, and they are the first of which there is any actual record connecting them with this business in Kingston.
His picture is from a life-size oil portrait and was painted when he was in early middle life, and like many other portraits of old sea captains and ship owners it shows a vessel in the background.
He built the house on Linden Street now owned by Major George F. Sever about the time of his marriage in 1755, and died there in 1809.
BRIG OR BRIGANTINE Independence SIXTEEN GUNS
In a Naval History of the American Revolution by Allen, Vol. I, he says, "The Massachu- setts navy began its existence in August, 1775, when the Machias, Liberty and Diligent were taken into the service of the Province. These vessels cruised for about a year with some success. A Commission appointed December 29, 1775, to consider the subject of a State Navy, ten vessels were authorized by the General Court of Massachusetts in February, 1776, the number being afterward reduced to five. April 20, 1776, it was resolved that the brigantine building at Kingston be called the Independence, and that the brigan- tine building at Dartmouth be called the Rising Empire; that the sloop at Salisbury be called the Tyrannicide; that one of the sloops building at Swanzy be called the Republic and the other the Freedom." From this it appears that the Independence is recorded as the first vessel authorized to be built by the State of Massachusetts for her State Navy.
"The first of the five vessels to get away to sea was the sloop Tyrannicide built at Salis- bury. She carried 14 guns and 75 men and sailed July 17, 1776, in command of Captain John Fiske." Allen's history further says, "Meanwhile the brigantine Independence, Cap- tain Simeon Sampson, whose instructions of July 26, 1776, were apparently the next issued after those of Captain Fiske, was directed immediately to proceed on a cruise not only against our Unnatural Enemies but also for ye Protection of the trade and you are directed to range the Coast of the Province of Maine and from thence proceed as far southward as Lat. 34° North and not further west than the Shoals of Nantucket, nor further east than the Island of Sable on the Coast of Nova Scotia." He also says, "The Independence accom- plished little during the year and was captured by the enemy in the spring." As no date is given it must have been in 1777, for he says, that the Massachusetts brigs, Tyrannicide, Captain Haraden and Hazard, Captain Sampson, sailed late in 1777 on a cruise to the West Indies.
Thomas Bradford Drew in his History of Kingston for the History of Plymouth County, 1884, says of Simeon Sampson and brig Independence:
"This distinguished naval commander was a native of Kingston. He was appointed by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, The first naval captain in the service and com- manded the brig Independence and afterward the Mars, both vessels being built at Kingston
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
Landing. In 1776, he captured five prizes, but was himself soon after taken by Captain Dawson after a bloody conflict. He died June 22, 1789."
William T. Davis in his book entitled "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," speaks of Captain Simeon Sampson as being buried on Burial Hill, Plymouth, and that he received the first naval commission issued by the Provincial Congress and was placed in command of the brig Independence, built at Kingston, the first vessel that was placed in commission. He made many successful cruises in the Independence, Hazard and Warren, winning as many victories as he fought battles, until after one of the most bloody contests of the war, he was captured by Captain Dawson and held a prisoner in Fort Cumberland, near Halifax, until released by exchange. The sword worn by him in his various battles and returned to him on his surrender by Captain Dawson in recognition of his gallantry, is in Pilgrim® Hall, a fitting companion to the blade of Myles Standish, whose granddaughter he had married.
An old account book belonging to William Sever of Kingston, records that he was the Agent for the Provincial Government of Massachusetts, or as he sometimes writes it, State of Mass. Bay, in the building at Kingston, Mass., in 1776 of the brig Independence as under the date of November 22, that year, the following entry is found in his journal: "Mass. State for brig Independence, Dr. to William Drew, his bill for building 488 pounds." There are many other charges in the journal to the State on the brig's account, and the last one is dated "Kingston, Feb. 1777. Mass. State for brig Independence. To cash paid Daniel Adams for expenses in recruiting 3 pounds 7 shillings, 9 pence." From these and other charges it is shown that William Sever was the State Agent until the brig was ready for sea with crew on board.
In the Kingston Public Library are a number of pamphlets and historical papers about the town that were written by Mr. Cornelius A. Bartlett of Kingston many years ago. He was a ship carpenter and worked in the various shipyards on Jones River from about 1830 to 1865. He married a sister of John N. Drew, a descendant of Samuel Drew, who was a shipwright, or as later called, a ship carpenter, and the first Drew to settle in Kings- ton in 1713. Among his papers in the Library is a history of the Drew family. In it he says the shipyard where he and his sons built was in the valley near the line of the Alms House lot, launching many vessels across the river. His sons and grandsons were also ship- wrights using this same yard. Mr. Bartlett also says that the grandsons of Samuel Drew built the brig Independence, 16 guns, and the ship Mars, 20 guns, for the Provincial Govern- ment of Massachusetts. John Drew, a great-great-grandson of Samuel, told him they were built near where the Alms House now stands, having been told so by men who worked on them when they were building.
It would be very interesting if a complete account could be given here of the cruises made by this vessel during the short time she was in the service of the State and how her captors finally disposed of her.
Kingston people always spoke of the Independence as a brig, but by Allen's history calling her a brigantine, she may have been so listed on State Records. These two rigs, brig and brigantine, have always been confused and continued to be so as long as two- masted vessels with yards and square sails on one or both masts were built. In all proba- bility these first naval records of the State were not accurately kept for Allen's History calls the Tyrannicide a sloop when building, and later reports her as a brig in command of Captain Haraden, sailing late in the fall of 1777 on a cruise to the West Indies in com- pany with the brig, Hazard, Captain Sampson.
THE LIVERPOOL PITCHER
These pitchers were called Liverpool pitchers because it was very common in the early part of the nineteenth century whenever a vessel went to Liverpool, for the master either for himself or owner to have a picture of his ship painted on a pitcher of Stafford- shire ware.
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SHIPS OF KINGSTON
This pitcher, whose picture is shown, belongs to Alexander Holmes of Kingston an has been in his family since brought from England by Captain Seth Johnson of the bri Two Pollys on her first voyage in 1801.
The following story of the brig illustrates how an account of a voyage of one of Josep Holmes' vessels was found.
The brig Two Pollys, 250 tons, was built by Joseph Holmes at Bridgewater in 180 Mr. Holmes says in a letter, that he went to Bridgewater, May 27, 1801, engaged plan of Zeph. Shaw and timber, 10 tons at $4.00 per ton from Johnathan Leonard. He bui the brigs Two Pollys, Algol and Lucy, noted for taking first cargo of ice, the schoone Alexander and brig Trident in Bridgewater. Trident was used to move his materials t Kingston in 1806.
There is no record in the Plymouth Custom House of the Two Pollys, Algol and Luc and as they were brought down the Taunton River, they must have been registered : Dighton or Boston, where they were partly owned. The schooner Alexander and bri Trident were the last vessels Joseph Holmes built on the Taunton River in what } called his Bridgewater shipyard, coming to Kingston as soon as launched, where som final work was done on them, as shown, by old bills, in the building yard he had acquire of Stephen Drew at the Landing, Jones River, and they are registered at the Plymout Custom House.
The brig Algol's rig was changed to that of a ship the work being done at Kingston and she was then registered at the Plymouth Custom House as a ship in 1807.
Joseph Holmes, or as he then signed his name, Joseph Holmes, Jr., soon disposed ( his interests in these early vessels, as he was then more of a builder than owner, and w know little of them but their names.
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