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GRAY. The homestead of Henry Gray (1794-1879) lies on the eastern side of S'port; he had a number of seafaring sons: William (1818-1886) was skipper of the fishing vessels Leading Star and Morning Light. His son, George William (1847-1865), died from wounds received at Fort Donelson.
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Isaiah and Samuel N. (b.1838) were the youngest sons of Henry. During the Civil War Samuel served on the armed clipper ship Morning Light. "After a brief career in the Gulf of Mexico, she was captured and destroyed. Also in that war John Gray served on sloop of war San Jacinto.
Isaiah (1834-1888) sailed for Wm. Decker in bank fishing, as master of Silver Moon, Dawning Day and the Niagara. Later he employed the Bos- ton sch. Mary B. Dyer in fishing and the fruiting trade; likewise the Helen A. Locke (E. Boston), built for his command and lost on the Jersey coast in thick weather. Isaiah married a daughter of George Love. Be- cause of his shipping interests in Boston, they moved from their native S'port to Massachusetts in 1872. A decade later he purchased a farm at Stirling, where the couple lived and died.
After the loss of his schooner about 1874, Captain Gray was soon afloat in the new barkentine Frances Lambert (Bath, by Robinson). Accompa- nied by his youthful son Fredson, the first voyage was from the Provinces to Liverpool, thence to Montevideo, Rio Janeiro, around the Cape of Good Hope to Batavia and back across the Indian Ocean to Amsterdam. The long voyage of nineteen months ended in Philadelphia. In 1880 Fredson made another trip with his father to the river Gambia. The Captain's wife accompanied him to Australia, China and the East Indies; in which trade the barkentine continued until 1882, when a Captain Jones bought Gray's interest. The Frances Lambert was reconditioned, loaded at a port in the Provinces, sailed thence, was spoken off Hatteras and thereafter never heard from.
GROVER, FREEMAN (1834-1920). With Capt. Rufus Cameron he encoun- tered the great storm of 1851, sometimes called the 'Yankee gale' because of the heavy loss of American fishing vessels and crews. Grover lived at Pig Cove; captained Ceylon, and perhaps was the first master of the Grape- shot.
HORN. Henry and Charles, cousins, lived at Cape Newagen and followed fishing. Henry had the Mayflower; Charles, known as Orne, owned and commanded Levanter and, briefly, had the Fred P. Frye of G'ter. Thomas lived on Monhegan and owned one-half of sch. Sea Flower (Monhegan 1826).
LOVE, GEORGE and GILBERT. They were brothers and fishing skippers. George (1818-1914) had the Levant. His first child, Almira, married Capt. Isaiah Gray; her brother Benjamin was mate of barkentine Frances Lam-
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bert, Captain Gray. The younger skipper, Gilbert, had the Lant and the Jenny Lind. His sons followed the sea more or less: The eldest, Willard G. (1858-a. 1895) made Cape Horn voyages as second mate of Bath ships, also in salmon-fishing vessels on the Pacific coast. Also a prospector in the Alaska gold fields, he returned to Tacoma and was killed accidentally. Merton W. and Woodbury G. Love made youthful trips, the latter in off- shore fishing with Capt. John W. Lewis in the General Grant. For many years Woodbury has been an efficient chairman of the board of selectmen of his native town; its good roads bear witness to his supervision of con- struction. The youngest son, Wesley C., followed coasting, shipped on the U. S. receiving ship Wabash and served many years in destroyers and the battleship Georgia. After a severe injury aboard a ship he received an honorable discharge and pension.
LUNDY, EBENEZER. Of Cape Newagen in 1825, he was part owner and skipper of pinky Jefferson. He d. 1834. His son, Ebenezer jr. (1826-1857), was lost with his command, the Wm. F. Tarbox. After autumnal fishing in Bay Chaleur, the vessel passed the Gut of Canso bound for home, but foundered without trace. The crew of eight included natives of S'port.
MADDOCKS. Before the War of 1812 fishing craft sailed for Bay Chaleur and the Grand Banks, from Maddocks's Cove; there Palgrave or Pals G. Mad- docks (1781-1848), as enrolled in fishing licenses, was active after the war. He owned and captained pinkies General Armstrong, Olinda and others. Not long before his death a vessel bearing his name was launched, prob- ably at the cove. Pals was succeeded by two sons, Joseph and John, under the firm name of J. and J. Maddocks; and considering the number of ves- sels employed, listed in the S'port Fishing Fleet, the firm conducted a flourishing business at the cove. Later still the business was continued by Pals's grandson, Wm. T. Maddocks. Mention of two other sons follows:
Benjamin (1816-1882) assisted his father and was skipper of Astoria. Later he lived at G'ter, and owned and operated fishing vessels there. One was Annie Hooper, lost with all hands on Georges in 1879. Robert (1824- 1859) was master of Belle Brandon, named after a popular song; and the E. S. Pendleton, with which he was lost. On a fall trip from Malpec, P. E. I., Robert sailed for home and no one was left to tell the story.
MARR. Thomas and Nahum, brothers, had a fishing stand at the snug har- bor first called Hendrick's, then Marr's and now Cozy Harbor. Their ves- sels appear in the Appendix. William (1842-1907), during the Civil War,
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served on sloop of war San Jacinto. Later he moved to Bath and com- manded Morse's towboats; also steamship Lincoln on the Boston-B'bay . run. Captain Marr was a Freemason. Clarence E. (1852-1936) in youthful days followed fishing, but later (1889-1922) was the light keeper at the Cuckolds and Pemaquid Point. For rescuing the crew of Aurora, wrecked on the Little Cuckolds in 1896, he received a fine watch from the Canadian Government. Son of the S'port light keeper, Jeruel Marr, Clarence d. at N'castle.
MCKOWN, JOHN (1776-1852). He operated bankers Golden Rule and the new Forest from Townsend Gut, assisted by four sons: Emerson (b.1800) captained Forest, Enterprise and in 1829, in which year he was lost at sea, the Exchange; Robert had Siberia; Harris was skipper of Jasper and the Exchange; and Benjamin (1814-1875) was master of Jasper, Fairplay and the Saratoga. John's youngest son, Cyrus, continued the business for a time, but was more prominent in shipping at B'bay.
In the declining days of local fishing Howard Mckown made trips as a hand on the Ethel and Addic, Caroline Vought, Maud S., Marshall Adams, Lizzie, Mary Snow and the Coquette. Likewise his brother Wads- worth sailed in the Natalie B. Nickerson and several others.
MOORE, LEEMAN and WILLIAM. Sons of Civil War veteran Alden B. Moore, they were fishermen; Leeman (1852-1911) was on Tookolita, H. S. Rowe and survived the sinking of the Lizzie Thompson. When ten in 1873, Wil- liam began in Tookolita, and during that decade made successive trips to the Western Banks on Willie G., City Point, Gertie Lewis, Henry Willard, H. S. Rowe and the Ripley Ropes. From 1880-1888 he was in the Jennie Armstrong, Island Queen, Astoria, Cynosure, Laura Bell, Gertie May and the Ambrose H. Knight.
NELSON, JEREMIAH. Lived on the islet called Jerry's Island, which partly forms the snug harbor at Cape Newagen. In the 1840's he owned and sailed the William; contemporaneously, 'A small schooner supposed to be the William of Southport, parted her cable and went ashore at Orleans; two men were badly frozen.' Albert (1828-1903) and Plummer T. (1839- 1882) were brothers; the former was skipper of the Mercy A. Howe, and the latter served in the Civil War on the side-wheeler Powhatan. In the same war Edwin Nelson was on frigate Constellation.
ORCHARD, JOHN and JEREMIAH. Brothers, the former lived at S'port; the latter at B'bay. John sailed for the Camerons in Island Queen and the Water-
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fall, also for Mckown and Reed in Saratoga. He had the John M. Plummer too. John lost two vessels: The J. W. Sawyer encountered the so-called . 'Wiggin's gale,' sought shelter at Swan's Island and ran on an adjacent reef; while entering the narrow entrance to Malpec Harbor the Helen M. Saw- yer collided with a vessel and sank. In his nineties he died at Sailors' Snug Harbor. Jeremiah was skipper of Waterfall, Mary Sennett, Wautega and slp. Rough Rider.
ORNE, JAMES (1799-1861). A brother of William, in 1828 James cap- tained the new Albatross and also had pinky Polly (built 1816). Later James operated the Jenny Lind and other bankers from his stand and wharf on eastern side of Pierce's Cove. His sons assisted and continued the business. Silas B. (1828-1908) was master of the Jenny Lind, Kingfisher, Twi- light and the Emily F. Swift. After a collision in 1855 the Jenny Lind sank quickly; all narrowly escaped. James E. (1841-1925) served in the Civil War on U. S. ship San Jacinto. Later he was on watch the night the S. H. Cam- eron was lost (q.v.). Later still he was an able fishing master of the G. W. Pierce, Waterfall, Annie Sargent and the Lady Elgin. Elbridge G. (1837- 1862), of a Maine regiment, was wounded at Baton Rouge and drowned en passage to New Orleans.
ORNE, WILLIAM (1797-1886). In fishing he sailed Friendship for Samuel Pierce, and Pacific and the Solon for Jona. Pierce. Of his sons, James. Orne (1823-1895) followed fishing for years as master of bankers Astoria, Vandalia; and, in freighting fish for the Maddockses, pinky Senator and the Collins Howes jr. Freeman (1825-1901) had the banker S. C. Phillips (which he lost), E. F. Willard, Kingfisher and the new Vanguard. The last one was built for Cameron and Orne, of which firm Freeman was a part- ner. In 1855 a Thomas Orne thought to have been another son kept Mon- hegan light. Benjamin (1830-1882) served in the Civil War in naval ves- sel General Putnam. His commands were the Jennie Armstrong, Hum- boldt and the Vanguard. Albert F. (b.1850), son of James, captained H. S. Rowe, E. R. Nickerson, Willie G., Alaska and the Fannie S. Orne, an ex- ceptionally fine fishing vessel. After over thirty years in lighthouse service, Albert retired, and now (1937) lives near Maddocks's Cove.
PIERCE. Silvester was one of the first of this family on Cape Newagen Island. In the summer of 1777 he was engaged to pilot sch. Polly to Salem, a prize captured by the Salem privateer Dolphin, and sent into the Sheep- scot. He had a daughter named Polly (b.1783), and a craft so named was owned on the island and captained by her brother, Silvester jr. (b.1773).
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Jonathan (1771-1847) was foremost in the island fisheries of his day. Before the War of 1812 he was skipper of the aforesaid Polly and later .owned and managed Rambler, Pacific, Solon, Olive, Friendship, Lydia and Harriet, John II, Hariet and the Thomas and Ann. The last four bore the names of his children; the Lydia and Harriet was still in commission in 1866. He captained several of them. His sons, Samuel and John, were active as follows:
Samuel (1801-1861) had Pacific, pinky Olinda for P. G. Maddocks, and in 1828 owned pinky Friendship. On a wintry passage the year before to Edenton, he nearly lost the Pacific. Samuel used his father's old stand, southerly from the lighthouse; and owned the lost banker W. F. Tarbox. Samuel's son, Emerson, assisted his father at Hendrick's Harbor and later conducted a good business at B'bay, in which Arctic, Highland Queen, Mystic Tie, Only Son and Susan were employed.
John (1804-1854) had pinkies Olive and General Jackson, owned by Henry Wright. By marriage John was somewhat identified with Bristol, and there, in 1849-1850, he was skipper of the cod-fishing sloops Liberator and Emerald. About the first of December 1854 his schooner with a deck load of ironware entered the Sheepscot, and as she heeled in a squall the ironware shifted and she capsized off Mark Island. John and all hands were drowned. A sad feature of the fatality was the loss of passenger Rachel Rus- sell of Bristol, returning home after purchasing her wedding trousseau. The binnacle, small boat and her body floated ashore on S'port. Lydia Pierce, aged nine and niece of the master, witnessed the disaster, and in old age conjectured the vessel was named Clyde, but perhaps it was Wm. Russell's sch. Pemaquid.
George W. (1788-1866), brother of Jonathan, built his wharf and stand on the western side of Joppa (now Pierce's) Cove; owned and captained Three Brothers and banker Renown. Later he had the Ann Maria con- structed on the island, named after a daughter who married Capt. Robert Maddocks. Known as Squire Pierce, he was prominent in church and town affairs on the island.
George W. jr. (1830-1884) lived near his father, the Squire, succeeded to his business and operated several vessels. One was the clipper fisherman George W. Pierce, finally cast away on Ram Island, near Portland Head. Late in life he purchased the Wm. E. Liggett, an old unseaworthy coaster, and while at anchor in the entrance of Pierce's Cove and alone on board, George fell or was swept overboard by a swinging boom and drowned. Afterward his son Will had the coaster for a time.
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Charles W. (1819-1876), son-in-law of Squire Pierce, sailed for the old gentleman and later for George W. jr. in pinky Good Intent, Rena and the Ann Maria. During the long-remembered fall gale of 1869, the last one, skipper and hands ashore at night, dragged from her anchorage in Pierce's Cove, but brought up near Cameron's, Ebenecook Harbor, where Charles found her in the morning riding quietly at anchor, as if nothing unusual had happened. Skipper Pierce also captained Archer and the Grapeshot.
Joseph (1777-1860). At the harbor of Cape Newagen he had the rebuilt pinky Dover. Joseph had a son, Stephen (1805-1881), who had sons, Jesse, Jonathan, Charles B., Edward and Henry Pierce. During the Civil War the first three served aboard sloop of war San Jacinto; Edward in the Fed- eral gunboat Katahdin, on the Missisippi, died young in 1862; and Henry, successful Grand Banks fisherman, captained Atlantic, Tookolita, Henry J. Willard and the G. W. Pierce.
William (1800-1859), brother of Joseph, had his fish wharf on the east- ern side of Pierce's Cove. He had Vandalia, Atlantic, Pacific and the Sar- gasso. His sons engaged in fishing also: David Porter (1826-1903) cap- tained Atlantic, Pacific, Sargasso, and Mountain Laurel; Alfred (1830- 1892), slight of stature and taciturn, had the Greyhound; Cyrus William (1832-a. 1913) was master of the Pacific and Otis Pierce was cook on East Indian voyages in Capt. Isaiah Gray's barkentine.
Frank and Eugene C., sons of Cyrus W., followed bank fishing in youth.
Frank (b. a. 1857) captained G'ter fishermen Fred L. Webb and E. B. Philipps and the local Jennie Armstrong. He died in Portsmouth. Eugene's first trip, when twelve, was with Capt. C. Thompson in the City Point, next with Frank in his vessels, later in the E. F. Willard, Henry Morgen- thau, Uncle Joe and steamer Novelty. About 1894 Eugene owned and captained coaster Addie (Kennebunk 1867), which had a fine figurehead of a woman. With keen knowledge and understanding of the sea, 'Gene' (b.1868) latterly has devoted his attention to lobster fishing, in which he is expert and successful. The skipper married Harriet, daughter of Albert F. Orne, and has a son, Cecil.
Irving, son of Samuel Pierce, captained the fishing vessels Fred L. Webb of G'ter, Willie G., Uncle Joe; and coasters Gertie Lewis, Hume and the Mary Langdon of Rockland. A one-time mate with Capt. James Clark, three-master Rocky E. Yates; Captain Pierce, a large tall man, lived at Maddocks's Cove.
Zina (b.1858), son of Charles W. Pierce, made his first trip with skipper
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Porter Pierce in Sargasso to Western Banks; a hard experience for a boy of eleven; but such training in youth made resourceful men. For nearly thirty . years Zina followed fishing in almost all of the S'port fleet, also in Tooko- lita, Humboldt and the Alice C. Fox of B'bay, and in the George F. Ed- munds, Capt. W. G. Poole. In addition he served as cook for a decade on the Fred A. Emerson, Ella B. Kimball and coastwise steamers.
Naturally during this long period Zina experienced the dangers of the sea; once fell from the Gertie May which passed over him, and was in the City Point when in collision with a bark on Bank Quereau (an ever present danger in fog), but his vessel reached Shelburne and refitted. He escaped when the Abbie Deering grounded on Sandy Hook. On another occasion tug Pejepscot was towing two barges with pulpwood from Bay of Fundy, which were cast away near Cape Spencer. One broke up, but Zina escaped to the other, which also went to pieces. After this shipwreck, he returned and remained on the old homestead. All in all Zina was an able fisherman, a good cook and a sailor who 'showed willing.'
Howard (b.1867), son of Silas Pierce, a one-time skipper of D. H. Mans- field, now (1937) lives in his father's old home at the head of Pierce's Cove. A skilful navigator and rigger, Howard's services have been in demand latterly in fitting out the trim sch. Bowdoin for Arctic voyages. He fol- lowed the sea from sixteen, first in off-shore fishing on the G. W. Pierce, and continued in the S'port fleet until twenty-five; then shipped on fore- and-aft coasters Mary Oliver and the Annie and Reuben, also in three- master G. W. Jewett. Howard advanced to chief mate of schooner Annie P. McFadden, Capt. H. Stuart; next in the same capacity for a year in four- master Mary M. Gruner, and later with Capt. George Carlisle, the Maggie G. Hart. Howard was master of a Rockland coaster for a time, but his last seagoing (1910-1911) was as first officer with his old friend, Captain Stuart, in the four-masted Robert P. Murphy.
On the eastern side of the island lived George William Pierce; skipper of Archer when nineteen, later of Astoria. He was the first to captain Lady Elgin. His son, Wesley G., when fifteen, accompanied him in Astoria and Lady Elgin in bank fishing, and continued in it for a time. Recently he wrote an excellent account of the industry in book form, entitled, Goin' Fishin'.
POOLE, SIMEON (1809-1890). Born at Edgecomb, he was a brother of Capt. Isaac Pool. Simeon married Mary Burnham and later lived at S'port. He tended the old toll bridge to the island, was postmaster and tax collector.
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His eldest son, Daniel B., mate of a ship, was lost at sea; Eben was a calker in Bath shipyards; and a daughter, Lizzie B., married Capt. Wm. Marr.
PREBLE. Joseph, David and Jonathan were brothers and natives of Cape Newagen. In 1811 Joseph sailed Norwood's pinky Trial; it is doubtful if he were the Joseph Preble who was lost with the Wm. F. Tarbox. In 1830 David was the first master of the Wave. A gravestone at the Cape records his death in 1869, nearly eighty; and also says, 'Jonathan Preble, lost at sea in October 1829, Age 31 yrs.' In 1823 a Samuel Preble had pinky Olive.
PROUT, JOSEPH. He came to S'port from Harpswell. A fishing skipper, he had Annie Sargent and G. W. Pierce; and in the latter took off the crew and fittings of Alice M. Gould, wrecked on a reef in Bay Chaleur in 1869.
RAND. In 1820 Jonathan Pierce rebuilt sch. Rambler, captained by John Rand 2d. The following skippers were brothers: John 3d was the first master of sch. Thomas; Henry sailed pinks John II, Hyder Ali, and Dove of Wiscasset; Mark (1809-1880) had the Rambler and Edward the Alden of B'bay (forty-five tons).
Mark jr. (1842-1923) served on the naval ship San Jacinto during the Civil War, and later captained Willie G., Uncle Joe and the new Sir Knight, a finely finished fisherman with three staterooms. In the summer of 1881 the Uncle Joe lay at anchor on Bank Quereau; a storm arose and lightning shattered the mainmast and injured eight hands. Later she rode out the Portland gale. He died at N. Anson, Maine; a half-brother Joseph Rand, mate of deep-water ships, died at Sailors' Snug Harbor.
James Henry (1830-1903), called 'Captain J.' by contemporaries, was somewhat of a character at S'port; his quaint and homely remarks are quoted to-day. He was master of Australia, Lant and the new Alaska. In early life two sons made bank fishing trips: Sumner (b.1864) had Alaska briefly; Benjamin W. Rand sailed with skipper Dyer in the Ethel and Ad- die, and later became an expert boat builder.
SNOWMAN, ROBERT G. (1839-1906). He sailed for the Deckers and cap- tained Archer when captured by Lieutenant Read. Robert was drowned while dory fishing on the eastern side of the island. He married Nancy Emmons of G'town, where John E. (1869-1935), a son and Grand Banks fisherman, was born.
SPOFFORD, JOSEPH and HIRAM. They were brothers and fishing skippers. Joseph (b.1827) was of the rough-and-ready type, able aboard ship and an
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expert fisherman. He had Silver Moon, Prima Donna, Mercy A. Howe and the Eastern Clipper; and rescued the crew of the S. H. Cameron. Hiram G. (a.1833-1906), of B'bay, had Cynosure and Winona, which he lost on the coast of N. S.
THOMPSON. Before the War of 1812, at Ebenecook Harbor, Samuel (1754- 1833) owned pinky Exchange and the Polly (Bris.), captained respectively by hmself and younger brother Stephen. Samuel jr. (b.1786) had the Lucy, sent into Halifax in 1817 for breach of maritime law; his brother William owned and was skipper of pinks Cossack and Harriet. A soldier of 1812, he d. 1877 (ae. 84).
Of William's sons, J. Pierce Thompson (1820-1902) commanded Peer- less, Mazeppa, Sunbeam, White Foam and the new E. F. Willard; Charles C. (1837-1891) captained Anna M. Nash, Collector, the new Uncle Joe, City Point and Henry Morgenthau in fishing, also passenger steamer Islander; and Cyrus was master of American Eagle, Gray Eagle, Australia and the Bertha D. Nickerson. The last was a good sailer and in 1888, with a strong westerly wind on the beam and under reefed sail, ran about ninety miles under nine hours. Marston H. (1851-1925), son of J. P. Thompson, captained Peerless in lime coasting out of Rockland.
THOMPSON, JOHN A. (1865-1926). He had the Jennie Armstrong and later commanded steamships. An unusual incident of his life follows: Be- fore sailing for home the handle of a dory water jug was broken off and thrown overboard. After return to the fishing banks in the same vessel, John dressed a codfish and found within a piece of crockery which he tossed to the owner of the jug and joking, said: 'Here's the handle to your jug.' It fitted exactly, and later jug and handle were on exhibition in the custom house at B'bay.
TIBBETTS, ARTEMAS and JAMES. Brothers, they lived at Christmas Cove, S'port. Artemas was skipper of the old coaster Polly (Amesbury 1805), a former privateer, in commission up to 1914. In her latter days James had the Annie Sargent (stranded Bayville Creek, L. I., 1907); also the half- century-old Red Jacket, a coaster which he lost on Thrumbcap in snow and thick weather. In the vicinity of the Sound, James disappeared mys- teriously from deck one night.
WEBBER -WEBSTER. David Webber, skipper of Albatross in 1851, lived on the rocky islet now called David's Island. Stephen Webster (1807-1855),
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of Maddocks's Cove, died on board Australia in April and was buried at Beaver Harbor. On the day of his death he caught a quintal fish.
- WESTMAN. Andrew, Peter and John P. were brothers and mariners; An- drew in the navy on the Wabash, Peter in local vessels, and John was drowned in 1863. Peter's grandson, Frederick Westman, was cook on the Enterprise, and while boarding a steamer at Portland slipped on an icy gangplank and drowned alongside.
WILLIS, ELIAS H. (a.1827-1854). Of S'port, he was skipper of G'ter fishing craft Flight, which sailed from there early in 1854 and was lost with all twelve hands.
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THE maritime interests of Edgecomb and vicinity were related closely to those of Boothbay. Westport, originally called Jeremy Squam (or Jeremis- quam) or simply 'Squam and later Edgecomb Island, was a part of Edge- comb until 1829, when it received its present name. In 1870 the island population numbered about 700. The common port of entry of all this locality was Wiscasset. As early as 1750 a Spanish ship loaded masts and spar timber in and about its harbor.
BROWN, DANIEL. He sailed with Captains Sawyer and Toothacher as mate of schs. Gleaner and Edward, and commanded topsail schs. Mary Adams and Charlie and Willie (Dama. 1849). She was in commission seventy years later. Captain Brown d. at B'bay in November 1850 (ae. 38).
BROWN, DAVID (1796-1850). In 1828 a custom-house record places him at Norfolk; at the same time 'brig Adeline, Brown,' lay in the stream ready for sea. A little later he commanded topsail schooners Mystic and Friend- ship (N'boro 1816).
BROWN, SAMUEL. Of Revolutionary times, he lived near the river road, southerly from Salt Marsh Cove. Samuel was a sea-captain, and on a W. I. voyage about 1765, married Margaret Thompson, daughter of a Scotch planter on the island of Saint Eustatius, whose wife was a Spanish creole. For servants the Captain brought North a few slaves, whose descendants lived in adjacent town for many years. It is said he moved to Dama.
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