Shipwrecks and Ships of Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Gloucester was founded in 1623 as a Massachusetts Bay Colony by the Dorchester Company from Dorchester England. The following list of ships plus crew and passenger names is taken from shipwrecks from Gloucester Massachusetts 1830 to 1873.
Source: The Fishermans' Memorial and Record Book by George H. Proctor (A list of vessels and their crews, Lost from the Port of Gloucester From the year 1830 to October 1, 1873. Embracing A Period of Nearly Half a Century comprising Fourteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven Names, and two hundred and Ninety -Six Vessels, including those lost in the Gale of August 24, 1873)
A list of vessels and their crews Lost from the Port of Gloucester, Massachusetts 1846
There were three vessels and fifteen lives lost this year, as follows:
Schooner GENERAL SCOTT, lost on Georges in November. James Bowdoin, Master, and a crew of seven men: Anthony Wise, Noah Quiner, Seth Foster, John Hawley, Joseph Getting, Benjamin Millet, George Millett. Owned by David Parkhurst. Valued at $2,400; insured for $1,600.
Schooner CANTON , lost on Georges in November. Had seven men, as follows: James Norwood, Jr., Master; John Saunders, Jr., Elisha Lufkin, Samuel Parsons, Ephraim Tibbtts, Isaac Poole, John Woodbury. Owned by Sameul W. Brown, Valued at $1,500; insured for $1,200.
Schooner FRANCIS ELIZABETH, lost near Sparling's Point, Me., November 25th. Crew Saved. Valued at $1.000; insured for $800.
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Shipwrecks and Ships of Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Gloucester was founded in 1623 as a Massachusetts Bay Colony by the Dorchester Company from Dorchester England. The following list of ships plus crew and passenger names is taken from shipwrecks from Gloucester Massachusetts 1830 to 1873.
Source: The Fishermans' Memorial and Record Book by George H. Proctor (A list of vessels and their crews, Lost from the Port of Gloucester From the year 1830 to October 1, 1873. Embracing A Period of Nearly Half a Century comprising Fourteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven Names, and two hundred and Ninety -Six Vessels, including those lost in the Gale of August 24, 1873)
A list of vessels and their crews Lost from the Port of Gloucester, Massachusetts 1846
There were three vessels and fifteen lives lost this year, as follows:
Schooner GENERAL SCOTT, lost on Georges in November. James Bowdoin, Master, and a crew of seven men: Anthony Wise, Noah Quiner, Seth Foster, John Hawley, Joseph Getting, Benjamin Millet, George Millett. Owned by David Parkhurst. Valued at $2,400; insured for $1,600.
Schooner CANTON , lost on Georges in November. Had seven men, as follows: James Norwood, Jr., Master; John Saunders, Jr., Elisha Lufkin, Samuel Parsons, Ephraim Tibbtts, Isaac Poole, John Woodbury. Owned by Sameul W. Brown, Valued at $1,500; insured for $1,200.
Schooner FRANCIS ELIZABETH, lost near Sparling's Point, Me., November 25th. Crew Saved. Valued at $1.000; insured for $800.
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