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 1849
There were two vessels and ten lives lost this year, as follows,
Schooner LEVI WOODBURY, lost in October, near Boon Island. Engaged in the shore mackerel fishery. Had ten men on board. William Fears, Master; Josiah Bradstreet, Jr., John J. Parsons, Joseph W. Babson, Augustus Burnhan, Theodore Andrews, Benjamin H. Glover, Charles Ward, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Lane. Owned by the master and Robert Fears. Valued at $2,500; insured for $2,000.
Schooner ENCHANTRESS, Enoch Snow, Master, lost on Cape Sable, June 4th. Crew saved. Owned by Joseph O. Proctor.Valued at $1,000; one quarter insured for $200.
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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 1849
There were two vessels and ten lives lost this year, as follows,
Schooner LEVI WOODBURY, lost in October, near Boon Island. Engaged in the shore mackerel fishery. Had ten men on board. William Fears, Master; Josiah Bradstreet, Jr., John J. Parsons, Joseph W. Babson, Augustus Burnhan, Theodore Andrews, Benjamin H. Glover, Charles Ward, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Lane. Owned by the master and Robert Fears. Valued at $2,500; insured for $2,000.
Schooner ENCHANTRESS, Enoch Snow, Master, lost on Cape Sable, June 4th. Crew saved. Owned by Joseph O. Proctor.Valued at $1,000; one quarter insured for $200.
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