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Augustus Anderson

Birth
Death
Apr 1850
At Sea
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Shipwrecks of Gloucester, MA, US Add to Map
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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 1850

This proved a most disastrous year to the Georges fishery; resulting in the loss of four vessels and thirty-nines lives , as follows;

Schooner WILLIAM WALLACE, lost in February with eight men: Stephen Decatur Griffin of Annisquam, Master; Daniel Adams, George Brown, 3rd, Frederick A. Lewis, William Grant, John Linedall, William Mansield, Thomas Ingalls. Owned by Fritz E. Riggs & Bro. Valued at $3,000; insured for $2.600.

Schooner TUSCANY, lost in March, with eight men. Charles H.Pew, Master; James Shackleford, John J. Barrett, Rufus Parsons, Aaron Hodgkins, Nathaniel S. Lufkin, Benjamin H. Brown, Jr., Spencer T.Jackson. Owned by the master and John Pew. Valued at $3.500; insured for $2,800.

Schooner WALTER SCOTT, lost in April with eight men, Jas. Hibbert, Master: Noah Hibbert, William Dexter, Israel Dodge, William A. Gahan, Thomas Wilson, Mark Lewis , Charles Gahan. Owned by James Hibbert and George Parkhurst. Valued at $3,000; insured for $2,400.

Schooner SPECIE, lost the same month with seven men. Benjamin Tarr, Master; Charles Witham, Jr., Charles Lufkin, Augustus Anderson, Peter Anderson, Lewis Rice, Charls Tarr. Owned by David Parkhurst. Valued at $3,000; insured for $2,500.

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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 1850

This proved a most disastrous year to the Georges fishery; resulting in the loss of four vessels and thirty-nines lives , as follows;

Schooner WILLIAM WALLACE, lost in February with eight men: Stephen Decatur Griffin of Annisquam, Master; Daniel Adams, George Brown, 3rd, Frederick A. Lewis, William Grant, John Linedall, William Mansield, Thomas Ingalls. Owned by Fritz E. Riggs & Bro. Valued at $3,000; insured for $2.600.

Schooner TUSCANY, lost in March, with eight men. Charles H.Pew, Master; James Shackleford, John J. Barrett, Rufus Parsons, Aaron Hodgkins, Nathaniel S. Lufkin, Benjamin H. Brown, Jr., Spencer T.Jackson. Owned by the master and John Pew. Valued at $3.500; insured for $2,800.

Schooner WALTER SCOTT, lost in April with eight men, Jas. Hibbert, Master: Noah Hibbert, William Dexter, Israel Dodge, William A. Gahan, Thomas Wilson, Mark Lewis , Charles Gahan. Owned by James Hibbert and George Parkhurst. Valued at $3,000; insured for $2,400.

Schooner SPECIE, lost the same month with seven men. Benjamin Tarr, Master; Charles Witham, Jr., Charles Lufkin, Augustus Anderson, Peter Anderson, Lewis Rice, Charls Tarr. Owned by David Parkhurst. Valued at $3,000; insured for $2,500.

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