AN OLD SEA CAPTAIN DEAD
THE NEW YORK TIMES
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 5, 1884
Capt. Benjamin T. Watlington, a shipmaster, well known in nearly every large port in the civilized world, died of old age at his home, N0. 45 Douglass-street, Brooklyn, yesterday. He had not been in good health for several years and his death was not a surprise to his relatives and friends.
He was born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies, March 22, 1799. When 7 years of age he was sent to New York to be educated. In early youth he followed the example of a number of his paternal ancestors by going to sea, and eventually became part owner of several clipper ships.
During the Mexican war he carried Gen.Harney and several regiments of soldiers to Vera Cruz in the old clipper Yazoo. The vessel was wrecked on a sunken reef in the Bay of Mexico on the voyage, but only one man was drowned.
Capt. Watlington was also commander and part owner of the noted clipper ship Gazetteer, which beat the famous clipper Dreadnought in a fast race from Liverpool to New York many years ago. It used to be said of him that he was averse to clipper racing, but if a vessel came near his course he would crack on all sail and show the stranger the Gazetteer's admirable sailings qualities. He was wrecked at sea five times.
In 1836 he was married to Miss Ann E. Fowler, daughter of Capt. Pexcel Fowler, an old sear Captain of New York. He had six children, four of whom are now living. His eldest son, who became Captain of a clipper ship when 19 years of age, was lost at sea. Mrs. Watlington died in the summer of 1882.
(This New York News article was found by Joyce Major and given to Pat Major Miller. Their ancestors (the Major Family came from Ireland on the Ship Gazetteer, Port of New York, Master Benjamin Washington,(should be spelled Watlington, arrived 19 June 1854 from Liverpool, all from Great Britain)
The Danish West Indies was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, first under the united kingdom's of Denmark-Norway and later, after the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Denmark alone. The islands were sold to the United States in 1916 under the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and were organized as the United States Virgin Islands in 1917. The Danish geographical name for the constituent islands is Jomfruøerne (lit. "The Virgin Islands").
THE NEW YORK TIMES
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 5, 1884
Capt. Benjamin T. Watlington, a shipmaster, well known in nearly every large port in the civilized world, died of old age at his home, N0. 45 Douglass-street, Brooklyn, yesterday. He had not been in good health for several years and his death was not a surprise to his relatives and friends.
He was born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies, March 22, 1799. When 7 years of age he was sent to New York to be educated. In early youth he followed the example of a number of his paternal ancestors by going to sea, and eventually became part owner of several clipper ships.
During the Mexican war he carried Gen.Harney and several regiments of soldiers to Vera Cruz in the old clipper Yazoo. The vessel was wrecked on a sunken reef in the Bay of Mexico on the voyage, but only one man was drowned.
Capt. Watlington was also commander and part owner of the noted clipper ship Gazetteer, which beat the famous clipper Dreadnought in a fast race from Liverpool to New York many years ago. It used to be said of him that he was averse to clipper racing, but if a vessel came near his course he would crack on all sail and show the stranger the Gazetteer's admirable sailings qualities. He was wrecked at sea five times.
In 1836 he was married to Miss Ann E. Fowler, daughter of Capt. Pexcel Fowler, an old sear Captain of New York. He had six children, four of whom are now living. His eldest son, who became Captain of a clipper ship when 19 years of age, was lost at sea. Mrs. Watlington died in the summer of 1882.
(This New York News article was found by Joyce Major and given to Pat Major Miller. Their ancestors (the Major Family came from Ireland on the Ship Gazetteer, Port of New York, Master Benjamin Washington,(should be spelled Watlington, arrived 19 June 1854 from Liverpool, all from Great Britain)
The Danish West Indies was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, first under the united kingdom's of Denmark-Norway and later, after the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Denmark alone. The islands were sold to the United States in 1916 under the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and were organized as the United States Virgin Islands in 1917. The Danish geographical name for the constituent islands is Jomfruøerne (lit. "The Virgin Islands").
AN OLD SEA CAPTAIN DEAD
THE NEW YORK TIMES
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 5, 1884
Capt. Benjamin T. Watlington, a shipmaster, well known in nearly every large port in the civilized world, died of old age at his home, N0. 45 Douglass-street, Brooklyn, yesterday. He had not been in good health for several years and his death was not a surprise to his relatives and friends.
He was born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies, March 22, 1799. When 7 years of age he was sent to New York to be educated. In early youth he followed the example of a number of his paternal ancestors by going to sea, and eventually became part owner of several clipper ships.
During the Mexican war he carried Gen.Harney and several regiments of soldiers to Vera Cruz in the old clipper Yazoo. The vessel was wrecked on a sunken reef in the Bay of Mexico on the voyage, but only one man was drowned.
Capt. Watlington was also commander and part owner of the noted clipper ship Gazetteer, which beat the famous clipper Dreadnought in a fast race from Liverpool to New York many years ago. It used to be said of him that he was averse to clipper racing, but if a vessel came near his course he would crack on all sail and show the stranger the Gazetteer's admirable sailings qualities. He was wrecked at sea five times.
In 1836 he was married to Miss Ann E. Fowler, daughter of Capt. Pexcel Fowler, an old sear Captain of New York. He had six children, four of whom are now living. His eldest son, who became Captain of a clipper ship when 19 years of age, was lost at sea. Mrs. Watlington died in the summer of 1882.
(This New York News article was found by Joyce Major and given to Pat Major Miller. Their ancestors (the Major Family came from Ireland on the Ship Gazetteer, Port of New York, Master Benjamin Washington,(should be spelled Watlington, arrived 19 June 1854 from Liverpool, all from Great Britain)
The Danish West Indies was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, first under the united kingdom's of Denmark-Norway and later, after the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Denmark alone. The islands were sold to the United States in 1916 under the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and were organized as the United States Virgin Islands in 1917. The Danish geographical name for the constituent islands is Jomfruøerne (lit. "The Virgin Islands").
THE NEW YORK TIMES
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 5, 1884
Capt. Benjamin T. Watlington, a shipmaster, well known in nearly every large port in the civilized world, died of old age at his home, N0. 45 Douglass-street, Brooklyn, yesterday. He had not been in good health for several years and his death was not a surprise to his relatives and friends.
He was born in Santa Cruz, Danish West Indies, March 22, 1799. When 7 years of age he was sent to New York to be educated. In early youth he followed the example of a number of his paternal ancestors by going to sea, and eventually became part owner of several clipper ships.
During the Mexican war he carried Gen.Harney and several regiments of soldiers to Vera Cruz in the old clipper Yazoo. The vessel was wrecked on a sunken reef in the Bay of Mexico on the voyage, but only one man was drowned.
Capt. Watlington was also commander and part owner of the noted clipper ship Gazetteer, which beat the famous clipper Dreadnought in a fast race from Liverpool to New York many years ago. It used to be said of him that he was averse to clipper racing, but if a vessel came near his course he would crack on all sail and show the stranger the Gazetteer's admirable sailings qualities. He was wrecked at sea five times.
In 1836 he was married to Miss Ann E. Fowler, daughter of Capt. Pexcel Fowler, an old sear Captain of New York. He had six children, four of whom are now living. His eldest son, who became Captain of a clipper ship when 19 years of age, was lost at sea. Mrs. Watlington died in the summer of 1882.
(This New York News article was found by Joyce Major and given to Pat Major Miller. Their ancestors (the Major Family came from Ireland on the Ship Gazetteer, Port of New York, Master Benjamin Washington,(should be spelled Watlington, arrived 19 June 1854 from Liverpool, all from Great Britain)
The Danish West Indies was a Danish colony in the Caribbean, first under the united kingdom's of Denmark-Norway and later, after the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Denmark alone. The islands were sold to the United States in 1916 under the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and were organized as the United States Virgin Islands in 1917. The Danish geographical name for the constituent islands is Jomfruøerne (lit. "The Virgin Islands").
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