CAPTAIN DUDLEY A. BRAND, of New London, an experienced navigator, especially skilled in yachting, was born in Westerly, R. I., January 12, 1853, son of Captain Dudley and Catherine (Champlin-Burdick) Brand.
At the age of twelve years Dudley A. Brand was brought to New London, where he received a common-school education; and at eighteen he went to sea, shipping as a sailor before the mast on the coasting schooner "Daniel T. Willets," under Captain Stapelin. In 1872 he made his last voyage as a seaman, and in his twenty-second year sailed as mate of the "H. R. King," Captain Bliven. Since that time he has commanded many different vessels.
In 1882 he took charge of the yacht "Alice," owned by Mr. Thomas G. Appleton; brother-in-law of the poet Longfellow. He sailed this craft for four years, leaving her to take command of the steam yacht "Wanda," owned by Woodward & Stillman, of New York City. This position was held by Captain Brand for ten years. In 1894-95 the Captain took an extended trip in charge of the "Margarita," owned by A. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, sailing from New London on September 22, reaching Southampton, England, in eleven days and five hours. During the year they touched at Gibraltar, Tangiers, Barcelona, Marseilles, Algiers, Toulon,Nice, Mentone, Ajaccio, Cividivitch, then went inland to Rome, thence to Naples, through the Strait of Messina to Brindisi, thence to Corfu, through the Gulf of Corinth and Corinth Canal to Athens, from there to Alexandria, and inland to Cairo, from Port Said to Joppa, Jerusalem, and Beirut. Returning from Beirut, they went through the Adriatic Sea to Venice, thence to Genoa and Marseilles, thence to Leith, Scotland ; from there they
went to the opening of Kiel Canal, and then they sailed to
Copenhagen, to Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. They returned via Kiel
Canal to Southampton, England, and, taking in coal and stores at the Isle of Wight, made a safe voyage back to Philadelphia. The boat
has been renamed the "Narada" since it became the property of Mr. Harry Walters, of Baltimore; and Captain Brand will again take
her to Europe, starting about January i, 1898, going also to China and Japan.
He was married on January 15, 1877, to Lottie E. Brown, of this county, daughter of Lyman and Mary Ann (Jones) Brown. Her father was one of the first Deacons of the First Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. The eldest-born of Captain and Mrs. Brand is Mary Catherine, eighteen years of age, now studying in the Williams Memorial,
belonging to the class of 1898. Their second child was a boy, and died in infancy. The youngest is Harold Brand, now about eleven years old.
Captain Brand is the owner of a handsome house on Ocean Avenue, which he purchased in 1876. As a Mason he is a member of
Brainard Lodge, No. 102, F. & A. M. ; Union Chapter, R. A. M. ; Gushing Council, R. S. M. ; and Palestine Commandery, K. T.
In politics he is Republican.
Source: Biographical Review Volume XXVI Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens of New London County Connecticut, pages 286-289 by Boston Biographical Review Publishing Company 1898 (Public Domain)
At the age of twelve years Dudley A. Brand was brought to New London, where he received a common-school education; and at eighteen he went to sea, shipping as a sailor before the mast on the coasting schooner "Daniel T. Willets," under Captain Stapelin. In 1872 he made his last voyage as a seaman, and in his twenty-second year sailed as mate of the "H. R. King," Captain Bliven. Since that time he has commanded many different vessels.
In 1882 he took charge of the yacht "Alice," owned by Mr. Thomas G. Appleton; brother-in-law of the poet Longfellow. He sailed this craft for four years, leaving her to take command of the steam yacht "Wanda," owned by Woodward & Stillman, of New York City. This position was held by Captain Brand for ten years. In 1894-95 the Captain took an extended trip in charge of the "Margarita," owned by A. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, sailing from New London on September 22, reaching Southampton, England, in eleven days and five hours. During the year they touched at Gibraltar, Tangiers, Barcelona, Marseilles, Algiers, Toulon,Nice, Mentone, Ajaccio, Cividivitch, then went inland to Rome, thence to Naples, through the Strait of Messina to Brindisi, thence to Corfu, through the Gulf of Corinth and Corinth Canal to Athens, from there to Alexandria, and inland to Cairo, from Port Said to Joppa, Jerusalem, and Beirut. Returning from Beirut, they went through the Adriatic Sea to Venice, thence to Genoa and Marseilles, thence to Leith, Scotland ; from there they
went to the opening of Kiel Canal, and then they sailed to
Copenhagen, to Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. They returned via Kiel
Canal to Southampton, England, and, taking in coal and stores at the Isle of Wight, made a safe voyage back to Philadelphia. The boat
has been renamed the "Narada" since it became the property of Mr. Harry Walters, of Baltimore; and Captain Brand will again take
her to Europe, starting about January i, 1898, going also to China and Japan.
He was married on January 15, 1877, to Lottie E. Brown, of this county, daughter of Lyman and Mary Ann (Jones) Brown. Her father was one of the first Deacons of the First Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. The eldest-born of Captain and Mrs. Brand is Mary Catherine, eighteen years of age, now studying in the Williams Memorial,
belonging to the class of 1898. Their second child was a boy, and died in infancy. The youngest is Harold Brand, now about eleven years old.
Captain Brand is the owner of a handsome house on Ocean Avenue, which he purchased in 1876. As a Mason he is a member of
Brainard Lodge, No. 102, F. & A. M. ; Union Chapter, R. A. M. ; Gushing Council, R. S. M. ; and Palestine Commandery, K. T.
In politics he is Republican.
Source: Biographical Review Volume XXVI Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens of New London County Connecticut, pages 286-289 by Boston Biographical Review Publishing Company 1898 (Public Domain)
CAPTAIN DUDLEY A. BRAND, of New London, an experienced navigator, especially skilled in yachting, was born in Westerly, R. I., January 12, 1853, son of Captain Dudley and Catherine (Champlin-Burdick) Brand.
At the age of twelve years Dudley A. Brand was brought to New London, where he received a common-school education; and at eighteen he went to sea, shipping as a sailor before the mast on the coasting schooner "Daniel T. Willets," under Captain Stapelin. In 1872 he made his last voyage as a seaman, and in his twenty-second year sailed as mate of the "H. R. King," Captain Bliven. Since that time he has commanded many different vessels.
In 1882 he took charge of the yacht "Alice," owned by Mr. Thomas G. Appleton; brother-in-law of the poet Longfellow. He sailed this craft for four years, leaving her to take command of the steam yacht "Wanda," owned by Woodward & Stillman, of New York City. This position was held by Captain Brand for ten years. In 1894-95 the Captain took an extended trip in charge of the "Margarita," owned by A. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, sailing from New London on September 22, reaching Southampton, England, in eleven days and five hours. During the year they touched at Gibraltar, Tangiers, Barcelona, Marseilles, Algiers, Toulon,Nice, Mentone, Ajaccio, Cividivitch, then went inland to Rome, thence to Naples, through the Strait of Messina to Brindisi, thence to Corfu, through the Gulf of Corinth and Corinth Canal to Athens, from there to Alexandria, and inland to Cairo, from Port Said to Joppa, Jerusalem, and Beirut. Returning from Beirut, they went through the Adriatic Sea to Venice, thence to Genoa and Marseilles, thence to Leith, Scotland ; from there they
went to the opening of Kiel Canal, and then they sailed to
Copenhagen, to Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. They returned via Kiel
Canal to Southampton, England, and, taking in coal and stores at the Isle of Wight, made a safe voyage back to Philadelphia. The boat
has been renamed the "Narada" since it became the property of Mr. Harry Walters, of Baltimore; and Captain Brand will again take
her to Europe, starting about January i, 1898, going also to China and Japan.
He was married on January 15, 1877, to Lottie E. Brown, of this county, daughter of Lyman and Mary Ann (Jones) Brown. Her father was one of the first Deacons of the First Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. The eldest-born of Captain and Mrs. Brand is Mary Catherine, eighteen years of age, now studying in the Williams Memorial,
belonging to the class of 1898. Their second child was a boy, and died in infancy. The youngest is Harold Brand, now about eleven years old.
Captain Brand is the owner of a handsome house on Ocean Avenue, which he purchased in 1876. As a Mason he is a member of
Brainard Lodge, No. 102, F. & A. M. ; Union Chapter, R. A. M. ; Gushing Council, R. S. M. ; and Palestine Commandery, K. T.
In politics he is Republican.
Source: Biographical Review Volume XXVI Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens of New London County Connecticut, pages 286-289 by Boston Biographical Review Publishing Company 1898 (Public Domain)
At the age of twelve years Dudley A. Brand was brought to New London, where he received a common-school education; and at eighteen he went to sea, shipping as a sailor before the mast on the coasting schooner "Daniel T. Willets," under Captain Stapelin. In 1872 he made his last voyage as a seaman, and in his twenty-second year sailed as mate of the "H. R. King," Captain Bliven. Since that time he has commanded many different vessels.
In 1882 he took charge of the yacht "Alice," owned by Mr. Thomas G. Appleton; brother-in-law of the poet Longfellow. He sailed this craft for four years, leaving her to take command of the steam yacht "Wanda," owned by Woodward & Stillman, of New York City. This position was held by Captain Brand for ten years. In 1894-95 the Captain took an extended trip in charge of the "Margarita," owned by A. J. Drexel, of Philadelphia, sailing from New London on September 22, reaching Southampton, England, in eleven days and five hours. During the year they touched at Gibraltar, Tangiers, Barcelona, Marseilles, Algiers, Toulon,Nice, Mentone, Ajaccio, Cividivitch, then went inland to Rome, thence to Naples, through the Strait of Messina to Brindisi, thence to Corfu, through the Gulf of Corinth and Corinth Canal to Athens, from there to Alexandria, and inland to Cairo, from Port Said to Joppa, Jerusalem, and Beirut. Returning from Beirut, they went through the Adriatic Sea to Venice, thence to Genoa and Marseilles, thence to Leith, Scotland ; from there they
went to the opening of Kiel Canal, and then they sailed to
Copenhagen, to Stockholm, and St. Petersburg. They returned via Kiel
Canal to Southampton, England, and, taking in coal and stores at the Isle of Wight, made a safe voyage back to Philadelphia. The boat
has been renamed the "Narada" since it became the property of Mr. Harry Walters, of Baltimore; and Captain Brand will again take
her to Europe, starting about January i, 1898, going also to China and Japan.
He was married on January 15, 1877, to Lottie E. Brown, of this county, daughter of Lyman and Mary Ann (Jones) Brown. Her father was one of the first Deacons of the First Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. The eldest-born of Captain and Mrs. Brand is Mary Catherine, eighteen years of age, now studying in the Williams Memorial,
belonging to the class of 1898. Their second child was a boy, and died in infancy. The youngest is Harold Brand, now about eleven years old.
Captain Brand is the owner of a handsome house on Ocean Avenue, which he purchased in 1876. As a Mason he is a member of
Brainard Lodge, No. 102, F. & A. M. ; Union Chapter, R. A. M. ; Gushing Council, R. S. M. ; and Palestine Commandery, K. T.
In politics he is Republican.
Source: Biographical Review Volume XXVI Containing Life Sketches Of Leading Citizens of New London County Connecticut, pages 286-289 by Boston Biographical Review Publishing Company 1898 (Public Domain)
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