Captain Dudley Brand was born in Westerly in 1808. His mother died when he was a child. The boy was brought up by his maternal grandfather, and became a successful ship-master in the carrying trade between the West Indies and the Strait of Belle Isle. He commanded the brig "Buffalo," and was lost off Squirrel Island while attempting to put ashore in a small boat.
Captain Dudley Brand married first, in 1836, Evelyn Bailey. She was drowned off the coast of Long Island from the "Catherine F. Hale" in 1847, her husband, the Captain, the mate, and one sailor being saved. He married second, March 30, 1851, Catherine, daughter of John A. Champlin, and the widow of William Burdick, who was drowned in the prime of life, leaving but one son. Mr. Champlin's wife, the mother of Catherine, was a *Greene. Captain Dudley and Mrs. Catherine Brand had three sons and one daughter, namely: Dudley A., a yacht commander; John H., who is in Montana; Lyman, a marine engineer in Boston; and Hattie, who died at the age of eighteen. Dudley's death occurred at the age of eighty-four years. He had been Captain and part owner of different vessels.
*Lucy Anna Greene
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 Brand married first, in 1836, Evelyn Bailey. She was drowned off the coast of Long Island from the "Catherine F. Hale" in 1847, her husband, the Captain, the mate, and one sailor being saved. He married second, March 30, 1851, Catherine, daughter of John A. Champlin, and the widow of William Burdick, who was drowned in the prime of life, leaving but one son. Mr. Champlin's wife, the mother of Catherine, was a *Greene. Captain Dudley and Mrs. Catherine Brand had three sons and one daughter, namely: Dudley A., a yacht commander; John H., who is in Montana; Lyman, a marine engineer in Boston; and Hattie, who died at the age of eighteen. Dudley's death occurred at the age of eighty-four years. He had been Captain and part owner of different vessels.
*Lucy Anna Greene
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 Brand was born in Westerly in 1808. His mother died when he was a child. The boy was brought up by his maternal grandfather, and became a successful ship-master in the carrying trade between the West Indies and the Strait of Belle Isle. He commanded the brig "Buffalo," and was lost off Squirrel Island while attempting to put ashore in a small boat.
Captain Dudley Brand married first, in 1836, Evelyn Bailey. She was drowned off the coast of Long Island from the "Catherine F. Hale" in 1847, her husband, the Captain, the mate, and one sailor being saved. He married second, March 30, 1851, Catherine, daughter of John A. Champlin, and the widow of William Burdick, who was drowned in the prime of life, leaving but one son. Mr. Champlin's wife, the mother of Catherine, was a *Greene. Captain Dudley and Mrs. Catherine Brand had three sons and one daughter, namely: Dudley A., a yacht commander; John H., who is in Montana; Lyman, a marine engineer in Boston; and Hattie, who died at the age of eighteen. Dudley's death occurred at the age of eighty-four years. He had been Captain and part owner of different vessels.
*Lucy Anna Greene
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 Brand married first, in 1836, Evelyn Bailey. She was drowned off the coast of Long Island from the "Catherine F. Hale" in 1847, her husband, the Captain, the mate, and one sailor being saved. He married second, March 30, 1851, Catherine, daughter of John A. Champlin, and the widow of William Burdick, who was drowned in the prime of life, leaving but one son. Mr. Champlin's wife, the mother of Catherine, was a *Greene. Captain Dudley and Mrs. Catherine Brand had three sons and one daughter, namely: Dudley A., a yacht commander; John H., who is in Montana; Lyman, a marine engineer in Boston; and Hattie, who died at the age of eighteen. Dudley's death occurred at the age of eighty-four years. He had been Captain and part owner of different vessels.
*Lucy Anna Greene
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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