The following is a transcription of the crew list of the ship Sally compiled at New Bedford on 29 July 1808 and submitted to Edward Pope, Collector at the Customs House. No return list has been found.

LIST and DESCRIPTION of the Officers and Crew of the Ship Sally of the burthen of Two hundred twenty two & 19/95 Tons, or therabouts, now bound from New Bedford for a Whaling Voyage

Names	Rank	Place of Birth	Residence	Height	Complexion	Age	to what Nation subject
Obed Clark	Master	Nantucket	Nantucket	5 feet 5 inches	Light	34 years	United States of America
Peter Easton	1st Mate	Nantucket	Nantucket	5 feet 8 1/2 inches	Dark	25 years	"
David Stowell	2nd Mate	Connecticut	New Bedford	5 feet 4 inches	Brown	22 years	"
Joseph Chace Junr	Boat Steerer	Tisbury	Tisbury	5 feet 11 inches	Light	25 years	"
John Briggs	Cooper	Berkley	New Bedford	5 feet 8 1/2 inches	Light	20 years	"
David Easton	Seaman	Nantucket	Nantucket	5 feet 6 inches	Light	18 years	"
Joseph Briggs Junr	ditto	Berkley	Berkley	5 feet 10 inches	Light	21 years	"
Joshua Small	ditto	New Castle	New Castle	5 feet 2 1/2 inches	Light	27 years	"
Joseph Rose	ditto	Flores	Nantucket	3 feet 11 inches	Dark	17 years	"
Milton Andros	ditto	Berkley	Berkley	5 feet 8 3/4 inches	Light	22 years	"
Philip Lewis	Boy	New Bedford	New Bedford	4 feet 11 inches	Negro	15 years	"
Samuel Hazard	ditto	South Carolina	Middleborough	5 feet 2 1/2 inches	Negro	23 years	"
Isaac Ray	ditto	New Jersey	New Bedford	5 feet 5 1/2 inches	Mulatto	23 years	"
Joseph Warrick	ditto	Pembrook	New Bedford	5 feet 6 1/2 inches	Mulatto	17 years	"
John Brown	ditto	New York	New Bedford	5 feet 5 inches	Negro	28 years	"
Jonathan A. West	Mariner/td>	New Bedford	New Bedford	5 feet 2 inches	Light	15 years	"

July 29, 1808 - Obed Clark

On the reverse: Know all men by these presents, That we Obed Clark Master or Commander of the Ship called the Sally now lying in the District of New Bedford and John H. Howland of New Bedford State of Massachusetts are held and firmly bound umto the United States of America, and the full and just sum of Four hunderd Dollars money of the United States; To which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves jointly and severally, or joint and several heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our selas and dates this 29ith day of July One Thousand eight Hundred and Eight WHEREAS the above bounden Obed Clark hath delivered to the Collector of the customs for the district of New Bedford in the State of Massachusetts a verified list containing, as far as he can ascertain them, the names, places of birth, residence and description of the persons who compose the company of the said Ship called the Sally now lying in the said district, of which he is at present Master or Commander; of which list the said Collector has delivered to the said Obed Clark a certified copy; NOW THE CONDITION of this obligation is such, That if the said Master shall exhibit the aforesaid certified copy of the list ot the first boarding officer, at the first port in the United States at which he shall arrive on his return thereto, and then and there also produce the persons named therein ot the said baording officer, except any of the persons caontained in the said list, who may be discharged in a foreign Country with the consent of the consul, vice-consul, commerial agent or vice-commercial agent there residing, signified in writing under his hand and official seal to be produced to the collector of the district within which he may arrive as aforesaid, with the other presons composing the crew as aforesaid, or who may have died or absconded, or who may have been forcibly impressed into tother service, of which satisfactory proof shall be then also exhibited to the said last mentioned collector, then and in such case the above obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise it shall abide and remain in full force and virtue. SEALED AND DELIVERED in presence of [signed] Edwd Pope [signed] Obed Clark Jno H. Howland

Peter Easton, surely the son of Peleg and Eunice (Hussey) Easton, b. 13 Sep 1782, Nantucket (IGI). See David Easton below.
David Easton, surely the son of Peleg and Eunice (Hussey) Easton, b. 8 May 1790, Nantucket (IGI). See Peter Easton above. He m. Sally Marshall 4 May 1815, Nantucket (IGI).
David Stowell, probably the son of Daniel and Susannah (Sherrow) Stowell, b. perhaps Stonington, CT. He married Pamelia Jones 14 Oct 1810, New Bedford (IGI). NB Mercury, 9/18/1818, p. 3, mariner, late of New Bedford, insolvent.
Joseph Chace, surely son of Joseph and Martha (Hillman) Chace, b. 29 Apr 1783, Tisbury (IGI).
Joseph Briggs, probably the son of Joseph and Esther (Paull) Briggs of Berkley.
Joseph Rose appears in the 1850 Federal census on Nantucket, age 60, b. Portugal, seaman, can't read or write, living with the family of his daughter Lydia (Mrs. Alexander Bunker, 2nd). In 1860 he was still living with the Bunkers as a farmer and fisherman, age 70, b. Brazil. A William Rose is also enumerated, age 50, b. New York, same occupation. The 1870 census places him similarly, age 82, b. South America, no occupation. He married Mary Jones 5 Sep 1813, Nantucket (vrs), dau. of Benjamin and Amy Jones, Joseph was "of Portugal." He died 18 Jan 1873, Nantucket, age 81y, 6m, general debility, widower, laborer, b. St. Catherines S. A. (MA State Health Dept deaths 257:285) Although there is a Flores in Brazil, it is far inland in the state of Pernambuco. St. Catherine's likely refers to Ilha Santa Caterina, and island in the far southern coast of Brazil. The capital of the state of Santa Caterina is Florianopolis on the island, and this may have led to saying that he was born in Flores on the crewlist. At 17, and finding menial work on a whaler, he undoubtedly did not have enough money travel a great distance to the coast, and thus a ship to take him away, so residence on the island is reasonable.
Milton Andros, son of Rev. Thomas and Abigail (Cutler) Andros, b. 16 Apr 1786, Berkley, MA, d. 2 June 1822. He had a half-brother named for him after his death. He may have been the Milton Andrews living in Freetown, MA, in the 1820 census. In 1817 that name appears on lists of letters at the New York City post office.
Samuel Hazard: nothing about him has been found. There was a wealthy, slave-holding Hazzard family in Beaufort Co., South Carolina, which was on the Atlantic Coast. There are no records found of the name Hazard in Middleborough, MA. The Rotch family owned Sally. William R. Rotch, Jr. and Thomas Rotch witnessed signatures on the shipping papers of 1810. The return notice of the ship in 1810 in The Old Colony Gazette says the owners were "Rotch and Hazard." This was Thomas Hazard, and he was surely one of the co-owners. He was a Friend, as were the Rotches, and involved in the protection of a fugitive slave named John and his family. They had been living with Thomas Rotch for about a year before they got word in New Bedford that the owner was coming to town looking for them. The parents and two children went to the care of Moses Brown in Providence, but about three other children remained in New Bedford in the care of Hazard. Was one of them Samuel? In a letter from Hazard to Brown, he says their names were changed. Did Samuel get his name from Thomas Hazard before being placed in a safe home? He would have been 6 years old when this event occurred. Perhaps there was a willing person in Middleborough, which was far enough from the coast to not be an obvious place to look for fugitives. The 1800 census lists various people in Middleborough who had free blacks in their households. Whether any of them were Friends or in any other way connected to New Bedford isn't yet known.

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households with blacks in Middleborough, 1800 census: Elijah Alden, James Washburn, Abner Wood, widow Meribah Samson, Lt. Thomas Sprout, Prince Potter (black, 2 blacks in household), Eleanor Easton (same, 3), Peter Foster, Capt. Job Pierce, Capt. Benjamin Leonard