whaling ship Wilmington & Liverpool Packet crewlist,

LIST OF PERSONS
composing the crew of the ship Wilmington & Liverpool Packet of New Bedford, whereof John Briggs is master bound for
the South Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere on a whaling voyage

NAMES	PLACES OF BIRTH	PLACES OF RESIDENCE	OF WHAT COUNTRY CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS	DESCRIPTION OF THESE PERSONS
				AGES	HEIGHT		COMPLEXION	HAIR
				AGES	FEET	INCHES	COMPLEXION	HAIR
John Briggs
Nickerson Chase	Chilmark	Chilmark	United States	50	5		light	brown
Timothy Russell 2nd	Dartmouth	Dartmouth	United States	31	5	10 1/2	fair	dark
Phillip Mosher Jnr	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	24	5		dark	dark
Anson Churchill	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	20	5	10 1/2	fair	brown
Peleg Jenney Jnr	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	20	5	5 1/2	light	light brown
Hiram Lake	Tiverton	Tiverton	United States	21	5	3 1/4	light	dark
David T. Peckham	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	23	5	6 3/4	light	brown
Harvey Freelove	Troy Mass	Troy	United States	25	5	11 1/2	light	brown
David M Tryon	Green County	New York	United States	22	5 6 /2	6 1/2	dark	brown
Russell Luce	Tisbury	Tisbury	United States	21	5	9	light	brown
Grafton Luce	Tisbury	Tisbury	United States	28	5	8	light	dark
Leonard Skiff	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	16	5		light	lt brown
Thomas W Cummings	Boston	Boston	United States	30	5	5	fair	brown
Moses Morse	Wareham	Wareham	United States	20	5	6 1/4	light	brown
Leander Hathaway	Wareham	Wareham	United States	19	5	8 3/4	fair	brown
John Gray	Tiverton	Tiverton	United States	16	5	1 1/4	light	brown
Isaac Weston	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	23	5	5 1/4	light	brown
Richard Dunham	New Port RI	New Bedford	United States	17	5		light	brown
Obed R. Foye	Nantucket	Nantucket	United States	33	5	7	light	brown
Cornelius Manchester	Tiverton	Tiverton	United States	17	5	3	light	lt brown
William Jenkins	Albany	Albany	United States	21	5	10 1/2	coloured	black wooly
James Freeman	Hartford	New Bedford	United States	29	5	8	black	blk curley
Joseph Pease	Taunton	" "	United States	28	5	9 3/4	coloured	black & strait
John Stevens	Philadelphia	" "	United States	29	5	6 1/2	coloured	black & curley
Gardner Manchester	Tiverton	Tiverton	United States	18	5	6 1/4	light	lt brown
Solomon Weston	New Bedford	New Bedford	United States	19	5	9 1/4	light	light
Elisha Parker	Fairhaven	Fairhaven	United States	24	5	7 1/2	light	brown
signd [although not by John Briggs] John Briggs

I hereby certify upon full examination that all the men named in the above list of crew are return into this port, from their whal voyage, except Leonard Hathaway & Gardner Manchester who it is said didn ot proceed on the voyage in the ship. Thomas W Cummings who was discharged at one of the Sandwich Islands, John Gray deserted at the Island of [Ponar? perhaps intending Puna in the Gulf of Guayaquil] - William Jenkins, Joseph Peas & John Stevens all left at Guayaquil with the American consul on account of mutiny - the particulars relating to the part of the crew above excepted I have from Capt. John Briggs above named master. Given under my hand at the Port of New Bedford this eighth day of March A. D. 1827

Eli Haskell, Inspector

I John Briggs master of the above named ship Wmtn & L Packet do hereby declare on oath, that the statement respecting the crew who are not returned, and seth fourth by me in the certificate of E. Haskell hereto anexed is true, so help me God

[signed]John Briggs

sworn to before me

May 9th 1827 [signed] N. Bates Dy Collr

Nickerson Chase b. abt 1773, d. 7 Nov 1844, Tisbury, MA, (MA State Health Dept., age 70, lighthouse keeper, d. of --- disease of heart 14:66) son of Zaccheus and prob. Deliverance (Cahoon) Daggett (Zaccheus' first wife, Hannah Butler, d. 1770), m. Fanny Norton 1 Jan 1801(IGI)

Timothy Russell prob. b. 24 Oct 1793, Dartmouth, MA, son of Joseph and Edith (Allen)(IGI). He was likely the second oldest in Dartmouth, thus 2nd.

Philip Mosher prob. in 1850 Census, Bristol, RI (p. 6B), 45, ship master, b. MA, w/ wife Sophia & 5 ch. 1860 census, Newport, RI (p. 137), 54, mariner, b. New Bedford, Sophia b. Tiverton, next 3 ch. b. Warren, then Tiverton. Married Sophia Ann Lake, 18 Apr 1827, New Bedford, 2 mos. after return to port. He may have been the son of Philip and Dinah (Brightman) of New Bedford. He was approached by the mutineers on W & LP to join them in killing Capt. Briggs and taking the ship, but why Philip in particular isn't known.

Anson Churchill prob. b. 3 Jan 1805, New Bedford, son of Thomas & Eunice (Jenney) (NB vrs). Rose from perhaps 4th mate to 2nd mate on next trip of W&LP. 1836 NB dir., mariner, house 45 Hillman. 1839 dir., Anson S. Churchill, mariner, h. 128 Middle, co. No. Sixth. perhaps Anson S. Churchill who m. Betsy C.(Betsey S. Collins, IGI)(1850 US census, Taunton, 34, mariner). Anson and Betsy were both supp. 34, but could be 10 years off. They had a child with them, presum. theirs, who was 18. There was a Betsy Collins b. 1805, Dartmouth vrs. 1830 US census, New Bedford, male 20-30, female 20-30, girl 0-5 (Sophia, b. 1828). 1840 US census, NB, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 30-40, 1 male 15-20, 1 girl 0-5 (Emily), 1 girl 5-10 (Adeline), 1 girl 15-20 (Sophia). The young male in this census was very likely a servant or a boarder. There is no credible evidence seen to suggest a forgotten son.

Peleg Jenney, Jr. prob. b. 17 Dec 1803, New Bedford, son of Peleg & Sarah (Kempton)(IGI), m. Abby Russell 1 May 1827 (IGI). Rose to 3rd mate on next voyage of W&LP.

David T. Peckham prob. m. Nancy M. Danforth, 19 Nov 1831, Fairhaven, MA (NB vrs give intentions, he of NB, she of Fairh). 1836 NB dir., David S. Peckham, cooper, at sea.

Harvey Freelove prob. m. Mary Pettey, 23 Aug 1823, Troy, NY (IGI)

David M. Tryon prob. David Mason Tryon b. 18 July 1806, Durham, Greene Co., NY, son of Asa & Hester (Chapman)(IGI, says b. Saybrook, incorrect). An "Asae Trion" or "Trian" appears in Freehold, Greene Co., NY, in 1800, and Asa Tryon is in Durham in 1810

Grafton Luce b. abt 1797 (fairly consistent age and phys. descr. among ship lists - see also Ship Russell 1818-1822). Prob. son of George and Abigail (Rotch) or (Lambert)(IGI), supp. m. Rhoda Daggett 5 May 1825, Tisbury. The year is surely wrong, since he was at sea at the time. "Whaling bark WOLGA of Fairhaven, Capt Grafton Luce, in at Kosrae on Feb 13 [1851]. 'Spent a day laying off and on in hopes that the natives would come off to trade,' but none did. [Luce -1852]" http://www.micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/forships/kosrae.htm

Russell Luce b. abt. 1803, perhaps son of Abner and Millicent (Norton) or Amelia C., m. Hannah A. Daggett 20 Oct 1829(IGI). Also on Maria Theresa (1823); Industry (1822); Amazon (1830 & 1833); George & Susan (1827), and supp. Roscoe (1824), but may not have shipped. All say b. Tisbury but one, which says M Viny., 5' 9", light compl., dark hair (taken from research by Judy Swan at http://history.vineyard.net/dukes/sailors5.htm)

Leander Hathaway b. abt. 1805/1806, perhaps Leander B. Hathaway, son of Beriah Delano & Fear (Maxim), d. 7 May 1872, m. Nancy W. Bowens, 20 May 1838, Nantucket(IGI) and Lydia Blackmer, 25 Aug 1844, Nan.(MA State Health Dept., he was 38, mariner, b. Wareham, m. by Rev. David Patten, Nantucket) Lydia was single by 1850? (with 2 dau. in 1850 census, Nan.) or Leander d. 1872, Wareham (MA State Health Dept.) and was at sea and not enumerated. Leander of Wareham m. Ruth Mehurin 9 Oct 1827, Bridgewater, MA (Bridgewater vrs). He may have been the farm laborer who appears in Nantucket, 1860 (age 60) and then Wareham, 1870 (age 65).

Obed R. Foy prob. Obed Russell Foy, b. 4 May 1797, son of Obed and Hannah (Russell), m. Love Wolf, 29 July 1818, Nantucket (Nantucket vrs, birth from Folger Coll., Nan Hist Soc)

Elisha Parker may have been the grocer in New Bedford (1850 US census), 50, b. MA, w/ wife and children. 1836 NB dir., grocer, 100 Purchase, co. High, house 48 High.

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