LIST OF PERSONS composing the crew of the ship Wilmingtn & Liverpl Packet of New Bedford, whereof John Briggs is master bound for the Pacific Ocean and elsewhere whaling

NAMES	PLACES OF BIRTH	PLACES OF RESIDENCE	OF WHAT COUNTRY CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS	DESCRIPTION OF THESE PERSONS
				AGES	HEIGHT		COMPLEXION	HAIR
					FEET	INCHES
John Briggs	Berkley	New Bedford	United States
George Allen	Nantucket	Nantucket	do.	30	5	7 3/4	dark	dark
Anson Churchill	New Bedford	New Bedford	do.	23	5	10 1/2	fair	brown
Peleg Jenney, Jr	New Bedford	New Bedford	do.	23	5	2	light	brown
Asa Butler	New Bedford	New Bedford	do.	28	5	6 3/4	dark	dark
Thomas Butler	New Bedford	New Bedford	do.	33	5	6 1/4	light	brown
James Bassett	Derby Connt	New Bedford	do.	27	5	8 1/2	dark	dark
Henry Jenney	Fairhaven	Fairhaven	do.	20	5	7 1/4	fair	brown
Simon Pendleton	Islesborough Me	New Bedford	do.	25	5	9	dark	brown
Frederick Stevens	Fairhaven	Fairhaven	do.	17	5	8 1/2	dark	brown
Nathaniel Chandler	Concord NH	New Bedford	do.	27	5	7 1/4	light	brown
Hiram Porter	Boston	Boston	do.	19	5	6 1/2	light	light
Albert L. Doak	Boston	Boston	do.	19	5	1	dark	dark
William Hascott	Salem	Salem	do.	18	5	9 1/4	fair	brown
George W. Slocum	Tiverton	Tiverton	do.	27	5	6 1/2	dark	black
Luther J. Briggs	Fairhaven	New Bedford	do.	14	5	1 3/4	light	light brown
Henry Randall	Rochester	Rochester	do.	18	5	9 1/4	dark	black
Daniel Wilmot	Watertown Connt	Whitestown N York	do.	22	5	5	fair	brown
Theophilus P. Sproat	Taunton	Taunton	United States	21	6	1/4	fair	brown
George Allen	Nantucket	New Bedford	do.	44	5	8	native	black
Thomas Greene	Kingston NY	New Bedford	do.	32	5	8 3/4	native	black woolly
Isaac Tripp	Tiverton	Tiverton	do.	23	5	10 1/2	dark	dark
William Allen	Woahoo	New Bedford	Sandwich Islands	17	5	5 1/2	copper	straight black
John Chace	Freetown	New Bedford	United States	23	5	9 1/2	light	brown
John Bull	Woahoo	New Bedford	Sandwich Islands	25	5	11 1/2	native	straight black
William Sinklear	Lisbon Me	Portland	United States	23	5	8 1/?	florid	red
David M. Tryon	Green County NY	New Bedford	United States	22	5	6 1/2	dark	brown
William Norcut	Berkley	Berkley	do.	17	5	6	light	brown
[signed] John Briggs

District of New Bedford June 24th 1830 Examined & found Nathl Chandler Hiram Porter Albert L Doak William Hascott Daniel Wilmot Theophilus P Sproat Isaac Tripp John Chace John Bull William Linclear David M Tryon & William Norcut missing [?] Allen, Inspector

District of New Bedford I John Briggs master of the abopve named ship do solemnly swear that Isaac Tripp deserted from the said ship before sailing from this Port and that William Hascott, John Chace, John Bull, William Sinclair, David M Tryon and William Norcut deserted in the course of the voyage So help me God John Briggs Lemuel Williams, collector

Anson Churchill prob. b. 3 Jan 1805, New Bedford, son of Thomas & Eunice (Jenney) (NB vrs.). Rose from perhaps 4th mate to 2nd mate from previous trip of W&LP. 1836 NB dir., mariner, house 45 Hillman.

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

Asa Butler prob. b. 3 April 1799, New Bedford, son of Obed(iah) and Eliphal (Allen) (IGI)

Thomas Butler prob. b. 12 March 1793, New Bedford, son of Obed(iah) and Eliphal (Allen)(IGI)

Simon Pendleton was the son of Stephen and Prudence (Dodge), b. Deer Isle, ME, 18 Dec 1801 (Everett Hall Pendleton, Brian Pendleton and his Descendants, etc, p. 370). Marr. Susan Sherman at New Bedford 17 April 1831. Moved to CA in 1849, settled eventually in Red Bluff as a stock raiser, d. (prob. murdered) 2 Nov 1863. One child Samuel, drowned Acushnet River, 8 years old, abt 1842.

Thomas Greene may have been Thomas A. Green, one of the men who attacked the home of John Howard in New Bedford. Howard was an informant about fugitive slaves, and the attackers were mostly local, prominent African Americans. No one would provide evidence against them at a court hearing. Theophilus Parsons Sproat b. 14 Oct 1805, son of James and Ann (Dennis?), Taunton (vrs); m. Mary A. Baylies 19 Jan 1834, Taunton, bur. Mt. Pleasant St. Cem, Taunton. 1850 US census, Taunton (p. 244B), 44,labourer, wife and 2 daus. 1860 US census, Taunton (p. 244), T.P Sproat, 54, overseer, wife and 2 daus.

Albert L. Doak perhaps 1870 US census, Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA (p. 193A), 60, mfr. saddlery ware, b. MA, wife & 3 ch. (another prob. nearby). 1860, silverplater, same location, 50. d. 1887 (MA State Health deaths)

George W. Slocum prob. b. 4 July 1800, Tiverton, RI, son of Tristram & Sarah, m. Mehitable 16 July 1818? (IGI)

Henry Randall perhaps b. 24 Sep 1810, Rochester, MA, son of Samuel & Hannah (Wing)(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

George Allen, prob. son of John and Amy (Swain), b. Nantucket 13 Dec 1796. He was prob. one of the men accused of the attack on John Howard in New Bedford on 28 Mar 1827, as part of an anti-slavery group.

Henry Jenney was likely the son of Abishai and Phebe (Jenne/Jenney) Jenne/Jenney, making him a nephew of John Briggs' wife Elizabeth. He was also likely the apprentice of Henry Sowle/Soule of Fairhaven who ran away from him, causing Sowle to put an advertisement in The New Bedford Mercury (10 Sep 1824) warning that no one should house or trust him and offered a reward for his return. That Henry was 16, and three years later Henry the sailor was 20. The ad says he was tall, slim, light complected and with dark hair. Sailor Henry was of moderate height (5' 7"), with a fair complexion and brown hair. Given the probability of error, this is a close match. Abishai and Phebe's son appears in Fairhaven in the following censuses: 1830, then 1850-1880. He was born abt. 1807, married Mary S. Damon (name from her death record, no marr. rec. found), and had daughters Love D. and Mary E. T., both of whom died single in Fairhaven. He was a blacksmith.

William Sinkler (Sinclair), b. Lisbon, ME, 6 Feb 1803, son of Nathaniel and Eleanor (IGI). He may have been the Capt. William, mariner, in NYC in the 1850 census (age 45, b. ME), with a 21 year old wife Mary J. 1860, Rye, NY, ship master, wife and children.

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