Kate, You mention that Amos was captain of the ship that sank... Being a ship's captain gave him every right to the title, "Captain", and yes, he would have used that title on or off the sea. Joanne ross kate <jkross4@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello May I ask a question to the listers. In the Baltimore, Maryland Tax Records Index 1798 - 1808, a Capt. Amos Fisher is listed. I know from the journal written by my ggg-grandfather Joseph Fisher, Jr., that this Amos Fisher died at sea near the Virginia shore when the ship he was a captain of went down. He lived at Fells-Point, Baltimore, Maryland. He was of a Quaker family, originally from Bucks Co., Pa. He was called in the journal a "trader", meaning merchant mariner, I suppose. How would one get the designation "Captain". Would one have to have served with the military or were merchant mariners given that title, also? Kate Ross ____________________________________________________________________________________ Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Yahoo! Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates (http://voice.yahoo.com) List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- We have the perfect Group for you. Check out the handy changes to Yahoo! Groups.