Liz McCoy wrote: > Hi all, > I am after some help with the above man, and his ship. > He was Commander of the 'General Boyd" Said to be an American Whaler > I have found very little on the General Boyd, It seems rather confusing > as to if the General Boyd and the Boyd destroyed in New Zealand are one > and the same, > I have found mention that the General Boyd was one of the first American > Whalers to visit Bay of Islands in New Zealand, visiting in around 1802. > I Would love to clarify the information on the General Boyd. > My other interest is in Commander George Hales who was brought ashore > dead at Norfolk Island, is he American or English, where had he been or > come from, where and when did he join the ship. > His headstone is the oldest extant example of Freemasonry in Australia, > from the book "Freemasonry in Australia" George Hales had been declared > a Free-Mason on 24 December 1789 in the Dundee Arms Lodge No. 9, which > met in Wapping, London > Sorry if anyone has found double postings, I have tried other lists to no > Avail, > Any help with this would be most appreciated > TIA > cheers > Liz > Norfolk Island Two links: http://www.whales.org.au/published/whalemen/chapter2.html http://www.nzmaritimeindex.org.nz/izvessel.php?ID=999960001&name=GENERAL BOYD (all on one line.) George Hales died 16 Aug 1801 at Norfolk Island. His death registration is NSW : V18011577 2A and his grave is in the Find a Grave Index. It shows his age as 47. (Ancestry.com. They seem to have improved with the new owners.)