I have just received the following information from family wills and hope the list can help me to discover more about these vessels and any pertinent information Will proved 1806 of Jonathan Harrison joiner of Parton, 1 32nd share of Ship "Success" to my son William Harrison Will proved 1833 Jonathan Harrison to my daughter Sarah Bowman, 1 32nd share of each of the following vessels "Samuel" "Endeavour" "Betsy" also 1 16th share of the Brig "Brothers" all of the Port of Whitehaven Thank you Edna Palmer

Hello Edna,   You are lucky. I have bought very many wills looking for details of dispositions of ships and only one of the lot mentioned any ships by name. Here are some links for you.   1) Shipping from Cumberland ports:    http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/shipping_f.html   which contains:   1811 list of Whitehaven shipping with master and principal owner names http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/whitehaven_shipping1811_f.html   1840 list of Whitehaven shipping with master and principal owner names http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/whitehaven_shipping_f.html   There are ships of your names in those lists, but since the dates are a bit off your event dates of 1806 and 1833, these may simply be other ships of the same names as all four of yours are names commonly used.   You can compare the data on these lists with the information in Lloyd's Registers. Here is a link to the online volumes of those: http://www.maritimearchives.co.uk/lloyds-register.html   Warning: To fit the columns, some names are truncated e.g. Whtvn = Whitehaven, Wrktn = Workington, Mrypt = Maryport etc.   The 1805-1806 edition of Lloyd's List (twice weekly marine newspaper) is also online at that maritimearchives link, but not the 1833 edition.   Was it 16 January, 1832 that your Jonathan Harrison died "at his house, in George-street, Whitehaven"? Was the daughter Sarah Bowman married to Captain John Bowman (wondering if JH bought shares in ships of which his son-in-law was master)?   Regards, Adi   --- On Fri, 9/16/11, edna palmer <edna.palmer@googlemail.com> wrote: I have just received the following information from family wills and hope the list can help me to discover more about these vessels and any pertinent information Will proved 1806  of Jonathan Harrison joiner of Parton,  1 32nd share of Ship "Success" to my son William Harrison Will proved 1833 Jonathan Harrison to my daughter Sarah Bowman, 1 32nd share of each of the following vessels "Samuel"  "Endeavour" "Betsy" also 1 16th share of the Brig "Brothers"   all of the Port of Whitehaven Thank you Edna Palmer