I now have two articles that are of interest. One says that he was a lawyer before he was a ship captain, and one says that he did all of his sailing our of NYC. It had never occurred to be before that he was nearly 30 when he moved to NYC. I never have found anything to prove that he was a lawyer, and I suspect I would have to go to Nantucket to research in their Swain files, but I also suspect I would find nothing much. I know that young men were all apprenticed to ship captains at the age of 12 in Nantucket, so he did get sailing experience. But now I see it is possible that he just may have been a lawyer for awhile. One of his sons became a well known lawyer in NYC, so now there is something else to consider. This is getting a bit more complex and interesting than I realized it would be. Any thoughts are always welcome. The Nantucket Historical Society is not always so co-operative. So I am a bit puzzled and probably will have to say that there is a strong possibility that this was true. Sue