Harold, Thanks for that information about the captain bringing the ship in at the end. After reading this article I realize it was really a very dangerous harbor as was the Nantucket harbor. I can imagine a number of scenarios and I suspect he was so devastated that that is why he named his first son after this brother who died in the incident. If I never find an article, I will invent my own story for fun. I don't want it to remain a total mystery and I just might write a short mystery about it, anyway. It is really bugging me like some of these brickwalls do. If there were no lighthouses until 1850 then the small tower at the end of a piece of land must just be a tower. There is a big American flag on the back, a jib sail in the front, and a small pilot boat in the water near it. . It is so faded but it looks like it says it was its maiden voyage in 1807. I used to live on the LI Sound and it would be interesting to see if the painting matches an old harbor photo or something in that area. Thanks, Sue