Thanks for the great tip. It lead me to the book, "A Rundlett-Randlett genealogy." Captain Charles Augustus Ranlet's father Charles Ranlet & a John Rundlet were first cousins. According to this book, that John was a mariner, and during the War of 1812 was a lieutenant on the privateer "General Armstrong" and he fell from aloft on the steamer "Robert Fulton" on a passage from New York to Havana about 1825. This John's mother maiden name was McClure and his maternal grandmother's maiden name was McClintock, so perhaps his middle name is Mc...? The death matches the family story, but why would he be listed as Captain John Randlet when he married in 1807 and not lieutenant, etc. This books listed the John M. Randlet, Captain, of the Corps of the Sea Fencibles, as unidentified. It did not mention the John M. Randlett, master of the Pocahontas. Please, I would love any information to help sort this out. Celia On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Ms Betty Fredericks <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Just wanted to offer an FYI to this week's poster that there was a Capt. > Charles RANLETT of New England. He spent most of his life at sea and > retired to Billerica, MA. There is a street in the town named after > him. He is mentioned in this on-line book: > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=jtYSJeIFBFAC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=%22Capt.+Ranlett,++Billerica%22&source=bl&ots=XswoibwiGn&sig=gME98aN4GAq5AI0GexgMndM_s4M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SwEEUtWCHqH84AP8tYC4AQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Capt.%20Ranlett%2C%20%20Billerica%22&f=false > > > This Capt. Ranlett is mentioned in other books, including the "history of > Billerica." > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > (on Lists and Boards for 12 yrs.; now an Admin for 10 Lists and 5 Boards, > including CAN-USA-Migration and CORKILL) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >