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)