Thanks for the tip. I've added this library to a list of places to visit for a future trip to New England. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Maggy Wilcox Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NE Seafarers] Capt Benjamin Batson Shackford Joanne, Try the Peabody Essex Library in Salem, Mass. [www.pem.org/library] It is a major source for maritime history and art. It is currently being renovated, so you may be limited. My husband and I were thrilled with all the information that we found on one of his seafaring ancestors, Capt. Charles Allen, in this library in a one day visit. We paid $10 a piece to research and found so much including letters that Capt. Allen and his wife had written to each other before and during their marriage while he was away from Salem. If you go, take a hand scanner and flashdrive. The librarians will make copies for you, but maybe not before you leave that day and maybe not as many as you want. We also obtained a negative of a painting of one of Capt. Allen's ships. We now have an enlarged print framed on a wall in our home--we love it. I hope this helps. Maggy Wilcox On 2/15/2013 10:45 AM, Joanne Shackford Parkes wrote: > Trying to learn more about Capt Benjamin Batson Shackford's sailing life. > Wondering if information is easily available or where else I should look. > Looking for Shackford sailors is a bit tough as there are many just > listed as Shackford with no first names. > > Benjamin Batson, also known as BB in some documents was born in > Eastport to Aug 8, 1811 to John Shackford and Elizabeth Batson. His > father was a ship master in the Eastport area who sailed the Boundary from Eastport to Boston. > His brothers who lived past age 10 also became sailors: Charles > William (sailed Brig Esther Elizabeth, lost at sea) and John L > Shackford (Brig John French). He married Harriet C Bibber who I > believe also came from a sailing family Ships Known About > > Brig Waredale - 1854 - 1864 (The Waredale is listed as Schooner in > some newspaper articles) > > Bark Zelinda - believe he was captain when it was taken in 1864 by the > Florida and burned > > Brig L L Wadsworth - 1871/1872 > > Listed in 1886 Numerical List of Masters and Officers in the Merchant > Service Who Have Applied for Commissions From The American Shipmasters' > Association With the Number of Each Application. His number is 2441 > > > Joanne Shackford Parkes > > http://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com > > http://www.facebook.com/ShackfordGenealogy > > ------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: Contact the List Admin at [email protected] or to find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/misc/misc.html#NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS ------------------------------- 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

Trying to learn more about Capt Benjamin Batson Shackford's sailing life. Wondering if information is easily available or where else I should look. Looking for Shackford sailors is a bit tough as there are many just listed as Shackford with no first names. Benjamin Batson, also known as BB in some documents was born in Eastport to Aug 8, 1811 to John Shackford and Elizabeth Batson. His father was a ship master in the Eastport area who sailed the Boundary from Eastport to Boston. His brothers who lived past age 10 also became sailors: Charles William (sailed Brig Esther Elizabeth, lost at sea) and John L Shackford (Brig John French). He married Harriet C Bibber who I believe also came from a sailing family. Ships Known About Brig Waredale - 1854 - 1864 (The Waredale is listed as Schooner in some newspaper articles) Bark Zelinda - believe he was captain when it was taken in 1864 by the Florida and burned Brig L L Wadsworth - 1871/1872 Listed in 1886 Numerical List of Masters and Officers in the Merchant Service Who Have Applied for Commissions From The American Shipmasters' Association With the Number of Each Application. His number is 2441 Joanne Shackford Parkes http://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com http://www.facebook.com/ShackfordGenealogy

Joanne, Try the Peabody Essex Library in Salem, Mass. [www.pem.org/library] It is a major source for maritime history and art. It is currently being renovated, so you may be limited. My husband and I were thrilled with all the information that we found on one of his seafaring ancestors, Capt. Charles Allen, in this library in a one day visit. We paid $10 a piece to research and found so much including letters that Capt. Allen and his wife had written to each other before and during their marriage while he was away from Salem. If you go, take a hand scanner and flashdrive. The librarians will make copies for you, but maybe not before you leave that day and maybe not as many as you want. We also obtained a negative of a painting of one of Capt. Allen's ships. We now have an enlarged print framed on a wall in our home--we love it. I hope this helps. Maggy Wilcox On 2/15/2013 10:45 AM, Joanne Shackford Parkes wrote: > Trying to learn more about Capt Benjamin Batson Shackford's sailing life. > Wondering if information is easily available or where else I should look. > Looking for Shackford sailors is a bit tough as there are many just listed > as Shackford with no first names. > > Benjamin Batson, also known as BB in some documents was born in Eastport to > Aug 8, 1811 to John Shackford and Elizabeth Batson. His father was a ship > master in the Eastport area who sailed the Boundary from Eastport to Boston. > His brothers who lived past age 10 also became sailors: Charles William > (sailed Brig Esther Elizabeth, lost at sea) and John L Shackford (Brig John > French). He married Harriet C Bibber who I believe also came from a sailing > family > Ships Known About > > Brig Waredale - 1854 - 1864 (The Waredale is listed as Schooner in some > newspaper articles) > > Bark Zelinda - believe he was captain when it was taken in 1864 by the > Florida and burned > > Brig L L Wadsworth - 1871/1872 > > Listed in 1886 Numerical List of Masters and Officers in the Merchant > Service Who Have Applied for Commissions From The American Shipmasters' > Association With the Number of Each Application. His number is 2441 > > > Joanne Shackford Parkes > > http://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com > > http://www.facebook.com/ShackfordGenealogy > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SearchShack Surnames: SHACKFORD, BIBBER Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/145.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Believe that this Benjamin Batson Shackford married Harriet C Bibber (1813-1895)on May 8, 1833 in Eastport, Maine, daughter of Thomas Bibber and Dorcas Pettengill. She died in Lubec, age 82 on Sept 8, 1896. Am now researching what ships he captained and where he went in those ships. So far I've found articles that mention the Waredale and the LL Wadsworth. Any help with other ships or trips would be greatly appreciated. www.shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Abigail, It is the oldtime meaning for today's 'etc.' Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abigail Lumsden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [NE Seafarers] What does the &c mean in newspaper notices of aship arrival? > > I would assume it would mean the cargo, in this case coffee and other > things. > > > On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Joanne Shackford Parkes wrote: > >> Looking for help understanding what &c means in this type of a newspaper >> clipping? >> >> "Arrived. Brig Waredale, (of Eastport) Shackford, Maracaibo July 23, >> left >> the bar on the evening of the 29th, coffee &c., to D. E. Arrowsmith" >> (New-York Daily Tribune, Monday, August 20, 1855, p. 8) >> >> Also, is there any way to find out the first name of the ship captains >> mentioned in these newspaper notices? In this case I found a notice in >> the >> Ship Registers and Enrollments of Machias, www.newenglandancestors.org >> mentioning the Waredale had Master B. B. Shackford and know from my >> genealogy research this is Benjamin Batson Shackford. I also have >> learned >> that he had No 2441 in the List of Shipmasters published by the American >> Shipmasters' Association. >> >> Thanks for any help you can offer. >> >> Joanne, www.shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> PLEASE NOTE: >> Contact the List Admin at [email protected] or to >> find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, >> please click on the following link: >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/misc/misc.html#NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > PLEASE NOTE: > Contact the List Admin at [email protected] or to > find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, > please click on the following link: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/misc/misc.html#NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I would assume it would mean the cargo, in this case coffee and other things. On Feb 6, 2013, at 1:16 PM, Joanne Shackford Parkes wrote: > Looking for help understanding what &c means in this type of a newspaper > clipping? > > "Arrived. Brig Waredale, (of Eastport) Shackford, Maracaibo July 23, left > the bar on the evening of the 29th, coffee &c., to D. E. Arrowsmith" > (New-York Daily Tribune, Monday, August 20, 1855, p. 8) > > Also, is there any way to find out the first name of the ship captains > mentioned in these newspaper notices? In this case I found a notice in the > Ship Registers and Enrollments of Machias, www.newenglandancestors.org > mentioning the Waredale had Master B. B. Shackford and know from my > genealogy research this is Benjamin Batson Shackford. I also have learned > that he had No 2441 in the List of Shipmasters published by the American > Shipmasters' Association. > > Thanks for any help you can offer. > > Joanne, www.shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com > > ------------------------------- > PLEASE NOTE: > Contact the List Admin at [email protected] or to find other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/misc/misc.html#NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS > ------------------------------- > 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

Looking for help understanding what &c means in this type of a newspaper clipping? "Arrived. Brig Waredale, (of Eastport) Shackford, Maracaibo July 23, left the bar on the evening of the 29th, coffee &c., to D. E. Arrowsmith" (New-York Daily Tribune, Monday, August 20, 1855, p. 8) Also, is there any way to find out the first name of the ship captains mentioned in these newspaper notices? In this case I found a notice in the Ship Registers and Enrollments of Machias, www.newenglandancestors.org mentioning the Waredale had Master B. B. Shackford and know from my genealogy research this is Benjamin Batson Shackford. I also have learned that he had No 2441 in the List of Shipmasters published by the American Shipmasters' Association. Thanks for any help you can offer. Joanne, www.shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cmmonaghan1 Surnames: Hardy Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/116.7/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This web page may be helpful: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smithhouse/andergen/hardyfam/aqwn04.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am looking for any record of Captain John Mitchel of ship Swallow. He left from Halifax, arrived at Portsmouth, passage of 6 days (Oracle of the Day 23 Nov 1796).There is a family tradition that he was lost at sea. Would like any information or suggestions for further research.

I have read some of the letters written by Elizabeth Freeman Reed of Boothbay, Maine (1874-1953). She refers to voyages she took as a young girl with her father and older brother. Her father was a Master Mariner. The Boothbay Historical Society is housed in the Boothbay, Maine former home of Elizabeth Freeman Reed and many of her letters can be found there. Smallpox and typhoid fever were fairly common in the time your Abby died. Carol in Arizona ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Joanne Shackford Parkes" <[email protected]> Subject: [NE Seafarers] Eastport ship master's child dies in Havana in 1850 I'm working on a blog about SHACKFORD family genealogy using newspaper articles in the Library of Congress Chronicling Newspapers. Currently working on this sad article about Abby M Shackford . "Died at Havana Aug 24, Abby M Shackford, daughter of Capt J S Shackford, of the brig John French." (New-York daily tribune., September 21, 1850, Page 8, Image 8) I think Abby was seven years old (per the 1850 Eastport census). Her father (John L or S Shackford) was a shipmaster out of Eastport, Maine. I'm wondering if was common for a ship mater to bring their young child on a trip from Maine to Havana in the 1850s. THANKS for any help you can offer. Joanne www.shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com ------------------------------ To contact the NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS Digest, Vol 8, Issue 3 ***************************************************

I'm working on a blog about SHACKFORD family genealogy using newspaper articles in the Library of Congress Chronicling Newspapers. Currently working on this sad article about Abby M Shackford . "Died at Havana Aug 24, Abby M Shackford, daughter of Capt J S Shackford, of the brig John French." (New-York daily tribune., September 21, 1850, Page 8, Image 8) I think Abby was seven years old (per the 1850 Eastport census). Her father (John L or S Shackford) was a shipmaster out of Eastport, Maine. I'm wondering if was common for a ship mater to bring their young child on a trip from Maine to Havana in the 1850s. THANKS for any help you can offer. Joanne www.shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com

I'm working on a SHACKFORD family history blog where I write about newspaper articles found in the Library of Congress Chronicling America Historical American Newspapers that mention a SHACKFORD. Found my first article about one of the many SHACKFORD mariners and am looking for help to verify my assumptions. "Brig Isalam [sic], (of Eastport,) Shackford, 25 ds fm Grand Key, salt, to P I Nevius & Sons. The I has been 14 days North of Capt Hatteras, with strong N gales." (New-York daily tribune., December 03, 1846, Image 3) I think this notice is actually describing the Brig Islam which was owned by Jacob Shackford (1790-1869) of Eastport. Am assuming he was transporting salt from Grant Key to New York. I think the captain for this trip was his son George W Shackford but am making an assumption here that I would love help verifying. I can find documentation that the previous master of the Brig Islam, Capt Joseph C Lincoln drowned May 1846 and I found this documentation that Geo W Shackford was the captain in July 1846 "Ship Islam arrived Jul 25, 1846, port Turks Island, captain Geo W Shackford, nationality United States (http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?Ship Name=Islam, WEB site accessed Jan 14, 2013) and documentation that Geo W Shackford was the captain when Brig Islam traveled from Liverpool to Philadelphia in May 1847 (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, http://www.immigrantships.net/v12/1800v12/islam18470524.html, reviewed Jan 14, 2013) Did Captains generally stay on same ship or could one of the other many Shackfords have taken over for one trip? Also does anyone know how Capt George W Shackford died? (I have his death in Eastport in Aug 1, 1863 but am unsure how I got that date) Figure I'll run across other shipping articles and am hoping this is the right forum to ask this sort of a question. Joanne Shackford Parkes http://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com http://www.facebook.com/ShackfordGenealogy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SearchShack Surnames: SHACKFORD Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/146.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wondering if anyone has any records of this brig while John Shackford was aboard. Trying to learn more about him as he died aboard the brig at the age of 38.THANKS! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

To all my family and others interested: On Wednesday, Dec 5th (next Wednesday), at 8:00pm, The Weather Channel is airing an hour-long documentary on the Coast Guard rescue of the crew of the HMS Bounty, the famous tall-ship replica which s ank during Hurricane Sandy, and claimed the lives of 2, the Captain, and a ggggg-granddaughter of an original Bounty mutineer... <http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/on-tv-43/coast-guard-florida-651/coas t-guard-hms-bounty-rescue-32325> http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/on-tv-43/coast-guard-florida-651/coast -guard-hms-bounty-rescue-32325 -David Reed List Administrator: MAINE, NEW-ENG-GEN, MELINCOL (Maine, Lincoln County), ME-IRISH, CEMETERIES-HISTORIC-PRESERVATION, MARIN --------------------------------------------- "Actually, there is only one 'first question' of government, and it is "How should we live?" or "What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?" - George F. Will (1941-), American political commentator P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: peeej Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/121.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Aaron R Powers was my great great grandfather. He married Mary Francis and they had 2 children. Emma born 1871 and Margaret(my great gma) born 1873. He was lost at sea in Feb 1877. His ship was the Iolani. Any other info you have would be appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CrystalPremox51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/242/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Jacob Isaac was my gg-grandfather, and captain of a canal boat. His father was also Jacob, and also the captain of a boat. I cannot find anything about them before 1850, although there are plenty of other Vandewaters. Possibly they lived on their boat. Anybody familiar with these names? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: johnpstaub Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/108.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Linda, In 1930 research on my McFadden Family a paragraph refers to John McFadden the father of John McFadden (born in Hagerstown, MD). It states that our Aunt Cora tells of John McFadden being shipwrecked then returning to Ireland ? and then back to the U.S. to settle in Hagerstown, MD. John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DayDeborah Surnames: Powers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/121.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I wish to contact the family/descendants of Capt. A.R. (Aaron R.?) Powers, captain of the Iolani when she foundered off Lanai 13th Feb. 1877, and the captain drowned, his body never recovered. I have information on his wife Mary Francis and two daughters. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Good Morning! On Thursday, I found this wonderful book at Mr. Paperback in Bangor, Maine (one of the last locally-owned bookstore chains in the State of Maine, and which just this past week announced they are going out of business next month, and closing all locations, and laying off 200+ people. Anyway, the book goes on to discuss some of the lost coastal schooners of Maine, including the "famous" Wiscassett schooners, which I myself remember being mired in the mud in Wiscasset, not 100 yards from a family home on Water Street. What a wonderful book! This is the book I am mentioning: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Maine-Coastal-Schooners-Vintage/dp/1596299568/ref =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 <http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Maine-Coastal-Schooners-Vintage/dp/1596299568/re f=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330877458&sr=8-1> &qid=1330877458&sr=8-1 If you do decide to purchase this book, please consider making your purchase through a local bookstore! J History isn't the only thing that's best when it's local! J -David Reed List Administrator: MAINE, NEW-ENG-GEN, MELINCOL (Maine, Lincoln County), ME-IRISH, CEMETERIES-HISTORIC-PRESERVATION, MARIN --------------------------------------------- "Actually, there is only one 'first question' of government, and it is "How should we live?" or "What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?" - George F. Will (1941-), American political commentator P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: juliekerr3000 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.occupations.seafarersnewengland/239.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I have an 1813 book on 'Upper Canada' which was owned by this William Vicary - has his signature and ink stamp inside. I am looking to sell - let me know if you are interested. Email me at: [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.