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Orient
Schooner, 42 tons, built in 1813 for Ensign
Otis, Jr., Thomas Rider, and Shadrach Standish, Scituate.
According to an account by Capt.
John Manson, she was taken
by the British out of Scituate Harbor in 1813 (during the War of 1812).
Beaver
Schooner, 29 tons, built in 1814 for Lemuel
Vinal and Isaiah Alden, Jr., Scituate
Heroine
337 tons, built in 1815 for William
Shimmin & O., Boston, William Copeland, master carpenter. In 1829 she was added to the Fairhaven
whaling fleet, and made voyages in the So. Atlantic until 1839, when
she went into the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In 1852, during a
severe gale, the second mate, C. Fuller, and five other men were
washed overboard and the "Heroine" was badly damaged.
In September later that same year she was badly injured by fire.
She was condemned at Honolulu in December, 1852, her 38th year. Morning Star
Schooner, 65 tons, built in 1816, of Orleans, afterward of New
Bedford. The oak for this schooner cost $7 per ton. She was
begun in Oct., 1815 and launched May, 1816.
Milo
Schooner, 53 tons, built in 1816, of Boston.
Friendship
Schooner, 53 tons, of Hull, built in 1816, owned by Paul Billings, James H. & Martin
D. Merritt, and Reuben Damon of Scituate. Owned in 1850 by Jacob
Walden & O. at Boston, William Copeland, Jr., M.C. Probably
built on the same model as the "Milo." These two latter
schooners were pink
sterns, or "pinkies," or "pinkas,"
as they used to call them, and built for fishing smacks.
They were launched on the same ways; one was on the stocks ahead of the
other and both were launched at dusk in the early evening of the same
day. Mr. Turner signalized the event by lighting a number of tar
barrels, the illumination being visible for miles around.
Fame
Schooner, 47 tons, built by Barker Turner for Isaiah Alden, Jr., H.
Damon, Cummins Jenkins and James Turner Ford, Scituate.
Roxanna
Schooner, 73 tons, built in 1818 by Caleb Turner and Barker Turner, for
John Beal, Snell Wade, Simeon Litchfield and William Vinal, Scituate, and
afterward sold to Boston. She was commenced in November, 1817, and
launched in May, 1818.
Mary Jones
Schooner, 56 tons, of Scituate, built 1818 by Caleb Turner and Barker
Turner, owned by Cushing Otis, James and Asa Litchfield, Caleb Baily 3rd,
and Haywood Vinal of Scituate. Used in fishing and coasting.
Cyrene
Schooner, 58 tons, of Boston, built by Caleb Turner and Barker Turner,
Owners, Howard Vinal, Silas Prouty and Cushing Otis of Scituate, & O.,
Caleb and Barker Turner, master carpenters. Begun in November, 1918,
and launched in April, 1819.
George Washington
In 1820 this schooner, 67 tons, was built by Barker Turner for Isaiah
Alden, Jr., Ichabod Alden, Colman Jenkins, Cushing Otis, and Elisha
Foster, Jr., Scituate. This vessel was afterward lost at sea.
Lark
Schooner, pink stern, 40 tons, built by Barker Turner and sold to
Kingston. Not long after this, Barker Turner removed to the Brick
Kiln shipyard in Pembroke.
Cashier
Brigantine, built 1819 by William Copeland, Jr., Thomas Waterman and
Joseph S. Bates, 73 tons, of Boston. Woned by William Copeland, Jr.,
Thomas Waterman, Scituate; Ebenezer Chadwick and Joseph S. Bates, of
Hanover &O. This vessel may have been built in Hanover, as her
register states, but as two or three vessels were sometimes on the ways at
the Fox Hill Yard at the same time, she may have been built
here.
Byron
Built in 1824, a 193-ton brig, by William Copeland & Co. for William
Lovering of Boston, afterward sold to New Bedford.
Lexington
Brig, built in 1825, 197 tons, of Boston. William Copeland, Jr.,
M.C., condemned at Mauritius, 1856.
Moscow
Built in 1826, brig, 277 tons, of Boston, William Copeland, Jr.,
M.C. Lost off California before it was annexed to the United
States.
Samos
Built in 1827, a brig, 243 tons, of Boston, owned by Windsor Fay &
O. Owned in 1844 by Vernon Brown, of Boston. William Copeland,
Jr., M.C. In 1838 Capt. C. B. Graves went in this brig from
Stockholm to New York. She used to sail between the West Indies and
the Baltic, regularly. Page Brewer was master of her, after him the
late William Reed of Chelsea. Capt. Graves thought she was later put
under the Spanish flag.
Leda
Brigantine, built in 1828, 258 tons, by William Copeland & Co.,
William Copeland, Jr., M.C., for David Eells, or Ellis, of
Boston.
Orion
Schooner, built in 1829, 60 tons, of Cohasset. Built by William Copeland & Co.,
William Copeland, Jr., M.C.
Odessa
1830 brig, 180 tons, this ship may have been built either in Hanover or at
Fox Hill. Built by William Copeland & Co., William Copeland,
Jr., M.C., owned by Isaac Hall and Thomas Curtis of Boston.
Lyceum
1830 schooner, 65 tons, owned at Scituate by John Beal, Peleg Jenkins,
Melzar Litchfield, Edw. J. Porter, Michael Ford, Elias W. Pratt, built by William Copeland & Co.,
William Copeland, Jr., M.C.
Mary Ballard
Bark, 1832, 260 tons, of Boston, by William Copeland & Co., William
Copeland, Jr., and Elias W. Pratt, master carpenters. This was the
last ship built by the firm. She was built for William Fay, of
Boston, was used in the liquor trade. Mr. Fay sent down from
Boston a quantity of liquor when she was launched, and the Rev. David
Barnes Ford remembered dealing it out. He was probably obliged to do
this, as he would not likely have wished to do so in that day. The
ship was lost while in the liquor trade.
Joseph C. and Samuel Tolman, Jr., did the joiner work on the "Mary
Ballard." George B. Tolman, son of Elisha, who was a descendant
of Charles, fell from a staging on board she ship, and was injured.
Some verses, presumably relating to this incident, were written concerning
this vessel of which only the following lines have been preserved:
One day it chanced to cross my roving thought
That James and I would take a walk,
Down to the ship yard we would go,
There was a lady for a show.
* * * *
Mary Ballard was her name.
* * * *
If to the ship yard you would go,
Take care and not be climbing so.
When lost the "Mary Ballard" was owned by John H. Pierson;
she was cast away on the Bahamas in the spring of 1843, loaded with ice
for the Gulf of Mexico.
Hilo
Built in 1833, 390 tons, of New York, by Waterman & Bates. The
Hilo was the largest vessel ever built at Fox Hill Shipyard. It is
said it cost $1,000 to get her out of the river. She was used as a
whaler.
Ontario
Built in 1833, 367 tons, of Sag Harbor, by Waterman & Bates. Her
length was 108 feet, breadth 27 feet, depth 13 feet. She afterward
hailed from New Bedford.
Almina
Brigantine, built in 1835, 175 tons, of Boston, by Waterman &
Bates. A fruiter, used in the Mediterranean trade.
Rienzi
1836, 108 tons, of Boston, built by Waterman & Bates. In 1863
she was captured and burned at sea by a rebel privateer.
This was the last vessel built by Waterman & Bates, as Joseph Bates
retired in 1836. Capt. Waterman carried on the business alone after
that, until 1846.
Vintage
Built in 1837, a brig, 199 tons, of Boston, a fruiter used in the
Mediterranean trade. She was the first vessel built by Capt. Thomas
Waterman after his partner, Joseph Bates, retired.
Otho
Brig, built 1838, 132 tons, of Boston, by Capt. Thomas
Waterman.
Lake
Schooner, Built 1840, 99 tons, owners: George M. Allen, Eaton Vinal,
Thomas L. Manson, John Manson and Thomas Waterman of Scituate, who built
her. The "Lake" was commanded by Capt. Vinal in the West
India logwood trade, etc., and during her second or third voyage she ran
off Maguena Reef, near Crooked Passage, and was totally
wrecked.
Wave
Bark, built in 1841, by Captain Thomas Waterman, 197 tons, owned by Nathaniel H. Emmons, George w.
Wales, Thomas B. Wales, Sr., and Jr., and Samuel Quincy of
Boston.
Thomas B. Wales had a son, Thomas B., whom he whished to send to sea,
probably thinking this to be the most advantageous way of starting him in
a mercantile life. To induce him to go he had this bark built and
fitted up with fancy cabins, and expense was not spared to make it an
attractive and comfortable vessel. As a further inducement he put
his son in as captain, but as he had never been to sea before, it was
necessary to have for the first mate an experienced "old salt;"
so Capt. Winsor went as first mate on her first voyage, which was to be
around Cape Horn to the Northwest coast, trading. It was the custom
in those days for the captain to stay below, leaving his mate in charge of
the ship, and it is fair to presume that Capt. Wales let the mate run the
ship most of the time. The "Wave" probably did not go to
the Northwest coast, and young Wales may have disappointed his father and
never have gone in her, but the above is the story as told to Mr.
Briggs.
In 1841 she made a voyage from Boston to Rochelle; in 1842, Rochelle to
Boston with brandy, fruit, etc., and Norfolk, VA to Rochelle with staves,
etc. In 1843 from Rio de Janeiro with coffee, and from New Bedford
to Cowerand with 288 casks, 447 gross gallons of oil and 10 tons of
logwood. In 1843-4, Norfolk to Rochelle and back again with potash,
rice, staves, etc. In 1884 she was owned in New Bedford, then 42
years old.
Manson
Schooner, built in 1842 by Capt. Thomas Waterman, 93 tons, owners Geo. M.
Allen, Moses R. Colman, John, Thomas L. and Joel L. Manson, Eaton Vinal,
the builder Thomas Waterman, and Michael Ford, Scituate. She was
commanded by Capt. Moses Coleman and ran between Boston and Venezuela,
taking out mixed cargoes and bringing back goat skins.
St. Paul
Schooner, built in 1945, 94 tons, the last vessel built by Capt. Waterman
alone at Fox Hill yard. Owned by Capt. John Cushing of Hanover and
William H. Talbot, of Scituate. She was commanded by "Capt.
Bill Talbot" and used in the coasting trade in the Gulf of
Mexico. William Clark of Hanover was one of the crew of three that
went before the mast on the
first voyage of the "St. Paul." They went to Matanzas and
New Orleans with general cargo and brought back molasses, sugar,
etc. She was finally lost.
Tom Corwin
Bark, 250 tons, launched in 1847. This was the first vessel built by
the partnership of Captains Elijah
Barstow and Thomas
Waterman. Owned by Joel L., John and Thomas L. Manson, George M.
and William P. Allen, of Scituate Harbor. Commanded by Capt. John
Manson. Charles Le Roy, of So. Scituate, went in her on her first
voyage to St. Petersburg, Russia, in the spring of 1847. In 1859 she
was owned by Elisha Atkins, at Boston, and was lost when an old vessel.
Capt. Manson, her commander, was born in 1805 at Scituate Harbor, where
he died July 14, 1889.
Zion
Bark, 199 tons, built in 1848 by Barstow & Waterman. Of Boston,
owned in 1848 by Pierson and under Capt. Reynold, a part
owner.
Abram
Brigantine, 158 tons, built in 1848 by Barstow & Waterman. Owned
by Moses R. Coleman, George M. Allen, Michael Ford and Thomas Waterman, of
Scituate. She took the place of the "Manson" in the
Venezuela trade and was built of oak, copper and iron fastened.
Owned in 1861 by Vose, Livingston & Co., New York.
Adelia Rogers
Bark, 199 tons, built in 1849 by Barstow & Waterman. Owned in
1861 by Taylor & O., and Capt. Snow. In her registers she was
sometimes called the "Adelaide Rogers." She was commanded
by Capt. George Taylor, of Chatham, and was afterwards lost on the
Southern Coast.
Robert Raikes
Schooner, 81 tons, of oak, iron and copper fastened, single bottom built
in 1849 by Barstow & Waterman. Owned in 1874 by E. & E. K.
Cook, of Provincetown, and used as a fishing vessel. Captained by J.
J. Corrigan. Capt. Swift, the largest owner, had this vessel named
the "Robert Raikes" because of his strong sympathy with this
great Methodist (founder of the first Sunday school, prison
reformer).
Sarah
Brigantine, 165 tons, built in 1850 by Barstow & Waterman for Capt.
Moses Coleman, of Scituate, who used her in the West India trade.
Antartic
Schooner, built in 1851, 101 tons, of oak, iron and copper fastened,
single bottom, whaler. In 1872 she was owned by J. E. & G.
Bowley, of Provincetown, Capt. Hill. In 1884 she was down North
River when Minot's light was blown over.
Joshua E. Bowley
Schooner, built in 1851, 95 tons, owned in 1884 at Provincetown, Mass.
Kernisan
Her. brig, 127 tons, built in 1852 built by Barstow & Waterman, on the
owners' account. Sold to William F. Weld & Co. Owned in
Boston by N. J. Weld, in 1859, deck cabin. It is reported that she
was lost with all on board on a voyage to the West Indies.
Sea Drift
Schooner, 99 tons, oak, iron and copper fastened, built in 1852 by Barstow
& Waterman. Owned in 1865 in Scituate.
William Martin
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Schooner, built in 1854, 130 tons, flush deck, built
by Barstow & Waterman, owned by William Martin of Orleans,
Mass. Registered at some ports as having been built in
Hanover, but this mistake is easily explained. The builder's
address was Hanover, and the owners, in registering, thought the
vessels were built in Hanover, but this mistake in registry has been
corrected wherever found. Built of oak and hackmatack (larch,
or poplar). Iron and
copper fastened. Sheathed with zinc in October, 1867. In 1862
she was transferred from Orleans to Boston and sent whaling in the
Atlantic. On July 6, 1889, under Capt. Howard, she arrived in
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N. & H. Gould
Schooner, 142 tons, 91 feet long, 25 feet broad, Draft 10 feet.
Built of oak, iron and copper fastened, single bottom. Built in 1855
by Barstow & Waterman, for Capt. Gould, who was drowned off
Philadelphia while trying to save a man who had fallen overboard.
Just as he was going down he held up his pocket book, then sank.
Capt. Gould used this vessel as a freighter. In 1863 she was owned
by Yates, Potterfield & Co., of Orleans, Mass., and in 1865 by Eben
Sears of Dennis, and sailing under Capt. Crowell. Owned in 1876 by Eben
Sears, Boston, Capt. Baker, master.
Spright (or "Sprite")
Brig, 200 tons, built in 1856, the last vessel built by Capt. Waterman
& Capt. Barstow in company. She was used in the So.
American trade by Lifkin & Ironside, N.Y. She was owned in 1865
by C. W. Swift, NY. No more vessels were built at Fox Hill yard
until 1859, the year Capt. Waterman's son, Thomas B. Waterman, succeeded
him in the firm.
Mary Greenish
Schooner, 140 tons; oak, copper and iron fastened; rider
keelsons; built in 1859 by the new firm of Capt. Elijah Barstow &
Thomas B. Waterman; owned in 1865 by Fairbanks & Adams, Boston; Capt.
J. Greenish. This vessel was named after the captain's wife.
Abbie Bradford
Schooner, built in September, 1860 by Barstow & Waterman. She
was 114 tons, 87 feet long, 23 feet broad; built of oak, iron and copper
fastened. She was owned by Macey & Co., Nantucket. Captain
A. Baker. She was originally commanded by Capt. Ezra Freeman, of
Sandwich. She was named after the Captain's daughter, Abbie Bradford
Freeman, and had for a figurehead the full statue of a little girl.
She was one of the first vessels captured by the Confederate privateer
"Alabama," Capt. Semmes, while on her way to the West
Indies. He bonded her and let her go. In 1872, Jonathan
Bourne, of New Bedford, bought the "Abbie Bradford," and sent
her eight voyages to Hudson's Bay, whaling. On her last voyage, in
1887, she came out of the Bay in September, went South, and was badly
wrecked in a gale in December, obliging her to put into the port of
Santos, Brazil, where she was condemned and sold in January, 1888.
Mr. Bourne owned her for sixteen years.
Falcon
Hermaphrodite brig, 128 tons, built 1862 by Barstow & Waterman; of
oak, iron and copper fastened; yellow metalled in 1870; for J. C. Osgood,
of Salem; sold in 1871 to N. P. Mann & Co. Boston, and used in
whaling. N. P. Mann sold her to Capt. C. B. Graves and Fowle &
Carroll, Boston, for the West India trade in 1874. Commander Graves
commanded her for four voyages, then left her due to illness, and Capt.
Jordan Cody took her to Santo Domingo. On her homeward passage she
was struck by a hurricane between Haiti and Cuba. They had to cut
away the masts, and after the storm, they put up jury-masts and reached
Port Jago, Cuba, where she was condemned and sold for a coal hulk.
Salinas
Her. brig,150 tons, built 1863 by Barstow & Waterman. Oak, iron and
copper fastened; yellow metalled in November, 1870. She was owned in
1872 by Cartwright & Harrison, Bermuda, and was sailing under the
British flag. About 1875 her name was changed to "Warren,"
and she was owned by Cartwright, Harrison, & Co., Barbados.
Susan N. Smith
Schooner, 150 tons, built in 1864 by Barstow & Waterman for Heman
Smith. While on a whaling voyage in the Atlantic she was reported
lost August 28, 1869, with the Captain's wife, Mrs. Rounseville, two
children, the first and second mates, boat steerers, and thirteen of the
crew. She had 180 barrels of sperm oil.
Louisa A.
A sister vessel to the Susan N. Smith, though a little smaller at 122
tons. A schooner built for a whaler in the fall of 1864 by
Barstow & Waterman for Heman Smith, Boston. Commanded by Capt.
Kelly, she was lost on a reef near Florida about 1883.
Pinta
Schooner, built in 1865, 207 tons, a coaler for Captain Edwin Barstow, by
Barstow & Waterman. Drawing 12 feet, oak, iron and copper
fastened; yellow metalled January, 1868; owned in 1872 by E. W. Barstow;
Capt. J. H. Smith, master. In 1875 she was owned by Capt. Small
& others, at Pembroke, Maine, and used as a fisherman.
Heman Smith
Hermaphrodite brig, 123 tons, built in April, 1866 by Barstow &
Waterman; oak, iron and copper fastened; yellow metalled in 1869.
She was a whaler, and owned in 1872 by Heman Smith and others, Boston;
Capt. W. Martin. In 1877 she was still whaling in the Atlantic, and
in 1884 owned in Boston. She was condemned in 1886, at St.
Michael's, though then a good vessel.
Lizzie J. Bigelow
In 1866 this whaling brig was built on the owners' (Barstow &
Waterman's) account, and sold in 1868 to Provincetown parties, the
year she first got her register. She was an hermaphrodite
brig, draft 12 feet; oak, iron and copper fastened; yellow metalled
in October, 1871. In 1872 she was used as a whaler in
Provincetown, Mass., by B. A. Lewis, Capt. Josiah Cook. She
was owned by C. E. & B. H. Fabens, of Salem, Mass., for about
ten years. She was bought March, 4, 1873, of C. G. & G. E.
Ryder, for $9,500 and foundered at sea February 12th, 1885, the crew
being taken off by a Scottish bark. An account from a daily
paper at the time says:
"The crew of the 'Lizzie J.
Bigelow,' which was abandoned at sea February 12, 1885, were
rescued by Capt. Lawson, of the bark 'Messina.' The Lizzie
J. Bigelow' sailed from St. Martins, Jan. 28, and about seven
o'clock that night, when eight miles northwest of Sombrero Light,
James Dawcett, a Nova Scotia seaman, fell overboard from aloft,
and was drowned. On Feb. 5, a heavy westerly gale set in,
pumps had to be manned every half hour; the gale increased a
little every day, and on the 10th blew with great violence; a
heavy sea ran dangerously high, and a sharp lightning appeared on
the eve of the 12th. At nine o'clock a vessel's light was
sighted. The 'Bigelow' was leaking so badly that they made
signals of distress, and were taken off with great
difficulty."
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Rosa Baker
In the fall of 1866, Barstow & Waterman commenced a new vessel, the
"Rosa Baker," launched in May of the following year. She
was built a whaler, for Heman Smith, and Capt. Charles Stetson, of
Kingston, went master of her. An hermaphrodite brig, 109 tons, oak,
iron and copper fastened; yellow metalled October, 1871. She was
whaling in the Atlantic from 1867 to 1877, and in 1869 or 1872 was sold to
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of New Bedford, and went to Hudson's Bay,
whaling. On Sept. 5, 1874, the first mate and boats crew were lost
in the ice in Hudson's Bay. In August, 1889, she was owned in
Boston, and lying at National Wharf in East Boston. She is
registered at some ports as the "Rosa Barker," which is a
mistake, as she was named after Rosa, daughter of Joshua Baker.
Hope On
In 1869 was launched the schooner "Hope On," the last vessel
built by the firm of Barstow & Waterman, the last vessel built on this
yard, and the next to the last vessel built on the North River. She
was built on the owners' account, and was a great loss to her
builders. There was no demand for vessels when she was launched, and
it was nearly two years before she was sold. For this reason she has
often been registered as having been built in 1871. This vessel was
191 tons burthen, 100 feet long, 24 feet broad, draft 11 feet; white oak
and yellow pine, iron and copper fastened, single bottom; owned in 1876 by
Edwin Barstow & Son, of Boston; Capt. L. Chase, commander. She
was rated as having been built first class. In 1877 she was sold to
J. T. Richardson, of New Bedford, and sent whaling in the Atlantic, under
Capt. M. A. Baker. She was later sold to parties in Talcahuana,
Chile, where she has been used as a freighter and whaler.
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