Saturday, December 04, 2010

Ships Lost At Sea,

All the following ships were lost at sea, you will note, I have given the name of the ship and a surname below it, this surname could be the owner or master of the ship. You well find a note after each piece of information. These notes will tell if the is more information or none. Those notes that state no more information, are what I like to call my one liners. Although there is no more info, the information here could give you a lead on where to look for more information. These one liners will give a name of a ship or a person a state, county and a lot more. You will find these one liners my hold a lot of important information.
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1. Schooner Halcyon.
Samuel Bragdon David Chase.
Note. More info on request.
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2. Schooner Two Sons.
Charles Gordon.
Note. More info on request.
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3. Fishing schooner Mary and Sally.
Samuel S. Lord.
Note. More info on request.
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4. Allen Lewis, owner of the fishing schooner Forrester, which was lost at sea, praying to be allowed fishing bounty
Note. No other info.
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5. Elizabeth Nelmes, widow of Jeremiah Nelmes, deceased, was presented to the House and read, praying the renewal of three final settlement certificates, the property of the deceased, which were lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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6. William Livingston, youngest son. Later in 1780 he was appointed a midshipman in the Continental Navy, and while serving on the Saratoga was lost at sea on March 18, 1781.
Note. No other info.
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7. Schooner Joseph.
Joshua Hatch.
Note. More info on request.
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8. Schooner Good Exchange.
William Humphreys, jr.
Note. More info on request.
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9. Schooner Betsey.
Joshua T. Chase John Dennett Joseph Todd, and Joseph Litchfield, Jr.
Note. More info on request.
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10. Fishing schooner.
Philip Coombs.
Note. More info on request.
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11. It was a mistake in reporting that William Palfrey had been captured and taken to England, for his ship was lost at sea during his voyage to take up his post as the newly-elected American consul in France.
Note. No other info.
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12. Schooner Mary.
Note. More info on request.
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13. Schooner Sally.
Joseph W. Wormstead.
Note. More info on request.
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14. Schooner Van Buren.
Ebenezer Phillips.
Note. More info on request.
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15.Schooner Two Brothers.
Joseph W. Green.
Note. More info on request.
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16. Schooner Only Son.
Knott Martin 3d and Arnold Martin.
Note. More info on request.
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17. John Benezet, merchant and business agent for William Bingham, was lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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18. Schooner Quero,
George Frazar.
Note. More info on request.
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19. Joseph L. McDonald, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for an allowance of fishing bounty on the schooner Bloomfield, which was lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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20. Schooner Laban,
Winthrop Sears
Note. More info on request.
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21. Schooner Fortune.
Moses Merrill, Agent.
Note. More info on request.
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22. Ferdinand N. Clark, praying for the refunding of duties paid upon a cargo shipped at the port of Charleston, South Carolina, on the Spanish brig Conde-de-Villanneva, which was lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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23. Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to Mrs. Sophia Robinson, of St. Louis, the mother of the late Lieutenant Robinson of the United States' navy, believed to have been lost at sea in the United States' schooner "Sylph," months' pay; and, also, the same amount of pay to the surviving relations of the other officers and the crew lost in said vessel.
Note. No other info.
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24. Schooner Admiral.
Arnold Smith.
Note. More info on request.
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25. Schooner Mary and Hannah.
William B. Doliher.
Note. More info on request.
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26. Schooner George, of Eastport.
John L. Bowman, and Enoch J. Noyes.
Note. More info on request.
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27. John Starling and others, of Portland, in the State of Maine, praying for allowance of bounty to the owners of schooner Elizabeth, lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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28. Schooner Burr.
Crosby .Arey.
Note. More info on request.
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29. Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the settlement of the accounts of the officers and crew of the United States' brig Epervier, supposed to have been lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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30. John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, praying compensation for a vessel which was lost at sea in consequence of injuries received while engaged in the rescue of the passengers and crew of the steamship Southerner, wrecked on the northwest coast of Washington Territory in the winter of 1854--5.
Note. No other info.
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31. Schooner Privado,
Crew.
Note. More info on request.
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32. Charles Uhde and Company, praying the return or duties paid on certain cotton goods, shipped by them at New Orleans for Point Isabel, in Texas, and lost at sea
Note. No other info.
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33. Glover Broughton, of Essex county, State of Massachusetts, praying to be allowed the bounty which would have been due the fishing schooner Tancred, had she completed her voyage, but which was lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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34. Benjamin F. Rollins and others, owners of schooner Medium, lost at sea, praying for an allowance of fishing bounty.
Note. No other info.
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35. Joseph Holmes, praying the payment of the fishing bounty on the tonnage of a schooner supposed to be lost at sea.
Note. No other info.
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36. Atkins Eldridge, owner of the fishing schooner Brilliant, lost at sea, praying to be allowed fishing bounty.
Note. No other info.
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37. Eliza C. Bache, widow of George M. Bache, a lieutenant in the navy, praying that she may receive the same amount that was paid to the widows of those officers who were lost in the brig Somers.
Note. No other info.
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38. 1838, Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making provision for payment of the value of horses lost at sea by the Missouri volunteers, on their passage from New Orleans to Tampa Bay, in the month of November last.
Note. No other info.
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39. THe fishing schooner "James and Henry," praying for the allowance of the fishing bounty that would have been due had not the vessel been lost at sea prior to the completion of her fishing voyage--heretofore presented December 19, 1844.
Note. No other info.
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40. Winslow L. Thacher, of Yarmouth, in the State of Massachusetts, owner of a fishing vessel which was lost at sea while engaged on a fishing voyage, praying to be allowed the bounty to which he would have been entitled if said vessel had completed her voyage and returned to port
Note No other info.
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41. Josiah P. Creesy, of the State of Massachusetts, praying to be paid the bounty allowed on a vessel engaged in the cod fishery, his vessel having been lost at sea.
Note No other info.
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42. Fishing schooner.
Andrew Wilson.
Note. More info on request.
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43. Allison B. Huff, of the State of Maine, praying for bounty on schooner Store, which was lost at sea.
Note No other info.
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44. Martha Davis, widow of Benjamin Davis, and a petition of Sarah Adams, widow of Benj. Adams, who were lost at sea in the private armed ship Portsmouth, in the late war with Great Britain, respectively praying to be allowed the pension granted to the widows and orphans of seamen killed or lost in the private armed service of the United States.
Note No other info.
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45. G. W. Bluford, praying to be relieved from a judgment obtained against him for the value of certain pork belonging to the government, which he engaged to transport from Gosport, Virginia, to the Brooklyn navy yard, and which was lost at sea.
Note No other info.
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46. Schooner Galaxy.
Joseph R. Folsom.
Note No other info.
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47. Schooner Abelino.
Joshua Atwood, jr.
Note No other info.
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48. The memorial and proofs of claim of the town of Queensburg, State of New York, praying for reimbursement for United States treasury notes lost at sea, by the sinking of the steamer Melville.
Note No other info.
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49. A. H. Mechlin, in behalf of the families of the officers and crew of the United States schooner Sea Gull, which was lost at sea, praying that the same provision may be made for them that has been made by acts of Congress in similar cases.
Note No other info.
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50. George Suckley, of New York, to be assistant surgeon, vice E. H. Watson, lost at sea, to date from December 2, 1853.
Note No other info.
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51. Thomas E. Oliver, praying that the bounty on drawback from salt exported in the schooner Harvest Home, which was lost at sea, be refunded to him.
Note No other info.
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52. Ebon F. Haskell and Amos Howard, owners of schooner Reward, of Deer island, praying an allowance of fishing bounty on said schooner, she having been lost at sea after completing her time of fishing.
Note No other info.
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53. Elizabeth Sweatt, of Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, praying for arrears of pension, as the only surviving child of Benjamin Richards, deceased, who was lost at sea in the United States brig Pickering
Note No other info.
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54. Otis Pendleton and Harris Pendleton, of that state, praying to be allowed the bounty granted by law on a fishing voyage, which was commenced in their vessel called the Elizabeth, which was lost at sea, and ended in another vessel.
Note No other info.
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55. William McKenney, praying that the act of July 27, 1854, for the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers and seamen of the United States schooner Grampus, lost at sea, may be so construed as to extend relief to him.
Note No other info.
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56. Catharine Rodgers, of Reading, State of Pennsylvania, praying for the payment of moneys that may be due to her son, Michael Rodgers, one of the crew of the United States, ship Albany,
Note No other info.
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57. Mordecai Boothe, on behalf of the widows and orphans of the officers and crew of the United States schooner Wild Cat, lost at sea in 1824, presented March 22, 1830.
Note No other info.
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58. Sarah Ann Hart, of the city and State of New York, executrix of Benjamin F. Hart, deceased, and also William Close and Joel Kelly, praying relief on account of a bond given by the said deceased as purser in the navy, and who was lost at sea.
Note No other info.
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59. Stevens Smith, of the State of Maine, owner of the fishing schooner called "The Rising States," which was wrecked, and totally lost, while engaged in a fishing voyage, praying to be allowed the bounty to which he would have been entitled if said vessel had completed her voyage, and returned to port.
Note No other info.

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