APPENDIX C 



Registers and Crew Lists of the Sealing Vessels 



The crew list of the Huntress was lost when the Nantucket custom house records were 

 carelessly destroyed (after being moved to Boston), but the log gives the names of Captain 

 Burdick's two officers — William Coleman, first mate, a Mr. Smith, second mate, and an 

 unidentified "boy." As the schooner Harmony, of Nantucket, during the same period 

 carried a complement of sixteen men, it is believed the Huntress had a similar number. 



In contrast, the crew list of the Huron has been found. Captain Davis had as his first 

 officer Samuel H. Goddard, of Connecticut; second mate Charles Philips, and third mate 

 Oliver Ripley, also of Connecticut. Solomon Russell, the surgeon (or doctor), was a Con- 

 necticut man ; as was William Johnson, the carpenter ; Samuel Wadsworth, the cooper, 

 and Jason Bunce, the blacksmith. The boatswain, often mentioned in the log, was Charles 

 Laing, address unknown, who was 21 years old and only 5 ft. 3^ inches tall. Of the nine- 

 teen men listed as seamen, the oldest, Daniel French, was 41 ; next oldest, Hiram Norton, 

 30 years old, and the youngest two "boys" aged 14 each — John W. Davis (probably a son 

 of the Captain), and George Mack. The remainder averaged 21.1 years of age. Three of 

 the seamen were 17, one 18, and one 16. The cook and steward were mulattoes, named 

 William White and Cyrus Treadwell, respectively. Two others in the crew were colored 

 men. In the total complement of 31 persons, one was listed as a "landsman," a nineteen-year- 

 old man named Herbert Hinman. As an oddity, Jabez B. Fletcher, 5 and 1^ inches tall, 

 deserted the Huron in the Falklands, and his place was filled by a Thomas Evans, probably 

 from the General Knox. 



The shallop Cecilia was rigged as a schooner, probably in the Falkland Islands in the 

 fall of 1820, being constructed of material brought "knocked down" aboard the Huron. 

 After two seasons in the South Shetlands and Falklands, the Cecilia arrived at New Haven 

 on June 29, 1822. Her name seems to have been changed to Young Huron for reasons not 

 definitely known. 

 1 — Ship Huron of New Haven 



Built at Guilford, Conn, in 1819 



Master: John Davis 



Length : 89 ft. 8 in. 



Breadth: 25 ft. 3 in. 



Depth: 12 ft. 7 in. 



Tonnage : 249 43/95 



Two Decks, three masts, square stern — a billet head 



Owners: Elias Shipman, John Shipman, Solomon Collis, Asa Bradley. 



Registry No. 10 issued Nov. 3, 1819 to Registry No. 13 



Surrendered to new registry March 20, 1820 when John Davis became master. 



Owners: Included Collis, Shipman, Bradley, Joseph N. Clarke, Russell Hotchkiss, Elias 

 Hotchkiss, Andrew Kirsten, James Goodrich, William H. Jones, William Leffing- 

 well, Sanford Denison, Stephen and Henry Huggins, Hervey Sanford and Lucius 

 Atwater, Norman Dexter, William Forbes, Jehial Forbes, Timothy Bishop. 



Registry No. 8 issued Aug. 22, 1822, when Robert R. Macy took over as Master. 

 2 — Schooner Huntress of Nantucket, Mass. 



Built at Barnstable, Mass. in 1817 as per enrollment at Nantucket, Dec. 5, 1818 



Tons: 80 3/95 



Length: 68 ft. 3 in. 



Breadth: 18 ft. 10 in. 



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