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HISTORY OF COHASSET. 



Susan. 



Director. 



Industry. 



Eagle. 



Charles Carroll. 



Pocahontas. 



Myra. 



Ursula. 



Lake. 



Sarah Jane. 



Anaconda. 



General Marion. 



Stranger. 

 Mozart. 

 Leader. 

 Sloop Glance. 

 Talisman. 

 Clara Jane. 



Total 



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It was during this period that a new nation of people 

 became introduced into this New England community. 



It was the Portuguese from the Azores or Western 

 Islands. 



Living upon those Atlantic islands, two thousand miles 

 across the waves, were many hardy sailors and fishermen, 

 who held a national allegiance to Portugal. There was em- 

 ployment here in the fishing business for those who were 

 enterprising enough to venture to this Western continent. 



It is said that the first of this nation to venture among 

 us was a boy named Antoine Martin, who was brought by 

 Captain Nickerson in a whaler from the island of Pico, 

 one of the group of Azores. This was as early as the 

 year 1840, perhaps earlier; but the fame of the New 

 England fisheries soon brought many more Portuguese 

 fishermen, l^y the year 1844 many of these hardy young 

 men used to man our Cohasset fishing schooners during 

 the summer, and when winter came with its slack work 

 they would sail off, a large crew of them, down South to 

 New Orleans, where they labored at loading cotton upon 

 vessels for Europe. 



Thus between fishing and stevedoring these industrious 

 men soon gained a footing in their new country. 



The first family to be established here was that of 

 Manuel Antoine; and after his others, including those of 

 Joseph F. Martin, Joseph Y. Enos, and Joseph Jason, 

 came to set up their hearthstones among the New Eng- 

 landers who had been here for two centuries. ^ 



To these earliest ones must be added John Morgan, 



