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Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts front jacket cover |
Historical Information About Persons Interred At Prospect Hill Cemetery
The histories of persons interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery are valuable resources for family members, historians, genealogists and others with an interest in Nantucket history.
As you read further, discover the descriptions of whaling captains, read about those who were lost at sea, learn about island merchants, artists, a congressman, Civil War prisoners and veterans, an astronomer, a school principal, a Nobel Prize recipient, diverse groups of people and their families who called Nantucket home. Many people are the subjects of portraits, some by noted artists such as William Swain and James S. Hathaway, which are part of the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) collection. A number of persons have photographs included in the NHA’s Research Library’s Historic Images Collection.
Take a moment to peruse the past through those who are interred at historic Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Please visit our “Prospect Hill 1810 to Present & Stories of Nantucket " page to read about the storied residents at Prospect Hill from excerpts selected from the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book:
Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA. Scroll down to the bottom of that page and click on the highlighted links. Remember to check back for excerpt updates.
(This page is under construction)
by Paula Lundy Levy
Prospect Hill Cemetery Webmaster, Cemetery Historian, Data Coordinator
Histories of Persons Interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA
Lot X South Side. Lydia Williams Jenks. d. June 25, 1814.
Eliza Williams Jenks. d. August 20, 1822.
Lydia Williams Jenks was the daughter of James Williams and the first wife of Boston native Samuel Haynes Jenks. Samuel and Lydia had a daughter Lydia Maria born May 5, 1814. Lydia Williams Jenks died in Boston, MA at the age of eighteen from typhus fever. She was interred at Boston's second oldest cemetery, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, on June 27, 1814. Mr. Monroe was the undertaker.
Eliza Williams Jenks was the daughter of James Williams and the third wife of Boston native Samuel Haynes Jenks' four wives. Samuel and Eliza were married on September 23, 1818 and they had two children: William (b. 1819) and Eliza (b. 1822). Eliza Williams Jenks died on Nantucket and shares a memorial with her sister Lydia Williams Jenks who is interred at Boston. The marker is located in the South Side section of Prospect Hill Cemetery. This lot does not have a lot number.
Lot X South Side. Lydia A. Jenks. b.. 1799 - d. May 17, 1817
Maria Louisa Jenks. b. February 16, 1817 - d. July 13, 1817
Lydia A. Jenks was the daughter of Dennis and Phebe Arthur Stevens and the second wife of Samuel H. Jenks. The couple were married in Boston by Rev. James Winchell on January 28, 1816. Their daughter Maria Louisa Jenks was born on February 16, 1817 and passed away on July 18, 1817. This lot does not have a lot number.
Lot 5 South Side. Josiah A. Young. February 2, 1848 – August 27, 1918.
Josiah was the son of fisherman William Young and Elizabeth Backus Young (Styles). He was the third husband of Susan J. Gardner Francis McGarvey, widow of William R. Francis and Alexander McGarvey, marrying on July 19, 1884. The couple did not have children of their own; however, Susan had two sons from her marriage to Alexander McGarvey Sr., Alexander Jr. and Andrew.
Josiah was fourteen-years old when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. He served from November 18, 1862, until August 1865 on board ships National Guard, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. After the war, Josiah resided on Pine Street. He was a member of Grand Army of The Republic (GAR), Thomas M. Gardner Post. Josiah recorded his occupations as day laborer and “odd jobs” in the 1900 and 1920 U.S. Federal Censuses. You may view Josiah in “Gathering of Civil War Veterans” in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1574.
Lot 5 Charles Albert Selden. October 10, 1870 – February 9, 1949.
Born on Nantucket, Charles was the older of two children born to Charles Selden Sr. and Lydia Hodges Selden. Charles was a twenty-five-year-old journalist when he married twenty-five-year-old teacher Grace Savage in Medford, Massachusetts, on October 13, 1895. He was the grandson of Captain Sylvester Hodges. In Nantucket Doorways: Thresholds to the Past, Edouard A. Stackpole and Melvin B. Summerfield write that Charles was inspired by his grandfather:
“When I thought of him [Captain Hodges] sailing a seventy-foot brig from Nantucket to the Antarctic Ocean, hunting for seals in the South Shetland Islands with no charts to help him, I never considered any of the tasks which first appeared insurmountable as being impossible.”
Charles graduated from Brown University in 1893 and apprenticed with the Providence Journal. He next worked at the New York Sun and, in 1904, became a correspondent at the New York Evening Post. There, in 1913, he became assistant editor and then editor of the paper. Three years later, Charles became a traveling correspondent for the NewYork Times, and, in 1918, he became the correspondent for the New York Times in Paris and London. Charles also wrote articles for the Ladies Home Journal. He covered events from the sinking of the Titanic to the Versailles Treaty at the end of World War I to the Lorano Treaty, a prelude to World War II. Charles interviewed Mohandas K. Gandhi and reported on the abdication of Edward VIII to marry Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson. In 1936, Charles retired to Nantucket to live in his boyhood home on Liberty Street. A February 11, 1949, editorial in the New York Times remembers Charles as a legendary journalist:
[He] was a newspaper man’s ideal of a newspaper man. Whether the matter in hand was the signing of a peace treaty to end a war, the abdication of a king in romantic circumstances, or a mere local happening in our city, he attacked the story with equal zest and gave to it a human quality which was his own, and a distinction which was the envy and admiration of his fellow-craftsmen. His spontaneous curiosity was so disarming that the most reticent became communicative under its spell.
The Times takes note of their colleagues’ affection for Charles:
. . . His whimsical stories about this town for the Sun and the old Evening Post are legends in NewYork’s newspaper offices, and it was said of him that he never went out on a story that he did not bring back a good one – even if the story he went out on did not pan out, and his point of observation as at the auction of a famous actress’s treasures – was a seat on the curbstone outside.
As a man and a fellow-workman he was the salt of the earth – with that extra tang of the island of his birth – and his old comrades on all the newspapers he served so well remember him with warm affection.
Charles died on Nantucket at Nantucket Cottage Hospital at the age of seventy-eight.
Lot 8 B South Side. Captain Allen Fuller. October 3, 1786 – June 22, 1850.
Captain Allen Fuller was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, the son of Zaccheus and Martha Fuller. His first wife was Betsey Smith of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Captain Fuller had two daughters from his first marriage Nancy (b. 1816) and Catharine (b. 1817). He and his second wife Phebe Ellis, had four children. In the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Captain Fuller recorded his occupation as trader. The Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 listed Captain Fuller as a merchant. Captain Allen Fuller died of consumption at the age of sixty-two years. Allen Fuller's death was recorded as June 24, 1850, in the Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910; however, engraved on his marker is June 22, 1850.
Lot 8 B South Side. Phebe Fuller. 1798 – December 12, 1860.
Phebe was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, the daughter of Benjamin and Susan Ellis. She was Captain Allen Fuller's second wife, and they had four children: Paulina (b. 1820), Phebe (b. 1823), Allen (b. 1829), and Josephena Maria, who died suddenly from "violent fever" at three years and four months. Their son Allen married and separated from Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald's daughter Hannah.
The widow Phebe lived on the north side of Silver Street, where she had a store in the front section of her home. On the night of November 22, 1860, a neighbor passed the house and noticed that the door was open. It was nine o’clock in the evening.
The neighbor, concerned that the elderly Phebe was ill entered and found the shop empty. She walked into the living room where she found Phebe Fuller on the ground in a pool of blood. She had been severely beaten her scalp was torn from her head in several places. Her right ear was split, her nose was fractured and her right arm and hand were severely bruised. Next to her body was a bloodied whalebone fid,the instrument used in the assault. Fids were used to separate the strands in rope on whaleships. This fid could have already been in Phebe’s home. After all her late husband was a captain. The money drawer in the shop was open with money in it;
but there was no way to ascertain if any monies had been taken.
The neighbor called for help. Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald (See Lot 139) answered the call and carried Phebe to her couch. Dr. John H. Sherman was summoned. Phebe was alive but unconscious having suffered a severe head injury. She would slip in and out of consciousness for the next two weeks. On November 25, she said, “I cannot live. Let no one follow me to the grave; I am principled against it.” When asked who did this she said Patience Cooper. As she slipped in and out of consciousness, she would give different accounts of the incident. In one account when asked who did this, she named Patience Cooper. In another, she said a white man whom she had never seen before had committed the crime. In yet another version, she gave a detailed description of what Patience Cooper did to her.
Phebe died from her injuries on December 12. Patience Cooper, characterized by Nantucket historian Edouard Stackpole as a mulatto woman, was arrested for the murder of Phebe Fuller. At Patience Cooper's first trial for the murder of Phebe Fuller a witness who stated Phebe Fuller had often mistaken people for other people was not brought into evidence. The jury returned with a guilty verdict. This verdict was appealed, and in 1862, a new trial was ordered. At her second trial, Patience Cooper was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the House of Corrections.
Patience began to serve her sentence at the Old Jail. She was able to take in sewing and washing, the jailer would set aside her earnings for her future use.Throughout the two trials, Patience Cooper maintained her innocence. A number of summer visitors took an interest in Patience Cooper among them a Mr. Salom would often speak to her about the crime; he was able to get her to speak about it where others could not. He convinced her to speak with the authorities about the crime. Patience did and swore on a bible that she had no knowledge of the murder. Mr. Salom said one of the criteria before her sentence could be commuted was a full and free confession of guilt. It was on a Sunday in May that Patience made her confession dictated to Mr. Salom. In it, she said she was guilty of causing the death of Mrs. Fuller. She went to see Mrs. Fuller about her bill. They had an argument provoked by Mrs. Fuller using bad language at her. Patience said she struck her in the head several times.When she left the shop Mrs. Fuller was leaning against the counter. When asked what she did next she replied she went directly home through Silver Street and up Pleasant Street. When asked if she washed the blood off Patience replied that there wasn’t any blood on her hands or clothes. She then added that her confession was to ease her mind and that she was sorry for having caused her death. When asked if she had an accomplice she replied no. Patience Cooper served her ten-year sentence and then spent the last years of her life at the asylum where she died on October 29, 1885 at the age of seventy-five.
Island sentiment was mixed about Patience's confession. Many believed she confessed in order to secure the commutation of her sentence. Others believed she was shielding the guilty party, while others believed in her guilt. Who murdered Phebe Fuller? The story remains a true Nantucket murder mystery.
Lot 8 Lewis H. Wendel (Wendell) (Wendall). d. December 16, 1878.
Lewis was a genuine Nantucket washashore! He was born in Stettin, Prussia. Lewis was a crew member on the brig Florida that wrecked off Sankaty in 1833. After his rescue, he made Nantucket his home. Lewis married Eunice N. Rogers on October 14, 1834. His occupation was cartman or truckman. Among his customers were the Gas Works Company and the Straw Works, and for forty years, his "Prussian blue cart" delivered the mail from the boat to the post office. He organized a benevolent society comprised of sixteen ladies to render aid to the needy.
In The Island of Nantucket: What It Was and What It Is, Edward K. Godfrey writes of Lewis "For nearly half a century [Lewis] lived upon the island, highly respected and esteemed by all classes."
Lot 10 Hon. David Joy. October 18, 1808 - April 5, 1875.
Hon. David Joy was the son of Moses Joy and Deborah Macy Joy. He was the first husband of Charlotte Austin.
A prominent whaling merchant and owner of a candle -making factory. He co-founded the Nantucket Athenaeum
in 1833. David and fellow member Charles G. Coffin of the United Library Association offered to buy land and build
a 'substantial building' for the Association to use. He was elected as Nantucket's Representative to
the General Court in 1834 and 1837;Member of the Governor's Council in 1838; He was an abolitionist.
In 1870 David and Charlotte moved to Ventnor, Isle of Wright where he died five years later.
Lot 10 Charlotte Joy Mann. December 30, 1817 - March 13, 1892.
Charlotte was the daughter of Isaac Austin and Anna Easton Austin. Charlotte's first husband was David Joy. She married Seth H. Mann in 1880, her second husband. Charlotte along with her first husband, the Honorable David Joy, were active in the anti-slavery and temperance movements. Following David's death, Frederick Douglass wrote a letter of condolence to Charlotte:
...happiness to see much of our departed friend. The reports of his noble life and of his benevolent works have reached me from many quarters. Permit me then, in the name of my long enslaved and now emancipated people, Whose cause he made his own -- remembering those who were in bonds as bound with them and in my own name, to bring one laurel to the tomb of this true man and noble benefactor.
Frederick Douglass
Charlotte Austin Joy Mann is also memorialized on her family's monument in the Isaac Austin lot 435.
Lot 11 Mount Vernon Clinton "Mitchy" Mitchell Ray. September 10, 1870 - February 13, 1956.
Mitchy was the son of Charles F. Ray and Deborah Chadwick Ray. He was a renowned lightship basket maker. Mitchy's father, Charles F. Ray, and grandfather, Captain Charles B. Ray (lot 253) had also been basket makers. In his shop on Starubuck's Court, Mitchy crafted his baskets through the 1940's, using some molds that had belonged to his grandfather. After World War II, Mitchy taught the craft to Jose Formosa Reyes (lot 1173). Mitchy's lightship baskets had a verse affixed to the base which read:
"I was made in Nantucket. I'm strong and I'm stout. Don't lose me or burn me, and I'll never wear out."
Lot 12 South Side. William Coffin, II. December 16, 1756 – May 1, 1835.
William was the only child of William Coffin and Jedidah Folger Coffin.
He married Deborah Pinkham on December 30, 1781 and they had nine children together.
Their daughter Harriett was the wife of educator Cyrus Pierce (See Lot 148), daughters Betsey (See Lot 22 South Side)
and Winnifred (See Lot 17 South Side) were the first and second wives of sheriff Elishai Starbuck,
daughter Lucy was the second wife of Captain Paul West and daughter Martha was the fourth wife
of Samuel Haynes Jenks, editor of the Nantucket Inquirer and public school advocate.
William and Deborah resided at 18 Union Street. The house built in 1808, was first located at the head of Main Street until 1817, when it was moved to its present location. William was a merchant, barber, wigmaker and Nantucket’s
first United States Postmaster. President George Washington appointed William to the office on
March 20, 1793. William had been wrongly implicated in the Nantucket Bank Robbery of June 20, 1795.
He was one of the non-Quaker bank directors. Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin named William the first president of the Coffin School.
Historian Emil F. Guba, in his book The Great Nantucket Bank Robbery Conspiracy and Solemn Aftermath, wrote of William:
"He was a prominent humanitarian figure on the island and in the opinion of this author one of its most notable inhabitants in the long history of Nantucket."
Lot 12 South Side. Deborah Coffin. February 28, 1761 – September 19, 1837.
Deborah was the fifth of seven children born to Jonathan Pinkham and Jemima Swain Pinkham. Deborah was twenty years old when she married William Coffin, II on December 30, 1781. They had nine children together.
Lot 14 Eliza Ann Morselander. February 19, 1807 - December 31, 1871.
Eliza was the daughter of David Ewer and Mary (Polly) Pease Ewer. Eliza married Captain Barzillai Morselander, and they had two daughters, Ann Eliza (b. 1831) and Mary (b. 1838). Eliza Ann was widowed at the age of thirty-two. At the time of her husband's death, Captain Morselander was master of the ship Charles, which had sailed out of New Bedford on November 30, 1837. He was thirty-five when he died in Paita, Peru, on September 2, 1839.. You may view her photographic portrait circa 1850's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C136.
Lot 16 Daniel B. Chase. 1822 - February 12, 1900.
Daniel was the second child and only son of Arnold Chase and Pamela Butler Chase.
His first wife was Mercy Bearse. They had seven children together. Pamela b. 1844, Andrew b. 1846, Sidney b. 1848, Daniel b. 1850, William b. 1852 and the twins Fletcher and Caroline b. 1860. Mercy passed away in 1875. Daniel married his second wife Margaret Montgomery on August 26, 1877. On May 28, 1878, Margaret died from cancer at the age of forty-eight. On April 24, 1879, Daniel wed his third wife Mary W. Allen Walker of Fairhaven, she was eighteen years his junior and once widowed.
During the Civil War, Daniel enlisted on August 12, 1862 in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
He joined his regiment at Alexandria, VA on August 29, 1862. Daniel was first wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg on December 11, 1862. He was shot in his leg and hand. He was wounded again at the battle of Gettysburg while defending against Pickett's Charge. On January 30, 1864, he was transferred to the 134th Company, 2nd Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps at Cliffburne Barracks, Washington, D.C. Discharged on November 10, 1864. He then returned home to Nantucket where he worked as a mason.
Lot 21 Harry B. Turner. February 9, 1877 - November 9, 1948.
Harry was the son of Abner Turner and Susan E. Ray Turner. Harry was twenty-one years old when he wed Gertrude C. Holmes February 27, 1898. His second wife was Grace Gordon. At the age of sixteen, while still in school, Harry began working at The Inquirer and Mirror for Roland B. Hussey for $1.00 a week. He started as an apprentice at what was called "learning the case" (typesetting done by hand). Harry worked at various mainland newspapers, returning home in 1896 to continue his work at The Inquirer and Mirror. He was editor at the The Inquirer and Mirror from 1907 until his death in 1948. Harry was co-publisher with Arthur H. Cook.(See Lot 353). You may view a photograph of Harry, B. Turner, Roland B. Hussey and Arthur H. Cook in front of the The Inquirer and Mirror office sign in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Lot 23 South Side Frances "Fanny" Hall. December 31, 1790 - May 19, 1812.
Frances "Fanny" was the daughter of William Coffin (lot 12 South Side) and Deborah Pinkham Coffin (lot 12 South Side). She was the wife of Fitch Hall, Jr., a merchant of Boston who lived in Medford, MA. The couple married on October 11, 1808. Fitch Hall, Jr. passed away at the age of twenty-four or twenty-five from fever on March 30, 1809. He was buried in Medford, MA on April 11, 1809. Frances "Fanny" Hall's slate marker is engraved with the word "relict", a seventeenth and eighteenth century term used to refer to a widow.
Inscribed on Frances "Fanny" Hall's marker: [Willow and Urn engraved top center]
In memory of
Mrs. FRANCES
Relict of
Mr. FITCH HALL Jr.
Who died May 19 1812
aged 21 years
To view an image of the marker please visit the "Photo Gallery" page of our website.
Lot 24A South Side. Captain Nathan Manter. 1819 - February 6, 1897.
Nathan was the son of George Manter and Betsey House Manter. He wed Priscilla Hillburn on October 4, 1843, and they had two daughters.
Nathan learned the cooper's trade, and at the age of seventeen he shipped out of Nantucket in 1835 on his first whaling voyage, on the ship Congress under the command of Captain William Upham. Nathan sailed as boatsteerer on July 14, 1839, again with Captain Upham, this time on the ship Sarah. He was second mate on the Arnold of New Bedford, MA, under the command of Captain David Coffin. In 1848, he sailed as mate with Captain John Stanton on the Java out of New Bedford. In 1854, Captain Manter commanded the schooner William P. Dolliver on a whaling cruise. After this voyage Captain Manter entered the service of the Nantucket Steamboat Company and remained in the employ of the company until his death in 1897.
Captain Manter's funeral service was held at his home on Federal Street. Many businesses and stores were closed, flags throughout town were flown at half-mast, and the steamer Island Home's bell tolled as a token of respect for her departed captain of thirty-one years.
Lot 25 Captain George Luce. July 20, 1787 - December 18, 1864.
George was the son of Jason Luce of Martha's Vineyard. He married Eliza Lamb.
He was Master of the sloop Sally on the April 2, 1816 to August 2, 1816 voyage, of the brig
Prince George on the January 7, 1819 to May 8, 1822 voyage and of the sloop Iris on the voyage of 1827.
Lot 28 Rear Admiral Seth Ackley. October 13, 1846 - February 7, 1908.
Seth was the son of Captain Enoch Ackley and Charlotte Swain Ackley Pearson.
His father died at sea while in command of the ship “Potomac” on January 2, 1855.
Seth married Edith Cash of Philadelphia, PA on June 5, 1879. He resided at 15 Orange Street. A house built in 1831 by Philip H. Folger (See Lot 144) and once owned by Cyrus Pierce (See Lot 148).
Seth was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1866 and rose to the rank of captain, retiring in 1901. By an Act of Congress, he was reinstated in 1904 and promoted to captain on the Active List and rear admiral in February 1907. During his career, he was hydrographic inspector of the U.S. Coast Survey and Naval Secretary of the Lighthouse Board. Rear Admiral Ackley died in Washington on February 7, 1908.
In Nantucket: A History, Douglas-Lithgow related an event illustrating Ackley’s valor:
“It is not generally known, nor is it recorded in the files of the Navy Department, that Admiral Ackley, when a lieutenant, nobly risked his life, in 1873, in trying to save a seaman who had fallen overboard from his ship, the Omaha. The Lieutenant, divesting himself of his coat and shoes, plunged in after him, in a rolling sea infested with man-eating sharks, and only after considerable difficulty was he himself saved when two miles away from his ship. The poor fellow, whom Lieutenant Ackley so bravely tried to save, was injured by striking the rail of the ship in falling, and, probably thus rendered unconscious, soon sank in the deep to rise no more.”
Douglas-Lithgow also wrote of the interment of Admiral Ackley:
“Admiral Ackley is buried on Nantucket within the sound of the sea he loved, on the island which was the dearest spot of earth to him.”
Inscribed on Admiral Ackley's marker: "HOME IS. THE SAILOR. HOME FROM SEA."
Lot 32 South Side. Robert F. Parker Riddell. d. September 20, 1834.
Robert was the oldest of rope maker William H. Riddell and Eliza Ann Pollard Riddell's two sons. He was the nephew of Captain George Pollard, Jr. master of the ill-fated whaleship Essex.
Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, published in 1925 by New England Genealogical Society, recorded the marker's information. This verifies there was a marker prior to the publication date; there is no stone at the grave today.
Robert F. Parker Riddell's notice of death in the Nantucket Inquirer stated:
"DIED...
On Saturday evening, after a few hours illness, Robert F. P. Riddell only child of Mr. Wm. H. Riddell, aged 3 years."
Lot 36 South Side. Albert Pinkham. 1818 - September 8, 1841.
Albert was the son of Captain Stephen Pinkham and Elizabeth Chadwick Pinkham. He was three years old when his father died in Havana, Cuba. A sailmaker, Albert never married. He died of consumption on Nantucket at the age of twenty-three.
Lot 38 Captain William H. Bennett. November 4, 1813 - March 8, 1889.
William was the son of William Bennett and Phebe Raymond Bennett. He married Sarah D. Morse.
Captain Bennett was a successful whaleman. When he retired from the sea, Captain Bennett became a farmer and was in the
"shoe business".
Lot 38 Sarah Bennett. August 10, 1826 - December 16, 1892.
Sarah was the daughter of Arnold Morse and Maria (Pamela) Morey Morse. She was the wife of Captain William H. Bennett.
Lot 39 South Side Roland Coffin. February 9, 1806 - February 23,1824.
Roland was the son of Captain Alfred Coffin and Peggy Chase Coffin. Natives at the Mulgrave Islands (part of the Marshall Islands) killed him at the age of eighteen . Roland is listed on the manifest of the Globe a Nantucket ship.
The Globe sailed out of Martha's Vineyard on December 20, 1822 for a whaling voyage around Cape Horn. A mutiny
resulting in the murders of the Captain, first mate, second mate and third mate occurred. Samuel Comstock,
who then sailed the Globe to the Mulgrave Islands, led the mutiny. Six crew members escaped, who later giving depositions to the U.S. Consul at Valparaiso, Chile, cut the lines and sailed to Chile leaving the other seamen behind. Comstock was shot by his accomplices, for giving clothes and other items to the natives, before the items had been divided. When the schooner Dolphin arrived at the islands and found William Lay and Cyrus Hussey, the only survivors, the others, including Roland Coffin having been killed by the natives.
Gorham Coffin, one of the owners of the Globe and Roland's uncle was outraged at the accounts in the depositions implying Roland was suspected of having knowledge of the mutiny, and was an informant to Comstock about the crew after the mutiny. He wrote to Secretary of State John Quincy Adams "not wishing to extenuate his fault, if guilty,
but to prevent if possible that aught may be set down in malice." He also wrote to Secretary of the Navy Samuel L.
Southard "while justice is stern, may not her sister virtue, mercy, be awed into silence, but be ready to extend her
shield, over those who have been forced to yield to necessity, with a drawn sword over their heads." Having this
letter forwarded to Commodore Hull and writing to Daniel Webster with the argument in Roland's defense as the
the crew was jealous of Roland due to his hard work and being related to owners of the ship.
Inscribed on Roland and Betsey Coffin's marker:
IN
MEMORY OF
ROLAND & BETSEY
Children of
ALFRED & PEGGY COFFIN
ROLAND
Born Feb. 9th 1806
Died Feb. 23 1824
At Mulgrave Islands
BETSEY
Born June 22 1807
Died Nov. 1st 1826
Lot 39 South Side Betsey Parker Coffin June 22, 1807 - Nov. 1, 1826
Betsey was the second of three children born to Captain Alfred Coffin and Peggy Chase Coffin (Riddell).
Lot 40 South Side Mary Ann Coffin 1809 - November 26, 1823.
Mary Ann was the youngest of Captain Alfred Coffin and Peggy Chase Coffin (Riddell) three children.
Lot 41 Captain James Wyer January 20, 1816 - June 10, 1899
James was the son of Obed Wyer, Jr. and Polly Gorham Wyer. His first wife was Harriett (Hattie) Thompson. Second wife was
Lois N. Pease Starbuck (widow of Captain Charles Starbuck). He spent his retirement in the "Cap'ns' Rooms" at the Pacific Club, of which he was one of the original purchasers. You may view his photographic c. 1840's portrait in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C182.
Lot 41 Hattie T. Wyer 1822 - March 21, 1860.
Hattie was the daugher of James Thompson and Dianna Gibbs Thompson. She was the first wife of Captain James Wyer.
You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1561.
Lot 41 Polly Wyer. d. February 26, 1858.
Polly was the daugher of Jonathan Gorham and Mary Davis Gorham. Wife of Obed Wyer.
Lot 51 Captain William Miller. 1814 - November 12, 1853.
William was the son of John Miller and Avis Worth Miller. Married Mary Ann Coffin.
Captain Miller was master of the bark Lady Suffolk. He died at sea during this voyage at the age of thirty-nine.
Lot 54 South Side Mary Gelston. July 24, 1793 – July 6, 1813.
Mary was the third of Thaddeus Coffin and Ann Parker Coffin’s six children. She was the first wife of Samuel Gelston, son of Dr. Roland Gelston and Love Pinkham Gelston. Samuel was the grandson of Dr. Samuel Gelston, a leader in inoculation in Massachusetts when smallpox was an epidemic.
For a brief time, Dr. Gelston had several hospitals for the treatment of patients who had been inoculated for smallpox, one located on Gravelly Island off Nantucket.
Mary was nineteen years old when she married Samuel on June 12, 1812. The couple’s daughter, Mary Jr., was born on May 13, 1813. Mary died on Nantucket at twenty years of age. Kezia Coffin Fanning (lot 64 South Side) wrote in her diary of the days leading up to Mary’s death.
“July 6 – Mary Gelston, wife of Samuel died this a. m. had a daughter weeks ago, has been unwell since. Last Wednesday went to Sconset with her husband, was worse for ride, began to cough last eve and coughed almost without cessation till a few minutes before death.”
Lot 54 Gorham Macy. January 9, 1793 - March 14, 1857.
Gorham was the son of Peleg Macy and Sally Wendall Macy. He married Lucretia Clark in 1813. In 1835, he purchased land from Philip H. Folger for $500.00 and built a house now known by two names, the Gorham Macy House and the Holland House, located at 39 India Street. Gorham was an autioneer and a shipowner.
Lot 54 George Macy. November 23, 1814 - July 8, 1895.
George was the son of Gorham Macy and Lucretia Clark Macy. He married Ann Crosby. In 1839, George purchased 39 India Street from his father for $2,500.00.
Lot 54 Charles G. Macy. June 4, 1819 - September 1864.
Charles was the son of Gorham Macy and Lucretia Clark Macy. During the Civil War he served as a private in
the 18 Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. He is listed in the National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System recorded on his information card at Andersonville "he was captured on May 15, 1864, Wilderness, VA."
He died a prisoner of war at the infamous Andersonville Prison in Sumter County, Georgia.
Inscribed on Charles G. Macy's marker:
Erected
to the memory
of
Charles G. Macy of the
18 Mass vol.
Militia Died
Andersonville Prison
Sept 1864
AE 46.
Lot 55 Captain Charles E. Starbuck May 3, 1816 - May 30, 1863.
Charles was the son of Charles Starbuck and Eliza Allen Starbuck. He was the brother-in-law of Captain William Holley, who married Charle's sister Delia (See Lot 655). He was the first husband of Lois Pease Starbuck Wyer.Captain Starbuck was in command of the bark Peru that sailed from Nantucket on July 16, 1851, and returned on May 31, 1855. He was master of the bark Islander sailed from New Bedford for the Pacific Ocean on August 26, 1856 and returned 1861.
Lot 55 Mary Eliza Holley (Holly). 1835 – July 28, 1853.
Mary Eliza was the daughter of Captain William Holley (See Lot 655)and Delia M. Starbuck Holley.
She was the niece of Captain Charles E. Starbuck. She died at the age of eighteeen.
Lot 55 Nancy R. “Nannie” Holley (Holly). 1839 – March 29, 1857.
Nannie was the daughter of Captain William Holley (See Lot 655) and Delia M. Starbuck Holley.
She was the niece of Captain Charles E. Starbuck. Nannie died at the age of eighteen from typhoid.
Mary Eliza “Molly” Starbuck’s chronicle is an excerpt from Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book,
Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts (page 37).
Please note: included with her chronicle is Molly’s portrait by Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin, courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association.
Lot 55 Mary Eliza “Molly” Starbuck. March 13, 1856 – June 4, 1938.
Molly was the younger of two children born to Captain Charles E. Starbuck and Martha’s Vineyard-born Lois Pease Starbuck. She was born at her Grandmother Eliza Allen Starbuck’s house on Starbuck’s Court. Molly sailed at the age of five months on August 19, 1856, on the bark Islander with her father in command of the vessel, returning home in June 9, 1861. Molly’s father passed away when she was seven years old, and, in 1866, Molly was ten years old when her mother married the widower Captain James Wyer. Molly taught for a brief time, but at the end of the twelve-week term found she had lost twelve pounds. She went on vacation to Andover, Massachusetts, for a visit with her brother, Henry, who had been teaching at Phillips Academy. When Molly returned to Nantucket, she realized teaching was not the career she wanted. Molly was an author, poet, and Nantucket historian. She was the founding secretary of the Nantucket Historical Association. She is the author of My House and I, An Islander’s Love, and a collection of poetry titled Nantucket and Other Verses. An example of her lovely descriptive poetry is found at the beginning of her book:
NANTUCKET
Just a sandy wind-swept island!
What more would you have it be,
With a turquoise sky above it,
Around it a sapphire sea?
When its dawns are pearl and opal,
Its noons are crystal clear,
And its sunsets shower down gold dust
Till the diamond stars appear --
When to those who are born on the island,
And to many from over the sea,
‘Tis fairer then all its jewels,
What more does it need to be?
Molly served as secretary to the Volunteer Aid Society of Nantucket. This organization was a branch of the Volunteer Air of Massachusetts serving to raise money and collect clothing for soldiers in the Spanish-American War. She resided at 8 Pleasant Street.
Click on the link to view Mary Eliza "Molly" Starbuck's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, June 11, 1938.
Lois N. Pease Starbuck Wyer’s chronicle is an excerpt from Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book,
Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts
(pages 36 & 37).
Lot 55 Lois Pease Starbuck Wyer. October 30, 1823 - June 13, 1904.
Lois was born in Edgartown, MA the daughter of Henry Pease and Mary Fisher Pease. She was the wife of two whaling captains. Lois wed her first husband Captain Charles E. Starbuck, in 1846 and they had two children, Henry (b. 1851) and Mary Eliza "Molly" (b. 1856).
Molly Starbuck wrote of her mother's romance in her memoir My House and I. His ship readied for sea, Charles appeared at Lois's house one morning:
After meeting Mother three times, he comes to the house one bitter cold morning before daylight and routed out Grandfather and asked to see Mother. His ship was to sail at sunrise. Mother dressed hastily, and, wrapped in a big shawl, descended to the room where Father waited.
The hearth-fire of course was out.
When toward the end of her life, Mother told me the story, it seemed to me a trifle out of the ordinary for a girl to receive a caller before daylight, and in a freezing room, too; but I let that pass. When the story was told, I did exclaim, "But surely you couldn't engage yourself to marry a man after seeing him only three times!" "Well" said Mother serenely "I told him he might come back!"
That was a wooing worthy of the pair.
Lois was the second wife of her second husband, Captain James Wyer (lot 41). They married on March 25, 1866, the Reverend Samuel D. Hosmer, of the First Congregational Church, officiating.
Lois was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery on June 16, 1904, Ezra W. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 57 James Walter Folger. January 31,1851 - October 28, 1918.
James was the son of Joseph W. Folger and Phebe Ann Thompson Folger and the great grandson of Hon. Walter Folger, Jr. He was the twin of Joseph Wyer Folger, who died from canker rash at the age of two on February 12, 1853, and the younger brother of Mary Folger. James's father died when James was three years old, and his mother passed away in 1861, leaving James orphaned at the age of ten.
James graduated from Nantucket High School in 1869 and moved to Cambridge, MA, where he apprenticed with an ornamental wood carver. He worked as a journeyman while there and returned home to Nantucket in 1874. James began pictorial woodcarving in the 1870s. These were scenes carved in relief on wood panels and painted to produce a three-dimensional work of art. He also created bird, duck, and animal head carvings. In addition, James painted in oil and watercolors. His work is part of the Nantucket Historical Association collection, with a number of his relief wood panels on exhibit at the Whaling Museum. James studio was on Union Street.
Click on the link to view James Walter Folger's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, November 2, 1918.
Lot 57 Joseph W. Folger. 1812 - April 25, 1854.
Joseph was the son of Polly and Hon. Walter Folger, Jr. He married Phebe Ann Thompson.
While a captain in the merchant service, he was lost at sea and drowned at the age of forty-two in Mendocino, CA. Joseph was the father of artist/carver James Walter Folger.
Lot 57 Phebe Ann Folger. 1815 - January 7, 1861.
Phebe was the daughter of James Thompson and Diana Gibbs Thompson. She married Joseph W. Folger.
Phebe was the mother of Artist/Carver James Walter Folger whose work is in the Nantucket Historical Association
and private collections. Phebe was forty-five years old when whe died from "disease of the heart". You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1197A.
Lot 57 "Little" Joseph Wyer Folger. January 31, 1851 - February 12, 1853.
Joseph was the son of Joseph W. Folger and Phebe Ann Thompson Folger. He was the twin of artist/carver James W. Folger. Joseph died from canker rash, a form of scarlet fever, at the age of two.
Lot 60 Seth C. Chace (Chase). October 30,1833 - April 3, 1865.
Seth was the son of Captain Frederick B. Chase and Phebe Allen Chase.
He was imprisoned in Salisbury Prison, North Carolina during the Civil War. Returned home to Nantucket.
Died three weeks after he arrived home at the age of thirty-one.
Lot 60 Captain Frederic (Frederick) B. Chace (Chase). August 11, 1795 - May 14, 1873.
Frederick was the son of Otis Chase and Betsey Chase. He married Phebe Allen on November 14, 1824. Captain Chace was master of ships Omega, Alpha and Fabius.
Lot 61 Captain Edenezer Coleman. March 2, 1795 - January 23, 1872.
Ebenezer was the son of Henry Coleman and Susan Harris Coleman. He married Lydia Ray. Captain Coleman was master of the ship Mariner on the voyage of August 12, 1832 to 1836.
Lot 61 Lydia Coleman. July 30, 1806 - January 16, 1888.
Lydia was the daughter of George Ray and Deborah Folger Ray. She was the wife of Captain Ebenezer Coleman.
Lot 64 South Side. Kezia Coffin Fanning. January 5, 1759 - November 20, 1820.
Kezia was a direct descendant of Tristram Coffin, one of the first settlers of Nantucket, and the only child of John Coffin and Kezia Folger Coffin. She married attorney Phineas Fanning April 5, 1777. Kezia's mother was the infamous Kezia Coffin who during the Revolutionary War arranged with the British to allow whale oil and candles to be shipped to Britain, and other goods to be smuggled on island. She hid these and sold the merchandise at inflated prices.
Kezia began keeping a diary at the age of sixteen in 1775 until her death in 1820. Her diary records daily events on Nantucket during this historic time. You may view a photograph of her portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1952.23.1.
Inscribed on Kezia's marker:
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Kezia Fanning
who departed this life
on the 20th of November 1820.
In the 62nd year of her age
Rest wearied dust:
In the bosom of the earth
Rest happy spirit!
In the bosom of they GOD.
Lot 66 Captain Franklin Chase. September 8, 1789 - March 12,1825.
Franklin was the son of Issac Chase and Eunice Brown Chase. He married Nancy Ellis in 1816. While master of the ship North America he died at sea at the age of thirty-six.
Lot 66 Priscilla M. Almy. April 15, 1819 - May 6, 1897.
Priscilla was the daughter of Captain Franklin Chase and Nancy Ellis Chase. She was six years old when her father, Captain Chase, died at sea. Priscilla was the second wife of Tillinghast Almy who, according to the Eliza Starbuck Genealogical Record, came from Providence, RI. The couple married on October 16, 1860, they were recorded in the 1870 U.S. Federal Census as residing in Providence, RI, where Tillinghast's occupation was auctioneer. Tillinghast passed away in 1875, and the 1880 U.S. Federal Census shows Priscilla living back on Nantucket. Priscilla was the postmistress of ’Sconset from 1883 to 1891. The editor of the Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript wrote in the July 28, 1885, edition:
One hundred and ten members of The Massachusetts Press Association, took a trip to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. In Nantucket, they were put up at the new hotel, The Nantucket, located at Brant Point, close to the water. The party went to Siasconset on the railroad. It was the first visit in over 80 years for the editor of "Whalemen's Shipping List," and he noted many changes, including the many new cottages and hotels. Mr. Joseph S. Barney, of Nantucket a boyhood friend of the editor, took him around the town of Siasconset. Also met there was Mrs. Priscilla M. Almy, the postmistress, whom he [the editor] had known when he was a young man. A wonderful trip was had by all.
The editor was most likely Nantucket-born Ebenezer "Eben" P. Raymond (lot 300), editor and later owner of the Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript.
Lot 66 Nancy Chase. April 4, 1789 - August 10, 1852.
Nancy was the daughter of Simeon Ellis and Deborah Long Ellis. She married Franklin Chase in 1816.
Lot 67 Captain George Palmer. October 1, 1807 - July 28, 1880.
George was the son of Lot Palmer and Ruth Clasby Palmer. He married his first wife Eliza Swain on January 27, 1833. He and his second wife Mary Ann Swain Starbuck, were married on August 8, 1854. Mary Ann was the widow of Reuben Starbuck and the younger sister of Captain Palmer's first wife, Eliza. Captain Palmer commanded several ships out of New Bedford. He was master of the ship Navigator of Nantucket.
Lot 67 Mary Ann Palmer. January 11, 1816 - February 20, 1887.
Mary was the daughter of Captain Owen and Abigail Swain Swain. Mary's first husband was mariner Reuben Starbuck. They married on May 6, 1835. Mary Ann and Reuben's only child, Eliza was born on July 13, 1851. Mary Ann and her second husband Captain George Palmer were married by George Cobb, Justice of the Peace, on August 8, 1854, and their daughter, Maria, was born in 1856.
Lot 67 Lot Palmer. November 5, 1783 - August 5, 1871.
Married Ruth Clasby. Father of Captain George Palmer.
Lot was an eighty-seven-year-old carpenter when he died from "general debility" and "old age" on Nantucket.
Lot 67 Ruth Palmer. March 25, 1780 - January 7, 1859.
Married Lot Palmer. Mother of Captain Geoge Palmer.
Lot 68 Captain Rufus Coffin. March 20,1819 - August 10, 1863.
Rufus was the son of Timothy G. Coffin and Betsey Parker Coffin. He married Winnifred B. Chase on November 14, 1844.
During the Civil War, Rufus served in the United States Navy. He was a captain in the United States Revenue Service.
Lot 68 Winnifred "Winnie" B. Coffin. November 17, 1819 - November 17, 1897.
Winnie was the only child of Daniel Chase and Anna Bunker Chase. She was fifteen years old when her father died in 1834 in New York. Her mother was the second wife of prominent ship builder Frederick Mitchell; they wed in 1844. Winnie was the wife of Captain Rufus Coffin.
Lot 68 Annie Bunker Chase Mitchell. April 3, 1797 - April 4, 1875.
Annie was the daughter of Latham Bunker and Susanna Barnard Bunker. Her first husband was Daniel Chase and her
second husband was Frederick W. Mitchell. You may view her photographic portraits in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1361. Image Number P1362.
Lot 69 Eliza Starbuck Barney. April 9, 1802 - March 18, 1889.
Eliza was the daughter of Joseph Starbuck (shipowner, merchant and builder of The Three Bricks) and Sally Gardner Starbuck. She wed Nathaniel Barney on May 18, 1820. Eliza worked on a genealogical record of more than 40, 000 Nantucket families spanning over two and a half centuries, a work begun by Benjamin Franklin Folger. She was deeply involved in both the women's suffrage and antislavery movements. Frederick Douglas was among the many prominent guests at 100 Main Street, the Barney's home. The Barneys continued to live at 100 Main Street until 1862 when they moved to William Hadwen's second home at 94 Main Street, before relocating to Poughkeepsie, NY, to be near their daughter and son-in-law Sarah and Alanson Swain.
Eliza moved back to Nantucket after the death of Nathaniel. She stayed with her son Jospeh until the home he built for her at 73 Main Street was completed in 1872. Eliza was eulogized as a "lifelong Quaker, liberal in her views and tolerant of the tenets of others."
Lot 69 Nathaniel Barney. December 31, 1792 - September 2, 1869.
Nathaniel was the son of Jonathan Barney and Abial Coffin Barney. He married Eliza Starbuck on May 18, 1820.
Nathaniel went into partnership with his cousin William Hadwen as purveyors and manufacturers of oil and candles in the building that now houses the Whaling Museum.
Nathaniel and his wife Eliza were deeply involved in both the women's suffrage and the antislavery movements, which brought Nathaniel into contact with prominent abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. When abolitionist
Stephen S. Foster, spoke at the Anti-Slavery Convention held on Nantucket in 1842, he caused a mob scene when he denounced the clergy in America for condoning and furthering the institution of slavery. The crowd threw eggs and stones at him, and Foster fled Nantucket in fear for his life. In July 1843, Foster wrote a letter to Nathaniel defending his position and referring to the United States clergy, denomination by denomination, as "the brotherhood of thieves". This letter was published in a pamphlet titled The Brotherhood of Thieves or a True Picture of the American Church and Clergy: A Letter to Nathaniel Barney of Nantucket. Nathaniel refused to receive the dividends from his stock in the New Bedford Railroad because black passengers were not permitted passage, Nathaniel eventually gave his dividends to William Lloyd Garrison to be used to benefit the antislavery movement.
Nathaniel and Eliza moved to Poughkeepsie, NY to live near their daughter Sarah Swain. Nathaniel died there at the age of seventy-six.
Click on the link to view Nathaniel Barney's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, September 11, 1869.
Click on the following link to view the published pamphlet The Brotherhood of Thieves or a True Picture of the American Church and Clergy: A Letter to Nathaniel Barney of Nantucket by Stephen S. Foster.
Lot 69 Joseph S. Barney. May 5, 1827 - December 22, 1905.
Joseph was the son of Nathanial Barney and Eliza Starbuck Barney. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck.
He married Melinda Swain on June 6, 1848. Upon the retirement of his father's partner William Hadwen, Joseph
went into his father's business along with his brother-in-law Alanson Swain.In 1864, after the death of Eunice Hadwen Joseph inherited 96 Main Street. In the summer, the family moved to their cottage at 20 Main Street in Sconset. Originally named Green Chimneys, it was later changed to Solid Comfort. He built a house for his Mother at 73 Main Street when she returned to Nantucket after his Father's death.
Joseph was a prosperous man in his own right before he inherited the Hadwen estate. He was one of the early promoters of tourism as an economic strength for the island and, in his capacity as a director at the Steamboat Company, became involved in promoting the idea of "Two Boats a Day" to advance the recognition of Nantucket as a resort area. Joseph also owned fishing vessels, several stores, and warehouses. He was active in local politics, serving as town meeting moderator for twelve years, a member of the Town Finance Committee, and a delegate to the State Republican Convention.
Click on the link to view Joseph Barney's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, December 30, 1905.
Lot 70 Alanson Swain. September 1, 1818 - January 15, 1877.
Alanson was the son of Captain Obed Swain and his first wife Eunice Carpenter Swain. On February 15, 1842, Alanson married his first wife, Eliza Lawrence, the daughter of Captain Charles Lawrence and Hepsabeth Bunker Lawrence, and the granddaughter of Sheriff Jeremiah Lawrence and Eunice Baxter Lawrence (lot 13 South Side). Tragically, after having been married only four years, Eliza died of consumption at the age of twenty-four.
Alanson wed his second wife, Sarah Starbuck Barney, in March 1852, and they had four children. Sarah was the sister of Alanson's brother-in-law, Joseph S. Barney (lot 69); Alanson was the son-in-law of Nathaniel and Eliza Starbuck Barney. Alanson worked with his brother-in-law, Joseph, and father-in-law, Nathaniel at the firm of Hadwen & Barney after William Hadwen's retirement. Later, Alanson moved his family to Poughkeepsie, NY. Lucile Barney Bell, the widow of William Hadwen Barney, a nephew of Alanson, recalled that "the Swains had a spacious home on the banks of the Hudson." In the 1870's, Alanson helped to finance the Pennsylvania and Eastern Railroads.
Lot 72 John Bowne King, MD. May 23, 1808 - July 27, 1889.
John was from New York, the son of John King of New Castle, England and Mary King of New York.
He married Mary B. Mitchell. John practiced medicine on whaling voyages and on Nantucket.
You may view his portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number GPN1459.
Lot 74 Captain Robert M. Joy. March 8, 1793 - June 23, 1862.
Robert was the son of William Joy and Jedida Meader Joy. Brother of Captain George F. Joy (see Lot 87)
and Captain Edward C. Joy (see Lot 466). Married Sally J. Hussey. Captain Joy was master of the ships Atlas and Rodman.
Lot 74 Sarah "Sally" J. Joy. April 24, 1799 - December 10, 1882.
Sally was the daughter of Charles F. Hussey and Sarah Jenkins Hussey. She was the sister of Captain Isaac B. Hussey, who was killed during a mutany aboard the ship William Penn in 1852. Sally was the wife of Captain Robert M. Joy. Sally's death was recorded as December 10, 1882, in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910; however, December 11, 1882, is engraved on her marker.
Lot 74 George Fitch. January 1, 1800 - December 29, 1870.
George was the son of Obed Fitch and Miriam Gardner Fitch. He married Eliza Hussey, the sister of Sarah "Sally" Hussey Joy.
George's occupation was a gauger. A revenue officer who inspects bulk goods that is subject to a duty.
Lot 77 Sylvanus Ewer. October 4, 1767 - March 3, 1836.
Sylvanus was the son of Seth Ewer and Lydia Churchill Ewer. His first wife was Anna Crosby. His second wife was
Margaret "Peggy" Folger. His third wife was Phebe Pease Nye. His fourth wife was Eunice Hussey.
Sylvanus was a ship's carpenter who came to Nantucket from Osterville. He went on to become a very successful
whaling merchant and manufacturer of oil and candles.
In 1805, Sylvanus purchased from Nathan Nye (first husband of his third wife) 19 Union Street now known as the "Sylvanus Ewer House". This property was passed on to his son Peter who passed it on to his second wife Mary who passed it on to their daughter Margaret who passed it on to her daughter Mary who passed it on to her brother Frank.
You may view the data pages and photographs in The Library of Congress American Memory's Historic American Building Survey/Historic Engineering Record.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 77 Eunice H. Ewer. July 15, 1780 - October 19, 1847.
Eunice was the daughter of Stephen Hussey and Rose Barnard Hussey. She was the fourth wife of Sylvanus Ewer.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 77 Peter Ewer. March 8, 1800 - January 7, 1855.
Peter was the son of Sylvanus Ewer and Margaret (Peggy) Folger Ewer. His first wife was Eunice Cartwright. Peter's second wife was Mary Cartwright. He was the inventor of "the camels", a floating dry-dock, designed to lift loaded whale ships and carry them over the sandbar. They were named after a similar device invented in Holland. You may see a model of "the camels" at The Whaling Museum. As a young man, he purchased and placed the eight milestones from Nantucket to Sconset. The tradition from the family is his children and children's children to the family's final generation should keep the milestones painted white. In 1836, Peter inherited 19 Union Street from his father.
You may view a portrait of Peter Ewer attributed to William Swain in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 77 Mary Cartwright Ewer. November 6, 1797 - November 20, 1877.
Mary was the daughter of John Cartwright and Mary Starbuck Cartwright. She was the second wife of Peter Ewer. Her sister
Eunice Cartwright was her husband's first wife. You may view her portrait c. 1828 attributed to William Swain in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1986.30.2.
She inherited 19 Union Street "Sylvanus Ewer House" from her husband in 1855. Mary died from typhoid fever in New York.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 77 Margaret F. Coffin. January 26, 1833 - September 21,1907.
Maraget was the daughter of Peter F. Ewer and Mary Cartwright Ewer. Married Charles E. Coffin. Inherited 19 Union Street
"Sylvanus Ewer House" from her mother in 1877. Margaret passed away at her home on Union Street at the age of seventy-four.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 77 Charles E. Coffin. February 11, 1828 - March 21, 1889.
Charles was the son of David U. Coffin and Adaline Coffin. He married Margaret F. Ewer on September 13, 1855. Charles was a dry goods merchant.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 77 Mary E. Denham. May 27, 1857 - March 5, 1909.
Mary was the daughter of Charles E. Coffin and Margaret Ewer Coffin. She married Frederick Denham June 1, 1887.
Mary inherited 19 Union Street "Sylvanus Ewer House" from her mother in 1906. Upon her death the house was bequeathed
to her brother Frank Coffin. Mary died in New York from pneumonia. Her interment took place on March 9, 1909. Israel M. Lewis undertaker.
Please visit our photo gallery to see the Ewer Lot monument.
Lot 78 South Side Peter Hussey. January 26, 1775 - March 8, 1815.
Peter was the son of Batchelder Hussey and Anna Coffin Hussey. He married Mary Mooers July 5, 1794 (her first husband). He
withdrew from the Society of Friends 1810. Listed as "Proprietors of Second Congregational Church meetinghouse"
April 26, 1810. Peter was killed when thrown from his carriage at forty-one. He was Deputy Grand Master of 12th Masonic District, according to his obituary in March 15, 1815 edition of Columbia Centinel.
Lot 79 Captain Zephaniah Wood. February 9, 1784 - 1823.
He married Martha Rice Gardner, widow of Captain Frederick Gardner in 1809. Father of Captain Albert Wood (Lot 426).
Master of whaleship Triton. He died at sea at the age of thirty-five and was buried on an island. The monument at Prospect Hill is a memorial to Captain Wood.
Lot 79 South Side Captain William Worth. June 18, 1794 - March 8, 1880.
William was the son of Richard Worth and Phebe Hayden Worth. He was the brother of Captain Shubael Worth (see Lot 320).
His first wife was Nancy McCleave, his second wife was Lucretia Swain and his third wife was Valina Swain.
Lot 80 Benjamin Swain. 1754 - August 8, 1820.
Benjamin was the son of Jethro Swain and Dorcus Ryder Swain. Married Phebe Meader. He resided at 15 Union Street. The house is
known as the "William Nichols House" a.k.a. the "Timothy G. Clapp House". In 1819, William purchased the house from the Estate of William Nichols "land dwelling house and outbuilding thereon standing" for $1,400.00. One year later, he died of "cholera morbus". His widow Phebe Meader Swain sold the house to Timothy Clapp in 1825 for $1,300.00.
Lot 81 South Side. Captain Wyer Swain. September 15, 1768 - May 18, 1815.
Wyer was the son of Daniel Swain and Elizabeth Wyer Swain. Married Rebecca Hayden.
He purchased 28 Orange Street now known as the "Tupper-Folger House" from the Estate of Benjamin Tupper, M.D. in 1798. His widow, Rebecca sold the house in 1816 to Thomas Varney MackCleave for $2,000.00. You may view
the data pages and photographs in The Library of Congress American Memory's Historic American Building Survey/Historic Engineering Record.
Lot 82 Charles K. Whitman. August 25, 1792 - October 6, 1852.
Charles was the son of Kilborn Whitman. He married Eliza Morselander. Charles was a lawyer. You may view his photographic portrait
c. 1840's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C174.
Lot 83 Charles Coffin Swift. November 9, 1819 - January 27, 1820.
Charles was the infant son of Reverend Seth F. Swift, the first minister at the Second Congregational Meeting House Society, known today as the Unitarian Church and Valina Rawson Swift.
Lot 83 Captain Hiram Bailey. November 12, 1812 - May 31, 1856.
Hiram was the son of Benjamin Bailey and Abigail "Nabby" Folger Gurill Bailey. Brother of Captain Stephen Bailey (Lot 481).
He married Phebe J. Folger (Lot 481) on July 31, 1836..When master of the schooner Watchman he drowned at Bonavista while trying to land his boat in heavy surf.
Lot 83 Miss Eliza Bailey. September 9, 1809 - April 18, 1841.
Eliza was the daughter of Benjamin Bailey and Abigail "Nabby" Folger Gurill Baily. She was the sister of Captain Hiram Bailey (See Lot 83) and Captain Stephen Bailey (See Lot 481). Eliza was a teacher at the African School.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Miss Eliza Baily's marker.
Lot 87 Captain George F. Joy. September 27, 1796 - July 8, 1876.
George was the son of William Joy and Jedida Meader Joy.Brother of Captain Robert M. Joy (see Lot 74)
and Edward C. Joy (see Lot 466). He married Ann Coggeshall. Captain Joy was master of ships Boston, Golden Farmer, Zenas Coffin, Charles and Henry, and Columbia. You may view his photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image P1288.
Lot 87 Anna C. Joy. April 9, 1799 - August 26, 1853.
Anna was the daughter of Peleg Coggeshall and Deborah Folger Coggeshall. She is the wife of Captain George F. Joy.
You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1289.
Lot 88 William Starbuck. December 28, 1815 - April 25, 1873.
William was the son of Joseph Starbuck and Sally Gardner Starbuck. He married Sarah Allen in 1836.
William lived in The East Brick. Built as one of The Three Bricks by his father Joseph Starbuck. In 1850 William was deeded the property at 93 Main Street from his father. In 1873 by will, the property was in trust for his wife
Sarah M. Starbuck then equally to their children Walter Starbuck, Martha Fenton, Joseph A. Starbuck and
Alfred Starbuck. In 1888, Gardner J. Kingman purchased the property from the four heirs taking it out of the Starbuck family.
Lot 88 Sarah Starbuck. December 26, 1816 - September 11, 1885.
Sarah was the daughter of Captain Joseph Allen and Abigail Coffin Allen.She was the sister of Eunice Allen Sherman, wife
of Captain William Sherman. (See Lot 93). Sarah was the wife of William Starbuck.
Lot 88 Alfred Starbuck. January 29, 1838 - December 12, 1921.
Alfred was the son of William Starbuck and Sarah Allen Starbuck. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Joseph Allen. Alfred married Elizabeth Maroney on November 25, 1870.
Lot 88 Thorton Starbuck. February 28, 1850 - August 22, 1850.
Thorton was the son of William Starbuck and Sarah Allen Starbuck. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Joseph Allen.
Thorton died at six months old from consumption.
Lot 89 Matthew Starbuck. October 28, 1813 - January 4, 1876.
Matthew was the son of Joseph Starbuck and Sally Gardner Starbuck. He married his first wife Mary Ann Morton in 1835. He married his second wife Catharine Wyer in 1840. Matthew lived in The Middle Brick. Built as one of The Three Bricks by his father Joseph Starbuck. In 1850 Matthew was deeded the property at 95 Main Street from his father. In 1876, he died intestate and the property passed to his wife Catharine Starbuck and their four children. Also in 1876, Catharine purchased all interest from their children. Maria Starbuck Mackay purchased the shares in the house from her siblings in 1815. After her death in 1920, her daughter Pauline M. Smith inherited the property from her mother. In 1948, Pauline Smith Freeman was deeded the property by her mother Pauline M.(Smith) Johnson.Matthew died from typhoid pneumonia at the age of sixty-two.
Lot 89 Catharine Wyer Starbuck. September 27, 1818 - February 23, 1913.
Catharine was the daughter of Captain Christopher Wyer(see Lot 130) and Priscilla Coleman Wyer.
She was the second wife of Matthew Starbuck.
Lot 89 Maria Mitchell Starbuck Mackay. February 20, 1850 - April 15, 1920.
Maria was the youngest of five children born to Matthew Starbuck and his second wife Catharine Wyer Starbuck. She was the granddaughter of prominent whaling merchant Joseph Starbuck (lot 90) and successful whaling master Captain Christopher Wyer (lot 130). Maria was named after her mother's friend astronomer Maria Mitchell (lot 411). Maria attended Vassar College where her name sake was professor of astronomy.
Maria married Boston business man George H. Mackay, the son of Robert Caldwell and Charlotte Lodge Mackay on October 13, 1874. George recorded his occupation as "East India Merchant" in the 1880 Federal Census. He worked in the East India trade firm of Mackay and Coolidge founded by George's father R. C. Mackay and J. S. Coolidge. George first traveled to India for the firm at the age of niineteen years. Maria and George had three children Pauline b. 1878, Robert b. 1884 and George, Jr. b. 1885.
Maria and George first had a summer home on Nantucket at Main and Bloom Streets then in 1915, three years after the death of her mother, Maria purchased the shares from all the heirs to 95 Main Street and became the owner "The Middle Brick".
Click on the link to view Maria Mitchell Starbuck Mackay's memoriam by Anna Starbuck Jenks (lot 602) in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, April 24, 1920.
Lot 89 Pauline Mackay (Smith) Johnson. September 4, 1878 - November 12, 1958.
Pauline was the daughter of George H. Mackay and Maria M. Starbuck Mackay. In 1920, she inherited 95 Main Street
"The Middle Brick" from her mother.
Lot 89 Pauline Smith Freeman. June 4, 1912 - March 16, 1993.
Pauline was the daughter of Pauline Mackay Smith Johnson. In 1948, her mother deeded the house at 95 Main Street
"The Middle Brick" to her and Pauline became the fourth generation of the Starbuck family to reside at 95 Main Street.
Pauline was also a resident of Farminton, CT and Naples, FL.
Lot 89 (Josiah) Bradlie Starbuck. April 6, 1844 - May 14, 1882.
(Josiah) Bradlie was the son of Matthew Starbuck (The Middle Brick) and Catharine Wyer Starbuck. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Christopher Wyer. He married Anna E. Smith in 1868 at N.Y. Died in New Bedford at age thirty-eight.
Lot 89 Horace Starbuck. November 2, 1845 - October 17, 1914.
Horace was the son of Matthew Starbuck (The Middle Brick) and Catharine Wyer Starbuck. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Christopher Wyer.
Lot 89 Caroline W. Spinney. May 11, 1842 - October 14, 1885.
Caroline was the daughter of Matthew Starbuck (The Middle Brick) and Catharine Wyer Starbuck. She was the granddaughter of
Joseph Starbuck and Captain Christopher Wyer. Caroline married her first husband, Edwin Merriam on December 29, 1864. She wed her second husband, William Spinney in 1879.
Lot 89 Robert S. Mackay. July 23, 1884 - August 10, 1933.
Robert was the son of George H. Mackay and Maria Starbuck Mackay. Great grandson of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Christopher Wyer.
Lot 90 George Starbuck. September 9, 1811 - February 14, 1888.
George was the son of Joseph Starbuck and Sally Gardner Starbuck. He married Elizabeth Swain on March 20, 1833.
George lived in (The West Brick). Built as one of The Three Bricks by Joseph Starbuck. In 1850 George was deeded the property at
97 Main Street from his father. After his death in 1888, through assignment of the mortgage, the
property went to his son Sidney Starbuck. In 1896, Sidney conveyed the house and land to his mother, Elizabeth Starbuck with a life estate and after her death to his sisters Ellen Starbuck Swain and Susan A. Starbuck. In 1922, the two sisters sold to Charles Minshall taking the house out of the Starbuck family.
You may view a portrait of George Starbuck by James Hathaway in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Lot 90 Elizabeth Swain Starbuck. December 26, 1812 - February 25, 1899.
Elizabeth was the daughter of successful whaling master Captain Jonathan Swain and Rachel Fish Swain (lot 356). She married
George Starbuck on March 20, 1833. Elizabeth was known as a gracious hostess entertaining people from all over the county. She was civic minded, and through her private philanthropy and hands-on activities she assumed a leadership role in local issues. She was president of the Relief Association and the Howard Society, both local charitable organizations. Elizabeth was the first vice president of the Nantucket Sorosis, a women's society, and one of the founding members and vice president of the Nantucket Historical Association, whose first meeting was held on May 9, 1894, in the west parlor of her home at 97 Main Street. You may view Elizabeth Swain Starbuck's photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collectin.
Click on the link to view Elizabeth Starbuck's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, March 4, 1899.
Lot 90 Arthur Starbuck. December 8, 1845 - February 2, 1881.
Arthur was the son of George Starbuck (The West Brick) and Elizabeth Swain Starbuck. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Jonathan Swain. Arthur married Grace F. Ropes, of Brooklyn, New York in 1870.
Lot 90 Susan A. Starbuck. January 8, 1849 - December 4, 1928.
Susan was the daughter of George Starbuck (The West Brick) and Elizabeth Swain Starbuck. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Jonathan Swain. In 1892, Susan moved to Brooklyn, NY and in 1922, moved back to Nantucket.
Lot 90 Joseph Starbuck. February 27, 1774 - March 9, 1861.
Joseph was the son of Thomas Starbuck and Dinah Trott Starbuck. He married Sally Gardner on January 26, 1797. Joseph was a wealthy whaleship owner, merchant and builder of The Three Bricks for his three sons George, Matthew and William.
A few of the whaleships he owned were the "President", "Hero", "Omega" and "Three Brothers".
You may view his portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P9118.
Lot 90 Sally Gardner Starbuck. October 22, 1733 - April 5, 1842.
Sally was the daughter of Nathan Gardner and Anna Bunker Gardner. She married Joseph Starbuck on January 26, 1797
at the age of twenty-three.
Joseph and Sally Gardner Starbuck's markers.
Lot 90 Ellen Starbuck Swain. July 26, 1837 - February 12, 1931.
Ellen was the daughter of George Starbuck (The West Brick) and Elizabeth Swain Starbuck. She was the grandchild of Joseph Starbuck and Captain Jonathan Swain. Ellen married Edwin Swain in 1869.
Lot 90 Edwin Swain. March 3, 1829 - January 13, 1890.
Edwin was the son of Obed B. Swain and Eunice Carpenter Swain. He married Ellen Starbuck in 1869. Edwin's residence and place of death was Brooklyn, New York.
Lot 91 Mary Starbuck Swain. January 15, 1804 - June 11, 1893.
Mary was the daughter of Joseph Starbuck and Sally Gardner Starbuck. She married William C. Swain on November 28,1822, and they had nine children.
Lot 91 William C. Swain. May 18, 1801 - May 15, 1885.
William was the son of Thomas Swain and Deborah Cartwright Swain. He married Mary Starbuck in 1822. William was a merchant. He resided at what is now known as the William C. Swain House at 92 Main Street. The Greek Revival house is a two and a half
story clapboard on a high brick basement.
Lot 92 Rev. Augustus C. Swain. October 16, 1843 - September 23, 1933.
Augustus was the son of William C. Swain and Mary Starbuck Swain. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck.
Augustus married Susan E. Coffin on August 13, 1873.
Lot 92 Philip S. Swain. April 1, 1838 - January 13, 1936.
Philip was the son of William C. Swain and Mary Starbuck Swain. He was the grandson of Joseph Starbuck.
In 1864, Philip married Ophelia F. Nason. In 1891, he was the first president of the Marion & Rye Valley Railroad. Philip died at Cranford, NJ at the age of ninety-seven. His recipe for longevity was total abstinence from candy and sweets and a frequent chew of dry codfish.
Lot 93 South Side. Mary Weeks. November 29, 1772 - November 10, 1839.
Mary was the daughter of Hezekiah Russell and Hepsabeth Allen Russell. She was the wife of Captain Joseph Weeks.
Lot 93 Captain William E. Sherman Lot. October 27, 1803 - 1860.
William was the son of Nathaniel Sherman and Hepsabeth Worth Sherman. Married Eunice Allen. Captain Sherman was master of the
ship Robert Kelly, a Liverpool packet of the black star line. He set sail in May 1859. Captain Sherman was lost at sea in 1860.
Lot 93 Alexander Sherman. June 1834 - April 7, 1843.
Alexander was the son of Captain William E. Sherman and Eunice Allen Sherman. He died at the age of nine.
Lot 93 Virginia Sherman. May 10, 1846 - April 20, 1847.
Infant daughter of Captain William E. Sherman and Eunice Allen Sherman.
Lot 93 Eunice Sherman. March 6, 1808 - September 25,1847.
Eunice was the daughter of Captain Joseph Allen and Abigail Coffin Allen. Her youngest sister
Sarah Allen Starbuck, was the wife of William Starbuck (See Lot 88). Eunice married William Edwin Sherman on July 29, 1832.
Inscribed on her marker:
Eunice Sherman Wife of William Sherman
died on Sept. 25, 1847
In the 40th year of Her Age
As Daughter Wife & Mother
She was all a woman should be
Lot 94 South Side. Captain Joseph Weeks. February 13, 1773 - August 10, 1836.
Of Cape Cod. He married Mary Russell (See lot 93 South Side) on December 31, 1795. Captain Weeks died from" lingering consumption".
Lot 94 Captain David Cottle. March 16, 1775 - January 3, 1860.
David was the son of Lot Cottle and Ruth Coleman Cottle. His first wife was Mary Folger, and they had a daughter Rebecca. According to the Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record "they separated". David married his second wife, Rebecca Russell Cottle, the widow of Obed Cottle, on April 3, 1808. David and Rebecca had two sons George, who died at sea in 1824 and Obed.
Lot 94 Rebecca Russell Cottle. November 12, 1771 - January 23, 1857.
Rebecca was the daughter of Nathaniel Russell and Judith Long Russell. She married her first husband Obed Cottle in 1796. Captain Cottle was "shot by one of his men on board ship round Cape Horn," "recd the News, __, 5 mo 1806." Rebecca and Obed had a daughter Nancy who passed away in 1820 at the age of twenty. Rebecca wed her second husband Captain David Cottle on April 3, 1808. Rebecca and David had two sons George and Obed.
Lot 97 Captain Richard Mitchell, Jr. February 4, 1819 - February 20, 1888.
Richard, Jr. was the son of Richard Mitchell and Frances "Fanny" Lincoln Mitchell. Married Charlotte Morton. Retired Mariner.
Died in Boston.
Lot 97 Charlotte Mitchell. May 4, 1819 - August 19, 1900.
Charlotte was the daughter of Dr. Martin T. Morton and Mary Carey Morton. She was the wife of Captain Richard Mitchell.
Lot 99 Captain William S. Chase. July 18, 1812 - January 31, 1881.
William was the son of Stephen Chase and Peggy Barnard Chase. He married Betsey Smith on April 13, 1837.
Lot 104 William H. Myrick. 1837 - November 14, 1877.
William was the son of William C. Myrick and Mary Colesworthy Myrick. He was the first husband of Mary Jane Gardner.
William was a twenty-five-year-old shoemaker when he enlisted as a private in the 20th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry on
August 12, 1862. He accidentally discharged his shoulder musket while carrying a corpse off the
battlefield at Fredericksburg. He was discharged June 5, 1863 for disability due to chronic diarrhea. Moved to Brockton, MA.
Worked as shoemaker in a factory, quit due to fainting spells. Returned to Nantucket where he died at the age of 40. Dr. John B. King (see Lot 72), one of his attending physicians, refused to submit a bill due to Myrick's poverty.
Lot 106 William Hadwen. April 26, 1791 - March 22, 1862.
William was the son of James Hadwen and Mary Peckham Hadwen. He married Eunice Starbuck, the daughter of merchant Joseph Starbuck on October 20, 1822. William came from Rhode Island to attend the wedding of his cousin
Nathaniel Barney to Eliza Starbuck. Here is where he first met his wife to be Eunice Starbuck.
William moved to Nantucket in 1820, and established himself as a silversmith. In 1829, He sold the business to his
apprentice James Easton (See Lot 130). William formed the firm of Hadwen & Barney with his cousin
and brother-in-law Nathaniel Barney as whale oil merchants and candle makers. First on Upper Main Street
then in the building that now houses The Whaling Museum. In 1845, William built the Greek Revival house
at 96 Main Street. He also built the house at 94 Main Street for his "adopted daughter", his niece
Mary Swain Wright. A house in which she never lived. William was listed in the 1852 issue of
Rich Men of Massachusetts as being worth $100,000 a little less than his father-in-law.
In 1860, during a dentist visit, William was given an overdose of ether. This accident would have been fatal had his doctor not arrived in time and saved William's life. However, the after effects of the ether caused William to suffer from partial paralysis of the heart, a condition he died from in 1862.
You may view his photographic portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Numbers P1237. P1238. P1239. Visit the Nantucket Historical Association's William Hadwen "popup" .
Click on the following links to view William Hadwen's obituary in the Nantucket Weekly Mirror, Saturday Morning, March 29, 1862.
Continued column Nantucket Weekly Mirror, Saturday Morning, March 29, 1862.
The Hadwen Lot as it appeared in 2007, included in Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA and as the lot once looked when its gate and ironwork were intact, also included in Tuck't In, Image Number GPN4250 from the Nantucket Historical Association Historic Images Collection.
Lot 106 Eunice Starbuck Hadwen. December 29, 1799 - January 1, 1864.
Eunice was the daughter of Joseph Starbuck and Sally Gardner Starbuck. She first met her husband-to-be on May 18, 1820, at the wedding of her sister Eliza Starbuck to Nathaniel Barney. Eunice was twenty-three years old when she married William Hadwen on October 30, 1822. Eunice and William first lived at 100 Main Street, a house they shared with her sister and brother-in-law, Eliza and Nathaniel Barney. In 1844, William purchased the land at the corner of Pleasant and Main Streets and began construction of a Greek Revival house at 96 Main Street, across the street from the Three Bricks, the houses of Eunice's brothers.
Eunice and William gave many lavish parties at 96 Main Street. The following is an account of two events given in their home in one day! The description was written in a letter dated December 23, 1847 from Susan Gardner (Clark) (See Lot 503) to her nephew William C. Gardner (See Lot 464)
"Last evening I was at the sewing circle at Mr. Hadwen's new house. We had a very pleasant time and they have a very beautiful house. There were one hundred persons there to tea and double that number in the evening, the later part of the evening we had an auction and
Mr. Barrett was auctineer and you know he is a good hand to make sport anytime..."
Eunice belonged to a weekly book club and was an amateur botanist. Her garden in the back of 96 Main Street, cared for by the Nantucket Garden Club since 1976, is open to the public. William bequeathed a life estate to Eunice with the property at 96 Main Street. The house would then go to their nephew Jospeh Starbuck Barney. Shortly after William's death, Eunice contracted diphtheria. She recovered from the disease but remained an invalid for the remainder of her life. In her will, Eunice left property worth about $60,000, comprised of stocks, bonds, furniture, horses, a house in 'Sconset, and land on Grove Lane, the remainder of her estate went to Jospeh Barney. Her obituary in the Nantucket Inquirer on January 6, 1864, praised her for her "great strength of character, singleness of purpose and great sense of duty."
Delia Hussey Coffin (lot 375), the daughter of Captain Peter Hussey and wife of Captain Edward Coffin reflected on her feelings of the new year and on the death of Eunice:
Friday, January 1, 1864
What has 1864 in store for the world. What will it add to our own life-history. Even this first day, has brought tears for the tomb, and one from our midst Mrs. Eunice Hadwen widow of Wm. Hadwen Esq. will watch the dawn of the next New Year's morning in Heaven. She died at three o'clock this afternoon, after an illness of 1 week of inflammation of the bowels. She survived her husband 12 months 9 days. She was 64 years old last Monday.
You may view Eunice Starbuck Hadwen's portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1915.0023.001.
Click on the following links to view Eunice Starbuck Hadwen's obituary in the Nantucket Weekly Mirror, Saturday Morning, January 9, 1864.Continued column Nantucket Weekly Mirror, Saturday Morning, January 9, 1864.
Lot 106 George Francis Wright. October 28, 1848 - April 6, 1850.
William Hadwen Wright. February 3, 1845 - July 28, 1845.
Children of George Wright and Mary B. Swain Wright. Their mother was known as the "adopted" daughter of
William and Eunice Starbuck Hadwen. Their parents moved to California where their father was the first Congressman
elected from this state.
Lot 106 Sarah Starbuck Gorham. December 25, 1797 - October 26, 1874.
Sarah was the daughter of Joseph Starbuck and Sally Gardner Starbuck. She was the second wife of Josiah Gorham. They married on
January 28, 1828.
Lot 106 Josiah Gorham. January 7, 1793 - February 28, 1871.
Josiah was the son of Jonathan Gorham and Mary Davis Gorham. His first wife was Kezia Peirce (seel Lot 81). He wed his second wife
Sarah Starbuck on January 28, 1828.
Lot 107 Captain Seth Pinkham. July 9, 1789 - April 17, 1844
Seth was the son of Jethro Pinkham and Susan Coffin Pinkham. He married Mary Brown on May 18, 1809. He was the father-in-law of Captain Henry R. Plaskett and Captain Joseph Marshall (see lot 161). The family had residences at 40 and 42 Fair Street and a house, Sans Souci, at 28 Broadway in 'Sconset. While master of the ship Henry Astor Captain Pinkham died at Pernambuco, "of diseases of the heart". His remains were placed on board a Baltimore brigg to return home to Nantucket.
Captain Pinkham was brought home to Nantucket and interred at Prospect Hill on June 6, 1844.
Inscribed on Captain Pinkham's marker:
This grassy, convex mound
But recently up-raised
Speaks volumes from the ground
To thinking men amazed
And shall we check the fountain?
And staunch the honest tear
From weeping eyes, once held
In memory so dear?
Nay, do not supress them;
In silence let them flow
For him whose heart hath beat
In unison with you!
Please visit our photo gallery to see Captain Seth Pinkham's marker.
Lot 107 Mary Pinkham. June 18, 1791 - April 14, 1874.
Mary was the daughter of Captain William Brown and Elizabeth Coffin Brown. She was the wife of Captain Seth Pinkham.
You may view her portrait attributed to William Swain circa 1844 in the Nantucket Historical Association
collection. Image Number 1989.128.2.
Lot 107 William H. Crosby. November 18, 1813 - May 29, 1896.
William was the son of Captain Matthew Crosby and his first wife, Lydia Coffin Crosby. He married Elizabeth C. Pinkham, daughter of
Captain Seth Pinkham. William was a successful whaling merchant. Edouard A. Stackpole, in his book Rambling Through the Streets and Lanes of Nantucket, reports that William and his wife Elizabeth held many a delightful "social" in their home at 1 Pleasant Street. The first Chickering piano is said to have been in the east drawing room. They introduced frozen mousse to the island. The Great Fire of 1846 just about brought financial ruin for William when a number of warehouses burned where vast quantities of oil were stored.
It was a second loss by fire, the first occurring in 1838.
Lot 107 Elizabeth C. Crosby. February 2, 1816 - February 12, 1897.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Captain Seth Pinkham and Mary Brown Pinkham. She was born while her father was away at sea as master of the whaleship Dauphin. Elizabeth was the wife of Matthew Crosby, grandson of prosperous whale oil merchant Zenas Coffin.
Lot 107 Captain Henry R. Plaskett. December 12 1812 - November 7, 1893.
Henry was the son of Joseph Plaskett and Persis Colesworthy Plaskett. His two brothers were both whaling masters. Captain William Plaskett (see Lot 268) and Captain Joseph Plaskett, who died of yellow fever in Bonavista, Newfoundland, in 1846.
Captain Plaskett was the husband of Mary B. Pinkham, daughter of Captain Seth Pinkham (see Lot 107). He is the brother-in-law of
Captain Joseph Marshall. You may view his "cased" photograph circa 1860's in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C141.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Captain Henry R. Plaskett's marker.
Lot 109 Mary Eliza Macy. April 20, 1845 - April 21, 1931.
Mary Eliza was the daughter of Philip Macy and Susan Wilson Macy. Her residence was 99 Main Street. You may view her photographic
portraits c. 1840's Image Number P9954 and c. 1920's in her garden Image Number P9956.
Click on the link to view Mary Eliza Macy's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, August 29, 1931.
Click on the link to view "The Old Order Changeth." by Walter Gilman Page (lot 742) The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, August 29, 1931.
Lot 110 Obed Macy. January 15, 1762 - December 24, 1844.
Obed was the son of Caleb Macy and Judith Folger Macy. He married Abigail Pinkham in 1786. Obed resided at 15 Pleasant Street. He was a Quaker, whaling master, ship owner, businessman, farmer, blacksmith, author, local historian and
Clerk of the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Land. He went into partnership with his brother, Silvanus to manufacture soap and spermaceti candles. They also acted as agents for various ships. In 1835 he published History of Nantucket.
Lot 111 Ann Eliza Macy. January 27, 1818 - April 26, 1882.
Ann Eliza was the daughter of Josiah Macy and Lydia Hussey Macy. She married Isaac Macy, the son of Thomas Macy and grandson of Obed Macy on November 6, 1839. You may view her portrait attributed to Thomas Hicks c. 1839 in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1989.141.2.
Lot 113 Charles T. Westgate. January 9, 1843 - February 5, 1875
Charles was the son of James Westgate and his first wife, Lydia Davis Westgate. In 1859, he was a crew member aboard the ship Hesper sailing out of New Bedford. Charles was thirty-two-years old when he died at Wakefield, Massachusetts from "congestion of lungs".
Lot 114 Captain Timothy Fitzgerald. March 8, 1789 - September 14, 1852.
Timothy was the son of Henry Fitzgerald and Lydia Wyer Fitzgerald. He was the brother of Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald (see Lot 139).
He was the husband of Lydia Whippey Fitzgerald. Captain Fitzgerald was master of ships Francis and Ocean.
Lot 114 Lydia Fitzgerald. November 12, 1791 - June 14, 1871.
Lydia was the daughter of David Whippey and Kezia Bunker Whippey. She was the wife of Captain Timothy Fitzgerald. At the time of her death, Lydia was living in New Bedford, MA, with her sister Kezia Whippey Smith, brother-in-law Shubael Smith and a nurse,
Mary McCormick.
Lot 115 Captain Eben Hinckley. June 19, 1805 - August 22, 1885.
Eben was the son of Elishai Hinckley and Lucinda Swain Hinckley. He married Nancy Chase on August 19, 1833.
Captain Hinckley was master of the ship "Martha" that sailed to San Francisco in 1849 during the "California fever". At the time of his death on Nantucket, Captain Hinckley was a farmer.
Lot 115 Nancy M. Hinckley. June 1, 1810 - January 25, 1892.
Nancy was the daughter of James F. Chase and Eliza Folger Chase. Married Eben Hinckley.
She was the wife of Captain Eben M. Hinckley.
Lot 116 Henry Coffin. March 17, 1807 - March 6, 1900.
Henry was the son of Zenas Coffin and Abial Gardner Coffin. He married Elisa Starbuck, daughter of Levi Starbuck in 1833.
He owned a whale ship firm with his brother Charles Coffin. Herman Melville was a crew member during
the 1840-1845 voyage of the "Charles and Henry" owned by Charles G. Coffin and Henry Coffin. Mr. Melville
wrote about this experience in his autobiographical novel "Omoo". Henry built his home at 75 Main Street,
hiring Christopher Capon whom he paid $503.63 for his masonry work. Christopher Capon also worked
as mason for both Henry's brother Charles' house and Joseph Starbuck's "The Three Bricks".
Click on the following link to view Henry Coffin's obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, March 10, 1900.
Lot 116 Eliza Coffin. February 10, 1811 - February 26, 1903.
Eliza was the daughter of Levi Starbuck and Elizabeth Ramsdell Starbuck. She was the niece of Joseph Starbuck (See Lot 90) and
Captain Simeon Starbuck (See Lot 142). She was the sister of Captain Obed Starbuck (See Lot 136).
Eliza wed Henry Coffin on November 14,1833.
Lot 116 Charles F. Coffin. April 8, 1835 - April 10, 1919.
Charles was the son of Henry Coffin and Eliza Starbuck Coffin. He was the grandson of Zenas Coffin and Abial Gardner Coffin on his father's side, and the grandson of Levi Starbuck and Elizabeth Ramsdell Starbuck on his mother's side. Charles married Eliza P. Gardner, the daughter of Captain John J. Gardner on February 2, 1858. In 1860, He recorded his occupation as goods dealer and in 1900, as merchant in the U.S. Federal Census. You may view Charles in a group photograph in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1857.
Lot 116 Eliza P. Coffin. 1837 - March 13, 1916.
Eliza was the daughter of Captain John J. Gardner and Eliza Worth Gardner. She wed Charles F. Coffin on February 2, 1858.
You may view her in a group portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1857.
Lot 118 Hon. Barker Burnell. January 30, 1798 - June 15, 1843.
Barker was the son of Jonathan Burnell and Polly Giles Burnell. He married Judith Barney on November 15, 1818. Barker was a member of the 27th Congress of the United States. He was a Whig; A member of MA State House of Representatives 1819;
A delegate to MA State Constitutional Convention in 1820; A member of MA State Senate 1824-1825;
A delegate to Whig National Convention from MA; A U.S. Representative from MA 1841-1843.
On Thursday December 14, 1843 in the House of Representatives John Quincy Adams announced the death
of their colleague Barker Burnell this past June 15, 1843. He then made the following motions: Expressions of
sympathy to the surviving widow and relatives; the wearing of crape on the left arm for thirty days and out of
respect for his memory to adjourn until noon the following day. These motions past and the they adjourned.
The Honorable Barker Burnell died of consumption at the boarding house of Mrs. McDaniels in "Washington City", while in office. His interment and cenotaph was at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; His re-interment in 1844 was at
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket, MA. Inscribed on his marker: "Member of the 27th & 28th Congress of The
United States Died at Washington City June 15, 1843 Aged 45 years.
Click on the following link to read his obituary Death of the Hon. Barker Burnell, M.C. of Massachusetts in the Saturday, June 17, 1843 The National Intelligencer from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. On-line. Internet. Available http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/sites/default/files/Obits_Burnell.pdf
Click on the following link to view Hon. Barker Burnell's page at Historic Congressional Cemetery http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/obituary-burnell-barker
Click on the following link to read Hon. Barker Burnell's obituary in the Nantucket Inquirer, June 24, 1843.
Click on the following link to read the Nantucket Inquirer, Wednesday, June 28, 1843 article:
The Funeral Of The Hon. Barker Burnell.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Barker Burnell's marker.
Lot 118 Judith Barney Burnell. January 27, 1798 - October 14, 1884.
Judith was the daughter of Jonathan J. Barney and Mary (Polly) Folger Barney. She was the wife of Barker Burnell.
You may view her portrait attributed to William Swain circa 1840's in the Nantucket Historical Association
collection. Image Number 1992.540.1.
On January 26, 1874, Judith attended a reception by the Nantucket Sorosis Society hosted by Joseph Barney at his 96 Main Street residence now known as the Hadwen House. The Inquirer and Mirror covered the event. A letter by Mrs. Rebecca. A. Morse of the New York Sorosis Society was read and it included her recollection of Judith Barney Burnell:
...And Mrs. J. Burnell a favorite with all, upon whom long years have set their crown of rejoicing, is yet a lady of fine ability, who in earlier time, graced the literary circles of Washington...
Click on the following link to read In Memoriam for Judith Burnell in The Nantucket Journal, October 16, 1884.
Lot 119 Sydney Chase. December 3, 1846 - March 21, 1932.
Sydney was the son of Captain Frederick Chase and Mary Ann Myrick Chase. He married Ella Merihew.
Sydney was president of the Boston Stock Exchange. He resided on Beacon Street in Boston and summered on the island at 82 Main Street.
Lot 122 Captain Reuben Baxter. March 24, 1773 - September 30, 1861.
Reuben was the son of Christopher Baxter and Mary Worth Baxter. He married Love Briggs in 1796.
Reuben was the father of master mariners Captain David C. Baxter (See Lot 178) and Captain William Baxter.
In 1801, Reuben purchased 23 India Street now known as the "Captain Reuben Baxter House". from 'housewrights'
John and Perez Jenkins for $1,600.00. He was the first of four Captains to reside in this house. The others were Captain Alexander Bunker (See Lot 439), Captain Alexander Russell and Captain Samuel C. Wyer (See Lot 198).
Captain Baxter died on Nantucket at the age of eighty-eight. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 recorded his cause of death as old age.
Lot 122 Love Baxter. December 13, 1771 - June 30, 1864.
Love was the daughter of Abner Briggs and his first wife Deborah Coffin Briggs. She married Reuben Baxter in 1796 and they had four children. William (b. 1805), Eliza (b. 1808), Mary (b. 1811), and David (b. 1814) Captain William Baxter and Captain David Baxter (lot 178) followed their father to the sea.
Lot 122 Love Bucknam. June 18, 1835 - April 13, 1917.
Love was the only child of Captain William Baxter and Betsey Carey Baxter. Love was forty years old when she wed fifty-year-old Albion K. P. Bucknam on February 26, 1876. Love was Albion's second wife. The couple did not have children.
Love, along with her father, ran the unoffical post office in Sconset from their cottage. According to
The Library of Congress' Historic American Buildings Survey "Captain Baxter would come over the hill in
his stage, blow many blasts on his horn to inform the residents that the mail was arriving." He and Love
would sort and hand out the mail, charging one cent for each piece. In 1872, the post office was formally
recognized by the United States. Love was appointed as postmistress at a salary of $12.00 a year.
Her father was paid $8.00 annually to carry the mail to the boat. Their cottage now known as "Shanunga"
a.k.a. "Betsey Carey Cottage" was used as the post office until 1883.
Lot 123 Captain Reuben R. Bunker. July 6, 1775 - November 29, 1855.
Reuben was the son of Tristram Bunker and Abigail Ramsdell Bunker. He married Rachel Chase in 1799.
In 1806 Captain Bunker purchasd land from Latham Gardner and the heirs of the Estate of Caleb Macy.
He erected a house now known as "Reuben R. Bunker House". It is located 'Academy Hill the last house on the south side of Church Avenue.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Captain Reuben R. Bunker's marker.
Lot 123 Charles Bunker, Esq. August 8, 1802 - August 22, 1881.
Charles was the son of Captain Reuben R. Bunker and Rachel Chase Bunker. He married Judith Folger on February 15, 1826. A lawyer, Charles edited the 'Inquirer' and held several civil offices.
Lot 123 Sarah Bunker. June 27, 1830 - May 8, 1890.
Sarah was the daughter of Charles Bunker and Judith Folger Bunker and granddaughter of Captain Reuben R. Bunker.
In 1859, Sarah's father deeded the house now known as the "Reuben R. Bunker House" to her.
Lot 124 Captain Paul West. January 1, 1778 - March 3, 1862.
Paul was the son of Charles West and Hepsabeth Paddack West. His first wife Phebe Hussey, the daughter of Captain Benjamin Hussey. Captain West's second wife was Lucy Coffin Swain, the widow of Robert Swain and the daughter of William Coffin (see Lot 12 South Side).
You may view his photographic portrait c. 1840's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C188.
Lot 124 Phebe West. January 3, 1783 - December 25, 1846.
Phebe was the daughter of Captain Benjamin Hussey and Phebe Macy Hussey. She was the first wife of Captain Paul West.
Lot 124 Lucy West. January 23, 1785 - April 10, 1871.
Daughter of William Coffin and Deborah Pinkham Coffin (Lot 12 South Side). Her first husband was Robert Swain and he second husband
was Captain Paul West.
Lot 125 Captain Henry I. Defriez. May 19, 1791 - November 18, 1871.
Henry was born in England and came to Nantucket in 1819.
His irst wife was Elizabeth "Betsey" Coffin and his second wife was Anna Barnard. Captain Defriez was
the father of Captain Thaddeus Defriez (see Lot 627). He was a whaling master, merchant and ship owner.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Captain Henry I. Defriez's marker.
Lot 125 Elizabeth "Betsey" Defriez. September 20, 1798 - April 27, 1829.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thaddeus Coffin and Ann Parker Coffin. She was the first wife of Captain Henry Defriez.
Lot 125 Ferdinand White Defriez. October 31, 1835 - September 22, 1863.
Ferdinand was the son of Captain Henry Defriez and his second wife Anna Barnard Defrieze. He was Acting Ensign U.S. Navy.
when he died at Pensacola, FL of yellow fever.
Inscribed on Ferdinand White Defriez's marker:
ERECTED
to the memory of
FERDINAND WHITE
son of
Henry I & Anna B.
DEFRIEZ
Acting Ensign U.S. Ship
Vincennes died at Pensacola
Fla. of yellow fever.
Sept. 22, 1863
AE. 28
Decorum est pro patria mori
To view Ferdinand White Defriez's marker please visit our photo gallery. You may also see the marker's image and learn more about Ferdinand in the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book: Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA.
Click on the link to view Ferdinand Defriez's death notice from the Nantucket Weekly Mirror, Saturday, October 31, 1863.
Lot 125 Henry Coffin Defriez, Jr. May 3, 1820 - April 11, 1846.
Henry, Jr. was the son of Captain Henry Defriez and his first wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Coffin Defriez.
Lot 126 Captain Elisha H. Fisher. March 5, 1807 - December 4, 1883.
Elisha was the son of Freeborn Fisher and Polly Nichols Fisher. He married Louisa Drew. You may view his photograph c. 1850's
in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C86.
Lot 126 Louisa Drew Fisher. March 2, 1810 - January 16, 1891.
Louisa was the daughter of Gershom Drew and Abigail Gardner Drew. She was the wife of Captain Elisha H. Fisher.
Lot 126 Emma L. Fisher. 1854 - February 22, 1920.
Emma was the daughter of Captain Elisha H. Fisher and Louisa Drew Fisher.
Lot 126A Captain Charles A. Gardner. November 7, 1813 - July 23, 1880.
Charles was the son of Hezekiah Gardner and Rebecca Barrett Gardner. He was the first husband of Mary Hussey Gardner Vincent.
Lot 126A Mary W. Hussey Gardner Vincent. December 20, 1815 - November 4, 1907
Mary was the daughter of Francis Hussey and Peggy Chadwick Hussey. Her first husband was Captain Charles A. Gardner.
She married her second husband Daniel Vincent in 1883. You may view her portrait circa 1840 by
James S. Hathaway in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1920.38.1.
Lot 128 Captain Benjamin Franklin Riddell. February 23,1804 - August 22, 1862.
Benjamin was the son of Henry Riddell and Hepsabeth Wyer Coleman Riddell. The Reverend Seth Swift married Benjamin and Lydia Coffin on June 20, 1831.
Captain Riddell was master of the ships Franklin on the October 12, 1837 to February 13, 1841 voyage and the
Harvest on the August 9, 1853 to November 10, 1857 voyage. You may view his portrait attributed to
William Swain in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1927.4.1 . Captain Riddell died of yellow fever in
Montego Bay, Jamacia at the age of fifty-eight.
Lot 128 Judge Henry Riddell. May 18, 1848 - April 25, 1929.
Henry was the son of Captain Benjamin Franklin Riddell and Lydia Coffin Riddell. He married Alice Macy on September 3, 1882.
He was the nephew of Captain Timothy W. Riddell. Henry was a Judge of the Probate Court.
You may view his photographic portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Numbers P732, P733, P861.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Judge Henry Riddell's marker.
Click on the highlighted link to view Judge Henry Riddell's obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, April 27, 1929.
Lot 128 Alice Cameron Riddell. September 23, 1861 - May 25, 1928.
Alice was the daughter of Charles H. Macy and Emeline Addinton Macy. She married Henry Riddell on September 23, 1881.
Alice resided at 20 Centre Street.
You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantuket Historical Association collection. Image Number P730.
Lot 130 Captain Christopher Wyer. October 20, 1777 - June 26, 1850.
Christopher was the son of Captain Robert Wyer and Zilpha Sherman Wyer. In 1807, he married Priscilla Coleman. Captain Wyer was master of the ships Ruby and Lima. He was the Owner/Agent of ships Narraganset, Henry Clay and Edward Cary.
He resided at 33 Orange Street. Now known as the "Robert Wyer House". Captain Christopher Wyer purchased the house and land from his father Robert for $400.00 in 1814.
Lot 130 Honorable James Easton, 2nd. February 20, 1807 - February 20, 1903.
James married Sarah Wyer the daughter of Captain Christopher Wyer. He came from Providence, Rhode Island to
apprentice with William Hadwen as silversmith, watch and jewelry maker.His silver is marked with "J. Easton",
"J. Easton 2nd", or "Easton & Sanford". In 1853, James was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts. After the Civil War, he was a State Senator for two years. James was also a member of the School Committee.
At the time of his death at the age of 96, he was the oldest resident of Nantucket.
Click on the following link to view page 1 of James Easton's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, February 21, 1903.
Click on the following link to view page 2 of James Easton's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, February 21, 1903.
Click on the following link to view the memoriam by Arthur Elwell Jenks (Lot 602) for James Easton in
The Inquirer and Mirror, February 28, 1903. "In Memory" .
Lot 136 Captain Obed Starbuck. May 11, 1797 - June 27, 1882.
Obed was the son of Levi Starbuck and Elizabeth Ramsdell Starbuck. His first wife was Eunice Paddack.
He married his second wife, Martha S. Wright Crocker Hussey of West Barnstable, MA in 1873. He was the nephew of
Joseph Starbuck (See Lot 90) and Captain Simeon Starbuck (See Lot 142). Obed was the brother of
Eliza Starbuck Coffin (See Lot 116).
In 1819, Obed was a mate aboard the ship Hero. It was during this voyage that while lying in at St. Mary's off the coast of Chile, the ship was captured by the pirate Benevedes and taken to Aranco; Obed was imprisoned in his cabin. A brigg sailed into the area and Benevedes believed it to be a government vessel. He slipped the "Hero's" cables, thinking the ship would go ashore, and then left the crew locked up while he rowed to shore with Captain James Russell and one of the crew. Obed, aware the ship was abandoned, broke down the door and freed the crew. Taking command, Obed sailed the ship to Valparaiso, escaping from Benevedes' men. When the authorities learned of the situation, they sent a ship to take the pirates. At this time, Benevede was in a rage over the escape of the crew with the ship. He then killed Captain Russell and the boy. While in Valparaiso, Obed came upon Captain George Pollard and a few of the survivors of the whaleship Essex that had been stove by a whale. News of the two disasters preceeded the vessels arrival home. On August 1821, the ship Hero, commanded by Obed, in the company of the ship Two Brothers, on which Captain Pollard was passenger sailed around Brandt Point where upwards of 2,000 people welcomed Obed and the survivors of the Essex home. Obed was rewarded with command of the Hero on her next voyage.
Captain Obed Starbuck was given command of the Hero on her 1822-1824 voyage. During this voyage, he discovered an island southwest of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands, which he called New Nantucket (later changed to Baker Island). On this same voyage, Captain Starbuck charted another island and named it Starbuck Island. He returned home to Nantucket from this voyage with 2,173 barrels of sperm oil. You may view his photographic portrait in the NHA collection. Image Number F6712. Captain Starbuck built his residence in 1831 at 13 Fair Street now The Ships Inn.
To see Obed Starbuck's marker please visit our Photo Gallery.
Lot 136 Eunice Starbuck. February 22, 1798 - April 20, 1871.
Eunice was the daughter of Jonathan Paddack and Rachel Bunker Paddack. She was the first wife of Captain Obed Starbuck
Lot 136 Captain Roland Folger Coffin. March 8, 1826 - July 17, 1888.
Roland was the son of Hezediah Coffin and Sally Bunker Coffin. He married Elizabeth Starbuck the daughter of Captain Obed Starbuck. He was master of the ship Senator. During the Civil War, he served in the U.S. Navy in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He was a reporter for The New York World and a yachting reporter for the sports journal Outing. Captain Coffin was the author of An Old Sailor's Yarns published by Funk and Wagnells, New York in 1884 and The America's Cup. How It Was Won By The Yacht America In 1851 And Has Been Since Defended published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York in 1885. In the preface of the later book ,Captain Coffin writes of his ambition:
"Retire to Nantucket, and become a happy owner of a twenty-foot cat-boat, the fastest in the harbor".
Captain Roland Coffin's co-workers at The New York World purchased his memorial at Prospect Hill as a tribute to their departed friend.
Click on the link to view Captain Coffin's obituary in The New York Times, July 21, 1888 "Capt. Coffin's Funeral. The Veteran Newspaper Man To Be Buried At Nantucket.
Lot 136 Elizabeth R. Coffin. July 23, 1832 - February 19, 1911.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Captain Obed Starbuck and Eunice Paddack Starbuck. She was the wife of Captain Roland Folger Coffin.
Lot 137 Captian George Myrick, Jr.. March 5, 1790 - May 6, 1863.
George, Jr. was the son of George Myrick and Lydia Ray Myrick. Married Eliza Mitchell in 1815.
Whaleship owner and successfull merchant with a wharehouse and ship chandlery on the wharf.
His portrait circa 1820 may be viewed in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number 1992.528.001.
Lot 137 Eliza M. Myrick. September 7, 1790 - April 8, 1864.
Eliza was the daughter of whale-oil merchant Christopher and Jemima Folger Mitchell. She married George Myrick in 1815.
Her portrait circa 1820 may be viewed in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number 1992.528.002.
Lot 137 Mary Myrick Macy. August 11, 1825 - September 1, 1847.
Mary was the daughter of Captain George Myrick, Jr. and Eliza Mitchell Myrick. She was the first wife of Joseph B. Macy.
Mary died of consumption at the age of twenty-two.
You may view her photographic portrait circa 1840 in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C110.
Lot 138 Benjamin F. Coffin. December 1, 1813 - September 2, 1889.
Benjamin was the son of Jared Coffin and Hepsabeth Swain Coffin. Jared Coffin built what is now known as the Jared Coffin House at the corner of Centre and Broad Streets. In 1835, Benjamin married Mary Crosby. He was the father of William Seabury, Jared and Marianna, the three children depicted in the painting by James S. Hathaway titled Three Coffin Children. The painting is part of the Nantucket Historical Association collection as is a portrait of Benjamin Coffin by James S. Hathaway.
The Benjamin F. Coffin House is located at 98 Main Street.
Lot 138 Mary Crosby Coffin. July 20, 1816 - August 29, 1878.
Mary was the daughter of Matthew Crosby and Lydia Coffin Crosby. She was the granddaughter of wealthy merchant Zenas Coffin who built seven houses on Main Street. Mary married Benjamin Coffin in 1835. She was the mother of William Seabury, Marianna and Jared, the three children depicted in Three Coffin Children by James S. Hathaway. The painting was commissioned for the sum of $50.00. See the receipt from James S. Hathaway to Mrs. Benjamin F. Coffin (Image Number 1996.129.2) and Mary's portrait by James S. Hathaway (Image Number 1972.35.1) in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Lot 138 William Seabury Coffin. August 21, 1837 - February 12, 1925.
William was the son of Benjamin Coffin and Mary Crosby Coffin. He was the grandson of Jared Coffin who built what is now known as
The Jared Coffin House and the great grandson of wealthy merchant Zenas Coffin who built seven houses on Main Street. Jared is one of the three children depicted in Three Coffin Children by James S. Hathaway.
Lot 138 Marianna Coffin Worth. February 4, 1842 - December 14, 1920.
Marianna was the daughter of Benjamin Coffin and Mary Crosby Coffin. She was the granddaughter of Jared Coffin who built what is now known asThe Jared Coffin House and the great granddaughter of wealthy merchant Zenas Coffin who built seven houses on
Main Street. Marianna married Frederick Worth on September 15, 1864. She is one of the three children depicted in
Three Coffin Children by James S. Hathaway.
Lot 138 Frederick Worth. April 3, 1839 - May 25, 1921.
Frederick was the son of Henry C. Worth and Ann Maria Folger Worth. He wed Marianna Coffin on September 15, 1864.
Lot 138 Henry Worth. December 9, 1864 - July 6, 1896.
Henry was the son of Frederick Worth and Marianna Coffin Worth and the great grandson of Jared Coffin. He maarried Jennie Hathaway.
Lot 138 Frederick Worth, Jr.. July 28, 1873 - December 14, 1914.
Frederick, Jr. was the son of Frederick Worth and Marianna Coffin Worth and the great grandson of Jared Coffin.
Lot 139 Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald. May 4, 1796 - February 27, 1885.
Nathaniel was the son of Henry Fitzgerald and Lydia Wyer Fitzgerald. Brother of Captain Timothy Fitzgerald (see Lot 114).
His first wife was Eunice Swain. He married his second wife Jane Ewell Cottle Swain on October 6, 1867. Captain Fitzgerald was a witness for the prosecution in the trial of Patience Cooper for the murder of Phebe Fuller (Lot 8B South Side).
Lot 139 Eunice Fitzgerald. April 27, 1797 - September 11, 1863.
Eunice was the daughter of George Swain and Hannah Coffin Swain. She was the first wife of Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald.
Lot 139 George Fitzgerald. 1828 - June 22, 1847.
George was the son of Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald and and his first wife Eunice Swain Fitzgerald. He died at the age of nineteen from dropsy, an old term for the swelling of soft tissues.
Lot 139 Jane B. Fitzgerald. d. July 28, 1883.
Jane was born in Marshfield, MA, the daughter of Thatcher Ewell and Pamela Dunber Elwell. Her first husband was Laban Cottle. Her second husband was Reuben Swain and she married her third husband Captain Nathaniel Fitzgerald on October 6, 1867.
Lot 142 Captain Simeon Starbuck. February 16, 1765 - October 19, 1850.
Simeon was the son of Thomas Starbuck and Dinah Trott Starbuck. Brother of Joseph (See Lot 90). His first wife was Judith Folger.
His second wife was Tamar Allen Myrick, the widow of Seth Myrick. He was the brother of prominent merchant Joseph Starbuck and the Uncle of Captain Obed Starbuck (See Lot 136). He was the owner-agent of whaling ships Rose, Eagle and Young Eagle.
Lot 142 Tamar Starbuck. August 5, 1768 - June 19, 1852.
Tamar was the daughter of Benjamin Allen and Abigail Trott Allen. Her first husband was Seth Myrick. Tamar wed her second husband Simeon Starbuck on September 20, 1803.
Lot 142 Albert W. Starbuck. October 3, 1811 - 1844.
Albert was the son of Captain Simeon Starbuck and Tamar Allen Myrick Starbuck.
He was the first husband of Mary Ann Joy Starbuck Whippey.
Lot 142 David Joy Starbuck. May 3, 1837 - March 22, 1925.
David was the son of Albert W. Starbuck and Mary Ann Joy Starbuck. He was the grandson of Captain Simeon Starbuck.
David married Eva Ayers in 1858.
Lot 144 Philip H. Folger. March 7, 1792 - March 30, 1865.
Philip was the son of George Folger and Rebecca Slocum Folger. His first wife was Sarah Macy. Philip's second wife was Susan Starbuck, his third wife was Sarah Hussey and Philp's fourth wife was Anna Hussey. His father-in-law was Levi Starbuck and
his brother-in-law was Captain Obed Starbuck (See Lot 136). Philip was a successful whaling merchant. He was the "Owner/Agent" of ship Congress. He resided at the corner of Main and Orange Streets. In 1831,he built the long, two-story structure known as "The Block" at #15, #17, #19, #21 and #23 Orange Street.
Lot 145 Daniel Jones. April 20, 1779 - February 9, 1848.
Daniel was the son of Captain Silas Jones and Judith Gardner Jones. His first wife was Lydia Swain and Daniel's second wife was
Eliza Arthur. Following his father's death, Daniel inherited 5 Orange Street now known as the
"Captain Silas Jones House". In 1841, Daniel purchased 8 Orange Street now known as the "Captain Benjamin Coggeshall House" from Nathaniel Sprague. In 1848, his son Henry Jones inherited the house and he sold the property to Elisha Parker (See Lot 394) in 1852 for $850.00. Daniel was a sixty-nine-year-old merchant when he died of consumption.
Lot 148 Augustus Morse. April 9, 1807 - January 8, 1891.
Augustus was born in Hardwick, VT. After attending Dartmouth College, Augustus taught at several schools in Vermont before he accepted the postion as head of the Coffin School in 1837, where he met Rebecca Clapp, a teacher at the school. They married in 1839, the same year Augustus succeeded Cyrus Peirce as principal of Nantucket High School. A position Augustus held for sixteen years. You may view his portrait by James Hathaway in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1895.005.001.
Click on the following link to view Augustus Morse's obituary in the Nantucket Journal, January 15, 1891.
Lot 148 Rebecca Morse. November 11, 1814 - March 14, 1891.
Rebecca was the daughter of Henry Clapp and Rebecca Coffin Clapp, twin sister of Henry Clapp, Jr. Rebecca had been a teacher before she wed Augustus Morse in 1839.
Lot 148 Cyrus Peirce. 1790 - April 5, 1860.
Cyrus was from Waltham, Massachusetts, the son of Isaac Peirce, Jr. and Hannah Mason Peirce. He graduated from Harvard University in 1810 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1815 as an ordained Unitarian minister. In 1816, Cyrus married one of his former pupils, Harriet Coffin. In 1832, he purchased 15 Orange Street from Philip H. Folger (See Lot 144). Cyrus was the principal of The Coffin School. and in 1838, Cyrus became the first principal of Nantucket High School. In 1839, he was chosen by Horace Mann to become the first principal of the country's first Normal School in Lexington, Massachusetts. These schools were established to provide training for teachers in public education. You may view a sketch of Cyrus Peirce, signed "Yours truly C. Peirce" in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P14428 and included with Cyrus Peirce's chronicle in the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book, Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The pupils from the Normal School commissioned the monument over his grave.They had erected a
Celtic cross on this is inscribed the motto that Cyrus Peirce had choosen for his school “Live to the Truth”. You may view the memorial for Cyrus Peirce in our Photo Gallery page or click on the above link.
You may view a photograph of a skectch of Cyrus Peirce in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P14428.
Lot 148 Harriet Peirce. June 26, 1794 - September 29, 1884.
Harriet was the daughter of William Coffin and Deborah Pinkham Coffin (Lot 12 South Side). She was the wife of Cyrus Peirce. You may view Harriet Coffin Peirce's portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number CDV1418.
Lot 152 William D. Russell. January 31, 1796 - September 7, 1873.
William was born in Salem, MA, the son of John E. and Mary Russell. He married Rebecca White of Peabody, MA.
William was a tobacconist.
Lot 153 Captain John Gardner. January 6, 1814 - February 5, 1881.
John was the son on of Tristram Gardner, Jr and Kezia Gardner Gardner. He never married; however, he did have nieces and nephews. One niece, Cornelia Gardner Coffin, is also interred in the John Gardner Lot 153. Captain Gardner died on Nantucket of consumption at the age of sixty-six.
Lot 154 Franklin Barnard Murphey. May 16, 1827 - December 20, 1919.
Franklin was the son of mariner Charles S. Murphey and Sally Barnard Murphey (Lot 584). He married Mary Ann Brown.
Franklin enlisted August 19, 1862 Company I of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded in the left knee
at Antietam and discharged November 6, 1863 for disability. Franklin then enlisted in Company K, 10th Veteran Reserve
Corps on September 2, 1864 and was promoted to Corporal. He was discharged on November 14, 1865, expiration of
service. After his discharge, Franklin returned to Nantucket and worked as a printer. He was a member of G.A.R.
(Grand Army of the Republic). You may view Franklin in a group photograph circa 1909. A gathering of Civil War Veterans- Members of the Thomas M. Gardner Post in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1574.
Click on the following link to view Franklin Barnard Murphey's obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, December 27, 1919.
Lot 157 Susan R. Mitchell. September 28, 1833 - January 7, 1920.
Susan was the daughter of Isaac Hallett and Julia B. Sprague Hallett. She married Captain Joseph Mitchell, 2nd (see Lot 252) on April 18, 1880, his second wife.
Lot 157 Lydia Burdett Hallet. May 17, 1812 - February 28, 1895.
Lydia was the daughter of Reuben and Lydia Ellis Burdett. She wed William Hallet in 1835. Lydia was the sister of mariner and early know scrimshaw carver Edward Burdett (1805-1833). Edward was first mate of the whaleship Montano of Nantucket, when he was caught up in a harpoon line and was dragged overboard and drowned. Examples of his signed scrimshaw can be found at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and in private collections.
Lot 159 William Bunker. February 19, 1789 - March 28, 1866.
William was the son of Hezekiah Bunker and Lydia Ellenwood Bunker. He married Parnal C. Morris. You may view a group photograph
of six Bunkers in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P6931.
Lot 159 James M. Bunker. 1818 - April 24, 1902.
James was the son of William Bunker and Parnal C. Morris Bunker. He married his first wife Sarah Folger on February 10, 1848. Sarah passed away in 1858 from consumption. In 1864, James married his second wife Rebecca Hussey.
In 1865, James purchased 4 Mill Street from Love Calder. The house, built in 1805, is now one of the Nantucket Historical Association properties and is known as the 1800 House. James and Rebecca resided at their home for thirty-eight years. on August 18, 1903, the Bunker estate sold the house to Leonora E. James( Lot 44 Mount Vernon). Other former owners of this historic home who are interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery are Sheriff Jeremiah Lawrence and his wife, Eunice (Lot 13 South Side), and Louise Anderson Melhado (Lot 1157), who purchased the house in 1951 from Leonora E. James and later donated the property to the Nantucket Historical Association. You may view a group photograph of six Bunkers in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P6931.
Lot 161 Captain Joseph Marshall. December 31, 1811 - October 11, 1879.
Joseph was the son of Obed Marshall and Eunice Macy Marshall. His first wife was Phebe Whippey and his
second wife was Malvina Pinkham. He was the son-in-law of Captain Seth Pinkham (See Lot 107)
and the brother-in-law of Captain Henry R. Plaskett (See Lot 107). Captain Marshall was master of the ship
President in 1847, the bark Sea Queen in 1851 and the bark Aurora in 1856. He was a member
of the School Committee. You may view Captain Joseph Marshall's photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association
collection. Image Number P9172.
Lot 161 Malvina F. Marshall. 1820 - July 21, 1885.
Malvina was the daughter of Captain Seth Pinkham and Mary Brown Pinkham (See Lot 107).
She was the second wife of Captain Joseph Marshall. She is the sister of Elizabeth C. Crosby (See Lot 107) the wife of
the successful whaling merchant William H. Crosby.
Lot 161 Helen Marshall. November 26, 1851 - October 18, 1939.
Helen was the daughter of Captain Joseph Marshall and Malvina F. Pinkham Marshall. She was the granddaughter of Captain Seth Pinkham. Helen was born in the Azores when her father was master of the whaleship Sea Queen. She attended Vassar College and was a teacher at the Coffin School.
Lot 165 Hon. Alfred Macy. September 1, 1831 - Decembere 23, 1874.
Alfred was the son of Peter Macy and Elizabeth Gardner Macy. Married Annie Mitchell May 2, 1857. He was principal
at the Coffin School. He was Collector of Customs for Nantucket under President Andrew Johnson's administration. He was a member of the Governor's Council until his death from typhoid fever at the age of forty-three. You may view his portrait from crayon by Wendall Macy in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P598.
Lot 165 Anne Mitchell Macy. November 8, 1820 - March 6, 1900.
Anne was the daughter of William Mitchell and Lydia Coleman Mitchell. She was the sister of astronomer Maria Mitchell. Anne married
Alfred Macy on May 2, 1857. She taught languages at the Coffin School. Anne dedicated a library at the Coffin School to her daughter Frances "Fanny". The Frances Mitchell Macy Memorial Library. Many of the books and the case itself are still in the building.
Lot 165 Frances "Fanny" Mitchell Macy. March 26, 1859 - December 30, 1889.
Fanny was the only child of Alfred Macy and Anne Mitchell Macy. She was the great granddaughter of Peleg Mitchell and Obed Macy. Fanny painted portraits, and her artistic endeavors were the subject of an article in a Boston newspaper. The Nantucket Historical Association's Picturing Nantucket quotes from the clipping:
Miss Fanny Macy, who has been studying art for the past two winters with Gaugengigh in this city, is the niece of Prof. Maria Mitchell, the astronomer. She has recently made what is said to be an excellent portrait of her distinguished aunt. Miss Macy spends her summers in Nantucket, where there is much to employ her in the abundant picturesque sketching material.
In 1876, Fanny went on a grand tour of Europe with Helen Marshall (lot 161), chaperoned by her mother Anne Mitchell Macy. Fanny spent some time in Asheville, NC, seeking relief for her "feeble health". On her return trip home to Nantucket, feeling exhausted, she stopped over in Washington, where she died at Garfield Memorial Hospital. She was thirty years old. Fanny's cause of death was recorded as "chronic pleurisy".
Click on the following link to view Frances "Fanny" Mitchell Macy's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday Morning, December 28. 1889.
Lot 169 Captain John J. Gardner. December 20, 1799 - February 28, 1866.
John was the son of Ebenezer Gardner and his second wife Rachel Jackson Gardner. He married Eliza Worth on May 11, 1825.
Lot 172 Captain Silas Swain. 1775 - February 21, 1810.
Silas was the son of Tristram Swain and Rachel Bunker Swain. He married Lydia Allen in 1799. Captain Swain was killed when a whale stove his boat off the coast of Patagonia. A notation in the logbook of the ship Winslow of New Bedford, MA, dated February 21, 1810, related the following account of Captain Swain's death at the age of thirty-five:
Capt. Silas Swain, ship Lydia, on coast of Patagonia, was killed with a write [sic] whale in Lat. 46th 55’ South in 65 fathoms of water, the wind at NNW & very rugged. Lost the whale & part of the boat & oars & c.
Lot 172 Lydia Allen Swain. October 19, 1777 - March 23, 1858.
Lydia was the daughter of Benjamin Allen and Abigail Trott Allen. She married Silas Swain in 1799. A letter written by Peter G. Chase to the widow Lydia Swain describing the events of her husband's death is in the Nantucket Historical Association collection and included in the Propect Hill Cemetery Association's book: Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Lot 174 Captain Edward McCleave. November 12, 1813 - May 19, 1875.
Edward came from a seafaring family he was the son of Captain Joseph McCleave and Sally Chase McCleave, the brother of Captain Joseph McCleave, Jr. (see Lot 250), Captain Charles MCleave (see Lot 252) and Captain Robert McCleave.
He married Martha Coleman. Captain McCleave was a successful master in the whaling business. He purchased with Joseph B. Macy the ship Catawba and the schooner Eliza Jane in 1857. Captain McCleave represented the town of Nantucket in the Legislature and held the office of High Sheriff at the time of his death.
Lot 174 Martha McCleave. October 7, 1819 - August 4, 1889.
Martha was the daughter of James Coleman and Lydia Macy Coleman. She was the wife of Captain Edward McCleave.
Lot 175 John E. Macy. May 16, 1852 - August 12, 1872.
John was the son of Joseph Macy and his second wife Rebecca Coffin Macy. The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of January 28, 1873 reported :
“Lost overboard from the bark ‘L. M. Long,’ of Boston, on her passage from Boston to Shanghae (Shanghai), Aug. 12, 1872 John E. Macy, 20 years, 3 months old, son of Joseph B. Macy, of Nantucket.”
Inscribed On John E. Macy's marker: JOHN E.
Son of
Joseph B. & Rebecca M.
MACY
Lost at Sea
Aug. 19. 1872
Aged 20.
The date of John's death is inscribed "Aug. 19" on his memorial.
Lot 176 Lydia Austin Hosier. October 22, 1788 - November 9, 1866.
Lydia was the daughter of Benjamin Austin and Lydia Folger Austin. She married Richard Hosier in 1809. You may view her photographic
portrait c.1850's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C95.
Lot 176 Mary Hosier. October 12, 1813 - April 20, 1887.
Mary was the daughter of Aaron Paddack and Deborah Barnard Paddack. She wed John H. Hosier in 1836. You may
view her photographic portrait among six individual Hosier family portraits in the Nantucket Historical
Association collection. Image Number P1930.
Lot 176 John H. Hosier. June 18, 1810 - April 7, 1889.
John was the son of Richard Hosier and Lydia Austin Hosier. He married Mary Paddack in 1836. John held a variety of occupations. He was a sailmaker, grocery dealer and merchant. You may view his photographic portrait among six individual Hosier family portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1930.
Lot 176 George Hosier. January 13, 1813 - October 18, 1889.
George was the son of Richard Hosier and Lydia Austin Hosier. He never married. George's occupation was carpenter.You may view his photographic portrait among six individual Hosier family portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1930
Lot 176 William Hosier. February 4, 1817 - January 4, 1899.
William was the son of Richard Hosier and Lydia Austin Hosier. He owned the hardware shop on Federal Street.
You may view his photographic portrait among six individual Hosier family portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1930. Image Number C98 c. 1880's.
Lot 177 Alexander P. Moore. 1835 - October 11, 1862.
Alexander was born in Newport, RI the son of Dr. Alexander Moore and Mary Easton Moore. He was twenty-three years old when he married Emily F. Coffin in 1857. Alexander was Emily's first husband, and they had three children. The youngest, Alexander, Jr. was born four months after the death of Alexander, Sr. on February 7, 1863.
In 1855, Alexander and John Morissey published the Inquirer under the firm name of Morissey & Moore. In 1858, John Morissey retired, and Alexander was both editor and publisher of the paper until 1861. Alexander was a twenty-six-year-old printer during the Civil War when he enlisted in Company H. of the 45th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). On Saturday afternoon, Alexander was attempting to board a train leaving Yarmouth Depot when he fell and was accidentally run over by a railroad car. At 10 o'clock Saturday night Alexander died from his injuries at Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
Click on the following link to view the report of Alexander Moore's death in the Nantucket Inquirer, October 15, 1862, "Sad Accident".
Click on the following link to view the report of Alexander Moore's death in the Nantucket Weekly Mirror, October 18, 1862,
"Sad Casualty".
Click on the following link to view the Nantucket Weekly Mirror, October 18, 1862,
Correspondence.Camp Meigs, Readville, October 12, 1862:
"Dear Mirror".
The United States government provided gravestones to soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. D. W. Whitney made Alexander's memorial.
Click this link to view Alexander P. Moore's marker on the Photo Gallery page of our website.
Inscribed on Alexander P. Moore's marker in Prospect Hill Cemetery:
A.P. MOORE
CO.H.
45TH
MASS INF
Lot 178 Mary J. Baxter. 1817 - December 12, 1876.
Mary was the daughter of Frederick Hussey and Lydia Cartwright Hussey. She was the first wife of Captain David C. Baxter, they married
in 1845. Mary and David had three children: Lilly born in 1847, Charlotte born in 1853 and Mamie born in 1857. Lilly died from an infection of the throat in 1856 and Mamie passed away at age seven years from typhoid fever. Both children are interred in the "David C. Baxter" Lot.
Lot 178 Captain David C. Baxter. May 20, 1814 - January 25, 1905.
David was the son of Reuben Baxter and Love Briggs Baxter. Married his first wife Mary J. Hussey in 1845.
He wed his second wife Martha Potter Gardner, the widow of Roland Gardner on October 3,1880. Captain Baxter resided at 31 India Street now known as the "Eliab Hussey House" a.k.a. "Dunham House". In 1794 Captain Eliab Hussey purchased "31 rods of land from George Lawrence for 95 pounds". In 1809, Captain David Baxter purchased the property with "dwelling house and outhouse" for $2,200.00. In 1855, Captain David C. Baxter inherited this property from his uncle Captain David Baxter. His father Captain Reuben Baxter resided at 23 India Street.
Click on the following link to view Captain David C. Baxter's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, January 28, 1905.
Click on the following link to view the memoriam by Arthur Elwell Jenks (See Lot 602) in The Inquirer and Mirror, February 4, 1905.
"In Memory David C. Baxter".
Lot 179 John Masters Bovey. April 2, 1821 - May 24, 1902.
John was born Hallowell, Maine, the son of Amelia and John Bovey, Sr. He married first wife Eliza T. Barrett in 1847. In 1876,Eliza died from consumption and in 1879, John married his second wife, widow Mary Richmond Wakeman. John was a dry goods merchant. You may view him in a group photograph of 1858 in the Nantucket Historical Association Collection. Image Number P1649A
Click on the following link to view John Masters Bovey's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, May 31, 1902:
John Masters Bovey Obituary page 1. John Masters Bovey Obituary page 2.
Lot 180 John Wendall Barrett. June 15, 1794 - December 29, 1866
John was the son of Francis Barrett and his second wife Abigail Wendall Barrett. He married Lydia Mitchell. John was a prominent merchant and President of Pacific National Bank. The inventory of his assets at the time of his death included two houses, a store on wharf, shares in a boot and shoe factory, whale oil (55,692 gallons), cash and silver plate.
Lot 180 Lydia Mitchell Barrett. June 7, 1793 - October 26, 1861.
Lydia was the daughter of successful whaling merchant Christopher Mitchell and Jemima Folger Mitchell. She was the wife of John W. Barrett. Lydia and John resided at 72 Main Street. You may view her photograph in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number CDV987A.
Lot 180 Susan P. Barrett. 1829 - February 6, 1899.
Susan was the daughter of Edward W. Coffin and Mary Plaskett Coffin. She was the wife of Francis M. Barrett. You may view her
photograph in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number CDV130.
Lot 183 Peter Hoy. December 25 1831 - September 30, 1910.
Peter was born in Ireland the son of Thomas Hoy and Margarite Dwyer Hoy.
He married his first wife Irish born Ann Nolan on April 20, 1854. Peter and Ann had six children together. Margaret “ Maggie” (b.1855), James (b.1857), Marianna (b. 1860), Thomas (b.1861), Lizzie (b. 1864) and Sarah (b.)1868. Ann died from consumption one year after Sarah’s birth. Peter wed his second wife Mary Mackilleeney (McEhany) also from Ireland on November 22, 1874. It was a second marriage for both. Peter was a member of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), a civil war veteran. He is in a group photograph circa 1909. A gathering of Civil War veterans. Members of the Thomas M. Gardner Post. You may view this photograph in
the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1574.
Lot 186 Charles Morgan Goodsell. June 15, 1846 – August 1, 1888.
Charles was born in Michigan, the son of James and Lydia Smith Goodsell. He was a twenty-five-year-old publisher when he married nineteen-year-old Elizabeth F. Mitchell on October 3, 1871. Charles and Elizabeth resided in Manhattan where Charles was manager at the Daily Graphic. Charles died at Rainbow Lake, NY, at the age of forty-two. His cause of death was recorded as phthisis, Greek for consumption, also known as tuberculosis. You may view his photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number P1913.
Lot 186 Elizabeth F. Mitchell Goodsell. July 2, 1852 – March 30, 1919.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Captain Joseph Mitchell and Elizabeth Ray Mitchell (See Lot 252). She was the great granddaughter of Peleg Mitchell. Her father and noted astronomer Maria Mitchell were first cousins. Elizabeth married Charles Morgan Goodsell on October 3, 1871. You may view Elizabeth Goodsell's photographic portraits in The Nantucket Historical Associaiton collection.
Image Number P1915. Image Number P1916.
Lot 190 Nathan F. Fish. June 22, 1842 - July 1, 1888.
Nathan was the son of Herman C. Fish and Clarissa Jones Fish. He was a twenty-three-year old mariner when he wed thirty-seven-year-old Ellen Johnson Lefford, the widow of cabinetmaker John Lefford. During the Civil War Nathan served in the U. S. Navy. After the war Nathan worked as a laborer and fisherman.
Shipwrecked Sailors Lot. These graves are not marked, nor does the lot have a lot number.
Lots 196, 196A, 197A adjoin the Shipwrecked Sailors Lot as drawn by E. F. Whitman and surveyed by H. M. Waitt, May 12, 1886 for
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
To learn about the shipwrecked sailors scroll to Lots 259, 260, 261. Read more about the shipwrecks, the sailors and their interment at Prospect Hill in the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book, Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA.
Lot 198 Captain Samuel Wyer. November 4, 1811 - March 31, 1872.
Samuel was the son of Timothy Wyer and Sally Coffin Wyer. He married Charlotte Coffin in 1844. Captain Wyer made voyages to the Pacific on the ships Alexander Coffin, Enterprise and Young Hero. In 1855, after retiring from the sea he was the fourth of four whaling masters to purchase 23 India Street now known as the "Captain Reuben Baxter House". (See Lot 122 Captain Reuben Baxter). He purchased the house from Maria Russell the widow of Captain Alexander Russell for $400.00.Captain Wyer was co-owner of the ship "Sea Ranger" built by Josiah Holmes, Jr. & Brother. You may view a portrait of Captain Samuel Wyer c, 1840 attributed to Sanford Mason in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1909.54.1.
Lot 198 Charlotte Wyer. April 18,1824 - March 9, 1905.
Charlotte was the daughter of Asa Coffin and Phebe Morselander Coffin. She was the wife of Captain Samuel Wyer. You may view
photographic portraits of Charlotte in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C181. Image Number P943. Image Number F2318.
Lot 199 Frederick Coleman Sanford (Sandford). February 3, 1809 - August 13, 1890.
Frederick was the son of Giles Sandford, Jr. and Peggy Coleman Sandford. He married Mary Allen, the daughter of William and Rebecca Coleman Allen. Frederick was a whaleman, trader, agent for A.A. Low Brothers (Clipper Ship era), farmer and President of Pacific National Bank. His home at the corner of Federal and Broad Streets is now owned by the Town of Nantucket and is used for town offices.
Click on the following link to view Frederick Coleman Sanford’s obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, August 16, 1890.
Lot 206 James A. Welcomb (Wilcomb). 1839 - June 24, 1881.
James was the son of Moses Wilcomb and Susan A. Griffiths Wilcomb. He married Abbie A. Carey in 1865.
In August 1861, James served in the U. S. Navy on the ironclad gunboat Cairo. He was wounded during the capture of Fort Donelson and was discharged in April 1862.
In 1862, James enlisted in the 20th Massachusetts Infantry. During the march from Antietam to Harpers Ferry, James was hospitalized for a hernia. He was returned to the ranks and was hospitalized on and off before being discharged for disability 2/16/1863 for "valvular disease of the heart contracted in service-Disability 3/4". After the war, James worked as a fisherman. He died of consumption at the age of 42.
Lot 206 Abbie A. Welcomb (Wilcomb). August 27, 1847 - December 29, 1915.
Abbie was the daughter of Charles R. Carey and Louisa Fanning Carey. She was the wife of James A. Welcomb. Abbie died at
62 Orange Street at the age of seventy years, four months and two days. Her interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery took place on December 30, 1915, Israel M. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 207 Captain William M. Eldredge (Eldridge). May 9, 1826 - March 25, 1912.
William was the son of James Eldredge and his first wife Deborah Pinkham Eldredge. He married Martha Phinney on April 10, 1853. You may view a photographic portrait of Captain William Eldredge in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P312.
Click on the following link to view Captain William Eldredge's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, March 30, 1912.
"Another Master Mariner Gone".
Lot 234 Captain Manuel Enas. February 25, 1803 - March 5, 1884.
Of Portugal. Married Eunice Bourden.
Lot 234 Eunice B. Enas. June 17, 1806 - June 15, 1882.
Eunice was the daughter of Edward Bourden and Abigail Gould Bourden. She was the wife of Manuel Enas.
Lot 238 Samuel Christian, Jr.. November 25, 1832 - July 19, 1875.
Samuel was the son of Samuel Christian, Sr. and Lucinda Davis Christian. He married Elizabeth (Lizzy) W. Phinney in 1866.
Samuel was a twenty-nine-year-old farmer when he enlisted in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on August 12, 1862, and joined his regiment at Alexandria, VA on August 29, 1862.Samuel was first wounded at the battle of Gettysburg while defending against Pickett's charge. He was wounded again on May 18, 1864 at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House. He was discharged on August 11, 1864, due to expiration of service. Samuel was not well enough to travel and spent the next year at Emory General Hospital, Washington, D.C. He was described as "permanently and totally disabled" when released from Emory on January 30, 1865. He returned to
Nantucket and served as town clerk. Samuel's cause of death was entered as "wound in the war".
Lot 243 Freddie J. Worth. February 10, 1849 - 1869.
Son of James T. Worth and Eunice Parker Worth. He was lost at sea at twenty years of age.
Lot 243 George G. Worth. April 15, 1841 - 1861.
George was the son of James T. Worth and Eunice Parker Worth. He was a mariner and sailed aboard ship "Hero" of Nantucket. He was a private during the Civil War and drowned while trying to swim across the Potomac River at the battle of Balls Bluff.
Ralph Garratt, Wilbert Clay and Charles Harris, found his body. In a letter Ralph Garratt wrote to the
family dated November 25,1861 "Slowly and sadly we laid him down
From the field of his fame fresh & gory
We carved not a line, we raised not a stone
But left him alone in his glory"
His body was returned to Nantucket and Interred. He died at the age of twenty.
Lot 243 James F. Worth. December 1, 1939 - October 24, 1858.
Son of James T. Worth and Eunice Parker Worth. He was lost at sea at eighteen years of age.
Lot 244 Captain Lewis B. Imbert. August 13, 1798 - March 15, 1888.
Lewis was born a French citizen of Marseilles. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in
Nantucket 1825. He was a seaman. Lewis married Susan B. Kelley. You may view his photographic portrait in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C104. He purchased 45 India Street from
Nantucket Institution for Savings in 1859. Rescom Taber a carpenter built the house c. 1804 after he purchased the
land from William Rawson for $466.80. The house is known as "Rescom Taber House" or "Captain Joy House".
Captain Imbert died from exhaustion on Nantucket at the age of ninety years and seven months.
Captain Imbert’s date of birth was recorded as August 13, 1798, in Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 published by the New England Genealogical Society; however, his marker’s inscription shows his birth year as 1781. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910 recorded his date of death as March 15, 1888; however, the date of death inscribed on Captain Imbert’s marker is 1889.
Lot 244 Susan B. Imbert. April 13, 1802 - February 3, 1869.
Susan was the daughter of Daniel Kelley and Phebe Barnard Kelley. She was the wife of Captain Lewis B. Imbert
You may view Susan B. Imbert's photographic portrait c. 1840's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number C105.
Lot 244 George L. Imbert. January 10, 1832 - December 17, 1892.
George was the son of Lewis B. Imbert and Susan B. Kelley Imbert. He was a twenty-seven-year-old teamster when he married eighteen-year-old Annie Maria Brown of Boston on July 2, 1861, in Ann's hometown.
Lot 250 Captain Joseph McCleave. January 17,1810 - July 5, 1879.
Joseph was the son of Captain Joseph McCleave (Interred Old North Cemetery) and Sally Chase McCleave (Interred Old North Cemetery). Joseph came from a seafaring family. Not only was he the son of a whaling master but also the brother of three whaling captains: Captain Edward McCleave (see Lot 174), Captain Charles McCleave (see Lot 252) and Captain Robert McCleave (Interred New North Cemetery). Joseph married his first wife Mary Fisher in 1831 and wed his second wife Ann Barney Upham Upham, the widow of brothers Joseph Upham and James Upham on February 2,1867.
Captain McCleave was master of the ships Phoenix of New Bedford, Hero of Nantucket and Vigilant of New Bedford. When Captain McCleave retired from his life at sea, he engaged in the coal and grain business. He succeeded his brother Captain Edward McCleave as sheriff for the county of Nantucket.
Lot 250 Mary Ann McCleave. 1814 - December 14, 1865.
Mary Ann was the daughter of Mary and Simeon Fisher. She was the first wife of Captain Joseph McCleave. Mary Ann died on Nantucket from consumption at the age of fifty-two.
Lot 250 Ann McCleave. November 14,1821 - August 1, 1901
Ann was the daughter of Jacob Barney and Anna Gardner Barney. Her first husband was Joseph Upham, who was the first officer of the ship Potomac and was killed by a whale in 1847. Ann's second husband, who died in 1859, was mariner James Upham, the brother of her first husband. She was forty-five-years-old when she married her third husband, fifty-year-old sheriff, Captain Joseph McCleave on February 24, 1867.
Lot 251 Captain Albert C. Brown. October 22, 1832 - May 2, 1881.
Albert was the son of George Brown and Judith Clark Brown. He married Harriett ("Hattie") L. Chase in 1863. The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of May 10, 1881, reported Albert's death: "Died in Nantucket...May 2, 1881, Capt. Albert C. Brown, 45 years, 5 months, 10 days."
Lot 252 Captain Joseph Mitchell II. October 3, 1809 - January 5, 1885.
Joseph was the son of George Mitchell and Phebe Chase Mitchell. His first wife was Elizabeth Ray. He was a seventy-year-old merchant when he wed his second wife, forty-seven-year-old Susan R.Hallett on April 21, 1880. Captain Mitchell was Master of the ship Three Brothers and the bark Phoenix . He was also in the merchant service and was involved in mercantile pursuits in San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands. At the age of fifty-two, Captain Mitchell purchased 100 Main Street, once owned by William and Eunice Hadwen (lot 106) as well as Eliza Starbuck Barney and Nathaniel Barney (lot 69).
Click on the following link to view Captain Joseph Mitchell's obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, January 10, 1885.
Lot 252 Elizabeth B. Mitchell. March 26, 1815 - August 5, 1878.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Isaiah Ray and Phebe Coffin Ray. She was the first wife of Captain Joseph Mitchell.
Lot 253 Captain Charles B. Ray. November 8, 1798 - July 14, 1884.
Charles was the son of Obed Ray and Lurania Swain Ray. He married Clarissa Folger on December 28, 1825. Captain Ray was Master of the Forester for two voyages, the bark Wade, ship Russell, ship Susan and for fifteen years he served on the Nantucket Lightship.
Lot 253 Clarissa Ray. October 18, 1804 - February 9, 1866.
Clarissa was the daughter of Charles Folger and Judith Coffin Folger. She was the wife of Captain Charles B. Ray.
Lot 255 Captain Rowland (Roland) Gardner. June 1823 - October 21, 1876.
Rowland was the son of Henry Gardner and Hannah Mooers Gardner. He married Martha S. Potter in 1847. Captain Gardner was a well known coast pilot.In command of the Lighthouse supply vessel and buoy tender. Captain Gardner died in Rochester, New York at the age of fifty-four from consumption.
Lot 258 Captain Peter Smith. August 18 1805 - February 6, 1891.
Peter was the son of Solomon Smith and Anna Gardner Smith. He married Charlotte Chase on May 30, 1830. Captain Smith was Master of ship Young Hector that sailed out of New Bedford on October 4, 1853 for the Pacific Ocean.
Lot 258 Charlotte Smith. November 18, 1807 - June 30, 1876.
Charlotte was the daughter of Stephen Chase and Peggy Barnard Chase. She was the wife of Captain Peter Smith.
Lot 259 "Graves of Shipwrecked Sailors"
As listed on Prospect Hill Cemetery map surveyed May 12, 1886.
Lot 260 "Graves of Shipwrecked Sailors"
As listed on Prospect Hill Cemetery map surveyed May 12, 1886.
Lot 261 "Graves of Shipwrecked Sailors"
As listed on Prospect Hill Cemetery map surveyed May 12, 1886.
*These graves are not marked. See also unmarked graves, Shipwrecked Sailors Lot adjoin Lots 196, 196A and 197A. The graves of Shipwrecked Sailors Lots 259, 260, 261 are located between Prince G. Hayden Lot 256 and William R. Hathaway Lot 261.
The shipwrecked sailors interred in these lots may be those who were aboard the schooner Haynes traveling from West Indies to Boston, wrecked December 22, 1865 and the ship Newton, of and for Hamburg from New York, wrecked December 25, 1865.
To learn more about the loss of these men and their burials at Prospect Hill Cemetery click on the following links from The Inquirer and Mirror’s digital archieve and read about the shipwrecked sailors in the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book:
Tuck’t In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA.
Click on the link to view The Inquirer and Mirror, December 30, 1865 article: Terrible Shipwreck and Loss of Life.
Click on the link to view The Inquirer and Mirror, January 6, 1866:In Memoriam.
Lot 265. Captain Oliver Spencer. December 25, 1814 - November 29, 1873.
Oliver was the son of Tristram Spencer and Priscilla Brock Spencer. He married Lydia Barney in 1851.
Lot 265 Lydia Spencer. December 8, 1818 - April 8, 1890.
Lydia was the daughter of William Barney and Sarah Joy Barney. She married Captain Oliver Spencer in 1851 and they had three children: Reuben, Walter and Ann Eliza "Annie".
Lot 265 Reuben B. Spencer. December 31, 1852 - July 5, 1912.
Reuben was the son of Captain Oliver Spencer and Lydia Barney Spencer. He was a twenty-seven-year-old engineer when he wed Anna Barbour on June 3, 1871 in Cambridge, MA. Reuben was in the U.S. Navy and left one week after the marriage on the ship Wachusett. Reuben and Anna never saw each other again. Anna would occasionally receive letters from Reuben. He once wrote asking Anna to join him in San Francisco, but he then joined a whaler instead. Anna received the last letter from Reuben in 1885 and in 1905 she divorced her husband after twenty-six years of marriage and having been together as man and wife all of one week. In the 1910 U.S. Census Reuben's occupation was recorded as a steamship engineer, he was single and residing as a lodger of William and Mary Mead.
Reuben died in San Francisco from apoplexy. The interment of Reuben's ashes at Prospect Hill Cemetery was on January 9, 1913, Charles M. Lewis, undertaker.
Lot 265 Walter Joy Spencer. March 21, 1855 - April 25, 1930.
Walter was the son of Captain Oliver Spencer and Lydia Barney Spencer. He was a forty-seven-year-old traveling salesman when he married forty-four-year-old Ella F. Young on April 30, 1902.
Lot 265 Ella F. Young Spencer. May 31, 1858 - July 2, 1942.
Ella was born at Talcahuano, Chili the daughter of Captain Horace Young of Kennebunk, ME and Caroline Riddle Young of Nantucket. A few months after her birth Ella's father drowned in Talcahuano Bay. After Captain Spencer's death Ella her mother and older sister Lizzie returned to Nantucket. Ella married Walter J. Spencer on April 30, 1902.
Lot 265 Ann Waite. June 29, 1857 - July 12, 1941.
Ann was the daughter of Captain Oliver Spencer and Lydia Barney Spencer. She once told her friend Mary Lee Davis, that her first memory as a young child "was of boys running past the house, in Nantucket's quiet streets, shouting shrilly, Sumter has fallen! Sumter has fallen!" Of course, referring to the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Ann attended Vassar College at the time when Maria Mitchell (lot 411) was a professor at the school. She also attended a business school in New York. Ann married Scottish born New York executive William Waite on April 30, 1883.
Lot 268 Charles B. Pollard. May 22, 1807 - January 14, 1892.
Charles was the son of George Pollard and Tamar Bunker Pollard. He married Charlotte Swain on September 6, 1835. Charles worked as a mariner and farmer.
Charles died on Nantucket at the age of eighty-four years, seven months and twenty-two days. His cause of death was "Old Age".
Lot 268 Love Pollard Parker. November 14, 1800 - September 2, 1897.
Love was the daughter of George Pollard and Tamar Bunker Pollard. She married Robert F. Parker in 1821.
Lot 268 Nancy Pollard Plaskett. November 2, 1798 - June 25, 1870.
Nancy was the daughter of George Pollard and Tamar Bunker Pollard.
She married Captain William Plaskett in 1822. You may view a photograph of her portrait c. 1840's attirbuted to
William Swain in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image F2427.
Lot 268 Captain William Plaskett. August 22, 1798 - June 2, 1846.
William was the son of Joseph Plaskett and Persis Colesworthy Plaskett. He was the brother of whaling masters Captain Henry R. Plaskett (see Lot 107) and Captain Joseph Plaskett.He married Nancy Pollard in 1822. In 1825, Captain Plaskett was master of the ship Independence. You may view black and white image of portrait attributed to William Swain in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number F2426.
Lot 268 Eliza Pollard Riddell. February 5, 1805 - September 11, 1882.
Eliza was the daughter of George Pollard and Tamar Bunker Pollard. She was the wife of William H. Riddell.
Lot 268 George C. Pratt. October 8, 1840 - January 6, 1914.
George was the son of Andrew Pratt and Susan Swain Pratt. He married first wife Ester A. Howland of New Bedford in 1883.
George wed his ssecond wife Sarah Elizabeth Holland April 18, 1903.
During the Civil War George enlisted in Company I 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on July 18, 1861 at the age of twenty-one. On October 21, 1861, he was wounded in the right hip and head at the battle of Ball's Bluff. Part of his account is as follows "About midnight we crossed to the Virginia shore in two boats....We ascended the bluff by means of a narrow path, and a skirmish line was sent
out to ascertain the whereabouts of the enemy....About 4 o'clock I was knocked down by a bullet wound to the hip. As I got up another bullet struck me in the head....I fainted from loss of blood and when I came to, found myself lying in the hold of a canal boat with a lot of other wounded men at Edward's Ferry....I was taken on an ambulance carriage, being obliged to ride outside in the rain, to Camp Benton, placed in the hospital where my wounds were dressed...." On September 23, 1863 transferred to Co. C, 6th Veteran Reserve Corps for malaria and "palpatations of the heart", and was promoted to corporal. Discharged July 19, 1864 for expiration of service.
After the war, George tried to work as a shoemaker in Brockton, MA. His ill health caused him to leave this job. He
then became a partner in a New Bedford grocery store. His continuing health problems caused him to leave
this situation as well. George suffered from vertigo, headaches, seizures and nausea. He was pensioned for $8.00 per
month for a "wound in head".
George passed away at his Liberty Street home. His cause of death was embolism of the coronary artery, sudden death. George's interment took place on January 10, 1914, Charles M. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 274 Captain Reuben R. Hobbs. January 20, 1819 - February 28, 1905.
Reuben was born in Rhinebeck on the Hudson, NY, the son of James and Ann Hobbs. His first wife was Delia Thompson. She passed away in 1862, and Captain Hobbs wed his second wife, Susan B. Pease Hinckley, the widow of Allen C. Hinckley in 1865. Captain Hobbs was master of the ship Isaac Howard out of New Bedford. After retiring from the sea he worked in the lighthouse service as assistant keeper at Great Point Lighthouse and keeper of the bug light at Polpis. Captain Hobbs passed away at his home on Union Street at the age of eighty-six. His interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery took place on March 3, 1905, Ezra W. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 274 Delia Thompson Hobbs. 1831 - January 19, 1862.
Delia was the daughter of James Thompson and Dianna Gibbs Dyke Thompson. She was the first wife of Captain Reuben Hobbs.
Delia and Reuben had a daughter Ann, born in 1854. Delia died from diphtheria before the return of her husband from his voyage on the ship Norman. She had last seen her husband when he set sail in August of 1860. Delia's death was recorded as January 19, 1862, in Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910; however, the date engraved on her marker is January 20, 1861.
Lot 274 Susan B. Hobbs. 1822 - April 9, 1906.
Susan was the daughter of Captain John Harper Pease and Mary Bunker Pease. She was twenty-two years old when she wed twenty-three year old boat builder Allen Hinckley of Barnstable, MA on May 19, 1844. In 1850, Allen died in Norfolk, VA, leaving Susan a widow with two sons, John age five, and Allen, Jr., age two. She was the second wife of Captain Reuben R. Hobbs, marrying on July 25, 1865. They did not have children. Susan died from old age at seventy-one years. Her interment at Prospect Hill took place on April 11, 1906, Israel M. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 279 Thomas Bickerstaff. December 21, 1860 - September 22, 1940.
Illegitimate child of Hannah Bickerstaff of England. Orphaned at age three. Resided Thame Union Workhouse,
England. Emigrated 10/1879 to join his sister Agnes Bickerstaff in Elmira, NY. Married Emma E. Borden (distant
cousin of infamous Lizzie) in Falls River, MA 1891. Moved to Nantucket where Emma's grandparents lived. Proprietor
of Nantucket Domestic Bakery on Lower Pearl Street. Today the Atheneum's garden is where the bakery once stood.
Lot 296 Charles F. Ellis. December 18, 1842 - January 19, 1863
Charles was the son of Thomas Ellis and his second wife Ann Maria Carnes Ellis.
During the Civil War enlisted on August 12, 1862 in Company I 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was shot in his left ankle at the battle of Fredericksburg on December 11, 1862. Transferred to Douglas Hospital, Washington, D.C. After having his left foot amputated his doctor noted "....Clear case of hospital gangrene in my opinion others do not agree with me. Patient
sinking rapidly" .
Lot 304 Peter Folger. September 22, 1812 - April 22, 1883.
Peter was the son of Uriah Folger and Anna Gardner Folger. He married Mary Seaman Hussey in 1834.
You may view his photographic portrait by J. Eastman Johnson circa 1882 in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1997.25.1h/w. Massachusetts Vital Records, recorded Peter Folger's date of death as April 22, 1883; however, the date of death inscribed on his marker is April 23, 1883.
Lot 304 Isaac H. Folger. July 7, 1843 - September 7, 1887.
Isaac was the son of Peter Folger and Mary Seaman Hussey Folger. Married Millie E. Dodson.
He was editor and co-founder along with S. Heath Rich of the Island Review a newspaper.
Publisher of a visitor guide Handbook of Nantucket with information for summer visitors and historical
information about the island. You may view his photograph of March 14, 1867 in the Nantucket Historical
Association collection. Image Number P1181.
Lot 306 Captain Frederick A. Easton. March 12, 1825 - April 24, 1880
Frederick was the son of Frederick Easton and Lydia Starbuck Easton. He was a twenty-six-year-old mariner when he married twenty-year-old Eliza B. Swain on January 12,1851.
Frederick began to follow the sea at the age of fourteen. He was first mate on board the bark Peru under the command of Captain Charles E. Starbuck (see lot 55) on the voyage of July 16, 1851, to May 31, 1855, to the Pacific whaling ground. On the Peru's next voyage, Captain Easton was master, leaving October 4, 1855, and returning August 1, 1859. In 1860, he was first mate on board the bark Mary and Susan sailing our of New Bedford, MA. On that voyage, he suffered a fracture of the ribs and never fully recovered from the injury. After Captain Easton retired from his life at sea, he worked as town constable and janitor at the high school.
Lot 306 Eliza B. Easton. March 28, 1831 - January 11, 1891.
Eliza was the daughter of Nathan Swain and Phebe Chase Swain. She married Captain Frederick A. Easton in 1851, and they had three children Charles, Helen and Arthur.
Lot 313 Joseph H. C. Bodfish. 1843 - November 1865.
Joseph was the son of carpenter Joseph C. Bodfish and Adelia Eldridge Bodfish. He was lost at sea at the age of twenty-two.
Lot 313 Annie W. Bodfish. June 17, 1853 - October 25, 1940.
Annie was the daughter of Joseph C. Bodfish and Adelia Eldridge Bodfish. You may view her in a group photograph c. 1880's
in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P16877.
Lot 314 Charles Weeks. June 20, 1802 - September 27, 1854.
Charles was the son of Joseph Weeks and Mary Russell Weeks. He married Eunice Waldron. He died at sea.
Lot 314 Eunice Weeks. May 1, 1805 - November 19, 1887.
Eunice was the daughter of Rowland Waldron and Elizabeth Hunter Waldron. She was the wife of Charles Weeks.
Lot 316 Eben W. Allen. August 4, 1815 - March 22, 1876.
Eben was the son of Job Allen of New Bedford. Married Clara G. Wilson. On January 19, 1854, he was appointed Collector of
Taxes for the District and Inspector of the Port of Nantucket. On June 3, 1858, he was appointed as Collector of
Customs for the District of Nantucket. In 1857, he purchased 29 Broad Street now known as
"The Jared Coffin House" for $5,000. He called his hotel "The Ocean House". By 1872, they had 1,700 guests
during the season. Eben was also the proprietor of the Washington Hall Cloth and Clothing Warehouse. You may view Eben Allen's portrait c. 1845 by James S. Hathaway in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1933.12.6. The "Eben Allen House" located at 19 Broad Street may be viewed in the collection. Image Number P6480. Image Number P6481.
Lot 316 Louise C. Stratton. September 10, 1804 - May 2, 1890.
Louise "Louisa" was born in New York, the daughter of George Macy and Clarissa Coffin Macy. She married prominent New York merchant Robert Stratton in 1859, Louisa was his second wife. She died from old age on Nantucket at eighty-five years, seven months and twenty-two days. "Lady" was her recorded occupation. You may view Louise C. Stratton's photographic portrait c. 1850's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C155.
Cameron Texter, the great great grandson of William and Julia Leonard Owen, provided the following biographical information for members of his family interred in lot 317:
William Owen, Julia Leonard Owen, Annie Owen, Elizabeth Pitman Owen Gould, Irving Beebe Gould
Lot 317 William Owen 1828 – September 22, 1889.
William was born on one of the Hawaiian Islands sometime in 1828, a son of John and Mary Owen. His ocean travels began at the age of thirteen when, according to family oral history handed down by his daughter, Priscilla Almy Owen Russell, he apparently ran away from Hawaii on a Nantucket whaleship.
William Owen accomplished a lot in his sixty years as he worked his way up from a green hand on whaling vessels to serve as third mate, second mate and finally, by his last whaling voyage, as first mate.
The 1850 census stands out as the first actual record of William on Nantucket. It shows him living in a boarding house, apparently with his brother Joe, along with other mariners. In 1853, the same year that William was second mate on the bark Marcella out of New Bedford, he purchased land from Robert Pitman on Chapel Street in ’Sconset. There William built his family home and other related buildings. That home stood on Chapel until Nantucket decided that a street named New Street had to go into ’Sconset. That construction caused the town to pay to have William’s home moved so that it stood on the corner of Chapel and New Street just west of Siasconset Union Chapel.
William continued whaling. He served as second mate on the brig Ocean out of New Bedford. William wed Irish born Julia Leonard on November 12, 1861. Two months after William and Julia were married, William left her alone in their ’Sconset home to serve as first mate on the bark R. L. Barstow that sailed out of Nantucket in 1862. The voyage of three years went from Nantucket to the Pacific Ocean. This voyage was William’s last. Upon his return, he became captain of his own fishing boat. Many articles appear in Nantucket newspapers, according to the archives maintained by the Nantucket Atheneum, that detail William’s many fishing successes. William served as a special police officer and as a night watchman that lit and extinguished lighting in ’Sconset. In addition, he provided cartage services, was a founder and officer of the first fire department in ’Sconset and helped establish and serve as an officer of ’Sconset’s first social hall, known as the Siasconset Casino Association.
By 1877, William and Julia were the proud parents of five girls: Annie (b 1866), Caroline Louise (b. 1868), Elizabeth Pitman (b. 1870), Martha S. (b. 1872) and Charlotte P. (b. 1875). William never had a son. At the age of forty-nine, William talked his wife Julia, who was then forty-one, into trying one more time for a son. They had great success, but not what they expected. On February 26, 1878, Julia gave birth to twin girls! The first was Priscilla Almy Owen and the second was Winnifred Coffin Owen. Priscilla later told stories about how the seven daughters would line up along the shore as William went out to sea to fish and would cry together out of fear that he would never return. William did return each night until September 22, 1889. On that day, he passed from this world due to complications of what was then known as consumption, but now known as tuberculosis.
During his sixty years, William became on of the few Hawaiian natives who settled on Nantucket, served as an officer on whaling ships, built a house in ’Sconset, married, became the father of seven daughters, ran his own fishing business and served the island as a special policeman, firefighter, and a social hall founder and officer. His numerous descendants had great influence on the life of the island and elsewhere.
Lot 317 Julia Leonard Owen February 2, 1836 – January 9, 1912.
Julia was born in Ireland, the daughter of Michael and Rose Leonard. Julia sailed from Dublin, Ireland to New York City with a sister in 1849. While in New York, she had connected with members of the Folger family, who helped her travel to Nantucket by 1850.
The 1850 census shows Julia living with retired whaling master and farmer Samuel B. Swain (lot 455), his wife Anne Folger Swain (lot 455) and their five-year-old adopted son Frederick Willet Folger (lot 455), the orphaned son of Anne’s youngest brother Frederick Folger. The Nantucket Historical Association’s Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record identified Julia as a “servant” of the Swains, with whom she lived until she married whaler and mariner William Owen, a native of Hawaii, on November 12, 1861 in Siasconset.
William and Julia settled in the home William had built on Chapel Street in ’Sconset. Two months after marrying, William left for three years to serve as first mate on the bark R. L. Barstow that sailed out of Nantucket in January 1862. The voyage, which lasted for three years, was the last of a whaling career for William, which began when he ran away, at the age of thirteen, from his Hawaiian home in 1841.
William returned home from his whaling voyage in 1865 and, less than a year later, William and Julia welcomed into the world Annie S. Owen, the first of seven daughters. Caroline followed in 1868, Elizabeth (b. 1870), Martha (b. 1872), Charlotte (b. 1875). After trying for a son in February 1878, the birth of twin daughters, Priscilla and Winnifred were welcomed into the Owen family.
Sadly, William passed away on September 22, 1889, leaving Julia and their seven daughters in the ’Sconset home. Julia later became a nurse. She rented out the ’Sconset home and moved to 4 Hussey Street in town. Later, she resided at 50 Liberty Street. Her daughter Annie S., who had passed away in Boston in 1910, preceded her in death.
Lot 317 Annie S. Owen. June 24, 1866 – January 12, 1910.
Annie was born on Nantucket, the first of William and Julia Leonard Owen’s seven daughters. She grew up and attended school in ’Sconset. She later worked as a housekeeper for Edward and Rebecca Folger among others.
Annie died on January 12, 1910 in a hospital in Boston from complications of surgery for breast cancer.
Lot 317 Elizabeth Pitman Owen Gould. December 1870 - February 26, 1918.
Elizabeth was the third of William and Julia Leonard Owen's seven daughters. She grew up on Chapel Street in ’Sconset with her six sisters and parents. In 1889, when her father died Elizabeth moved into town with her widowed mother. Elizabeth was thirty-nine-years-old when she wed fifty-eight-year-old laborer Josiah Backus Gould on September 25, 1909.
Elizabeth and Josiah lived at 6 Farmer Street for several years. She gave birth to twin sons on November 20, 1911. The twins were named Leonard Grouard Gould and Irving Beebe Gould. Sadly, Irving Beebe Gould died from gastro enteritis on December 9, 1911 at two and a half weeks old. Elizabeth's third son James Francis was born on June 1, 1913 and passed away on June 4, 1913. His cause of death was exhaustion.
Elizabeth died on February 26, 1918 from complications of diabetes. Upon the death of her husband Josiah, on March 24, 1927, Elizabeth and Josiah’s surviving son, Leonard, was taken in and raised by Elizabeth’s sister, Priscilla Almy Owen Russell (lot 828), at her home at 144 Main Street
Lot 317 Irving Beebe Gould. November 20, 1911 – December 9, 1911.
Irving was the son of Elizabeth Pitman Owen Gould and Josiah Backus Gould. He was the twin brother of Leonard Grouard Gould. Irving died at the age of two and a half weeks from
gastro enteritis.
Lot 317 Josiah Backus Gould. August 19, 1851 - March 24, 1927.
Josiah was the son of Ebenezer Gould and Caroline Backus Gould. He was a fifty-eight-year-old laborer when he married thirty-nine-year-old Elizabeth Owen on September 30, 1909. Josiah and Elizabeth had three children twins Irving and Leonard (b. 1911) and James Francis (b. 1913)
The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of August 17, 1875, reported "Josiah B. Gould of Nantucket, was a seaman aboard bark 'Adeline Gibbs', sailing from New Bedford, Aug. 9, 1875." In 1893, Josiah was awarded a silver medal in recognition of his heroic efforts, along with his fellow surfmen of the Coskata Life-Saving Station under the command of Captain Walter N. Chase (lot 557), for their rescue of the crew of the schooner H. P. Kirkham wrecked on Rose and Crown Shoals on January 20, 1892. In the 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Josiah recorded his occupation as laborer and "odd jobs".
Lot 319 Captain Timothy Fisher. August 12, 1821 - August 4, 1887.
Timothy was the son of Leonard Fisher and Lydia Chase Fisher. He married Nancy Clisby on August 4, 1850.
In 1834, at the age of thirteen, Timothy first went to sea aboard the ship Clarkson with Captain William Plaskett (see lot 268) as master. Later, he was first officer on the ship China of New Bedford, MA, with Captain Elisha H. Fisher (see lot 126) as master. Timothy sailed on the Sylph of Fairhaven, MA, which was wrecked off one of the Cape Verde Islands. In 1854, Captain Fisher was master of the bark Osprey of New Bedford and of the bark Clara Bell of Mattapoisett, MA, on the voyage of 1858 to 1864. Captain Fisher also managed a boarding house at his residence on Union Street.
Lot 319 Nancy Fisher. 1829 - September 20, 1888.
Nancy was the daughter of Seth Clisby and Sarah Halley Clisby. She was the wife of Captain Timothy Fisher, and they had two children, Arthur (b. 1855) and Ida (b. 1858 - d. 1865) she died from scarlet fever at the age of six.
Lot 320 Adaline Chase Worth. July 2, 1834 - February 26, 1918.
Adaline was the daughter of Owen Chase (First Mate on the whale ship "Essex") and Nancy Slade Chase. She was the wife of Captain Francis S. Worth.
Lot 320 Captain Francis S. Worth. August 29, 1829 - December 30, 1890.
Francis was the son of Captain Shubael Worth and Elizabeth Starbuck Worth. He was the nephew of
Captain William Worth (See Lot 79). Francis was a twenty-four-year-old mariner when he married twenty-year-old Adaline Chase, the daughter of first mate Owen Chase of the whaleship Essex and Nancy Slade Chase, on March 10, 1853.. Three months after his marriage to Adaline, Francis shipped as mate on board the ship Swift sailing from New Bedford on June 18, 1853. Captaiin Worth was master of the ship Swift out of New Bedford on the voyage of 1857 to 1861. From November 1866 to October 1870, Captain Worth was in command of the ship Petrel out of New Bedford. After this voyage, Captain Worth retired from the sea and worked as a messenger for the Nantucket Savings Institution. You may view his photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number A86-26.
Lot 320 Captain Shubael Worth. June 27, 1797 - May 30, 1873.
Shubael was the son of Richard Worth and Phebe Hayden Worth. He was the brother of Captain William Worth (see Lot 79) and the father of master mariner Captain Francis Worth. Captain Worth's first wife was Elizabeth Starbuck.In 1868, Elizabeth died from typhoid fever. Captain Worth wed his second wife Harriet K. Friend Potter, the widow of Peter Potter on June 4, 1872. Captain Worth was master of ships Milo, Benjamin Tucker, and John Adams.
Lot 320 Elizabeth Worth. February 22, 1801 - January 6, 1868.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Tristram Starbuck and Miriam Joy Starbuck. She was the first wife of Captain Shubael Worth. The couple had two sons: Francis and Andrew. Elizabeth died on Nantucket from typhoid fever.
Lot 321 Annie Barker Folger. May 25,1852 - November 27, 1936.
Annie was the only child of Francis B. Folger and Lucretia Coleman Folger. She attended Hartford Boarding School, graduated from Vassar College in 1872. Annie studied art at the Art Students League of New York and on Nantucket with artist John MacDougall. Annie was known for her landscape paintings.Her work was exhibited at the Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915, is in the Nantucket Historical Association and private collections. Several o f her paintings were included in the Nantucket Historical Association's May, 2006 Exhibition The Nantucket Art Colony 1920 - 1945.
Annie was one of the founding board members of the Maria Mitchell Association. She worked to preserve
Nantucket's architecture. Annie chaired the Maria Mitchell House Committee and purchased with her own funds
the "Elihu Coleman House" on Hawthorne Lane in 1913 at a public auction. William Hosier (See Lot 176) had
bequethed the property to the town of Nantucket to be kept as a memorial to Elihu Coleman, carpenter,
Quaker minister and author of a pamphlet written in 1729 denouncing slavery.
In 1896, Annie acquired 22 Lilly Street and was a summer resident until 1929 when she moved to the island year-round. In 1945, the Kenneth Taylor Gallery in the Macy Warehouse on Straight Wharf held a memorial exhibition o her work. Annie was not the only artist in the family. Also interred in the Coleman Lot is Annie's cousin, noted Nantucket photographer Henry S. Wyer. Annie's and Henry's mothers were sisters, Lucretia Coleman Folger and Mary Jane Coleman Wyer.
Lot 321 Henry Sherman Wyer. 1847 - January 31, 1920.
Henry was the son of Charles Wyer and Mary Jane Coleman Wyer. He married Rebecca C. Hussey on September 29, 1874.
He was an author, artist, poet and photographer. Henry was an active member of the Nantucket Historical Association, where there is now a large collection of his work.
Lot 321 Rebecca Wyer. November 4, 1847 - February 4, 1911.
Rebecca was the daughter of Avis M. and George G. Hussey. She married Henry S. Wyer on September 29, 1874.
Lot 323 Lydia B. Morton. February 17, 1818 - December 27, 1869.
Lydia was the daughter of Frederick Hussey and his first wife Lydia Cartwright Hussey. She was the first wife of Andrew J. Morton. You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1385.
Lot 324 Francis "Frank" B. Smith, Jr. May 13, 1829 - October 22, 1896.
Francis, Jr. "Frank" was the son of Captain Francis B. Smith and Rachel Hussey Smith. He was a twenty-four-year-old carpenter when he married seventeen-year-old Mary E. Wyer on October 18, 1855. Frank was thirty-four years old when he enlisted during the Civil War as private in Company H of the 45th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Militia) on September 16, 1861. After his service, Frank returned to Nantucket and continued working as a carpenter. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). The United States government provided gravestones to soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. The Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, VT, made both of the markers for Frank.
Lot 329 Captain Arvin Baker. July 6, 1804 - April 11, 1879.
Captain Baker was born in East Falmouth, MA, the son of Nathaniel Baker and Susan Davis Baker. He married Jerusha Crowell. Captain Baker commanded several different vessels from Nantucket and ran a packet from Nantucket to Boston.
Lot 329 Jerusha C. Baker. 1812 - August 1, 1885.
Jerusha was the daughter of Washington and Thankful Crowell. She was the wife of Captain Arvin Baker and the mother of Reverend
Louisa S. Baker.
Lot 329 Reverend Louisa S. Baker. October 17, 1846 – September 19, 1896.
Louisa was the daughter of Jerusha Crowell Baker and Captain Arvin Baker. She was twenty-four years old when she taught at the Coffin School during the winter/spring term of 1871. Rev. Baker was pastor of the North Congregational Church, now known as the First Congregational Church, from December 12, 1880, until February 14, 1888. Historian Robert A. Douglas-Lithgow recounted, "During her ministry she attracted the largest congregation ever known in the church." Reverend Baker wrote a book of poems titled By The Sea. She was involved in the Temperance Movement, making many public addresses on the organization's behalf. A bronze memorial tablet with an inscription about her life and work is on the wall of the church.
Lot 333 Major George Hussey Tracy. April 7, 1835 - September 17, 1867.
George was the son of Jared W. Tracy and Mary Hussey Tracy. He purchased 33 Orange Street now known as the
"Robert Wyer House" (Captain Christopher Wyer resided there from 1814-1818 - See Lot 130) in 1865. He died in Mobile, Alabama from yellow fever.
Major General Oliver Otis Howard, Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, wrote from Washington, DC, in his Report of the Assistant Commissioner for Alabama 1867, of Major Tracy's death and of his high regard for his fellow officer.
Brevet Major George H. Tracy, Captain 15th U. S. Infantry, lately in charge of the station at Mobile, died at his post on the 17th of September, of yellow fever. An officer of rare capacity and promise, his talents had not caused him to be more admired than he was beloved for his fine qualities of heart and manner. Remaining at his post and "faithful until death," it is hoped he has ere this received his "crown of life."
Lot 333 Mary Hussey Tracy. March 10, 1809 - April 6, 1891.
Mary was the daughter of Sylvanus Hussey and Prudence Pease Hussey. She married Jared W. Tracy in 1834.
In 1867, she inherited 33 Orange Street from her son George after he died from yellow fever in Mobile,
Alabama. As stated in the Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record, he was "A worthy young man".
Lot 334 Timothy W. Riddell, Jr.. 1831 - October 8, 1856
Timothy was the son of Captain Timothy W. Riddell and Charlotte C. Chase Riddell. He was lost at sea at the age of twenty-four.
Lot 334 Captain Timothy W. Riddell, Sr. January 6, 1805 - November 21, 1882.
Timothy was the son of Henry Riddell and his second wife Hepsabeth Wyer Riddell. He married Charlotte C. Chase on April 8, 1830.
Captain Riddell commanded ships in the whaling and merchant service. When he retired from his life at sea, he established an auction and commerce business, T. W. Riddell's Auction & Commission Store, on lower Main Street on Nantucket.
Lot 334 Mary Harris Nye. September 11, 1839 - May 28, 1906.
Mary was the daughter of Captain Timothy Riddell and Charlotte C. Chase Riddell. She married Captain Joseph P. Nye
and accompanied him on the bark Alto out of Fairhaven on the voyage of November 19, 1864 to October 24, 1866.
Mary was log keeper during this voyage and their daughter Mary P. was born in September of 1865 while they were
away at sea.
Mary was one of the women of "Petticoat Row". She had a Dry and Fancy Goods Shop on Centre Street.
You may view an interior of the shop c. 1880's photographed by Henry S. Wyer (See Lot 321) image number P3425
and an exterior photograph c. 1905 of Mary standing in the doorway of her shop image number F1756 both in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Recorded on her marker: MARY H. NYE widow of Joseph P. Nye Died
May 28 1906 Aged 96 yrs. 8 mos.
Lot 336 Albert C. Coffin. September 1, 1838 - March 19, 1903.
Albert was the son of Prince Coffin and Eliza Austin Coffin. He enlisted in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on July 26, 1862 and became ill during the march from Antietam to Harpers Ferry. He was discharged for disability on January 1, 1863. On June 24, 1863, he reenlisted in Company H of the 2nd Veteran Reserve Corps, he guarded Confederate prisoners at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Albert was discharged for disability on August 11, 1864. He came home to Nantucket. Dr. John B. King (see Lot 72) described,"a feeble looking man, somewhat emaciated, red tongue, dilated pupils, hard of hearing, and all together a used up looking man."
He was judged legally insane August 16, 1894; the court appointed a legal guardian.
Lot 336 Captain William C. Fuller. 1820 - February 5, 1892.
Captain Fuller was the son of Jared Fuller and Betsey Cash Fuller. First wife Elizabeth S. Coffin. Second wife Mary B. Coffin.
He was master of the ships Ocean, Petrel, Napoleon and Milton.
Lot 336 Susan B. Fuller. October 29, 1874 - October 13, 1959.
Susan was born in Roxbury, MA the daughter of Henry and Annie Cleves Bean. She was the wife of Fred V. Fuller. You may view an informal portrait c. 1935 of Susan in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P336.
Captain Charles Grant’s chronicle is an excerpt from Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book,
Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts (pages 139,140).
Please note: included with his chronicle in Tuck’t In are photographs of Captain Grant and the painting Whaleship Walter Scott in a hurricane by John Fowles. The painting of the Walter Scott depicts the hurricane off Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia, October 5, 1847, during Captain Grant’s first voyage as master.
Lot 340 Captain Charles W. Grant. June 4, 1814 – March 18, 1906.
Charles was the second of James Grant and Elizabeth Ellis Grant’s six children. His father James, was from Scotland. Shipwrecked on the shoals in 1801, he was brought ashore to Nantucket, an authentic washashore! Here he fell in love with and married Elizabeth Ellis in 1806. Charles married Nancy Wyer on August 28, 1839. She was a cousin of whaling master Captain James Wyer (lot 41). Captain Grant’s sons also followed the sea: Charles Jr. was a mariner and his younger son was Captain George Grant. Captain Grant built and resided at 54 Orange Street.
Grace Brown Gardner wrote of Captain Charles Grant, “who made more money for himself and the owners of the vessels he commanded than any other captain in the history of the whaling industry,” in her series Fifty Famous Nantucketers, published serially in the Inquirer and Mirror.
“his record was 30,000 barrels of oil while as an officer and 22,000 barrels more as master, besides 12,00 pounds of whalebone and eighteen pounds of ambergris. In spite of the fortunes he made, Capt. Grand died a poor man. He was called the most charitable man who ever trod the deck of a ship. He never turned down an appeal for help.”
Captain Grant spent fifty-six years of his life aboard whaleships. He began his career in 1825 at the age of ten aboard the John Jay as a cabin boy, on a voyage that was not completed. During breakfast one morning, Charles was witness to a horrifying incident that would end the sail. Captain Alexander Drew stabbed second mate Mr. Clark with a large knife during a quarrel. Captain Drew arrived home in irons. Captain Charles Grant’s son spoke of this incident to the public when he was custodian of the Whaling Museum:
“My father went on his first voyage when he was ten years old in the ship John Jay. The captain was a drinking man, and he killed his second mate at the table with a carving knife, and the captain died a natural death in his home here on Nantucket; nothing was ever done about it. He was in a state of delirium tremens when he done it. He called my father down in the cabin once and says to him, “Are you afraid of me?” “No, I am not afraid of you.” And then he pulled out a knife and my father come to the conclusion he was afraid of him.”
In 1828, Charles was fore the mast on the ship Maria, followed by three voyages on the Mount Vernon: as boatsteerer in 183, second mate in 1835, and first mate in 1839 under the command of Captain Lewis B. Imbert (lot 244). On this third voyage, Henry Coleman (lot 353), who went on to become a whaling master in his own right, was the second mate. Years later, Captain Grant recounted this Nantucket sleighride on that voyage in 1840:
“May 20, 1840, cruising off the coast of Peru, he struck a large sperm whale just at sundown. The whale sounded and took out all the line and by the time he came to the surface it was dark. The ship came up alongside his boat and Captain Imbert wanted to know what he intended to do. “Let me stay by this whale all night,” was his prompt answer. To this Captain Imbert consented but added that if he (the captain) set two lights on the ship he must cut line and come aboard. Well, as Captain Grant tells the story, Captain Imbert set the double lights three times, but he and his crew paid no attention to the signal. They wanted that whale, and felt confident if let alone they would capture him. At 7 o’clock, the whale took a course west-north-west, and went off at a rate of eight miles and hour until 6 o’clock the next morning, never sounding once. “We had seventy fathoms of line out,” says the Captain, “and we went through the water a whizzing all night long.” He had set a light in his boat and the ship could easily keep track of him. Shortly after 6 o’clock the boat hauled up to the big fellow and Captain Grant killed him, and three hours later he was alongside the ship. The whale yielded 105 barrels of oil. The remarkable feature of this experience is the fact that Captain Grant was fast to the whale so long and the creature being killed such a distance from the place where struck.”
Captain Grant sailed his first voyage as master on the ship Walter Scott in 1844. He took 2,100 barrels of sperm oil and netted over $100,000. He was also master of the ship Potomac, Mohawk, Japan, Milton, Niger,
and Horatio. Captain Grant’s wife, Nancy, accompanied him on many of his voyages, spending many years at sea with her husband. All their children were born during whaling voyages. Edouard A. Stackpole writes in his book Rambling Through The Streets and Lanes of Nantucket that on Christmas Day 1856, there was a prearranged rendezvous among captains who brought their wives and children on their respective ships: Captain Charles Grant, Captain Perry Winslow (lot 476), and Captain Nicholson. They met at Norfolk Island, east of Australia and northwest of New Zealand. The families dined on board Captain Winslow’s ship Edward Cary, enjoying a Christmas dinner of roast pig. Seventy-five years later and back on Nantucket, three of these children met to recall that occasion thousands of miles and almost another century away.
In 1892, Captain Grant, described the perils of the whalemen’s life at sea, telling about an incident that occurred during the ship Japan’s voyage from May 31, 1859, to May 19, 1863:
“On the voyage a man called “Scotty,” whom Capt. Grant believed was a Scotchman, was scalded to death. He was skimming off the oil from a pot of hot water and oil while they were trying out with a roll of the ship lost his balance and slipped into the hot liquid. He managed to keep his head above the water, or water and oil, but the skin was all taken off from his hands and arms, and he was in bad shape. “Scotty” lived only 36 hours, and died in great agony, was buried at sea.”
Captain Alexander F. Snow of Dennisport, Massachusetts, wrote a letter to the Inquirer and Mirror in 1917, describing his meeting Captain Grant at sea:
“It was in 1866 or 1867 that I was on a voyage from Australia to San Francisco and made the acquaintance of Captain Grant of Nantucket. We saw a sail show up on the horizon and soon a boat put out from the ship and boarded us. She was the Milton, a whale ship in charge of Captain Grant of Nantucket and he recognized the Japan the moment he saw her masts above the horizon. It seems that he commanded the bark on his previous voyage and his keen eye identified her spars the instant she showed up in the distance. We had an English opera company on board, bound for ’Frisco, and Miss Celia Honson, a member of the troupe, had her birthday that day, and we were helping celebrate by an extra dinner. Captain Grant took the troupe over to his ship for an hour, showing them the methods of whaling, gathering oil, etc. He then returned and took supper with us on board, then bid us good-bye, leaving the mail for us to post at ’Frisco for him. In it was a letter to Mrs. Grant telling her to meet him at ’Frisco to accompany him on a cruise up into the Arctic. I found Captain Grant a very sociable caller and enjoyed the “gam” very much. When I saw his picture in the Mirror last week, it all came back to me as though it happened yesterday.
Captain Grant’s mate told me that he named the Japan and when he saw her show up above the horizon, a pull of six or seven miles was at once decided upon in order to board us, and leave the mail bag. The members of the opera troupe said that his ship had the whitest deck they ever saw and that the ship was the cleanest that they ever visited. It seems that the day before, the Milton had just cleaned up after boiling oil, but there was nothing to indicate it. Evidently Captain Grant was a fine skipper as well as an expert whaleman. I never had the opportunity to renew Captain Grant’s acquaintance after that brief call out in the Pacific, and when he passed on, a few years ago, I noticed it with regret.”
During the last years of his life, Captain Grant was custodian of the Old Mill. He died on Nantucket at the age of ninety-two. Dr. E. B. Coleman (lot 7 Mount Vernon) signed “old age” as primary cause of death on the death certificate. Clinton Parker, in an oral history taken and transcribed in 1927, recalled Captain Grant as “very dignified. I can see him when he come home with his silk hat and kid gloves. Like a dandy, he was, yes indeed.”
Nancy Jay Wyer Grant’s chronicle is an excerpt from Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book,
Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts (page 141).
Lot 340 Nancy Jay Wyer Grant. March 29, 1823 – November 18, 1904.
Nancy was the oldest of Benjamin Wyer and Eliza Hull Wyer’s five children. She was the cousin of Captain James Wyer (lot 41). Nancy was sixteen years old when she married Charles Grant on August 28, 1839. Nancy accompanied her whaling-master husband on many of his voyages, spending a total of thirty-two years at sea. Nancy and Charles had three children, all born during the course of whaling voyages: Charles (b. 1850) at Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific during the voyage of the Potomac; Leonora “Ella” (b. 1855) at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand and George (b. 1857) at the Samoan Islands. The latter two were born during the voyage of the whaleship Mohawk.
In his 2003 oral history interview with Mary Miles, Phil Grant told an anecdote about how his great grandmother Nancy Grant missed her husband while he was off on a voyage and what she did to remedy the situation:
“she jumped a merchant ship going to New Zealand because she knew his route, and in Feb. he would be down in New Zealand. So she was down in Auckland waiting for him when he came in (laughs)…and old Charles, I’ll tell ya, was quite surprised. So she was considered one of the first women to go to sea with her husband.”
Benjamin F. Williams (lot 56 Mount Vernon), in his 1927 oral history now in the Edouard A. Stackpole collection in the NHA Research Library, recalled his time on the ship Milton with Mrs. Grant:
“Mrs. Grant used to keep ship when we went for whales. When all the boats was down she was captain. Mrs. Grant and the ship’s crew, cooper and carpenter kept ship. She was in command. She’d take ship and follow us down.”
The Nantucket Journal of Thursday morning, October 27, 1892, reprinted an article from the New Bedford Evening Journal, “Whalemen of Nantucket,” which noted Nancy’s seafaring acumen: “Capt. Grant’s wife was quite a sailor, and accompanied him on some of his voyages.”
Nancy and Charles were married for sixty-five years. They share a marker in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Nancy’s interment took place on November 20, 1904, and Charles was interred March 20, 1906. Ezra W. Lewis was the undertaker for both burials.
Note: In Tuck’t In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA is a photograph of Charles and Nancy’s Grant's marker. Engraved:
CAPT. CHARLES GRANT
“WHALER”
JUNE 4 1914
MAR 18 1906
HIS WIFE
NANCY JAY WYER
MAR 29 1823
NOV 18 1904
Lot 340 Captain George A. Grant. October 28, 1857 - May 4, 1942.
George was the son of Captain Charles Grant and Nancy Wyer Grant. He married Madelaine Briggs on September 13, 1880. George was born in the Samoan Islands, while his parents were on a voyage. He was put to sea at three weeks and for the next thirty-three years, he was a "whaler". He then served nineteen years at the Surfside Lifesaving Station before retiring to The Whaling Museum. Inscribed on George and Madeleine Grant's marker in Prospect Hill:
GEORGE A. GRANT BORN IN SAMOA OCT. 28 1857MAY 4, 1942 HIS WIFE MADELEINE A. BRIGGS
FEB. 10 1864 AUG. 20 1933.
You may view Captain George Grant's portrait by Walter Gilman Page in the Nantucket Historical Association.
Image Number 1992.0225.001.
Lot 340 Madeleine Grant. February 10, 1864 - August 20, 1933.
Madeleine was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, the daughter of mariner Benjamin and Harriet Briggs. She was seventeen years old when she wed twenty-two-year-old George A. Grant in Fairhaven on September 13, 1880, and they had three children: Madeleine, Nancy and Arthur.
Lot 340 Charles W. Grant, Jr. December 24,1850 - January 3, 1882.
Charles Jr. was the son of Captain Charles Grant and Nancy Wyer Grant. His father was master of the ship
Potomac sailing August 7, 1849 to May 10, 1853. Charles was born on Pitcarin Island during
this voyage. He arrived on Nantucket at the age of three.
Charles was a mariner like his father and his younger brother George. Charles fell ill while a crewman on the A. R. Tucker when he "took a severe cold, which resulted in consumption." He was brought to Fayal, Western Islands, off Portugal, and from there to New Bedford aboard the bark Sarah. Charles was on the steamer Monohansett, transferring to the steamer Island Home at Woods Hole, and passed away on board after arriving at Nantucket.
Although the gravestone's inscription gives the date as January 2, 1881, Charles's death was recorded in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, the Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Records and the January 10, 1882, edition of the Whalemen's Shipping LIst and Merchants' Transcript as having occurred on January 3, 1882.
Lot 341 Captain Tilden Hall, Jr. December 1, 1837 – December 13, 1880.
Tilden was the son of Tilden Hall, Sr. and Mehittable Hall. He was born in the town of East Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Tilden was a twenty-two-year-old mariner when he married his first wife, twenty-year old Martha Stewart, on November 23, 1859, in Boston. Martha passed away sometime between 1859 and 1866. Tilden was a twenty-six-year-old mariner when he wed nineteen-year-old Mary Eliza Jenkins on March 20, 1866, on Nantucket.
Captain Hall died at age forty-four on board his vessel the bark Brunswick in Mobile, AL, of Chagres fever. The illness was named because it was a malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River in Panama. Captain Hall had been on his way to Nantucket and had arranged for his sons to meet him in Vineyard Haven, MA. Tilden's death was recorded as December 13, 1880, in the Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910; however, the date engraved on his marker is December 13, 1881.
Lot 341 Mary Eliza Hall. April 17, 1846 – October 15, 1869.
Mary Eliza was the third of printer Charles S. Jenkins four children from his three marriages, and the second of three children born to Charles and his second wife, Clarinda Gardner Jenkins. Her marker's inscription says Mary Eliza was the "only child of Chas. S. & Clarinda S. Jenkins," but, in fact, the couple had two other children who died young; she was their only child to live to adulthood.
Mary was the second wife of Captain Tilden Hall, Jr. They married in 1866, and in 1867, their first child, Charles Tilden Hall was born. Mary died at the age of twenty-three. The Massachusetts Vital Record, 1841-1910 recorded her cause of death as "child bed." Her second child, Walton H. Hall, was born on October 15, 1869, the day of her death.
The inscription on her monument reads:
MARY ELIZA
The beloved wife of
TILDEN HALL
& only child of
Chas. S. & Clarinda S.
JENKINS,
PASSED AWAY
Oct. 15, 1869,
AGED 23 yrs. 6 mos.
She was a dutiful child a true and loving
wife & kind Mother and sincere Christian.
REMEMBERED AND LOVED EVEN UNTO
DEATH.
There is a small marker, perhaps a footstone in the back of the larger monument that reads: "My wife."
Lot 342 Captain Thomas Hallett Macy. February 2, 1828 - December 29, 1889.
Thomas was the son of Edward Macy and his second wife Eunice Hallett Macy. His first wife was Harriet Ann Luce. Thomas married his second wife, the sister of his first wife Henrietta Luce. Captain Macy commanded ships from Mattapoisett and Westport, MA between 1858 and 1864. At the time of his death in New Bedford, MA, at the age of sixty-two, his occupation was carpenter.
Lot 342 Harriet Ann Luce Macy. 1830 - July 20, 1859.Harriet was the daughter of John Luce and Hannah Apley Luce. She was the first wife of Captain Thomas Hallett Macy.
Lot 343 Captain George W. Galvan (Galvin). 1818 – November 2, 1882.
George was born in Fayal, Western Islands, off Portugal, the son of Roland Galvan of Fayal and British-born Georgeanna Perkins Galvan. He was a forty-four-year-old mariner when he married eighteen-year-old Lydia R. Atkins, the daughter of Freeman Atkins and his second wife, Lucinda Davis Atkins, on October 21, 1862, on Nantucket, with Reverend Bodfish of the Methodist Church officiating.
Hershel Parker in his book,Herman Melville A Biography Volume 1, 1819-1851 gives Melville’s description of George as “The third mate, ‘Portuguese Galvan’, George W. Galvan born in Fayal, twenty-five, 5’9”, light of complexion, with brown hair.” Mr. Pakrer recounts of those seaman who deserted as Melville did from the ship Acushnet of Fairhaven under the command of Captain Valentine Pease of Nantucket. “….Some five months after Melville and Greene deserted, two men went ashore at another port on the coast of Peru, Payta (or Paita) – the first mate, Frederick R. Raymond, born in Nantucket…..and the third mate, ‘Portuguese Galvan’, It should be noted that George leaving the ship was a mutual agreement with Captain Pease. George was paid $100.00 before he departed from the vessel.
The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of November 14, 1882 reported on the death of Captain Galvan: "Died in Nantucket Nov. 2, 1882 Capt. George W. Galvan 63."
Lot 344 Roland B. Hussey. October 5, 1851 - April 26, 1923.
Roland was the only child of Samuel S. Hussey and Emily C. Nye Hussey. He was a twenty-two-year-old printer when he married twenty-year-old Arrietta Cathcart on October 30, 1873, on Nantucket, with Reverend Jesse H. Temple, pastor of the Unitarian Church, officiating.
Roland began his newspaper career as a young man and apprenticed at the Inquirer and Mirror, a newspaper owned by Roland's father, Samuel, and Henry B. Robinson (lot 522). Roland then worked in Providence, RI, at the Press Company before going to Boston, where
he was employed by publisher George M. Ballou on the first edition of the Boston Globe. Later, he joined the staff of the
Boston Herald.
Samuel Hussey retired in 1877, which brought Roland home to Nantucket. Samuel gave the shares in the partnership of Hussey and Robinson to Roland, and the business continued under the same name. In 1887, Henry Robinson retired, and Roland purchased the shares of his partner and became sole publisher and editor of the Inquirer and Mirror until he retired in 1907. At that time, Arthur H. Cook (lot 353) and Harry B. Turner (lot 21) owned and operated the paper under the firm of Cook & Turner.
Roland and William F. Macy (lot 648) co-authored The Nantucket Scrap Basket, a compilation of Nantucket anecdotes first published in 1916. Roland also wrote The Evolution of Siasconset, published in 1912. He spent several months each year at his 'Sconset cottage. Roland was the first manager of the Siasconset Casino, and he was president of the Pacific National Bank.
Lot 349 Captain Christopher Burdick. July 16, 1788 - May 26, 1833.
Christopher was the son of John and Susanna Burdick. On June 29, 1819, Christopher married Lydia Easton Burdick, the daughter of Captain Peleg Easton and the widow of Christopher's brother Henry Burdick. Christopher and Lydia resided at 81 Main Street.According to the historian Edouard A. Stackpole, while aboard the schooner Huntress Captain Burdick's log showed he had sailed four hundred miles South of Cape Horn where he sighted a landmass that he recorded as "supposed to be a continent". He was among the first to recognize Antarctica, which was later charted at this location. Captain John Davis's logbook showed that he, too, one week earlier sighted this landmass.
Captain Burdick was the owner and master of the brig Christopher Burdick and while on a voyage to South America for logwood he became ill with "tropical fever" and died in New Orleans at the age of forty-four. His crew fulfilled his wishes and brought his body back to Nantucket.
Lot 349 Lydia F. Burdick. December 6, 1795 - May 7, 1881.
Lydia was the daughter of Peleg Easton and Eunice Hussey Easton. She married first husband, Henry Burdick on July 10, 1816. She married her second husband, Henry's brother Christopher Burdick on June 29,1819.
Lot 349 Mary Alley. June 13, 1820 - April 4, 1888.
Mary was the daughter of Christopher Burdick and Lydia Easton Burdick. She married merchant Elijah H. Alley of Lynn, MA on Nantucket in 1845. Mary's mother resided with the couple until her death in 1881.
Lot 349 Henry C. Burdick. September 19, 1831 - October 30, 1898.
Henry was the son of Christopher Burdick and Lydia Easton Burdick. He married Judith G. Folger in 1856. Henry was a dry goods merchant on Main Street. Henry and Judith later moved to Springfield, MA, where he worked as a clothing merchant. Henry died at his home on Wellesley Street, Springfield, MA at the age of sixty-seven years, one month and eleven days.
Lot 349 Martha W. Burdick. April 13, 1833 - February 21, 1901.
Martha was the daughter of Christopher Burdick and Lydia Easton Burdick.
Lot 353 Arthur Howland Cook. December 26, 1858 - September 13, 1933.
Arthur was the son of John Cook and Mary Jane Coleman Cook. He married Lydia B. Coleman, the daughter of Captain Henry Coleman and Elizabeth Coffin Coleman on July 29, 1877.
Arthur co-published the "Inquirer and Mirror" with Harry B. Turner (see Lot 21). You may view a photograph of
Arthur H. Cook, Harry B. Turner and Roland B. Hussey in front of the "Inquirer and Mirror" office sign in
the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P14532.
Arthur was a member of the board of trustees of the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association.
Lot 354 Arthur M. Rivers. June 19, 1847 - December 21, 1864.
Arthur was the son of William B. Rivers and Anna Townsend Rivers. The family resided at 5 New Mill Street. Arthur died young and tragically for a cause he strongly believed in. At the age of fifteen, but claming to be a seventeen-year-old farmer, Arthur enlisted in Company I of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on August 13, 1862, and mustered on August 15, 1862. His older brother Alonzo, had enlisted and mustered in the same company less than a month before Arthur, on July 19, 1862.
As recounted in Richard F. Miller and Roert F. Mooney's The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience, on November 1, 1862, Arthur became ill during the march from Antietam to Harper's Ferry. On July 3, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was shot through the chest. Arthur reenlisted on February 15, 1864. The following August 25th, he was taken prisoner by the Confederates at the Battle of Reams Station and placed in Libby Prison. Arthur was transferred to a Confederate POW camp in Salisbury, NC, where he died at the age of seventeen.
Emil F. Guba's Nantucket Odyssey states that on March 19, 1866, Seth C. Chace (lot 60), another prisoner at both Salisbury and Libby Prisons, returned home to Nantucket and gave the account of how Arthur had died in his arms and was wrapped in an American flag smuggled into the prison. Mary Eliza "Molly" Starbuck (lot 55) wrote in her memoir My House and I of the conversarion between her cousin Seth Chace and her mother, Lois, following Seth's return home from the war:
Yes, Lois the boy died in my arms. I wrapped a flag around him and passed him out. It was all I could do.
Inscribed on his marker:
ARTHUR M. RIVERS
Died in Salisbury
of wounds received
at Gettysburg
Dec. 21 1864
AE. 17.
He rests from his labors
Lot 356 Captain Jonathan Swain.. April 25, 1769 - August 31, 1843.
Captain Swain was the son of Jonathan Swain and his second wife Margaret Folger Swain. He married Rachel Fish in 1791, and they had nine children. His daughter Elizabeth Swain Starbuck (lot 90) married George Starbuck (lot 90) and resided at 97 Main Street in the house now known as the West Brick.
Captain Swain was master of whaleships owned by Zenas Coffin and Sons. He led the ship President on the voyages of June 25, 1815, to July 1, 1817, and November 19, 1817, to May 7, 1820; the ship Independence I on the voyage of July 20, 1820, to April 8, 1823; and the Swift from January 6, 1825, to April 21, 1828, a voyage that brought in 3,245 barrels of sperm oil, the greatest quantity to date. Later, Captain Swain was in command of the ship Alexander on the voyage of October 20, 1831, to September 1834.
Lot 356 Rachel Swain. December 28, 1771 - September 4, 1863.
Rachel was the daughter of Stephen Fish and Ruth Coggeshall Fish. She was twenty-three-years-old when she married Jonathan Swain in 1791, and they had nine children. Mary (b. 1792); Lydia (b. 1793); Stephen (b. 1795); Gideon (b. 1798), who was lost at sea in 1825; Isaac (b. 1800); Alfred (b. 1804); Sarah (b. 1808); Alice (b. 1810); and Elizabeth (b. 1812). Their youngest child Elizabeth (lot 90), was the wife of George Starbuck, the son of whaling merchant Joseph Starbuck.
Rachel died on Nantucket at the age of ninety-one years and nine months.
Lot 356 Lydia Swain. December 3, 1793 - October 6, 1881.
Lydia was the daughter of Captain Jonathan Swain and Rachel Fish Swain.
Lot 356 Alfred Swain. June 15, 1804 - September 21, 1886.
Alfred was the son of Captain Jonathan Swain and Rachel Fish Swain. He married Emeline Worth. Alfred went to sea as a young man but did not like it. Instead, he took up a variety of occupations throughout his life; carpenter, boat builder, farmer, and surveyor. He was elected on the Republican ticket as a representative to the General Court, where he served one session.
Lot 356 Emeline Worth Swain. 1808 - May 13, 1886.
Emeline was the daughter of Henry Worth and Persis Bunker Worth. She married Alfred Swain and they had one child, a daughter,
Maria (b. 1829).
Lot 359 Captain George Alley. January 8, 1797 - October 30, 1867.
George was the son of Reuben Alley and and his first wife Catharine Fosdick Alley. He was the borther of mariner Captain Obed Alley (lot 380) and the uncle of fallen Civil War soldier Lieutenant Leander Alley (lot 380). George wed Sarah Gardner on July 8, 1823. Captain Alley was master of ships Hero, Three Brothers, and Young Hero.
Lot 359 Sarah Alley. October 27, 1801 - October 1, 1870.
Sarah was the daughter of Peleg Gardner and Sarah Pollard Gardner. She was the wife of Captain George Alley, and they had six children: Lydia (b. 1824), George I (b. circa 1828- d. 1831), George F. (b. 1832), Martha "Mattie" (b. 1835), Oscar (b. 1837), and Ferdinand (b. 1844).
Lot 359 George Alley. May 28, 1832 - June 17, 1861.
George was the son of Captain George Alley and Sarah Gardner Alley. He died at Presidio in San Francisco, CA at the age of twenty-nine. Prosidio was a strategic military post during the Civil War because of the significance of San Francisco harbor.
George and his brother Ferdinand share a memorial.
Lot 359 Ferdinand Alley. August 9, 1844 – July 6, 1864.
Ferdinand was the son of Captain George Alley and Sarah Gardner Alley. He died at Brooklyn Naval Hosptial at the age of nineteen from consumption.
Inscribed on their shared marker:
GEO F. ALLEY
Died at Presidio
San Francisco Cal
June 17. 1861
FERDINAND ALLEY
Died
Brooklyn Hospital
July 6. 1864
Lot 359 Martha "Mattie" Alley. 1835 - February 22, 1885.
Martha was the daughter of Captain George Alley and Sarah Gardner Alley.
Lot 359 Oscar F. Alley. December 28, 1837 - February 28, 1864.
Oscar was the son of Captain George Alley and Sarah Gardner Alley. Oscar died of consumption at the age of twenty-seven years.
Lot 367 Elisha Pope Fearing Gardner. February 12, 1833 – January 28, 1913.
Elisha was the fourth of Charles Gardner and Lurainia Rogers Gardner's eight children. Elisha was a twenty-five year old teamster when he married twenty-two-year-old Mahala F. Holmes, the daughter of Watson Holmes of Cotuit, Massachusetts and Mary Pierce Holmes of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, on October 19, 1858, in Boston; they had a son, Charles W. Gardner (b. 1862).
At the age of four, Elisha attended Margaret Worth's cent school and graduated from high school at fourteen. Thus began his varied and long list of occupations. Upon graduation from school he worked at a grocery store, then at E. W. Perry's store. From there, Elisha moved to Philadelphia where he was employed by a fire department. He also drove an omnibus; worked at a dairy farm; was a blacksmith; sailed on a whaling voyage; worked in a tool factory; sailed two merchant voyages to the West Indies; and was a peanut vendor.
During the Civil War, Elisha served as a soldier, sailor, and spy for the Union army and was captured twice by the Confederate army. Elisha was truly one of Nantucket's eccentrics. Known as the poet of "Poet's Corner" (also called "Poet's Korner") and the "Peanut Man".
Click on the following link to view Elisha P. F. Gardner's obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, February 1, 1913.
Lot 368 Captain Alexander Macy. August 11, 1792 - July 10, 1880.
Alexander was the son of Job Macy and Anna Way Macy. He married Maria Pinkham on July 3, 1817. Captain Macy was a whaling master, farmer, Overseer of the Poor Department, Selectman and one of the Town and County Assessors. He died at his residence on Liberty Street at the age of eighty-seven.
Lot 368 Maria Macy. June 26, 1791 - November 17, 1879.
Maria was the daughter of Peter Pinkham and Desire Clark Pinkham. She wed Alexander Macy on July 3, 1817 and they had six children: Alexander Jr. (b. 1819), Henry (b. 1821), Ann Maria (b. 1825), twins Charles and James (b. 1828), and Francis (b. 1832) Two of their children died young: Ann Maria at ten months and James at five years.
Lot 368 Alexander Macy, Jr. May 23, 1819 - February 3, 1905.
Alexander was the son of Captain Alexander Macy and Maria Pinkham Macy. He married his first wife Lydia Gardner on December 5, 1841 and wed his second wife Susan M. Gardner in 1884.
Alexander Macy, Jr. was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery on February 5, 1903, Ezra W. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 368 James Macy. 1829 - 1833.
James was the son of Captain Alexander Macy and Maria Pinkham Macy, the twin brother of Charles.
Lot 368 Anna Maria Macy. August 8, 1825 - June 24, 1826.
Anna Maria was the daughter of Captain Alexander Macy and Maria Pinkham Macy.
Lot 368 Thomas Gardner Macy. February 6, 1845 - May 30, 1933.
Thomas was the son of Alexander Macy, Jr. and Lydia Gardner Macy. Grandson of Captain Alexander Macy. Married Emma Russell.
He died at his home on Vestal Street. At the time of his passing he was the oldest resident of Nantucket.
Lot 371 Captain Benjamin Lawrence. February 25, 1799 - March 28, 1879.
Benjamin was the son of James Lawrence and Jedida Swain Lawrence. He married Elizabeth Pitman on December 9, 1824.
Benjamin shipped as boatsteer on the ill fated ship Essex that was struck and destroyed by a whale on November 20, 1820 in the South Pacific. He was one of twenty men who set out in three small whaleboats. They landed on uninhabited Henderson Island where they remained until the island resources were exhausted. Three men chose to stay on the island. The seventeen remaining crew members split up into the three whaleboats. When the first two crewmen died, they were buried at sea. When the food ran out, the men resorted to cannibalism in order to survive. Benjamin was in the boat of first mate Owen Chase and Thomas Nickerson. On February 18, 1821, Captain William Crozier of the brig Indian out of London rescued the three men, who had been at sea for three months. The crewmen were brought to Valparaiso and several days later reunited with the other two survivors, Captain George Pollard and Charles Ramsdell, who had been rescued by the ship Dauphin. Benjamin returned to Nantucket on the whaler Eagle with fellow Nantucketers Owen Chase, Charles Ramsdell and Thomas Nickerson on June 12, 1821.
Captain Lawrence survived the ordeal and went on to become master of the bark Huron of Hudson New York and the bark Dromo of Nantucket. When he retired from his life at sea, he bought a farm in 'Sconset and for several years was keeper at the Asylum.
Captain Lawrence was originally interred in Lot 289. His reinterment was on April 21, 1916 here in the "Holmes Lot 371" with his wife Elizabeth and their youngest daughter Rebecca Lawrence Holmes.
Lot 372 Captain Alfred F. Gardner. July 1, 1811 - April 24, 1874.
Alfred was the son of Shubael Gardner and Elizabeth Castle Gardner. His first wife was Avis Gardner. She passed way in 1864. Alfred was the second husband of his second wife, Phebe Ann Russell Fisher, the widow of James Fisher, they were married on February 11, 1874.
In 1858, he was appointed Master of the ship "Junior" after a mutiny and transported eight mutineers from Sidney, Australia, to
New Bedford, MA.
Lot 375 Captain Peter Hussey. May 4, 1799 - June 28, 1866.
Peter was the son of Thomas Hussey and Anna Barnard Hussey. He married Eliza Whippey in 1827. Captain Hussey was a sixty-seven-year-old merchant when he died from consumption on Nantucket.
Lot 375 Eliza P. Hussey. 1808 - September 3, 1874.
Eliza was the daughter of Joseph Whippey and Mary Paddack Whippey. She married Peter Hussey in 1827, and their daughter, Delia, was born in 1832. Eliza died from heart disease on Nantucket at the age of sixty-seven.
Lot 375 Delia Maria Hussey Coffin. January 28, 1832 - August 1, 1912.
Delia was the daughter of Captain Peter Hussey and Eliza Whippey Hussey. She was twenty-four-years old when she married twenty-nine-year old mariner Edward B. Coffin on September 6, 1856. You may view her photographic portrait c. 1860's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C33.
Lot 375 Captain Edward B. Coffin. May 26, 1825 - December 28, 1911.
Edward was the son of Edward Coffin and Elizabeth Bunker Coffin. He wed Delia Maria Hussey on September 6, 1856.
Captain Coffin was master of ships Sappo and Mt. Wollaston. You may view his photographic in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P218.
Lot 376 Captain Charles B. Swain, II. January 25, 1807 - April 5, 1876.
Charles was the second of Jonathan Swain's four children from three marriages, and the younger of two children of Jonathan and his first wife Hepsabeth Bunker Swain. Charles was four years old when his mother died, and, subsequently, his father remarried twice. Charles and his sister, Polly Swain Coffin, had two half sisters from their father's marriage to his third wife, Margaret. Charles was the husband of Mary M. Hussey Swain.
Captain Swain was in command of the ships David Paddack, and Enterprise. Charles later became assistant keeper of Sankaty Light.
Lot 376 Mary M. Swain. March 1, 1813 - January 24, 1878.
Mary was the daughter of Josiah Hussey and Sally Macy Hussey. She was the wife of Captain Charles B. Swain.
Lot 377 Captain Samuel Burnell Meader. 1817 - July 21, 1867.
Samuel was the son of Thomas Meader and Deborah Burnell Meader. He married Olive B. Parker on June 15, 1843.
Captain Meader was master of ship Daniel Webster. In June 1852, he was ordered to appear before the U.S. District Court in Boston on the charge of flogging Julian L. Borgue, one of his crew on the date of February 23, 1852. He was found guilty of this charge in July 1852 and ordered to pay $20.00 and costs. You may view Captain Sameul B. Meader's portrait by James S. Hathaway circa 1845 in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number 1920.7.1.
Lot 377 Olive B. Meader. July 12, 1825 - May 18, 1913.
Olive was the daughter of Deborah and Joshua Parker. She was the wife of Captain Samuel Burnell Meader. Olive was a member of the Nantucket Relief Association, an organization founded in 1873. According to the association's preamble, its mission was "to relieve the indigent, aged people in our midst." Money was raised through social events, donations, and bequests.
Lot 377 "Our Darling" Clara Meader. March 19, 1858 - September 23, 1861.
Clara was the daughter of Captain Samuel Burnell Meader and Olive Parker Meader.
Lot 377 Phebe A. Woods. May 3, 1853 - January 9, 1931.
Phebe was the daughter of Captain Samuel Burnell Meader and Olive Parker Meader. She was twenty-one-years old when she married twenty-three-year old printer Charles C. Woods on November 26, 1874. They had one child, a son, Edward (b. 1875). Phebe, like her mother was involved in philanthropic work serving as secretary of the Ladies Aid Society from 1913-1918. "Lady" members of the Unitarian Church (known as the Second Congregational Church as that time) formed this organization in 1913; they met at various homes for sewing, planning church fairs, and social activities. In 1898, Phebe was treasurer of the Volunteer Aid Association of Nantucket, a branch of Volunteer Aid Massachusetts, a group committed to raising monies and collecting clothing to aid the soldiers fighting in the Spanish American War.
Lot 379 Captain Charles C. Swain. December 12, 1818 - January 27, 1891.
Charles was the son of Nathan Swain and Phebe Chase Swain. He married his first wife, Martha Greene, on June 8, 1845. He wed Isabella Greene, the sister of his first wife Martha on September 17, 1854. Captain Swain was master of the bark Nautilus, of New Bedford, MA, for two voyages. After the second voyage, Captain Swain retired from his life at sea at the age of forty-six, after a career of thirty years as a whaler.
Lot 379 Martha F. Swain. 1822 - 1848.
Martha was the daughter of Charles Green and Hannah Jones Greene of Marston Mills, MA. She was the first wife of
Captain Charles C. Swain. She passed away at the age of twenty-six.
Lot 379 Isabella Swain. 1835 - April 9, 1910.
Isabella was the daughter of Charles Green and Hannah Jones Greene.
She was the second wife of Captain Charles C. Swain. Isabella was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery on April 12, 1910, Israel M. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 379 Mary Eliza Tinkham. March 23, 1846 - October 29, 1897.
Mary Eliza was the only child of Captain Charles C. Swain and his first wife Martha F. Greene Swain.
Mary Eliza was one year old when her mother passed away while her father was away at sea. She did not meet her father until she was three years old, when he returned from his voyage on the ship Navigator. Her widowed father married his deceased wife's sister, Mary Eliza's aunt, Isabella Greene. Mary Eliza was twenty-seven years old when she married thirty-two-year old Otis Tinkham of New Bedford on September 7, 1873.
Lot 380 Captain Obed Alley. June 24, 1791 - January 11, 1835.
Obed was the son of Reuben Alley and Catharine Fosdick Alley. Obed was the brother of Captain George Alley (lot 359).
He married Susan Chase. Obed was the father of whaling captain Charles Alley and Civil War soldier Lieutenant Leander F. Alley.
Captain Alley was master of the ship Frances of New Bedford between 1827 and 1835 making three voyages.
He died of dysentery at Paita, Peru at the age of forty-four.Captain Alley resided at 21 India Street now known as
the"John Howland Swain House".
Lot 380 Susan Chase Alley Mitchell. June 13, 1791 - October 14, 1875.
Susan was the daughter of Reuben Chase and Judith Gardner Chase. She was the sister of Captain Reuben Chase (lot 389). Susan was twenty years old when she married her first husband Captain Obed Alley in 1811 and they had
seven children together. Lydia (b. 1814), Charles (b. 1815), Mary Jane (b. 1820), Obed Jr. (b. 1824), Alfred (b. 1827), Henry (b. 1830), and Leander (b. 1833). She married her second husband, probate court judge Samuel Mitchell, in 1848; she was his second wife. They resided in Samuel's home at 15 North Water Street.
Lot 380 Captain Charles C. Alley. 1815 - Mary 26, 1850.
Charles was the second of Captain Obed Alley and Susan Chase Alley (Mitchell) seven children, and the nephew of whaling masters Captain George Alley (lot 359) and Captain Reuben Chase (lot 389). He died at Panama when master of the bark Kirkwood at the age of thirty-five. Captain Alley left behind his widow Charlotte Wood Alley and sons, Charles W. age eleven and Frederick C. age seven.
Lot 380 Alfred G. Alley. September 22, 1827 - December 22, 1881.
Alfred was the son of Captain Obed Alley and Susan Chase Alley (Mitchell). He married Eliza P. Lawrence, the daughter of Captain Benjamin Lawrence (lot 371), on February 12, 1850. Alfred died in Brockton, MA at the age of fifty-four.
Lot 380 Lieutenant Leander F. Alley. March 17, 1833 - December 13, 1862.
Leander was the youngest of seven children born to Captain Obed Alley and Susan Chase Alley (Mitchell).
He was two years old when his father died at Paita, Peru. Leander was the nephew of whaling masters Captain George Alley
(lot 359) and Captain Reuben Chase (lot 389) and the brother of Captain Charles Alley. Leander married Mary Elizabeth Winslow on Tuesday evening, September 29, 1857. The couple were wed by Rev. J. E. Swallow.
Leander was a sailor on whale ship voyages. At the age of twenty-eight, he was the first to sign the roll of volunteers
joining Company I 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on July 18, 1861. On November 1, 1861 at the Battle of
Balls Bluff ,he was promoted to First Sergeant. On September 12, 1862, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant.
He was so well liked by the men in his company that they contributed the money to purchase a sword for Leander.
This sword never reached him as he was killed before it arrived. The sword is now in the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association. At the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, Leander was killed by a minie ball through his left eye, a few yards in front of the enemy rifle pit. Captain Henry Livermore Abbott of Company I personally paid to have his body embalmed and transported home to Nantucket by Josiah F. Murphey (see Lot 584). Presented in Richard F. Miller and Robert F. Mooney's book
The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience are the memoirs of Josiah Fitch Murphey. Here he describes Leander's
character.
Lieut. Leander F. Alley. He rose from the ranks as a private to the office of second lieutenant and was
such when a rebel bullet found the fatal spot. He was an officer much beloved by every man in the
regiment and it was a sad loss to us when he was killed. Never rash but always brave he was ever
looking to the interests of those under his charge.
The Weekly Mirror published the obituary as follows :"The remains of Lieut. Alley arrived here Thursday afternoon, in charge of Private Josiah F. Murphey. On the arrival of the boat at the wharf, the body was taken to the hearse, which was draped with the American ensign, and surmounted by a carved gilt eagle. The remains followed by a long procession, were taken to the residence of his mother on North Water Street, where they were visited by hundreds of people. There was no attempt at private demonstration beyond the display of flags at half -mast. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon, the body was taken to the North Church, where impressive funeral services were held. After the services the funeral procession formed, and moved to the Unitarian Ground, followed by a large concourse of our citizens. The Public Schools were all closed, and large numbers of our pupils followed the body to its final resting place. The merchants also closed their stores, n respect to the noble dead."
Inscribed on his marker: "Lieut. Leander F. Alley Fell on the Battlefield at Fredericksburg, VA Dec 13 1862".
You may view Lieutenant Leander F. Alley's photograph circa 1860's 'picture in uniform with gun' in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number C198.
Click the following link to view Leander F. Alley's full obituary in the Nantucket Weekly Mirror, Saturday Morning, December 27, 1862
Lot 383 Captain John Murray 1823 - April 6, 1899.
John was born on Graciosa in the Azores. He married Nantucket born Harriett Appleton in 1871. Captain Murray was part owner and master of the Abby Bradford. He purchased the Old Mill from George Enas in 1865 for $825 and sold it twenty months later for $1,200. He owned homes on Orange Street and Warren Street. Upon Captain Murray's retirement from the the sea, he operated a grocery store with his son John Murray, Jr. at 60 Orange Street.
Lot 383 John Murray, Jr. 1854 - February 16, 1920.
John was the illegitimate son of Captain John Murray. He was born on Graciosa Island in the Azores. In 1869, while on a five-month whaling voyage, Captain Murray stopped at Graciosa to pick up his son and bring him back to Nantucket. Together they operated a store on Orange Street.
Lot 388 Captain Andrew E. Arthur. July 30, 1807 - June 10, 1882.
Andrew was the son of on of Steven Arthur and Avis Stubbs Arthur. He married Delia M. Upham on May 7, 1829.. You may view his photographic portrait inthe Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P960.
Lot 388 Delia M. Arthur. February 25, 1811 - March 18, 1893.
Delia was the daughter of Timothy Upham and Rebecca Folger Upham. She was the wife of Captain Andrew E. Arthur and they resided on Centre Street.
Lot 389 Captain Reuben Chase, II. December 21, 1797 - July 26, 1870.
Reuben was the son of Captain Reuben Chase and Judith Gardner Chase. He was the husband of Eliza Bissell Chase. Captain Chase was master of the ship Montano. After Captain Chase retired from his life at sea he became a grocer with his sons William and John. He died of paralysis at the age of seventy-two.
Lot 389 Eliza S. Chase. October 13, 1799 - October 16, 1862.
Eliza was the daughter of William Bissell and Abigail Swain Bissell. She was the wife of Captain Reuben Chase, II.
Massachusetts Vital Records recorded Eliza Chase's date of death as October 16, 1862; however, her marker is inscribed
October 25, 1862.
Lot 389 William C. Chase. 1822 - September 20, 1857.
William was the son of Captain Reuben Chase II and Eliza Bissell Chase. He was a twenty-six-year old merchant when he married Charlotte A. Sanford, the daughter of George and Rachel Winslow Sanford on June 22, 1851. William was in the grocery business with his father and brother John.
Lot 389 Eliza Abbey Chase. January 6, 1832 - August 13, 1873.
Eliza was the daughter of Captain Reuben Chase II and Eliza Bissell Chase. She was twenty-eight years old in 1860 and listed her occupation as milliner in the federal census. Eliza never married and died on Nantucket of consumption at the age of forty-one years and seven months. Massachusetts Vital Records recorded her date of death as August 13, 1873; however, her marker is inscribed August 14, 1873.
Lot 389 Mary Jane Chase. August 26, 1839 - October 4, 1922.
Mary Jane was the daughter of Captain Reuben Chase II and Eliza Bissell Chase.
Lot 389 John Chase. 1842 - October 14, 1864.
John was the son of Captain Reuben Chase II and Eliza Bissell Chase. He was a shoemaker and later went into the grocery business with his father and older brother William. John never married. He died of consumption at the age of twenty-two.
Lot 391 Captain Israel Morey. 1812 - November 1, 1860.
Israel was the nineth of Sylvanus Morey and Lydia Ellis Morey's eleven children. He wed Elizabeth "Betsey" Morse on September 2, 1835; they did not have children. After eighteen years of marriage, Betsey accompanied Captain Morey on the voyage of the ship Phoenix and served as keeper of the log. They left July 19, 1853, and returned May 13, 1856. Captain Morey was in command of the ship Catawba on the voyage of September 3, 1857, to April 19, 1859, in search of sea elephant oil.
In his memoir Brief Historical Data and Memories of My Boyhood Days in Nantucket, Joseph E. C. Farnham writes about Captain Morey in his chapter titled "Impressive Boyhood Remembrances":
A day in Nantucket memorable to me and to many was November 1, 1860. On that day occurred three remarkable events which caused more than unusual interest and comment. It was a day ideal in every climatic essential. The sun was bright, the air balmy, the atmosphere remarkably clear, and the temperature nearly as high as it had been on many of the days of the previous summer, -- the official registry was 74 degrees at noon, according to a private journal. Captain Israel Mowry {Morey}, then a resident of a farm at the southwest of the island, just beyond the Prospect Hill Cemetery, drove to town that morning, and was in apparent good health. He went, as was his custom, to the store and office of Jospeh B. Macy, wharfinger, at the head of the Straight Wharf. While there, at about noon, as I recall, he suffered a shock and was at once rendered unconscious. I do not remember whether he died there or whether death came after removal to his home. Before evening he had passed away, and he was buried in the cemetery just mentioned. For a number of years, perhaps even now, an old-fashioned ambrotype picture of him was recessed in the monument which marks his grave.
The ambrotype is no longer a part of his monument. Captain Morey died from "faintness, duration 2 hours,". Delia Maria Hussey Coffin, the daughter of Captain Peter Hussey and the wife of Captain Edward B. Coffin, kept a daily journal from 1861 to 1865. Delia described a walk in the cemetery and Captain Morey's grave:
Sunday, May 11, 1862
High wind from N.W. this morn. Weather lovely and clear. The afternoon was very warm and pleasant. Mother and I took a short walk. At night the wind became S. W. Father and I visited the cemetery and noticed the monument erected over Capt. Morey's grave.
Lot 392 Captain Richard C. Gibbs. March 2, 1811 - November 16, 1880.
Richard was the son of Stephen Gibbs and Deborah Swift Gibbs. His first wife was Almira Ames and his second wife was Eliza B. Ames. Captain Gibbs was master of the ship Nantucket and the bark Norman.
Lot 392 Almira Gibbs. October 3, 1816 - December 9, 1864.
Almira was the daughter of Anna Ames. She was the first wife of Captain Richard C. Gibbs and they had one child, a son, Richard Jr., born in 1842. Almira was thirty-nine years old when she sailed with Captain Gibbs as master on the Nantucket with their son, Richard Jr., who at the age of thirteen was log keeper on the voyage. Almira noted in the log how important it was for Richard to do things that would not influence his "character" negatively, such as telling falsehoods and drinking alcohol. Almira accompanied Captain Gibbs on the voyage of the whaleship Norman. She never completed the cruise, Almira died of a tropical disease in the port of Valparaiso, Chile on December 9, 1864, at the age of forty-eight.
Lot 392 Eliza B. Gibbs. d. January 29, 1917.
Eliza was the daughter of Samuel Ames and his first wife Rosanna Eldridge Ames, the cousin of Richard's first wife, Almira. Eliza's father, Samuel, and Almira's mother, Anna, were brother and sister. Eliza was thirty-one years old when she married Captain Richard C. Gibbs in East Boston on September 28, 1865, She was his second wife, and they had a son, Everett Gibbs, born in 1866.
Lot 394 Elisha Parker. August 2, 1819 - March 2, 1884.
Elisha was the son of Joshua Parker and Deborah Black Parker. He was the husband of Elizabeth "Eliza" C. Gardner Parker.
He resided at 8 Orange Street, now known as the Captain Benjamin Coggeshall House. In 1852, Elisha purchased the property for $850 from Henry Jones. In 1884, the property was bequeathed to Elisha's wife, Eliza, and children. Elisha's occupation was blacksmith.
Lot 394 Elizabeth C. Parker. September 20, 1820 - December 9, 1894.
Elizabeth "Eliza" was the daughter of Benjamin Gardner and Rachel Folger Gardner. She married Elijah Parker in 1841, and they had two children, Rachel (b. 1842) and Clinton (b. 1854). The family resided at 8 Orange Street.
Lot 394 Captain Edward C. Austin. August 5, 1811 - January 21, 1879.
Edward was the son of George Austin and Susan Creasy Austin. Married Phebe Parker.
He was Master of the ship "Montanta" on the 1849 voyage to San Francisco.
Lot 394 Phebe D. Austin. 1815 - March 4, 1880.
Phebe was the daughter of Deborah and Joseph Parker. She married Edward C. Austin on August 23, 1835.
Lot 395 Captain Calvin Worth. March 1, 1812 - September 18, 1879.
Calvin was the son of William Worth and Rebecca Gardner Worth. He married his first wif,e Mary J. Stanwood in 1841. Calvin married his second wife Helen Barnard Winslow on August 24, 1855. Captain Worth was master of the ship United States and commanded ships in the merchant service.
Lot 395 Helen Barnard Winslow Worth. November 30, 1835 - January 6, 1911.
Helen was the daughter of Captain George W. Winslow and Love C. Barnard Worth. She married Captain Calvin Worth on August 24, 1855, she was his second wife. Helen kept a diary from April 1855 - March 1861 describing her life at sea with Captain Worth
and her daily life when left behind. Her sisters Avis Winslow Macy Tice (Lot 422) and Eunice Winslow Pease Wallace all married sea captains.
Lot 395 Helen "Nellie" B. H. Worth. December 15, 1861 - January 9, 1907.
Helen was the daughter of Captain Calvin G. Worth and Helen Barnard Winslow Worth. You may view her photographic portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P936. Image Number P938. At the time of Nellie's death she was secretary of the school committee.
Lot 395 Eunice Winslow Pease Wallace. June 12, 1830 - December 9, 1908.
Eunice was the daughter of Captain George W. Winslow and Love C. Barnard Worth. Her first husband was Henry Pease, who died at sea in Paita, Peru in 1854. Her second husband was Captain William Wallace. Eunice's sisters Helen Barnard Winslow Worth (Lot 395) and Avis Winslow Macy Tice (Lot 422) also married sea captains. You may view her photographic portrait in the
Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1514
Lot 395 Captain James H. Barnard. December 9, 1799 - March 2, 1883.
James was the son of Henry Barnard and Love Cartwright Barnard. Married Elizabeth "Eliza"Farris Marshall, the widow of William Marshall of Cape Cod.
Lot 395 Elizabeth "Eliza" Lawrence Barnard. May 19, 1804 - July 16, 1888.
Elizabeth "Eliza" was the daughter of Thomas Farris and Asenath Farris. Her first husband was William Marshall. Eliza's second husband was Captain James H. Barnard.
Lot 395 George Howard Winslow. December 29, 1843 - 1921.
George was the son of Captain George W. Winslow and Love C. Barnard Winslow. He was a veteran of the Civl War. George served as Town Treasurer from 1909 to 1921 as recorded on his marker in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Lot 398 Elizabeth E. Addlington. 1836 – November 24, 1911.
Elizabeth was the daughter of John Addlington and Anna Gardner Addlington. She was principal of the Second Intermediate School on Nantucket.
Lot 398 Emmeline G. Macy. March 6, 1838 – December 31, 1910.
Emmeline was the daughter of John Addlington and Anna Gardner Addlington. She married Charles H. Macy in 1860.
In Edouard A. Stackpole’s, book Rambling Through the Streets and Lanes of Nantucket. Elizabeth and Emmeline’s father, John Addlington was foreman of the Upper Milk Street Ropewalk. They were long, low buildings, occupying the site of the present Prospect Hill Cemetery. Here, the cordage was made for rigging the whaleships.
Lot 402 Ida Hardy Parker. 1853- 1897.
Ida was the daughter of Ambrose Hardy and Eliza Macy Hardy. She was the first wife of Clinton Parker.
You may view her photographic portrait c. 1890's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number GPN39a.
Lot 409 Charlotte "Lottie" Wyer Pitman. October 11, 1872 - December 27, 1953.
Lottie was the daughter of Benjamin F. Wyer and Mary F. Paddack Wyer. She married Albert B. Pitman on October 5, 1905.
You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1987.
William Mitchell's chronicle is an excerpt from Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book, Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Please note: included with the chronicle are images of William Mitchell, The Mitchell House with the Mitchell Observatory and the Mitchell family lot from Phebe Mitchell Kendall's scrapbook. To view the images and map insert see pages 176-177.
Lot 411 William Mitchell. December 20, 1791 – April 19, 1869.
William was the sixth of Peleg Mitchell and Lydia Cartwright Mitchell’s ten children. He married Lydia Coleman in 1812, and they had ten children. William’s daughter Anne Mitchell Macy wrote about her father for Edward K. Godfrey’s book The Island of Nantucket: What It Was and What It Is, noting about her father’s early life on Nantucket:
"He early manifested an interest in the wonders of the heavens, and at the age of nineteen observed the comet of 1811,— publishing his records, which were duly noticed by astronomers of our country. The approaching war between the United States and Great Britain, threatening the shipping interests of our community, his father being at that time largely
engaged in the whale fisheries, prevented Mr. Mitchell from taking the Harvard College course for which he had been preparing, and in lieu of this he became a teacher. . . .
During his few years as a teacher, he devoted his moments of relaxation from school duties to scientific investigations. Frequently he gave lectures upon his favorite subject to houses crowded with intelligent listeners."
William was the father of renowned astronomer Maria Mitchell. The family resided at 1 Vestal Street, now known as the Mitchell House, from 1818 to 1836. The house was built in 1790 for Hezekiah Swain. In 1835, John Quincy Adams, a former president of the United States, paid a visit to William and documented the plants in William’s garden on the east side of the Mitchell house.
At the age of fifteen, William was a cooper’s apprentice, a situation he found not to his liking. After his marriage, William fished and raised corn and potatoes on a small farm owned by his father. During the winter he taught school for two dollars a week. In 1814, a ship came in loaded with whale oil, and William and his father, Peleg, worked in partnership to convert the oil to soap. In 1822, Peleg retired, and William went back to teaching. In 1827, William was appointed principal of the North Grammar School, a public school located at Main and Milk Streets. This school and the South Grammar School were the first public schools established on Nantucket. The school began with two hundred students, four hundred having applied. In 1829, William left the public school and established a school on Howard Street.
In 1832, William retired from teaching and became secretary of the Phoenix Marine Insurance Company and, from 1836 to 1861, was cashier at Pacific National Bank. This position included attached living quarters. He installed an observatory on the roof where he performed observations for the U.S. Coast Survey, with his daughter Maria helping with the measurements. William was a delegate to the state convention in 1820 to revise the Constitution of Massachusetts. He was an overseer for Harvard College, chairman of the Harvard Observatory Committee, and a member of many scientific societies; he also contributed astronomical articles to the American Journal of Science. He was president of the Atheneum during the time of the Great Fire and was instrumental in assembling the library’s collection of books after the first building burned.
In 1830, Massachusetts required all towns “to make . . . accurate plans of their respective towns.” In 1838, William completed the first detailed map, and, in 1840, the town meeting voted to establish a true North-South line delineated by stone markers. William was paid $75 to install them.William’s daughter Anne writes of her father’s move to Poughkeepsie, NY, for Edward Godfrey’s book:
Mr. Mitchell continued to reside at Nantucket until the death of his wife in 1861, and lived in his native State until August 1865, when his daughter [Maria], the only member of his household remaining with him (the others being married and scattered), was called to fill the chair of mathematical astronomy at Vassar College. Her father was invited by the founder of that institution, Matthew Vassar, to become their guest as long as Miss Mitchell remained with the Faculty. Here on the banks of the Hudson, free from all care, he spent the remainder of his life very happily, thought and study, every one of the sons and daughters, the sons-in-law, and the daughters-in-law visiting him several times respectively, during his residence at the Vassar Observatory.William died in Poughkeepsie, NY. In Nantucket: A History, Dr. Douglas-Lithgow includes an excerpt from a Poughkeepsie newspaper expressing the sorrow felt by the Vassar community on William’s passing.
"To the younger members of our little community Mr. Mitchell was like an affectionate grandfather, to the older ones a much loved father, and there is not a home in New England, in the North, or in the South . . . but will feel that in his death it has lost a very dear friend. What Abraham Lincoln was to our country, William Mitchell was to us."
William was interred on April 22, 1869, in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Click on the following link to view William Mitchell's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday Morning, April 24, 1869.
(Please note: William Mitchell's obituary is after the article "Summer Resorts".)
Lot 411 Lydia Coleman Mitchell. August 5, 1792 - July 7, 1861.
Lydia was the daughter of Andrew Coleman and Lydia Folger Coleman. She married William Mitchell in 1812. Lydia and William were the parents of ten children. She was the mother of astronomer Maria Mitchell. Phebe Mitchell Kendall described her mother's disposition in her book Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters and Journals:
A woman of strong character, very dignified, honest almost to an extreme, and perfectly self-controlled where control was necessary. She possessed very strong affections, but her self-control was such that she was undemonstrative.
She kept a close watch over her children, was clearheaded, knew their every fault and every merit, and was an indefatigable worker. It was she who looked out for the education of the children and saw what their capacities were.
Lot 411 Maria Mitchell. August 1, 1818 - June, 28, 1889.
Maria was the daughter of William Mitchell and Lydia Coleman Mitchell. She assisted her father in his astronomical and
mathematical investigations. Took position of librarian at the Nantucket Atheneum. On October 1, 1847, while making observations Maria saw a star five degrees above the North Star where there had been no star before. She recorded the comet's coordinates. The following evening October 2, 1847 the star had moved. She was certain it was a comet. Her father contacted Professor William Bond at the Harvard University Observatory, telling him about Maria's discovery. The Professor sent Maria's name to the King of Denmark who had offered a gold medal to a person who discovers a comet seen only through a telescope. Two days later Father Francesco de Vico of Rome observed the same comet. His physical location being closer, his information arrived first and he was awarded the prize. When the king learned of Maria he awarded the medal for this discovery a year later to her. The comet was named Comet 1847-VI, informally known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet".
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences voted Maria the first woman member. In 1865, she accepted the position as professor of
astronomy and director of the college observatory at Vassar College. In 1869, Maria was elected to the American
Philosophical Society. She founded the American Association for the Advancement of Women and
served as President from 1874 to 1876. The Maria Mitchell Association was founded in 1902. Maria also
has a lunar creator named for her. You may view her photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P16858. Image Number P6570. Image Number P7196.
To learn more about Maria, her legacy as an astronomer, librarian and educator visit the Maria Mitchell Association.
You may also visit Maria's birthplace at 1 Vestal Street known as the "Mitchell House" and see 19th Century
Quaker life.
Click on the following link to view Maria Mitchell's obituary in the Nantucket Journal, Thursday Morning, July 4, 1889.
Read more about Maria Mitchell, her childhood, education, work at the Atheneum, the European tour where she met author Nathaniel Hawthorne, learn what she thought of him in her own words, Maria's years at Vassar College, her legacy and the Mitchell family in Prospect Hill Cemetery Association’s book: Tuck’t In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA. View historic and contemporary images, index by name and lot number, and maps of the historic cemetery.
Lot 411 Andrew Mitchell. January 30, 1814 - March 1, 1871.
Andrew was the oldest of William Mitchell and Lydia Coleman Mitchell's ten children and the brother of prominent astronomer
Maria Mitchell. Andrew was twenty-six years old when he married Ann Elizabeth Swain on May 26, 1843. In the 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Andrew recorded his occupation as mariner. During the Civil War, Andrew was in the United States Navy on the merchant steamboat Ceres. The boat was fired upon when they were at the shores of the Black River in Virginia on their return to Vicksburg.
Andrew moved to California during the gold rush and, while there piloted a boat on the Sacramento River. Andrew died in Chicago.
Lot 411 Sally Mitchell Barney. January 3, 1816 - March 25, 1876.
Sally was the daughter of William Mitchell and Lydia Coleman Mitchell. She was the sister of Maria Mitchell and the first wife of
Matthew Barney (lot 437). Sally and Matthew were married on October 4, 1838, and they had two sons: William Mitchell Barney (b. 1839 - d. September 18442), who died from "disease of the brain", and William Mitchell Barney II (b. 1846). Sally died from cancer at the age of sixty.
Lot 411 Maria Coleman. August 19, 1794 - May 13, 1866.
Maria was the daughter of Andrew Coleman and Lydia Folger Coleman. She was the sistern of Lydia Coleman Mitchell
and the aunt and namesake of Maria Mitchell, noted astronomer and educator.
Lot 413 Captain Obed Cathcart. October 20, 1789 - November 11, 1861.
Obed was the son of Joseph Cathcart and his second wife Susan Cleaveland Long Cathcart. He married Sarah ("Sally ")McCleave on January 27, 1814. Captain Cathcart was master of ships Young Phoenix, Elizabeth Starbuck and James Loper.
Lot 413 Sarah "Sally" Cathcart. August 31, 1795 - June 3, 1850.
Sarah "Sally" was the daughter of Thomas V. McCleave and Lurania Cash McCleave and the wife of Captain Obed Cathcart.
Lot 413 Thomas V. Cathcart. d. 1827.
Thomas was the son of Captain Obed Cathcart and Sarah ("Sally ") McCleave Cathcart. He passed away at the age of five months.
Lot 419 Captain Obed G. Smith. September 24, 1809 - July 31, 1867.
Obed was the son of Solomon Smith and Anna Gardner Smith. He was the brother of Captain Peter Smith (lot 258). Obed married
Nancy Eldridge on November 22, 1835. You may view a photographic portrait of Obed Smith with his daughter Sarah Elizabeth Smith Holdgate c.1850's in the Nantucket Historical Associaiton collection. Image Number C186.
Lot 419 Nancy Eldridge Smith. April 2, 1814 - December 7, 1905.
Nancy was the daughter of James Eldridge and Deborah Pinkham Eldridge. She was the wife of Captain Obed G. Smith.
At the time of her death Nancy was living in Providence, RI. Old age was the recorded cause of death when she passed away at the age of ninety-one years, eight months and five days. Nancy was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery on December 9, 1905, Ezra W. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 419 Obed G. Smith, Jr. September 3, 1837 - February 24, 1913.
Obed was the son of Captain Obed G. Smith and Nancy Eldridge Smith. He was a twenty-four year old harness maker when he married his first wife Mary B. Coffin on April 25, 1861. The couple wed two days before Mary's death from phthisis pulmonalis. Obed wed his second wife Caroline "Carrie" Coleman in 1865. During the Civil War, Obed enlisted on September 1, 1862, as private in the 26th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry. He mustered out on August 17, 1863, in Norwich, CT. In 1870, Obed recorded his residence as Worcester, Massachusetts, where he continued working as a harness maker. In 1880, he was back on Nantucket, and his occupation was janitor. Obed was the Collector of Customs for the District of Nantucket.
Lot 419 Mary B. Smith. 1839 - April 27, 1861.
Mary was the second of mariner Edward Coffin and Phebe Swain Coffin's (lot 420) three children. In the 1860 U. S. Federal Census, Mary's occupation was recorded as "Straw Hat Maker". She was the first wife of Obed G. Smith, Jr. The couple was married by Methodist minister Asa A. Bodfish on April 25, 1861. Only two days later, Mary died at the age of twenty-two years and one month after a lingering seven month illness of phthisis pulmonalis, a term for consumption or tuberculosis.
Lot 419 Caroline "Carrie" Smith. 1844 - October 28, 1938.
Carrie was the daughter of Charles Coleman and Mary Austin Coleman. She was the second wife of Obed G. Smith, Jr.
They married in 1865. In 1897, Carrie was elected president of the Thomas M. Gardner Relief Corps, No. 86. This group was an auxiliary to Nantucket's Thomas M. Gardner Post 207 Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), of which Carrie's husband, Obed, was post commander. In addition to her work with the Women's Relief Corps, Carrie was involved with the women's suffrage movement.
Lot 422 Captain William Tice. October 31, 1815 - January 26, 1907.
William was born in Passaic, NJ, the son of Henry Tice and Mary Harvey Tice of New York City. In 1840, he married his first wife Lydia G. Chase, the daughter of the first mate of the ill-fated whaleship Essex, Owen Chase, and his first wife, Peggy Gardner Chase. Lydia passed away in 1871. William married his second wife, Susan E. Paddack, in 1874. He wed his third wife Avis Winslow Macy, the widow of Charles G. Macy, in 1880.
When William was a young child, his family moved from New Jersey to New York, where he learned the trade of machinist, and he took part in building the first locomotive train for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. However, his love of adventure would bring him to the sea, and, at the age of nineteen, William came to Nantucket. He shipped as a blacksmith on the Phoenix under the command of Captain Isaac B. Hussey on the voyage of July 6, 1834, to November 4, 1837. Unfortunately for William, the ship's outfitters had forgotten the avil and bellows causing William to be out of a job until the ship reached Pernambuco and procurred the missing tools. Two months after William's return from his first voyage, he again shipped on the Phoenix as third mate under the command of Captain Hussey on the voyage of February 3, 1837 to February 14, 1840. William was the only one of the "green-hands" of the original voyage to be promoted to an officer position.
Captain Tice was master of the ship for the voyage of October 27, 1848 to March 20, 1853. He was in command of the ship Tyleston for the voyage beginning October 30, 1853. On this, his last voyage, his ship was caught in a gale off Capt Horn, and the captain brought her to Pernambuco where the ship was condemned. They took no oil on this voyage, and Captain Tice returned to Nantucket that same year. After retiring from the sea, he moved to New York and went into the hardware business. He retired in 1870 and returned to Nantucket.
Captain Tice died at his Liberty Street residence at the age of ninety-one. He was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery on January 29, 1907, Israel M. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 422 Avis S. Tice. August 23, 1831 - April 20, 1922.
Avis was the daugher of George W. Winslow and Love C. Barnard Winslow. She married her first husband Charles G. Macy on
August 27, 1851. During the Civil War, Charles served with Avis's brother George in the 47th Regiment, National Guard State of New York and was stationed at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD. In 1875, Charles passed away in Rossville, Staten Island, New York, where the couple had been living. Five years later, Avis married Captain William H. Tice on Nantucket on April 21, 1880, with Reverend Levi Boyer, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, officiating. She was sixteen years her husband's junior and his third wife. Avis's sisters, Eunice Winslow Pease Wallace (lot 395) and Helen Barnard Winslow Worth (lot 395), all married sea captains.
Lot 424½ Captain Thomas Coffin II. February 13, 1806 - May 28, 1861.
Thomas was the son of Francis Coffin and his first wife Ruth Upham Coffin. His brother Captain Timothy Coffin, also a master mariner, was lost at sea in 1837 while in command of the ship Ranger. Thomas married his first wife Valina G. Swain, on April 24, 1831, and they had three children. Thomas wed his second wife, Lydia Ceely Coffin, the daughter of Captain Elas Ceely and the widow of Thomas's brother Timothy, on October 1, 1854. .Captain Coffin was master of the ship Mary on the voyage of July 30, 1835, to May 12, 1839, and again on the voyage of September 10, 1839, to July 14, 1843. On the second voyage, Henry Coleman (lot 352), who would become a whaling master in his own right, was boatsteerer. Captain Coffin lost his second mate, Thomas M. Gardner in April 1843, just three months before the Mary returned home. Captain Coffin commanded the Henry Astor on the voyage of October 14, 1844, to October 19, 1848; and the ship Alabama on the voyage of June 27, 1855, to September 28, 1859.
Lot 424½ Lydia Coffin. November 7, 1811 - August 26, 1870.
Lydia was the daughter of Captain Elias Ceely of England and Dinah Starbuck Ceely of Nantucket. Her mother was the sister of whaling merchant Joseph Starbuck (lot 90). Lydia married her first husband, Captain Timothy Coffin, in 1835, and they had a son,
William (b. 1837). Captain Timothy Coffin was lost at sea in 1837 while master of the ship Reaper, Alexander Starbuck in his book History of Nantucket, writes that the Reaper supposedly foundered in a gale off of New Zealand, and all on board were lost. Lydia's second husband was Captain Thomas Coffin II, her first husband's brother. Lydia was his second wife; they did not have children.
Lot 424½ Thomas A. Coffin, Jr. January 20, 1845 - December 20, 1876.
Thomas was the son of Captain Thomas Coffin II and his first wife Valina G. Swain Coffin. He was nine years old when his mother passed away. Thomas Jr. was a twenty-six-year-old carpenter living in Boston when he married twenty-five-year-old Rebecca Ann Snow on October 17, 1871, on Nantucket. He was Rebecca's first husband. Thomas died from pneumonia in Boston, MA, at the age of thirty-one.
Lot 425 Captain Sanford Wilber (Wilbur). August 4, 1800 - September 13, 1862.
Sanford was the son of John Wilber and Mary Grinnell Wilber. He married his first wife, Mary Hussey, on June 8, 1824, and they had one child, a son named George. Mary Wilber passed away on June 9, 1830. Sanford's second wife was Mary G. Wilson. Captain Wilber resided at 92 Main Street from 1854 until his death. Captain Wilber was master of several ships: Phenix, Christopher Mitchell,
Joseph Starbuck and Roman.
Lot 425 George S. Wilber (Wilbur). April 18, 1825 - November 22, 1895.
George was the son of Captain Sanford Wilbur and Mary Hussey Wilbur. He married Lydia G. Coffin.
Lot 425 Lydia G. Wilber (Wilbur). July 4, 1829 - 1897.
Lydia was the daughter of Asa Coffin and Hannah Gardner Coffin. She was the wife of George S. Wilber
Lot 426 Captain John Riddell. May 28, 1791 - November 2, 1873.
John was the son of hardware store owner and rope maker Samuel Riddell of Waterford, Ireland, and Nantucketer Judith Coleman Riddell.
Many of Captain Riddell's siblings were involved in maritime interests. His brothers Captain Lindsey Riddell and Captain William Riddell (lot 33 South Side) were both master mariners; brother Charles was a seaman killed by a whale in 1799; brother Thomas was a merchant and shipowner in Newport, RI; and Captain Riddell's sister Sophronia (lot 366) was the wife of Captain Joseph Worth.
John married Ann Starbuck on April 18, 1811. Captain Riddell was the father-in-law of Captain Albert Wood. Captain Riddell was a whaling master and ship owner.
Lot 426 Ann Starbuck Riddell. April 23, 1794 - March 19, 1877.
Ann was the daughter of Reuben Starbuck and Anna Folger Starbuck. She was the niece of whaling merchant Joseph Starbuck (lot 90) and Captain Simeon Starbuck (lot 142). She was the mother-in-law of Captain Albert Wood. Captain Wood married Ann's daughter Harriet Ann. Ann was the wife of Captain John Riddell.
Lot 426 Captain Albert Wood. September 16, 1813 - December 29, 1884.
Albert was the youngest of Captain Zephaniah Wood (lot 79) and Martha Rice Gardner Wood's three children. He was ten years old when his father was lost at sea while master of the ship Triton. Albert married Harriet Ann Riddell, the daughter of Captain John Riddell on
May 7, 1839. He was a Whaling Master. However, he was best known for his harrowing escape from inside the jaws of a sperm whale.This tale is narrated in the book In A Sperm Whale's Jaws: An Episode In The LIfe of Captain Albert Wood of Nantucket, Mass as told to his son Charles and edited by his grandson George C. Wood. When Albert was a mate on board the ship Ploughboy, he was in the bow of a boat thinking the deathblow had finished the whale. Instead, the whale came up out of the water and knocked Albert out of his boat into the whale's mouth, between the jaws. Albert managed to escape and hauled himself into the boat of his fellow crew members. He recovered from wounds suffered to his head and the side of his body. The whale made 80 barrels, and Albert kept a tooth.
Later in Captain Wood's adventuresome life, he commanded the mail steamer Shamrock, which traveled between Hong Kong and Canton, China. During one voyage he discovered river pirates hidden on board inside boxes and barrels. The pirates plan was to take over the steamer in an isolated part of the Pearl River. Because of this event, Captain Wood surrendered the steamer to a British man-of-war, resigned his command, and left for Nantucket by way of Manila. While there, he took the positions of shore superintendent for Russell Sturgis & Co. and surveyor and agent for Lloyds of London until 1867. He returned home to Nantucket as a passenger on board the Mindor in 1868 after a fifteen-year absence. His dog Obed recognized his master as he stood on the deck of the steamer surrounded by his belongings. This was the only way his youngest son, John whom he had never met, could identify him.
Captain Wood purchased 29 India Street from Amelia M. Coffin for $500.00. He lived there until his death at the age of seventy-one. The residence remained in the Wood family for over one hundred years.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Captain Albert Wood's marker.
Lot 426 George C. Wood. February 13, 1893 - October 21, 1978.
George was born in Malden, MA, the youngest of bookkeeper John Riddell Wood and Flora Campbell Wood's fourn children and the grandson of Captain Albert Wood. In 1920, George joined the faculty of Dartmouth College, where he was professor of romance languages, teaching Italian and Spanish. George was the editor of In A Sperm Whale's Jaws: An Episode in the Life of Captain Albert Wood of Nantucket, Mass., published by the Friends of Dartmouth Library, Dartmouth College. Excerpts from the journal of Henry A. Phelon, son of the captain of the Plough Boy (Ploughboy), and a personal narrative dictated by Captain Albert Wood to his oldest son Charles, make up the story. George inherited 29 India Street from his aunt "Nannie" Wood; it was his summer residence.
Lot 426 Harriet Ann Wood. September 7, 1815 - February 13, 1890.
Harriet was the daughter of Captain John Riddell and Ann Starbuck Riddell. She was the wife of Captain Albert Wood. The couple was married on May 7, 1839, and they had four children: Charles (b. 1841), Frederick (b. 1844), Nancy "Nannie" (b. 1847), and John (b. 1853). Frederick died from consumption at the age of twenty-four in 1869. In 1885, Harriet had to purchase her home at 29 India Street from her three children, as her husband Albert died intestate in 1884. Harriet bequeathed the property to her daughter, Nannie Wood.
Lot 428 James F. Cathcart. December 1, 1821 - January 16, 1891.
James was the son of David Cathcart and Lydia Fitzgerald Cathcart. He married Charlotte Coon. James served as seaman on several whaling voyages. During the Civil War, he was thirty-eight years old when he enlisted on August 12, 1862, in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He joined his regiment on August 29, 1862, in Alexandria, VA. Becoming ill during the march from Antietam to Harper's Ferry, he was admitted to Finley General Hospital, Washington, DC, on December 29, 1863. On March 14, he was discharged for disability from lung disease and returned home to Nantucket. In the 1870 U. S. Federal Census, James listed his occupation as "In Store" and in 1880, as porter. James died on Nantucket at the age of seventy years, one month and fifteen days. His occupation was entered as mariner, and his cause of death was rheumatism and La Grippe.
Lot 430 Andrew G. Hussey. January 29, 1820 - March 22, 1889.
Andrew was the son of Cyrus Hussey and Lydia Gardner Hussey. He married Elizabeth Barney.
Reported in the Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of March 26, 1889 "Andrew G. Hussey,
one of Nantucket's most respected citizens, committed suicide by hanging on March 22, 1889. He was
sixty-nine years old, and had been in 'feeble health for some time'." In William Barnard Starbuck's (1817-1903)
journals from 1873-1890 he writes of the tragedy, "Andrew G. Hussey hung himself in his shop on the
corner of Pine Street and Macy Lane."
Lot 431 Captain William Calder. June 5, 1790 - July 26, 1881.
William was the son of Robert Calder and Lydia Brock Calder. He married his first wife, Eliza Thain, on November 7, 1815. William and Eliza did not have children. Eliza died in 1816 at the age of twenty-three, and William married his second wife, Sally Coffin Wyer, the widow of Timothy Wyer, in 1819, they had a son Timothy. Captain Calder was the stepfather of Captain Samuel Wyer (lot 198).
Captain Calder's eventful life at sea began at the age of thirteen. On his first voyage, he survived a shipwreck off Cape Horn. Subsequently he was captured at sea by a British cruiser during the war of 1812 and imprisoned at Dartmoor, from which he escaped by swimming away. Later, as mate on a whaler, he was knocked out of the boat and landed on the back of a whale, which carried him miles until he slid off and picked up by a boat belonging to the vessel following in pursuit. After retiring from his life at sea Captain Calder worked at various jobs, including sexton of the Gardner burial ground, now called the Old North Cemetery, located at New and Grove Lanes. Captain Calder died on Tuesday, July 26, 1881, on Nantucket at the age of ninety-one.
Please visit our photo gallery to see Captain William Calder's marker.
Lot 431 Sally Calder. August 14, 1791 - October 25, 1867.
Sally was the daughter of Simeon Coffin and Polly Whippey Coffin. She married her first husband, Timothy Wyer, on May 19, 1807, and they had three children. Sally was widowed in 1812 at the age of twenty-one when her children were young: Emeline was four, Lydia three, and Samuel two years old at the time of Timothy's death. Their youngest child later became Captain Samuel Wyer (lot 198). Sally was the second wife of her second husband, Captain William Calder. Sally and William were married on February 7, 1819, and in 1823, their son Timothy, was born. Sally died on Nantucket at the age of seventy-six, two months and eleven days.
Lot 431 Timothy W. Calder. March 2, 1823 - July 25, 1888.
Timothy was the son of Captain William Calder and Sally Coffin Calder. He was the fourth of Sally Coffin Wyer Calder's four children from her two marriages. Timothy was twenty-three years old when he married nineteen-year-old Harriet G. Pinkham on April 14, 1846.
On July 20, 1858, Timothy and his nephew Francis Coffin became the guardians of Francis's younger brother and Timothy's nephew, thirteen-year-old George William Coffin. George was the younger son of Timothy's half sister, Emeline Wyer Coffin, who was widowed in 1855 and passed away from cancer on July 12, 1858. Timothy was a partner in a grocery store owned jointly with George Parker II.
Lot 431 Harriet G. Calder. July 8, 1827 - December 17, 1900.
Harriet was the second of Lieutenant Reuben Pinkham's four children. Reuben had an illegitimate daughter with Elizabeth (Amy) Arey in 1816. The child was named Deborah and was adopted by Reuben's parents, Andrew and Deborah Bunker Pinkham. Harriet was the oldest of Reuben and Lydia Glover Pinkham's three children. She was thirteen years old when her father, a naval lieutenant, died aboard the ship USS Constitution in 1839. Harriet was nineteen years old when she married Timothy Calder on April 14, 1846; the couple did not have children. They resided at 91 Main Street, where Harriet designed a formal garden stretching the full length of the rear yard, one of the oldest formal gardents on the island. Edouard A. Stackpole and Melvin B. Summerfield described it in Nantucket Doorways: Thresholds to the Past:
By the side yard, where a trellis was covered with red "Quarterly Meeting" roses and scented with honeysuckle, the path led to the splendid garden in the rear. Here oblong beds of old-fashioned posies were edged by English box and separated by shell pathways; pinks, wallflowers, petunias, and mignonettes vied for attention; tall hollyhocks guarded fragrant beds of pennyroyal and the peppermint, thyme, sweet marjoram, sage, and savory grown for kitchen use. In the rear, by the Coffin School fence, fruit trees flourished with crocuses and hyacinths, sprays of Solomon seal and old-fashioned chrysanthemums.
Lot 436 Benjamin Brown, Jr.. July 20, 1791 - March 16, 1865.
Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Brown, Sr. and his first wife, Betsey Allen Brown. A sailmaker, Benjamin married Nancy Gardner ca.1819, Benjamin's death was recorded as March 16, 1865, in Massachusetts Vital Records, 1847-1910; however, the date engraved on his marker is March 17, 1865.
Lot 436 Nancy Gardner Brown. November 21, 1795 - May 5, 1854.
Nancy was the fourth of Alexander Gardner's six children from his two marriages, and the fourth of Elizabeth Gardner Myrick Gardner's six children from her two marriages. Nancy was the second of four children bortn to Alexander Gardner and Elizabeth Gardner Myrick Gardner. Nancy was five years old when her father was lost at sea. She married Benjamin Brown, Jr. ca. 1819, and they had five children: Alexander (b. 1820), Elizabeth (b. 1823), Abby (b. 1832), Lydia (b. circa 1835), and Deborah (b. 1837). Daughter Abby died of consumption at the age of sixteen and is interred in the family lot. Nancy's death was recorded as May 5, 1854, in Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910; however, the date engraved on the somewhat faded marker she shares with her husband is May 1, 1854.
In the Nantucket Historical Association collection are the portraits of Benjamin Brown, Jr. and Nancy Gardner Brown. Their images may be viewed in Prospect Hill Cemetery's book Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, MA. The portraits are attributed to Nancy's younger sister, Sarah "Sally" Gardner. Sally was a portrait and miniaturist artist working in the 1830s to 1840s on the island.
Lot 436 Captain Henry G. Brown. October 4, 1802 – August 24, 1871.
Benjamin was the son of Benjamin Brown and Betsey Allen Brown. He married Lydia Hodges. She was the daughter of Captain Isaac Hodges.They had six children together. He died on Nantucket at the age of sixty-nine years and ten months.
Lot 436 Frederick Starbuck. January 28, 1820 - June 12, 1858.
Frederick was the son of Captain Obed Starbuck and Eunice Paddack Starbuck (lot 136). He married Elizabeth Brown on August 31, 1843. While a mate aboard the Robert Pennell, he was a victim of yellow fever that had been raging along with small pox in the port of Matanzas, Cuba.
Lot 436 Elizabeth Starbuck. February 3, 1823 - May 26, 1893.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Benjamin Brown, Jr. and Nancy Gardner Brown. She was the wife of Frederick Starbuck.
Lot 438 Captain Charles E. Allen. June 13, 1822 - February 17, 1883.
Charles was the son of Captain Walter Allen and Rebecca D. Fisher Allen. He was the brother of master mariner Captain George W. Allen (lot 610). Charles was a twenty-seven-year-old mariner when he married nineteen-year-old Hannah M. Farnham on Nantucket on
January 31, 1850.
Captain Allen was a successful whaling master. He was in command of the bark Lafayette in 1852, sailing from New Bedford, MA, for the Pacific Ocean; the ship Canton Packet in 1857 and 1863; the bark Black Eagle in 1860 and 1862; the bark Morning Star in 1864 and 1866; and the bark Sea Ranger in 1869. While in command of the Sea Ranger, his last voyage, Captain Allen sailed with his wife and their seven year old son Rollin. Their daughters, Emma and Lillian stayed home on Nantucket with Mrs. George Dunham. A daughter, Clara was born on Norfolk Island during the voyage in 1871. They returned to Nantucket on May 17, 1874. When Captain Allen retired from his life at sea, he became an apothecary. He died on Nantucket at the age of sixty years, eight months.
Lot 438 Hannah Farnham Allen. November 17, 1830 - April 11, 1900.
Hannah was the daughter of William H. Farnham and his first wife Emmeline Dunn Farnham. She was nineteen years old when she married Charles E. Allen in 1850, and they had five children: Emma (b. 1857), Rollin (b. 1862), Lillian "Lila" (b. 1864), Hovey Bartlett (b. 1867 - d. 1869), cause of death congestion of the brain at the age of nineteen months, and Clara (b. 1871). Hannah accompanied her husband on the voyage of the Sea Ranger in 1869. She died at the age of sixty-nine. Her brothers, Rowland and Charles, are interred in the Captain Charles Allen Lot 438.
Lot 439 1/2 Captain Alexander D. Bunker. July 13, 1792 - September 3, 1871.
Alexander was the son of Absalom Bunker and Love Down Bunker. He married Rebecca Baxter on April 24, 1817, and the couple had three daughters: Lydia (b. 1821), Charlotte (b. 1824), and Rebecca (b. 1827). Captain Bunker was the second of four captains to reside at 23 India Street, now known as the Captain Reuben Baxter House. In 1819, Captain Bunker purchased the property from Captain Reuben Baxter (see lot 122) for $1,800.00. In 1833, he sold the house to Captain Alexander Russell for the same amount.
On June 29, 1815, Alexander sailed on board the ship Brothers under the command of Captain Benjamin Whippey. Alexander, twenty-five years old and a newlywed of four months, was master of this ship on its voyage of August 8, 1817, to November 5, 1819. Captain Bunker was in command of the ship Ontario on the voyage of November 29, 1820, to November 14, 1823. Returning home, he met his two-year old daughter Lydia for the first time. He was master of the ship Zone from December 13, 1827, to February 12, 1830; first mate Nicholas Easton was lost in 1828 while on this voyage. Captain Bunker also commanded the ship Clarkson on the voyage of August 23, 1830, to April 13, 1834; and the Panama from January 3 to August 4, 1839.
In 1850, the U.S. government erected a lighthouse at Sankaty Head, and Captain Bunker was appointed the first keeper, a position he held until 1860. The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of August 21, 1860, reported from an article originally published in the Nantucket Inquirer :
An article from the Nantucket Inquirer is included regarding the resignation of Capt. Alexander D. Bunker, from the charge of the Sankaty Head Lighthouse, effective Sept. 30, 1860. The praise for Capt. Bunker and the job he did was abundant. He resigns to pursue "less arduous and more profitable employment."
Captain Alexander D. Bunker died on Nantucket at the age of eighty years, one month and twenty-two days.
Lot 441 Captain Richard C. Bailey (Bayley). 1811 - December 10, 1869.
Richard was born in New Bedford, MA, the son of Richard and Mercy Bayley. He married Cynthia Ann Bennett. Captain Bayley was master of the ship Citizen owned by Charles G. Coffin and Henry Coffin, on the voyage of October 29, 1851, to June 27, 1855. The Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript of January 4, 1870, reported, "Died in Nantucket, Dec. 10, 1869, suddenly, Capt. Richard C. Bayley (Bailey), 59".
Lot 441 (Cynthia) Ann Bailey (Bayley). December 28, 1813 - August 28, 1889.
Ann was born in Sandwich, MA, the daughter of Charles Bennett and Celia Merry Bennett. She was the wife of Captain Richard Bayley, and they had one child, a daughter, Harriet Ann (b. 1839).
Lot 442 Mary G. Gardner. August 27, 1800 - March 12, 1880.
Mary was the daughter of James Gwinn and Polly Murphy Gwinn and the wife of Captain Benjamin F. Gardner.
Lot 442. Captain Benjamin F. Gardner. August 12, 1796 - May 14, 1883.
Benjamin was the son of Albert Gardner and Judith Joy Gardner. He married Mary Gwinn on April 15, 1819. Captain Gardner was in command of the Cross Rip Lightship. Captain Benjamin F. Gardner died at Sailors' Snug Harbor, New York, a home and hospital for retired mariners.
Lot 445 Captain Samuel Bunker. August 24, 1796 - September 6, 1874.
Samuel was the son of Benjamin Bunker and Rebecca Folger Bunker. He married Eunice Giles. When he was nineteen years of age he sailed on the July 2, 1815 voyage of the ship Martha under the command of Captain Reuben Weeks. Captain Bunker was master of the ship Alexander on the September 13, 1827 to March 12, 1831 voyage.You may view a photo of his portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P147.
Lot 445 Eunice Bunker. February 1, 1803 - October 19, 1877.
Eunice was the daughter of David Giles and Love Bunker Giles. She was the wife of Captain Samuel Bunker, marrying on June 18, 1824. Eunice and Samuel had three children: William Henry (b. c. 1828 - d. October 1, 1833), Rebecca (b. 1836), and Susan (b. 1844).
Lot 446 Albert P. Fisher. February 19, 1844 - December 23, 1887.
Albert was the son of Joseph Fisher and Charlotte Harps Fisher. He was a thirty-six-year-old mariner when he married twenty-three-year-old Ella W. Snow in Nantucket on January 23, 1881.
During the Civil War, Albert was a nineteen-year-old clerk when he enlisted on September 16, 1862, in Company H, 45th Massachusetts Infantry. He mustered on September 26, 1862, and mustered out July 7, 1863. Six months later, Albert enlisted as a private in Company D, 58th Massachusetts Infantry on January 5, 1864. He mustered on March 1, 1864, and was wounded on July 30, 1864, at Petersburg, VA. The Confederates took Albert prisoner on September 30, 1864. He was first held at Salisbury Prison in Salisbury, NC, then at the infamous LIbby Prison in Richmond, VA. Albert was exchanged
February 23, 1865, mustered out June 28, 1865, and returned home to Nantucket.
Albert was a mariner, and, on November 20, 1868, he sailed from New Bedford, MA, on the Chilean bark Talcahuano to the Pacific Ocean. He was working as a laborer when he died from pneumonia on Nantucket at the age of forty-three years and ten months. The United States government provided gravestones to soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. Sheldon & Sons of West Rutland, VT, made Albert's marker.
Lot 451 Captain John Ray. November 15, 1814 - August 19, 1880.
John was the son of David Ray and his first wife, Betsey Manter Ray. He married Phebe C. Gorham on May 21, 1848. As a young man Captain Ray made several whaling voyages before choosing the coastal life. He commanded the sloop Portugal of Nantucket and, in 1850, became master of the sloop Tawtemeo. A coastal schooner traveling from Nantucket to New Bedford, MA, the Nantucket Steamboat Company owned the ship until 1855 when Captain Ray purchased it. Tawtemeo carried the mail to the island when the island steamers were not in service.
Massachusetts Vital Reocrds, 1841-1910 recorded John Ray's date of death as August 19, 1880; however, the date of death on his marker is August 18, 1880.
Lot 451 Phebe C. Ray. November 13, 1825 - October 24, 1911.
Phebe was the daughter of Edward D. Gorham and Susan Chase Gorham. She married Captain John Ray on May 21, 1848, and they had eight children. Phebe passed away at the age of eighty-six.
Lot 451 Marietta Ray. February 17, 1849 - November 19, 1882.
Marietta was the daughter of Captain John Ray and Phebe C. Gorham Ray.
Lot 451 Captain David E. Ray. March 27, 1855 - January 10, 1926.
David was the son of Captain John Ray and Phebe C. Gorham Ray. He married Louise B. Marcus of New York on February 28, 1877, and they had two children, daughter Lizzie (b. 1879) and son David Jr. (b. 1882). Captain Ray spent the majority of his life at sea, when young he served with his father Captain John Ray on the sloop Tawtemeo, between Nantucket and New Bedford. In 1881, Captain David Ray opereated teh schooner Lillie Ernestine. Captain Ray was master of the South Shoal Lightship from 1892 to 1894. When Captain Ray retired from the life-saving service, he recorded his occupation in the 1900 U.S. Federal Census as "salesman grocery" and in the 1920 U. S Federal Census as "meat market". Captain Ray was described as " genial temperament and well liked by all." He passed away at his home on Fair Street at the age of seventy-one.
Lot 452 George B. Starbuck. March 13, 1840 - November 28, 1894.
George was the son of Charles Starbuck and Mary Ann Pitman Starbuck. During the Civl War George enlisted in Company I 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on August 19, 1862. He was wounded by a gunshot to the right hand during the battle of Spotsylvania on May 12, 1864. George was discharged on August 1, 1864 for "wounds".
At the time of his death from phthisis pulmonalis, also known as consumption or tuberculosis, George was a fifty-four-year-old farmer. The United States government provided gravestones to soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. The Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont, made George's marker, contract dated November 30, 1894.
Lot 452 Charles E. Starbuck. January 20, 1845 - September 10, 1893.
Charles was the fourth of yeoman Charles Starbuck and Mary Ann Pitman Starbuck's six children. He never married. Charles served in the United States Navy during the Civil War and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) when he returned home to Nantucket.
Charles was a forty-eight-year-old clerk when he died from phthsis.
Lot 454 Clara Ann Norton. April 4, 1857 - July 28, 1946.
Clara was the daughter of Captain Joseph Winslow and Susan C. Sprague Winslow. She married her first husband
Palmer A. Witt (De Witt) (Wett) in 1882. Clara wed her second husband James G. Norton in 1896. In 1897, Clara purchased the interest of her sisters Susan Swain, Isabel Winslow and Emily ("Emma") Bunker (See Lot 474) in
19 India Street now known as the "Zaccheus Hussey House". You may view an informal photographic portrait of Clara with her sister Emma Bunker in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P149.
Lot 455 Captain Samuel B. Swain. March 26, 1800 - April 21, 1872.
Samuel was the youngest of Gilbert Swain's eleven children from his two marriages, and the second of Gilbert and Margaret Barnard Swain Swain's six children. Margaret's first husband, David Swain, was the younger brother of her second husband, Gilbert Swain; they had a son who died young. Samuel was thirteen years old when his mother passed away on November 27, 1813. His father married Sarah "Sally" Shaw on July 24, 1814, one month before Samuel's youngest sibling died at age one on August 24, 1814. Samuel married Anne Folger, the daughter of merchant Uriah Folger and Anna Gardner Folger, on February 5, 1829. Captain Swain was a ship's master and owner of several vessels. After retiring from his life at sea, Captain Swain became a farmer.
Lot 455 Anne Swain. September 6, 1807 - June 9, 1900.
Anne was the daughter of Uriah Folger and Ann Gardner Folger. She was the wife of Captain Samuel B. Swain, and although the couple did not have children of their own, they did adopt and raise Frederick Willet Folger, the orphaned son of Anne's youngest brother, Frederick Folger. The child's mother had died eleven days after his birth and his father two years later of consumption. In the 1900 U.S. Federal Census, the widowed, ninety-three-year-old Anne was residing with Frederick, his wife Caroline "Carrie", and their son Andrew.
Lot 460 Lieutenant Commander Thomas M. Gardner. 1819 - January 28, 1887.
Thomas was the son of Oliver C. Gardner and Hannah Macy Gardner. He was a twenty-six-year-old mariner when he married his first wife, twenty-three-year-old Mary R. Hassard. Thomas and Mary's only child died in infancy. Thomas was forty years old when he wed his second wife, thirty-six-year-old Sarah C. Whippey. The couple did not have children.
Captain Gardner was master of the ship Zephyr of New Bedford, MA, for the voyage to the Pacific Ocean whaling grounds from August 5, 1851, to July 28, 1855; and of the ship Phillip Delanoye of Fairhaven, MA. During the Civil War, Thomas served as a naval officer. The Nantucket chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) located at 33 Main Street, Thomas M. Gardner Post 207, was named in his honor. Lieutenant Commander Thomas M. Gardner died on Nantucket at the age of sixty-six years and five months at his home at the corner of Main and Orange Streets. Lieutenant Commander Thomas M. Gardner was the brother of abolitionist and teacher Anna Gardner (lot 505).
Lot 460 Alfred F. Ray. May 26, 1843 - September 27, 1926.
Alfred was the son of Alexander Ray, Jr. and Mary C. Folger Ray. He married Helen M. Gardner on May 15, 1867, the daughter of Captain Isaac Gardner. Alfred was nineteen years old when he enlisted in the 7th Regiment, Vermont Infantry in January 1862. He served in the war for four years and three months. Alfred enlisted as a private and at the time of his discharge had achieved the rank of corporal. Alfred participated in the attack of New Orleans in 1862, under the command of General Butler. He also saw service in Alabama, Florida, and Texas and was with the forces to which Confederate General Jospeh E. Johnson surrendered in 1865. Alfred was a member and commander of the Thomas M. Gardner Post 207, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
Lot 462 Captain Samuel W. Harris. June 4, 1812 - March 6, 1904.
Samuel was the son of Moses Harris and Parnal Burdett Harris. He married Elizabeth G. Cofffin. He was Master of the ship “Phebe” that sailed from Nantucketfor the Pacific Ocean on September 19, 1842. On December 24, 1846 he sailed her into Pernambuco leaking 290 ‘stokes’ an hour and was condemned. The bark “Carolina” of Boston was chartered to ship the sperm whale oil back to Nantucket. 550 bbls. of the whale oil was sold at Sydney and Pernambuco. Captain Harris died on Nantucket at the age of ninety-one years, nine months and two days.
Lot 462 Elizabeth G. Harris. September 18, 1818 – June 3, 1873.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Barnabus Coffin and Susan Gardner Coffin. She was the wife of Captain Samuel W. Harris. Samuel and Elizabeth had five children together. Elizabeth died on Nantucket at the age of fifty-four.
Lot 463 Captain Jesse Baker. February 15, 1788 - June 30, 1871.
Jesse was the son of James Baker and Elizabeth Baker. He married Deborah Shaw.
Lot 463 Sarah Jane Baker. July 9, 1828 - March 11, 1905.
Sarah was born in Brooklyn, NY, the only child of Captain Jesse Baker and Deborah Shaw Baker of Nantucket. Sarah never married. She attended Bridgewater Normal School and taught for twenty-five years in the Boston area.
In 1861, Sarah became the principal of the Dudley School for Girls, later named the Dillaway School, in Roxbury, MA. At the time of her passing she also held the position of "senior grammar master." Sarah was the first, and for many years the only, woman to hold the position of principal in a grammar school in the district of Boston.
The Boston School Committee, in the 1905 School Documents of the Boston Public Schools, praised Sarah:
"Of refined character, dignified in deportment, well equipped in all the qualities essential to success in her profession, Miss Baker achieved an enviable reputation for herself and her school, and enjoyed not only the affection of her pupils and teachers, but the confidence and esteem of the community whose educational interests were her constant and unremitting care. She was abe to continue the work in which she so delighted until very near her end, and departed, loved, honored, and respected, leaving a record of a noble life to inspire those who knew her best."
Sarah was seventy-six years old when she died in Roxbury from pneumonia. She was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery on March 16, 1905, Ezra W. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 463 Deborah Baker. July 26, 1793 - December 24, 1871.
Deborah was the daughter of John Shaw and Deborah Coleman Shaw. She was the wife of Captain Jesse Baker.
Lot 466 Captain Edward C. Joy. March 18, 1806 - July 20, 1894.
Edward was the sixth of William Joy and Jedida Meader Joy's seven children. Two of his brothers were also whaling masters: Captain Robert M. Joy (lot 74) and Captain George F. Joy (lot 87). Edward married his first wife, Eliza Wilson on February 14, 1830. Tragically, Eliza died on February 8, 1834, one month after the birth of the couple's twin daughers, Eliza Jr. and Mary; Captain Joy was at sea. The whaling master wed his second wife, Lydia B. Gardner Worth, the widow of Thomas Worth, on June 11, 1835; they did not have children.
Edward first went to sea to the Brazil Banks at the age of fifteen on the ship Barclay under the command of Captain Peter Coffin. He next shipped as boatsteerer on board the ship Lydia under the command of Captain David Swain, then as mate on the ship Aurora for two voyages. In 1833, Captain Joy was twenty-seven years old when he became master of the Lydia, which burned at sea in 1835. The crew was rescued by the bark Washington of Hudson, NY. Captain Joy was master of the Constitution's voyage of 1835 to 1839. After his return in 1839 due to ill health, Captain Joy retired from his life at sea and purchased a farm in 'Sconset, where he resided for forty-two years. In 1881, he moved to town, and a few months after his move he met with an accident, leaving him blind. Captain Joy had an interest in genealogy and traced his family to Tristram Coffin, one of the settlers of the island. Captain Joy also kept a journal from 1863 to 1876, recording weather, farm activities, and stories of some of the local people. Captain Joy died from old age at his home on Liberty Street at the age of eighty-eight years and four months.
Lot 471 Captain Henry C. Pinkham. August 16, 1814 - January 8, 1889.
Henry was the son of John C. Pinkham and Avis Folger Pinkham. His first wife was Elizabeth "Betsey" C. Mayo (Mayhew) of Orleans, MA. Henry and Betsey had four chidren: John (b. 1835), Alexander (b. 1837), Mary (b. 1840), and Elizabeth (b. 1842). Betsey passed away in 1879. On December 18, 1881, Henry wed his second wife, forty-five-year-old Amanda Bearse, who was twenty-two years younger than he. The couple did not have children.
At a young age, Henry was an apprentice to a house painter. He remained in that business a few years before he entered the coasting trade. Captain Pinkham was in command of coastal trading ships, the schooners Enterprise and W. O. Nettleton, retiring in 1874. He served as a member of the Board of Selectman for ten years. Captain Pinkham passed away at 9:00 p.m. on a Tuesday evening at seventy-five years of age.
Captain Pinkham's date of death inscribed on his marker is January 9, 1889; however, Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910 recorded his date of death as January 8, 1889.
Lot 474 Captain David Bunker. May 19, 1818 - November 22, 1890.
David wa the son of Daniel Bunker and Susan Cathcart Bunker. He married Sarah Wood on March 8, 1840, and they had two children, Lydia (b. 1845) and Lauriston (b. 1849). David was a master mariner and in command of the ship Lexington that sailed for the Pacific whaling grounds on November 10, 1848, and returned on January 22, 1853. Captain Bunker sailed on October 18, 1853, as master of the ship Henry. The ship was condemned at Talcahuano in 1858, and all oil and bone was sent to Nantucket. Captain Bunker made his way home as a passenger aboard the ship Betsey Williams.
Lot 474 Sarah Bunker. 1820 - May 10, 1896.
Sarah was the daughter of David Wood and Sally Folger Wood. She was the wife of Captain David Bunker.
Lot 474 Lauriston Bunker. March 27, 1849 - July 8, 1934.
Lauriston was the younger of Captain David Bunker and Sarah Wood Bunker's two children. He married Emily (Emma) Winslow Joy on November 7, 1895, her second husband. Lauriston served as notary public in 1898, justice of the peace from 1899 to 1928, and town clerk and register of deeds for the town of Nantucket from 1889 until his death in 1934.
Lot 474 Emily (Emma) Bunker. May 29, 1862 - April 22, 1950.
Emma was the fifth of Captain Joseph Winslow's seven children from his two marriages, and the fifth of six children born to Joseph Winslow and his first wife , Susan C. Sprague Winslow. Emma was born at sea when her father was in command of the ship Constitution. She was two years old when her mother died in 1864. In 1870, Captain Winslow married his second wife, Mary Sprague Folger, the widow of Frances Folger, who was lost at sea in 1869.
Emma was twenty-three years old when she married her first husband, thirty-four year old Nantucket-born Charles Joy, a painter from Cottage City, now called Oaks Bluffs, MA, on December 7, 1885. Emma and Charles divorced, and she wed her second husband, Lauriston Bunker, in 1895. Emma did not have children from either of her two marriages.
Lot 475 Captain Alden Hammond Adams. April 13,1820 - September 5, 1910.
Alden was born in Cotuit, Ma, the youngest of Alpheus Adams and Abigail Wing Adams four sons. Two of Alden's brothers and his son were also mariners. Captain Lewis Adams, who resided with Alden's family in the 1860s, Captain Freeman Adams (lot 486). and Alden's son, Captain Wallace Adams (lot 698). Alden married Electa M. Hinckley of Centerville, MA, the daughter of Heman and Prudence Bourne Hinckley on December 26, 1844, at the Congregational Church on Nantucket. They had five children: Horace (b. 1847 - d. 1865), who died at the age of seventeen from typhoid fever, Geneva (b. 1849), Wallace (b. 1851), Eliza "Lizzie" (b. 1855), and Ellouise "Ella" (b. 1857). Alden and Electa were fortunate to celebrate their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary together in 1909. The family's residence was at 17 Fair Street.
Alden first came to Nantucket as a young boy to work for Edward Cary on his farm in Squam. He began his seafaring life at the age of fifteen. On one occasion, he accompanied his brother Captain Freeman Adams on the bark Fairy of Boston. When he returned to Nantucket, Alden took command of the schooners Niagara, Nancy, and Finley. Captain Adams made several trips under charter for Christopher Mitchell and Company, carrying spring-strained sperm oil to New York. The last ship Captain Adams commanded was one he purchased, the Lucy Church, which he ran in the Baltimore packet service. A member of the crew of the Lucy Church, J. A. Pratt, who was a boy at the time of the voyage, wrote to the Inquirer and Mirror with his memories of Captain Adam's valor and skill during a harrowing leg of their journey from Baltimore to New York.
When anchored at Fortress Monroe we found a great many vessels waiting for a favorable wind to go north and left there January 3d, 1866, with about seventy other vessels, and on Sunday morning, the 7th, at 4 o'clock, Captain Cash, Horace Hewitt (lot 400) and the writer were called from below. I took the wheel and Captain Cash said we would be in New York by
8 o'clock if the wind held. A half hour later the wind began to shift and at 5 o'clock it was in the northeast and growing colder, with snow squalls. It began to blow strong and Captain Adams came on deck, Captain Cash taking the wheel, and he stood there from about 6:30 until we came to ancher under lee of Coney Island at 10:30 at night. It was a day long to be remembered and when I look back, on this, my sixty-first birthday anniversary, to the 7th of January, 1866, and see those two noble men standing there watching every sea, taking advantage of every little change of wind, and that staunch vessel answering to every turn of the wheel, I can only say was through God's will and the skill of those two men, that we were permitted to weather that storm safely!
Captain Adams retired from his life at sea and enjoyed boating on his catboat, L. Roberta, and he was the proprietor of Adam's Boats, which rented catboats to visitors, located on the south side of Steamboat Wharf. Captain Adams was a ninety-year-old retired sea captain when he died from broncho pneumonia at his 17 Fair Street residence. His interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery took place September 8, 1910, Israel M. Lewis, undertaker. Captain Adam's birth year was recorded on his death certificate as April 13, 1820; however, the year engraved on his marker is 1831.
Lot 475 Nancy Grant Adams. August 26, 1887 - February 7, 1968.
Nancy was born in Fairhaven, MA, the second of Captain George Grant and Madeleine Briggs Grant's (lot 340) three children. She was the granddaughter of Captain Charles Grant and Nancy Wyer Grant (lot 340). Nancy was the wife of Walton H. Adams, who was the grandson of Captain Alden H. Adams.
Nancy was an avid genealogist and traced her ancestry to her great-grandfather James Grant, who was from Scotland and had wrecked on a Nantucket sandbar in 1801. James settled on the island and wed sixteen-year-old, Nantucket-born Elizabeth Ellis. Nancy was not able to uncover a lot of facts about this relative; however, she recounted a family story about a portrait of her great-grandfather James:
An oil painting of the old gentleman stood for many years in the attic of his Orange Street home. The story goes that one of the younger generation of Grants would carry his bow and arrow up to the attic on stormy days, there to amuse himself by using the painting of the kilted gentleman as a target!
Lot 476 Captain Perry Winslow. March 24, 1816 - October 17, 1890.
Perry was the fourth of Captain Joseph Winslow and Betsey Comstock Winslow's seven children. He married Mary Ann Morrow on July 12, 1843. Captain Winslow was master of the ship Phoenix from 1844 to 1847 and 1848 to 1853, the ship Edward Cary from 1854 to 1858, and the Elizabeth in 1859. In 1862, Captain Perry became a local pleasure boat skipper on his catboat White Cloud. Ten years later, in 1872, due to ill health and blindness, Captain Perry was compelled to withdraw from his active life.
Lot 476 Mary Ann Winslow. November 18, 1820 - April 15, 1900.
Born on Nantucket, Mary Ann was the oldest of Irish-born John Morrow and Mary Ann Montgomery Morrow's three children. She was the wife of Captain Perry Winslow. The couple had three children: John (b. 1844), Sarah (b. 1853), and Perry Jr. (b. 1859).
Mary Ann accompanied her husband on the ship Edward Cary for the voyage of May 22, 1854, to August 8, 1858. She brought their nine-year-old son, John, and five-month-old daughter, Sarah. At the time of Mary Ann's death, Anna Starbuck Jenks (lot 602) wrote a heartfelt memoriam in the Inquirer and Mirror, where not only did Anna pay tribute to a woman much admired but also expressed how Mary Ann lovingly cared for her disabled husband during the last eighteen years of his life:
Her husband, the late Capt. Perry Winslow, was totally blind during the last eighteen years of his life; while she, during those darkened years, was a cheerful, patient and helpful companion; being literally, "eyes, feet and hands" unto her husband. Fondly she sat and read to him chapter after chapter of book after book, and never wearied in her gentle service. Surely she has left an example of wifely devotion that is better than rubies.
Lot 476 Sarah Bunker Winslow. December 15, 1853 - August 27, 1934.
Sarah was the second of Captain Perry Winslow and Mary Ann Morrow Winslow's three children. At the age of five months, Sarah along with her mother and brother, John, sailded on the Edward Cary on the voyage of 1854 under the command of her father. Sarah was a member of the Congregational Church and also the Order of the Eastern Star, the women's branch of the Odd Fellows organization. Sarah died on Nantucket at what was then called Nantucket Hospital at the ago eighty.
Lot 479 Francis Macy Mitchell. 1823 - August 3, 1891.
Francis was the fifth of William Mitchell and Lydia Coleman Mitchell's (lot 411) ten children. He was the brother of astronomer Maria Mitchell (lot 411) and the grandson of Peleg Mitchell. Francis was a thirty-year-old cashier when he married twenty-one-year old Ellen Mitchell on Nantucket on April 27, 1853. He moved his family to Chicago, and, in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, he recorded his occupation as "commercial merchant". Francis was associated with the Chicago Board of Trade until his death at the age of sixty-eight years.
Lot 481 Captain Stephen Bailey. April 24, 1816 - April 29, 1891.
Stephen was the youngest of Benjamin Bailey's five children from his two marriages, and the youngest of Abigail "Nabby" Folger Gurrill Bailey's seven children from her two marriages. He was the youngest of three children born to Benjamin and Nabby. Stephen's brother Captain Hiram Bailey, who was lost at sea is memorialized in lot 83. His sister Eliza Bailey, a teacher at the African School, their mother Abigail "Nabby" Bailey, and Hiram's infant son Edward are all interred in lot 83.
Stephen married Eliza Thompson, his first wife, in 1840. Their infant children, Henry Elliot and Martha W., are interred in lot 82. Stephen wed his second wife, Caroline "Carrie" Meader Macy, the widow and second wife of blacksmith Josiah Macy, on
May 13, 1884. Captain Bailey was master of the ship Washington on the voyages of 1840 to 1843, 1843 to 1847, and 1847 to 1849. When Captain Bailey retired from whaling, he acted as agent for the U.S. Consulate in the Sandwitch Islands.
Lot 481 Eliza T. Bailey. January 18, 1818 - January 28, 1883.
Eliza was the daughter of Isaac Thompson and his second wife, Deidamia Elliott Thompson. Eliza was the first wife of Captain Stephen Bailey. They married in 1840 and had two children, Martha Washington (b. 1848) and Henry Elliot (b. 1855). Both children died in infancy and are interred in lot 82, adjacent to Captain Hiram Bailey lot 83, Captain Stephen Bailey's brother.
In her autobiography My House and I, Mary Eliza "Molly" Starbuck (lot 55) recalls how Eliza and Captain Stephen Bailey were close friends of her parents, Captain Charles E. Starbuck and Lois Pease Starbuck Wyer:
One of our neighbors for many years was Captain Bailey. He had known and loved Father as a boy, and his friendship for our family was never-failing.
His gentle wife was a favorite of Mother's. I always loved to hear Mrs. Bailey's soft voice relating some incident of "when we were in Lahaina" as casually as if Lahaina were as familiar as New Bedford, as indeed it was to many Nantucketers.
Lot 481 Caroline "Carrie" Bailey. December 2, 1823 - December 9, 1891.
Carrie was the daughter of Thomas Meader and Deborah Burnell Meader. She was the second wife of her first husband, blacksmith and merchant Josiah Macy, who was nineteen years her senior. Carrie wed her second husband, Captain Stephen Bailey, on May 13, 1884. Carrie did not have children from either of her marriages.
Lot 481 Phebe J. Bailey. November 21, 1814 - July 24, 1873.
Phebe was the daughter of Timothy Folger and Sarah Joy Folger. She married Captain Hiram Bailey (lot 83) on July 31, 1836. She was widowed in 1856 when Captain Bailey drowned while master of the schooner Watchman.
Lot 484 Captain William Cash. April 11, 1816 - February 8, 1882.
William was born in Mattapoisett, MA, the son of Alexander Caseh and Hannah Higgins Cash. William married Azubah Handy, the daughter of Cotuit ship builder Bethuel G. Handy, on July 9, 1839. William wrote a poem, playing on their surnames, to his then financée Azubah Handy for the occasion of their upcoming nuptials. The poem is part of the Nantucket Historical Association collection:
Mr. William Cash to
Miss Azubah Handy.
Handy is cash in every sense,
To ploughman, sailor or dandy,
E'en this fond couple twelve months hence
May find a little cash quite handy.
Lot 484 Azubah Handy Cash. July 6, 1820 - September 17, 1894.
Azubah was the daughter of Bethuel G. Handy, a shipbuilder in Cotuit, MA, and his second wife, Mary. Azubah was named for her father's first wife. Handy's Point in Cotuit is named for the family.
At the age of fifteen, Azubah was a seamstress in a Cotuit Port tailor shop when she first met William Cash. It was September 1835, and William had just returned from a voyage on the ship Peruvian. He came to the shop to be measured for and to purchase a new suit. Azubah, seeing William and taking a fancy to him, slipped a note into one of the pockets of the completed suit. The note read, "I hope I meet the dashing young man I made these clothes for!" The couple met and a period of courting followed until William shipped out on May 2, 1836, as boatsteerer on the Edward Quesnal of Fall River, MA. After William returned from a disastrous voyage in May 1839, he went to Azubah's home, where he proposed. The couple wed on July 9, 1839, and William shipped out four months later on November 9, 1839, on the ship Ganges out of Fall River. Another disastrous voyage for William, who after the ship burned at Talcahuano, Chile, sailed back home as second mate on the ship Milton. When William returned home in March 1842, Azubah introduced him to their first child, a son, Alexander, born May 9, 1840.
In 1850, William and Azubah had been married for eleven years. During those years, William had been home for about twenty-six weeks. Azubah decided to accompany her whaling master husband to sea on his next voyage. William was master of the ship Columbia for the voyage to the Pacific whaling grounds. Azubah and their ten-year-old son Alexander, left Edgartown on October 1, 1850, with Captain Cash. When the Columbia reached the Hawaiian Islands, Azubah who was pregnant, and Alexander stayed on Hilo. She befriended the local missionary couple, the Reverend Titus Coan and his wife, Fidelia Church Coan, both natives of Connecticut. On August 20, 1851, William Murray Cash was born at the Coan's home. Two months later, the Columbia returned to port and the family sailed on October 27, 1851. Azubah became pregnant with two of their four children while at sea. Their daughter Fidelia was born September 9, 1854, and named for the reverend's wife and friend of Azubah, Fidelia Coan Cash. Azubah did not accompany William on his next two voyages. Captain Cash retired from sea in 1865.
Lot 486 Captain Freeman Adams. July 26, 1811 - February 19, 1876.
Freeman was born in Cotuit, MA, the third fo Alpheus Adams and Abigail Wing Adam's four sons, and the brother of Captain Alden Adams (lot 475) and Captain Lewis L. Adams. Freeman married Eunice H. Nickerson.
Captain Adams owned the whaleship firm of Freeman E. Adams & Sons. In 1866, the company purchased the bark B Colcord, which sailed under the command of Captain Edward McCleave (lot 174) and, in 1867, the bark Oak of Boston, which was fitted for whaling in New Bedford, MA, under the command of Joshua T. Chadwick. He established the Bay View House at 38 Orange Street also known as Four Chimneys
The Soldiers’ Lot (page 218) chronicle is an excerpt from Prospect Hill Cemetery Association's book, Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts (page 37).
Please note: included with this chronicle are images of an original Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) marker, a rendering of the Receiving Tomb from Prospect Hill Cemetery Map surveyed by H. M. Waitt,
May 12, 1886 and drawn by E. F. Whitman and a contemporary image of the columbarium.
Lot 501T Soldiers’ Lot.
Listed on Prospect Hill Cemetery map surveyed by H. M. Waitt, May 12, 1886; drawn by E. F. Whitman (lot 36). Delia Maria Hussey Coffin (lot 375), the daughter of Captain Peter Hussey and wife of Captain Edward Coffin, kept a daily diary from 1861 to 1865.
After Lieutenant Leander Alley’s death on the battlefield at Fredericksburg in 1862, Delia recorded the origins of the Soldiers’ Lot. She further remarked upon the funeral of Lieutenant Leander Alley, the first Nantucket soldier to be interred in this section of the cemetery designated for island soldiers:
Dec. 26, 1862. In laying out the Lots in the Unitarian Burial Ground, the Committee have appropriated a large space near the Receiving Tomb for the burial of such soldiers as may fall in the service of their country whose remains may be sent home.
The remains of Lieut. Alley are the first to be interred in this sacred spot. The procession was one unbroken line from the Pacific Bank to the Town House including 17 carriages, Odd Fellows, pupils and citizens who walked 6 in a row side by side. Weather very mild with light air from S. W. True it was a soldier’s funeral, and custom sanctions such parade, yet there was a vast amount of vain show, which no doubt caused sad feelings in the hearts of others who lost near and dear friends on the same battle ground, who were brave and dear and possessed as many noble qualities, but whose rank and the pecuniary situation of relatives prevented the bodies from being brought home. It does not seem right to me that earthly rank or station should take the preference at the last. When called from this world, we must all lie in the ground on the same level.
Lieutenant Leander Alley is interred with his family in the Alfred G. Alley Lot 380.
Lot 501T Soldiers's Lot. As listed on Prospect Hill Cemetery Map surveyed May 12, 1886.
Lot 501T Alvin Hull. May 9, 1845 - August 10, 1906.
Alvin (Alvan), also known as Edwin, was the youngest of mariner George Hull and Lydia Higgins Hull's four children. He married Martha "Mattie" C. Holmes on October 6, 1869, and they had seven children. Alvin was eighteen years old when he enlisted in Company I of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on August 19, 1862. He became ill with typhoid fever during the march from Antietam to Harpers Ferry. On October 7, 1863, Alvin transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and, on February 6, 1864, he transferred to Company D of the 20th Veteran Reserve Corp. Alvin was discharged on August 1, 1864, for expiration of service. He returned to Nantucket and worked as a janitor, messenger, and as Nantucket's last town crier. He served as a member in the Lightship Service at South Shoals under the command of Captain Benjamin Morris.
Lot 501T Charles Hyde. October 1846 - October 22, 1920.
Charles was the son of John Hyde and Hannah Woodcock Hyde. He married Dora L. Moulton in Natick, MA, on June 19, 1870, and they had two daughters, Florence and Bessie. Dora died from typhoid fever in 1885. Charles was the second husband of his second wife, Margaret Ellis McDonnel of Prince Edward Island; they married on Nantucket on November 29, 1899, and resided there.
At the time of the Civil War, Charles was an eighteen-year-old cordwainer (shoemaker) living in Natick. He enlisted in Company G of the 58th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on December 27, 1863. After the war, it appears Charles returned to Natick where he recorded his occupation as "works for shoe factory" and "works on shoes". Charles aslo worked as a farmer and a laborer. Charles was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Thomas M. Gardner Post.
Lot 501T William A. Barrett. January 31, 1844 - August 15, 1923.
William was the younger of sail maker Alexander Barrett and Mary Ann Lumbert Barrett's two children. He never married. William enlisted for service in the Civil War on August 12, 1862, in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He joined his regiment at Alexandria, VA, on August 29, 1862. William was discharged for "organic disease of the heart, so affected after enlisting." On December 15, 1863, he enlisted in Company F of the 2nd Massachusetts Calvary. During the Battle of Cedar Creek, William was shot in the leg and taken prisoner. He was held in a Confederate prison in Danville, VA from August 12, 1864, to June 1865. Upon William's release from prison, he was hospitalized for severe diarrhea and malaria, and, on July 7, 1865, he was discharged for disability. He returned home to Nantucket and worked as a farmer. William was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).
Lot 501T Robert B. Hussey. February 1822 - November 15, 1864.
Robert was the son of Robert Hussey Sr. and Miriam Coffin Hussey. He was a forty-one-year-old, single shoemaker when he enlisted in Company E of the 58th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of November 13, 1863. Robert was a tin plate worker when he died from congestion of lungs at the age of forty-two years and nine months. The United States government provided gravestones to soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. D. W. Whitney made Robert's marker, contract dated November 29, 1879.
Lot 501T Thomas P. Ray. April 5, 1843 - November 28, 1903.
Thomas was the second of five children born to mariner Benjamin Ray of Nantucket and Ann L. Potter Ray of St. Thomas, West Indies. He was a fifty-two-year-old teamster when he wed forty-eight-year-old widowed housekeeper Elizabeth Joseph Williams on December 1, 1894. The Reverend James R. Patterson, pastor of the Baptist church on Nantucket, married the couple. Thomas and Elizabeth did not have children. Elizabeth passed away in 1899.
Thomas was a farmer when he enlisted as private at the age of nineteen in Company E of the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts, on November 20, 1863. He was wounded in May 1864 and mustered out August 16, 1865 in Washington, DC. After the war, Thomas continued to work as a farm laborer. He was fifty-nine years and seven months old when he died from "general debility" on Nantucket. Thomas's sister, Maria Louisa Ray Thurston (lot 11), provided the family information to Dr. Ellenwood B. Coleman (lot 7 Mount Vernon) for the death certificate. Thomas's interment in the Soldiers' Lot at Prospect Hill Cemetery took place on November 30, 1903, Ezra W. Lewis undertaker.
Lot 501T George F. Parlow (Parlon). 1826 - September 30, 1890.
George was born in New Bedford, MA, son of Ebenezer Parlow. He was a twenty-three-year-old mariner when he wed twenty-one-year-old Eliza H. Gifford, the daugher of Isacc and Eliza Gifford, in New Bedford on July 2, 1849. The couple had eight children: George Jr. (b. 1850), who died in 1855 from "fever" at the age of five; Susan (b. (1851); Mary (b. 1853); William (b. 1855); Zeretta (b. 1859); Emma (b. 1862); James (b. 1866); and Edson (b. 1869). George's wife Eliza passed away from heart disease at the age of forty-six on April 29, 1874.
When George enlisted in the military during the Civil War, he was a thirty-five-year-old hostler. He mustered as a private with Company D of the 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry on December 31, 1863, and mustered out on July 20, 1863. After the war George worked as a laborer. The United States government provided gravestones to soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. Gross Brothers of Lee, MA, made George's marker, contract dated June 1, 1890.
Lot 501T Joseph P. Gardner. 1847 - October 11, 1900.
Joseph was the second of John P. Gardner's six children from his three marriages, and the older of two children born to John P. Gardner and his second wife, Bethania Backus Gardner. The Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record stated that Joseph married and separated from his first wife, Avis Long. Joseph married Mary Parlow, the daughter of George Parlow and Eliza Gifford Parlow, on January 1, 1874, and they had a daughter Eliza (b. 1875).
Joseph was a fourteen-year-old shoemaker, according to the 1860 U.S. Federal Census. He lied about his age, stating he was eighteen years old, when he enlisted as a private on December 28, 1861, in Company H of the 29th Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts. He mustered on January 1, 1862, and was discharged for disability on April 17, 1862.
Joseph and seven other surfmen were involved in the rescue of the crewmen from the schooner Mary Anna, which was wrecked on Sunday, February 4, 1871. His fellow rescuers were James A. Holmes (lot 21), Henry C. Coffin (lot 32), Isaac Hamblen (lot 307), Alexander Fanning, Stephen Keyes, and George Veeder.
In the 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Joseph recorded his occupation as mariner. In the Massachusetts Vital Records 1841-1910, he was listed as fisherman. Joseph and his partner, Thomas Wall, met with a fatal boating accident when they were hired by two men to take them in Gardner and Wall's 15-foot dory to the Coatue Gunning Club. The New York Times reported the drownings:
"It appears that the craft was upset. The dory came ashore today, but the bodies have not been found."
The United States government provided gravestones to the soldiers buried in national and private cemeteries. Lee Marble Works of Lee, MA, made Joseph's marker, contract dated August 25, 1902.
Lot 501T Francis "Frank" Leroy Wilkes. February 19, 1897 - September 26, 1918.
Frank was the son of laborer Edgar Wilkes of Nantucket and Emma Phenix Wilkes of Lynn, MA. He was a seaman on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Miami that was later recommissioned the Tampa and placed into the United States Naval Service during World War I. On the evening of September 26, 1918, after guiding a convoy to the Irish Sea, the destroyer Tampa was steaming through the British Channel when she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-91. Frank was killed along with all 115 crew members and sixteen passengers, the United States Naval forces' greatest combat-related loss during World War I.
Wilkes Square was dedicated in 1934 and named in honor of Francis "Frank" Leroy Wilkes.
Lot 505 Anna Gardner. January 25, 1816 - February 18, 1901.
Anna was the daughter of Oliver C. Gardner and Hannah Macy Gardner. She was a teacher, writer, and secretary of the
New England Anti-Slavery Society, worker for women's rights, universal suffrage and temperance. She
taught at the African School. In 1838, Anna divided her time teaching at the African School and
Nantucket High School with Cyrus Peirce the principal (See Lot 148).
After the Civil War Anna taught in the schools of New England Freedman's Bureau in the south.
Anna was a poet. In 1881, she published her prose in a book titled Harvest Gleanings. Her poem
Nature was included in Lucy Starbuck's collection of island poets Seaweeds From The Shores Of Nantucket.
An event that left a lasting impression on Anna occurred when she was six years old. The authorities came to Nantucket for the purpose of capturing Arthur Cooper (Interred at the Colored Cemetery), a runaway slave who fled to Nantucket. There he married, and lived on Angola Street, and became a minister of the Zion Methodist Episcopal Church on West York Street. A menacing crowd had surrounded the house ready to resist arrest. The official warrant was read.
Anna Gardner's recollection of the event:
"While the altercation was proceeding and the warrant being read, at the front of the house, my father and my Uncle Thomas slipped around to the back window and adroitly assisted the trembling fugitives to make their escape from it disguised in one of father's coats and Uncle Thomas' broad-brimmed Quaker hat. Arthur Cooper had nearly reached our back door before the wrangle was so far over that the officers dared to enter the house. And, behold, the house was empty. The fugitives had flown. I recollect that I stood (I was six years old) upon our back stairs, when a man black as midnight, with lips so paled with fright that they were white as snow, came up the steps and stood in the doorway. The striking contrast of white lips and black face was shocking. Such a sight was too indelibly impressed upon the mind of a child to be forgotten. He and his family were concealed for weeks in our attic and cellar."
You may view Anna Gardner's photographic portrait circa 1850's, circa 1860's in the Nantucket Historical Association
collection. Image Number F910. Image Number P1209A.
Lot 508 Cornelius Brill, Jr. 1838 - 1865.
Son of Cornelius Brill, Sr. and Eliza Fisher Brill. Died at sea at the age of twentyseven.
Lot 508 Stephen B. Brill. 1844 - 1870.
Son of Cornelius Brill, Sr. and Eliza Fisher Brill. Died at sea at the age of twentysix.
Lot 509 Captain James F. Brown. July 22, 1826 - April 23, 1906.
Son of George Brown and Lydia Folger Brown. Married Lydia Russell in 1855.
Lot 509 Arthur H. Gardner. August 10, 1854 - February 22, 1924.
Son of William B. Gardner and Charlotte Coffin Gardner. He married Mary M. Brown June 10, 1879.
He founded and was the editor of the "Nantucket Journal". He was a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature from1891-1892 and 1900-1904; member of the Legislature Committee on Education; Representative in the
General Court; Register of Deeds in Nantucket; Moderator at Nantucket Town Meetings. He was president
of the Nantucket Historical Association from 1923-1924. He was president of the Atheneum.
You may view his photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number SC42. He resided at 33 Milk Street now known asthe "Coffin-Gardner House". The house was built in 1820 by his grandfather George Coffin. He inherited theproperty from his mother Charlotte Coffin Gardner and left it to his
daughter Grace Brown Gardner. You may view the data pages and photographs in The Library of Congress-American Memory's Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record.
Lot 509 Grace Brown Gardner. February 27, 1880 - December 22, 1973.
Daughter of Arthur H. Gardner and Mary M. Brown Gardner. She was a teacher, journalist and author. She
served as the Vice President of the Nantucket Historical Association from 1946-1970. She resided at 33 Milk Street
now known as the "Coffin-Gardner House". The house was built in 1820 by her great grandfather George Coffin.
She inherited the property from her father in 1924. You may view the data pages and photographs in The Library
of Congress-American Memory's Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record.
Lot 512 Captain Charles Mooers. October 13, 1818 - March 27, 1891.
Son of William Mooers and Lydia Coffin Mooers. First wife was Harriet P. Gardner.
Second wife was Leonora Soule.
Lot 512 Harriet P. Mooers. 1822 - June 11, 1864.
Daughter of Timothy M. Gardner and Lydia Dow Gardner. First wife of Captain Charles Mooers.
Lot 514 Frederick H. Barney. August 26, 1834 - June 8, 1914.
Son of Reuben Barney and Mary Coffin Barney. Married Caroline H. Lovell in 1865. A Civil War veteran.
Member of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic). You may view him in a photograph c. 1909. A gathering of
Civil War veterans-Members of the Thomas M. Gardner Post in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number P1574.
Lot 516 William Gruber. 1837 - February 1, 1865.
Son of Joshua Gruber and Ellen Cummings Gruber. Married Caroline H. Fanning in 1860.
He was a Private in the 2nd Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry. William is listed in the National Park
Service Civil War Soldier and Sailors System. According to the The Eliza Starbuck Barney
Genealogical Record he died a prisoner of war during the Civil War.
Lot 516 Caroline Fanning Gruber. August 29, 1841 - October 20, 1923.
Daughter of Barclay Fanning and Sarah A. Ellis Fanning. Married William Gruber in 1860.
Lot 518 Captain Aaron Coffin. September 11, 1805 - December 26, 1883.
Son of Rebecca and Barzilli Coffin. First wife Rebecca Burdett. Second wife Lydia Folger.
Married third wife Harriet Barnard in 1873. Master of schooner "Silas Parker".
Lot 518 Rebecca R. Coffin. January 17, 1809 - May 20, 1856.
Daughter of Barzillai Burdett and Eunice Robinson Burdett. First wife of Captain Aaron Coffin.
Lot 518 Lydia B. Coffin. April 6, 1815 - August 25, 1867.
Daughter of Hezekiah Folger and Lucinda Whippey Folger. Second wife of Captain Aaron Coffin.
Lot 521 Deborah Burdett Robinson. September 17, 1810 - November 16, 1888.
Deborah was the daughter of Reuben and Lydia Ellis Burdett. She married Benjamin Robinson on May 29, 1828. Deborah was the sister of mariner and early known scrimshaw carver Edward Burdett (1805-1833). Edward was first mate of the whaleship Montano of Nantucket, when he was caught up in a harpoon line and was dragged overboard and drowned. Examples of his signed scrimshaw can be found at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and in private collections.
Lot 522 Henry D. Robinson. 1825 - October 2, 1888.
Son of Jarvis Robinson and Eveline Davis Robinson. He married Elizabeth Coffin. He began his career
in publishing by learning about printing from the owner of the "New Bedford Shipping List". He was the
senior publisher of the "Inquirer and Mirror" until 1887 when he sold his shares to his junior partner
Roland B. Hussey (see Lot 344).
Lot 524 Charles H. Baker. 1844 - April 22, 1899.
Son of Jerushai and Arvin Baker. Married Ellen Fitzgerald in 1866. During the Civil War he enlisted on July 18, 1861
at the age of eighteen. Toward the end of his military enlistments, he was promoted to brigade quartermaster. On
June 2, 1865, he resigned his commission and was honorably discharged. After the war, he went to Providence, RI.
Lot 529 Perry Winslow, Jr. October 12, 1859 - March 13, 1892.
Youngest son of the three children born to Captain Perry Winslow (See Lot 476) and Mary Ann Morrow Winslow.
Married Florence Swain on September 9, 1888. He died at the age of thirty-two.
Lot 557 Captain Walter Nelson Chase. 1852 – September 27, 1928.
Son of William H. Chase and Mary J. Morris Chase. Grandson of
Owen Chase the first mate on the whaleship “Essex” sunk by a whale in 1820. He married Lydia B. Morris on October 23, 1887.
On January 20, 1892, the schooner H. P. Kirkham was wrecked on Rose and Crown Shoal during a heavy gale. Captain Chase of Coskata Life-Saving Station with six of his men rescued the crew of seven men from the rigging of the sunken ship after twenty-six hours of battling the sea and wind. In recognition of his heroic effort, the United States government awarded Captain Chase a gold medal and to each of the crew silver medals were awarded. The presentation took place in January 1893 at the Unitarian Church.
You may view his photographic portrait in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P14324.
Lot 559 Martha W. Fish. 1844 - February 2, 1916.
Daughter of Charles A. Burgess and Mary Worth Burgess. Married Abner Fish of Boston in 1863. She kept a diary
from 1875 to 1913. This diary offers a look into daily life on Nantucket. She and her husband Abner owned
Cherry Grove Farm on Hummock Pond Road (the original farmhouse is now 32 Hummock Pond Road). Martha
worked on her farm and performed the tasks of sewing, washing, cooking, cleaning and painting for a fee. At times ,she assisted at births, "watched" at deaths, and helped nurse those who were sick.
In 1884, her husband became keeper of the "poorhouse". Martha cooked and cared for the "inmates".
569 James H. Wood, Sr. May 28, 1846 - May 26, 1943.
Son of Manuel Wood and Susan Bowen Wood. Married first wife Emeline Bolles in 1866. Married second wife
Mrs. Lissie M. Burns January 1, 1896. Civil War veteran. Member of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic).
He was a fisherman on schooners and an owner of a stable. You may view his photographic portrait Image Number P909A and in a group photograph c. 1909 A gathering of Civil War veterans. Members of Thomas M. Garder Post
in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1574.
Lot 579 Aquila Cormie. 1880 - November 22, 1961.
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick. Arrived in the United States at age seventeen. Worked as farm laborer at
Eatfire Spring Farm. Learned the trade of blacksmith from Clinton Parker. His blacksmith shop was on
Straight Wharf - now the location of the Four Winds Gift Shop. You may view his photographs circa 1950's
of Mr. Cormie at his forge (Image Number 1973.25.2) and of his blacksmith shop on Straight Wharf
(Image Number P434). He is the father of "Ronnie" Cormie the islands last blacksmith.
Lot 579 Jennie A. Cormie. ? - December 3, 1966.
Wife of Aquila Cormie. Mother of "Ronnie" Cormie the islands last blacksmith. The NHA acquired his
tools, which are on display at The Whaling Museum.
Lot 584 Josiah Fitch Murphey. 1843 - April 29, 1931.
Son of mariner Charles S. Murphey and Sally Barnard Murphey. Married Avis N. Folger in 1870.
Enlisted Company I of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry August 12, 1862. During the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 11, 1862 he was shot in the face. He remained in a field hospital for four days. Then was furloughed to accompany the body of Company I Lieutenant Leander F. Alley (Lot 380) back home to Nantucket. After a three month furlough he rejoined Company I at Falmouth, VA. Fought in the battle of Chancellorsville. June of 1863 contracted typhoid fever while enroute to Gettysburg. 1864 was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and given command of
Companies C and E. Discharged August 1, 1864 by expiration of service. Returned to Nantucket holding a variety of jobs such as butcher, clothing manufacturer, owned hardware store on Main Street, held office of postmaster 1879-1887, elected Clerk of Courts 1888-1916, Town Auditor 1890-1902. Served on the Board of Assessors 1902-1910. He was a member of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic). You may view him in a group photograph c. 1909. A gathering of
Civil War veterans-Members of Thomas M. Gardner Post in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number P1574.
Lot 591 George A. Backus. August 29, 1843 - February 1, 1917.
Son of Ichabod Backus and Sophronia Small Backus. Married Mary Jane Barrett in 1864. During the Civil War, he
enlisted in Company I 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on 8/5/1862. Joined his regiment August 29, 1862
at Alexandria, VA. He was severely wounded when shot in the left shoulder during the battle of Cold Harbor in
June of 1864. His partial account is as follows "....was wounded by a sharpshooter, who grinned at me from a
tree. I was shot in the left arm, which was broken in two places, as were three of my ribs. I laid where I fell
unconscious for some time, ....Two surgeons came and examined my wounds and pronounced the one in
my side fatal. All right I said, if I am to die, give me something to put me out of my misery. They gave me
something to sleep, but it had no effect on me. ....The rebs were driving our army back, consequently we had to
have our hospital tent moved back to the rear. I was left on a stretcher on the field, to die as they supposed....
An ambulance driver coming along, and seeing me, put me into his ambulance,....I stayed in the ambulance
four days....put into army wagon and carried to White House Landing Hospital. I stayed there a week and was
then carried to the hospital at Alexandria. (General Hospital at Fairfax Seminary, Alexandria, VA) I remained
there two weeks when my term of service expired, I was sent to Washington where I met my regiment, came
home and was discharged. After being home ten months, I went to Dr. Ellis and had the ball extracted from my
side, and have it now in my possession as a relic." After the war came home to Nantucket and worked as a
farmer.
Lot 599 Thomas Barraly. 1825 - January 6, 1892.
Married Sarah M. Bennett. Colonel 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry.
Lot 607 William "Billy" D. Clark. November 17, 1845 - 1909.
Son of Benjamin Clark and Mary Ann Fisher Clark.
He was the last Town Crier of Nantucket. You may view his photographic portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P196. Image Number P195B.
Lot 610 Captain George W. Allen. December 22, 1827 - August 8, 1894.
Son of Captain Walter Allen and Rebecca Fish Allen. He is the brother of Captain Charles E. Allen (Lot 438)
He married his first wife Elizabeth Jones in 1858. He married his second wife Lucy Daley after 1862.
He married his third wife Emily Clark Grew on July 13, 1879. He married his fourth wife Jenny Darby in 1890.
A Whaling master. While in command of the bark "Mars" he set out from New Bedford, July 1, 1874. He caught a sperm whale on August 16, 1874 that produced 152 barrels and 12 gallons of oil. He further captured six more whales during this voyage that averaged 117 barrels of oil each. He was Captain of the bark "Mars" from January 3, 1869 to 1873 and again July 1, 1874 to 1878. During his thirteen years on board the "Mars" he captured seventeen whales, yielding 1,902 barrels of sperm oil.
Lot 613 Captain Benjamin Whitford Joy. February 7, 1860 - January 14, 1931.
He was the brother of Captain William P. Joy. He married his first wife Annie W. Dunham on February 24, 1891. He was the third husband of his second wife, Mrs. Anna Folger Langley Huff.
Benjamin was the youngest child of Matilda and Captain Samuel Joy. He was one year old when according to
Edouard A. Stackpole in his book Rambling Through the Streets and Lanes of Nantucket two sea captains
rode up in a curtained carriage to his house at the corner of Prospect and Milk Streets. Before admitting them,
Mrs. Joy turned to her two sons, said, "I know what they are going to tell me. Thy father has been lost."
She was right. His ship had gone down on a voyage to China.
Benjamin also had adventures during his voyages, on one occasion also told by Edouard A. Stackpole he
narrowly escaped death when he was shipwrecked in a typhoon in the Phillippine Sea. He was able to reach
shore and found his way to the harbor of Manila. Here he found the "Lucille" and Captain John P. Conway of
Nantucket, he returned home on this ship. You may view his photograph taken at Wauwinet September 1923
in the Nantucket Historical Association's collection. Image Number P521.
Lot 625 Captain James Hussey Barker. August 11, 1812 - April 14, 1885.
Son of Robert Barker and Lucretia Hussey Barker. Married Mary C. Barney.
He was a Steamship Captain. Commanded steamer "Massachusetts" and "Eagle's Wing". In 1854,
he went to the midwest, where he commanded the palace steamer "Plymouth Rock" on Lake Erie.
He died in Milwaukee at the age of seventy-three.
Lot 625 Mary C. Barker. 1814 - October 17, 1895.
Daughter of Jospeh Barney and Mary Coleman Barney. Married James Hussey Barker.
Lot 625 Lewis C. Overman. ? - May 8, 1899.
He was the first husband of Elizabeth S. Barker Overman Boone. As recorded in the Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record he was killed by falling from a house staging.
Lot 625 Elizabeth S. Overman Boone. August 17, 1845 - April ?, 1923.
Daughter of Captain James Hussey Barker and Mary C. Barney Barker.
Married her first husband Lewis Overman in 1872.
Married her second husband William C. Boone on July 18, 1900.
Lot 625 Josephine Barker. 1848 - July 11, 1912.
She was the wife of James H. Barker, Jr. He was the son of Captain James Hussey Barker and
Mary C. Barney Barker
Lot 627 Captain Thaddeus Defriez. October 4, 1822 - May 21, 1913.
Son of Captain Henry I and Elizabeth (Betsey) Coffin Defriez (see Lot 125).
Married first wife Elizabeth Peabody in 1852. Married second wife Eliza S. Dillingham in 1873.
He was Master of ship "Richard Mitchell" in 1852. Master of ship "Sacramento" during the Civil War.
He was appointed Judge of Probate Court for Nantucket on Decenber 9, 1873.
Appointment as Notary Public for Nantucket August 31, 1903 and again on August 22, 1910.
Acted as treasurer for the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association.
Click on the link to view Captain Thaddeus Defriez's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, May 24, 1913 (page 1)
Click on the link to view Captain Thaddeus Defriez's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, May 24, 1913 (page 4)
Lot 636 Charles F. Swain. July 26, 1840 - October 26, 1909.
Son of Henry Swain and Susan Coffin Swain. Married Sarah M. Enas 1865. Private Co. 20th Reg. Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry 8. Also, Co. A. 1st Reg. Main Volunteer Sharpshooters. He was wounded during the battle of
Fredericksburg. Returned home to Nantucket. Was a member of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic).
Lot 644 Josiah Freeman 1840 - August 14, 1902.
Married Amelia F. Jernegan, the daughter of Captain William Jernegan in 1868. Island photographer with
studio on Main Street. Elected Representative for the Massachusetts State Legislature November 8, 1881.
Lot 644 Amelia F. Freeman. May 12, 1846 - February 8, 1913.
Daughter of Captain William Jernegan and Love P. Chadwick Jernegan. Married Josiah Freeman in 1868.
Lot 644 Hattie Amelia Freeman. November 21, 1871 - February 11, 1878.
Daughter of Josiah Freeman and Amelia F. Jernegan Freeman. Granddaughter of Captain William Jernegan
and Love P. Chadwick Jernegan.
Lot 644 Love P. Jernegan. April 28, 1821 - November 15, 1889.
Daughter of Antonio Chadwick and Polly Perkins Chadwick. Married Captain William Jernegan.
Lot 644 William C. Jernegan. November 11, 1849 - November 22, 1910.
Son of Captain William Jernegan and Love P. Chadwick Jernegan. Married and divorced Rebecca Taber.
Lot 645 Edward H. Wing. 1838 - September 5, 1911.
Of Charlestown, MA. Son of George Wing and Rebecca Taylor Wing. Married Sarah Ann Westgate in 1865.
Civil War veteran. Member of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic). You may view him in a group photograph
c. 1909 . A gathering of Civil War veterans. Members of the Thomas M. Gardner Post in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number P1574.
Lot 647 Captain Joseph H. Nickerson. 1811 - July 29, 1885.
Married Rebecca Joy Coffin in 1835, her second husband.
Lot 647 Rebecca Nickerson. October 29, 1798 - September 16, 1894.
Daughter of Obed Joy and Anna Cartwright Joy. Her first husband was John G. Coffin. She married
Captain Joseph H. Nickerson in 1835, her second husband.
Lot 650 Nelson Waterman. 1844 - March 29, 1876.
Son of William Waterman and Sarah Luce Waterman. Married Mary A. Harris in 1871. He was a Private
during the Civil War. Became ill during the march from Antietam to Harpers Ferry. Returned to Nantucket
after the war. Was a member of G.A.R. Thomas M. Gardner Post .
Lot 653 Edward F. Chadwick. 1840 - ?
Son of Alexander Chadwick and Balinda Fish Chadwick. Married Mary C. Fisher in 1863. During the Civil War
he served in Company F 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. He was discharged 7/10/1865, "disch wounds"
Fairfax Seminary Hospital, VA.
Lot 655 Captain William Holway (Hollway). 1819 -July 30, 1875.
He was the son of William Holway (Hollway) and Polly Fisher Holway (Hollway).
He married Lydia Fish. He was Master of the ship “Hero” on the voyage of October 11, 1856 to July 11, 1860. The Whalemen’s Shipping List and Merchants’ Transcript of April 6, 1856 reported “A letter from Capt. Holley (should be Holway) of ship ‘Hero’ of Nantucket in Jan., 1858 states the ship is with oil. In July 3, 1860 reported “In Paita May 1860 ship ‘Hero’ Capt. Holley (should be Holway) was seen bound for home.”
Lot 656 Sarah C. Tobey. July 1, 1842 - January 4, 1923.
Daughter of William Gifford and Lydia Starbuck Gifford. She married Benjamin G. Tobey in 1858. Sarah was
born at 105 Main Street now known as the "Christopher Starbuck House" and lived at this residence until her
death in 1923. She was the fourth generation Starbuck to reside in this home. It was in the Starbuck family
from c. 1690 until 1923.
Lot 655 Captain William Holley (Holly) 1810 – 1864.
He came from Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard. He married Delia M. Starbuck the sister of
Captain Charles Starbuck (See Lot 55).He was Master of the ships “Eliza Adams”, “Napoleon”,
and “Courier”.
Lot 666 Leeds Mitchell, Jr. ? - December 4, 1998.
Son of Leeds Mitchell, Sr. and Dorothy Day Mitchell. Husband of Margery "Mudge" Dyer Mitchell.
Roots go back to Richard Mitchell, Jr. who arrived on Nantucket in 1731. Several-times-removed
cousin of astronomer, Maria Mitchell. Grandson of prominent Chicago physician, summer resident and
in 1894 the first president of the Nantucket Historical Association J. Sidney Mitchell.
The Egle and Duce families were related through marriage. They were immigrants from the
Baltic country of Latvia. These families were part of the Latvian community on Nantucket.
Tragically, three members of their families fell victim to the influenza pandemic of 1920 and
died within days of each other. They are interred in Lots 668, 688, 759 and 852.
Lot 668 Max Egle. 1880 - February 20, 1920.
He was the brother of John Egle (See Lot 852). Husband of Pauline Egle.
He arrived in the United States from Latvia in 1907. He was a shell fisherman.
He died on Nantucket of double pneumonia during the influenza pandemic of 1920 at the
age of forty-four years, ten months and three days. As told by his brother John in the interview with
Leeds Mitchell, Jr. in 1978; John describes how he and Max had gone hunting on February 9. A cold
day with melting snow from an earlier warm spell. Max mentioned how he felt 'kind of chilly'. They started
home walking through Prospect Hill. Max pointed to a bush and told John that is where he had shot a
rabbit. John mentions how two weeks later Max was buried in sight of that bush. He tells of asking
the undertaker if her could perform the gravesite rites. He became what he called his 'brother's keeper'.
There were five or six Latvian families at funeral. John conducted the rites in Latvian.
To read the excerpt of the 1978 interview of John Egle by Leeds Mitchell, Jr. Go to Lot 852 John Egle.
Lot 668 Katherine Duce. 1869 - February 20, 1920.
She was the first wife of Christopher Duce. She joined her husband in the United States in 1907.
She died during the influenza pandemic of 1920 at the age of thirty-eight years, eight months and twelve days.
Lot 668 John Egle. 1907 - February 27, 1920.
He was the son of Max and Pauline Egle. He emigrated from Latvia to the United States in 1908 with his
mother. He died during the influenza pandemic of 1920 at the age of thirteen years, eight months and
twelve days.
Lot 688 Christopher Duce. ? - November 18, 1946.
He came to the United States from Latvia in 1906. The first of the Duce/Egle familes to emigrate.
He was the brother of George Duce (See Lot 759). He was the husband of Katherine Duce. She was
his first wife. His second wife was Olga Welk. He was a fisherman.
Lot 717 Edgar Whitfield Jenney. 1869 – July 21, 1939.
Edgar was born in New Bedford. He studied art in Boston and began work as
an architectural draftsman working in Boston. Edgar then traveled and studied in Europe. In 1905, he became a partner in the Manhattan firm of Mack, Jennney and Tyler. Their prominent client list included the Standard Oil Building, New York Telephone Building, the New York home of John D. Rockefeller, Woolsey Hall at
Yale University and the Parliament building in Ottawa, Canada.
In 1927, Edgar retired to paint and teach private pupils on Nantucket. His paintings are watercolors mainly of interiors and exteriors of Nantucket houses. In 1935, at the A. Kimbel and Sons, Inc. gallery in New York City his work was placed on exhibit. Then in November of 1940, one year after his death the Metropolitan Museum of Art held an exhibition of forty-five of his paintings, all but four was of Nantucket houses. Joseph Downs wrote a critique of Jenney’s work in his article Water Colors of Early American Houses for the Metropolitan Museum Arts Bulletin 1940:
"The water colors are simple, spontaneous, and alive, made solid by studied values and accurate draughtsmanship. High light, light, and dark are set down with the perception of an able artist. Chairs and tables stand soberly at ease; their various textures of mahogany, maple, and pine are secrets revealed for an understanding eye. Sunlight flooding a polished tabletop, the diminishing color of a rug in perspective, the intricate reflections of a crystal chandelier, or the icy high lights of porcelain, against a paneled wall, are difficult problems easily mastered here. Human figures, when they appear, are never architects’ robots giving scale to a background, but the real Nantucketois—so Jefferson designated the Islanders—as native as the windy moors and cobbled streets.”
Examples of his work may be seen in the Nantucket Historical Associaiton collection.
Lot 742 Walter Gilman Page. October 13, 1862 – March 24, 1934.
Walter was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an artist, writer and historian.
Walter was a painter of portraits, landscapes, and still life. He worked in Boston, Nantucket and Paris. Walter is noted for his painting The Eve of Life (a.k.a. The Grandmother). It was painted in the genre of paintings that reflected sickness, convalescence and death. It was painted at the end of his studies in Paris. The Eve of Life is now in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Walter studied with Otto Gundmann at the Boston Museum School. He then went to Paris and studied with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre at the Academie Julian in Paris. He returned to Boston in 1891 and at this time became a successful portrait artist. In 1897, referring to his portrait work Walter told a Chicago newspaper reporter one of the difficulties with his work “is that I scarcely ever have anything to exhibit. Most of my works are orders, and once they are out of my hand I am at a loss for the wherewithal to make an exhibition.”
Walter served as a member of the Boston School Board and the Boston Commission on Historic Sites. In 1924, he served as Chairman of the Massachusetts State Art Commision. He was instrumental in the Maddequet Admiralty Association founded in 1934 the mission is:
To promote safety of navigation in the waters of Madaket Harbor and its environs.
To further a spirit of cooperation, mutual aid and friendliness among the residents of Madaket.
And to perpetuate the memory of the late Walter Gilman Page, a leader in the original organization of the Maddequet Admiralty Association, and a loyal friend to Madaket and Nantucket. And in pursuance thereof, to strive for the good of its island and its people.
The Admiralty Association named the clubs annual regatta after Page. Walter
had been instrumental in bringing the body of Revolutionary War Naval hero
John Paul Jones to the United States from France for burial in Annapolis.
Walter’s work is in numerous private collections as well as museums such as the Nantucket Historical Association, The Whistler House Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Toledo Museum of Art. Walter wrote Henri Regnault published by The New England Magazine in 1895.
His marker is inscribed: WALTER GILMAN PAGE
1862 - 1934
ARTIST
HISTORIAN
To view the marker please visit the photo gallery section of the website.
Lot 748 Benjamin Sharp, M.D. November 1, 1858 - January 23, 1915.
Son of Benjamin Sharp and Hannah Leedom Sharp. Married Virginia May Guild in 1881.
A founder of Nantucket Cottage Hospital and the Nantucket Historical Association. Graduated from the
Coffin School; Received M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine. Was a
State Representative from 1910-1913. He also was Chairman of Fisheries and Game Commission.
You may view his photographic portrait c. 1910's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number P773.
To learn more about Benjamin Sharp read Frank D. Milligan's article "The Best of Us All: Dr. Benjamin Sharp"
in the Summer 2003, Historic Nantucket. Nantucket Historical Association. On-line. Internet.
Available http://www.nha.org/history/hn/HNBensharp.htm .
Click on the following link to view the obituary of Dr. Benjamin Sharp in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, January 30, 1915 (page 1).
Click on the following link to view the obituary of Dr. Benjamin Sharp in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, January 30, 1915 (page 2).
Click on the following link to view the image of Dr. Benjamin Sharp in The Inquirer and Mirror, Saturday, January 30, 1915.
Lot 759 George Duce. 1882 - July 13, 1928.
He was the brother of Christopher Duce (See Lot 759). He married Lena Egle. He was the
brother-in-law of Max Egle (See Lot 668) and John Egle (See Lot 852). He emigrated to the United States
from Latvia in 1907. He was a fisherman.
Lot 759 Lena Duce. 1884 - April 10, 1927.
She was the sister of Max and John Egle. She was the wife of George Duce.
Lot 795 Florence Higginbotham. 1894 - January 8, 1972.
Daughter of Landon Clay and Alice Steward. Married Robert D. Higginbotham in 1917. They divorced 1923.
African American. Arrived in Nantucket in 1911. Worked as domestic help. Purchased 27 York Street, now
known as The Higginbotham House in 1920 and 29 York Street, African Meeting House a.k.a. African Baptist Society Church in 1933 from the Estate of Henry C. Chase for $3,000.00. To learn more about her click on the link to "Second Higginbotham Gam". Oral Histories at the NHA Research Library. June 12, 2002.
To view data pages and photographs of the African Meeting House in The Library of Congress- American Memory's Historic American Building Survey/Historic Engineering Record.
Click on the following link to view Florence Higginbotham's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, January 13, 1972.
Lot 810 Maud Stumm. 1870 – March 12, 1935.
Maud was an internationally recognized artist known for her use of vibrant colors and clear detail work
in the eyes, face and hair of the woman and children she painted.
In 1930, Maud along with co-founder and fellow artist Anne R. Congdon (See Lot 1150) began
Nantucket’s Sidewalk Art Show outside the Atheneum consisting of fifty artists displaying their work before there were the numerous galleries that are now available on island. This was an annual event until sometime in the 1980’s when it was brought back in 2006. In 1916, Maud sketched a pastel portrait of artist Isabel Hollister Tuttle this portrait is included in the Nantucket Historical Associations images collection. Image Number P8224.
Lot 835 Edward G. Stanley-Brown, M.D. ? - November 25, 1998.
Life-long summer resident. Great grandson of James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States of
America.
Lot 838 U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Marcel E. A. Gouin. June 29, 1900 - May 16, 1960.
Nantucket native. Graduated from U.S. Naval Academy class of 1924. Commanding Officer of the Midway and
Admiralty. You may view his photographic portraits in the Nantucket Historical Association collection.
Image Number P15562. Image Number P15565. Image Number P8176.
Lot 852 John Egle. 1887 - February 28, 1988.
He arrived in the United States from Latvia in 1908.
He ws the brother of Max Egle. He is interred in Lot 668.
He married Alma Becker in May 1915.
As told in Frances Ruly Karttunen's book The Other Islanders People Who Pulled Nantucket's Oars
and recounted in her article The Adventurous John Egle Excerpted from The Other Islanders
incorporating the 1978 Leeds Mitchell, Jr. interview with John.
He was born in Tukums, a farming community thirty miles west of the Latvian capital city of Riga.
When John was a teenager,he involved himself in the revolutionary activities that were going on
in Latvia at the time. In order to evade the police he sought employment on a distant estate and learned
German, Polish and Russian.Members of the Latvian underground hid John in the coal hold of a
Finnish freighter. His brother Max sent a ticket for him to then travel from London to Boston.
He arrived in the United States in 1908. He worked on a dairy farm in Vermont;
as a carpenter on Nantucket. He then worked as a shell fisherman buying his own
boat and using a rent free shanty in Muskeget. He next worked in his brother Max's shop doing engine repair
and working for Summer residents on their boats. After his wife's death in 1972, he began to concentrate on
his landscape paintings. Between the ages of eighty-six and ninety-eight he had created three hundred
paintings that were exhibited locally and in 1988 at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
He had been the holder of Nantucket's Boston Post Cane, which is in the keeping of the oldest island
resident. He died on Nantucket at the age of one hundred and one years, ten months and eleven days.
The following is from a transcription of the 1978 Leeds Mitchell, Jr. interview with John Egle.
He tells a poignant memory of walking with his brother Max through Prospect Hill Cemetery.
“A True Story” – Excerpt from NHA cassette CT-50: John Egle: Miscellaneous Stories, 1978.
The year 1920 was not an easy year for my family. I remember it as a really hard year. So let me start from February 9. It was an ordinary winter day. There had been a lot of snow, close to twelve, fourteen inches, and it was melting because of a warmer spell and was nothing but puddles and slush and most of the snow was gone. I had my brother; we were very close. There was really no day we didn't see each other to talk and laugh and any old way. We couldn't stay away from each other. . . . My brother had a shop, a repair shop where we repaired engines. At that time they were putt-putt engines. . . . When work was a little slack, we used to go hunting. On February 9, 1920, we went out back to Hummock Pond to look for rabbits. We had a dog along, but somehow it wasn't very good weather-a lot of puddles, big bunches of drifted snow that had melted away. We didn't have much luck.
All of a sudden, my brother says, "Well I feel kind of chilly." I said, "Well, Max, let's turn around. It's time to quit." Because there was a lot of sickness around then, the bad influenza that had started in town. People had it and it was very powerful, the Asian influenza. So I said, "Best thing we go down home." So we were maybe a mile out of town. Walking back, we went by the cemetery, Prospect Hill Cemetery. The road leads by there. Coming by, we kept joking and talking. And there's a valley in the cemetery, and that valley was filled up with water. And we joked and said, "Well, we wouldn't like to sleep in that kind of place, under water." But he pointed out that farther down there is a hill and a bush, and he said, "Do you know, I shot a rabbit there." "Well," I said, "Is that so?"
Anyway, we went down home. But when he got home, he got real sick and he had to go to bed. In another day he contracted double pneumonia. Everyone was sort of scared. They were afraid to go to visit. So he was sick, and on the 12th of February-it was a real cold day-my brother passed away. My brother's wife asked me to come over, so I came over and went into the room where the undertaker had picked my brother up already, and he was laying in a casket in another room. And I went and stayed with him, and somehow, when I was with him, I felt so much better. My fear sort of disappeared, and I felt like he was alive yet. I felt like he was talking, and I felt so much better. The undertaker-today we'd call him the funeral director-said in order to go to the cemetery, we had to have a lot there. He happened to have a lot where we'd fit in. Anyway, I didn't know what else to do.
I didn't know what to do about the funeral rites. I asked the undertaker, "Is it all right if I conduct the rites at the graveside myself?" He said, "Oh, it's all right if you would like to do it. It's really proper if you want to do it." So somehow, I was my brother's-I guess you'd call it "keeper." At the funeral there were about five or six Latvian families, so really Latvian that they hardly spoke much English at all. And that was one reason I wanted to conduct the rites in Latvian so they would understand.
There arrived the funeral hearse drawn by black horses. A carriage brought his wife, and we came in a carriage. All gathered at the grave, and I tried with a good heart to make the rites in Latvian. And so everyone understood, because when I was a kid, my father was often called to conduct the graveside rituals in Latvia. So it sort of came into my mind that I can do it in private for my own brother, and I think nobody could put more love in it than I could do for my own brother.
As you remember, we talked, my brother and me, by the cemetery. He pointed out the bush where he'd shot the rabbit. Superstition, much superstition, but it was just two weeks later that my brother was buried in sight of that bush in the same cemetery. That really suits well the people who hold superstitions about what you shouldn't do in the cemetery-disturb anything-because you will be punished. We try to be not superstitious, but it just happened. And that you can put in a true story.
To learn more about John Egle read Frances Ruly Karttunen’s article in Historic Nantucket,
Vol. 53, No. 1 (Winter 2004) The Adventurous John Egle Excerpted from The Other Islanders.
on the following Nantucket Historical Association link http://www.nha.org/history/hn/HNegle.htm .
Lot 852 Alma Becker Egle. ? - March 6, 1972.
She arrived in the United States from Latvia in 1913. Her marriage to John Egle in 1915 brought her
to Nantucket from a Latvian community in Beverly Massachusetts. The couple had three children
together Erna, Wilma and John who died young at nine months. After the children had grown, Alma
rented rooms in their Easton Street house. The house seemed too large so John built a smaller house
on the edge of Lily Pond to be closer to their eldest daughter, Erna.
Lot 852 Erna Cora Egle Blair. June 6, 1916 - May 11, 2001.
Erna was the eldest child of John Egle and Alma Becker Egle. She was the wife of Robert Bryce Blaire.
She had a shop on the edge of Lily Pond where she created lamps and lampshades.
Click on the following link to view Erna Blair's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, May 17, 2001:
Erna Blair, Nantucket's "lamp lady" dead at 84.
Lot 852 Olga Lilliya Duce. ? - June 15, 1987.
She emigrated from Latvia to the United States in 1923. She was the second wife of Christopher Duce.
Lot 1036 Emerson Sylvaro. April 5, 1885 - February 10, 1969.
Descendent of Azorean immigrants who arrived on Nantucket in the 1800's. Uncle of historian/author
Fran Karttunen.
Lot 1146 Robert Benchley. September 15, 1889 - November 21, 1945.
Married Gertrude Darling June 6, 1914. Author, humorist, screenwriter, critic, actor, member of the
legendary Algonquin Round Table (literary figures who met for lunch daily at New York City's
Algonquin Hotel.)
Robert Benchley Society http://www.robertbenchley.org/index.htm
Click on the following link to view Robert Benchley's obituary from The Inquirer and Mirror, December 1, 1945,
Death of Robert C. Benchley.
Click on the following link to view Robert Benchley's obituary from The New York Times, November 23, 1945,
Robert Benchley.
Lot 1146 Gertrude D. Benchley. ? - August 6, 1980.
Maiden name Darling. Married Robert Benchley June 6, 1914.
Lot 1146 Nathaniel G. Benchley. November 13, 1915 - December 14, 1981.
Son of author and founder of the Algonquin Round Table Robert Benchley and Gertrude Darling Benchley.
Author and Screenwriter. Father of Peter Benchley, author of Jaws.
Lot 1146 Marjorie Bradford Benchley. 1917 - October 1, 1998.
Born in Denver, Colorado. Moved to Scarsdale, NY. Married Nathaniel Goddard Benchley (oldest son
of humorist Robert Benchley) in 1939. Purchased "Flaggship" on Baxter Road 1954 until 1997.
1968 became year-round resident. Served as vice-president Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Committee
member of Sconset Trust. Mother of Peter Benchley, author.
Lot 1150 Anne Ramsdell Congdon. December 8, 1873 - January 18, 1958.
Of Nashua, New Hampshire. Daughter of Governor George A. Ramsdell and Eliza Wilson Ramsdel.
Married Charles E. Congdon, M.D. in 1902. Became permanent Nantucket resident in 1930.
Prominent Landscape and Seascape painter. In 1926, she and her husband purchased 5 Orange Street
now known as the "Capain Silas Jones House". This house was also the owned by the Captain's son
Daniel Jones (See Lot 145). You may view the data pages and photographs in The Library of Congress-
American Memory's Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record.
Lot 1168 Nikita Carpenko. April 3, 1898 - May 4, 1961.
Son of Andrey Karpenko and Nadezhda Kaminsky. Born in the Ukraine. He came of age during the
Russian revolution. Married Margaret Deal in 1944, they divorced. Model ship builder and sculptor. His work
has been featured at the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and various New York galleries. On Nantucket, his shop and gallery were located at the end of Lower Union Street. Today a duck-crossing sign and a quaterboard that reads "Ducky" are where the descendants of his pet
duck "The Grand Duchess Petrina" reside in the pool fed by Consue Spring.
Click on the link to view Nikita Carpenko's obituary in The Inquirer and Mirror, Friday, May 19, 1961.
Lot 1173 Jose Formoso Reyes. September 15, 1902 - December 24, 1980.
Born Philippine island of Luzon. Married Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Ham. Masters degree Education from Harvard.
Worked as house painter. Learned craft of lightship basket making from Clinton Mitchell Ray (Lot 11). Introduced a new form. A covered ladies handbag called "friendship" basket. Queen Elizabeth II received one of his baskets on the occasion of her coronation. In 2001, his son Paul Reyes donated his father's shop to the Lightship Basket Museum.
You may view a photograph circa 1940's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number F2875.
Click on the following link to view on YouTube Jose Reyes on Lighship Baskets, with Dror Kahn. A video from the Nantucket Historical Association
Click on the following link to view the obituary for Jose Formoso Reyes in The Inquirer and Mirror, December 31, 1980.
Lot 1184 Henry Stephens Eddy. 1878 - August 9, 1944.
Born in Rahway, New Jersey. Prominent artist. Exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York
1919-1933. Summers painted at Provincetown and later Nantucket. Spent Summers on Nantucket from
1921 until his death. One of the founders and former president of the Westfield Art Association. His work
is in many public and private collections, including the Milwaukee Art Institute and many collections on
Nantucket.
Lot 1207 Dr. Karl Landsteiner. June 14, 1868 - June 26, 1943.
Born Vienna, Austria the son of Dr. Leopold Landsteiner and Fanny Hess Landsteiner. Married Helene Wlasto in 1916. Discovered the four blood types and the Rh factor in human blood. Received 1930 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. In 1933, Dr. and Mrs. Landsteiner built their summer home in Sconset at 99 Baxter Road, since that time the house has been moved across the road closer to Sankaty Lighthouse.
To learn more about Dr. Landsteiner visit Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1922-1941, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1965.
Please visit the photo gallery of our website to view Dr. Karl Landsteiner and Helene Landsteiner's marker at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Chronicles by: Paula Lundy Levy
To read the complete chronicles with images, maps and index pick up a copy of Prospect Hill Cemetery's book Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts by Paula Lundy Levy. Revenues generated from the sale of the books go back to PHC for conservation, preservation and restoration.
This page is under construction.
Works Cited
Thank you to the Nantucket Historical Association for their wealth of information on the persons interred
at historic Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Thank you to the Maria Mitchell Association and Jascin Leonardo Finger, Curator, Mitchell House,
Maria Mitchell Association and the Egan Institute for the information on the Mitchell Family and
their extended family researched by Elizabeth Yager for the MMA. In addition, thank you to
Alana Zola, docent at the Maria Mitchell Association for her work and beautifully transcribed
genealogy for the Lydia Coleman side of the Mitchell family.
I would like to thank Frances Ruly Karttunen for bringing my attention to her article in Historic Nantucket,
Vol. 53, No. 1 (Winter 2004) The Adventures of John Egle Excerpted from The Other Islanders. Also, for
her book The Other Islanders People Who Pulled Nantucket's Oars.
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Lib. of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Austin, Edward C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 36 February 19, 1878 - February 11, 1879.
Bailey, Eliza. Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, Inc. Prospect Hill Cemetery, Individual Grave Marker,
viewed April 3, 2006 .
Bailey (Bayley?), Hiram. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843 - 1894, Volume 14 March 4, 1856 - March 10, 1857.
Bailey (Bayley?), Richard C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 27 March 2, 1869 - February 22, 1870.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 152 - Business Papers of
Charles G. Coffin & Henry Coffin, 1829 - 1862, Folder 164.
Baker, Arvin. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 37 February 18, 1879 - February 10, 1880.
Baker, Jesse. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 29 February 28, 1871 - February 20, 1872.
Barnard, Eliza Lawrence. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 46 February 7, 1888 - January 29, 1889.
Barnard, James H. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 41 February 13, 1883 - February 5, 1884.
Barney, Eliza. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 47 February 5, 1889 - January 28, 1890.
Barrett, John W. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 24 March 6, 1866 - February 26, 1867.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 103 - Barrett Family Papers, 1827-1931,
Folder 3.
Baxter, David C.The Library of Congress. "Eliab Hussey House" a.k.a. "Dunham House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.American Memory. Lib. of Congress.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Baxter, Mary J. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 34 February 22, 1876 - February 6, 1877.
Baxter, Reuben. The Library of Congress. "Captain Reuben Baxter House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Reocrd.1933 to present. Ed. Mrs Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.
American Memory. Lib of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
Bickerstaff, Agnes Louisa and Thomas Barnard. Anthology of BHC Stories. The British Home Children Stories.
On-line. Internet. Available http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/anthology.htm .
Brown, Albert C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 39 2/15/1881 - 2/7/1882.
Brown, Henry G. (Captain). Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 31 February 25, 1873 - February 17, 1874.
Brown, James F. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 57 - Grace Gardner Brown Collection,
Scrapbook 53.
Bunker, Alexander D.Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843 - 1894, Volume 18 March 13, 1860 - March 5, 1861.
The Library of Congress "Captain Reuben Baxter House".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.
Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.American Memory Lib. of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Bunker, Charles. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843 - 1894, Volume 39 February 15, 1881 - February 7, 1882.
Bunker, David C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 160 - Bunker, Winslow/Terry Collection,
1787-1924, Collection Overview.
Bunker, Lauriston. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 160 - Bunker, Winslow/Terry Collection,
1787-1924, Collection Overview.
Bunker, Reuben R. The Library of Congress. "Reuben R. Bunker House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.American Memory.
Lib. of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ ( March 2006).
Bunker, Samuel. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 32 February 24, 1874 - February 16, 1875.
Bunker, Sarah. The Library of Congress. "Reuben R. Bunker House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory.
Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ . (accessed March 2006).
Burdick, Christopher. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 373 - John H. Welch Collection,
Box 5.
Burnell, Hon. Barker. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. The National Intelligencer, Saturday, June 17, 1843.
Death of the Hon. Barker Burnell, M.C. of Massachusetts. Interments in the Historical Congressional Cemetery.
Last Updated 8/15/03. On-line. Internet. available http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/PDF/Obits/B/Obits_Burnell.pdf
The Library of Congress. Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1843-1844. Thursday, December 14, 1843. American Memory. Lib. of Congress. (Access April 2006).
Calder, Timothy. 211 - Parker Family Papers, 1829-1926, Folder 2
Calder, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 39 February 15, 1881 - February 7, 1882.
Carpenko, Nikita. Karttunen, Frances Ruley. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library,
Part III. Nantucket And The World's People. On-line. Internet.
Available www.nha.org/pdfs/otherislanders/colorpix.pdf .
Cartwright, Lucretia R. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS - 71 Ladies Howard Society Papers,
1836-1918, Bills and Treasurers' Reports Accounts, 1889-1908, Book 11.
Cash, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 228 - William Cash Papers, 1852-1866,
Envelope.
Cathcart, Obed. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 335 - Edouard A. Stackpole Collection,
Folder 995.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Log Collection, Log 347.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 19, March 12, 1861 - March 4, 1862.
Chase, Frederick A. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 38 February 17, 1880 - February 8, 1881.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 381 Barbara Johnson/Friends of the
NHA Collection, 1766-1891, Box 2 Folder 1
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 399-Tony Sarg Collection,
1902-ca.1950,1983. Map:"Residential Main Street, Nantucket, Mass.,"designed by Tony Sarg.
Location:OVERSIZE.
Chase, Frederick B. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 31 February 25, 1873 - February 17, 1874.
Chase, Reuben, II. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalmen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 28 March 1, 1870 - February 21, 1871.
Chase, Sydney. Sidney Chase papers. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 442 - Sidney Chase
Papers, Collection Overview.
Chase, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 39 February 15, 1881 - February 7, 1882.
Coffin, Delia M. Hussey. Nantucket Historical Association Research Libray, MS 335 - Edouard A. Stackpole Collection,
1750-1990, Folder 165.5.
Coffin, Edward B. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 335 - Edouard A. Stackpole Collection,
1750-1990, Folder 952.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 25 March 5, 1867 - February 25, 1868.
Coffin, Gorham. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 74 - Ship "Globe" papers/Stackpole
Collection, 1824-1980, Folder 11.
Coffin, Henry. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 152 - Business Papers of Charles G. Coffin &
Henry Coffin, 1829-1862, Collection Overview.
Coffin, Mary Crosby. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 382 - Manuscript Vertical Files,
Receipt for Mrs. Benjamin F. Coffin from J.S. Hathaway for a "painting portrait" of three children ($50.00).
October 1, 1845. Signed J.S. Hathaway.
Coffin, Roland Folger. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 28 - Unidentified Diaries Collection
1822 - 1875, Book 9.
"Roland Folger Coffin" Edited Appletons Encyclopedia. 2001 Virtualology. On-line. Internet.
Available http://www.famousamericans.net/rolandfolgercoffin/ . (Accessed April 2006).
Coffin, Rufus. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 20 March 14, 1862 - March 3, 1863.
Coleman, Henry. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 302 - Pinkham Family Papers/Mason
Collection, 1841-1932, Folder 7.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 11 March 8, 1953 - February 28, 1854.
Coleman, Ebenezer. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 29 February 28, 1871 - February 20, 1872.
Congdon, Ann Ramsdell. The Library of Congress. "Captain Silas Jones House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.
American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer . (Accessed April 2006).
Defriez, Ferdinand White. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 20 March 14, 1862 - March 3, 1863.
Defriez, Henry. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Log Collection, Log 40,
Log 41.
Defrieze, Thaddeus C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 137 - Defrieze Family Papers,
1832-1910, Folder 7
Easton, Frederick A. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 38 February 17, 1880 - February 8, 1881.
Easton, James, 2nd. The Library of Congress. "Solomon Gardner and Paul Gardner Houses".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.
Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramires. August 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
The Nantucket Historical Association. "William Hadwen Popup". Nantucket Historical Association
On-line. Internet. Available http://www.nha.org/popups/hadwenpopup.html.
Enas, Manuel. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 42 February 12, 1884 - February 3, 1885.
Ewer, Peter F. The Library of Congress. "Sylvanus Ewer House". Historic American Buildings Survey/HistoricEngineering Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (access March 2006).
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 373 John H. Welch Collection, Box 7.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 25 Ewer Family Papers, 1813 - 1875,
Collection Overview.
Ewer, Sylvanus. Library of Congress. "Sylvanus Ewer House" Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory. Lib of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed April 2006)
Fanning, Kezia Coffin. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 2 - Kezia Coffin Fanning Papers,
1775-1820, Collection Overview.
Fish, Martha. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 380 - Martha Fish Papers/Louise Hussey Collection, 1875-1981, Collection Overview.
Fisher, Albert P. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 26, 3/3/1868 - 2/23/1869.
Fisher, Elisha H. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 41 February 13, 1883 - February 5, 1884.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 132 - Christopher Mitchell & Company,
1835-1843, Book 1.
Fisher, Timothy. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 46 February 7, 1888 - January 29, 1889.
Fitch, George. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 152 - Business Papers of Charles G. Coffin
& Henry Coffin, 1829 - 1862, Folder 2.
Fitzgerald, Lydia, Capt. Timothy. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894, Volume 29 February 28, 1871 - February 20, 1872.
Folger, Isaac H. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 397 - Nantucket Tourist Guides and Souvenir Books, 1869 - (open), Envelope 4
Folger, Philip H. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 23 March 7, 1865 - February 27, 1866.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Logs Collection, LOG 357.
Freeman, Josiah. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 39 February 15, 1881 - February 7, 1882.
Freeman, Pauline Smith. The Library of Congress. "The Three Bricks" a.k.a. "Joseph Starbuck Houses".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
(accessed March 2006).
Fuller, Phebe.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894, Volume 23
March 7, 1865 - February 27, 1866.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 335 - Edouard A. Stackpole Collection, 1750-1990,
Folder 189. Stackpole, Edouard A. Nantucket's Murder Mystery of Long Ago The Story of Patience Cooper .
Fuller, William C. Nantucket Historical Associatin Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 47 February 5, 1889 - January 28, 1890.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Logs Collection,
LOG 151, REEL 14:071; REEL 153: 131 NEGATIVE; MF (BEGINS Oct. 8).
Gardner, Alfred F. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843 - 1894, Volume 16 March 16, 1858 - March 8, 1859; Volume 32 February 24, 1874 - February 16, 1875.
Gardner, Anna. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 87 - Gardner Family Papers, 1717-1911,
Collection Overview.
Gardner, Arthur H. Nantucket Historical Association Research Libary, MS 19 - Arthur H. Gardner papers, 1862-1923,
Collection Overview.
The Library of Congress. "Coffin - Gardner House".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.
Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (access March 2006).
Gardner, Benjamin F. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shippin List,
1843-1994, Volume 41 February 13, 1883 - February 5, 1884.
Gardner, Charles A. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 38 February 17, 1880 - February 8, 1881.
Gardner, Grace Brown. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 57 - Grace Brown Gardner
Collection, 1900 - 1962, Collection Overview.
The Library of Congress. "Coffin-Gardner House".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.
Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (access March 2006).
Gardner, John. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 39 February 15, 1881 - February 7, 1882.
Gardner, John J. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 10 - Account Books Collection,
AB 484, AB 490, AB 492.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 87 - Gardner Family Papers, 1717-1910,
Folder 47.50.
Gardner, Rowland. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 34 February 22, 1876 - February 6, 1877.
Gardner, Thomas M. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 95 - Thomas M. Gardner Papers,
1861-1892, Collection Overview.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 93 - Grand Army of The Republic
Collection, 1866-1937, Collection Overview.
Gardner, William C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 421 - Letters from the
Brotherhoood Restaurant, 1847, Collection Overview.
Gibbs, Richard. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Logs Collection,
Log 339.
Hadwen, William. Nantucket Historical Association William Hadwen. On-line. Internet.
Available http://www.nha.org/popups/hadwenpopup.html .
Higginbotham, Florence. "Second Higginbotham Gam". Oral Histories at the NHA Research Library. June 12, 2002.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library. On-line. Internet.
Available www.nha.org/library/oralhistory/higgenbothamf.html .
The Library of Congress. "African Baptist Society Church". Historic American Buildings Survey
/HistoricEngineering Record.1933 to present. Ed. Mrs Constance Wermer Ramirez.
August 1971. American Memory.
The Library of Congress. On-line. Internet. Available http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ma/ma0300/ma0308/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:80:./temp/~ammem_ZKWs&title2=Nantucket+Island,+Aerial+Views,+Nantucket,+Nantucket+County,+MA&displayType=1
Hobbs, Reuben R. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 18 March 13, 1860 - March 5, 1861.
Holley, Nancy R. "Nannie". Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS - 41 Pieces Books, 1794-1915
Poem about Nannie's death from Typhoid, Box 2.
Holley, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS - 386 Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 10 March 2, 1852-March 1, 1853; Volume 16 March 16, 1858 - March 8, 1859; Volume 17
March 15, 1859-March 6, 1860; Volume 18 March 18, 1860-March 5, 1861.
Hussey, Andrew G. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 47 February 5, 1889 - January 28, 1890.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 363 - William B. Starbuck Journals,
1873-1890, Box 1, Volume 2.
Hussey, Eliza P. Whippey. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 32 February 24, 1874 - February 16, 1875.
Hussey, Peter. The Hussey Manuscript Page. On-line. Internet. Available http://bz.llano.net/gowen/hussey_millenium/husseyms_017.html .
Hussey, Roland B. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 45 February 8, 1887 - January 31, 1888, Volume 46 February 7, 1888 - January 29, 1889.
Imbert, Lewis. The Library of Congress. "Rescom Taber House" a.k.a. "Captain Joy House", Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory. The Library of Congress. On-line. Internet. Available http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ma/ma0300/ma0360/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:43:./temp/~ammem_dClU::&title2=Rescom+Taber+House,+45+India+Street,+Nantucket,+Nantucket+County,+MA&displayType=1
Johnson, Pauline Mackay. The Library of Congress. "The Three Bricks" a.k.a. "Joseph Starbuck Houses".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
(accessed March 2006).
Jones, Daniel. The Library of Congress. "Captain Silas Jones House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.American Memory.
The Library of Congress.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
The Libary of Congress. "Capain Benjamin Coggeshall House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memroy The Library of Congress.http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006),
Joy, David. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 7 - Joy Family Papers, 1806-1880,
Collection Overview.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 33 February 23, 1875 - February 15, 1876.
Joy, Edward C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 53 - Edward C. Joy Journal, 1863-1876,
Collection Overview.
Joy, George F. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 152 - Business Papers of Charles G. Coffin
& Henry Coffin, 1829-1862, Folder 172, Folder 189.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 334 - Charles G. Coffin and Henry Coffin
Business Papers/Carlisle Collection, Folder 61.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Libray, MS 396 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 7 March 6, 1849 - February 26, 1850 & Volume 34 February 22, 1876 - February 6, 1877.
Joy, Robert. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 20 March 14, 1862 - March 3, 1863.
Lawrence, Benjamin. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 37 February 18, 1879 - February 10, 1880.
Mackay, Maria Mitchell. The Library of Congress. "The Three Bricks" a.k.a. "Joseph Starbuck Houses".
Historic American Buidlings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
(accessed March 2006).
Macy, Alexander. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 96 - Macy Family Papers, 1729-1959,
Folder 2.
Macy, Alfred. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 32 February 24, 1874 - February 16, 1875.
Macy, Gorham. The Library of Congress. "Gorham Macy House".Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record, 1933 to Present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory.
Lib.of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Macy, John E. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 30 February 27, 1872 - February 18, 1873.
Macy, Obed. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 96 - Macy Family Papers, 1729-1959,
Collection Overview.
Marshall, Joseph. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1834-1894, Volume 37 February 18, 1879 - February 10, 1880.
McCleave, Edward. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 33 February 23, 1875 - February 15, 1876.
Meader, Samuel Burnell. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 10 March 2, 1852 - March 1, 1853, Volume 25 March 5, 1867 - February 25, 1868.
Mitchell, Joseph. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 16 March 16,1858 - March 8, 1859, Volume 42 2/12/1884 - 2/3/1885.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 10 - Accounts Book Collection, AB177.
Mitchell, Judith M. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 71 - Ladies Howard Society Papers,
1836-1918, Bills and Treasurers' Reports Accounts, 1880-1889, Book 10.
Mitchell, Maria, Maria Mitchell-First Woman Astronomer in the U.S.. On-line. Internet. Available www.space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/mariamitchell.htm .
Mitchell, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 19 March 12, 1861 - March 4, 1862, Volume 27 March 2, 1869 - February 22, 1870.
Morey, Israel. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 334 Charles G. Coffin and Henry Coffin Business
Papers/Carlisle Collection, Folder 59
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 15 March 17, 1857 - March 9, 1858.
Murray, John. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 114 Ships' Documents 1853-1872,
Book 1.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 335 - Edouard A. Stackpole Collection,
1750-1990, Folder 774.
Norton, Clara Ann. The Library of Congress. "Zaccheus Hussey House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. July 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ . (Accessed April 2006).
Page, Walter Gilman.
diCurcio, Robert A. Art On Nantucket. Nantucket Historical Association, 1982, pgs. 213,215.
Southgate, M. Therese. The Art of Jama II: Covers and Essays from the Journal of the Amercian Medical Association. Amercian Medical Association. 2001 pg. 22.
http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/biography.aspx?searchtype=BIO&artist=26995
biography for Walter Gilman Page.
The Nantucket Independent. Under The Eaves. May 19, 2004.
Palmer, George. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 38 February 17, 1880 - February 8, 1881.
Parker, Elisha. The Library of Congress. "Captain Benjamin Coggeshall House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Pinkham, Seth. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 2 March 12, 1844 - March 4, 1845.
Plaskett, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 55 - Brock/Goss Collection, Folder 1.
Ray, Charles B. Nantucket Historical Association Research Libray, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 42 February 12, 1884 - February 3, 1885.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Logs Collection,
LOG 347, REEL 60:000; LOG 266, REEL 19:094 COPY 1;REEL 159:180 (5/17/1849-1851)
NEGATIVE; MF.
Riddell, Benjamin F. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 15-Ships' Papers Collection, Folder 78.5
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 152-Business Papers of Charles G. Coffin
& Henry Coffin, 1829-1862, Folder 307.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 220-Ships' Log Collection, Log 344.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 17 March 15, 1859 - March 6, 1860.
Riddell, Henry. Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, Inc. Prospect Hill Cemetery, Individual Grave Marker,
Viewed April 3, 2006.
Riddell, John. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 5 March 9, 1847 - February 29, 1848. Volume 31 February 25, 1873 - February 17, 1874.
Riddell, Timothy W. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843 - 1894, Volume 43 February 10, 1885 - February 2, 1886.
Russell, William D. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, Eliza Starbuck Barney Genealogical Record,
Person Page 710. On-line. Internet. Available http://12.46.127.86/bgr/BGR-p/p710.htm#i35928
Sherman, William Edwin. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 428 - Sherman Family Papers,
Folder 10.
Smith, Obed. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1834-1894, Volume 25 March 5, 1867 - February 25, 1868.
Smith, Peter G. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 11 March 8, 1853 - February 28, 1854.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ship's Logs Collection,
LOG 347, REEL 60:000.
Starbuck, Frederick P. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1834-1894, Volume 16 March 16, 1858 - March 8, 1859.
Starbuck, George. The Library of Congress. "The Three Bricks" a.k.a. "Joseph Starbuck Houses". Historic American Builidng sSurvey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971.
American Memory. Lib.of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Starbuck, Joseph. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 19 March 12, 1861 - March 4, 1862.
Starbuck, Matthew. The Library of Congress. "The Three Bricks" a.k.a. "Joseph Starbuck Houses". Historic American Buidlings Survey/Historic Engineering Record.1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971. American Memory. Lib.of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Starbuck Obed. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1834-1894, Volume 40 February 14, 1882 - February 6, 1883.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Logs Collection, 302. "Hero".
The Library of Congress. "Tashama Farm". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering
Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971.
American Memory. Lib. of Congress Http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
(accessed March 2006).
Starbuck Simeon. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 10 - Account Books Collection, AB 121.50.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 Ships' Logs Collection,
LOG 211, REEL 22:043; REEL 159:017 NEGATIVE; MF,
REEL 31:067. REEL 40:000. REEL 165:181 NEGATIVE (FILMED IN REVERSE).
Starbuck, William. The Library of Congress. "The Three Bricks" a.k.a. "Joseph Starbuck Houses". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971. American Memory. Lib.of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Swain, Alanson. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 10 - Account Books Collection,
Hadwen & Barney accounts, Alanson Swain scrapbook and diary. 1849-1870.
Swain, Augustus C. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 31 February 25, 1873 - February 17, 1874.
Swain, Benjamin. The Library of Congress. "William Nichols House" a.k.a. "Timothy G. Clapp House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record.1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
(accessed March 2006).
Swain, Charles B. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 34 February 22, 1876 - February 6, 1877.
Swain, Jonathan. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 335 - Edouard A. Stackpole Collection,
1750-1990, Folders, 976, 994, 1005.
Swain, Silas. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 41 - Piece Books, 1794-1915, Box 3
Copy of letter from Peter G. Chase to widow Swain regarding death of Captain Swain.
Nantucket Historical Association. "Killed by a Whale - letter brings the news". Historic Nantucket,
Volume 23 Number 4 (April 1976).
Swain, Wyer. The Library of Congress. "Tupper-Folger House". Historic American Building sSurvey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory.
The Library of Congress. On-line. Internet. Available http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ma/ma0400/ma0400/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?hh:83:./temp/~ammem_ouIV::&title2=Tupper-Folger+House,+28+Orange+Street,+Nantucket,+Nantucket+County,+MA&displayType=1
Tobey, Sarah C. The Library of Congress. "Christopher Starbuck House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. July 1971. American Memory.
Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer . (Accessed April 2006).
Tracy, George Hussey. The Library of Congress. "Robert Wyer House".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.
Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramierez. August 1971. American Memory. Lib of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (Accessed April 2006).
Nantucket Historical Associaiton Research Library, MS - 386 Whalemen' s Shipping List,
1843-1894, Vol. 25 March 5, 1867 - February 25, 1868.
West, Paul. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 20 March 14, 1862 - March 3, 1863.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 13 - West Family Papers, 1829-1899,
Folder 8.
Westgate, Charles T. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 17 March 15, 1859 - March 6, 1860.
Winslow, Perry. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 152 - Business Papers of Charles G. Coffin
& Henry Coffin, 1829-1862, Folder 211.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 166 - Winslow Family Papers,
Collection Overview.
Wood, Albert. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 418 - Forrest Smith Papers, 1857-1979,
Collection Overview.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 38 February 17, 1880 - February 8, 1881. Volume 42 February 12, 18884 -
February 3, 1885.
The Library of Congress. "Benjamin Swift House".
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.
Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971. American Memory. LIb of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ .
Woods, Phebe A. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 76 - Volunteer Aid Association Papers, 1898,
Book 2
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 77 - Ladies Aid Society Papers, 1913-1918,
Collection Overview; Folder 1.
Worth, Helen Barnard Winslow. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 39 - Helen Barnard Winslow
Worth Diary, Collection Overview.
Worth, Calvin. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 37 February 18, 1879 - February 10, 1880.
Worth, Shubael. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List, 1843-1894,
Volume 31 February 25, 1873 - February 17, 1874.
Worth, William. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 386 - Whalemen's Shipping List,
1843-1894, Volume 30 February 27, 1872 - February 18, 1873, Volume 38 February 17, 1880 - February 8, 1881.
Wyer, Christopher. Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 10 - Accounts Books Collection, AB 51.
Nantucket Historical Association Research Library, MS 220 - Ships' Logs Collection, Log 139,
Log 163, REEL 14:157, REEL 53 NEGATIVE:042 REEL 154 NEGATIVE; MF,
Log 100, REEL 10, COPY 1:171; COPY 2:111; REEL 168:145 NEGATIVE; MF (Bound with
Henry CLay).
The Library of Congress. "Robert Wyer House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic
Engineering Record.1933 to present. Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.
American Memory. The Lib. of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ (accessed March 2006).
Wyer, Henry Sherman. Nantucket Historical Association Research Libray, MS 145 Wyer Family Papers,
1792 -1906, Collection overview.
Nantucket Atheneum collection. Online. Internet. Available http://134.241.53.10/search/aWyer%2C+Henry+Sherman%2C+1847-1920./awyer+henry+sherman+1847+1920/-2%2C-1%2C0%2CB/exact&FF=awyer+henry+sherman+1847+1920&1%2C11%2C .
Wyer, Samuel C. The Library of Congress. "Captain Reuben Baxter House". Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic Engineering Record. 1933 to present.Ed. Mrs. Constance Wermer Ramirez. August 1971.
American Memory. Lib. of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
(accessed March 2006).