Nekick (Schooner, 1838)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Nekick
Also known as:: Flora
Year of Build:: 1838
Rebuilt:: 1. 1842, Oswego, New York;
2. 1857, M. Castler, Dexter, New York;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Sheboyagan, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Bust Figure Head (1838)
Plain Head (1842)
Builder Name:: Caleb S. Huston
Ownership Notes:: Veasic, John, (1839); Morgan, Charles,(1839); Dyer, Asil, (1839); Huston, Calib S., (1839); McNair, William, (1840); Morgan, J. C., (1840); Morgan, T. S., (1840); Dana, William, (1842); N. W. Western Insurance Company, (1843); Gillespie, A. F., (1843-1844); Hooker, Samuel, (1846); Hopkins, Edward W., (1846); Clark, F., (1846); Crevoli (Creakin), (Cre__in), Henry Joseph, (1849); Hooker, S. F., (1854); Dann, J. C., (1850); Wilder, Ephraim, (1857-1860);
Master(s):: Veasic, John, (1839); Harding, Charles, (1840); Mathewson, A. F., (1840); Marskin, Charles, (1840)**; Dana, William, (1842); Gillespie, A. F., (1843-1844); Litts, Lewis, (1846); Seas, (1850); Vail, Abel P., (1849-1854); Wilder, Epraim, (1857);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1838)

Hull Dimensions

1838: Length: 52' 6" Width/Beam: 15' 10" Depth: 4' 5"
1842: Length: 52' 11" Width/Beam: 15' 10" Depth: 5' 6"
1857: Length: 71' 6" Width/Beam: 17' Depth: 6' 9"

Tonnage

1838: Gross: 31 + 45/95
1842: Gross: 39 + 75/95
1857: Gross: 74 + 3/95

Enrollments/Registration

July 13, 1839: Port: Michilimackinac Number: 5 of 1839
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 6-3-1840
June 3, 1840: Port: Cleveland Number: 19 of 1840
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-21-1841
April 21, 1841: Port: Oswego Number: 10 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 4-2-1842
April 2, 1842: Port: Oswego Number: 3 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Rebuilt
Next document: Sandusky 9-12-1843
September 12, 1843: Port: Sandusky Number: 14 of 1843
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Oswego 9-4-1844
September 4, 1844*: Port: Oswego Number: 63 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 10-19-1846
October 19, 1846: Port: Sackets Harbor
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Cape Vincent 4-23-1849
April 23, 1849: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 25 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 5-20-1850
May 20, 1850***: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 16 of 1850
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Sackets Harbor 6-7-1851
June 7, 1851: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 15 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 4-24-1854
April 24, 1854: Port: Cape Vincent Number: 14 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner; Next document: Sackets Harbor 5-1-1857
May 1, 1857: Port: Sackets Harbor Number: 3 of 1857
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cape Vincent 4-8-1860
April 8, 1860: Port: Cape Vincent
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Nekick (1838-1857);
b. Schooner, Flora (1857- )
Nationality:: American (1838-)
Chronology:: 1. 8/8-9/1850, Lake Ontario, near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, capsized, (8 lives lost), towed to shore;
2. 10/00/1860, near Sackets Harbor, Lake Ontario, (coal and pork), ashore and became a total loss, hull $1, 300 loss, cargo
$400 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *This enrollment gives the dimensions as, 52'11" x 16'10" x 5'6," which is an error;
**A. F. Matheswon replaced Charles Harding on 9/5/1840. Charles Marskin replaced A. J. Mathewson on 10/7/1840;
***Enrollments, 5/20/1851, 6/7/1851, and 4/24/1854 are missing from the records;
1860 Vessel Register of Lake Vessels says that the "Flora" was built at Dexter. New York from the bottom of the schooner Nekick in 1857. Dexter was her home port from 1857 to 1860. The Flora is not on the 1863 list of Lake Vessels.
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Cape Vincent, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Michilimackinac, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
Sackets Harbor, New York; Sandusky, Ohio;
2. Enrollments: Cape Vincent, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Michilimackinac, Wisconsin; Oswego, New York;
Sackets Harbor, New York; Sandusky, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Detroit Advertiser: 8/14/1850;
5. Lake Vessel Register, Board of Underwriters, 1860, 1863;
6. (Buffalo), Democracy: 2/28/1855; (article entitled, ""Tonnage of the Lakes;"")
7. Buffalo Morning Express: 3/11/1861;
8. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;

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