Elisha Whittlesey (Schooner, 1831)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Ashtabula, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Edward Lockwood & Charles W. Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Field, William A., (1831-1833); Parsons, Henry E., (1833-1836); Hubbard, Joseph, (1836-1841); Hubbard, Henry, (1837-1846); Austin, Jacob, (1831-1841); Webster, George B., (1831-1846); Clark, Russel, (1831-1841); Watsons, Winthrop, (1831-1836); Watsons, Martin, (1831-1846); Fisk, Amos, (1831-1841); Joy, Walter, (1832- 1846); Thayer, Gersham A., (1841-1842); Austin, Lewis B., (1841-1846); Hubut, J. D., (1841-1846); Fish, Harry, (1841-1846); Hancock, William, (1842-1846);
Master(s):: Hicox, William, (1831-1832); Brown, N. W., (1833); Richard, (1836); Beesmith, S., (1837); Thayer, Gersham A., (1841); Hancock, William, (1842); Beggs, (1846); Peak, Channdler, (1848);

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Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

July 4, 1831: Port: Cleveland Number: 6 of 1831
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Cleveland 6-22-1832
June 22, 1832: Port: Cleveland Number: 19 of 1832
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 6-19-1833
June 19, 1833: Port: Cleveland Number: 15 of 1833
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 7-11-1836
July 11, 1836: Port: Cleveland Number: 24 of 1836
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-27-1841
May 27, 1841: Port: Cleveland Number: 21 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Cleveland 5-30-1842
May 30, 1842: Port: Cleveland Number: 27 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-17-1846
May 17, 1846: Port: Buffalo Number: 69 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 6-24-1848
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June 24, 1848: Port: Buffalo Number: 57 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
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History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Elisha Whittlesey (1831-1848)*
Nationality:: American (1831-1848)
Chronology:: 1. 9/00/1832, Ashtabula, Lake Erie, capsized and sank, later raised and towed into port, (merchandise, salt), 10 lives lost;
Schooner, Huron, rescued 7 people;
2. 10/30/1846, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, ashore, lost rudder and released;
3. 11/00/1848, Erie (Peninsula), Lake Erie, ashore, $500 loss;

Notes

General notes:: * this vessel is sometimes referred to as E. Whittlesey in the newspapers;
The Steamer, James Madison, brought news into Buffalo on 11/23/1841, that either the Schooner, Elisha Whittlesey, or the Willis, was ashore on the west side of the harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio.
Sources:: 1. Enrollments: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. Commercial Advertiser & Journal (Buffalo): 11/23/1841;
4. Daily National Pilot (Buffalo): 10/29/1845;
5. Buffalo Daily Courier: 5/26/1846;
6. Daily Courier & Pilot (Buffalo): 11/4/1846, 11/24/1846;
7. Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo): 12/30/1848;
8. Detroit Democratic Free Press & Michigan Intelligencer: 10/18/1832;
9. Cleveland Plain Dealer: 1/3/1849;
10. Detroit Courier: 10/18/1832;
11. Detroit Free Press: 11/7/1846;
12. Buffalo Express: 11/4/1846;
13. Cleveland City Directory: 1837;
14. John Poole's notes;
15, Hallowell Free Press: 10/30/1832, 11/13/1832;

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