The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-07-03
OWLS HEAD SHIPPERS
And the Vessels They Have Commanded.
rpocklond Courier-Gazett

And the Vessels They Have Commanded.
| IRockland Courier-Gazette]
| A valued correspondent (B. A. e.
thus writes The Courier-Gazette from the
ueighboring seaside hamlet OF Owls
Head:
ct is safe to call any man on Owls
Head 'Capt'n'."
This was remark made some years
ago when there were AZ sea captains in
actual service hailing from this little
Maine port. The most of them owned a
part of and some the entire vessels they
commanded, which were chiefly engaged
in freighting lime, granite, lumber, coal,
corn and flour and all kind of merchan-
disc. Some were fishermen going to the
Grand Banks and elsewhere, while
few were in the West India and South
American trdde. Some of these vessels
were built at Owls Head. Several were
bought elsewhere and rebuilt here.
Now there are but IS captains living
here and all of these have retired from
active service So there is not now a
man hailing from Owls Head who is in
command of vessel anywhere.
| append a list of the vessels that these
IS captains have commanded. Capt.
Rodney Arey: 1t is said of Capt. Arey
that he would sail any of his vessels
where there was good heavy dew! He
was a wonderful man to cut corners.
He would be coming down over Nam
tucket Shoals with fleet of other YES
sells. when all at once his vessel would be
missed. Later he would be seen shaving
up the Cape Cod shore-he had lodged
through the Monomoy slew. These are
the.craft that he has been in command of:
Schooners Milo, Sea Serpent, Bound
brook, Genuine, Dover Packet, Increase,
George & James, Farmer, Billingsgate,
Harbinger, Oregon, Abby Weld, Four
Brothers, D. A. Wilson, Polly, Alba
tross, Abbie s. Emery. John Brown, Sea
Lion, Mary Langdon, Hector, Catharine
Jane, Chanticleer, Perseverance, Union,
Delaware, Walter Irvine, Charlotte, Sin
bad. Elbridge Gerry, Prospect Manitou,
/ George A. Pierce, Mabel A. Snow,
Hattie E. Smith, E. Brown, Thomas
Borden. Yachts Undine, Lillian &
Helen, Katie NJ. Hardy, Midget.
Capt. Thomas F. Kinney. Schooners
Mary Brewer, Commerce, Polly, Esper-
ANA, John Beacham, Mary Gleason.
Capt. Harrison Emery; Schooner Bill
low, also sch Abstract, rebuilt at Owls
Head and name changed to the Abbe S.
Emery.
Capt. Frank R. Maddocks: Schooners
Harriet, Edward Stanley, Caroline
Knight, Allegheny, Adrian. George,
/ Fleetwing, Georgia Berry. Ann Eliza,
William Rice, St. Elmo.
/ Capt. Knott C. Emery: Schooners
Elbridge Gerry, Express, Samuel Brown,
Arctic, Sinbad, Mary Langdon, Carrie
Miles, Ada Ames, Red Jacket, J. S.
Lamphrey.
Capt. Ezekiel Tolman: Schooners Wal
ter Hall, Mary Brewer, Neponset,
Pacific, Caroline Gray, Nautilus, Walter
Hall.
Capt. Lewis A. Arey: schooners Polly,
/ Express.
Capt. Charles E. Dyer: Schooners Ann
Eliza, Addie Vessels, Billow, Lena
White, John J. Perry, Jordan |. Mott.
Capt. B. A. Emery: Schooners En-
press, William Jones, Charlie 4 Willie,
Sea Serpent, Oregon, Union. Adrian.
Capt. Chandler Farr: Schooners Ore
gon, Hope, Hume, Florida, R. L. Ken
ney, Polly. Laura May, Idaho
Capt. Isaac A. Post: Schooners Hume,
Carrie C. Miles, Charlie & Willie,
George M. Brainerd, Atlanta, Charity,
Emily Swift.
Capt. Calvin M. Rogers: Schooners
Benjamin Franklin, Lake, William Nc
Loon, Washington Freeman, James
Henry, Setagawa, Jennie A. Cheney,
st. Elmo, Charlie Wolsey, Georgia
Berry, Carrie L. Hicks, Charity, Annie
Ainslie, Edna, Allie Oaks, Franklin.
/ Capt. W. H. H. Perry: Schooners
Boundbrook, Scion, Sinbad, Express,
Elbridge Gerry, Polly; Brig Jennie A.