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History of Essex County, Massachusetts. :
with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men.

Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1888.

transcribed by Linda Boorom





CHAPTER XLVIII.
BEVERLY
By Frederick A. Ober

page 706

    Beverly's suffers by sea were not few during the Revolution, and of those commited to Mill Prison are the following:

Benjamin Chipman, of schooner "warren," taken December 27, 1777.
Michael Down, of brig "Rambler," taken October21, 1779.
Joseph Leach, taken and committed to Pembroke Prison in 1779.
Joseph Perkins, Levi Woodbury, Robert Raymond, Matthew Chambers and Andrew Peabody, of ship "Essex," taken June 10, 1781; also James Lovett and Benjamin Sprague.
William Haskell, Alexander Carrico and George Groce, of brig "Eagle," taken June, 1780.
John Baker, of brig "Black Princess," taken october 11, 1781.
John Tuck, Thomas Hadden, Josiah Foster, Hezekiah Thissell, Nathaniel Woodbury and Zebulon Ober of snow "Diana," taken June 15, 1781, and committed January 23, 1782.
William Herrick was killed at sea, off Bermuda, in the snow "Diana," the year before; Benj. Bickford was mate of the "Diana" when Herrick was killed.





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