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