John Cotton Haskell was a merchant.
John Cotton Gibbs and Sarah Cushman had no children.
Nathaniel Cobb was a graduate of Brown University. He attended Andover Theological Seminary, now part of Andover Newton Theological School, the oldest graduate school of theology in the United States. Andover Theological Seminary and Newton Theological Institution merged formally in 1965 to form the Andover Newton Theological School
Isaac C. Van Dusen and Lucy had no children.
William Cushing Haskell was a farmer.
Mary Morton Haskell/ Mary H. Haskell was unmarried.
Anna Sophia Haskell was unmarried.
John Cotton Haskell was unmarried.
George Edward Haskell was a farmer.
Newsletter of the Haskell Family Society
Volume 7, No. 1, March 1998Charles Cotton Haskell was a "whaling" descendant of the Rochester, Massachusetts, family, and cousin of Benjamin Franklin Haskell lost in the wreck of the Mentor.
Charles was son of Jesse and Lucy Bennett Haskell, born in the whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, on 13 November 1815. After his grandfather's brother, Lot Haskell, married Elizabeth Cotton on 22 November 1792, "Cotton" was a frequent forename in both family lines.
In 1833 Charles was off on a Pacific whaling voyage in the ship Nile (321 tons, James Townsend, Master, David Coffin owner), out of New Bedford at age 18 years, "5' 4" in height, dark complexion and brown hair". The Nile returned in 1835, but there was no record of Charles. Aside from a rather cryptic note in Randall's unpublished Genealogy of Roger Haskell of Salem, Mass., page 33, that Charles Cotton Haskell died in Australia on 4 July 1837, nothing more was known, his whereabouts and details his death lost over time. Once again, an international connection in our one-name society was of inestimable value, when long-time member Bill Haskell of Western Australia discovered the fate of our young whaler in a very old Australian newspaper.
The Saturday, 8 July 1837, issue of the Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, page 932, reported the loss of six persons in a whaleboat on the previous Tuesday after the Settler, a small craft owned by the Carnac Whaling Company, broken loose from her mooring the night before was sighted drifting northward. A whaleboat was quickly put out to recover her. With the wind blowing strongly from the south, the boat was soon lost to sight, but there was no apprehension, as the crew were all highly experienced. On Thursday it was discovered at Freemantle that the whaleboat was still missing, and a search of the beaches to the north was immediately launched. There the boat was found empty on the beach, with the mast, sail, two oars and a cap belonging to one of the men lying nearby. The Settler was found further up the beach, only slightly damaged.
It was assumed the whaleboat had overturned in the heavy squall that blew in just after she was launched. Charles Hesketh (sic) was listed as boatsteerer, an American recently joining the Carnac Whaling Company. One is tempted to wonder whether Charles, as coxswain, through an error in judgment allowed the boat to turn beam on to the wind and waves, and capsize in the squall.
Although it was several days before any bodies were found, Charles Haskell's was recovered by 22 July and that of John Graham, also in the boat, the following day. "Charles Cotton Haskell, seaman, an American, drowned," was buried 22 July 1837 in the Algna and Skinner Street Cemetery, Freemantle, Western Australia, aged 24 years, a very long way from his native New England. The following day his comrade, John Graham, aged 25 years, was buried by Joyce & Woods "near Mangles Bay."
Charles Cotton Haskell's arrival on the beach in Western Australia remains a puzzle, of course. If he "ran" from the Nile, or was left behind, where was he for the intervening two to three years? Or, had he returned to New Bedford and shipped in another whaler? If so, no listing has been found. The answers are lost, but in as much as the authorities in Western Australia notified his family of his untimely demise, he was surely "on the beach" legitimately and all else is speculation.
The following note from Theresa Caparco: Samuel Bourne died 12 Jan 1885 and was buried 15 Jan 1885. He is located in Lots 225 & 226 on the right hand side of the road-driving path, in the Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.
Addison H. Weld was a stage driver (1880 US Federal Census for Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts).
George W. Scott was a farmer.
2875. George Whitfield Haskell
George Whitfield Haskell was a farmer.