Mark lived "at the Ferry" which was his home from September 1765 until his death in 1811. It is described as "an acre of land near Nogg's head bounded by the sea." This spot was near the old ferry which ran across to Salem.
Mark first learned the earthenware business in Danvers but, disliking it, moved back to Marblehead and became a shoreman. His sons speak of sailing on his vessel.
August 1753 he sold his mother a house and land on the street by the new meeting house, a measurement given is "to a stake 13 inches from the south corner of my house." At the same time he bought from her the mansion of his grandfather, Phillip Hubbard, "on the street opposite the new meeting house", now Mugford Street. He owned pew eighty-nine in the new meeting house.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Pages 287-288
Michael Haskell was a master mariner and captain of the brig "Good Hope" of 180 tons, of Salem to China.
Reference
The Descendants of Thomas White of Marblehead and Mark Haskell of Beverly
Compiled by Perley Derby, Press of David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1872
Page 55
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Michael died unmarried. In 1783, he bought the farm beside his father's "at the Ferry" and in 1802 some land and buildings bounded "by the highway, Salem Harbor, and N. E. in Mark Haskell's cove." He received most of the property of his brother William, who died, "at the farm" in 1798.The will of Michael is illuminating in many ways. His land and building went to his nephews, Philip and John White, except the "strawberry lot" which went to Ambrose Meserey. He specified "hard dollars" to some; others were given money in the Marblehead bank, while still others received stock in the Marblehead Insurance Company and the Social Insurance Company. Polly Haskell received his beads. One hundred and fifty dollars were allotted for his burial.
His sister, Mary, lived with him. She left her personal property to her brother, Thomas, while her stock in the Marblehead Insurance Company went to the minister, John Bartlett, the dividends to be paid to her brother and his wife.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Page 288
2256. Captain Philip Hubbard Haskell
Phillip Hubbard Haskell was a captain on one of his father's vessels in the foreign trade
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Page 288
Mary was unmarried, she lived with her brother Michael.
She left her personal property to brother Thomas, while her stock in the Marblehead Insurance Company went to the minister, John Bartlett, the dividends to be paid to her brother and his wife.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Page 288