19546. William Harrison Pressey Haskell
Newsletter of the Haskell Family Society, Vol 3 # 2, Page 7
William Harrison Pressey Haskell, master of the three masted schooner Frank E. Swain, lost at sea in the winter of 1915 whilst on passage from Chareston, SC, to New York with a load of lumbeer. The vessel was found by the revenue citter Seminole off the Carolina coast bottom up. No trace of the crew was ever found.
Haskell Journal, Issue 21, Winter 1989
Grandmother and her Boarding House
by Jean H. Krauklin
19548. Capt. Ebenezer Bray Haskell
In the 1850 census, Eben is listed as a sailor. He was a sea captain and died of cancer of the throat about 1880. His widow (Dorothy) went to Boston and died in a hospital there. The children were cared for by relatives.
The following notes from World Family Tree, Vol 85, pedigree 746:
Jane Haskell died at age 17 years of consumption (tuberculosis). Jane and Eben had no children.
19549. Capt. William Henry Haskell
William was a sea captain and moved from Deer Isle to Stockton, Maine, with his family. William went to California with his brother George where they were employed on the mountain railway when it was being built. He was a very powerful man.
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On December 11 1895 a severe northeast gale swept the waters around Deer Isle sufficient to stir the inhabitants over two episodes, one of which concerned "Captain Bill Haskell", as he was known by the fishermen out of Stonington. The more serious of the two was the death of George Jr., son of Rev. George and Hannah Eaton of Stonington. He was badly crippled with rheumatic fever effects so that he was clumpsy in handling his boat and not very agile. He failed in navigating her back to Greens Landing so that the loss of his bearings in the snowstorm caused his sloop to be cast on the rocks on the southwest peak of Wreck Island at a spot facing Little George's Head. It was later seen that he attempted to land material off the boat for safety and finally, becoming exhausted, sat under a tree where he was found frozen to death the next day.Captain Bill, during this gale, was hanging around Burnt Island out of which he had been sailing a sloop for a number of years - a peculiar trait that he had adopted from a notion of taking it easy and freeing himself from any special responsibilities by camping and fishing among the islands, a contrast from what his past career as a successful sea captain and slave trader had reaped him. He was a special chum of Charles, son of Thomas Knowlton. During this storm his boat was driven ashore on the east end of Burnt Island on which lived Yetts Kane from Brooklin. Finding him with his toes frozen and otherwise suffering from cold, Mr. Kane cared for him until word could be sent to his folks at Deer Isle. A distant cousin, Captain Jasper W. Haskell, son of Aaron Stickney Haskell, took the matter in hand, purchased some underwear and such garments as were needed to properly clothe Captain Bill and hired Captain William Leslie Greenlaw of the tug," Jane McCrea", to go to Burnt Island and bring the victim to Deer Isle until he could be forwarded across the river to his folks in Stockton.
The wind being treacherous and the shore being so rocky, Captain Greenlaw got John H. Simpson, who was familiar with the region, to go as master in his stead. Consequently, Captain Bill was well cared for until his destination was finally reached.
Reference
Genealogical History of Deer Isle Families, Series 2, Volume 15, Haskell
By Benjamin Lake Noyes
Cause of death said to be typhoid fever.
The following note from World Family Tree Vol. 85, tree 746:
Ignatius was a mariner and died and was buried at sea during a trip to the West Indies.
His memorial stone in Mt. Adams Cemetery has his place of death as Frontera, Mexico.An informant stated he died in Aspinwall.
The following note from World Family Tree, Vol. 85, tree 746:
John Haskell was a mariner and lived at "Dow Town" on the homestead of his wife's parents, which he took for their maintenance. He was always referred to as "John Coxan" to designate him from "John Trust", son of Tristram Haskell, 3rd, who married Susan, daughter of John Coxan's brother, Eben B. Haskell.
He died of "chronic heart disease" according to the town records.
Alexander Abbott Thompson was a yachtsman. At age 48 he is listed as an estate caretaker (1930 Federal Census for Deer Isle) and at age 55 he is listed as a gardener.
Frank Howard at age 39 was a yacht captain (1920 Federal Census for Deer Isle).
Daniel Torrey Eaton was a house carpenter (1860 & 1870 Deer Isle censuses) and a farmer (1880 census).
Parker Wallace Eaton at age 23 was a yachtsman (1900 Federal Census for Deer Isle).
38535. Goodwin Pressey Thompson
Goodwin Pressey Thompson at age 46 was a marine engineer (1920 Federal Census for Deer Isle).
Nelson A. Freethy was a mariner (1900 Federal Census for Brooklin, Hancock, Maine).
Frederick Thompson was a seaman.