John Haskell was a mariner and shipmaster. He died at Holmes Hole where he put in when taken sick while returning from the West Indies in 1806.
Reference
Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
Page 235
Joshua was a private in Captain William Pearson's (3rd) company; marched January 10, 1776, service to November 18, 1776, 10 months 9 days; company stationed at Gloucester for defense of seacoast.Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Page 71