Year of Build:

1841

Built at:

Silver Creek, NY

Vessel Type:

Scow Schooner

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Jeremiah Ellsworth

Original Owner and Location:

Jeremiah Ellsworth & Chauncey Lampkin, Silver Creek, NY.

Number of Masts:

2

Length:

68' 11"

Beam:

18' 11"

Depth:

6' 4"

Tonnage (old style):

63 25/95

Final Location:

Point Abino.
Lake Erie.

Date:

1856

How:

Ashore.

1841, Jul 22 Enrolled Buffalo, NY.

1842, Aug 20 Owned Jeremiah Ellsworth, Silver Creek.

1843 Rebuilt, 94.71 tons.

1845 Ran ashore at Kalamazoo harbor during a gale; lumber laden, bound for Chicago.

1847 Nov Ashore near Fairport (or Grand River) OH.

1848, Jun 24 Owned Benjamin F. Fifield, William C. Sterling, Monroe, MI & Jeremiah Ellsworth, Silver Creek; 84'7" x 19'4" x 6'4", 94 71/95 tons.

1849, Sep 24 Sold at auction, Buffalo, NY.

1853, Nov Sunk at Oswego after striking pier; damaged in gale.

1856, May 18 Ashore below Cataraugus Creek, NY; got off by jetting 10 or 15 thousand feet lumber.

1863, Nov 9 Aground on flats near Detroit.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie

Sources:

Erik Heyl, Early American Steamers

Newspaper Clippings

Donald V. Baut