"Work" is the subject for Week 36 of the "52 Ancestors Challenge"
Many of my ancestors lived on the small island of New Castle, New Hampshire, at the entrance of the Piscataqua River, a community made up primarily of mariners and fishermen.
I found this interesting "memorial" or petition, sent to the United States Congress on 15 February 1839, from the citizens of New Castle [Congressional Serial Set Vol. 340]. At that time, there was a law in place which paid a bounty to vessels engaged in the cod fisheries, the funds paid to help offset the costs of business (including the long periods of time at sea and the costs of the salt needed to preserve the fish). In 1839, Congress had a proposition to repeal this law, which would have greatly affected the livelihood of the local fisherman here. So, the townspeople signed and sent off the following:
Many of my ancestors lived on the small island of New Castle, New Hampshire, at the entrance of the Piscataqua River, a community made up primarily of mariners and fishermen.
I found this interesting "memorial" or petition, sent to the United States Congress on 15 February 1839, from the citizens of New Castle [Congressional Serial Set Vol. 340]. At that time, there was a law in place which paid a bounty to vessels engaged in the cod fisheries, the funds paid to help offset the costs of business (including the long periods of time at sea and the costs of the salt needed to preserve the fish). In 1839, Congress had a proposition to repeal this law, which would have greatly affected the livelihood of the local fisherman here. So, the townspeople signed and sent off the following:
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These are the 64 names from the above "memorial", with additional notes added:
| Joseph J. Amazeen Richard Bickford John Tarlton John T. White Edward Curd (Card) Thomas Tarlton Edward T. Yeaton Joseph Yeaton Christopher Amazeen Henry T. Frost Thomas F. Foye Robert White Thomas Tarlton, 2d John Bickford J.M.T. Vennard [Jonathan M.T.] James N. Tarlton Rufus Preble Edward Martin John Yeaton [3rd Great-Grandfather] John Amazeen William Yeaton Benjamin Batson John R. Yeaton Benjamin White William Kimean (Kinnear) Henry T. Tarlton John Martin Nathaniel J. Yeaton Nathaniel White Theodore W. Frost William Tarlton Robert M. White | Joshua Bickford Benjamin Amazeen William Amazeen B. Yeaton [Barnabus Yeaton - 4th GGF] Jonathan Locke John Tarlton, 3d John Trefethen Benjamin Yeaton William Amazeen J.W. Bickford [Joseph W.] Ephraim Amazeen Calvin Davis Samuel Batson John Campbell Zacheus Vennard John White Nathaniel Baker Nathaniel B. White Benjamin Curtis William Wilson Richard Neal Charles Cole Nathaniel Lear Alfred Amazeen Philip Yeaton George Tarlton Benjamin Bell William B. Amazeen Joseph F. Amazeen James Hanscom Benjamin Oliver William B. Gerry |
NOTES:
- According to the 1840 census, there were 742 persons living in New Castle, far less than the "nearly one thousand" as written in the opening paragraph. Of this number, the occupations of the work force were listed as: "navigation of the seas" - 95; "agriculture" - 16; "commerce" - 5; "manufacturers and traders" - 9; "learned professions and engineers" - 1.
- Absent from the list are any Pridham or Meloon names, both surnames represented in town by direct ancestors of mine (and were mariners).
- The Amazeen and Yeaton families, having been on the island since the 1600's, are all related to me in one way or the other, whether it be a "5th Great-Uncle" or "1st cousin, 5x removed"", etc. Intermarrying with the other early settlers, probably 3/4 of the list are blood relatives and are somewhere in my family tree.
- According to the 1840 census, there were 742 persons living in New Castle, far less than the "nearly one thousand" as written in the opening paragraph. Of this number, the occupations of the work force were listed as: "navigation of the seas" - 95; "agriculture" - 16; "commerce" - 5; "manufacturers and traders" - 9; "learned professions and engineers" - 1.
- Absent from the list are any Pridham or Meloon names, both surnames represented in town by direct ancestors of mine (and were mariners).
- The Amazeen and Yeaton families, having been on the island since the 1600's, are all related to me in one way or the other, whether it be a "5th Great-Uncle" or "1st cousin, 5x removed"", etc. Intermarrying with the other early settlers, probably 3/4 of the list are blood relatives and are somewhere in my family tree.
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