Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The captain planned to anchor behind the breakwater at the northeast side of Richmond Island at Cape Elizabeth until morning and then continue on to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"Some of the most colorful stories surround Captain Melatiah K. Chase. In 1847, at age 23, when he was first mate on the Sarah E."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… many sawmills, a protected port and local sea captains needing ships for fishing and trade presented a perfect opportunity for building ships."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA X Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam, ca. 1758 John Greenwood (1727-1792) Oil on bed ticking…"

Cumberland Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… have but this one short stretch of Atlantic sea-coast where a pleasant summer climate and real picturesqueness of scenery are to be found together…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… away from home in these years to make a living at sea and bring home necessities and a few small luxury items to his growing family."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… the Penobscot river their last opening to the sea and their last avenue into Canada. This obstacle to an undivided coastline was fixed upon in 1759…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The children would hunt sea birds and spear crabs and lobsters. The men went deep sea spearing for (Passamaquoddy) porpoises and seals."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"There were sea captains (Master Mariners) in the Coggins (four generations), Treworgy, Clark, Haskell and Torrey families."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… 9, 1865, at the age of 28--perhaps that he was a sea captain explains his death away from home. Phebe was only 24."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Captain Candage, one of 52 Blue Hill ship captains of the era, went to sea at 18 years of age and worked his way up to commanding clipper ships…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Claremont, built by Deacon Clark's niece and her sea-captain husband a half mile from the family's wharf."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… ships on the Kennebec River and then send them to sea to ship goods to other cities like Boston or New York City and return with goods from those…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"—(LI) O’Leary, W.M. Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830-1890, 1996. Rowe, W.H."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… contains lobsters, but there may also be other sea creatures and seaweed as well. Legal lobsters are transferred to a holding tank on the boat, and…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"… a hundred years ago were the concubines of sea captains and their offspring!” Needless to say, everyone in the class was surprised and dubious."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Lubec History Lubec: A Border Town Shaped by the Sea Text by Jennifer Multhopp With images from Lubec Memorial Library, Lubec Historical Society…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… he married Ellen Maria Marston, daughter of the sea captain Levi Marston. The couple lived in Massachusetts for a time, but James's ill…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"For those who did not go to sea for a living, time was spent clearing, farming and tending to the cattle, hogs, sheep, goats and chickens."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Sixty-nine Islesboro men were listed as sea captains during the 1840s, a large segment of the male population at the time."