Mariners Lost at Sea Database

A team of interns and volunteers scoured newspapers, account books, and whaling logs in an effort to quantify the Nantucket whaling industry’s death toll at sea. While the record will never be complete, the team identified more than 1,100 sailors who lost their lives in pursuit of “black gold.” The outliers represent years where whole crews are documented as lost at sea rather than individuals.

Many Nantucketers died from the actions of angered sperm whales and some perished due to the poor judgement of their captains. But disease and shipboard accidents were also leading causes of death among Nantucket whalers, as well as among Nantucket fishermen and merchant sailors more generally. Research carried out at the NHA has identified over 1,100 seafarers lost aboard Nantucket vessels between 1724 and 1896. Their sacrifices stand as a testament to the human cost of whaling, fishing, and trading from a small island community. Learn more

This searchable database was developed to remember these brave individuals, listing their names and what we know about them.

Contact the NHA Research Library at library@nha.org if you have additional information on Nantucket mariners in the database or any not included.

LEGEND:

* denotes individuals who were residents of Nantucket
” ” denotes content from source material
Sources include Account Book 54 (NHA Manuscript Collection), the Barney Genealogical Record, The Inquirer and Mirror, and the Nantucket Journal.

Name	Death Date	Ship	Age at Death	Details
Abbott, Joseph *	1861 Sep 16	Ship Columbia of Nantucket		Captain; died at sea. Previously master of bark Maria of New Bedford.
Ackley, Enoch *	1855 Jan 2	Ship Potomac of Nantucket		Captain; died at sea
Adlington, George *	1833 Mar 6	Bark Winslow of New Bedford	29	2nd Officer; "Killed by a whale in the Pacific"
Alexander, John *	1854 Aug 29		32	Died at sea
Allen, Benjamin *	1722		25	Lost at sea, "Lost whaling at the Southward"
Allen, Benjamin *	1828			Died at sea
Allen, Caleb	1759			"Lost at sea"; "son David"
Allen, Daniel	1805			Whaling; son Daniel
Allen, Edward Jr *	1819		26	At sea; son of David
Allen, Josiah *	1804 Apr			Died at sea
Allen, Sylvanus Jr. *	1836			Died at sea
Allen, Tristram *	1767		23	Lost at sea on his way to London
Allen, Tristram *	1802 Apr			West Indies
Allen, William *	1805 Aug			West Indies
Allen, William *	1810 Jul			Died at sea
Alley, Barzillai *	1826 Sep 2	Ship James Cropper	23	Died at sea, "While assisting in handing the jib…he was thrown from the boom and drowned." Ship was travelling from Liverpool to New York.
Alley, Edward *	1837 Feb	Reaper	20	Died at sea
Alley, Gorham	1804			Coming from Batavia
Andrews, Abram *	1810			Lost at sea; "Lost going to West Indies"
Andrews, Jacob *	1823			son of Abram; "he was drowned out fishing"
Annable, Jonathan	1783 Jul 19	Polly of Rochester
Archer, George A. *	1861 Jul 23	Bark Kathleen of New Bedford	16	Died at sea
Arham, Andrew	1789			"Drowned"
Arthur, John	1818		27 yrs 9 mos
Austin, Abishai *	1783			Lost with his brothers Nathan and William
Austin, John	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"
Austin, Nathan *	1783			Lost with his brothers Abishai and William
Austin, William *	1783			Lost with his brothers Abishai and Nathan
Austin, William *	1832		20	Died at sea
Bailey, Benjamin *	1810			"West Indies"; son of Ebenezer
Bailey, Hiram *	1856 May 31	Schooner Watchman	43	Captain. Drowned when his boat was upset trying to land at Bonavista, Cape Verde Islands. He was buried at Bonavista. He left behind a wife and four children. Shipping flags at the Nantucket wharves were set at half-mast, and the door of the "Pacific Room" was draped with an ensign with a black border.
Bailey, Samuel Jr.	1819		26	At sea
Baily, Bevy *	1810			"West Indies"; son of Ebenezer
Baily, Timothy	1810			"From Cape de Verde"
Baker, Abner *				Lost at sea; son of Lemuel
Baker, Abner *				Lost at sea; son of Obed
Baker, John M. *	1837 Nov			Lost at sea
Baker, Pinkham *				Died at sea
Barker, Hyckiah *	1795 Jan		29	Died at sea
Barker, Isaac *	1780? 1798?			"West Indies (hurricane)"; son of Samuel
Barker, Robert	1782			"Drowned at the Bar"
Barker, Robert Sr.	1780			Drowned in Kennebec River
Barnard, Abishai Jr. *	1781 Jan 1		26	Lost at sea
Barnard, Alexander *	1844		31	Lost at sea, son of Thomas
Barnard, Benjamin Jr. *	1786 Nov 28		35	Lost at sea near the West Indies, son of Benjamin
Barnard, Charles *	1869 Mar		20	He was lost at sea with his brother Thomas; son of James
Barnard, Christopher *	1767		29
Barnard, David	1791			Died at sea off of the Coast of Brazil
Barnard, David *	1807		25	Lost at sea
Barnard, George F. *	1881 Sep 17		51	Died of African fever at sea
Barnard, Hezekiah *	1768		24	Lost at sea
Barnard, John C. *	1864 Sep 7		20	Lost at sea
Barnard, Jonathan	1775			Discovered on the Bar
Barnard, Joshua *	1792 Oct			Fell from mast head and died at sea; son of Benjamin
Barnard, Josiah *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies; son of Abishai
Barnard, Nathaniel	1749			Died at sea near South Carolina
Barnard, Obed *	1802 Jul		39	Died at sea near the Sandwich Islands, modern day Hawaii
Barnard, Peter	1804			Died at sea in the West Indies
Barnard, Reuben *	1784 Jun 21		28	Died at sea; son of Benjamin
Barnard, Reuben *	1815 Sep 3		29	Died near New York; son of Obadiah
Barnard, Samuel *	1805 Sep 20		22	Died in the West Indies; son of Nathaniel
Barnard, Shuback *	1780			Died in the West Indies; son of Shuback
Barnard, Stephen II *	1772			Lost at sea while whaling
Barnard, Thomas	1816
Barnard, Thomas *	1807 Sep		21	Lost at sea in the West Indies with A. Macy; he was the son of Thomas Jr
Barnard, Thomas H. *	1869 Mar		37	Lost at sea with Captain Barnes
Barnard, Timothy *	1707			Lost at sea in Sir Cloudesly Shovell's fleet
Barnard, Timothy *	1749		37	Died in the West Indies
Barnard, Timothy *	1799		25	Died in the West Indies
Barnard, William	1796			Killed by Native Americans on the Northwest Coast
Barnell, Baxter *	1784 Jan 1			Died at sea near Baltimore; son of Jonathan
Barnes, Rowland	1831 Sep 13	Small Moses boat, Nantucket		Drowned in the inner harbor returning from fishing off Brant Point
Barney, Reuben Jr. *	1870 Sep 3		24	Lost at sea
Barrett, Jethro *	1818		31	Mate; son of Nathaniel; lost at sea with David Myrick
Bartlett, Telemuchus *	1802 Sep 15		21	Died at sea in the West Indies
Barziela, S. *	1777			Died at sea near Boston; son of Frances
Beard, William *	1827 May	Ship Cyrus, Captain David, of Nantucket	16	Died at sea from falling from a mast head; son of Barrett Beard
Bearse, Isaac *	1866 Oct 22	a dory, from Nantucket	57	Master of a vessel in the Light House and Buoy tender service; drowned when dory was swamped while fishing off Quidnet
Bearse, John H. *	1867 Jan 19	Bark Oriole, Captain Hayes, of New Bedford		Lost overboard while off the coast of Chile
Beayton, Israel	1811			Died at sea near Baltimore
Beebe, Ezra S. *	1865 Oct 2		21	Drowned at sea
Bellows, A. *				Died at sea
Bennett, George *	1820		13	Died at sea; son of William
Bennett, Samuel *	1786 Apr 26			Killed by a whale
Bennett, Stephen *	1849 May 15		37	Died at sea
Bennett, Stephen *	1849 May 15	Ship Citizen, Captain Bailey, of Nantucket	37	Late first mate of John W. Coffin of Boston
Berry, Mr.	1848 Feb	Ship Japan, Captain Riddell, of Nantucket		1st officer; died at sea
Bigelow, Edward H. *	1858 Jan 14		16	Died at sea in the Bay of Bengal
Black, Owen *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Lost at sea with Jonathan Burnell; son of William
Blin, Thomas	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Bond, William	1821	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Steward; lost at sea
Bowcott, James *	1812 Sep		33	Killed on the Hudson River
Bowcott, John *	1775			Died at sea on the Gulf of Guinea
Bradbury, Wyman *				Lost at sea
Brayton, John E. *	1850 Jan 30		36	Died at sea
Bred, Mary	1749			Drowned near Tuckernuck, cast away in a snow storm coming from Rhode Island
Briggs, Stephen *	1821 Jan 21		50	Lost at sea
Briggs, Wiliam Coffin *	1831 Sep		36	Died at sea
Brill, Cornelius F. *	1865		27	Died at sea
Brill, Stephen B. *	1870 May		26	Died at sea
Brock, Andrew *	1846 Jan 7	Ship Planter, Captain Folger, of Nantucket		2nd Mate; Boat capsized while whale fishing off Massafuero, Chili
Brown, Chandler *	1810 Sep 1			Died at sea
Brown, Charles Franklin *	1865 Dec 25	Whaleship Swallow of New Bedford	32	2nd officer; Fell overboard from a boat while fast to a whale
Brown, Coffin *	1783			Lost at sea off Dunkirk
Brown, George *	1807 Dec	Ship Commerce	21	Son of George-John Jackson; died at sea in the ship Commerce, with Jesse Bunker
Brown, Isaac H. *	1852 May 16	Ship Atlantic, Captain Coleman, of Nantucket	18	Died on board of ill health while returning home
Brown, James *	1826		23	He died in the West Indies; son of John B
Brown, James Jr. *	1780			Killed on board a privateer, as a prisoner near South Carolina
Brown, Shubael *	1822		40	Killed at sea while whaling
Bunker, Andrew *	1778		47	Died at sea coming back from the West Indies; son of Zacchary
Bunker, Barnabas *	1808 Feb		30	Lost at sea with Jonathan Paddack
Bunker, Barzillai *			17	Lost at sea
Bunker, Benajah *	1793 Oct 25			Lost at sea on the way to Boston
Bunker, Benjamin Jr. *	1800 Sep 9		20	Died at sea
Bunker, Charles Jr. *	1799 Jun 22		26	He died near Philadelphia of smallpox
Bunker, Cromwell *	1792 Aug		26	Lost at sea near Delagoa Bay
Bunker, Daniel	1770			Killed by a whale; sailed with Paul Folger; son of Joseph Bunker
Bunker, Daniel *				Killed by a whale
Bunker, David *	1755		38	Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessels were lost")
Bunker, Franklin *	1800		23	Killed near Baltimore by a whale; son of George
Bunker, Fred N. W. *	1814 Mar 7		26	Died at sea near Cape Good Hope, South Africa; son of John a tailor
Bunker, Frederic R. *	1856 Apr 29		23	Died at sea
Bunker, George *	1822 Feb 24	The John Adams of Nantucket	28	Died at sea
Bunker, George P. *	1811		34	Died at sea
Bunker, Henry *				Killed by a whale
Bunker, Henry *	1781			Killed by a whale; son of Silas
Bunker, Hiram *				born Aug 8, 1781. Lost at sea with Solomon Smith.
Bunker, Isaiah *				Died at sea
Bunker, James H. *	1866 Aug 20	Schooner Eunice H. Adams of Nantucket	43	1st officer; killed by a whale; son of Timothy Bunker
Bunker, Jesse *	1807	Ship Commerce of Nantucket	33	Captain; lost at sea with all hands. Sources conflict on whether ship was lost in 1806 or 1807.
Bunker, John *	1782			Died at sea in the West Indies; son of Bachillor
Bunker, John *	1821		21	Died at sea
Bunker, John Jr. *	1842 Oct 15		28	Lost at sea
Bunker, Mary *	1779		17	Drowned while swimming at Brant Point
Bunker, Moses *	1806 Sep 24		33	Died at sea while whaling
Bunker, Nathaniel	1799			Died at sea while whaling
Bunker, Obed	1743			Lost whaling to the Southward
Bunker, Paul *	1827 Jul 4		27	Lost at sea
Bunker, Peleg *	1806		57	Captured at sea; died in prison in France
Bunker, Peter *	1755		30	Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Bunker, Peter *	1798			Died in the West Indies from yellow fever
Bunker, Peter *	1777 Oct 3			Died of smallpox near London
Bunker, Richard *	1800		27	Died near Guadelope
Bunker, Robert *	1819 Apr 2	Ship Horatio	30	Lost at sea near New York
Bunker, Rowland *	1810 Feb 2			Lost at sea; son of Uriah
Bunker, Samuel *	1811 May 14		24	Died at sea coming from Jamaica to New York
Bunker, Seth	1800			Smithfield
Bunker, Simeon *	1750			Died at sea while coming from Madeira, Portugal
Bunker, Stephen *				Died at sea
Bunker, Sylvanus *				Lost at sea
Bunker, Thaddeus *	1807 Apr 2			Lost at sea
Bunker, Thaddeus *	1817		36	Died at sea near Bolivia
Bunker, William *	1768		42	Lost at sea
Bunker, William *	1800			Died at sea in the West Indies; son of William
Bunker, Zephinia	1784			Died at sea
Burdett, Edward *	1833 Nov 15	Ship Montano, Captain Edward, of Nantucket	28	Lost at sea in the Pacific
Burdett, Thomas *	1794			Lost at sea
Burgess, William	1731 Feb 30			Lost whaling to the Southward
Burnell, Barker *	1798			Lost at sea with his brother Jonathan while heading to Cape de Verde; son of Jonathan who died in 1783
Burnell, Jonathan Jr. *	1798			Lost at sea with his brother Barker while working as a mate heading to Cape de Verde; son of Jonathan who died in 1783
Burnell, Jonathan Jr. *	1833		36	Died at Paita, Peru; son of Jonathan who died in 1798
Burnell, Jonathan Jr. *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Captain; lost at sea
Butler, John *	1800			Lost at sea going to the West Indies
Calder, James *	1810 Oct			Son of Robert; died coming from New York
Calder, Samuel *	1828 Oct 18	Ship Lopez	31	Lost at sea
Cartland, George H. *	1857 Jan 1		20	Died at sea
Cartwright, Benjamin *	1812 Jan 13		64	Died at sea coming from Wilmington, N.C.
Cartwright, Edward S. *	1813 Nov		19	Lost at sea; son of John
Cartwright, John Jr *	1802			Died in Barbados
Cartwright, Jonathan *	1789 Dec 10		44	Died at sea coming from the West Indies
Cartwright, Joseph B. *	1839 Nov 21		11	Fell from aloft at sea
Cartwright, Obed	1811 Mar 16			Drowned near Long Island
Cartwright, Thomas *				Died at sea
Cartwright, William *	1813 Jul		57	Died at sea
Cary, James *	1812 Jul 18		35	Died near Canton, China
Cary, Nathaniel *	1798 Nov 28		19	Died near New York with yellow fever; son of Edward Sr.
Cash, Charles *				Died at sea
Cash, William *	1798			Killed by a whale off of the Brazilian coast
Cathcart, Gershon *	1803		26	Died in the West Indies
Cathcart, John Sr.	1783 Jul 19	Polly
Cathcart, Leander *	1823 Apr 1	Ship John Adams of Nantucket	15	Lost at sea with Seth Gillyrick
Cathcart, William H. *	1836		30	Killed by natives at sea
Chadwick, Charles H. *	1884 Oct 18		50	Drowned at Turks and Caicos Island
Chadwick, David	1750			Died near North Carolina
Chadwick, David *	1800			Died at sea off the coast of Africa
Chadwick, John	1799			Died of measles at sea
Chadwick, John *	1778		35	Ship sank at sea
Chadwick, Joseph *	1782			Drowned at the Bar; son of Isaiah
Chadwick, Laban *				Died at sea
Chadwick, Mary	1749			"Drowned at Tookoonuck [Tuckernuck], cast away in a snow storm coming from Rhode Island."
Chadwick, Reuben *	1810 Apr		27	Lost at sea near Jamaica
Chadwick, Richard *	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Chadwick, Timothy *	1811 Sep 9		26	Died at sea
Chase, Abraham *	1800 Jun			Died in the West Indies
Chase, Barnabas *	1780 Jan 1			Lost in a hurricane in a sloop; son of Thomas
Chase, Benjamin *	1780 Jan 1		19	Lost at sea in the West Indies; son of Isaac
Chase, Benjamin *	1809 Mar			He was drowned in the harbor as a young man; son of Judah
Chase, Charles Jr. *	1813 Dec 10		50	He died at sea; drowned in Sweden
Chase, Cornelius	1754			Died while whaling
Chase, George Brown	1816			Died at sea during a lightning storm near Cape Verde
Chase, James *	1819		37	Rio; son of James
Chase, Joseph Jr. *	1807 Jan		28	He was lost at sea
Chase, Paul *	1782 Feb			Drowned at Plum Island
Chase, Timothy *	1816		24	Died at sea, near England; son of Abraham
Christian, John *	1839		31	Killed by a whale
Church, Joseph	1844 Dec 25	Ship Henry Clay, Captain Austin, of Nantucket		Seaman; lost from the ship
Clark, Barnabas *	1780		19	Died at sea in a hurricane
Clark, Charles *	1823		30	Died at sea
Clark, Charles G. *	1817		23	Died at sea near France; son of Ebenezer
Clark, Christopher *	1768 Jan 27		23	Drowned in the harbor
Clark, Church Jr *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Lost at sea, son of Church
Clark, Elisha	1780			Died near London
Clark, George *				Died as a young man at sea, son of Obed
Clark, George *	1811 Jul 1		20	Died at sea; son of Isaiah
Clark, Henry *	1801 Apr		36	Died in England, with smallpox
Clark, Ichabod *	1764 May 17		42	Died whaling
Clark, Isaiah *	1800		33	Lost at sea whaling on the Brazil coast
Clark, Matthew *	1815 Jul 27		28	Died in Boston
Clark, Nathaniel *	1811 Sep		42	He died in the West Indies
Clark, Peter *	1750		42	He died near North Carolina
Clark, Prince *	1780		25	He was lost at sea, son of William
Clark, Stephen *	1824		15	He was lost at sea
Clark, Stephen *	1758 Feb		20	Was lost at sea with Solomon Gardner
Clark, Stephen *	1782 Jul			He was lost at sea; son of William
Clark, Thomas *	1824 May 22	Dauphin, Captain Swain, of Nantucket,	21	2nd officer; drowned off the coast of Japan while encountering a whale, he was carried out of the boat with the line
Clark, Thomas *	1780			He was lost at sea near the West Indies; son of William
Clark, Uriah *	1817 Mar		41	Died at sea
Clark, William S. *	1864 Jan 20		44	Died at sea
Clasby, Benjamin *	1749			Died in South Carolina
Clasby, Peter	1805			From Patagonia
Clasby, Thomas *	1780			He died in the West Indies; son of John
Cleaveland, Henry *	1796			He died in the West Indies
Clisby, Henry B. *	1869 Mar			Lost at sea
Clisby, John *	1807 Dec	Ship Commerce of Nantucket		Mate; lost at sea with Jesse Bunker
Codd, Warren C. *	1857 Sep	Ship Mary of Nantucket	21	Knocked overboard and drowned while striking a whale
Coffin, Aaron	1795			Died while whaling
Coffin, Abel *	1777	Prison ship		He died a prisoner near New York
Coffin, Alexander *	1816 Nov 30		28	Died at sea
Coffin, Alexander *	1854 Aug 28		46	Died at sea in a shipwrecked with his wife, Eliza
Coffin, Alexander *	1741		26	Died in the West Indies
Coffin, Alexander Hall and Mrs. Coffin	1854 Sep 1	Ship Manchester of Nantucket		Captain and wife; ship wrecked near Cape Horn
Coffin, Alfred *	1810 Oct		29	Died at sea coming from Cape de Verde
Coffin, Alvin E. *	1879 Jan 26	Schooner Gerrit P. Wright	42	Drowned in Chesapeake Bay; son of Seth Coffin
Coffin, Barnabas *	1777 May 28		49	Died near New York
Coffin, Barthell *	1786 Apr 3		37	Killed by a whale
Coffin, Barthell II *	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Coffin, Bartlett *	1786 Apr 3		37	Killed by a whale
Coffin, Barzillai *	1825		25	Killed by a whale at sea
Coffin, Barzillai *	1799 Aug 26			Died at sea in the Southward; son of Brown
Coffin, Bazaleel *	1780			Lost at sea, son of Elias
Coffin, Benjamin	1782			"Vineyard, drowned"
Coffin, Benjamin *	1819 Sep		48	Said in different sources to have died in the marine hospital at Charleston and in a hospital at Staten Island, N.Y.; son of Jonathan
Coffin, Benjamin Franklin *	1830			Lost at sea
Coffin, Bethuel *	1780			Lost at sea in West Indies; son of Elias
Coffin, Christopher *	1756		11	Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Coffin, Christopher *	1785 Nov		27	Died in the West Indies; son of Richard
Coffin, Cromwell *	1751			Died in the West Indies
Coffin, Cromwell II *	1823	Brothers of Nantucket	25	2nd officer; killed by a whale
Coffin, Daniel *	1724			Lost at sea
Coffin, Daniel *	1745 Sep 9		20	Killed by a whale; son of Richard Coffin
Coffin, David *	1783 Jul 19	Polly	33	He was lost at sea with Jon Burnell; son of David
Coffin, Edwin	1818		15	Died at sea
Coffin, Eliakim *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Lost at sea; son of Benjamin
Coffin, Elias *	1780		38	Died at sea
Coffin, Elijah *	1781		33	He died abroad. He died coming from prison ship in 1781.
Coffin, Elijah *	1795 Apr			Died at sea at Cape Nichols
Coffin, Eliphalet *				Lost at sea
Coffin, Elisha *	1722		23	He and his brother Joshua Coffin were lost whaling at the Southward
Coffin, Eliza *	1854 Aug 28		41	Wrecked at sea with her husband, Alexander Coffin
Coffin, Francis Jr. *	1805 Apr		38	Died at sea
Coffin, Frederic *	1818 Nov		39	Lost at sea
Coffin, Frederic *	1870 Oct 13		17	Killed by falling from aloft at the wharf
Coffin, George *	1820 Oct			Drowned in the Lakes; son of Nathaniel
Coffin, Henry *				Lost at sea
Coffin, Henry *	1756		40	Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Coffin, Hezekiah Jr *	1815 Jun		40 yrs 6 mos	Died at sea; unknown coast
Coffin, Hezikiah *	1782			Died near Virginia
Coffin, Jethro Jr. *	1782 Jan 1			He was drowned at the bar
Coffin, John *	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost") lost with his brothers Jonathan and Matthew
Coffin, John Gayer *	1820		18	Lost at sea; son of Obediah
Coffin, John Jr. *	1800			Lost at sea
Coffin, Jonathan *	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"), lost with his brothers John and Matthew
Coffin, Jonathan *	1791 Jan			Died at sea, he was lost in the sound
Coffin, Joshua *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies during a hurricane
Coffin, Joshua *	1722		21	Both he and his brother, Elishair, were lost at sea
Coffin, Josiah *	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Coffin, Josiah *	1778			Died in prison ship near Newport; son of Josiah Jr.
Coffin, Josiah P. *	1819 Nov 17		26 yrs 3 mos	Died at hospital in Philadelphia; son of James Josiah
Coffin, Laban *	1815 Nov 18		51	Died at sea near the Western Islands
Coffin, Lindsey *	1834	Sloop		Fell overboard and was drowned, near Hen and Chickens while living in Sandwich
Coffin, Matthew *	1788			Killed by a whale
Coffin, Matthew *	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost") with his brothers Jonathan and John
Coffin, Obadiah *	1821			Lost on the Shoals fishing
Coffin, Oliver *	1799		21	"Southwest"; son of Ebenezer, died near Rhode Island
Coffin, Owen *	1821 Feb 6	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, Nantucket	16	Died at sea
Coffin, Paul *	1729 Apr		34	Lost at sea while on a whaling ship
Coffin, Peleg II *	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Coffin, Peter *	1806 Oct		11	Lost at sea
Coffin, Peter *	1772			"Lost coming from the Banks"; son of Abner
Coffin, Peter Folger	1806			Died at sea while whaling
Coffin, Philander Jr. *	1859			Lost at sea
Coffin, Prince *	1835 Jul	Awashonks, Captain Coffin, of Falmouth	37	Captain; lost at sea
Coffin, Roland *	1803 Feb			Lost at sea coming from Brazil
Coffin, Roland A. *	1864 Apr 12	Bark Adeline Gibbs, Captain Davis, of New Bedford	21	Lost overboard in the process of striking a whale
Coffin, Rufus *	1818 Mar 30		35	Died near Havanna; son of William
Coffin, Samuel W. *	1809 Oct		22	Son of Simeon Jr S.C.
Coffin, Silvanus *	1813 Mar		30	Killed by a whale
Coffin, Sylvanus *	1783 Feb 17		38	drowned near Woods Hole
Coffin, Thaddeus *	1842 Mar 30		20	Died at sea
Coffin, Thomas *				Lost at sea
Coffin, Timothy *	1812 Sep			Fell from aloft in Canton; son of Obed
Coffin, Timothy R. *	1837	Reaper, Captain Neal, of Salem	28	1st or 2nd mate; lost at sea
Coffin, Uriel	1783			"Drowned at Wovellall"
Coffin, Valentine *	1782 Aug		21	Died at sea while coming from France; son of Ebenezer
Coffin, William *	1777		24	Died in the West Indies; son of Jonathan
Coffin, William Bunker *	1820			died near Cape Verde; son of Stephen
Coffin, William H. *	1809		30	Died at sea
Coffin, William H. *	1812		11	Lost at sea; son of William the roper
Coffin, William II *	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Coffin, Zacchare	1787			Died near Turkey "among the algunes"
Coffin, Zachariah	1806			Died at sea
Coggeshall, Benjamin *	1798			Lost at sea heading for Cape de Verde
Coggeshall, Benjamin *	1782			Died in Jamaica; son of Peleg
Coggeshall, Edward *	1835		27	Died at sea
Coggeshall, Obed *				Lost at sea
Cole, Isaac	1821 Feb 8	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Died at sea
Coleman, Aaron *	1788 Jul 19			Drowned in the harbor; son of Francis
Coleman, Alexander *	1846 Dec 19			Died at sea
Coleman, Benjamin *	1750		15	Lost at sea
Coleman, Benjamin *	1777			Died in the West Indies; son of Shubael, wife was Judie
Coleman, Benjamin *	1805		20	son of Prince; died in the West Indies
Coleman, Benjamin III *	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Coleman, Bethuel *	1798 Sep 14		28	Died at sea near New York with Yellow fever
Coleman, Charles *	1820 Jun		21	Died at sea; son of Simeon
Coleman, Charles *	1820 Jul		33	Died at sea; son of Richard
Coleman, Charles W. *	1841 Nov 18		14	Fell from aloft at sea
Coleman, Charles William *	1816		22	Died at sea; son of Richard
Coleman, Christopher *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies; son of Ebenezer
Coleman, Ebenezer *	1780			Died at sea while whaling; son of Jonathan
Coleman, Edwin *				Lost at sea
Coleman, Frederick *	1802 Jun 20			Drowned in the harbor while young; son of George
Coleman, Frederick *	1812 May		21	Died near London
Coleman, George *	1791		36	Died in the West Indies; son of George
Coleman, Henry F. *	1864		14	Lost at sea
Coleman, Howard *	1869 Jul 22	Fishing dory	8	Drowned after attempting to swim to shore at Brant Point after being unable to land a fishing dory.; son of Mr. George Coleman
Coleman, Jethro Jr. *	1755 Jan		19	Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Coleman, John Way *	1802 Apr		22	Lost at sea; son of Barzillai
Coleman, Jonathan	1783 Jul 19	Polly
Coleman, Joseph Jr. *	1775		36	Died at sea at the coast of Guinea while whaling
Coleman, Nathaniel *	1780			Lost at sea
Coleman, Obed H. *	1846 Dec 29	Ship China, Captain Fisher, of New Bedford	19	2nd officer; Taken out of a boat by the line while fast to a whale
Coleman, Paul *	1755			Lost at sea
Coleman, Paul *	1772			Killed by a whale
Coleman, Robert *				Died at sea
Coleman, Rueben *	1849 Aug 29	Ship Alpha, Captain Folger, of Nantucket	33	1st officer
Coleman, Sarah *	1807		19	Wife of Richard Lake Coleman
Coleman, Seth Macy *	1816 Jun		19	Lost at sea, son of Abraham
Coleman, Solomon Jr. *	1795		19	Died in England
Coleman, Stephen *	1817 Jun 16		20 yrs 4mos	Drowned in Quicks Hole
Coleman, Thomas *	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Coleman, Timothy	1807			Died at sea sailing South
Coleman, Tristram *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies; son of Solomon
Colesworthy, A.G. *	1830 Oct 1	Brig Napoleon of Nantucket		Mate; washed overboard and was drowned (Lat. 39/9, Long. 66/12)
Colesworthy, Waldo	1807			Died in the West Indies
Cook, William	1799	Sloop		Captain; sloop lost at sea
Cottle, George *	1824 Oct		21	Died at sea
Cottle, James *	1780			Died in the West Indies
Cottle, Owen S. *	1833		25	Died at sea
Cottle, William Henry *	1851 Aug 5		30	Died at sea
Covett, James W. *	1862 Apr 25	Bark Roscius, Captain Honeywell, New Bedford		Steward; died from illness
Covil, Obadiah *	1809 Nov			Lost at sea going to Alexandria, Virginia
Crew, 7 members	1853 Dec 6	Ship Citizen, Captain Bailey, of Nantucket		Lost from the ship Citizen
Crocker, Charles Jr. *	1864 Feb 22		29	Lost at sea
Cromwell, Moses Barnard	1816		19	Whaling
Crosby, William *	1799 Aug 7		17	Died of yellow fever in New York; son of Sylvanus
Cushman, John	1818			Died at sea
Daggett, Nathaniel *	1756		33	Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Darling, Charles *	1810 Apr			Died near Jamaica
Davis, Charles *	1821 Mar		43 yrs 6 mos	Captain; died in the West Indies
Dennis, James	1817			Died at sea
Derrick, Thomas J. *	1847 Apr 20	Ship Ploughboy, Captain Clark, of New Bedford	about 20
Dota, William	1780			Lost in the West Indies
Drew, David M. *	1850 Jun 20	Ship Lydia, Captain Worth, of Fairhaven	26	Boatsteerer; died while in the sea of Kamchatka from the discharging of a gun
Drew, Edwin *	1812 Nov		11	drowned near New York; son of Gershorn
Drew, George	1808 Jan 8			Drowned near New Bedford
Drew, James *	1833 Oct 5	Samuel Wright, Captain Pitman, of Salem	15	Drowned in the Pacific; son of Captain Alexander Drew
Dunham, John B. *	1885 Jan 7		29	Drowned near Tuckernuck
Easton, Nicholas *	1828	Ship Zone, Captain Bunker, of Nantucket	30	Mate; "All exertions to save Mr. E were unavailing, as it was evening, and he was unable to swim", fell overboard off of the coast of Peru, couldn't swim
Easton, Peter *	1819 Nov 1		37	Died at sea
Elkins, Joseph *	1820		38 yrs 6 mos	Died at sea; son of John
Ellis, Alfred *	1840 Oct 10		22	Died at sea
Ellis, Caleb *	1781			Died in a prison ship; son of William
Ellis, Charles *	1811			Was lost at sea off Cape Horn, son of Elisha
Ellis, Charles C. *	1808			Drowned; son of John
Ellis, Charles H *	1855 Dec 08	Ship Enterprise, Captain Brown, of Nantucket	26	Killed onboard
Ellis, Henry *	1805			Died near La Guaira, Venezuala
Ellis, Jonathan II *	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Ellis, Raymond *	1803 Sep			Died in the West Indies
Ellis, Tristram *	1839 Jun		29	Died at sea
Ellis, William *	1837	Reaper of Salem	30	Lost at sea
Ellis, William *				Lost at sea
Elridge, Oscar F. *	1863 Apr 14	Sloop-of-war USS Monongahela		Struck by shell fragment in the siege of Port Hudson during the Civil War
Ennis, Richard *	1844 Jun 25	Ship Alpha		3rd officer; killed by a whale
Everett, Burt	1884 May 2		16	From Kansas City, Mo.; drowned in the upper harbor by the upsetting of a boat alongside Harry Hildebrand of Nantucket
Fanning, Edmond *	1822 Dec 24		37	Died at sea
Farnham, Roland *	1858 Oct 24	Bark Montezuma of New Bedford		2nd Mate; ship lost in a gale
Fish, Stephen *	1781 Jul		35	Died at sea
Fisher, Edward *	1865 Aug 23	Ship Brewster of New Bedford	17	Died at sean in the Indian Ocean of Cholera
Fisher, James H.	1832	Mentor
Fisher, William R. *	1868 Feb 17		50	Died at sea
Fisher, Zenas *
Fisk, Freeborn *	1815 Feb 3		35	Drowned
Fitch, Ariel *	1799			Killed by a whale
Fitch, Beriah *				Died at sea
Fitch, Coffin *				Lost at sea
Fitch, Francis *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies with father Peter and brother Timothy
Fitch, Nath	1801			Died at sea heading to New York
Fitch, Peter *	1798 Oct			Died in Norfolk Virginia with yellow fever
Fitch, Peter and his sons *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies; his sons Timothy and Francis perished with him
Fitch, Timothy *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies with father Peter and brother Francis
Fitzgerald, James *	1765 Nov 07		17	Killed on the south side of Nantucket
Folger, Albert *	1823 Jul 31	Whaleship Seringapatain [Seringapatam], Captain Allen, of London	24	2nd officer; drowned at sea at lat. 58, 30 south, long. 71. "A boy had fallen overboard, and Mr. F. heroically leaped into the sea to save him; but, as it was intensely cold, he was probably seized with cramp, having disappeared almost immediately. The boy was saved, as was the surgeon, who had likewise sprung overboard after him." "Mr. F. was a young man of amiable character, and his loss is sincerely regretted by all who knew him."
Folger, Alexander S. *	1863 Oct 29	Bark Adeline Gibbs, Captain Davis, of New Bedford	17 years 7 months	Died of consumption
Folger, Ammial *	1797		20	Died at sea
Folger, Andrew *	1780		19	Died at sea
Folger, Andrew *	1848 Feb 12	Ship Triton, New Bedford	24	Cooper; killed during skirmish aboard ship in Seydenham's Islands (King's Mill Group)
Folger, Andrew J. *	1834 Feb 17		19	Fell from masthead at sea
Folger, Asa *	1780 Jan 31			Died at sea east of Boston; son of Reuben
Folger, Barnard *	1795 Aug 20		25	Died at sea near Norfolk
Folger, Charles *	1826		36	Drowned in Alexandria; son of Seth
Folger, Charles *	1829 Jan		23	Born March 3, 1806
Folger, Charles *	1829 Jul	Ship Mercury, Captain Albert, of New Bedford	23	2nd officer; killed by a whale; son of Barnabus Folger
Folger, Christopher *	1774 Apr 21		41	Died at sea
Folger, Daniel *	1744 Oct 30			Lost on the shoals between Nantucket and the Vineyard, near Cape Poge; son of Peter Folger
Folger, Elishai *	1740		18	Lost at sea
Folger, Francis M. *	1869 Sep 16	Schooner M.E. Simmons, Captain Gelett, of Provincetown	42	1st officer; lost overboard
Folger, George Lawrence *	1815		28	Died near New Orleans
Folger, Henry	1777			Died in the West Indies
Folger, Isaiah *	1800			Lost on Duxbury Beach; son of Elisha
Folger, James *	1863 Apr 15		46	Died at sea during the Civil War
Folger, John *	1780			Lost in a hurricane in a sloop in the West Indies; son of Abishai
Folger, Joseph W. *	1854 Apr 25		42	Died at sea
Folger, Josiah	1816		50	Drowned in the Hudson River
Folger, Nathaniel *				Killed by a whale; son of Joseph
Folger, Nathaniel *	1777 Feb			Died in the West Indies; son of Zaccheus
Folger, Nathaniel *	1800 Apr			Died at sea; son of Nathaniel
Folger, Nathaniel II *	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Folger, Noah *	1819		23	Died at sea
Folger, Paul	1770			Died whaling
Folger, Peter *	1744 Oct 30		18	Lost on the shoals between Nantucket and the Vineyard, near Cape Poge; son of Daniel Folger
Folger, Reuben *	1782 Jan 1		27	Drowned at the bar; son of Peter
Folger, Richard *	1778			Died at sea in the West Indies; son of William
Folger, Rowland *	1805 Feb		21	Killed by natives at sea; son of Gilbert
Folger, Samuel	1794			Died at sea in the West Indies
Folger, Seth *	1816 Jun 15		50	Died at sea
Folger, Shubael *	1774	Whaleship	37	He was lost at sea while whaling
Folger, Shubael *	1803 Feb 5			Died at sea near Havre, France; son of Seth
Folger, Thomas *	1780		34	Died while a prisoner on board a privateer; killed by common cold
Folger, Uriel *	1800 Dec		16	Lost at sea upon Duxbury Beach
Folger, William S. *	1823 May		18	Lost at sea
Fordick, John Jr.	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies
Fosdick, Jethro *				Died at sea
Fosdick, Philip *	1809 Nov		44	Died at sea; he jumped overboard
Foy, Joseph H. *	1772			Lost at sea whaling while coming from the Banks of Nova Scotia
Freeborn, George *	1815 Mar		74	Died near Greenwich, Rhode Island
Fuller, Andrew J. *	1879 Sep 1	Matilda Sears of Dartmouth	19	Died at sea
Gaff, George	1813			Mate; lost at sea within a few days of Nantucket
Gallagher, William *	1833	Steamboat		Steamboat was near Fayetteville; native of Ireland
Gardener, Charles H.	1844 Jul 10	Lydia of Nantucket		2nd officer; Coquimbo
Gardner, Abraham *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Lost at sea, Son of Timothy
Gardner, Albert C. *	1838 Feb 10			Died at sea
Gardner, Alex *				born Oct 17, 1799; son of Peleg
Gardner, Alex P. *	1819		19 yrs 1 mo	At sea
Gardner, Alexander *	1800 Dec		37	Lost at sea
Gardner, Alexander and son	1786			Lost at sea
Gardner, Amos *	1782 May			Died at sea, fell overboard; son of Elihu
Gardner, Ansel *	1812 Sep 23		41	Died at sea
Gardner, Benjamin *	1777 Dec	Prison ship	44	He died in a Prison Ship in New York
Gardner, Caleb *	1814 Dec 17			Drowned near Maryland
Gardner, Charles *	1778 Mar	Prison ship	22	Died at sea near Newport; son of Bethuel
Gardner, Charles H. *				Died at sea
Gardner, Daniel *	1825 Jan 8		36	Lost at sea
Gardner, Daniel II *	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Gardner, Edward W.	1863	Ship Martha		Lost in shipwreck with wife Phebe on way to Apia in Samoa
Gardner, Phebe H.	1863	Ship Martha		Lost in shipwreck with husband Edward on way to Apia in Samoa
Gardner, Eliab *				Lost at sea
Gardner, Eliakin *	1808 Aug		36	Died near Batavia
Gardner, Ephraim *	1780			Died near France (sailed with Elisha Clark)
Gardner, Francis *	1816		56	Died near Baltimore; son of Benjamin
Gardner, Frederic *	1808 Jan 1			Drowned at sea
Gardner, Grendall *	1772			Lost at sea while whaling
Gardner, Henry *	1802 Apr		21	Died at sea; son in law to Samuel Barrett
Gardner, Isaac *	1780			Drowned in the West Indies; son of John
Gardner, Isaac *	1782 Aug			Lost at sea; son of Timothy
Gardner, Isaac *	1813 Jul 27			Lost at sea within a few days of Nantucket
Gardner, James H. *	1834 Mar 9		33	Died at Rio de Janero, at the hospital; son of Captain Freeman Gardner
Gardner, Jethro *	1759			Died while whaling; son of Barnabas
Gardner, Jethro *	1802 Jun 20			Drowned; son of Sylvanus
Gardner, John *	1799	Sloop		Sloop lost at sea
Gardner, John *	1778 Mar	Prison ship		Died at sea onboard a prison ship near Newport; son of George
Gardner, John *	1780 Feb 20			Died near South Carolina; son of John
Gardner, John *	1812 Jul 27		25	Lost at sea within a few days of Nantucket
Gardner, Josiah *	1758 Feb			Lost at sea
Gardner, Josiah *	1781 Jan			Lost at sea in the West Indies; son of Andrew
Gardner, Nathaniel *	1782			Died coming from France
Gardner, Obadiah *	1772			Lost from a boat in the Vineyard Sound
Gardner, Obed *	1812 Apr 16		22	Died near Havanna
Gardner, Peleg *	1809 Dec		66	Fell into a vessel's hold in Maine
Gardner, Peleg *	1808 Feb 2			He drowned going to Boston
Gardner, Reuben *	1828 Oct 18		40	Died near Nova Scotia; brother of Simeon, son of Bartlett
Gardner, Samuel *	1848 Feb		22	Lost at sea
Gardner, Simeon *	1780	Sloop	17	Lost at sea in a storm in a sloop; son of Nathaniel
Gardner, Solomon	1759 (1760?)			Died whaling
Gardner, Solomon *	1763			Lost at sea while whaling
Gardner, Solomon Jr. *	1764			Died whaling; son of Solomon died 1759 or 1760
Gardner, Thaddeus *	1767		28	Lost at sea
Gardner, Thaddeus *	1800 Dec 5		34	Lost at sea
Gardner, Thomas M. *	1843 Apr 27	Ship Mary of Nantucket		Lost overboard off Cape Horn
Gardner, Uriah *	1783 Jan 23			Drowned in the Delaware; son of Uriah
Gardner, William *	1815 Nov		44	Died near Norfolk
Gardner, Zacchariah *	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies, son of Andrew
Gavin, Joshua A.	1780			Lost at sea in the West Indies in a brig
Gideon, Swain *	1825		27	Lost at sea
Gifford, George H. *	1846			Lost at sea
Gifford, Robert *	1820		40	Lost at sea
Giles, David *	1806			Lost at sea
Giles, Thomas *	1799 Jul 26		20	Died at the southward
Glidden, Tobias *	1810 Feb			He was lost overboard at sea
Glover, Simon *	1777 Sep 10		39	He died in the West Indies
Godfrey, John *	1810			Lost going to West Indies
Golem, Paul	1805			Died at sea
Golem, Seth	1805			Died at sea
Goodepud, Silas	1779			Died at sea, killed by a cruiser at the Bar
Grant, George *	1848 Apr 1	Ship Sarah Parker, Captain Russell of Nantucket	25	Seaman; died at sea
Greene, George H. *	1863 Jan 10			Died at sea in the Civil War
Grew, James *				Lost at sea
Gurrell, John *	1831 Jul 6	Heroine of New York		Captain; died of cholera in Kronstadt
Gwinn, Walter *	1783 Nov 26		19	Lost at sea; son of Thomas
H.Plumb, Samuel *	1828	Chelsea of Boston	24	Mate; left a widowed mother
Hall, Charles C. *	1834 Oct 8		26	Lost at sea
Halsted, 4 children of	1848 Dec 20	Ship United States, Captain Worth, of Nantucket		Ship struck a rock and sank near Tongataboo [Tongatapu] in the Pacific. Children of passenger Mr. Halsted were asleep in the cabin and went down with the ship. Rest of crew and passengers survived.
Harlow, Joseph *	1868 Feb 18	Bark Amy, Captain Winslow, of Nantucket	21	Killed while taking a whale
Harps, David C. *	1852 Jul		47	Died near the Sandwich Islands, modern day Hawaii
Harris, Captain *				Captain; lost at sea
Harris, John	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Harris, Obed *	1808 Jul 15		44	Died coming from Philadelphia
Haskell, Benjamin	1832 Jan 1	Ship Mentor
Hathaway, Jonathan	1834	Golconda of New Bedford
Hathaway, Thomas	1731 Feb 28			Lost whaling to the Southward
Hayden, Prince *	1778 Dec 4			Died in the West Indies
Hayden, William C. *	1866 Oct 22	Fishing dory		Captain; drowned when dory overturned while fishing off Quidnet
Healle, Timothy	1782			Died near New Bedford
Hendricks, Obed *	1820	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Lost at sea
Hessey, Laban *	1778 Dec			Died near Havanna
Higgins, Obed *	1866 Nov 1		45	Died at sea
Hildebrand, Harry *	1884 May 3		14	Drowned in the upper harbor by the upsetting of a boat alongside 17-year-old Bert Everett of Kansas City, Mo.
Hillar, Edwin *	1844 Aug 21	Ship Japan, Captain Riddell, of Nantucket		Captain; killed by a whale
Hillman, Reuben *	1800 Feb		25	Died in Baltimore of smallpox
Hillman, Robert *	1780			Lost overboard at sea
Hillman, Robert *	1780			Lost overboard at sea
Hiram, Bailey	1856 May 31	Schooner Watchman, Captain Hiram, of Nantucket	43	Captain; drowned at Bonavista by the upsetting of a boat while trying to land in heavy surf; body recovered by Portuguese
Hoag, George C. *	1867 Mar 1		59	Died at sea
Hodges, Seth 2nd	1816 Dec 11			Died at sea in the Indian ocean, near Delagoa Bay
Holmes, Obed *	1837 Apr 6		26	Died at sea around Cape Horn
Horsefield, Joseph *	1817 Nov 28		22	Died near Port au Prince
Hosier, William *	1805 Aug 5			Died off the Carolina shores
House, William *	1818 Mar		38	Died at sea
Howes, Thomas *	1738 Jul		36	Lost at sea during a Hurricane in the West Indies
Howland, Allen *	1809 Nov 23			Lost at sea while heading to Virginia
Hudson, James M. *	1846	Ship Niphon of Nantucket	28	Died at sea by the upsetting of the ship
Hull, Thomas Sr. *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Lost at sea
Hunter, Robert *	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Hunter, William E.	1855 Oct 1	Ship Phenix, Captain Morey, of Nantucket		Captain Morey of ship Phenix from Nantucket wrote a letter describing that while the ship was anchored in Ochotsk Sea in early October 1855 beside the Lagoda from New Bedford, the Lagoda’s Captain Lamphier was on board the Phenix and asked to be taken back to his ship. William E. Hunter and two Native Americans drowned when the boat taking Captain Lamphier back to the Lagoda was upset. A Portuguese man also drowned.; Native American man (one of two from the Phenix to drown)
Hunter, William E. *	1855 Oct 1	Ship Phenix, Captain Morey, of Nantucket	18	In the Sea of Okhotsk, William E. Hunter and three other crew from the ship Phenix drowned when their boat was upset in a gale carrying Captain Lamphier of the ship Lagoda of New Bedford back to his ship.
Hussey, Andrew *	1800 Sep 1		16	Fell from aloft at sea
Hussey, Benjamin R. *	1844 May 29	Ship James Maury, Captain Hussey, of Salem	43	Captain; died of nervous fever, now known as typhoid fever, at sea
Hussey, Charles Alexander *	1820 Oct 8		24	Died near New Orleans; son of Zaccheus
Hussey, Daniel *				Born 1687; died young in the West Indies
Hussey, Daniel *	1750 Jun 1			Died near London
Hussey, Daniel *	1803 Nov 10			Died near New York
Hussey, Daniel B. *	1816			Lost at sea in the West Indies in the Yankee; son of Stephen
Hussey, David G.	1812			Died at sea
Hussey, Francis *	1777		23	Killed in the Revolutionary War while at sea
Hussey, Francis *	1821 May		39	Lost at sea
Hussey, George G. *	1816	Sloop-of-War Wasp	26	Died at sea
Hussey, Gorham *	1810		48	Captain; lost at sea heading to the West Indies
Hussey, Isaac *	1852 Nov 5	Ship William Penn of San Francisco	45	Captain; killed by mutineers near the Gilbert Islands (previously known as the King's Mill Group)
Hussey, James *	1810		20	Died at sea coming from Rhode Island
Hussey, John	1749			Lost at sea going to North Carolina
Hussey, Oliver C. *	1817 Jul 26		21 yrs 3 mos	Died near Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor; son of John
Hussey, Richard *	1781		19	Died at sea
Hussey, Richard *	1804			Died near Jamaica; son of Tresham
Hussey, Seth *	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Hussey, Thomas *	1783			Died in the West Indies, fell from a mast head; son of Paul
James, John	1781			Died near Halifax, Nova Scotia
James, Joseph *	1856 Nov 29	Ship Lexington, Captain Fisher, of Nantucket	30	Lost overboard
Jay, Gilbert *	1823	Ship Peru, Captain Veeder, of Nantucket		Killed by a whale near Cape Horn
Jenkins, Benjamin *	1782		44	Died in the West Indies
Jenkins, David *	1780		26	Lost at sea in the West Indies
Jenkins, Jonathan *	1762		14	Lost at sea
Jenkins, Jonathan *	1780			Lost in the West Indies in a brig; son of Benjamin
Jenkins, Matthew *	1803		23	Died in the West Indies; son of Tristram
Jenkins, Prince *	1815 Aug		52	Died near New York
Jenkins, William *	1780		30	Lost at sea in the West Indies in a brig; son of Peter
Jenkins, William *	1807 Sep		26	Died in the West Indies
Jones, Abraham *	1791 Jan 19			Lost working in Vineyard Sound with George Pinkham and John Kelley
Jones, Barzillai *	1811 May 14		35	Died coming from England
Jones, Benjamin *	1818 Nov		42	Died in the West Indies; son of Benjamin
Jones, Henry Jr. *	1867 Sep 8	Ship Akbar of Boston	18	Seaman; died of dysentery on passage from Calcutta
Jones, Manuel	1836	Ship Ganges, Captain Coffin, of Nantucket		Seaman; Fell overboard off Cape Horn
Joy, Francis *	1810			Lost going to Virginia
Joy, Francis Jr. *	1795 May			Died near New York of smallpox
Joy, Matthew *	1821 Jan 10	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket	26	Lost at sea
Joy, Peter *	1784 Apr		27	Lost at sea
Joy, Samuel Jr. *	1861			Died at sea
Kelley, Edward H. *	1858 Jul 30		19	Lost at sea
Kelley, Job. *	1791 Jan 19			Lost working Vineyard Sound with George Pinkham and Abraham Jones
Kellog, Seth *	1810 Mar			Lost at sea going to the West Indies
King, Daniel *	1842 Sep 25		30	Died at sea
Lance, Reuben *	1806 May			He was lost at sea while whaling
Lawrence, George Jr. *	1798		26	Died of Yellow fever near New York
Lawrence, James and daughter *	1809 Nov 23			Lost at sea going to Alexandria, Virginia
Lawrence, Reuben B. *	1847 Jul 30		22	Drowned in a canal in New York
Leary, Abraham	1799	Sloop		Mate; sloop lost at sea
Lewis, John *	1835			Lost at sea
Lewis, John Wilson *	1863 Jan 16		21	Drowned at sea
Lewis, Washington *				Died at sea
Long, Anna *	1828 Oct 1	Zone of Nantucket	70	Coast of Peru, falling overboard; widow of Reuben Long
Long, Ephraim *	1772			Lost at sea when he was young
Long, George S. *	1869 Mar		28	Died at sea
Long, James *	1799 May 7	Whaleship		Lost at sea
Long, Nathan *	1771		27	Lost at sea
Long, Reuben *				Lost at sea
Long, Timothy *	1798			Captain; died of yellow fever near Baltimore
Long, William	1772			Died whaling
Long, William *	1798		32	Lost at sea
Luce, Barzillai *	1823 Mar	Whaleship "Iodas"[?]	41	1st officer; he was drowned at sea
Luce, Barzillai Jr. *	1782 Aug	Prison ship		Died on a prison ship near New York
Luce, Reuben *	1806 May			Lost at sea
Luce, Ruben *	1857 Nov 16		49	Lost at sea
M'Cleave, Benj.	1844 Aug 26	Ship Obed Mitchell, Captain Coffin, Nantucket		3rd mate and cooper; died at sea
Macey, R.	1833			Captain; wreckage of a large ship was found near the "Naas Point" and among its wreckage was an oar branded R. Macy
Macy, Albert I. *	1862 Aug 6		29	Died at sea
Macy, Alexander *	1812 Dec 9		27	Drowned at the Vineyard
Macy, Barnabas *	1802 Jun		49	He was lost at sea coming from Philadelphia
Macy, Benjamin *	1755		15	Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessels were lost")
Macy, Charles R. *	1808 May		25	Lost at sea
Macy, Edmund	1810			Lost at sea heading for Virginia
Macy, Francis *	1842 Sep 26	Ship Peruvian of St. Johns	23	Died at sea
Macy, George *	1815 Oct 4		34	Died in Cincinnati; son of George
Macy, James F. *	1861 Jul 29	Ship Swordfish	28	1st officer; lost overboard in a gale and heavy seas; son of Charles Macy
Macy, James Jr.	1767			Lost at sea
Macy, Joseph *	1826 Jul 30	Ship John Jay of Nantucket	26	Died at sea
Macy, Melvin B. *	1850 Jul 26	Bark Montezuma of New Bedford	26	3rd officer; died from injuries received on board while cutting in a whale; moved onshore (Zanzibar) for 6 weeks but eventually died
Macy, Mr. *	1853 Mar 26	Ship Antarctic of Provicetown		1st officer; drowned by the destruction of his boat in the breakers (after ship wrecked)
Macy, Prince *	1827 Jun		30	Drowned on the Tombez Bay [Tumbes, Peru]; son of Job Macy
Macy, Richard *	1850 Aug 12		53	Died at sea coming from California
Macy, Robert *	1828 Jan 28		29	Lost at sea
Macy, Seth *	1802 Apr		29	Died abroad near Archangel, Russia; son of Stephen
Macy, Simeon *	1754 Nov 22			Lost overboard in the Bay of Biscay; son of Abraham Macy
Macy, Sylvannus *	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Macy, Timothy *	1800		16	Lost at sea
Macy, Trisham *	1781		35	Died at sea near Charleston
Macy, Valentine *	1809 Nov 23			Lost at sea heading for Virginia with James Lawrence; son of Stephen Jr.
Mallard, John W. P.	1828 Jun 3	Ship Ploughboy, Captain Chase, of Nantucket	28	Native of Boston, employed on whaleships out of Nantucket for last 4-5 years
Manning, David *	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Manning, John	1849 Jan 14	Ship Niphon of Nantucket		Carpenter; Washed overboard and lost
Manter, Benjamin Jr. *	1820		21	Killed by a whale
Manter, George G. *	1870 Apr 30		25	Died at sea
Manter, Nathan *	1850 Dec 4	Ship Java of New Bedford	32	1st officer; killed by a whale
Marshall, Godfrey James *	1810 Apr			Lost at sea going to West Indies with Captain Gorham Hussey
Marshall, Hawkins *				Died at sea
Marshall, Hiram *	1806		24	He fell from aloft at sea; son of Obed
Marshall, John	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Marshall, Thomas *	1813 Feb		30	Drowned at sea; son of Josiah
Maxey, Samuel *	1805 Oct			Lost at sea near La Guaira, West Indies
Mayo, Obed *	1820 Aug		44	Died on the St Lawrence River
Mayo, Seth *	1783 Jul 19	Polly	36	Mate; lost at sea
McCann, Benjamin F. *	1875 Nov 28		26	Lost at sea
Meader, Joseph *	1800 Feb		20	Died at sea
Meader, Nicholas *	1755		39	Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Merches, Manuel	1850 Jan 19	Ship Niphon of Nantucket		Seaman; died of scurvy
Miller, George	1840 Jul 13	Ship Rambler, Captain McCleave of Nantucket		Cook; died by upsetting of the boat
Mitchell, Benjamin *	1771		19	Died at sea
Mitchell, Joseph *	1805 Jun		22	Drowned near Lisbon
Mooers, Samuel *	1831 May 12		46	Lost at sea
Mooers, Thomas *	1749			Drowned in North Carolina
Mooers, William C. *	1866 Jun 10	Brig Falcon of Salem	16	Died aboard, no details given
Moore, Thomas	1772			Lost coming from the Banks of Nova Scotia
Morgan, Dudley *	1831 Dec 21	Experiment		Lost at sea
Morris, William	1819			France
Morris, William M. *	1846 Nov 1	Ship Spartan, Captain Fisher, of Nantucket	22	Drowned on the bar at Tombez [Tumbes, Peru]
Morselander, George *				Died at sea
Morselander, Obed *	1800 Mar			Died at sea near Baltimore
Morselander, Reuben *	1814 Sep		23	Died aboard a prison ship in England
Morselander, Zebulon *	1800 Jan			Died at sea near Havanna
Morton, Seth	1768			Drowned in the harbor (sailed with Christopher Clark)
Mott, Joseph	1743			Lost whaling to the Southward
Motte, Benjamin	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Myrick, Charles	1800
Myrick, David *	1818	Ship George Washington	41	Captain
Myrick, Isaac II *	1776 Jan 24		38	Died at sea near London
Myrick, Jethro *	1780	Brig		Lost at sea in the West Indies
Myrick, Job *	1782 Jan 1		39	Drowned at the sandbar; son of Andrew
Myrick, Seth G. *	1823 Apr 2	John Adams of Nantucket		Lost at sea
Myrick, Timothy *	1771		28	Lost at sea
Myrick, Timothy *	1771		28	Lost at sea while whaling
Myrick, William *	1796 Mar		46	Died at sea in the West Indies
Myrick, William *	1778	Prison ship		He died at sea on a prison ship near Newport; son of Isaac
Nail, Thomas	1755			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Native Americans, 2 men	1855 Oct 1	Ship Phenix, Captain Morey, of Nantucket		Captain Morey of ship Phenix from Nantucket wrote a letter describing that while the ship was anchored in Ochotsk Sea in early October 1855 beside the Lagoda from New Bedford, the Lagoda’s Captain Lamphier was on board the Phenix and asked to be taken back to his ship. William E. Hunter and two Native Americans drowned when the boat taking Captain Lamphier back to the Lagoda was upset. A Portuguese man also drowned.; Native American man (one of two from the Phenix to drown)
Nichols, Edward *	1810 Nov			Lost at sea with his brother Joseph coming from Cape de Verde
Nichols, Jospeh *	1810 Nov			Lost at sea with his brother Edward coming from Cape de Verde
Nichols, Mary Helen *	1853 Aug 23		1	Died at sea
Nicholson, Edward B. *	1844 Sep 14	Ship Thule of Nantucket		1st officer; Whaleboat became separated after crew abandoned ship; rest of crew eventually arrived in Brisbane, AU
Nickerson, Barzillai *	1876 Jan 1	Schooner W.B. MoShain of Philadelphia	24	Drowned in the James River
Orpin, George F. *	1855		37	Died at sea
Paddack, Aaron *	1824 Mar	Whaleship Diana of New York		Captain; lost overboard in Brazil
Paddack, Daniel *	1743 Dec		35	Lost whaling to the Southard
Paddack, Frederic *	1808 Feb	Sloop Leander		Lost at sea with his father; son of Jonathan
Paddack, Jonathan *	1808 Feb	Sloop Leander		Lost at sea with his son; father of Frederic
Paddack, Seth Jr. *	1781 Jan			Lost at sea in the West Indies
Paddack, Stephen Jr. *	1782			Died at sea in the West Indies
Paddack, Zachariah *	1782		20	Died at sea near Virginia
Palmer, Eliza *	1850 Sep	Ship Navigator, Captain George Palmer, of Nantucket		Wife of Captain Palmer; died on Pitcairn island
Parker, Fredric *	1789			Lost at sea in a sloop heading for Cape de Verde with his brother Nathaniel; son of Nathan
Parker, Nathan *	1804			Died whaling in Brazil; son of Dr. John Bartlett
Parker, Nathaniel *	1789			Lost at sea in a sloop heading for Cape de Verde with his brother Frederic; son of Nathan
Passengers and crew, All	1808	Sloop Leander		Wrecked off Siasconset
Paul, Coleman *	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Pay, Obediah	1781			Died in Halifax
Pease, Paul *	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Pease, Paul *	1821 Jan 24		66	Captain of the ship; died at sea near London
Pease, Prince *	1809 Dec		24	Died at sea away from home
Pease, Timothy *	1801 Apr 22		19	Fell from aloft at sea
Perry, Henry *	1788 Jun 27			Died from an illness coming back from the West Indies
Perry, Jonathan Jr. *	1808 Jan			Lost at sea whaling
Perry, Silas *	1810			Lost at sea going to the West Indies
Peterson, Richard	1821 Jan 20	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket	About 60	Died at sea
Pinkham, Barzillai *	1810			Died at sea coming from Stonington, CT
Pinkham, Benjamin *	1780		29	Lost at sea in the West Indies
Pinkham, Bethuel *	1808 Mar		31	Died near New York
Pinkham, Charles F. *	1844 Sep 29	Ship James Maury of Salem	32	1st officer; died from "dropsy on the chest"
Pinkham, David *	1814		31	Died in a Prison ship near London, England; son of Jethro
Pinkham, George *	1791 Jan 19			Lost working in the Vineyard Sound with Abraham Jones and John Kelley
Pinkham, George Ramsdell *	1821 Mar		24	Died near Mobile, Alabama
Pinkham, Hezekiah *	1771 Jul 20		25	Lost at sea
Pinkham, Hezekiah *	1771 Jul 20		25	Died whaling; son of Benjamin
Pinkham, John *	1824 Aug	Ship Swift of New Bedford	35	Captain; killed by a whale
Pinkham, Moses *	1799 Mar			Lost at sea
Pinkham, Nathaniel *	1778		17	Died at sea; taken by a privaateer and killed
Pinkham, Peter	1803			Died at sea while whaling
Pinkham, Peter *	1805			He was lost at sea whaling
Pinkham, Reuben *	1756			Died abroad; son of Theophilas
Pinkham, Schubael	1805			Died at sea
Pinkham, Seth *	1844 May 2	Ship Henry Astor, Captain Pinkham, of Nantucket	57	Captain; died from heart disease near Pernambuco, Brazil
Pinkham, Shubail *	1818		50	Died at sea near Havanna
Pinkham, Theophilas *	1796			Drowned near England
Pinkham, Timothy *	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessels were lost")
Pinkham, Uriah *	1840 Jun 16	Ship Rambler of Nantucket	24	Boatsteerer; drowned off the coast of New Zealand
Pinkham, Uriah *	1798			Died of yellow fever near Norfolk, Virginia; son of Charles
Pinkham, Willam Jr. *	1788			Drowned at sea
Pinkham, Zephaniah *	1772			Lost at sea whaling
Pitman, James *	1869 Oct 2	Fishing dory	53	Drowned while fishing off of Siasconset
Pitman, Samuel *	1843?	Ship Marcus of Fairhaven		Died aboard ship Marcus
Pitts, Elijah *	1812		22	Lost at sea
Pollard, Alexander *	1840 Jan 18		37	Died at sea
Pollard, Jonathan Jr. *	1799			Lost at sea
Pollard, Moses	1799			Died of a fever near St. Thomas
Pollard, Peter *	1818 Mar		51	Died near New Orleans
Porter, John *	1855 May 24		38	Died at sea
Portuguese man	1855 Oct 1	Ship Phenix, Captain Morey, of Nantucket		Captain Morey of ship Phenix from Nantucket wrote a letter describing that while the ship was anchored in Ochotsk Sea in early October 1855 beside the Lagoda from New Bedford, the Lagoda’s Captain Lamphier was on board the Phenix and asked to be taken back to his ship. William E. Hunter and two Native Americans drowned when the boat taking Captain Lamphier back to the Lagoda was upset. A Portuguese man also drowned.; Portuguese man
Prince, George *	1849 May 7	Ship Constitution, Captain Bunker, of Nantucket	21	3rd officer; died on board
Prince, George *	1812 Dec 24		32	Died at sea near St. Thomas
Quinn, Joseph *	1772		52	Lost at sea
Ramsdell, Alexander *	1817			Died at sea near France; son of James
Ramsdell, Charles	1849	Bark Kirkwood of Nantucket		3rd mate; fell from aloft
Ramsdell, Frederic *				Died at sea
Ramsdell, George *	1807			Lost at sea; son of James Samuel Keen (Reece)
Ramsdell, Thomas R. *	1864 Aug 7		19	Lost at sea
Ramsdell, William *	1811 May		34	Lost at sea
Rand, Obed *	1794			Lost at sea
Randall, George *	1849		57	Lost at sea
Rawson, Paul *	1772		47	Lost at sea while whaling
Rawson, Stephen *	1807 Apr 2		45	Lost at sea with Thaddeus Bunker
Rawson, Valentine *	1808 Jun			Drowned at sea while whaling
Ray, Alfred C. *	1872 Nov		27	Lost at sea with his brother James near Valparaíso, Chile
Ray, Barzillai *	1821 Feb 11	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, Nantucket	17	Died at sea
Ray, Charles *				Lost at sea
Ray, James H. *	1872 Nov		29	Lost at sea with his brother Alfred near Valparaíso, Chile
Ray, Joseph E. *	1860	Ship Meteorin	26	Fell from aloft at sea
Ray, Obed *	1826 Nov 10		34	Died at sea
Ray, Robert	1772			Lost coming from the Banks of Nova Scotia
Ray, Samuel	1782			Drowned at the Bar
Ray, Shubael *	1792 Sep		18	Lost at sea
Ray, Shubael *	1843 Nov 11	Ship Franklin, Captain Ray, of Nantucket	31	Captain; died of an illness near Paita, Peru
Ray, William *	1864		51	Lost at sea
Raymond, Benjamin P. *	1865 Feb 11	Ship Three Brothers of Nantucket	24	Drowned when a fast whale capsized the boat
Reed, Samuel	1821 Jan	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Died at sea
Remsen, Daniel R. *	1853 Jun 6	Ship Omega, Captain Russell, of Nantucket	43	1st officer; died at sea
Remsen, Jacob	1799			Died of Yellow fever near Havana
Reynolds, Samuel E. *	1871 Apr 26		25	Died at sea
Reynolds, William	1808 Apr 24			Died at sea coming from Spain
Richards, Isaac *	1837 Aug 24	U.S. Ship Eric
Richter, Robert *				Died at sea
Riddell, Charles *	1799		17	Killed by a whale; son of Samuel
Riddell, George *	1810			Lost at sea going to Virginia; son of Henry
Riddell, Samuel *	1825		27	Lost at sea
Ritchie, Charles *	1845 May 28	Ship Christopher Mitchell, Nantucket	about 25	Lost overboard
Roberts, James H. *	1851 Oct	Ship Nauticon, Capain Veeder, of Nantucket	24	Fell from the ship rigging
Roberts, Joseph *	1809 Jan 1			Drowned at sea
Roberts, William	1830	Brig The Vineyard of Nantucket		Mate; "Struck on the head with a club…threw him overboard"
Robinson, Prince W. *	1843 Feb 4	Ship Scotland	35	Lost overboard
Rodman, Richard	1833	Ship Columbus, Captain Russell, of Nantucket		Seaman; fell overboard and was drowned
Rogers, Ensign *	1824 Mar			Lost at sea off the coast of Brazil
Rogers, Richard S. *				Lost at sea
Rule, Alexander *	1858 May 22	Bark Matthew Luce, Captain Coon, of New Bedford	34	Lost overboard; death misreported in Whalemen's Shipping List as "Joseph Rule" "aged 38
Russell, Abram *	1798			Lost at sea
Russell, Alexander *	1853 - 1854			Lost at sea
Russell, Barnabas *	1816		32	Lost at sea
Russell, Benjamin Jr. *	1771			Lost at sea whaling
Russell, Daniel *	1786 Jun 13			Died in the West Indies
Russell, David Jr.	1782			Died at sea
Russell, Elihu *	1802 Jan		44	Lost at sea
Russell, George A. *	1850 Dec 4	Christoval Colon	19	Died on board en route to Valparaiso; son of Capt. Thomas Russell
Russell, James	1817	Ship Hero, Captain Russel, of Nantucket		Captain
Russell, Jedidiah *	1780 Sep 3	Prison ship		Died on a prison ship near New York; son of Daniel
Russell, John M. *	1835 Nov		33	Lost at sea
Russell, Joseph *	1800 Sep			Died near Calcutta
Russell, Obed	1775			Died whaling
Russell, Obed *	1792			Killed while cutting in a whale; son of Benjamin
Russell, Obed *	1800 Oct			Killed by a whale; son of Joseph
Russell, Sylvanus * and boat crew	1850 May 20	Ship Richard Mitchell of Nantucket	27	2nd officer and crew; went off in pursuit of a whale and never returned
Russell, Thomas	1806			Died coming back from the West Indies
Russell, Uriah *	1803		33	Died near South Carolina
Russell, William *	1808 Mar 9		24	Died at sea going to Boston; son of George
Ryder, B.	1844 Jan 1	Whaleship Barclay of Nantucket		Fell from aloft
Salisbury, Andrew G. *	1860 Oct		33	Lost at sea
Sandford, Uriah *				Lost at sea
Sayes, Reuben C. *	1860 Apr 17	Bark Roscoe	17	Crew member; died of consumption while serving
Seabury, John *	1844 Sep 14	Ship Thule of Nantucket		Boatsteerer; Whaleboat became separated after crew abandoned ship; rest of crew eventually arrived in Brisbane, AU; "colored"
Sears, Howes *	1831 Sep 14	Small Moses-boat, Nantucket		Drowned in the inner harbor, returning from fishing off Brant Point
Selen, Stephen	1772			Lost coming from the Banks of Nova Scotia
Shattore, William	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Sheppard, Isaiah	1821 Jan	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of of Nantucket		Died at sea
Sherman, Alexander *	1816 Nov 27		16	Died near St.Thomas; son of Nathaniel
Sherman, William E. Jr. *	1875 Sep 24		35	Lost at sea
Sherman, William Edwin *	1860 Jan		57
Shorter, Charles	1821 Jan	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Died at sea
Smith, Benjamin B. *	1845 May 2	Ship Mary, Captain Pitman, of Nantucket	19	Seaman; lost overboard
Smith, Francis B. *	1831 Oct 18		32	Died at sea
Smith, Franklin *	1821 May 15		22	Died at sea; son of Solomon
Smith, James G.	1882 Mar 23		52	Drowned off Tuckernuck
Smith, Job *	1810		30	Lost at sea coming from Cape de Verde
Smith, John *	1850s Jun 14			Drowned in the harbor
Smith, John Jr.	1807 Dec			Lost at sea
Smith, Rueben *	1800 Sep			Lost at sea with Benjamin Swift near Delagoa Bay
Smith, Sylvanus *	1803 Nov		47	Died near the West Indies
Snow, Andrew	1804			Died at sea near Virginia
Spencer, Thomas B. *	1868 Apr 9		20	Died at sea
Spooner, William *	1783 Jul 19	Polly		Lost at sea; son of Seth
Sprague, John *	1812 Jul 27	Ship Henry of Nantucket	51	Lost within a few days of Nantucket
Starbuck, Barnabas	1781 Jan 1			Died at sea near Halifax
Starbuck, Benjamin *	1731 Feb 16		23	"Lost whaling to the Southward"
Starbuck, Benjamin Jr. *	1811		80	Died at sea at Easton, N.Y.
Starbuck, Edward Jr. *	1803 Sep 7		43	Died at sea near Cape of Good Hope
Starbuck, Frederick P. *	1858 Jun 24	Bark Robert Pennell		Mate; fell victim to yellow fever; son of Capt. Obed Starbuck
Starbuck, Jethro Jr. *	1795		37	Died at sea near Providence
Starbuck, John *	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessels were lost")
Starbuck, John *	1780		18	Son of Christopher; some sources say he died "in London with smallpox" and others say he "died in a Portsmouth prison"
Starbuck, Judah *	1792		21	Died at sea
Starbuck, Laban *	1787			Lost at sea; son of William
Starbuck, Moses *	1806		37	Lost at sea
Starbuck, Nathaniel *	1755		32	Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessels were lost")
Starbuck, Reuben *				Lost at sea
Starbuck, Zacchare	1781			Died at sea near Halifax
Stevens, Joseph *	1846 Jun 23	Ship Levi Starbuck of Nantucket	22	Died near Lahaina, Hawaii
Stevens, Joseph W. *				Born 1825; died at the Sandwich Islands
Stewart, Jeremiah	1807			"Returning from a salt voyage, ran on a ledge of rocks called Hen and Chicken in a gale of wind and were all lost"
Stockman, Isaac *	1842 Apr 26		38	Died at sea
Stubbs, Charles *	1821 May 1		18	Drowned; son of James
Swain, Abishai *	1780 Jul		29	Died in the West Indies; son of Trisham
Swain, Abraham *	1858 Aug 27		37	Lost at sea
Swain, Absalom	1805			Died in the West Indies
Swain, Alexander *	1813		22	Lost at sea
Swain, Alexander *	1842 Jan 1	Henry Astor		1st officer; "Killed by a whale at sea."
Swain, Amaniel *	1799			Died near Savannah; son of Susanna
Swain, Barzillai *				Died at sea
Swain, Benjamin Jr. *	1822 Jan		40	Died at sea
Swain, Calvin *	1794 Sep 19			Fell from aloft and was killed
Swain, Calvin *	1794 Sep 29			Lost at sea; son of David
Swain, Charles E. *	1850 Dec 13		20	Died at sea
Swain, Daniel Hussey *	1819 Oct		23	Died at sea near Virginia; son of Valentine
Swain, David *	1782			Died at sea in the West Indies; son of Ried
Swain, David *	1784 May 15			Died returning from the West Indies
Swain, David *	1826 Dec 25		18	Fell from aloft at sea
Swain, David III *	1795			Son of David Jr. and Martha
Swain, Edward *	1839		21	Died at sea
Swain, Edward *				Born 1801/7/21; died at sea in the Pacific Ocean
Swain, Edward *	1816 Jul 7		25	Died at sea on the coast of Guinea; son of Uriah
Swain, Frederick *	1803			Died at sea; son of Barnabas
Swain, Freeman *				Born 1778/2/5; lost at sea
Swain, Freeman *	1787			Lost at sea going to the West Indies
Swain, George *	1766 Sep		21	Killed by a whale near the banks of Brazil; son of George
Swain, George *	1807 Sep			Died in the West Indies; son of Benjamin
Swain, Gideon *	1873 Oct 27			died young in the West Indies; son of Jonathan
Swain, Howland *	1772 Jan 4			Died of smallpox near Long Island
Swain, Isaiah *	1816		30	Lost at sea; son of Freeman
Swain, James Jr. *	1840 Jun 25		16	Died at sea
Swain, John *	1859 Jan		31	Died on passage from New Orleans to New York
Swain, John *	1859 Dec 17	Bark Baltic of New Bedford		Thought to be crushed by sinking vessel in boat with captain, capt's family and four others
Swain, John *				Died at sea; son of Uriah
Swain, John *	1814 Nov		20	Died at sea near Halifax; son of Benjamin
Swain, Joseph *	1810 Jul 23		26	Died at sea going to Charleston
Swain, Joshua *	1801 Jan			Lost overboard going to NY
Swain, Obed *	1794			Lost at sea
Swain, Peleg *	1805		23	Died at sea near Cape Verde; son of Peleg
Swain, Richard	1744 Aug 30			Lost on the shoals between Nantucket and the Vineyard
Swain, Robert *	1818		33	Lost at sea
Swain, Robert *	1819 Mar 1		38	Died at sea; son of Francis
Swain, Rowland *	1820		26	Died in the West Indies; son of Job
Swain, Seth *	1756			Member of one of six ships captured by French "and carried away."
Swain, Seth *	1780 Oct		19	Died at sea
Swain, Shubael *	1813	Ship Henry of Nantucket	27	Lost at sea coming from England
Swain, Silas *	1810 Feb		35	Lost at sea whaling
Swain, Thomas *	1801 Feb		32	Died at sea near Jamaica
Swain, Uriah *	1809 Mar 10			Drowned in the harbor; son of Paul
Swain, William *	1844 May 19	Ship Christopher Mitchell of Nantucket	48	Taken out of the boat by a line and drowned
Swain, William H. *	1859 Nov 7	Ship Golden Eagle of New York	19	Fell from main skysail yard onto the deck and was instantly killed
Swift, Benjamin	1803			Died near Delagoa Bay while whaling
Thomas, Lawson	1821 Jan	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Died at sea
Thompson, James *	1831 Dec 13		19	Died at sea
Thompson, James *	1831 Dec 13		19	Died at sea
Townsend, Benjamin *	1823 Jul 1	Ship Paragon, Captain Bunker, of Nantucket	19	Killed by a whale at sea
Townsend, James *				Lost at sea
Townsend, James *	1772			Lost at sea coming from the Banks
Trott, James *	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"
Turner, Benjamin *	1822 Dec		27	Died at sea
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1722			"Lost whaling at the Southward"; One of seven unnamed "Indians"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the first of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost"); one of eight unnamed "strangers"
Unnamed	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the second of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessel were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1755			Member of the third of three full whaling crews lost in 1755 ("13 men in each vessell were lost")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the first of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the second of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1756			Member of the third of three ships from Nantucket lost at sea in this year ("13 men in each")
Unnamed	1817 Nov		32	At sea
Unnamed	1844 Jun 25	Ship Rambler, Captain McCleave, of Nantucket		2nd officer; killed by a whale off Massafuera
Unnamed	1848 Apr 11	Ship Rambler of Nantucket		2nd mate; killed by a whale
Unnamed	1849 Oct 25	Ship Charles Carroll of Nantucket		Boatsteerer
Unnamed	1849 Jun	Ship Planter of Nantucket		Shot in head by captain for refusing duty; "ring leader"
Unnamed	1850 Dec	Ship Zenas Coffin of Nantucket		Carried down by a line in attempting to take a black fish
Unnamed	1878 Oct 17	Schooner Union Mitchell of Calais, Maine	25	Seaman; ran aground off Sankaty Head light house; Brother-in-law of Captain
Unnamed man of color	before 1844 Apr	Ship Zone, Captain Starbuck, of Nantucket		Steward; died on board
Unnamed William	1772			"Lost coming from the Banks"
Unnamed, 6 men	1851–1852	Brig Tyleston of Nantucket		Lost 3 men by accident and 3 by sickness
Unnamed, multiple	1854 Sep 1	Ship Manchester of Nantucket		Crew lost after ship wrecked near Cape Horn
Unnamed, multiple	1877 May 16	Schooner Marietta Tilton		Rammed by steamer Harrisburg and sunk near Cross Rip Lightship; captain and wife, mate and wife, steward, and one crewman drowned; three other crewmen rescued
Upham, David *	1749 Apr 9		24	Killed by whale in the Southward
Upham, David Jr *	1774		24	Killed by a whale
Upham, Joseph S. *	1847 Jun 6	Ship Potomac, Captain Swain, of Nantucket	28	1st officer; killed at sea by a whale
Valado, Manuel	1844 Apr 20	Ship Zone, Captain Starbuck, of Nantucket		3rd officer; knocked overboard by blanket piece while cutting in on Offshore Ground and drowned
Walker, James	1833	Ship Martha of Nantucket		Seaman; drowned from the boat of the Martha while on duty
Waterman, Edward *				Lost at sea; born in 1735
Watrous, John	1722			Lost whaling at the Southward
Watson, Henry	1846 Feb 11	Ship Columbia of Nantucket	23	Fell from mast
Way, John *	1772			Died at sea; son of Seth Way
Way, John Jr *	1772		43	Son of John
Way, Nathan *	1772			Lost at sea with his father
Way, Samuel *				Lost at sea
Way, Sella	1772			Lost at sea while whaling
Way, Seth *	1772		37	Lost at sea
Weeks, Charles *	1854 Sep 27		52	Died at sea
Weeks, John *	1821 May 13		27	Died at sea
Wendall, Josiah *	1780			Lost at sea near the West Indies
West, Joseph	1821	Ship Essex, Captain Pollard, of Nantucket		Lost at sea
Wharton, Linza *	1778			Died in a prison ship near Newport, Rhode Island
Whippey, Alexander *	1833 Oct		23	Died at sea
Whippey, Alexander *	1836 Aug 4		17	Fell from aloft at sea
Whippey, Benjamin *	1826		11	Drowned in passage to New York; son of John Whippey
Whippey, David	1804			Died at sea on the way from New Orleans
Whippey, John *	1800		20	Died near New York of smallpox; son of Nathaniel
Whippey, Josiah Bunker *	1854 Sep		64	Died at sea
Whippey, Nathaniel *	1780			Died at sea in the West Indies; son of Nathaniel
Whippey, Zebulon *	1780		35	Died at sea near the Western Islands
Wilcox, Prince *	1787 Feb		23	Died at sea
Williams, Charles M.	1838	Sloop Success of Nantucket		Silversmith from New York; passenger aboard when the sloop went down, and, contrary to the crew's advice, refused to remove his heavy coat and boots and sank almost immediately
Wilson, William *	1798			Lost at sea Bound for Cape de Verde
Winslow, James Jr. *	1842 Jan 2		26	Died at sea
Winslow, Philip	1809			Died at sea
Wood, Alexander *	1870 Aug 8		17	Died at sea
Wood, Edward F. *	1843 Nov		37	Died at sea
Wood, George W. *	1860 Aug 3	Ship Alpha of Nantucket	21	Drowned off the coast of Flores, Azores
Worth, Andrew *	1778 Jan 23		37	Died of smallpox near Dartmouth
Worth, Chris Jr. *	1782 Jan 1		32	Lost on the bar with Robert Barker
Worth, David *	1780			Lost in a hurricane in a sloop; son of Thomas
Worth, Edward R. *	1830 Jun 27		16	Drowned at Great Point
Worth, Elihu *	1804 Apr			Died at sea in the West Indies
Worth, George G. *	1861 Nov		19	Killed on the Potomac River
Worth, James *	1858 Oct 24	Bark Montezuma of New Bedford		Boatsteerer; ship was lost in a gale
Worth, Obed *	1813		49	Died at sea whaling
Worth, Timothy *	1781			Lost at sea in the West Indies; son of Jonathan
Worth, William H. *	1855 Feb 7		37	Died at sea
Wright, Samuel W.	1837 Mar 28	Ship Zone, Captain Russell, of Nantucket		Seaman; "a colored seaman, who had sailed from Sag Harbor"; died when he fell into the sea from the rigging
Wyer, John *	1803		38	Died abroad at sea; son of John
Wyer, Joseph *	1811 Dec		46	Lost at sea
Wyer, Obed *	1814 Sep		44	Died at sea near Baltimore
Young, Philip	1833		17	Drowned near New Orleans