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CARTRIGHT FAMILY
- Family Group Sheet
- Subject:
Bryan
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father:
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- Spouse?
- Birth: __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father:
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- One Known Child
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
William or Nicholas
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: __ ___ ____
- Son: __ ___ 1640 Edward
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Dittisham, Devonshire, England.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- Family Group Sheet
- Subject:
Bryant
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Bryant Cartwright was a farmer and was also
registered as a yoeman. He resided in Nantucket, Martha's
Vineyard, Hopkinton, R.I. and is also listed as having resided at
Chickamoo Fishery. The military census of Rhode Island for 1777
lists a Briant Cartwright, Sr. residing in Hopkinton "aged over
60". At that time he was 66 years old (Stanley L. Mack, Edward
Cartwright (1640-1705) of nantucket, Mass.: some of his
descendants and their families; compiled from data furnished from
the notes of genealogists of the Cartwright family, old family
records & other reliable sources (Duluth, MN: unknown, 1936),
p. 9. Hereinafter cited as Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA.)
- Birth: 30 Sep 1711
_______________, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, MA.
- Marriage: 19 Oct 1732 Nantucket,
Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
- Death: 30 Jul 1780
_______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI.
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: Edward CARTWRIGHT Jr. (b. 5 May
1683, d. 10 Nov 1752)
- Mother: Ruth WEST (b. circa 1699, )
__________________________________________________________________________
- Spouse:
Elizabeth
WEEKS
- Birth: _______________, Martha's
Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Elizabeth Weeks, wife of Bryant Cartwright, Sr.
was the daughter of Joshua and Abigail (West) Weeks. She was
Bryant Cartwright's first cousin, as her mother, Abigail, and
bryant's mother, Ruth, were sisters. They were married at Martha's
Vineyard. Some of their children were born there and others at
Hopkinton, R.I (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p.
9.)
- Birth: circa __ ___ 1714 Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria;
www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William
Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Death: Nantucket, Martha's
Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
- Burial: __ ___ ____ Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria;
www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William
Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Father: Joseph/Joshua WEEKS (b. circa
1675, d. after 1741)
- Mother: Abigail WEST (b. circa 1680, )
__________________________________________________________________________
- Five Known Children
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Judah
CARTWRIGHT
- Marriage 1: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Ann (Nancy) Anderson (Mack, Edward Cartwright
of Nantucket MA, p. 9.)
- Birth: 3 Aug 1733 Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria;
www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William
Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Baptism: 5 Aug 1767 S.B. Church,
Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, p. 9.).
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- F
Abigail
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: 30 Dec 1736 Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria;
www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William
Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Marriage 1: 9 Feb 1760 Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA; She married Barnabas Gardner
(b. abt 1732, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA)
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.)
- Baptism: 7 Nov 1764 S.B. Church,
Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, p. 9.).
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- F
Dorothea
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: __ ___ 1738
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
- Baptism: 23 Nov 1758 S.B. Church,
Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, p. 9.).
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Bryant
CARTWRIGHT
Jr.
- Birth: 3 May 1739 Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria;
www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William
Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Marriage 1: 17 Sep 1767
_______________, Westerly, Washington Co., RI; He married
Elizabeth Ruth Hall (b. 3 May 1749, Westerly, Washington Co., RI;
d. 1837), daughter of Theodaty and Elizabeth (-?-) Hall
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.)
- Death: __ ___ 1817
_______________, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY (Davis-Johnson, G.
Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist,
William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- F
Lydia
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: 31 Mar 1746 Martha's
Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria;
www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William
Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Marriage: between 1762 and 1765
Rev. David Rogers DAVIS (b. circa 1744, d. after 26 Nov 1827), son
of Rev. John2 DAVIS and Bethia ROGERS; _______________,
_______________, _______________, _______________.
- Daughter: 16 May 1768 Lydia DAVIS;
_______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI (Davis-Johnson, G.
Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist,
William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Daughter: 7 Jul 1770 Lillis Hudson
DAVIS; _______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., NY
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Son: 13 Oct 1772 David Rogers
DAVIS Jr; _______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI.
- Son: 5 Apr 1775 Joshua DAVIS;
_______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., NY (Davis-Johnson, G.
Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist,
William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Son: __ ___ 1778 Deacon William
DAVIS; _______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., NY
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Death: 20 Nov 1820
_______________, probably Brookfield, Madison Co., NY
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- Family Group Sheet
- Subject:
Edward
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Of the early life and antecedents of Edward
Cartwright (1640-1705) of Nantucket, Mass., little has been
definitely established. It is quite generally believed by
genealogists of the Cartwright line that he was born in England,
probably in Dittisham, Devonshire, where there were many
Cartwrights living at that time who used the same names as Edward
gave to his children. The date of his birth has not been
established, but it is thought to have been in the year 1640, this
being in accordance with the statement of his son, Edward Jr.,
when the latter joined the church. Parish records of Dittisham,
England for the year 1640 and for a few years before and after
were destroyed before the transcriptions were made by the bishops
and consequently the record of his birth and parentage, if he
haled from Dittisham, will probably never be found.
- Edward came to America as a very
young man and traces of him have claimed to have been found all
along the coastline of the American colonies, except in the
southern colonies. There have been some claims that Edward might
have been related to John Cartwright (1602- Virginia), but this
has never been satisfactorily established and is quite generally
discredited. The weight of authority is that he had no connection
with the Cartwrights of Virginia or of any of the southern
colonies.
- Edward Cartwright was apparently
more or less of a sea-faring man and is thought to have been at
many places along the coast line, including Block Island and
Prince Edward's Island, although there is no authentic record in
support of this tradition. However, it has been established that
he was living on the Isle of Shoals, N.H. (then in the province of
Maine) in the year 1671, and probably for some time prior thereto.
The Maine Province and Court Records, Vol. 2, pages 222-226,
indicate that in 1671 he held an official position as constable or
deputy sheriff on the Isle of Shoals. There he is found arresting
people for drinking, swearing, Sabbath-breaking and other
misdemeanors. Later on, in Nantucket, he is to experience being
arrested and haled into court himself for such misdemeanors as
"allowing his pigs to run at large on the common". The court
records of Maine Province show that in July, 1671, he had arrested
several persons and that he had appeared and prosecuted their
cases in the court of York County. On July 4, 1671, he also served
as a member of the Grand Jury of York County.
- The name of his first wife is not
known. It has been fefinitely established, however, that he was
not the Edward Cartwright of Roxbury, Mass., who in 1664 married
Elizabeth Morris of that place, for they had no children. By his
first wife, whoever she was, he had one son, Nicholas Cartwright,
who came to live with him when he settled in Nantucket. Tradition
has it that Edward Cartwright was an expert fisherman and that he
was induced to come to Nantucket to teach the natives the art of
catching and curing codfish, the cod and the whale fishing
industry being theprincipal occupation of the islanders. Authentic
records point to the conclusion that Edward Cartwright came to
Nantucket in the spring of 1672. According to the Abstracts of
Nantucket Deeds, a manuscript in the genealogical library at
Boston, it was on March 3, 1672 that he purchased some land from
one William Worth in the district called Pacoma (also spelled
Pokamothe, Pocamooka, etc.) He purchased several lots of land from
the Indian sachems, reference to these deeds being found in
Starbuck's History of Nantucket, P. 172.
- Macy, in his book, "The Story of
Old Nantucket" makes mention of Edward Cartwright when describing
the famous feud between the Coffin and Gardner factions on the
island. He says "On Dec. 28, 1674, the Gardner faction, still
being in control, fined Stephen Hussey for contempt of authority
by sayng to Captain John (Gardner): 'Meddle with your own
business. I gave Edward Cartwright authority to let his hogs run
on the common'". Edward is believed to have been gifted with quite
a sense of humor, probably perverted at times, for one of the
things that he seemed to take delight in was to start a row
between the Coffin and Garner factions and then to sit back and
enjoy the fireworks.
- The William C. Folger manuscript
of the Vital Statistics of Nantucket is authority for the
statement that the wife of Edward Cartwright, who survived him,
was Elizabeth Trott. While no original documents have been found
which precisely state this to be a fact, the circumstantial proof
is abundant and convincing and is accepted by genealogists of the
Cartwright line.
- The island of Nantucket where he
and the earlier generations of the Cartwright family spent most of
their lives is rich in historical lore and of the traditions of
the sea. Among the earlier proprietors of the island of Nantucket
were the Folgers, the Coffins, the Gardners, Luces, Swains,
Starbucks and many other prominent families of New England. The
famous Benjamin Franklin was a grandson of Peter Folger, one of
the first white settlers of Nantucket, and another descendant of
his, one Captain Mayhew Folger, a sea rover of Nantucket, in
February 1808, while cruising for whales in the South Pacific with
his ship, Topaz, visited Pitcairn Island and there discovered the
sole survivor of the mutineers of the Bounty and it was he who
brought back to civilization the strange story now familiar to
most of us.
- Life on the island of Nantucket is
described by one Walter Folger, Jr. in a manuscript dated May 21,
1791, which has been preserved by the Massachussetts Historical
Society (Vol. 3, Ser. 1). Among other things, Folger says: "The
women are thought to be handsome. They make good wives, tender
mothers and obliging neighbors. The inhabitants live together like
one big family, not in one house, but in friendship. They know all
the rest. If you shnould wish to see any man, you need but to talk
to the first inhabitant you meet and he will be able to conduct
you to his residence, tell you what occupation he is of and any
other particulars you may want to know. The inhabitants are for
the most part robust and enterprising people, mostly seamen and
mechanicks. The seamen are the most expert whalesmen in the world,
for a proof of which one need only cinsider the fact that England
and France have been working to draw them away to conduct their
fisheries."
- During the Revolutionary War, the
Nantucket people, on account, perhaps, of their exposed situation
on the coast, and also presumably, because of the large proportion
of Quakers among them, attempted to keep as neutral as possible to
prevent the British from committing depredations on the island. In
this connection, it is interesting to note that Bliss in his book
"Quaint Nantucket" states that in April, 1779, when the island was
threatened with an invasion by the enemy, the town dispatched the
sloop "Speedwell" to Newport and New York "as a flag of truce" to
negotiate with the British, the record showing that one Captain
John Cartwright, believed to be a great-grandson of Edward
Cartweight, son of Hezediah Cartwright, was in command of the
ship. It is also a matter of record (New Eng. Mag. 31-566) that
this same sloop "Speedwell" was later captured by the British and
carried into Jamaica, but immediately released when it was learned
that the war was over and that she was the first ship to show the
United States flag there. On her return to Nantucket, she was
loaded with candles and sent to Quebec, where she is said to have
been the first ship to display the Stars and Stripes to the
wondering gaze of the Canadians.
- Edward Cartwright lived in
Nantucket from the time he settled there in the spring of 1672 up
to the time of his death, which occured on July 2, 1705.
- In this compilation of data on
Edward Cartwright and of his descendants, grateful acknowledgement
is made of the assistance given by genealogists of the Cartwright
line and more particularly to Mrs. Elliott E. (Mary Cartweight)
Check of San Francisco and to Mr. Merton T. Goodrich, Genealogist,
Keene, N.H
- (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, pp. 1-2A.)
- Birth: __ ___ 1640
_______________, Dittisham, Devonshire, England.
- Marriage 1: before __ ___ 1650
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Name of first wife is unknown. They had one child
(Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 3.)
- Marriage: 11 Jul 1673 Elizabeth
(Mary) TROTT (b. circa 1651, d. 11 Aug 1729); _______________,
Nantucket, Duke Co., MA.
- Death: 2 Jul 1705 Pocomo,
Nantucket, Duke Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com;
"Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3
June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: William or Nicholas CARTWRIGHT
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- Spouse?
- Birth: __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father:
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- One Known Child
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Nicholas
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Nicholas Cartwright, b. ? ; d. Jul 10, 1706,
Nantucket; m. Grange Rogers, dau. William and Martha (Barnard)
Rogers, the latter being dau. of Robert Barnard. The Rogers lived
at Martha's Vineyard (Banks). Their children:
- 1. Sarah (Cartwright) Brown, b.
Aug. 13, 1695; d. July 6, 1719; m. George Brown, Boston, July 20,
1715.
- 2. Elinor (Cartwright) Bellamy, b.
aug. 14, 1697; m. Henry Bellamy, Boston, Apr. 3, 1719.
- 3. Hope (Cartwright) Crook, b.
June 27, 1699; m. Thomas Crook.
- 4. Lydia (Cartwright) Discoe, b.
Oct. 15, 1701; m. John Discoe.
- 5. Alice (Cartwright) Gwinn, b.
Sept. 21, 1702; m. David Gwinn, Salem. He d. June 1. 1745.
- 6. Nicholas Cartwright, b. Nov. 4,
1705; d. May 24, 1782; m. Patience ____, Ancestor of Cartwright
family of Sharon, Conn (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA,
p. 3.)
- Birth: before __ ___ 1651
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
- Death: 10 Jul 1706
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- Family Group Sheet
- Subject:
Edward
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Of the early life and antecedents of Edward
Cartwright (1640-1705) of Nantucket, Mass., little has been
definitely established. It is quite generally believed by
genealogists of the Cartwright line that he was born in England,
probably in Dittisham, Devonshire, where there were many
Cartwrights living at that time who used the same names as Edward
gave to his children. The date of his birth has not been
established, but it is thought to have been in the year 1640, this
being in accordance with the statement of his son, Edward Jr.,
when the latter joined the church. Parish records of Dittisham,
England for the year 1640 and for a few years before and after
were destroyed before the transcriptions were made by the bishops
and consequently the record of his birth and parentage, if he
haled from Dittisham, will probably never be found.
- Edward came to America as a very
young man and traces of him have claimed to have been found all
along the coastline of the American colonies, except in the
southern colonies. There have been some claims that Edward might
have been related to John Cartwright (1602- Virginia), but this
has never been satisfactorily established and is quite generally
discredited. The weight of authority is that he had no connection
with the Cartwrights of Virginia or of any of the southern
colonies.
- Edward Cartwright was apparently
more or less of a sea-faring man and is thought to have been at
many places along the coast line, including Block Island and
Prince Edward's Island, although there is no authentic record in
support of this tradition. However, it has been established that
he was living on the Isle of Shoals, N.H. (then in the province of
Maine) in the year 1671, and probably for some time prior thereto.
The Maine Province and Court Records, Vol. 2, pages 222-226,
indicate that in 1671 he held an official position as constable or
deputy sheriff on the Isle of Shoals. There he is found arresting
people for drinking, swearing, Sabbath-breaking and other
misdemeanors. Later on, in Nantucket, he is to experience being
arrested and haled into court himself for such misdemeanors as
"allowing his pigs to run at large on the common". The court
records of Maine Province show that in July, 1671, he had arrested
several persons and that he had appeared and prosecuted their
cases in the court of York County. On July 4, 1671, he also served
as a member of the Grand Jury of York County.
- The name of his first wife is not
known. It has been fefinitely established, however, that he was
not the Edward Cartwright of Roxbury, Mass., who in 1664 married
Elizabeth Morris of that place, for they had no children. By his
first wife, whoever she was, he had one son, Nicholas Cartwright,
who came to live with him when he settled in Nantucket. Tradition
has it that Edward Cartwright was an expert fisherman and that he
was induced to come to Nantucket to teach the natives the art of
catching and curing codfish, the cod and the whale fishing
industry being theprincipal occupation of the islanders. Authentic
records point to the conclusion that Edward Cartwright came to
Nantucket in the spring of 1672. According to the Abstracts of
Nantucket Deeds, a manuscript in the genealogical library at
Boston, it was on March 3, 1672 that he purchased some land from
one William Worth in the district called Pacoma (also spelled
Pokamothe, Pocamooka, etc.) He purchased several lots of land from
the Indian sachems, reference to these deeds being found in
Starbuck's History of Nantucket, P. 172.
- Macy, in his book, "The Story of
Old Nantucket" makes mention of Edward Cartwright when describing
the famous feud between the Coffin and Gardner factions on the
island. He says "On Dec. 28, 1674, the Gardner faction, still
being in control, fined Stephen Hussey for contempt of authority
by sayng to Captain John (Gardner): 'Meddle with your own
business. I gave Edward Cartwright authority to let his hogs run
on the common'". Edward is believed to have been gifted with quite
a sense of humor, probably perverted at times, for one of the
things that he seemed to take delight in was to start a row
between the Coffin and Garner factions and then to sit back and
enjoy the fireworks.
- The William C. Folger manuscript
of the Vital Statistics of Nantucket is authority for the
statement that the wife of Edward Cartwright, who survived him,
was Elizabeth Trott. While no original documents have been found
which precisely state this to be a fact, the circumstantial proof
is abundant and convincing and is accepted by genealogists of the
Cartwright line.
- The island of Nantucket where he
and the earlier generations of the Cartwright family spent most of
their lives is rich in historical lore and of the traditions of
the sea. Among the earlier proprietors of the island of Nantucket
were the Folgers, the Coffins, the Gardners, Luces, Swains,
Starbucks and many other prominent families of New England. The
famous Benjamin Franklin was a grandson of Peter Folger, one of
the first white settlers of Nantucket, and another descendant of
his, one Captain Mayhew Folger, a sea rover of Nantucket, in
February 1808, while cruising for whales in the South Pacific with
his ship, Topaz, visited Pitcairn Island and there discovered the
sole survivor of the mutineers of the Bounty and it was he who
brought back to civilization the strange story now familiar to
most of us.
- Life on the island of Nantucket is
described by one Walter Folger, Jr. in a manuscript dated May 21,
1791, which has been preserved by the Massachussetts Historical
Society (Vol. 3, Ser. 1). Among other things, Folger says: "The
women are thought to be handsome. They make good wives, tender
mothers and obliging neighbors. The inhabitants live together like
one big family, not in one house, but in friendship. They know all
the rest. If you shnould wish to see any man, you need but to talk
to the first inhabitant you meet and he will be able to conduct
you to his residence, tell you what occupation he is of and any
other particulars you may want to know. The inhabitants are for
the most part robust and enterprising people, mostly seamen and
mechanicks. The seamen are the most expert whalesmen in the world,
for a proof of which one need only cinsider the fact that England
and France have been working to draw them away to conduct their
fisheries."
- During the Revolutionary War, the
Nantucket people, on account, perhaps, of their exposed situation
on the coast, and also presumably, because of the large proportion
of Quakers among them, attempted to keep as neutral as possible to
prevent the British from committing depredations on the island. In
this connection, it is interesting to note that Bliss in his book
"Quaint Nantucket" states that in April, 1779, when the island was
threatened with an invasion by the enemy, the town dispatched the
sloop "Speedwell" to Newport and New York "as a flag of truce" to
negotiate with the British, the record showing that one Captain
John Cartwright, believed to be a great-grandson of Edward
Cartweight, son of Hezediah Cartwright, was in command of the
ship. It is also a matter of record (New Eng. Mag. 31-566) that
this same sloop "Speedwell" was later captured by the British and
carried into Jamaica, but immediately released when it was learned
that the war was over and that she was the first ship to show the
United States flag there. On her return to Nantucket, she was
loaded with candles and sent to Quebec, where she is said to have
been the first ship to display the Stars and Stripes to the
wondering gaze of the Canadians.
- Edward Cartwright lived in
Nantucket from the time he settled there in the spring of 1672 up
to the time of his death, which occured on July 2, 1705.
- In this compilation of data on
Edward Cartwright and of his descendants, grateful acknowledgement
is made of the assistance given by genealogists of the Cartwright
line and more particularly to Mrs. Elliott E. (Mary Cartweight)
Check of San Francisco and to Mr. Merton T. Goodrich, Genealogist,
Keene, N.H
- (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, pp. 1-2A.)
- Birth: __ ___ 1640
_______________, Dittisham, Devonshire, England.
- Marriage 1: before __ ___ 1650
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Name of first wife is unknown. They had one child
(Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 3.)
- Marriage: 11 Jul 1673
_______________, Nantucket, Duke Co., MA.
- Death: 2 Jul 1705 Pocomo,
Nantucket, Duke Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com;
"Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3
June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: William or Nicholas CARTWRIGHT
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- Spouse:
Elizabeth (Mary)
TROTT
- Birth: circa __ ___ 1651
_______________, _______________, _______________, _______________
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Death: 11 Aug 1729
_______________, Nantucket, Duke Co., MA.
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: John TROTT ( , d. 18 Sep 1719)
- Mother: Ann _______________
- Mother-Bio: Mary BATSON (b. circa 1640, )
__________________________________________________________________________
- Four Known Children
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Samson
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Samson Cartwright, b. Jan 26, 1677, Nantucket; d.
Oct 19, 1741, Nantucket; m. Bethiah Pratt. Their children were:
- 1. Alice Cartwright, b. Sept. 21,
1702; d. Oct. 21, 1767.
- 2. Hezediah Cartwright, b. 1707,
Nantucket; d. Mar. 4, 1791; m. Mar. 7, 1731, Abigail Brown (b.
1715; d. Jan 29, 1797), dau. of Dr. Brown and Tabitha (Trott)
Brown, she being the widow of John Frost and dau. of John Trott,
Jr., Nantucket. They were parents of 14 children:
- I. Priscilla, b. Oct. 27, 1733; d.
Jul. 12, 1810, single.
- II. James, b. June 26, 1735; d.
Nov. 29, 1822; m. 1st, Ruth Gardner; m. 2nd Love Macy.
- III. Rachel, b. Aug. 7, 1737; d.
July 3, 1776; m. Jabez Macy, Jr. son of Jabez and Sarah Macy.
- IV. Mary, b. Sept. 29, 1739; d.
May 22, 1819; m. Jan. 1758 Ebenezer Coffin (d. Feb. 12, 1819), son
of Alexander and Judith Coffin.
- V. Abigail, b. July 15, 1742; d.
Sept. 27, 1826; m. Barnabas Gardner (1740-1778), son of Johnathan
and Patience Gardner.
- VI. Joseph, b. June 27, 1743.
Single.
- VII. Johnathan, b. April 22, 1745;
d. Dec. 9, 1789; m. Deborah Macy (b. aug. 27, 1748; d. apr. 30,
1771), dau. of Robert and Abigail (Barnard) Macy.
- VIII. Thomas, b. Nov. 29, 1746;
single; died at sea.
- IX. Benjamin, b. Nov. 15, 1748; d.
Jan. 13, 1812; m. 1st. Elizabeth Bunker (b. June 28, 1754; d. Mar.
19, 1787); m. 2nd, Abigail (Baddock) Gardner (b. Mar. 16, 1736; d.
Mar. 26, 1842).
- X. Bethiah, b. Oct. 18, 1750; d.
Jan 1, 1793; m. Mar. 3 1768 as 1st wife of John Macy (b. Mar. 28,
1747; d. Nov. 23, 1838), son of Robert and Abigail (Barnard) Macy.
- XI. John (Capt.), b. aug. 30,
1752; d. Apr. 26, 1837; m. Mary Starbuck. Sea captain.
- XII. Elihu, b. Oct. 20, 1754; d.
single.
- XIII. William, b. Dec. 13, 1755;
d. July 1813, single; lost at sea.
- XIV. Seth, b. Jan. 8, 1760; d.
Mar. 29, 1811; m. Virginia Polly.
- Note: Bliss, in his book "Quaint
Nantucket" states that the order book of David Green, fashionable
tailor of Nantucket for the years 1787-1794, records among other
entries: "Capt. John Cartwright - a calico jacket and blue coat"
and "Seth Cartwright - turning a coat and making a cloak for
Elizabeth".
- 3. Dorcas.
- 4. Phineas.
- 5. Thomas.
- 6. Mary.
- There is a tradition that Samson
Cartwright, together with his wife and younger children moved from
Nantucket to North Carolina (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, p. 3-4.)
- Birth: 26 Jan 1677
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Death: 19 Oct 1741
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- F
Susanna
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: 16 Feb 1679
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Marr-n/r: __ ___ 1708
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; William Stratton (b. Feb. 16, 1680; d. Aug. 28,
1740) (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 4.)
- Death: 12 Oct 1746
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Edward
CARTWRIGHT
Jr.
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Edward Cartwright, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Trott)
Cartwright.
- B. May 5, 1683, Nantucket.
- D. Nov. 10, 1752, Martha's
Vineyard.
- His will was dated June 11, 1751
and was probated Nov. 14, 1752. Banks in his History of Martha's
Vineyard, Vol. 3, 66-67, names among the children of Edward
Cartwright, Jr. a daughter Sarah, and he does not include the
children, Seth and Cyrus. However Banks is the only authority for
the statement that Edward Cartwright Jr. had a daughter, Sarah,
and may well have been mistaken. It is also presumed that he took
the names of the children from the will and that Seth and Cyrus,
having died young, were therefore not mentione. There is some
confusion among the authorities on the Cartwright genealogy
between the children of Edward, Jr., and his son, Bryant, due,
perhaps to the fact some of these people were baptised in the
Sabbitarian Baptist Church as adults instead of when they were
young children. Edward Cartwright Jr. moved from Nantucket to
Tisbury on the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where he lived
for a number of years. He is also believed to have resided at
Hopkinton, R.I., and is known to have been living at Newport, R.I.
on Oct. 19, 1713, when he sold his land at Pocoma, Nantucket, to
one Anthony Odar (Abstracts of Nantucket Deeds) (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 6.)
- Birth: 5 May 1683 _______________,
Nantucket, Duke Co., MA.
- Marriage: __ ___ 1704 Ruth WEST
(b. circa 1699, ), daughter of Dr. Thomas D. WEST and Elizabeth
THOMAS; _______________, Martha's Vineyard, Duke Co., MA.
- Son: 30 Sep 1711 Bryant
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, MA.
- Son: 10 Sep 1713 Abner CARTWRIGHT;
_______________, Newport, Newport Co., RI.
- Son: 1 Jun 1716 Cyrus CARTWRIGHT;
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
- Son: 24 May 1717 Samuel
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Son: 19 Jan 1719 Gideon
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA (Mack,
Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.).
- Daughter: 3 Sep 1721 Ruth
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________ (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA,
p. 7.).
- Death: 10 Nov 1752
_______________, Martha's Vineyard, Duke Co., MA.
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- F
Mary
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: 29 Jun 1687
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Death: 2 Sep 1727 _______________,
Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- Family Group Sheet
- Subject:
Edward
CARTWRIGHT
Jr.
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Edward Cartwright, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Trott)
Cartwright.
- B. May 5, 1683, Nantucket.
- D. Nov. 10, 1752, Martha's
Vineyard.
- His will was dated June 11, 1751
and was probated Nov. 14, 1752. Banks in his History of Martha's
Vineyard, Vol. 3, 66-67, names among the children of Edward
Cartwright, Jr. a daughter Sarah, and he does not include the
children, Seth and Cyrus. However Banks is the only authority for
the statement that Edward Cartwright Jr. had a daughter, Sarah,
and may well have been mistaken. It is also presumed that he took
the names of the children from the will and that Seth and Cyrus,
having died young, were therefore not mentione. There is some
confusion among the authorities on the Cartwright genealogy
between the children of Edward, Jr., and his son, Bryant, due,
perhaps to the fact some of these people were baptised in the
Sabbitarian Baptist Church as adults instead of when they were
young children. Edward Cartwright Jr. moved from Nantucket to
Tisbury on the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where he lived
for a number of years. He is also believed to have resided at
Hopkinton, R.I., and is known to have been living at Newport, R.I.
on Oct. 19, 1713, when he sold his land at Pocoma, Nantucket, to
one Anthony Odar (Abstracts of Nantucket Deeds) (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 6.)
- Birth: 5 May 1683 _______________,
Nantucket, Duke Co., MA.
- Marriage: __ ___ 1704
_______________, Martha's Vineyard, Duke Co., MA.
- Death: 10 Nov 1752
_______________, Martha's Vineyard, Duke Co., MA.
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: Edward CARTWRIGHT (b. 1640, d. 2
Jul 1705)
- Mother: Elizabeth (Mary) TROTT (b. circa
1651, d. 11 Aug 1729)
__________________________________________________________________________
- Spouse:
Ruth
WEST
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Ruth West of Martha's Vineyard in 1704. She was
born in 1685 and died in 1747 and was the daughter of Dr. Thomas
West, a highly educated man, lawyer, physician, and a prominent
Sabbitarian Baptist. She was also of that faith, the records of
that church indicating that she was baptised there on March 19,
1730 (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 6.)
- Birth: circa __ ___ 1699
_______________, Beverly, Essex Co., MA.
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: Dr. Thomas D. WEST (b. circa 1646,
d. 7 Sep 1706)
- Mother: Elizabeth THOMAS ( , d. 16 Feb
1728)
__________________________________________________________________________
- Six Known Children
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Bryant
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Bryant Cartwright was a farmer and was also
registered as a yoeman. He resided in Nantucket, Martha's
Vineyard, Hopkinton, R.I. and is also listed as having resided at
Chickamoo Fishery. The military census of Rhode Island for 1777
lists a Briant Cartwright, Sr. residing in Hopkinton "aged over
60". At that time he was 66 years old (Mack, Edward Cartwright
of Nantucket MA, p. 9.)
- Birth: 30 Sep 1711
_______________, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, MA.
- Marriage: 19 Oct 1732 Elizabeth
WEEKS, daughter of Joseph/Joshua WEEKS and Abigail WEST;
Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
- Son: 3 Aug 1733 Judah CARTWRIGHT;
Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G.
Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist,
William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Daughter: 30 Dec 1736 Abigail
CARTWRIGHT; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Daughter: __ ___ 1738 Dorothea
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
- Son: 3 May 1739 Bryant CARTWRIGHT
Jr.; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson,
G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist,
William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Daughter: 31 Mar 1746 Lydia
CARTWRIGHT; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA
(Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of
Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004;
mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Death: 30 Jul 1780
_______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI.
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Abner
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: 10 Sep 1713
_______________, Newport, Newport Co., RI.
- Baptism: 24 Jan 1733
_______________, Hopkinton, Washington Co., RI; Sabbitarian
Baptist Church (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p.
6.)
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Cyrus
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: 1 Jun 1716 _______________,
_______________, _______________, _______________.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Samuel
CARTWRIGHT
- Marriage 1: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Anna Swain, daughter of John Swain, b. 29 June
1716; d. 16 Oct. 1794 (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA,
p. 6.)
- Children-n: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Children of Samuel and Anna (Swain) Cartwright:
- 1. Elizabeth, b. 20 Oct. 1743; d.
3 Nov. 1810; m. Peleg Swain (b. 1 Dec. 1741; d. 15 Dec. 1797).
- 2. Phoebe, b. 7 Dec. 1745; d. 1
Mar. 1795; m. 1st Nason Meader (b. 16 Oct. 1740; d. 12 Sept.
1780); m. 2nd. David Joy (b. 31 Mar. 1743; d. 15 Mar. 1812).
- 3. Benjamin, b. 27 Nov. 1750; d.
23 Nov. 1803; m. 9 Apr. 1770 Rebecca Luce (b. 12 Sept 1751; d. 14
Oct 1809).
- 4. Deborah, b. 16 Aug. 1748; d. 20
Oct. 1827, single.
- 5. Johnathan, b. 2 June 1753; d.
29 July 1784, single (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA,
p. 6-7.)
- Birth: 24 May 1717
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Death: 4 Jun 1793 _______________,
_______________, _______________, _______________.
- Marriage? __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Gideon
CARTWRIGHT
(Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.) (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.) (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, p. 7.)
- Birth: 19 Jan 1719
_______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.).
- Marriage: before __ ___ 1747
_______________ _______________; _______________, _______________,
_______________, _______________; Ruth Dunham, in church at
Hampton, CT (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p.
7.)
- Death: 29 Jun 1767
_______________, _______________, _______________, _______________
(Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.).
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- F
Ruth
CARTWRIGHT
(Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.) (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.) (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, p. 7.)
- Birth: 3 Sep 1721 _______________,
_______________, _______________, _______________ (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.).
- Marriage: 29 Jul 1742
_______________ _______________; _______________, _______________,
_______________, _______________; Joseph Hudson (Mack, Edward
Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 7.)
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
- Family Group Sheet
- Subject:
William or Nicholas
CARTWRIGHT
- Birth: __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father: Bryan CARTWRIGHT
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- Spouse?
- Birth: __ ___ ____
- Death: __ ___ ____
- Burial: __ ___ ____
- Father:
- Mother:
__________________________________________________________________________
- One Known Child
__________________________________________________________________________
- M
Edward
CARTWRIGHT
- Biography: __ ___ ____
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Of the early life and antecedents of Edward
Cartwright (1640-1705) of Nantucket, Mass., little has been
definitely established. It is quite generally believed by
genealogists of the Cartwright line that he was born in England,
probably in Dittisham, Devonshire, where there were many
Cartwrights living at that time who used the same names as Edward
gave to his children. The date of his birth has not been
established, but it is thought to have been in the year 1640, this
being in accordance with the statement of his son, Edward Jr.,
when the latter joined the church. Parish records of Dittisham,
England for the year 1640 and for a few years before and after
were destroyed before the transcriptions were made by the bishops
and consequently the record of his birth and parentage, if he
haled from Dittisham, will probably never be found.
- Edward came to America as a very
young man and traces of him have claimed to have been found all
along the coastline of the American colonies, except in the
southern colonies. There have been some claims that Edward might
have been related to John Cartwright (1602- Virginia), but this
has never been satisfactorily established and is quite generally
discredited. The weight of authority is that he had no connection
with the Cartwrights of Virginia or of any of the southern
colonies.
- Edward Cartwright was apparently
more or less of a sea-faring man and is thought to have been at
many places along the coast line, including Block Island and
Prince Edward's Island, although there is no authentic record in
support of this tradition. However, it has been established that
he was living on the Isle of Shoals, N.H. (then in the province of
Maine) in the year 1671, and probably for some time prior thereto.
The Maine Province and Court Records, Vol. 2, pages 222-226,
indicate that in 1671 he held an official position as constable or
deputy sheriff on the Isle of Shoals. There he is found arresting
people for drinking, swearing, Sabbath-breaking and other
misdemeanors. Later on, in Nantucket, he is to experience being
arrested and haled into court himself for such misdemeanors as
"allowing his pigs to run at large on the common". The court
records of Maine Province show that in July, 1671, he had arrested
several persons and that he had appeared and prosecuted their
cases in the court of York County. On July 4, 1671, he also served
as a member of the Grand Jury of York County.
- The name of his first wife is not
known. It has been fefinitely established, however, that he was
not the Edward Cartwright of Roxbury, Mass., who in 1664 married
Elizabeth Morris of that place, for they had no children. By his
first wife, whoever she was, he had one son, Nicholas Cartwright,
who came to live with him when he settled in Nantucket. Tradition
has it that Edward Cartwright was an expert fisherman and that he
was induced to come to Nantucket to teach the natives the art of
catching and curing codfish, the cod and the whale fishing
industry being theprincipal occupation of the islanders. Authentic
records point to the conclusion that Edward Cartwright came to
Nantucket in the spring of 1672. According to the Abstracts of
Nantucket Deeds, a manuscript in the genealogical library at
Boston, it was on March 3, 1672 that he purchased some land from
one William Worth in the district called Pacoma (also spelled
Pokamothe, Pocamooka, etc.) He purchased several lots of land from
the Indian sachems, reference to these deeds being found in
Starbuck's History of Nantucket, P. 172.
- Macy, in his book, "The Story of
Old Nantucket" makes mention of Edward Cartwright when describing
the famous feud between the Coffin and Gardner factions on the
island. He says "On Dec. 28, 1674, the Gardner faction, still
being in control, fined Stephen Hussey for contempt of authority
by sayng to Captain John (Gardner): 'Meddle with your own
business. I gave Edward Cartwright authority to let his hogs run
on the common'". Edward is believed to have been gifted with quite
a sense of humor, probably perverted at times, for one of the
things that he seemed to take delight in was to start a row
between the Coffin and Garner factions and then to sit back and
enjoy the fireworks.
- The William C. Folger manuscript
of the Vital Statistics of Nantucket is authority for the
statement that the wife of Edward Cartwright, who survived him,
was Elizabeth Trott. While no original documents have been found
which precisely state this to be a fact, the circumstantial proof
is abundant and convincing and is accepted by genealogists of the
Cartwright line.
- The island of Nantucket where he
and the earlier generations of the Cartwright family spent most of
their lives is rich in historical lore and of the traditions of
the sea. Among the earlier proprietors of the island of Nantucket
were the Folgers, the Coffins, the Gardners, Luces, Swains,
Starbucks and many other prominent families of New England. The
famous Benjamin Franklin was a grandson of Peter Folger, one of
the first white settlers of Nantucket, and another descendant of
his, one Captain Mayhew Folger, a sea rover of Nantucket, in
February 1808, while cruising for whales in the South Pacific with
his ship, Topaz, visited Pitcairn Island and there discovered the
sole survivor of the mutineers of the Bounty and it was he who
brought back to civilization the strange story now familiar to
most of us.
- Life on the island of Nantucket is
described by one Walter Folger, Jr. in a manuscript dated May 21,
1791, which has been preserved by the Massachussetts Historical
Society (Vol. 3, Ser. 1). Among other things, Folger says: "The
women are thought to be handsome. They make good wives, tender
mothers and obliging neighbors. The inhabitants live together like
one big family, not in one house, but in friendship. They know all
the rest. If you shnould wish to see any man, you need but to talk
to the first inhabitant you meet and he will be able to conduct
you to his residence, tell you what occupation he is of and any
other particulars you may want to know. The inhabitants are for
the most part robust and enterprising people, mostly seamen and
mechanicks. The seamen are the most expert whalesmen in the world,
for a proof of which one need only cinsider the fact that England
and France have been working to draw them away to conduct their
fisheries."
- During the Revolutionary War, the
Nantucket people, on account, perhaps, of their exposed situation
on the coast, and also presumably, because of the large proportion
of Quakers among them, attempted to keep as neutral as possible to
prevent the British from committing depredations on the island. In
this connection, it is interesting to note that Bliss in his book
"Quaint Nantucket" states that in April, 1779, when the island was
threatened with an invasion by the enemy, the town dispatched the
sloop "Speedwell" to Newport and New York "as a flag of truce" to
negotiate with the British, the record showing that one Captain
John Cartwright, believed to be a great-grandson of Edward
Cartweight, son of Hezediah Cartwright, was in command of the
ship. It is also a matter of record (New Eng. Mag. 31-566) that
this same sloop "Speedwell" was later captured by the British and
carried into Jamaica, but immediately released when it was learned
that the war was over and that she was the first ship to show the
United States flag there. On her return to Nantucket, she was
loaded with candles and sent to Quebec, where she is said to have
been the first ship to display the Stars and Stripes to the
wondering gaze of the Canadians.
- Edward Cartwright lived in
Nantucket from the time he settled there in the spring of 1672 up
to the time of his death, which occured on July 2, 1705.
- In this compilation of data on
Edward Cartwright and of his descendants, grateful acknowledgement
is made of the assistance given by genealogists of the Cartwright
line and more particularly to Mrs. Elliott E. (Mary Cartweight)
Check of San Francisco and to Mr. Merton T. Goodrich, Genealogist,
Keene, N.H
- (Mack, Edward Cartwright of
Nantucket MA, pp. 1-2A.)
- Birth: __ ___ 1640
_______________, Dittisham, Devonshire, England.
- Marriage 1: before __ ___ 1650
_______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________; Name of first wife is unknown. They had one child
(Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 3.)
- Son: before __ ___ 1651 Nicholas
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, _______________, _______________,
_______________.
- Marriage: 11 Jul 1673 Elizabeth
(Mary) TROTT (b. circa 1651, d. 11 Aug 1729), daughter of John
TROTT and Ann _______________; _______________, Nantucket, Duke
Co., MA.
- Son: 26 Jan 1677 Samson
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Daughter: 16 Feb 1679 Susanna
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Son: 5 May 1683 Edward CARTWRIGHT
Jr.; _______________, Nantucket, Duke Co., MA.
- Daughter: 29 Jun 1687 Mary
CARTWRIGHT; _______________, Nantucket, _______________, MA.
- Death: 2 Jul 1705 Pocomo,
Nantucket, Duke Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com;
"Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3
June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
- Burial: __ ___ ____
__________________________________________________________________________
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