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Hoeltje, Hubert H. "Captain Nathaniel Hathorne: Father of the Famous Salem Novelist." Essex Institute Historical Collections 89, no. 4 (October 1953): 329-56
Old first church members since 1637
Father : Capt Daniel Hathorne m. Phelps (daughter of blacksmith Jonathon Phelps)
-privateer in Rev war, d. 1796
2. Children : Nathaniel Hathorne baptised may 21 1776
Rachel Hathorne m. Simon Forrester
Sarah Hathorne m. John Crowninshield
Nathaniel Hathorne Jr. b. ca. 1768- 1808 married Eliz. C. Manning Aug 2 1801(daughter of Richard Manning Jr, blacksmith then stage coach line, upwardly mobile?)
his son Novelist 3. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Elizabeth
Dec 1796 on Ship Perseverance for Batavia, Manila Canton, owned by bro in law Forester, Richard Wheatland master, may have been 3rd mate, def not first or second
Hathorne kept log, some crew name mentions, no port log. Gave surety on bonds for duty fro Perseverance so worth some money (p, 342)
Hathorne not on Perseverance crew for 1798 voyage to Russia
Later first mate on Neptune c 1802 p. 345
Hannah, 1803
capt of Mary and Eliza
never wealthy, attained membership in East India Marine Society Nov 7 1804
No record he indulged in porcelain on any of the voyages it was accessible |
