Nantucket

male
ship, Whalers, Shipwrecks of the Massachusetts coast, Sailing ships of the United States, Ann Alexander
The whaleship Nantucket was 350 tons, built in Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1837. First master, David N. Edwards, 1837-40 (left ship, replaced by F....
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick

male, 53 years old
Yaahting, mayflower, Maritime historian, Taylor Allderdice High School, Duke University alumni, Philbrick…Nantucket Historical Association, nantucket
Nathaniel Philbrick (b. 1956) is an American author and a winner of the National Book Award for his work of maritime history In the Heart of the...
Eric Turkington

Eric Turkington

male
democratic, Democrat, democratic party, duke, barnstable, nantucket
Eric Turkington is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District. He...

Thomas Nickerson

male, deceased (1883)
island, moby-dick, nantucket, whale ship Essex, Whaleship Essex, Nantucket Historical Society
Thomas Nickerson (1805-1883) was a fourteen-year-old cabin boy on the whale ship "Essex", who wrote an account of the boat's sinking and the three...
Josiah Franklin

Josiah Franklin

male
nantucket, Mary Morril, Ecton, Uncategorised
Josiah Franklin (1657-1745) was the father of Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin had a very strong relationship with his father who had a great impact on...

Mary Morrill

female, deceased (1704)
librarian, nantucket, moby dick, wampanoag, Publisher, statesman…from Nantucket, Massachusetts
Mary Morrill (akas: Morrel/Morrills/Morill) (b. circa 1620 - d. 1704) was the grandmother of Benjamin Franklin, American printer, journalist,...
Thomas Meehan

Thomas Meehan

male
young frankenstein, Hamilton College, sequel, Dramatists Guild of America, Tony Award, Broadway theatre…nantucket
Thomas Meehan is a Tony award-winning writer, best known for "Annie" and "The Producers". Meehan graduated from Hamilton College in 1951. He...
Alice Morse Earle

Alice Morse Earle

female, deceased (1911)
historian, Sociologist, colonial america, new england, American non-fiction crime writer, American…nantucket
Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massachusetts. She was christened Mary Alice by her parents Edwin Morse and...
Degory Priest

Degory Priest

male, deceased (1621)
Holland, franklin delano roosevelt, leiden, anne, nantucket, mayflower passenger
Degory Priest was one of the Pilgrim passengers on the "Mayflower" in 1620. His wife, Sarah Allerton, and children Mary and Sarah stayed behind in...

Charles F. Winslow

male, deceased (1877)
Salt Lake City, scientist, physician, diplomat, Harvard, American…nantucket, from Nantucket, Massachusetts
Charles Frederick Winslow (1811-1877) was a physician, diplomat, and world traveler. He received his medical degree from Harvard in 1834. He is the...