Woodbury Family Papers, 1667-1890
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Not requestable
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of this collection contains account books, bills, receipts and other papers pertaining to the ships Benjamin Woodbury owned or captained. The schooner Triumph is the most documented; however, there are records for the schooner Isabella and the schooner Mechanick. The Triumph, captained by Samuel C. Elliot, was built circa 1838. Benjamin Woodbury owned a stake in the schooner along with William H. Lovett and Josiah L. Foster. The Triumph was wrecked upon the rocks at East Hampton, New York in 1857. The schooner Isabella was owned by Jonathan Bickford, John Wilson, Benjamin Woodbury and David Tibbets. The Isabella was primarily a fishing boat and had two documented ship masters: J.H. Boardman and Samuel D. Hoyt. The schooner Mechanick was built in 1819 and owned by Josiah Foster, Abraham Edwards and Richard Picket; the ship master was Richard Wilkenson.
Also included in the collection are account books and receipts from the shoe business run by Augustus Woodbury. The first series is arranged chronologically and the second series is arranged alphabetically.
Dates
- Creation: 1667-1890
Creator
- Woodbury family (Family)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Biographical Sketches
Andrew Woodbury lived in Beverly, Massachusetts circa 1805. Based on the surviving documents he may have been a farmer or grocer.
Augustus Woodbury was active in Danvers, Massachusetts between 1842 and 1858. He was in the shoe making business.
Captain Benjamin Woodbury was born [November 30, 1800] in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He married his wife, Thirza, on June 1, 1824 and the couple settled in Hamilton. Benjamin was involved with fishing and shipping in Hamilton and Salem.
The date and place of birth for Washington Woodbury are unknown. He married Ida Kilbourne in 1881 in Eureka, Nevada and died January 1890 in Ventura, California.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The bulk of this collection contains account books, bills, receipts and other papers pertaining to the ships Benjamin Woodbury owned or captained. Also included in the collection are account books and receipts from the shoe business run by Augustus Woodbury.
Series List
SERIES I. Ship Papers
SERIES II. Personal Papers
Physical Location
Phillips Library Stacks
Provenance
This material was donated October 26, 1982.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Amanda Martinson, March 2010.
Subject
- Woodbury, Andrew (Person)
- Woodbury, Augustus (Person)
- Woodbury, Benjamin, 1800- (Person)
- Woodbury, Esther (Person)
- Woodbury, Issac (Person)
- Woodberry, John, 1783 or 4-1833 (Person)
- Woodbury, Jonah (Person)
- Woodbury, Lydia (Person)
- Woodbury, Nicholas (Person)
- Woodbury, Theresa (Person)
- Woodbury, Thirza (Person)
- Woodbury, Washington, 1890 (Person)
- Title
- WOODBURY FAMILY PAPERS, 1667-1890
- Author
- Processed by: Amanda Martinson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository