Whitehaven and Slavery
(Post in preparation).
https://www.nawe.co.uk/Private/1992/Live/attachment1/SLAVERY%20REPORT.doc
Monday, 26 December 2022
Thursday, 15 December 2022
Whitehaven Landowners, Merchants and Shipbuilders in the 18th Century - A brief overview.
Whitehaven Landowners, Merchants and Shipbuilders and the Woods in the 18th Century -
A brief overview. (Post in preparation).
This is a series of notes to act as an aide memoire.
In order to put more flesh on the bones of the John Wood (1717-88) and his brother William Wood (1725 - 1804) ands the Wood family of shipbuilders I felt it necessary to take a brief look at the main personalities involved in the development of Whitehaven.
The first mention of our John Wood that I have so far discovered is in 1751 when Sir James Lowther reached agreement with Henry Benn and John Wood shipwrights to enclose a parcel of land behind Tangier Street, facing the sea for the use of shipbuilding (Beckett.
William and John Wood and his family occupy buildings at Ropers Alley (Coats Lane). 1762 Census.
As shipbuilders and ship owners the Woods would have had direct contact with the merchants of Whitehaven.
What is still unknown is who the brothers were apprenticed to and whether they were involved in the tobacco or coal trade. The ownership of a warehouse alongside their house at Ropers Alley suggests that they were trading - possibly in tobacco from Virginia.
As shipbuilders it is almost certain that they will have spent time at sea in order to learn the practicalities of maritime practise. Who did they sail with? did they go to Virginia?
Their mothers name was Kelsick - as yet we do not know her relationship with Richard Kelsick.
It should be born in mind that I come to this subject in almost complete ignorance and that whilst I know a great deal about English Eighteenth century art particularly sculpture - economic history is something that I am not very familiar with.
In compiling this research the same names keep reappearing and so a list of the dramatis personae would seem appropriate.
Probably a good place to start this research was with Coal and Tobacco by Beckett ... 1981
Much of the information within comes from the Lowther Family Papers.
Whitehaven - 1660 1800, pub 1991. RCHM, is the most useful source for the architecture and development of Whitehaven.
A trawl of the Lowther archives would probably help substantially in this research, but it is far away and I have no real experience in sifting through what will be the numerous documents available.
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The Landowners.
Sir John Lowther, 2nd Baronet FRS (9 November 1642 – 17 January 1706) predominant landowner at Whitehaven.
He served as Member of Parliament for Cumberland from 1665 to 1701,
and as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1689 to 1696.
For an useful essay Sir John Lowther and Whitehaven, 1642-1706. The relations of
a landlord with his estate. By Christine Churches pub. 1991 See -
Sir John Lowther, 2nd Bt,
by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely,
Mezzotint, circa 1684.
His finger is pointing to the town and harbour at Whitehaven.
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Sir John Lowther.
Unknown Artist.
Beacon Museum, Whitehaven.
Image courtesy Art UK website.
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Sir James Lowther. FRS (1673 – 2 January 1755) industrialist and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 54 years between 1694 and 1755. His ownership and development of coal mines around Whitehaven in Cumberland gave him substantial revenues, and he was reputed the richest commoner in England.
James Lowther (1673–1755), 4th Bt.
Jonathan Richardson, the elder (1667–1745).
The Beacon Museum Whitehaven.
Image courtesy Art UK website.
Sir James Lowther bequeathed his Whitehaven estates to Sir William Lowther of Holker who died a year later leaving his estates to Sir James Lowther of Lowther
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The Curwens of Workington Hall.
Sir Patricius Curwen (1602 - 64).
Henry Curwen, founded Harrington Harbour c. 1750.
The Workington estate passed to John Christian (he took the name Curwen) (1756 - 1828) of Ewanrigg and controlled the estates 1788 - 1828.
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He had married his cousin Isabella Curwen daughter of Henry Curwen in 1782.
For Curwen Archive material see -
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/22905c20-22e6-4daf-8bac-648239eb758b
Henry Curwen married Isabella Gale daughter of William Gale merchant of Whitehaven.
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The Senhouses of Maryport.
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Merchants
The Gale family
William Gale.
Built c. 1733 - 151/152, Queen Street.
Number 151/152 Queen Street may have been erected for William Gale, a merchant who had ships trading with the then booming American tobacco growing colonies.
The house is one of the earliest large house in town to survive with its ground floor accommodation intact, it has latterly been owned by the Bonnar family.
The impressive house was occupied by William Gale until his death in July 1774. The back courtyard was originally the setting for the Gale's own warehouse and a counting house for counting all the money he must have made in meeting the new craving for tobacco. These buildings were restored by the Bonnar family.
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Letter book, 1728 August-1731 July, Robert Carter Papers
(acc. no. 3807), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,
University of Virginia.
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C28i02a.html
John Gale is referred to as a Glasgow Merchant
Rappahannock, [Lancaster County, Virginia].
Sepr. 2d. 1728
Mr. John Gale
Sir -- In mine by Capt: Bowman I gave you an Acct. of my
drawing upon you for my ballance and Since I have done it to wit to Colonel
John Tayloe for £99"10 which I request yor. paymt. of at time by his
promise the bill was not to be Sent away before the Ship I bought the Slaves
out of returnd She is not yet gon however it is not amiss to be early in my
advice I wish you happy & am Sir –
Yor. most humble Servt.
Per Dunlop.
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From a Letter from Robert King Carter to Peter How and Richard Kelsick 7 July 1731.
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C29g08b.mod.html
John Gale (ante 1671-1729) was a Whitehaven merchant whom Carter would write a number of times times between1720 and 1729. "Like his brothers John was engaged in maritime trade. Operating as John Gale and Company, he was named as the owner of the vessel Clotilda, built in England in 1726 and registered in Whitehaven in 1727 at 25 tons." His will bequeathed "his half-share in the ships Cumberland and Somerset , his share in the Sea Flower , and 'the whole ship Clothilda .'" The Gale family had many connections with the colonies, especially in Virginia and Maryland. (Gayle N.Mandell, "John Gale, "the Elder," (Ca. 1615-20-1680) of Whitehaven, Cumberland, England," extensive genealogical and historical notes available online as part of a well-documented study on the "The Gale & Gayle Families." )
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Walter Lutwidge - slave trader from about 1710.
Letter Books 1739 / 1740 YDX/1 and YDX/2 Whitehaven Archives (not yet accessed).
His letter books offer a valuable insight into his many business ventures. Lutwidge’s interest in the Slave Trade is demonstrated in a letter to John Hardman of Liverpool in 1749:
"It would not be Disagreeable to me to be concerned a little in the Guinea Trade from your place as I have Ships & no Employment for them that I am at present fond of (I mean the Virginia Trade). I would readily send at least one of them to Guinea in case you should incline to take me in for a share of your cargo as a quarter, third, half or as was most agreeable to your Self you to have the nominating the Captn & other officers as necessary, to be skilled in the Trade, people here being strangers to it"
The letter books contain much more detail about dealing in slaves. They indicate that Lutwidge made three journeys to buy slaves between 1733 and 1737 as he explains in his Scheme of Cargo to purchase 300 Slaves in Angola. The cargo he recommended carrying consisted of a range of goods including guns and a variety of fabrics; Lutwidge advised the value to be expected for each slave would be £6
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Lutwidge trading in Virginia 1738 ship Walpole (son?)
see - http://www.holstonia.net/files/PattonPart1.pdf
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The following notes concern the early maritime records of
Walter Lutwidge are as follows:
“Stranraer [a port town in Wigtownshire, Scotland] Oct. 29.
Yesterday came into our Loch the Whitehaven Galley, Burden 150 Tuns, carrying
16 Guns, Walter Lutdwige Master, bound for Jamaica, laden with Beef, Butter,
and Tallow, from Dublin, with 40 Servants on board, and will proceed in her
Voyage with the first fair wind, they are coming here for that intent, this
Loch being the best Outlet to the Westward in Britain.” (Supplement, 16–18
November 1709, No. 288);
“Whitehaven, March
24. On the 19th Instant the Whitehaven Galley, laden with Sugar and Indigo,
Captain Lutwidge Commander, arrived at Ramsey Bay in the Isle of Man; She
sailed from Jamaica on the 6th of February last without any Company, and left
three of her Majesty’s Men of War, viz. the Kingston, Portland and Coventry,
and four Guinea Ships, at Port-Royal.…” (London Gazette, 28–30 March 1710, No.
4671);
“Whitehaven, May 31. This Morning arrived a Fleet of Light
Colliers, being twenty six Sail, from Dublin, under Convoy of the Seaford; And
this Evening the Whitehaven Galley, Captain Walter Lutwidge commander, returned
hither. In his Passage from hence to the West Indies, he met with a Sloop
call’d the Anne of Liverpool, bound home from Fial [Faial (Fayal) Island in the
Azores of Portugal] with Brandy, Wine and Sugar; which Sloop had been taken a
little before by a Privateer, and mann’d with Frenchmen; he retook her, and
brought her in here. The Privateer had put on Board several valuable Parcels of
Goods more than her own Cargo, which she designed for France.” (London Gazette,
3–6 June 1710, No. 4700);
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Further reading:
Walter Lutwidge, Merchant of Whitehaven; author Frances
Wilkins, Publisher Wyre Forest Press, in
Paperback, ISBN10 1897725116
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Walter Lutwidge & family are discussed in:- The
Forgotten Trade: Comprising the Log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and
Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England 1698-1725 by Nigel
Tattersfield, John Fowles (ISBN: 9780712673433)
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House site granted 27 Nov. 1716.
Lutwidge built his house 1728 - an H plan Mansion, (Lons52 including (now) 75 Lowther Street on corner of Scotch Street.).(1728 dated rainwater head).
Bought adjoining site 1741/2.
The Lutwidge mansion one of the largest
houses in Whitehaven. View by Matthias Reed shows the rear of the house it is clear to
see the H shaped layout. The central range provided living accommodation with a
central staircase and courtyards front and back where carriages and carts could
decant their contents This is flanked by two large wings - the
one on the Scotch Street side which wasn't heated and was probably a warehouse. The
surviving wing provided more storage and office space. The wings actually look
longer on the original painting creating a square court. This property was held
by the family until May 24th, 1780, when it was sold by Charles, grandson of
Thomas, the first owner, with the concurrence of Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge,
the last heir of entail, for £1,260, to Sir Joseph Senhouse, then residing at
Arkleby Hall.
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Share in the Whitehaven Rope Co.
Third share in the glass house operating in the 1730's.
In 1743, Walter and son Thomas importing tobacco from Virginia (Beckett).
Bankrupt died in debtors prison in Dublin in 1744.(Beckett).
Thomas Lutwidge (son of Walter) established Brewery in 1730 until financial difficulties in 1736.
Thomas Lutwidge 1670 - 1746.
No brewery at Whitehaven until Patrickson and Spedding Timber Co.(Beckett - date - 1750's ?).
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The following notes concern the early maritime records of Walter Lutwidge are as follows:
“Stranraer Oct. 29.
Yesterday came into our Loch the Whitehaven Galley, Burden 150 Tuns, carrying
16 Guns, Walter Lutdwig Master, bound for Jamaica, laden with Beef, Butter, and
Tallow, from Dublin, with 40 Servants on board, and will proceed in her Voyage
with the first fair wind, they are coming here for that intent, this Loch being
the best Outlet to the Westward in Britain.” (Supplement, 16–18 November 1709,
No. 288);
“Whitehaven, March
24. On the 19th Instant the Whitehaven Galley, laden with Sugar and Indigo,
Captain Lutwidge Commander, arrived at Ramsey Bay in the Isle of Man; She
sailed from Jamaica on the 6th of February last without any Company, and left
three of her Majesty’s Men of War, viz. the Kingston, Portland and Coventry,
and four Guinea Ships, at Port-Royal.…” (London Gazette, 28–30 March 1710, No.
4671);
“Whitehaven, May 31. This Morning arrived a Fleet of Light
Colliers, being twenty six Sail, from Dublin, under Convoy of the Seaford; And
this Evening the Whitehaven Galley, Captain Walter Lutwidge commander, returned hither. In his Passage
from hence to the West Indies, he met with a Sloop call’d the Anne of
Liverpool, bound home from Fial [Faial (Fayal) Island in the Azores of
Portugal] with Brandy, Wine and Sugar; which Sloop had been taken a little
before by a Privateer, and mann’d with Frenchmen; he retook her, and brought
her in here. The Privateer had put on Board several valuable Parcels of Goods
more than her own Cargo, which she designed for France.” (London Gazette, 3–6
June 1710, No. 4700);
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Further reading:
Walter Lutwidge, Merchant of Whitehaven; author Frances Wilkins, Publisher Wyre Forest Press, in
Paperback, ISBN10 1897725116 (not available anywhere at present).
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Walter Lutwidge & family are discussed in:- The Forgotten Trade: Comprising the Log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England 1698-1725 by Nigel Tattersfield, John Fowles (ISBN: 9780712673433).
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Henry Benn Shipbuilder.
1762 Census at 8 Church St.
Declared bankrupt 10 Dec 1766.
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Patrickson Shipbuilder.
In partnership with John Spedding.
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Richard Kelsick.
and Kelsick and How(e).
For Kelsick and Howe and the tobacco business between Whitehaven and Norfolk and the Virginia plantations see - https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/21048
The identity of the members of the firm of How and Kelsick,
London is revealed by a power of attorney from Peter How and Richard Kelsick of
Whitehaven, County of Cumberland, England, dated 1740, by which they appointed
John Champ and William Jordan of Richmond County, Virginia as their agents.
(Richmond Co. Va. Records. Order Book 1 p. 152.)
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Kelsick is a Cumbrian name. The earliest Kelsick entry in the St.Bees Register is for Elizabeth dau. of William Kelsick bapt. – 10 May 1542.
It seems the early spellings of Kelsick and Keswick were interchangeable.
The complicated family history is not helped by the proliferation of Richards -
Richard Kelsick born 1687 - St Bees, Whitehaven, Cumberland
Death 1740 - Virginia, USA.
His Mother Isabella Benn - St Bees, Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Father Richard Kelsick - Virginia, USA.?
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The Robert King Carter Letters to Richard Kelsick, from Rappahannock, Virginia -
Robert Carter was a member of the Council of Virginia, acting governor 1726 -1727, and a political power in the colony.
see -
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C31g07a.mod.html
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C29g08b.mod.html
Letter book, 1728 Aug.-1731 July, Robert Carter Papers (acc. no. 3807), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
Letter from Robert Carter to Captain Richard Kelsick, July 8, 1729
Rappa[hannock, Lancaster County, Virginia] July. 8. 1729
Capt Richard Kelsick
I Heartily wish you a good Voiage and am
yr Humble Servt.
Letter from robert King Carter to Peter How and Richard Kelsick 7 July 1731.
Rappa [hannock, Lancaster County, Virginia- July 7. 1731
from
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C31g07a.mod.html
Mr Peter How & Capt. Richard Kelsick.
Gentlemen
I having the Opportunity of discoursing Captain Kelsick and understanding from him that you had sold some of my 30 hogsheads of tobo sent you in the Mazareen last year when he came away I have nothing to add to that matter in that matter only to wish you may meet with a good Market for them
Herein you have a bill of Loading for 20:hogsheads of tobacco more in the same Ship consigned to you for sale -Resting in hopes that both this and the last Parcel may return a
living price I am,
Gentlemen,
Your very humble servant,
Debts incurred by the forge and the decline in the tobacco trade may have contributed to his bankruptcy in 1763." ( Paula S. Felder. "Fredericksburg and Whitehaven Connection to English Port a Forgotten Chapter in Area's Colonial History Living-history Program," Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star , 7/2/2005, and Notes on a portrait of "Mrs Peter How and her Two Children, Peter and Christian," 10/16/2015 )
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Letter from Richard Kelsick d. 1760 Mayor of the Borough of Norfolk Virginia. to Benjamin Franklin, 10 April 1756.
see - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-06-02-0188
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Captain Richard Kelsick, Mayor of Norfolk, VA.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3717&context=etd
1740s Captain Richard Kelsick, the second or third of that name to trade in Virginia, established a permanent residence in Norfolk Borough. Soon after his arrival he married Elizabeth Hutchings, daughter of Norfolk's foremost merchant John Hutchings.
He further cemented his local connections by forming a partnership with local magnate Thomas Newton who furnished the bills of exchange for goods imported from the Whitehaven firms of Peter How and Matthew Gale. Kelsick thus assured his entry into the charmed circle of Norfolk Borough's oligarchy. Member of the borough council by 1748, he became alderman in 1751, the final step toward his election as mayor in 1755.
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The Cumberland Chronicle 24 May 1777 Whitehaven: Today "a fine vessel, pierced for 18 guns, called The Littledale, was launched out of Messrs. Speddings, & Co's yard, built by Messrs. Palmer, & Co. for Mr. Richard Kelsick."
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Peter How(e).
Tobacco Merchant.
Howe Younger and sons bankrupt 1763.
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The Gilpins.
John Gilpin, 1719, Queen Street House House (Lons 43 Queen Street).
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The Speddings.
John Spedding and his son James.
JS Letters to Lowther YCOP/23 Whitehaven Archives
Carlisle Spedding and his son also James.
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Clement Nicholson - Tobacco Merchant.
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
The 1838 Faed portraits of Kelsick Wood and his immediate Family and other family portraits
The Faed portraits of Kelsick Wood and his Immediate Family.
1838.
and a sketch profile of William Wood (possibly by Kelsick Wood).
(Post in preparation).
Currently these are the best photographs available, and as yet I haven't seen the backs.
I am most grateful to Ian Smith for obtaining them for me to post here. He discovered them about 20 years ago when researching the Maryport ships carver James Brooker.
At that time it was believed that Brooker was the carver of the three busts, of John Wood dated 1754, Kelsick Wood dated 1824, and the young Wilton Wood (1805 - 32) who died in the carriage accident. The photographs of them were provided to researcher Dr Crerar of Maryport by Mary Williamson. (we still do not know who this Mary Williamson was!) - Dr Crerar's files are at Carlisle Archives.
The Provenance of the Wood family Miniatures.
The owners would prefer to remain anonymous, but the miniatures are known to have previously been owned by John Wood II (1807 - 59), son of Kelsick Wood, thence to his son Wilton William Wood (1832 - 1921), thence to his son Kelsick Huthwaite Wood (1878 - 1920) who married Roberta Robinson, they had no children and the miniatures passed to other members of the family.
We still have no provenance for the six Kelsick Wood journals (annotated by Wilton William Wood), or the carved wooden busts.
Kelsick Wood (1772 - 1840).
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Kelsick Wood - a self portrait from one of his journals.
It is difficult to date - there is a reference here to the brig Charlotte built in 1832 suggesting that it was painted at that time.
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The bust of KW after restoration.
The life size carved wooden bust of Kelsick Wood, signed by James Fell, 1824.
stripped prior to repainting.
Currently in store with the Winterthur Museum, Delaware, USA.
sold to the museum in 1969 by Norm Flayderman.
First recorded in 1939 along with the bust of his father John Wood dated 1754 and his son Wilton Wood II (1805 - 32) who died in the carriage accident, by Dr Crerar - with photographs taken in 1938/9 provided by a Mary Williamson (Crerar Files Carlisle Archives).
Wilton Wood, John Wood and Kelsick Wood
The tea trolley busts 1938/9.
Photographed in an unknown location - probably somewhere in West Cumberland.
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Mary Wood, 1772 - 1841) nee Inman, wife of Kelsick Wood.
The daughter of John Inman (1738 - 1827) and Agnes Postlethwaite (1746 - 1816) who were married on 1st Nov. 1796 at Crosscanonby (Maryport).
Sister Sarah Inman (1790 - 1859) married Joseph Sealby.
Her brother (Captain) John Inman married Ann Blamire
d. 1849 buried St Wilfred's, Davenham Northwich Cheshire.
It appears that the Inmans were involved in ship ownership in Maryport but there is much to research.
Mary Wood.
Above another page from the Kelsick Wood Journal annotated by Wilton William Wood.
Mary Inman (Captain) Kelsick Wood’s second wife (1772-1841) was the eldest daughter of John Inman (1738-1827) (iron merchant) and Agnes Postlethwaite (1746-1816), was born in 1772. She was baptised on 25 Jan 1772 at Burgh by Sands, Cumberland. Married KW 1 Nov 1796.
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Mary Inman and her son Kelsick Wood II (the Maryport sailmaker) appeared on the census of 1841 living at Strand Street, Maryport, along with Mary's sister Ann (Nanny) and two servants. Mary Wood, née Inman is described as aged 65 and of independent means. Ann Inman is aged 60 and of independent means.
Mary's son Kelsick is described as a shipbuilder aged 25. She died on 5 Nov 1841 at Maryport aged 69 years. These dates are confirmed by her headstone and the church register.
She was buried on 10 Nov 1841 at St. Mary's churchyard, Maryport, Crosscanonby parish (Maryport) Mary Wood, Strand Street, Maryport Aged 69 years."
For much useful information on the Inman family see -
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John Wood (1807 - 1859) - son of Kelsick Wood.
Born in Carlisle.
Died on 8 Jan 1859 at Strand Street, Maryport, intestate, aged 52, after eight days of hematemesis. Hematemesis is the vomiting of blood.
Buried at Maryport Cemetery.
The inscription on his tombstone states
1807, DIED 8TH JANUARY 1859 AGED 52 YEARS
ALSO OF SARAH HIS WIFE WHO DIED AUG. 15TH 1851, AGED 44 YEARS
AND WAS INTERRED AT ST. MARY'S CHAPEL MARYPORT
ALSO KELSICK THEIR SON WHO WAS DROWNED AT SEA NOV. 11TH 1861 AGED 21 YEARS.
THOMAS TOLSON THEIR SON, BORN 2ND NOV. 1833, LOST AT SEA ON HIS PASSAGE FROM BOMBAY, TO ENGLANDIN 1865
AGNES MARIA THEIR DAUGHTER, BORN 24TH JULY 1842 DIED 16TH MARCH 1873.
MARY THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER, BORN 26TH JUNE 1837 DIED 28TH JULY 1875.
FANNY TOLSON THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER BORN 25TH MARCH 1848 DIED 21ST SEPTEMBER 1876
JOHN THEIR SON BORN 30TH NOVEMBER 1844 DIED 22ND SEPTEMBER 1913.
CATHERINE MARY THE WIFE OF WILTON WILLIAM THEIR ELDEST SON BORN 7TH JULY 1845 DIED 8TH NOVEMBER 1914.
KELSICK HUTHWAITE WOOD, HUSBAND OF ROBERTA WOOD & ONLY SON OF WILTON WILLIAM & CATHERINE MARY WOOD BORN 21ST AUGUST 1878 DIED 25TH DEC. 1920
COL. WILTON WILLIAM WOOD BORN 23RD JUNE 1832 DIED 12TH JUNE 1921.
ROBERTA WOOD WIFE OF KELSICK HUTHWAITE WOOD BORN 2ND NOVEMBER 1893.
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Sarah Wood, nee Huddlestone, (1807 - 1851).
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John Huddleston (this needs to be confirmed).
Perhaps the brother of Joseph Huddleston, former partner in Huddleston, Ritson the Maryport shipbuilding company fl 1830 - 1841.
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Kelsick Wood II, (1810 - 67) son of Kelsick Wood.
Sailmaker of Maryport.
Married Margaret Smith of Nethertown, Dumfies 8 Sept. 1842.
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William Wood.
Watercolour sketch.
This profile of William Wood, possibly by Kelsick Wood is still in the private collection along with the Faed portrait miniatures.
Friday, 2 December 2022
Early Maritime Career of Kelsick Wood.
Early Maritime Career of Kelsick Wood (1771 - 1840).
I was first acquainted with this information by John Ferguson who had written about it in Captain Kelsick Wood ... Pub. Cold Harbour, 2021.
Kelsick Wood married Mary Nelson in 1791.1770 - 1792), daughter of Philip Nelson of Birkby, nr. Maryport (b.c.1740) and Ann Sibson (b.c.1740), on 6 Aug 1791 at Cross Canonby, Cumberland. They had one
child.
Kelsick married Mary Inman, daughter of John Inman and Mary Postlethwaite in 1796.
The Kelsick Wood Journal no 2, page 23. This Journal is one of the three still in private hands. There three more - one with the Maryport Maritime Museum, and two with the National Maritime Museum (one of these can hardly be considered as a journal - it is more of a sketch bookI have copies of all three of these journals.
Transcribed by Dr John Crerar (d.1954) of Maryport,
From Carlisle Records Office - Carlisle D/Cr/25.
Extracts from Kelsick Woods pocketbook transcribed by Dr John Crerar indicated
that in 1793 he was firstly in charge of the Maria a 189 ton vessel built by
William Wood of Maryport and launched in that year at a prime cost of £2144.
Its voyages and profits were set out by him as follows:
1793.
March 30 By 1st voyage to Dublin £133 -19 – 2
May 1 By 2nd voyage to Belfast 12 - 3 - 0
July 4 By 3rd voyage to Dublin 99 -15-11
Sept 2 By 3rd voyage to Dublin 111 - 2 -10
Nov 30 By 4th voyage to Dublin 58 - 6 - 6
1794.
Jan 10 By 6th voyage
to Dublin 94 -12 - 9
March 30 By 7th
voyage to Dublin 48 -15-10
Oct 26 By 8th voyage
to Belfast?
?? St Petersburgh to
Dublin ¦ 422 - 7 - 8
Nov 17 By 9th voyage to Cork 43 - 5 - 4
1795
March - By Limerick
& Liverpool 114 -13 - 0
Oct 1 - By Quebec
& London 725 - 6 - 5
1796 By Scheme Insurance ?? 168 - 0 - 0
March 30 By sale of
Maria 2500 - 0 - 0
£4532 - 8 – 3
1793.
To Prime cost of said vessel, built by William Wood,
Maryport £2144
To loss on voyage London to Dublin 139 - 9 - 2
Cost wood sheathed £11 - 8 - 9 per ton
To balance 2248 -19 -
3
£4532 - 8 - 3
Prime cost 1/16 £131 -10 - 0
For Profits by ?? 1/16 £283 - 5 – 6
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The Postlethwaite was built by WILLIAM and THOMAS WOOD of
African teak, which was stronger than British oak, at the Wood yard, Maryport.
It was first registered on 10 April 1797. It was a rigged vessel with one deck
and three masts with a figurehead and Qtr Badges. It was of 258 tons, maximum
height 91 ft 0 ins, maximum width 26 ft 0 ins, square sterned and hold 26 ft 0
ins deep. It cost £3740 to build.
After it was launched in 1797 it had ten owners:
William Wood, Gentleman, Maryport - Captain Kelsick Wood's
uncle.
Philip Nelson, Gentleman, Maryport - father of Captain
Kelsick Wood's first wife.
Robert Ritson, Sailmaker, Maryport.
John Inman, Mariner, Maryport. (Father of KW’s second Wife)
Wilfred Smith, Mariner, Maryport.
Fletcher McKenzie, Mariner, Maryport - Captain Kelsick
Wood's brother-in-
law.
Richd Askew, Mercht, Harrington. - Richard Askew succeeded
Andrew Green at The Ropery, Harrington.
The firm becoming
Askew, Ellwood & Co. &expanded into ship building in 1783.
Robert Ferguson, Mercht, Carlisle - Captain Kelsick Wood's
brother-in- law.
Peter Dixon, Mercer, Whitehaven - married to Robert
Ferguson's sister Mary.
Joseph Stamper, Surgeon, Workington. - Dickinson & Jos.
Stamper, Surgeons, Brow Top, Workington.
The Master of the Postlethwaite is named as Kelsick Wood.
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Kelsick Wood's pocket-book (CRO Carlisle D/Cr/25) regarding
the voyages of the Postlethwaite, for which he was the the Master (Captain)
records:
1797: June, Aug & Oct - Dublin, Dec - Kinsale. Profit
£268 -1s-9d.
1798: March - Waterford & Liverpool, July - Belfast.
Profit £233-18s-8d.
1799: Nov - Prison ship at Belfast. Profit £1016-3s-7d.
1800: Dec - Martinico (Martinique) & London. Profit
£85-2s-2d.
1801 & 1802: - no recorded voyages.
1803: Oct - Transport Service (Government). Profit
£3919-8s-0d.
1804: July - Memel (Baltic port now named Klaipeda, Lithuania).
Profit £24-11s-6d.
The vessel was then sold for £2800
Over six years of trading, the total generated income from
the Postlethwaite £8347-5s-8d.
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The Cumberland Pacquet, 28 May 1798, reported that the
Postlethwaite, with Kelsick Wood as its Master, was bound for Belfast. On 19
Jun 1798, it confirmed that Kelsick Wood was the Master of the Postlethwaite, when
it reported on the 1798 Irish Rebellion:
"Rebellion in Ireland. .. .. .. Further particulars of
the engagement near Belfast on 12th and 13th inst. On the fifth day
the rebels had 900 killed; their loss on Wednesday was greater: the whole is supposed
to amount to some 1000s. Several vessels, belonging to our northern ports were
impressed to carry troops from Port Patrick to Belfast. The Clementina of
Maryport, is full of wounded rebels, who fled during the engagement of Tuesday,
and were afterward taken by the Highlanders sent in pursuit of them.
These are from authentic letters, written at
Port Patrick, the 14th and 15th instant.
Extract of letter from CAPTAIN KELSICK WOOD Of Maryport, to
Mr PETER DIXON of this town [Whitehaven]:- dated at Port Patrick 15 June 1798
'I was boarded by the Doris frigate, in the Lough, who
desired me, if I saw any colliers, to beg they would be on their guard as there
are a great number of pirates out - three of which have been taken and
condemned. They have plundered several.' "
Note: The Doris was a 36 gun frigate, launched Gravesend
1795, wrecked in 1805.
The Postlethwaite entry for 1798 specifies that the vessel
sailed to Belfast in July which is confirmation that Kelsick wrote a letter to
Peter Dixon from Port Patrick referring to this voyage, at the time of the 1798
Irish Rebellion. The following year, 1799, the Postlethwaite was acting as a prison
ship for the Irish rebels at Belfast.
Sunday, 6 November 2022
Whitehaven Part 2: Notes and images of the Development of Ship Building at the Harbour.
Some further notes and images of the Development of the Harbour and Shipbuilding at Whitehaven in the 18th and Early 19th Century.
(Post in Preparation).
John Wood (1717 - 89) and his brother William (1725 - 1804).
Much of the information here has been culled from Coal and Tobacco by J.V. Beckett pub. Cambridge, 1981.
Mr Becket had access and time to sift through the Lowther Archives in order to write his very informative book.
Another very useful source of information on the early development of the port and harbour at Whitehaven is - Sir John Lowther and Whitehaven, 1642-1706. The relations of a landlord with his estate by Christine Churches pub. 1990.
available on line - https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/19479/2/02whole.pdf
Another very useful source on Cumberland ships and shipbuilding has been - Highway to the World by Alan Forsyth pub. Bookcase, 2011.
Despite a paucity of information on the early life of John Wood and his brother William, I felt it necessary to put together a brief history of shipbuilding and the harbour at Whitehaven in order to put their lives in to some sort of context.
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Records and notes about Early Shipping and Developments at the Harbour at Whitehaven.
In 1562 Whitehaven is described as having six houses and only one pickard (a small fishing boat of 7 - 10 tons). Ref. Churches.
William Gilpin reported to Sir John Lowther the launching of the Cumberland Merchant in 1696, there were six ships on the stocks (being built) in 1712 and the next summer a further six or seven were in hand, only one ship was built in 1720 and another ordered for the next year.
Shipbuilding revived in the 1730's to meet the needs of the tobacco trade.
Vessels had been built at Whitehaven since 1677 - the tonnage rose from 7,200 in 1702 to 52, 300 by 1788.
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The partnership of Thomas Patrickson and brothers John And Carlisle Spedding, known as the Timber and Brewery Company, borrowed £630 from James Lowther in 1737 (still not repaid in 1755).
The company leased in 1745 "part of a timber yard" from Lowther
Patrickson died in 1746 and was succeeded by his son (another Thomas) this Thomas Patrickson sold his share to William Fletcher and William Palmer.
John Spedding made over his share to his son James and Carlisle split his holdings with his son also (James).
Lowther then granted a lease of the rest of the Timber Yard for further ancillary buildings.
The Timber Yard mentioned here is probably the yard seen first on the Pellin plans situated between the Old Tongue and the New Tongue.
The information provided here adapted from Coal and Tobacco by Beckett.
The Gibson engraved plans (below) came from the Brocklebank Archives at Liverpool Maritime Museum Library and I am most grateful for the assistance of the Librarians.
The Woods and their early life.
It is most likely that both William and John started their working lives as apprentices to one of the Whitehaven shipbuilders. Part of their education would almost certainly have meant going to sea in order to gain practical experience - this was certainly the case for Kelsick Wood, the son of John Wood.
William Wood never married.
The first documented reference to John Wood as a shipbuilder -
Between 1749 and 1752 Sir James Lowther gave leave for a consideration of 10/6d a time for the building of eleven ships on "ground behind Tangier Street walled in from the houses" and in 1751 he reached agreements with Henry Benn and John Wood, shipwrights which enabled them to enclose the parcels of ground between Tangier Street and the sea for use in shipbuilding. See Coal and Tobacco - Beckett
Henry Benn was living in Church St when the 1762 census was taken, he was declared bankrupt 10 December 1766 (Whitehaven 1660 - 1800) RCHM)
The Wood brothers were brought up at the rural Yew Tree Farm, Town End Wilton, Haile, Cumberland 2.5 miles SSE of Egremont, about 8 miles south east of Whitehaven within sight of the Solway Firth.
In 1762 John Wood was living with his brother William and the members of his family in Ropers Alley, now Coates Lane, between Queen Street and Ropers Lane, Whitehaven.
This information comes from a transcription of a 1762 town census at Whitehaven Archives
.
Will. Wood, carpenter was residing in a front house in Coats Lane but in the column for the number of inmates there was a zero, however in the line above John Wood is described as carpenter and there were 9 inmates in the house - Mr Hay also says that William Wood had other properties in the town but a brief search would suggest that the other Woods in Whitehaven were not closely related.
From a transcribed copy of the Whitehaven census taken in 1762 (Whitehaven Archives).
William Wood was involved with the building of St James Church see -
Whitehaven c. 1690.
Tangier Street has not yet been built up but 11 - 15, The Waverley Hotel set back from the street with the front courtyard is plainly visible
The Pow Beck stream is still open and running through the old town and emptying into the harbour.
Flatt House is visible at the end of Lowther Street
From Whitehaven as Built and Projected. c1690, Cumberland,
published by the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian
Society, 1877.
image from https://www.lakesguides.co.uk/html/maps/M006P.htm
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Crop from Andrew Pellin's Plan of Whitehaven, 1705.
From the 1705 Street Book, Lonsdale Estate.
This plan now shows the timber Yard at the Southern end of the East Strand, with the plan of the Waverley Hotel and new buildings on Tangier Street Tenancies on the North end. which had been granted by 1710.
Ropers Alley (Coats Lane) between Ropers Lane and Queen Street (the home of the Woods in 1762) appears to have already been developed.
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The Thomas Donald Plan, published London, 1774.
This plan shows the Coal Hurries on the Old Quay, the Copperas Works and the Old Glass House at Ginns, Hartley's Rope Works.
NB Coates Lane (formerly Ropers Alley) the home of William Wood, John Wood and family in 1762.
The Pow Beck is now covered over.
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The John Howard Plan of Whitehaven 1790.
Although dated 1790 and published December 1791 I suspect that this plan was adapted and printed at a later date.
Image courtesy Harvard Library.
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The Development of the Harbour at Whitehaven.
Images below from the Brocklebank Files - B/Broc14/7 at the Library at the Liverpool Maritime Museum
I am very grateful to the staff at Liverpool Maritime Museum for their assistance.
Plans for the development of the Harbour at Whitehaven, published 1836.
Whitehaven Harbour, 1792.
West is at the top of the plan.
West Strand built 1632.
New Pier / Quay built 1742.
Old Quay / Pier built 1679 - 81, repaired 1713 and 1751.
Merchants Quay / Old Tongue built 1733.
New Tongue built 1754.
Bulwark / Old Tongue or Sugar Tongue built 1710.
Source: Coal & Tobacco, Becket, Cambridge University Press, 1981.
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Whitehaven Harbour, 1804.
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Whitehaven Harbour, 1806.
An Unadopted Plan.
This plan is interesting because it names the occupiers of the individual yards.
The dock at the west end of the timber yard is described as the Graving Bank.
Mr Bowes Yard, Mr Stitts Yard on the seaward side of Tangier Street.
Whitehaven Harbour 1822.
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Whitehaven Harbour. 1823.
This plan is interesting in that it shows the timber yard as a ship yard.
The graving bank is next to the sea.
Whitehaven Harbour, 1833.
This plan now shows the patent slip at the timber yard between the old Tongue and the New Tongue. The pencil annotation pointing to Brocklebank's Yard is correct
with proposal for the a new West Pier designed by Sir John Rennie.
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Crop from the John Wood (no relation) Plan of 1834.
This map shows the locations of the William Wilson Shipbuilding Company behind Tangier Street (formerly the ship yard of John Wood and others and the Wm Wilson Timber Yard behind the Bransty Arch, T&I Brocklebank's Yard, Brocklebank and Co's Ropery and Scott and Whiteside's Shipbuilding Yard.
It also shows the patent slip next to the graving bank at the Timber Yard by the East Strand.
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Whitehaven and Harbour, 1863.
Showing the development of the railway and docks on the North Shore.
Crop from the 1863 map (below) -
Here it describes the slips at the timber yard as "Timber Slip" and "Patent Slip".
The former Wood and others ship building yard behind Tangier Street.
As the North Pier was unfinished the harbour trustees
requested Mr Ebenezer Stiven to provide a design. Mr Stiven recommended that
the jetty be taken down and the pier canted south west with a rounded head.
This work was completed in 1841.
In 1869 Mr Stiven was again asked to provide a design for the harbour. this time the trustees asked for a wet dock. the plan was accepted by the trustees. Following the Dock and Harbour Act in 1871 work commenced on the construction. It was completed in 1876 and named the Queens Dock in honour of Queen Victoria.
Unfortunately, serious problems were encountered with Queens Dock, there was severe shrinkage and cracking, said to be due to moving foundations. In 1880 the Dock was temporarily closed to enable repairs to be carried out. The Dock re-opened in 1882.
Whitehaven Plan, 1863.
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Ship builders and Allied business at Whitehaven.
Some Notes:
The Whitehaven Ropemakers.
Ropemaking was established in the early 17th century.
The 1642 engraving shows two ropewalks.
There were three companies operating in the 1690’s two at Braconthwaite
and one at Bransty.
Whitehaven Rope Co -1690’s. Sir John Lowther is a partner.
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Braconthwaite Ropewalks. 1.
1727 - 1746 John Spedding, Walter Lutwidge , John Hamilton,
Joseph Littledale. Described as mariners 1746.
Lutwidge then moved to the ropeworks at Workington.
1746 – 55 John Spedding alone lease renewed for 21 years.
Speddings executors sold the company 1765 for £1800.
Braconthwaite Ropewalks, 2.
1728 – 1749 Thomas Hartley.
1749 Thomas Hartley at will.
Lowther purchased ropes from John Spedding from 1728 – 1740.
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The Spedding Brothers and Patrickson - The Timber and Brewery Company
Shipbuilder Thomas Patrickson died 1746. Thomas Patrickson
Jr. replaced him.
John Spedding passed his interest in the company to his son
Info here from Coal and Tobacco, Becket.
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The Spedding brothers and family.
Here is not the place for an in depth look at the very industrious Speddings and their involvement with the Lowthers and the industries of West Cumberland but I will attempt to put the facts relevant to shipbuilding and the Woods into this blog.
Carlisle Spedding (1695 - 1765) his son James (1720 - 88)
John Spedding (1685 - 1758) and his son also James (1719 - 59) of Armathwaite Hall..
30 Roper Street -This building was constructed in 1743 by James Spedding, the son of mining engineer Carlisle Spedding. The building was intended to be used as both a dwelling and offices. The entrance on Roper Street has a doorway which is decorated by an acorn finial, this is a reference to the Spedding coat of arms.
St. James Church is said to have had the finest
Georgian interior in the county. The building was constructed in 1752 and
consecrated by the Bishop of Carlisle in July 1753. The church was designed by Carlisle
Spedding.
Messrs Spedding & Co.
Spedding & Co.Yard in Irish Street in 1789.
1778. 2nd June Cumberland Pacquet. Phoenix for Captain Richardson and Eliza pierced 18 nine and six pounders for Wild & Co, Dublin.
1780 14 Nov. CP Pollux for Captain Brocklebank.
1782. 4 June, CP. Laurel launched.
1781. 22 May, CP. Carson.
1782 10 Dec. Castor II - Pierced for 18 guns for Dan. Brocklebank.
1783. Oct 28 CP Carlisle.
Precedent, and Cyrus built for Daniel Brocklebank.
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Notes: Brocklebank's Shipbuilding Yard / Whitehaven Shipbuilding
Company, Whitehaven.
The site of the former 'Brocklebank's Shipbuilding Yard', and
latterly ship repair yard, was built in the mid 1770s by Daniel Brocklebank and
expanded after his death by his sons, Thomas and John, who renamed the yard 'T. and J. Brocklebank'.
The firm of T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd., was one of the oldest in shipping with its origin dating back to the late eighteenth century. The firm was formed in 1801 when the two sons of the founder of the business, Thomas and John, took control following their father's death.
Their father was
Captain Daniel Brocklebank (1741 - 1801), a shipmaster and shipbuilder who,
after emigrating from Cumberland to New England in 1770, began a shipbuilding
enterprise at Sheepscut, near Portland, Maine. Daniel Brocklebank was a
loyalist and when the Revolution broke out in 1775 he sailed back to Whitehaven
in his own ship, Castor.
The letter of marque (for a privateer) for the Castor's
activities during the American War of Independence is the oldest surviving
document in the collection [Liverpool Maritime Museum - B/BROC/6/1].
Daniel Brocklebank re-started his shipbuilding business at Whitehaven in 1785 and the surviving plans and specifications of the vessels built by his yard, provide an important source for the construction of eighteenth and early nineteenth century merchant ships. [See B/BROC/8/1-2 for their specifications and agreements.]
Daniel Brocklebank had premises at 25 Roper Street.
Valuable information concerning the activities of the Whitehaven shipyard can be found in the journals of accounts and ledgers, 1808-1865 [B/BROC/4/1-3] and letterbooks, 1801-1860 [B/BROC/1/2/1-7].
By 1795 Daniel Brocklebank owned a fleet of eleven vessels of
1,750 tons. After Daniel's death in 1801 the firm of T. & J. Brocklebank
was formed by his two sons, Thomas and John Brocklebank, and despite the firm
suffering heavily in the Napoleonic Wars, by 1809 it was sending ships as far
as South America. In 1815 the success of the Princess Charlotte's maiden voyage
to Calcutta, following the end of the East India Company's monopoly, led to the
beginning of a Calcutta trade that was to eventually eclipse Brocklebank's
South American and China trades many years later.
Notes above from Liverpool Maritime Museum Archives and Library.
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The Brocklebank Archives at Liverpool Maritime Museum.
Contents
1. 1770-1958: ledgers, ship specifications, letter books, wages and apprentice books, corresp, plans National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library
Ref. B/BROC
See Merseyside County Archives, Guide p.4
2. 1775-1970: administrative, legal, investments, financial,
management, fleet, and shipyard records National Museums Liverpool: Maritime
Archives and Library B/BROC
See: Guide to the...Merseyside Maritime Museum 1995
3. 1775-1945: financial records, letter, stock, bill and
wages books, apprentice, officers and engineers books, log books etc. National Museums Liverpool: Maritime
Archives and Library.
NRA 18462 Brocklebank.
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Conveyance of Isaac Littledale & Co.'s Ropeworks,
Whitehaven, to Daniel Brocklebank, 1749.
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Whitehaven Shipping.
Dimensions of ships built and repaired, 1792-1841.
Shipyard Journals, 1832-1865.
Original Plans of Ships: Nestor,1792; Everest, 1863.
Voyage Details, 1770-1901.
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Whitehaven. A vessel of 256 tons called Dryad was launched at
the yard of Messrs. Brocklebank: CJ 161, 21
November 1801.
Whitehaven. A vessel called Experiment was launched at the
yard of Messrs. T & J Brocklebank: CJ 179,
27 March 1802.
Brocklebank Thomas and John, North Harbour, Whitehaven Pigots Directory 1828.
Whitehaven On Thursday se’nnight a vessel called Aimwell was
launched from the yard of T & J Brocklebank for
Captain Bouch CJ 776, 4 September 1813.
Whitehaven Yesterday week a copper bottomed vessel called
Jamaica was launched from the yard of Messrs
Brocklebank : CJ 852, 18 February 1815
Whitehaven. On Wednesday a ship called Princess Charlotte of
900 tons was launched from the yard of T & J
Brocklebank amidst the greatest concourse ever witnessed. Her upper and
lower deck beams have iron knees, most of them 4 cwt. apiece. The day was fine,
the launch beautiful, and she received her name from J Hodson, esq., Adjutant
of the Whitehaven Local Artillery, late of Carlisle. CJ 881, 9 September 1815.
Whitehaven - A copper bottomed, fortified ship called
Antigua Packet of 350 tons was launched from the yard of T & J Brocklebank for Captain Dawson to use in the Antigua
trade: CJ 889, 4 November 1815.
Whitehaven - Yesterday week a vessel called Constellation
was launched from the yard of J & T Brocklebank.: CJ
976, 5 July 1817.
Whitehaven - Last week a brig of 170 tons called Santon was
launched from the yard of J & T Brocklebank for
captain Gaitskell on the foreign trade: CJ 1082, 24 July 1819.
Whitehaven - On Monday a brig called Candidate was launched
from the yard of T & J Brocklebank for the
West India trade.: CJ 1131, 1 July 1820.
Whitehaven - On Monday a vessel called Whitehaven of 203
tons was launched from the yard of T & J
Brocklebank. for the South American trade: CJ 1330, 8 May 1824.
Whitehaven - On the twentieth a brig called Manchester of
100 tons was launched from the yard of T & J
Brocklebank & Co. for the south American trade: CJ 1359, 27 November
1824.
Whitehaven - On the twenty-third a schooner called Bransty
of 130 tons was launched from the yard of T & J
Brocklebank & Co. for the south American trade: CJ 1360, 4
December1824.
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Messrs Lumley Kennedy and Co. Whitehaven. Some Notes:
See - https://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/misc/lancs_misc/kennedy.htm
Lumley Kennedy was a shipwright who had been a manager, for
nearly twenty years, at the Brocklebank shipyard in Whitehaven. In 1835 he left
Brocklebanks to join the new shipbuilding venture,
as managing partner.
His partners in Lumley Kennedy & Co. were R & H
Jefferson, Dr.Robinson, Capt.Pew, R.N., Capt.I.Mounsey, Thomas Beck and John Peile. The new yard at Whitehaven launched its
first vessel in 1835, and in total 65 vessels were built there in the years up to
1865.
The venture was closed at about the same time as the Brocklebank shipyard ceased operations, the demise of
both being due to difficulties obtaining satisfactory leases from the Earl of
Lonsdale. The Lumley Kennedy yard was operated by Joseph Shepherd.
The Whitehaven shipyard of Lumley Kennedy & Co. was
closed down in 1864, and was then taken over by Joseph Shepherd, a former
foreman at the Kennedy yard. The yard was operated under the name of Shepherd
& Leech, and 17 vessels were built there between 1865 and 1879.
The Lumley Kennedy yard was operated by Joseph Shepherd,
himself a former employee of Kennedy, from 1865 until 1879. Lumley Kennedy died at Beckermet in 1882, aged 91.
1835. Alciope.
1836. Ann &
Jane, Bleng.
1837. Calder,
Frances, Reaper, Siam, Watson .
1838. British
Queen, Capella, Nile.
1839. Earl of
Lonsdale, Harbinger, Jane & Jessie, Ringdove.
1840. Champion,
Kyanite, Midge, Syren, Warlock, Wilson.
1841. Arequipa,
Bleng, Enchantress,
1842. Ennerdale.
1843. Swallow.
1844. Emblem, New
Margaret, Sancta Bega, Thomas & John.
1845. Menzies.
1846. Lord Harding.
1847. Magician,
Mary Spencer.
1848. No ship
1849. John
Spencer, Sorata.
1850. Walton
Muncaster.
1851. Braganza,
Eagle.
1852. Affghan,
John Peile, Pudsey Dawson.
1853. Pizarro.
1854. Miranda.
1855. John
O'Gaunt, Valdivia.
1856. Orontes.
1857. Mallard.
1858. Hannah
Nicholson, Star.
1859. Excel, James Bruce, and Phaeton.
1860. Bellam,
Excelsior, and Magellan.
1861. Anne
Lowther, Banda.
1862. Princess
Alexandria, Tanaro, Tarragona.
1863. Bertie, Ehen.
1864. Erato.
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