Category Archives: Whaling

Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Kent, England

Gravestone at Queenborough, Kent commemorating whaling master Henry Knight d. 1657

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Kent, England

Transcript

'‘HERE LYETH / BVRIED THE BODIE / OF HENERY KNIGHT / AND MARTHA HIS / WIFE BY WHICH HE HAD / ISSVE 3 SONNES AND / 6 DAVGHTERS HE DYED THE 8TH DAY OF APRILL / ANNO 1657 AGED 53 YEARES / HENERY KNIGHT MARRINER SOME TIME / MAJOR OF THIS TOWNE WHO WAS MA / STER OF A SHIP TO GREENE LAND AND HAR / PINEER THERE 24 VEIAGES / IN GREENLAND I WHALES SEA HORSE BEARES DID SLAY / THOUGH NOW MY BODIE IS IN TOMBED IN CLAY / MARTHA HIS SECOND WIFE IN TOKEN / OF THE SINGVLAR LOVE WHICH SHE / BARE HIM HATH ERECTED THIS STONE.’

Details

Description: Crudely carved headstone now inside the church. A whaling harpoon carved below the inscription.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Interior
Vessel: Dove

People

Knight, Henry
Age: 53
Date of Death: 8/4/1657
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Whaler
Organisation: Master

Extra

Bibliography: William Hogarth 'The five days' peregrination around the Isle of Sheppey of William Hogarth and his fellow pilgrims, Scott, Tothall, Thornhill, and Forrest.' (London, 1732)

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Whaling

St Alphege Church, Greenwich , London, England

Memorial in St Alphege, Greenwich commemorating Samuel Enderby d. 1829

Location

St Alphege Church, Greenwich , London, England

Transcript

'IN A VAULT BENEATH / THIS CHURCH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / SAMUEL ENDERBY ESQR. / OF CROOMS HILL HOUSE, IN THIS PARISH / WHO DIED OCTOBER 14TH 1829, AGED 74 / ALSO OF / MARY HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT OLD CHARLTON / FEBRUARY 25TH 1846 AGED 79 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY / THEIR FAMILY AS A TOKEN OF / LOVE, ESTEEM AND RESPECT.'

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Description: Shield-shaped stone wall tablet.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of Nave
Materials: Stone

People

Enderby, Samuel
Age: 74
Date of Death: 14/10/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Shipowner
Organisation: Samuel Enderby & Sons

Extra

Notes: Whale ship owner.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 2019

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Whaling

Norwood Cemetery, London, England

Memorial in Norwood Cemetery, London commemorating Elhanen Bicknell d. 1861

Location

Norwood Cemetery, London, England

Details

People

Bicknell, Elhanen
Age: 73
Date of Death: 1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Built up substantial whaling business.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 215.

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Whaling

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone formerly at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating Isaac Woodhouse d. 1787 and his son Andrew d. 1777 off Greenland

Location

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'To / the memory of / ISAAC WOODHOUSE / Master Mariner who was interred / at Newcastle November 25th 1787 / aged 67 years / and ANNE his wife interred here / July 17th 1800 aged 77 years / also ANDREW their son who was / drowned in the Greenland seas / April 16th 1777 aged 19 years / Likewise seven children who died / in their minority / also HUTCHINSON their daughter / who died Dec 4th 1844 aged 78 years'

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People

Woodhouse, Isaac
Age: 67
Date of Death: 25/11/1787
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:
Woodhouse, Andrew
Age: 19
Date of Death: 16/4/1777
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Whaler
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Recorded in 1877 now lost through coastal erosion.

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Whaling

Boldixum Church, Island of Fohr, Germany, Rest of the World

Memorial at Boldixum Church, Island of Fohr, Germany commemorating Frerck Sonnen von der Wyk d. 1740

Location

Boldixum Church, Island of Fohr, Germany, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Carved with a ship, flanked by an anchor and skull.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Wyk, Frerck Sonnen von der
Age: 66
Date of Death: 1740
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 1674-1740.
Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).

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Whaling

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Boldixum church, Schleswig-Holstein commemorating Jens Namens d. 1815

Location

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Carved with a whaling ship.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Namens, Jens
Age:
Date of Death: 10/10/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers','Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).

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Whaling

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Boldixum church, Schleswig-Holstein commemorating Petersen Petersen d. 1749

Location

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Transcript

'...after sailing for 18 years as a ship's captain, he was called to his last reckoning in the waters of Greenland by the will of God and so reached his life's end at the age of 49 years 12 weeks'

Details

Description: Carved with a ship above the inscription, with 'De Petrus' on the stern.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Petersen, Petersen
Age: 49
Date of Death: 27/5/1749
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Born 3 March 1700 in Wyk, died in Greenland.
Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61, (Cambridge, 1939).

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Whaling

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Boldixum church, Schleswig-Holstein commemorating Volkert Payer d. 1748

Location

Church, Boldixum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Carved with a ship in relief.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Payer, Volkert
Age:
Date of Death: 1748
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 1676-1748.
Bibliography: T. Sheppard 'Old Dutch Whalers', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 25, pp. 50-61 (Cambridge, 1939).

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Whaling

New Bedford Seaman's Bethel, New Bedford. Massachusetts, USA, Rest of the World

Memorial in New Bedford. Massachusetts, USA commemorating Captain William Swain d. 1844

Location

New Bedford Seaman's Bethel, New Bedford. Massachusetts, USA, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In Memory of CAPT WM SWAIN / Master of the Christopher of Nantucket. / This worthy man / after fastning to a whale was carried overboard by / the line and drowned / May 19th 1844. / in the 49th Year of his age. / Be ye also ready; for in such an hour as ye / think not, the Son of man cometh'

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Type: Tablet
Vessel: Christopher Mitchell

People

Swain, William
Age: 48
Date of Death: 19/5/1844
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: Martha Lawrence 'Scrimshaw: the whaler's legacy' (Atglen, 1993).

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Whaling

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating William Scoresby d. 1829

Location

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'In memoriam / WILLIAM SCORESBY / born at Nutholme, Yorkshire May 3rd / 1760 was many years successfully / engaged in the Arctic Whale Fishery / died at Whitby 28th April 1829 / also LADY MARY wife of the above / WM SCORESBY born at Cropton April 5th 1765 / died at Whitby February 1st 1819 / also SARAH SKELTON eldest daughter / of the above born May 3rd 1784 died at Hull July 1789 / also REV WILLIAM SCORESBY DD / their eldest son born Oct 5th 1789/died at Torquay March 21 1857 / also THOMAS SCORESBY MD born / Sept 17th 1804 died in U.S. March 11th 1866 / also JOHN, JOHN, SMITH, ANN, EDMUND / RACHEL & HORATIO died in their infancy / This stone was erected in affectionate / remembrance by MARY CLARK & ARABELLA JACKSON / surviving daughters of the above WILLIAM and / LADY MARY SCORESBY / MARY CLARK died at Grosmont / March 17th 1876 aged 88'

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Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Scoresby, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 28/4/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Whaler
Organisation:

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Recorder: B.Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters