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Bounty was an enlarged reconstruction of the original 1787 Royal Navy sailing ship HMS Bounty, built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in 1960. She sank off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012.
Bearskin Neck Shops in Rockport, MA. Bearskin Neck is a peninsula located on the coastline of Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts. The location played a vital role during the War of 1812. Today it is a tourist destination known for its shops and art galleries. The stores and restaurants are known for jewelry, local artwork, and fresh seafood.
Mr. Russell, On the night of the 5th instant, the sloop Prudence, Captain Alexander Gardner, of Nantucket, was cast ashore and stranded, on the beach, two miles north of Plymouth Light House. There were five men on board; the mate and a passenger was saved, the Captain and his son [Charles Gardner] was found dead; the others not yet found.
Rockport is a seaside town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,992 in 2020. [2] Rockport is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Boston, at the tip of the Cape Ann peninsula. Rockport borders Gloucester to its west, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean in all other directions.
It's located in perilous waters, where there have been many shipwrecks. With the large number of shipwrecks around this area, there was a petition sent from sea captains to erect a light on the island. On April 22, 1771, the provincial government authorized construction of two lighthouses on the island. The lights went on December 21, 1771. [2]
Painting of Mayhew Folger. Original in the collection of the Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio. Mayhew Folger (March 9, 1774 – September 1, 1828) was an American whaler who captained the sealing ship Topaz that rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808, whilst one of HMS Bounty's mutineers was still living.
The area is just west of Rockport's noted Bearskin Neck area. Most of the 28 properties in the district are commercial buildings; there are also three churches, a library, and a number of residences. Only a few of these properties front on the side streets adjacent to Main Street; all abut Main Street.
Hannah Jumper was born in 1781, the sixth of eight children to William and Susan (Parsons) Jumper. According to Eleanor C. Parsons, author of Hannah and the Hatchet Gang; Rockport's Revolt Against Rum, it is reasonable to assume that William, returning home from a Revolutionary War battle, might have named his new daughter after the USS Hannah, the first armed vessel to fly the flag of the ...