Captain Luther Cudworth

Notes:

From the book A History of the Town of Freetown:
Schooner Carrier. Built for Captain Luther Cudworth at the ship yard on Water street. The last vessel built in Freetown. Altered into a Brigantine in 1851. Sunk in a collision off the New Jersey coast in 1852. Loaded with sugar for New York. A total loss. The crew escaped in the yawl boat, which was sent to Assonet. The last vessel hailing from Freetown that engaged in foreign trade.

Family/Spouse: Betsey Phillips. Betsey (daughter of Darius Phillips and Olive Briggs) was born in 1805 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 15 May 1891 in Assonet, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Assonet Burying Ground, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]