Father: Capt. William Wilson, b. Oct 07, 1761 South Kingstown, R.I.; d. Feb 27, 1846 South Kingstown, R.I.; son of Samuel Wilson and Hannah Case.
Mother: Lucy Carpenter, b. circa 1786, South Kingstown, R.I.; d. July 08, 1826 , South Kingstown, R.I.; dau. of Ephraim Carpenter and Mary Rodman.
Sources:
"The Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, R.I.", New England Historical Genealogical Register v 411, pg. 309.
"Capt Benjamin Rodman Carpenter Wilson, the king of whalemen and prince of the sea, was born in South Kingstown May 25th, 1805. At the age of five years he was placed at school, under the instruction of Robert F. Noyes, who was succeeded by William Nichols. At the age of eighteen he sailed from New Bedford on a whaling voyage to the South Pacific ocean. On this voyage he studied navigation and kept the ship's reckoning. He performed his next voyage in the capacity of a boat steerer, and his third voyage as chief mate, and in that capacity he sailed around Cape Horn. He next took charge of a ship and went upon the coast of Brazil, and in ten months and seven days returned with a full cargo. His share amounted to eighteen hundred dollars. He sailed the second time around Cape Horn, and afterward around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian ocean. He afterward, in company with Ellet L. Perkins, run the Cory Hotel, in New Bedford. His life was one of adventure, and it reads like romance. He died August 22d, 1869, aged 64 years, and was buried in the Presbyterian grounds at Tower Hill. "
History of Washington and Kent counties: Rhode Island, including ..., Volume 1, By J. R. Cole, (1889)
Mother: Lucy Carpenter, b. circa 1786, South Kingstown, R.I.; d. July 08, 1826 , South Kingstown, R.I.; dau. of Ephraim Carpenter and Mary Rodman.
Sources:
"The Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, R.I.", New England Historical Genealogical Register v 411, pg. 309.
"Capt Benjamin Rodman Carpenter Wilson, the king of whalemen and prince of the sea, was born in South Kingstown May 25th, 1805. At the age of five years he was placed at school, under the instruction of Robert F. Noyes, who was succeeded by William Nichols. At the age of eighteen he sailed from New Bedford on a whaling voyage to the South Pacific ocean. On this voyage he studied navigation and kept the ship's reckoning. He performed his next voyage in the capacity of a boat steerer, and his third voyage as chief mate, and in that capacity he sailed around Cape Horn. He next took charge of a ship and went upon the coast of Brazil, and in ten months and seven days returned with a full cargo. His share amounted to eighteen hundred dollars. He sailed the second time around Cape Horn, and afterward around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian ocean. He afterward, in company with Ellet L. Perkins, run the Cory Hotel, in New Bedford. His life was one of adventure, and it reads like romance. He died August 22d, 1869, aged 64 years, and was buried in the Presbyterian grounds at Tower Hill. "
History of Washington and Kent counties: Rhode Island, including ..., Volume 1, By J. R. Cole, (1889)
Father: Capt. William Wilson, b. Oct 07, 1761 South Kingstown, R.I.; d. Feb 27, 1846 South Kingstown, R.I.; son of Samuel Wilson and Hannah Case.
Mother: Lucy Carpenter, b. circa 1786, South Kingstown, R.I.; d. July 08, 1826 , South Kingstown, R.I.; dau. of Ephraim Carpenter and Mary Rodman.
Sources:
"The Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, R.I.", New England Historical Genealogical Register v 411, pg. 309.
"Capt Benjamin Rodman Carpenter Wilson, the king of whalemen and prince of the sea, was born in South Kingstown May 25th, 1805. At the age of five years he was placed at school, under the instruction of Robert F. Noyes, who was succeeded by William Nichols. At the age of eighteen he sailed from New Bedford on a whaling voyage to the South Pacific ocean. On this voyage he studied navigation and kept the ship's reckoning. He performed his next voyage in the capacity of a boat steerer, and his third voyage as chief mate, and in that capacity he sailed around Cape Horn. He next took charge of a ship and went upon the coast of Brazil, and in ten months and seven days returned with a full cargo. His share amounted to eighteen hundred dollars. He sailed the second time around Cape Horn, and afterward around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian ocean. He afterward, in company with Ellet L. Perkins, run the Cory Hotel, in New Bedford. His life was one of adventure, and it reads like romance. He died August 22d, 1869, aged 64 years, and was buried in the Presbyterian grounds at Tower Hill. "
History of Washington and Kent counties: Rhode Island, including ..., Volume 1, By J. R. Cole, (1889)
Mother: Lucy Carpenter, b. circa 1786, South Kingstown, R.I.; d. July 08, 1826 , South Kingstown, R.I.; dau. of Ephraim Carpenter and Mary Rodman.
Sources:
"The Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, R.I.", New England Historical Genealogical Register v 411, pg. 309.
"Capt Benjamin Rodman Carpenter Wilson, the king of whalemen and prince of the sea, was born in South Kingstown May 25th, 1805. At the age of five years he was placed at school, under the instruction of Robert F. Noyes, who was succeeded by William Nichols. At the age of eighteen he sailed from New Bedford on a whaling voyage to the South Pacific ocean. On this voyage he studied navigation and kept the ship's reckoning. He performed his next voyage in the capacity of a boat steerer, and his third voyage as chief mate, and in that capacity he sailed around Cape Horn. He next took charge of a ship and went upon the coast of Brazil, and in ten months and seven days returned with a full cargo. His share amounted to eighteen hundred dollars. He sailed the second time around Cape Horn, and afterward around the Cape of Good Hope and into the Indian ocean. He afterward, in company with Ellet L. Perkins, run the Cory Hotel, in New Bedford. His life was one of adventure, and it reads like romance. He died August 22d, 1869, aged 64 years, and was buried in the Presbyterian grounds at Tower Hill. "
History of Washington and Kent counties: Rhode Island, including ..., Volume 1, By J. R. Cole, (1889)
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