On his grave marker, it states that George was a Captain -- and no doubt seafaring was a big part of his life, as it was to his ancestors and his descendants -- but primarily, it seems, he was a businessman and entrepreneur. Between 1830 and 1849, he owned two schooners, two brigantines, and a brig, which were usually mastered on trade expeditions (mostly to the Caribbean) by other captains; he then advertised to sell the dry goods, groceries, and ships' goods that were brought back to Yarmouth. In 1833, he owned a tin 'manufactory', had a farm, owned a fish house and even had an interest in a shoe-making operation. Along the way, he somehow seems to have gained an enemy: just weeks after his 107 ton Brigantine Diamond launched in 1834, there was a failed bombing attempt at his home; had the fuse on the otherwise expertly constructed bomb not gone out, there is no saying what could have happened to George and his young family.
On his grave marker, it states that George was a Captain -- and no doubt seafaring was a big part of his life, as it was to his ancestors and his descendants -- but primarily, it seems, he was a businessman and entrepreneur. Between 1830 and 1849, he owned two schooners, two brigantines, and a brig, which were usually mastered on trade expeditions (mostly to the Caribbean) by other captains; he then advertised to sell the dry goods, groceries, and ships' goods that were brought back to Yarmouth. In 1833, he owned a tin 'manufactory', had a farm, owned a fish house and even had an interest in a shoe-making operation. Along the way, he somehow seems to have gained an enemy: just weeks after his 107 ton Brigantine Diamond launched in 1834, there was a failed bombing attempt at his home; had the fuse on the otherwise expertly constructed bomb not gone out, there is no saying what could have happened to George and his young family.
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