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Robert was a ship Captain who sailed from Searsport (Waldo County) Maine according to the book Searsport Sea Captains by Colonel Frederick Frasier Black (1960) p. 102.
According to that source, he sailed on the following vessels: the schooner Coral (1846-1848, after his brother Welcome gave it up); the schooner Henry Dunster (1854 and 1859); the brig Marshall Dutch (1858-1860); the brig Harriet H. McGilvery (1863); the brig Manson (1867-1869); the brig L.M. Merritt (1872); and the brig Stephen Bishop (1872-1877).
He was Captain of the brig Stephen Bishop when he died and was buried at sea.
Looking for her grave site 2014
Robert was a ship Captain who sailed from Searsport (Waldo County) Maine according to the book Searsport Sea Captains by Colonel Frederick Frasier Black (1960) p. 102.
According to that source, he sailed on the following vessels: the schooner Coral (1846-1848, after his brother Welcome gave it up); the schooner Henry Dunster (1854 and 1859); the brig Marshall Dutch (1858-1860); the brig Harriet H. McGilvery (1863); the brig Manson (1867-1869); the brig L.M. Merritt (1872); and the brig Stephen Bishop (1872-1877).
He was Captain of the brig Stephen Bishop when he died and was buried at sea.
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Died at Sea
Family Members
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Jane Pendleton Gilkey Coombs
1807–1884
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Capt Philip Gilkey Jr
1808–1873
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Capt Isaac Gilkey
1811–1887
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Grace Gilkey
1813–1828
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Lydia H Gilkey Pendleton
1815–1880
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Judith Pendleton Gilkey Hardy
1817–1899
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Welcome Gilkey
1819–1821
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Capt Royal Frank Gilkey Sr
1821–1906
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Capt Welcome Gilkey II
1823–1913
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Anna Cushing Gilkey Ross
1823–1901
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Capt Lincoln B Gilkey
1825–1895
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Mary Palmer Gilkey Ross
1829–1912
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Capt Pyam Loring Gilkey Sr
1831–1871
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Judith Pendleton Gilkey
1836–1872
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