Son of Elisha Vibbert and Hannah Northrup (later wife of Daniel Hoyt, later wife of Isaac Godfrey), husband of Priscilla Moore, whom he married on July 20, 1808, in New York, and father of Julia Priscilla (married William W. Holmes) and William Elisha Vibbert.
Marriage - Vibbert, William Capt. married Priscilla Moore in New York, (cc July 20, 1808)
William was described as a Shipmaster of New York City, New York in 1815.
Obituary- New York, Dec. 21 - Melancholy Shipwreck - It is our painful duty to record the loss of the valuable ship, America, Capt. Vibberts, with a very valuable cargo of Dry Goods, Silks, Giners, Gum, and Sugar, bound from Calcutta to this port. She sailed from Calcutta on the 1st of June and lay to 30 days off the Cape of Good Hope in gales of wind. After this nothing material happened until she came in sight of her destined port. We have had an opportunity of seeing one of the seamen who reached this city last evening about 6 o'clock, from whom we have gathered the following particulars of her shipwreck:- On Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock, the wind being about E.N.E. blowing heavy and weather thick, the ship struck very heavy, her rudder was immediately knocked off, and she then fell broadside on the shore; the weather lanyards were immediately cut away, and her three masts went over the side together. Capt. Vibberts, the two supercargoes, and 11 men, jumped into the long boat on deck, which was immediately washed from the ship, capsized and dreadful to relate, every soul in her perished. The remainder of the crew, 11 in number, lashed themselves to the quarter deck, which parted from the ship in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, and drifted on shore about dark. One of the men was badly wounded, and all so much exhausted that but two were able to walk. The body of Capt. Vibberts was picked up on the shore yesterday morning. The Ship went to pieces in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, about a half mile south of Sandy Hook Light, and on Monday morning not a vestige of her was to be seen. A considerable part of her cargo drove ashore, and it is supposed that about Ten Thousand Dollars worth will be saved - inhabitant were securing what could be taken from the shore. We understand the velles and cargo is insured in this city for about Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. The Revenue Cutter, the Pilot Boat William Bayard, and several lighters have gone down to secure as much of the cargo as possible. The following is a list of Officers and crew lost:
Captain Vibberts, of New York;
Mr. Garrigus and Mr. Fleed, Supercargoes, both of Philadelphia.
Mr. Lawson, second mate, shipped at Calcutta, belongs to Connecticut.
Seamen - Thomas Pryor, George Hughes, John Minuse, Samuel Dobbins, (cooper) John Holmes, William Jones, Neil Patterson, and West, (a black boy belonging to Capt. Vibberts, all belonging to New York. Three other seamen were lost, names not collected. - Daily Advertiser.
Also - The pilot-boat Clinton has come up from the wreck America, with a part of the cargo, consisting of piece goods, guns, &c. She also brought up the body of Capt. Vibberts, John Minugh, the second mate, and 4 seaman, were interred at the Hook* yesterday. Neither of the supercargoes have yet been found. But a small part of the cargo will be saved.
Also - Drowned from the wreck of Ship "America", Capt Vibbert, from Calcutta for this place, on Sunday evening last. The funeral of Capt William Vibbert, will take place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock from this house of his brother in law, Mr Daniel Corning, No. 76, Rivington St. The friends and acquaintances, generally those of his father in law, Mr D Moore....
(*All burials at the Hook were moved in 1909 to Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn and only a brass memorial plaque remains.)
(Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 for William Vibbert, Volume 028 Part 2 East Hartford, page 878; Captain William Vibbert / Priscilla Moore in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Call Number 485692; 1810 United States Federal Census; New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920; Mercantile Advertiser (NY NY) Sat, Dec 25, 1819; Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Tuesday, December 28, 1819, page 3; "New Rochelle Tombstone Inscriptions" New Rochelle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, New Rochelle, NY. Published in 1941)
Marriage - Vibbert, William Capt. married Priscilla Moore in New York, (cc July 20, 1808)
William was described as a Shipmaster of New York City, New York in 1815.
Obituary- New York, Dec. 21 - Melancholy Shipwreck - It is our painful duty to record the loss of the valuable ship, America, Capt. Vibberts, with a very valuable cargo of Dry Goods, Silks, Giners, Gum, and Sugar, bound from Calcutta to this port. She sailed from Calcutta on the 1st of June and lay to 30 days off the Cape of Good Hope in gales of wind. After this nothing material happened until she came in sight of her destined port. We have had an opportunity of seeing one of the seamen who reached this city last evening about 6 o'clock, from whom we have gathered the following particulars of her shipwreck:- On Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock, the wind being about E.N.E. blowing heavy and weather thick, the ship struck very heavy, her rudder was immediately knocked off, and she then fell broadside on the shore; the weather lanyards were immediately cut away, and her three masts went over the side together. Capt. Vibberts, the two supercargoes, and 11 men, jumped into the long boat on deck, which was immediately washed from the ship, capsized and dreadful to relate, every soul in her perished. The remainder of the crew, 11 in number, lashed themselves to the quarter deck, which parted from the ship in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, and drifted on shore about dark. One of the men was badly wounded, and all so much exhausted that but two were able to walk. The body of Capt. Vibberts was picked up on the shore yesterday morning. The Ship went to pieces in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, about a half mile south of Sandy Hook Light, and on Monday morning not a vestige of her was to be seen. A considerable part of her cargo drove ashore, and it is supposed that about Ten Thousand Dollars worth will be saved - inhabitant were securing what could be taken from the shore. We understand the velles and cargo is insured in this city for about Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. The Revenue Cutter, the Pilot Boat William Bayard, and several lighters have gone down to secure as much of the cargo as possible. The following is a list of Officers and crew lost:
Captain Vibberts, of New York;
Mr. Garrigus and Mr. Fleed, Supercargoes, both of Philadelphia.
Mr. Lawson, second mate, shipped at Calcutta, belongs to Connecticut.
Seamen - Thomas Pryor, George Hughes, John Minuse, Samuel Dobbins, (cooper) John Holmes, William Jones, Neil Patterson, and West, (a black boy belonging to Capt. Vibberts, all belonging to New York. Three other seamen were lost, names not collected. - Daily Advertiser.
Also - The pilot-boat Clinton has come up from the wreck America, with a part of the cargo, consisting of piece goods, guns, &c. She also brought up the body of Capt. Vibberts, John Minugh, the second mate, and 4 seaman, were interred at the Hook* yesterday. Neither of the supercargoes have yet been found. But a small part of the cargo will be saved.
Also - Drowned from the wreck of Ship "America", Capt Vibbert, from Calcutta for this place, on Sunday evening last. The funeral of Capt William Vibbert, will take place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock from this house of his brother in law, Mr Daniel Corning, No. 76, Rivington St. The friends and acquaintances, generally those of his father in law, Mr D Moore....
(*All burials at the Hook were moved in 1909 to Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn and only a brass memorial plaque remains.)
(Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 for William Vibbert, Volume 028 Part 2 East Hartford, page 878; Captain William Vibbert / Priscilla Moore in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Call Number 485692; 1810 United States Federal Census; New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920; Mercantile Advertiser (NY NY) Sat, Dec 25, 1819; Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Tuesday, December 28, 1819, page 3; "New Rochelle Tombstone Inscriptions" New Rochelle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, New Rochelle, NY. Published in 1941)
Son of Elisha Vibbert and Hannah Northrup (later wife of Daniel Hoyt, later wife of Isaac Godfrey), husband of Priscilla Moore, whom he married on July 20, 1808, in New York, and father of Julia Priscilla (married William W. Holmes) and William Elisha Vibbert.
Marriage - Vibbert, William Capt. married Priscilla Moore in New York, (cc July 20, 1808)
William was described as a Shipmaster of New York City, New York in 1815.
Obituary- New York, Dec. 21 - Melancholy Shipwreck - It is our painful duty to record the loss of the valuable ship, America, Capt. Vibberts, with a very valuable cargo of Dry Goods, Silks, Giners, Gum, and Sugar, bound from Calcutta to this port. She sailed from Calcutta on the 1st of June and lay to 30 days off the Cape of Good Hope in gales of wind. After this nothing material happened until she came in sight of her destined port. We have had an opportunity of seeing one of the seamen who reached this city last evening about 6 o'clock, from whom we have gathered the following particulars of her shipwreck:- On Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock, the wind being about E.N.E. blowing heavy and weather thick, the ship struck very heavy, her rudder was immediately knocked off, and she then fell broadside on the shore; the weather lanyards were immediately cut away, and her three masts went over the side together. Capt. Vibberts, the two supercargoes, and 11 men, jumped into the long boat on deck, which was immediately washed from the ship, capsized and dreadful to relate, every soul in her perished. The remainder of the crew, 11 in number, lashed themselves to the quarter deck, which parted from the ship in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, and drifted on shore about dark. One of the men was badly wounded, and all so much exhausted that but two were able to walk. The body of Capt. Vibberts was picked up on the shore yesterday morning. The Ship went to pieces in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, about a half mile south of Sandy Hook Light, and on Monday morning not a vestige of her was to be seen. A considerable part of her cargo drove ashore, and it is supposed that about Ten Thousand Dollars worth will be saved - inhabitant were securing what could be taken from the shore. We understand the velles and cargo is insured in this city for about Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. The Revenue Cutter, the Pilot Boat William Bayard, and several lighters have gone down to secure as much of the cargo as possible. The following is a list of Officers and crew lost:
Captain Vibberts, of New York;
Mr. Garrigus and Mr. Fleed, Supercargoes, both of Philadelphia.
Mr. Lawson, second mate, shipped at Calcutta, belongs to Connecticut.
Seamen - Thomas Pryor, George Hughes, John Minuse, Samuel Dobbins, (cooper) John Holmes, William Jones, Neil Patterson, and West, (a black boy belonging to Capt. Vibberts, all belonging to New York. Three other seamen were lost, names not collected. - Daily Advertiser.
Also - The pilot-boat Clinton has come up from the wreck America, with a part of the cargo, consisting of piece goods, guns, &c. She also brought up the body of Capt. Vibberts, John Minugh, the second mate, and 4 seaman, were interred at the Hook* yesterday. Neither of the supercargoes have yet been found. But a small part of the cargo will be saved.
Also - Drowned from the wreck of Ship "America", Capt Vibbert, from Calcutta for this place, on Sunday evening last. The funeral of Capt William Vibbert, will take place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock from this house of his brother in law, Mr Daniel Corning, No. 76, Rivington St. The friends and acquaintances, generally those of his father in law, Mr D Moore....
(*All burials at the Hook were moved in 1909 to Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn and only a brass memorial plaque remains.)
(Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 for William Vibbert, Volume 028 Part 2 East Hartford, page 878; Captain William Vibbert / Priscilla Moore in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Call Number 485692; 1810 United States Federal Census; New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920; Mercantile Advertiser (NY NY) Sat, Dec 25, 1819; Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Tuesday, December 28, 1819, page 3; "New Rochelle Tombstone Inscriptions" New Rochelle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, New Rochelle, NY. Published in 1941)
Marriage - Vibbert, William Capt. married Priscilla Moore in New York, (cc July 20, 1808)
William was described as a Shipmaster of New York City, New York in 1815.
Obituary- New York, Dec. 21 - Melancholy Shipwreck - It is our painful duty to record the loss of the valuable ship, America, Capt. Vibberts, with a very valuable cargo of Dry Goods, Silks, Giners, Gum, and Sugar, bound from Calcutta to this port. She sailed from Calcutta on the 1st of June and lay to 30 days off the Cape of Good Hope in gales of wind. After this nothing material happened until she came in sight of her destined port. We have had an opportunity of seeing one of the seamen who reached this city last evening about 6 o'clock, from whom we have gathered the following particulars of her shipwreck:- On Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock, the wind being about E.N.E. blowing heavy and weather thick, the ship struck very heavy, her rudder was immediately knocked off, and she then fell broadside on the shore; the weather lanyards were immediately cut away, and her three masts went over the side together. Capt. Vibberts, the two supercargoes, and 11 men, jumped into the long boat on deck, which was immediately washed from the ship, capsized and dreadful to relate, every soul in her perished. The remainder of the crew, 11 in number, lashed themselves to the quarter deck, which parted from the ship in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, and drifted on shore about dark. One of the men was badly wounded, and all so much exhausted that but two were able to walk. The body of Capt. Vibberts was picked up on the shore yesterday morning. The Ship went to pieces in about an hour and a half from the time she struck, about a half mile south of Sandy Hook Light, and on Monday morning not a vestige of her was to be seen. A considerable part of her cargo drove ashore, and it is supposed that about Ten Thousand Dollars worth will be saved - inhabitant were securing what could be taken from the shore. We understand the velles and cargo is insured in this city for about Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. The Revenue Cutter, the Pilot Boat William Bayard, and several lighters have gone down to secure as much of the cargo as possible. The following is a list of Officers and crew lost:
Captain Vibberts, of New York;
Mr. Garrigus and Mr. Fleed, Supercargoes, both of Philadelphia.
Mr. Lawson, second mate, shipped at Calcutta, belongs to Connecticut.
Seamen - Thomas Pryor, George Hughes, John Minuse, Samuel Dobbins, (cooper) John Holmes, William Jones, Neil Patterson, and West, (a black boy belonging to Capt. Vibberts, all belonging to New York. Three other seamen were lost, names not collected. - Daily Advertiser.
Also - The pilot-boat Clinton has come up from the wreck America, with a part of the cargo, consisting of piece goods, guns, &c. She also brought up the body of Capt. Vibberts, John Minugh, the second mate, and 4 seaman, were interred at the Hook* yesterday. Neither of the supercargoes have yet been found. But a small part of the cargo will be saved.
Also - Drowned from the wreck of Ship "America", Capt Vibbert, from Calcutta for this place, on Sunday evening last. The funeral of Capt William Vibbert, will take place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, at 3 o'clock from this house of his brother in law, Mr Daniel Corning, No. 76, Rivington St. The friends and acquaintances, generally those of his father in law, Mr D Moore....
(*All burials at the Hook were moved in 1909 to Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn and only a brass memorial plaque remains.)
(Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 for William Vibbert, Volume 028 Part 2 East Hartford, page 878; Captain William Vibbert / Priscilla Moore in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Call Number 485692; 1810 United States Federal Census; New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920; Mercantile Advertiser (NY NY) Sat, Dec 25, 1819; Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Tuesday, December 28, 1819, page 3; "New Rochelle Tombstone Inscriptions" New Rochelle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, New Rochelle, NY. Published in 1941)
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