WILLIAM DAGGETT 3RD
William Daggett 3rd was born February 20, 1797 in the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts located on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. He was the son of William Daggett 2nd and Jane Daggett.
He married Rebecca Daggett on Dec 12, 1819 in Tisbury, Massachusetts. They had 3 children - William 4th, John Tobey, and Emma Cobb Daggett.
William Daggett 3rd was a mariner employed in the whaling trade. One of his first known voyages was on the sloop Elizabeth to the Cape Verde Islands in 1815. He went on the whaling ship George and Martha to Patagonia from 1830 to 1832. In 1832, he went on a four year voyage to the Pacific Ocean on the whaling ship Oscar under the command of Captain Charles Downs.
In 1836 William Daggett 3rd became Captain of the ship Oscar and embarked on a voyage to the Pacific sailing east from the Atlantic around Africa. From log books, we know that the ship Oscar sailed to the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, the Northwest coast of the United States, Hawaii, western Mexico, Tahiti, the area near Japan and back to Hawaii. Near Japan in August 1838, he wrote in his Bible "Ship Oscar Lat 30' 40'' N Long 150' E from Greenwich Sunday August 19 th 1838 Wm Daggett 3rd". The voyage of William Daggett 3rd on the Oscar came to a an untimely end on Nov. 27, 1838 when the Oscar was driven on the rocks during a gale in the harbor at Honolulu and was sold for salvage.
In the Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838), it was reported that in May 1838 that Capt. Daggett of the ship Oscar had sighted Cure's Island (Kure Atoll) east of Ocean island at Lat 28' 15'" N Long 177' 35" W. This report of Cure's Island was a mistake. In fact, this was the first published report of the location of Midway Island. This is the same Midway island where the aircraft carrier battle occurred during World War II.
In 1839, in the section "New Islands And Reefs In The Pacific", it was reported in The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal, that Capt. Daggett, late master of the Ship Oscar, reported seeing a small sand island in lat. 28, 15 N long. 177, 35 W, not more that three or four miles in circumference and a few feet above the level of the sea. Capt. Daggett sounded within a half mile of the island but could not find bottom. This same information reported in the Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal was repeated in New York Daily Herald on May 31, 1839 on page 3.
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) states that "Midway was originally sighted by Captain Daggett of the New Bedford whaler Oscar in 1839".
William Daggett 3rd next sailed as captain of the whaling ship Sarah Frances to the Pacific Ocean from 1839 to 1843. His brother Isaac Daggett also sailed with him on this voyage.
In addition to his whaling adventures, William Daggett 3rd and his son William Daggett 4th participated in the California gold rush and were listed in the 1850 census as miners in Calaveras County in California.
After his wife Rebecca Daggett died in Tisbury, MA in 1855, William Daggett 3rd moved to Cambridge, Illinois to be with his son William Daggett 4th and daughter Emma Stone. He later moved with his son William Daggett 4th to Cowley County, Kansas around 1870 and died there Jan. 31, 1872. He was buried in Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Kansas.
Sources:
1. Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass 1910 Pages 36, 130
2. The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126 - 145
3. The family Bible of William Daggett 3rd
4. Index Card Extracts Made From 19-century ship's logs of New Bedford Whaling Vessels
New Bedford Free Public Library in New Bedford, MA
http://history.vineyard.net/
5. History of the American Whale Fishery
By Alexander Starbuck
Pages 218, 276, 290, 356
6. The Death of a Whaleman On Oscar's Round-the-World "Voige" , Dukes County Intelligencer, Pages 95-128, Vol 41, No.4, May 2000.
A very good account of the voyage of the Oscar under the command of Captain William Daggett 3rd can be found in this article with a map of the voyage. It also has a good map of the voyage.
7. Honolulu in 1838
By Richard A. Greer
Page 18
Honolulu, Hawaiian Historical Society, 1977
8. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 1, 1838)
9. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838)
10. Reported Dangers To Navigation In The Pacific Ocean
United States Hydrographic Office
Government Printing Office 1871
Page 35-36
11. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) Note: The year 1839 for Captain Daggett cited in this document is incorrect.
12. Whaleman's Shipping List
March 17, 1843 & Sept 26, 1843
13. National Maritime Digital Library
American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database
14. George & Annie Daggett Family
By Merle Leon Daggett
The History of Cowley County Kansas
Cowley County Heritage Book Committee, Southwestern College, New Learning Center, Winfield, KS and Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS
Taylor Publishing Co./Dallas, TX/1990
Library of Congress No. 90-084118
15. The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal
Published By the American Seamen's Friend Society
Page 358, Vol XI, Ending August 1839
New York, G.P. Scott Printer, 1839
16. WhalingHistory.org This website contains logbook data and voyage maps for the Ship Oscar (1836-1838).
17. Archive.org . This website has copies of two different logbooks of the voyage of the whaleship Oscar for the years 1836-1838.
William Daggett 3rd was born February 20, 1797 in the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts located on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. He was the son of William Daggett 2nd and Jane Daggett.
He married Rebecca Daggett on Dec 12, 1819 in Tisbury, Massachusetts. They had 3 children - William 4th, John Tobey, and Emma Cobb Daggett.
William Daggett 3rd was a mariner employed in the whaling trade. One of his first known voyages was on the sloop Elizabeth to the Cape Verde Islands in 1815. He went on the whaling ship George and Martha to Patagonia from 1830 to 1832. In 1832, he went on a four year voyage to the Pacific Ocean on the whaling ship Oscar under the command of Captain Charles Downs.
In 1836 William Daggett 3rd became Captain of the ship Oscar and embarked on a voyage to the Pacific sailing east from the Atlantic around Africa. From log books, we know that the ship Oscar sailed to the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, the Northwest coast of the United States, Hawaii, western Mexico, Tahiti, the area near Japan and back to Hawaii. Near Japan in August 1838, he wrote in his Bible "Ship Oscar Lat 30' 40'' N Long 150' E from Greenwich Sunday August 19 th 1838 Wm Daggett 3rd". The voyage of William Daggett 3rd on the Oscar came to a an untimely end on Nov. 27, 1838 when the Oscar was driven on the rocks during a gale in the harbor at Honolulu and was sold for salvage.
In the Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838), it was reported that in May 1838 that Capt. Daggett of the ship Oscar had sighted Cure's Island (Kure Atoll) east of Ocean island at Lat 28' 15'" N Long 177' 35" W. This report of Cure's Island was a mistake. In fact, this was the first published report of the location of Midway Island. This is the same Midway island where the aircraft carrier battle occurred during World War II.
In 1839, in the section "New Islands And Reefs In The Pacific", it was reported in The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal, that Capt. Daggett, late master of the Ship Oscar, reported seeing a small sand island in lat. 28, 15 N long. 177, 35 W, not more that three or four miles in circumference and a few feet above the level of the sea. Capt. Daggett sounded within a half mile of the island but could not find bottom. This same information reported in the Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal was repeated in New York Daily Herald on May 31, 1839 on page 3.
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) states that "Midway was originally sighted by Captain Daggett of the New Bedford whaler Oscar in 1839".
William Daggett 3rd next sailed as captain of the whaling ship Sarah Frances to the Pacific Ocean from 1839 to 1843. His brother Isaac Daggett also sailed with him on this voyage.
In addition to his whaling adventures, William Daggett 3rd and his son William Daggett 4th participated in the California gold rush and were listed in the 1850 census as miners in Calaveras County in California.
After his wife Rebecca Daggett died in Tisbury, MA in 1855, William Daggett 3rd moved to Cambridge, Illinois to be with his son William Daggett 4th and daughter Emma Stone. He later moved with his son William Daggett 4th to Cowley County, Kansas around 1870 and died there Jan. 31, 1872. He was buried in Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Kansas.
Sources:
1. Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass 1910 Pages 36, 130
2. The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126 - 145
3. The family Bible of William Daggett 3rd
4. Index Card Extracts Made From 19-century ship's logs of New Bedford Whaling Vessels
New Bedford Free Public Library in New Bedford, MA
http://history.vineyard.net/
5. History of the American Whale Fishery
By Alexander Starbuck
Pages 218, 276, 290, 356
6. The Death of a Whaleman On Oscar's Round-the-World "Voige" , Dukes County Intelligencer, Pages 95-128, Vol 41, No.4, May 2000.
A very good account of the voyage of the Oscar under the command of Captain William Daggett 3rd can be found in this article with a map of the voyage. It also has a good map of the voyage.
7. Honolulu in 1838
By Richard A. Greer
Page 18
Honolulu, Hawaiian Historical Society, 1977
8. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 1, 1838)
9. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838)
10. Reported Dangers To Navigation In The Pacific Ocean
United States Hydrographic Office
Government Printing Office 1871
Page 35-36
11. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) Note: The year 1839 for Captain Daggett cited in this document is incorrect.
12. Whaleman's Shipping List
March 17, 1843 & Sept 26, 1843
13. National Maritime Digital Library
American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database
14. George & Annie Daggett Family
By Merle Leon Daggett
The History of Cowley County Kansas
Cowley County Heritage Book Committee, Southwestern College, New Learning Center, Winfield, KS and Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS
Taylor Publishing Co./Dallas, TX/1990
Library of Congress No. 90-084118
15. The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal
Published By the American Seamen's Friend Society
Page 358, Vol XI, Ending August 1839
New York, G.P. Scott Printer, 1839
16. WhalingHistory.org This website contains logbook data and voyage maps for the Ship Oscar (1836-1838).
17. Archive.org . This website has copies of two different logbooks of the voyage of the whaleship Oscar for the years 1836-1838.
WILLIAM DAGGETT 3RD
William Daggett 3rd was born February 20, 1797 in the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts located on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. He was the son of William Daggett 2nd and Jane Daggett.
He married Rebecca Daggett on Dec 12, 1819 in Tisbury, Massachusetts. They had 3 children - William 4th, John Tobey, and Emma Cobb Daggett.
William Daggett 3rd was a mariner employed in the whaling trade. One of his first known voyages was on the sloop Elizabeth to the Cape Verde Islands in 1815. He went on the whaling ship George and Martha to Patagonia from 1830 to 1832. In 1832, he went on a four year voyage to the Pacific Ocean on the whaling ship Oscar under the command of Captain Charles Downs.
In 1836 William Daggett 3rd became Captain of the ship Oscar and embarked on a voyage to the Pacific sailing east from the Atlantic around Africa. From log books, we know that the ship Oscar sailed to the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, the Northwest coast of the United States, Hawaii, western Mexico, Tahiti, the area near Japan and back to Hawaii. Near Japan in August 1838, he wrote in his Bible "Ship Oscar Lat 30' 40'' N Long 150' E from Greenwich Sunday August 19 th 1838 Wm Daggett 3rd". The voyage of William Daggett 3rd on the Oscar came to a an untimely end on Nov. 27, 1838 when the Oscar was driven on the rocks during a gale in the harbor at Honolulu and was sold for salvage.
In the Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838), it was reported that in May 1838 that Capt. Daggett of the ship Oscar had sighted Cure's Island (Kure Atoll) east of Ocean island at Lat 28' 15'" N Long 177' 35" W. This report of Cure's Island was a mistake. In fact, this was the first published report of the location of Midway Island. This is the same Midway island where the aircraft carrier battle occurred during World War II.
In 1839, in the section "New Islands And Reefs In The Pacific", it was reported in The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal, that Capt. Daggett, late master of the Ship Oscar, reported seeing a small sand island in lat. 28, 15 N long. 177, 35 W, not more that three or four miles in circumference and a few feet above the level of the sea. Capt. Daggett sounded within a half mile of the island but could not find bottom. This same information reported in the Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal was repeated in New York Daily Herald on May 31, 1839 on page 3.
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) states that "Midway was originally sighted by Captain Daggett of the New Bedford whaler Oscar in 1839".
William Daggett 3rd next sailed as captain of the whaling ship Sarah Frances to the Pacific Ocean from 1839 to 1843. His brother Isaac Daggett also sailed with him on this voyage.
In addition to his whaling adventures, William Daggett 3rd and his son William Daggett 4th participated in the California gold rush and were listed in the 1850 census as miners in Calaveras County in California.
After his wife Rebecca Daggett died in Tisbury, MA in 1855, William Daggett 3rd moved to Cambridge, Illinois to be with his son William Daggett 4th and daughter Emma Stone. He later moved with his son William Daggett 4th to Cowley County, Kansas around 1870 and died there Jan. 31, 1872. He was buried in Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Kansas.
Sources:
1. Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass 1910 Pages 36, 130
2. The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126 - 145
3. The family Bible of William Daggett 3rd
4. Index Card Extracts Made From 19-century ship's logs of New Bedford Whaling Vessels
New Bedford Free Public Library in New Bedford, MA
http://history.vineyard.net/
5. History of the American Whale Fishery
By Alexander Starbuck
Pages 218, 276, 290, 356
6. The Death of a Whaleman On Oscar's Round-the-World "Voige" , Dukes County Intelligencer, Pages 95-128, Vol 41, No.4, May 2000.
A very good account of the voyage of the Oscar under the command of Captain William Daggett 3rd can be found in this article with a map of the voyage. It also has a good map of the voyage.
7. Honolulu in 1838
By Richard A. Greer
Page 18
Honolulu, Hawaiian Historical Society, 1977
8. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 1, 1838)
9. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838)
10. Reported Dangers To Navigation In The Pacific Ocean
United States Hydrographic Office
Government Printing Office 1871
Page 35-36
11. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) Note: The year 1839 for Captain Daggett cited in this document is incorrect.
12. Whaleman's Shipping List
March 17, 1843 & Sept 26, 1843
13. National Maritime Digital Library
American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database
14. George & Annie Daggett Family
By Merle Leon Daggett
The History of Cowley County Kansas
Cowley County Heritage Book Committee, Southwestern College, New Learning Center, Winfield, KS and Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS
Taylor Publishing Co./Dallas, TX/1990
Library of Congress No. 90-084118
15. The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal
Published By the American Seamen's Friend Society
Page 358, Vol XI, Ending August 1839
New York, G.P. Scott Printer, 1839
16. WhalingHistory.org This website contains logbook data and voyage maps for the Ship Oscar (1836-1838).
17. Archive.org . This website has copies of two different logbooks of the voyage of the whaleship Oscar for the years 1836-1838.
William Daggett 3rd was born February 20, 1797 in the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts located on the Island of Martha's Vineyard. He was the son of William Daggett 2nd and Jane Daggett.
He married Rebecca Daggett on Dec 12, 1819 in Tisbury, Massachusetts. They had 3 children - William 4th, John Tobey, and Emma Cobb Daggett.
William Daggett 3rd was a mariner employed in the whaling trade. One of his first known voyages was on the sloop Elizabeth to the Cape Verde Islands in 1815. He went on the whaling ship George and Martha to Patagonia from 1830 to 1832. In 1832, he went on a four year voyage to the Pacific Ocean on the whaling ship Oscar under the command of Captain Charles Downs.
In 1836 William Daggett 3rd became Captain of the ship Oscar and embarked on a voyage to the Pacific sailing east from the Atlantic around Africa. From log books, we know that the ship Oscar sailed to the Azores, the Cape Verde Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, the Northwest coast of the United States, Hawaii, western Mexico, Tahiti, the area near Japan and back to Hawaii. Near Japan in August 1838, he wrote in his Bible "Ship Oscar Lat 30' 40'' N Long 150' E from Greenwich Sunday August 19 th 1838 Wm Daggett 3rd". The voyage of William Daggett 3rd on the Oscar came to a an untimely end on Nov. 27, 1838 when the Oscar was driven on the rocks during a gale in the harbor at Honolulu and was sold for salvage.
In the Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838), it was reported that in May 1838 that Capt. Daggett of the ship Oscar had sighted Cure's Island (Kure Atoll) east of Ocean island at Lat 28' 15'" N Long 177' 35" W. This report of Cure's Island was a mistake. In fact, this was the first published report of the location of Midway Island. This is the same Midway island where the aircraft carrier battle occurred during World War II.
In 1839, in the section "New Islands And Reefs In The Pacific", it was reported in The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal, that Capt. Daggett, late master of the Ship Oscar, reported seeing a small sand island in lat. 28, 15 N long. 177, 35 W, not more that three or four miles in circumference and a few feet above the level of the sea. Capt. Daggett sounded within a half mile of the island but could not find bottom. This same information reported in the Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal was repeated in New York Daily Herald on May 31, 1839 on page 3.
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) states that "Midway was originally sighted by Captain Daggett of the New Bedford whaler Oscar in 1839".
William Daggett 3rd next sailed as captain of the whaling ship Sarah Frances to the Pacific Ocean from 1839 to 1843. His brother Isaac Daggett also sailed with him on this voyage.
In addition to his whaling adventures, William Daggett 3rd and his son William Daggett 4th participated in the California gold rush and were listed in the 1850 census as miners in Calaveras County in California.
After his wife Rebecca Daggett died in Tisbury, MA in 1855, William Daggett 3rd moved to Cambridge, Illinois to be with his son William Daggett 4th and daughter Emma Stone. He later moved with his son William Daggett 4th to Cowley County, Kansas around 1870 and died there Jan. 31, 1872. He was buried in Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmot, Kansas.
Sources:
1. Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Published By The New England Historic Genealogical Society
At The Charge Of The Eddy Town-Record Fund
Boston, Mass 1910 Pages 36, 130
2. The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126 - 145
3. The family Bible of William Daggett 3rd
4. Index Card Extracts Made From 19-century ship's logs of New Bedford Whaling Vessels
New Bedford Free Public Library in New Bedford, MA
http://history.vineyard.net/
5. History of the American Whale Fishery
By Alexander Starbuck
Pages 218, 276, 290, 356
6. The Death of a Whaleman On Oscar's Round-the-World "Voige" , Dukes County Intelligencer, Pages 95-128, Vol 41, No.4, May 2000.
A very good account of the voyage of the Oscar under the command of Captain William Daggett 3rd can be found in this article with a map of the voyage. It also has a good map of the voyage.
7. Honolulu in 1838
By Richard A. Greer
Page 18
Honolulu, Hawaiian Historical Society, 1977
8. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 1, 1838)
9. Sandwich Island Gazette (Dec 22, 1838)
10. Reported Dangers To Navigation In The Pacific Ocean
United States Hydrographic Office
Government Printing Office 1871
Page 35-36
11. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Management Plan Vol 1 (December 2008) Note: The year 1839 for Captain Daggett cited in this document is incorrect.
12. Whaleman's Shipping List
March 17, 1843 & Sept 26, 1843
13. National Maritime Digital Library
American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database
14. George & Annie Daggett Family
By Merle Leon Daggett
The History of Cowley County Kansas
Cowley County Heritage Book Committee, Southwestern College, New Learning Center, Winfield, KS and Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS
Taylor Publishing Co./Dallas, TX/1990
Library of Congress No. 90-084118
15. The Sailors Magazine and Naval Journal
Published By the American Seamen's Friend Society
Page 358, Vol XI, Ending August 1839
New York, G.P. Scott Printer, 1839
16. WhalingHistory.org This website contains logbook data and voyage maps for the Ship Oscar (1836-1838).
17. Archive.org . This website has copies of two different logbooks of the voyage of the whaleship Oscar for the years 1836-1838.
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