Clement3 Skolfield (William2 , Thomas1)was born circa 1797 in Bruinswick, Maine;married Anna Skolfield daughter of Stephen (7) Skolfield and Margaret Knowles, on 19 June 1818 in Brunswick, Maine. He died 4 October 1825
His Naval career, as recounted by Erminee Reynolds and Kenneth R. Martin, in The Skolfields And Their Ships is outlined as;
Clement Skolfield 1797 to 1825, mariner, son of William and Sarah (Rideout) Skolfield. Clement was nineteen when, in 1816, he shipped as the cook on board William King's ship "Resolution" of Bath, bound to Surinam. His wages, incidentally, were $13.00 per month, but after his
advances and the required sailors' hospital deductions were
subtracted, he netted $39.37 for four months at sea. In 1818, with his cousins Thomas and Robert, he served
on board the Bath brig "William". In September 1819, the same three Skolfield seamen were aboard the brig "Acton", William Stanwood, master, for a voyage to Bermuda. Departing Bermuda for the West Indies, the "Acton" ran into heavy gales, sprung a leak, and with both pumps going, bore up for Santiago Off Cape Maisi, a hermaphrodite brig bore down on the "Acton". She proved to be the privateer "Franklin" of Margaretta, which, hostile to the Spanish, declined to supply hands for a Cuba-bound vessel. Instead, the "Franklin" crewmen helped themselves to a puncheon of the "Acton's" rum, ironically drawing a worthless bill for it to the governor of Santiago, The "Acton" was condemned at Santiago. Her skipper took passage home on board the brig "Pearl." The crew, likewise, was returned home, possibly working at their passage in other vessels. Clement sailed again in 1820, on board the schooner "Carr", Joseph Merryman of Harpswell, master, for New Smyna, Florida. Where live oak for the Navy was loaded and taken to Alexandria, Virginia. In 1825, Clement signed on board the brig "Richmond" of Philadelphia for two voyages. Captain Harrison's sworn deposition, turned in at that port on December 17,1825, states that Clement Skolfield was lost overboard on the Richmond's outward passage.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
His Naval career, as recounted by Erminee Reynolds and Kenneth R. Martin, in The Skolfields And Their Ships is outlined as;
Clement Skolfield 1797 to 1825, mariner, son of William and Sarah (Rideout) Skolfield. Clement was nineteen when, in 1816, he shipped as the cook on board William King's ship "Resolution" of Bath, bound to Surinam. His wages, incidentally, were $13.00 per month, but after his
advances and the required sailors' hospital deductions were
subtracted, he netted $39.37 for four months at sea. In 1818, with his cousins Thomas and Robert, he served
on board the Bath brig "William". In September 1819, the same three Skolfield seamen were aboard the brig "Acton", William Stanwood, master, for a voyage to Bermuda. Departing Bermuda for the West Indies, the "Acton" ran into heavy gales, sprung a leak, and with both pumps going, bore up for Santiago Off Cape Maisi, a hermaphrodite brig bore down on the "Acton". She proved to be the privateer "Franklin" of Margaretta, which, hostile to the Spanish, declined to supply hands for a Cuba-bound vessel. Instead, the "Franklin" crewmen helped themselves to a puncheon of the "Acton's" rum, ironically drawing a worthless bill for it to the governor of Santiago, The "Acton" was condemned at Santiago. Her skipper took passage home on board the brig "Pearl." The crew, likewise, was returned home, possibly working at their passage in other vessels. Clement sailed again in 1820, on board the schooner "Carr", Joseph Merryman of Harpswell, master, for New Smyna, Florida. Where live oak for the Navy was loaded and taken to Alexandria, Virginia. In 1825, Clement signed on board the brig "Richmond" of Philadelphia for two voyages. Captain Harrison's sworn deposition, turned in at that port on December 17,1825, states that Clement Skolfield was lost overboard on the Richmond's outward passage.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
Clement3 Skolfield (William2 , Thomas1)was born circa 1797 in Bruinswick, Maine;married Anna Skolfield daughter of Stephen (7) Skolfield and Margaret Knowles, on 19 June 1818 in Brunswick, Maine. He died 4 October 1825
His Naval career, as recounted by Erminee Reynolds and Kenneth R. Martin, in The Skolfields And Their Ships is outlined as;
Clement Skolfield 1797 to 1825, mariner, son of William and Sarah (Rideout) Skolfield. Clement was nineteen when, in 1816, he shipped as the cook on board William King's ship "Resolution" of Bath, bound to Surinam. His wages, incidentally, were $13.00 per month, but after his
advances and the required sailors' hospital deductions were
subtracted, he netted $39.37 for four months at sea. In 1818, with his cousins Thomas and Robert, he served
on board the Bath brig "William". In September 1819, the same three Skolfield seamen were aboard the brig "Acton", William Stanwood, master, for a voyage to Bermuda. Departing Bermuda for the West Indies, the "Acton" ran into heavy gales, sprung a leak, and with both pumps going, bore up for Santiago Off Cape Maisi, a hermaphrodite brig bore down on the "Acton". She proved to be the privateer "Franklin" of Margaretta, which, hostile to the Spanish, declined to supply hands for a Cuba-bound vessel. Instead, the "Franklin" crewmen helped themselves to a puncheon of the "Acton's" rum, ironically drawing a worthless bill for it to the governor of Santiago, The "Acton" was condemned at Santiago. Her skipper took passage home on board the brig "Pearl." The crew, likewise, was returned home, possibly working at their passage in other vessels. Clement sailed again in 1820, on board the schooner "Carr", Joseph Merryman of Harpswell, master, for New Smyna, Florida. Where live oak for the Navy was loaded and taken to Alexandria, Virginia. In 1825, Clement signed on board the brig "Richmond" of Philadelphia for two voyages. Captain Harrison's sworn deposition, turned in at that port on December 17,1825, states that Clement Skolfield was lost overboard on the Richmond's outward passage.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
His Naval career, as recounted by Erminee Reynolds and Kenneth R. Martin, in The Skolfields And Their Ships is outlined as;
Clement Skolfield 1797 to 1825, mariner, son of William and Sarah (Rideout) Skolfield. Clement was nineteen when, in 1816, he shipped as the cook on board William King's ship "Resolution" of Bath, bound to Surinam. His wages, incidentally, were $13.00 per month, but after his
advances and the required sailors' hospital deductions were
subtracted, he netted $39.37 for four months at sea. In 1818, with his cousins Thomas and Robert, he served
on board the Bath brig "William". In September 1819, the same three Skolfield seamen were aboard the brig "Acton", William Stanwood, master, for a voyage to Bermuda. Departing Bermuda for the West Indies, the "Acton" ran into heavy gales, sprung a leak, and with both pumps going, bore up for Santiago Off Cape Maisi, a hermaphrodite brig bore down on the "Acton". She proved to be the privateer "Franklin" of Margaretta, which, hostile to the Spanish, declined to supply hands for a Cuba-bound vessel. Instead, the "Franklin" crewmen helped themselves to a puncheon of the "Acton's" rum, ironically drawing a worthless bill for it to the governor of Santiago, The "Acton" was condemned at Santiago. Her skipper took passage home on board the brig "Pearl." The crew, likewise, was returned home, possibly working at their passage in other vessels. Clement sailed again in 1820, on board the schooner "Carr", Joseph Merryman of Harpswell, master, for New Smyna, Florida. Where live oak for the Navy was loaded and taken to Alexandria, Virginia. In 1825, Clement signed on board the brig "Richmond" of Philadelphia for two voyages. Captain Harrison's sworn deposition, turned in at that port on December 17,1825, states that Clement Skolfield was lost overboard on the Richmond's outward passage.
Taken from a book:
"Decendants of Thomas Skolfield"
1707-1796 by "Ester S. deVries"
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