Son of Capt. Zenas Weeks and Chloe Blossom.
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The last survivor of the whaling ship Essex. The ship was attacked by a whale in the Pacific ocean leading to the death of most of the crew. Seth , a young man at the time survived and returned to Barnstable. He eventually became a Captain himself.
The story of the Essex was the basis of Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick"
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The last survivor of the whaling ship Essex. The ship was attacked by a whale in the Pacific ocean leading to the death of most of the crew. Seth , a young man at the time survived and returned to Barnstable. He eventually became a Captain himself.
The story of the Essex was the basis of Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick"
Son of Capt. Zenas Weeks and Chloe Blossom.
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The last survivor of the whaling ship Essex. The ship was attacked by a whale in the Pacific ocean leading to the death of most of the crew. Seth , a young man at the time survived and returned to Barnstable. He eventually became a Captain himself.
The story of the Essex was the basis of Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick"
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The last survivor of the whaling ship Essex. The ship was attacked by a whale in the Pacific ocean leading to the death of most of the crew. Seth , a young man at the time survived and returned to Barnstable. He eventually became a Captain himself.
The story of the Essex was the basis of Herman Melville's book "Moby Dick"
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Capt. Seth Weeks
died Sept.12, 1887
aged 84 yrs., 6 m's
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