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List of Vessels owned or chartered by Hazen, Simonds & White in their business at St. John, A. D., 1764–1774.
| Name of Vessel. | Names of Masters. |
|---|---|
| Schooner Wilmot, | William Story. |
| Sloop Bachellor, | Ebenezer Eaton. |
| Schooner Polly. | Jas. Stickney, Jona'n. Leavitt, Hen. Brookings, |
| Sloop Peggy and Molly, | Henry Brookings. |
| Sloop St. Johns' Paquet, | Rich'd. Bartelott, Hen. Brookings, Joe. Tellings. |
| Sloop Merrimack, | Jona'n. Leavitt, Samuel Perkins, Daniel Leavitt. |
| Sloop Speedwell, | Nathaniel Newman. |
| Schooner Eunice, | James Stickney. |
| Sloop Dolphin. | Daniel Dow. |
| Schooner Betsey, | Jonathan Leavitt. |
| Sloop Woodbridge, | David Stickney. |
| Schooner Humbird, | Jonathan Leavitt. |
| Sloop Sally, | Nathaniel Newman. |
| Schooner Seaflower, | Benjamin Batchelder, Jonathan Leavitt. |
| Sloop Deborah, | Edward Atwood. |
| Sloop Kingfisher, | Jonathan Eaton. |
| Schooner Sunbury. | Jonathan Leavitt, Daniel Leavitt. |
Of the vessels enumerated, the Wilmot, Polly, Peggy and Molly, St. John's Paquet, Merrimack and probably one or two others, were owned by the company. This will account for the fact that the captains of these vessels were frequently transferred from one to another. This happened whenever a vessel was sent to the West Indies, in which case she was sailed by Jeremiah Pecker, Thomas Davis or Jonathan Blodget, who were familiar with the voyage in that direction.
The register of the sloop Merrimack (the only one that has been preserved) shows her to have been a square sterned vessel of 80 tons, built at Newbury in 1762. She was in the company's service in 1767 and was purchased in 1771 for £150. She was wrecked near St. John about four years later; her rigging and stores were saved from the sea only to be carried off soon after, by a party of Yankee marauders, to Machias. The St. John's Paquet was sold in 1770, and the Merrimack was probably bought to replace her. The smaller vessels of the company, such as the Polly, were often employed in the fishery.
Immediately after the formation of the company, in March, 1764, Richard Simonds appears to have gone