Folder MS0247.01.05

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1979 July 10 sending a “table of contents” of Girdler-Gardner letters, etc. Jim and Win call the collection the “Marblehead Memoir.” Win says she has typed up all the letters in a uniform format, added a couple of wills and other bits and mailed it all off to Reynolds Girdler in Connecticut who will send it to Jim (Harrison). Win thinks copies of the letters should be in the Marblehead Historical Society.

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1979 July 31 discusses the Belknap correspondence, John Girdler’s wife, Emma and baby Samuel, Richard Girdler’s years on school ship “Massachusetts.”

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1979 September 21 corrections and additions to Marblehead Memoir, A.B. Chaffee, Dexter Belknap of 29 February 1865, Sis Belknap to Holsey letter of 1863, Joseph P. Turner, Mary Girdler, Rebecca Dixey, Cowell, Hannah Low and Sara Jane Girdler, locate Jennifer Powell, Mormon Genealogical Library, Thomas Gardner.

Scope and Contents 1979 November 3 DAR “lineage books” mentions Lewis Girdler, Jennie Girdler Morris application for membership, 1901 letter from Win’s Aunt Sarah Swett to Bob’s Aunt Jennie said that Lewis Girdler was taken by the British in 1812 in English waters and had his ship confiscated, Lewis Girdler in ship Cato was at Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1811 to March 1812, in St. Petersburg June 12, 1812, in Hano, Sweden August 3, 1812 – Reynolds Girdler discovered these dates. Change date of birth for...

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1979 November 26 more information about Belknaps (Attached are two certificates of death for Dexter Belknap and Dexter Belknap Jr.

Scope and Contents 1979? (Letter written in pencil on lined tablet paper) could not find a letter from Priscilla to Sarah dated 11-21-78 but did find one dated 11-21-76, copies are enclosed. Biographical outlines of Capt. Lewis and Capt. John, Capt. Lewis was party to a “shotgun wedding,” Sarah Jane Gardner was Capt. John’s second wife, first wife was Emma Knight, looks forward to the development of “Marblehead Memoir.” Intends to copy Capt. John’s Memo book. (Five pages of photocopies attached deal with...

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1980 January 18 RE: Emma B. Knight, first wife of Captain John Girdler

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1980 March 10 Reynolds dug up information on Lewis Girdler through August 1812 believe he was in Old Mill Prison at Plymouth, England (attachment: The Whereabouts of Lewis Girdler, 1811-1813)

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1980 April 25 reports finding information from the Marblehead Ledger, 26 Sept. 1860 on the ship R.H. Dixey total loss at Mobile Bay, Capt. Dixey and 15 sailors drowned, State School Ship Massachusetts, Capt. Girdler arrived in Salem Harbor; petition of Wm. Girdler, a mariner, employed in expedition to Cape Breton, petition denied.

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1980 April 30 Jim (Harrison) will get Aunt Jennie’s journal kept on the R.H. Dixey, writing to MIT for John Gardner Low papers. Marion Gosling’s letter is of interest because of William Girdler, son of George who tangled with the pirate and father of Richard who married Hannah Russell making him grandfather of Lewis Girdler.