Maritime Occupations

A very special Thanks to Richard Palmer who provided these 4 wonderful excel spreadsheets.

The first excel spreadsheet is a list of Sodus Point Maritime Occupations according to the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Census. Please note the growth in 10 years!

Maritime Occupations at Sodus

(From 1850 U.S. Census)

(Sailors – Unless Otherwise Noted)

Name	Age	Where Born
Ackley, Aaron	49	Delaware	Caulker
Barnette, Charles	25	New York
Bates, John	30	New York	Shipcarpenter/farmer
Billings, John	26	New York
Bradshaw, Hiram	29	New York
Bradshaw, William M.	23	New York	Boatman
Clark, Isaac	19	New York	Boatman
Cleveland, Horace	43	Vermont
Collier, Norris	27	New York	Boatman
Collins, James	41	Vermont	Boatman
Doviel, Henry	15	Canada
Garlock, Abram	20	New York
Garlock, George	21	New York
Garlock, William	26	New York
Gibbs, Adin L.	37	New York
Gibbs, Solomon G.	31	New York
Granger, Francis	20	New York
Hallet, Charles B.	45	New York
Newport, Hiram	33	New York	Boatman
Porter, Asa	42	Vermont	Fisherman
Potter, John S.	22	New York	Boatman
Rice, Jacob	45	New York	Fisherman
Rogers, David	33	New York	Ship carpenter
Stebbing, James	29	England
Stephenson, George	30	New York	Boatman
Terry, Griffith	21	New York	Caulker
Terry, Horace P.	50	New York	Boatman
West, George	29	New York	Boatman
Wickham, William	72	England	Fisherman
(From 1860 U.S. Census)
Allen, Sylvester	21	New York
Ashley, George	50	New York	Boatman
Bassit, DeForest	55	Vermont	Ship carpenter
Billings, John	35	New York
Blanchard, Elisha	32	New York
Bump, William	32	New York	Ship carpenter
Burnett, Charles	36	New York
Case, Albert	34	New York	Canal boatman
Clark, Isaac	28	New York
Clevaland, Calvin	24	New York
Cleveland, Horace	57	Vermont	Fisherman
Cleveland, Isaac N.	33	New York
Cleveland, James B.	31	New York	Fisherman
Comstock, Reuben	30	New York
Cook, Willliam H.	24	New York
Degan, Charles	39	New York	Ship carpenter
Doviel,Charles	15	New York
Doviel, Egbert	23	New York
Doviel, Francis	41	Canada East	Ship carpenter
Doviel, Henry	24	Canada East	Ship carpenter
Doviel, Henry	53	Canada East	Ship carpenter
Ethrington, Thomas	21	England
Felton, Thaddeus	28	New York
Finch, John	19	New York
Gaffield, James	17	New York
Garlock, Jacob G.	33	New York
Gulick, William	35	New York
Hopkins, Benjamin	26	New York
House, William	39	New York	Fisherman
Knapp, Hiram A.	20	New York
Leper, Josiah	44	New York
Lloyd, John	43	Unknown
May, Nathan	36	New York
McNett, DeForest	33	New York	Shipbuilder
Miller, Jones	42	New York
Morley, John	37	New York	Mariner
Morley, Tyler	20	New York
Moyer, Martin	16	New York
Mull, Edward H,	21	New York
Odell, Melvin R.	28	New York	Boatman
Osburn, George	23	New York	Canal boatman
Parry, William L.	35	New York
Raynor, Andrew J.	16	New York
Raynor, William	48	England	Ship carpenter
Rose, Frederick	18	New York
Rose, Philander	41	New York	Fisherman
Scott, Robert	36	New York
Sergeant, Henry	16	New York
Sergeant, James H.	21	New York
Stebbins, James	40	England
Storms, Thomas	23	New York
Welch, John	30	New York	Canal boatman
West, George	44	England	Canal boatman
White, Thomas	35	Scotland	Ship carpenter
Wicks, Charles	21	England
Wicks, Thomas	25	England

The second excel spreadsheet is a list of Sodus Point Maritime Occupations according to the 1870 U.S. Census.

Maritime Occupations at Sodus Point

(From 1870 U.S. Census)

Sailors

(Unless Otherwise Noted)

Name	Age	Where Born
Andrews, Henry	29	New York
Andrews, John M.	38	New York
Andrews, Richard	25	New York
Beckman, Alonzo	23	New York
Billings, John	39	New York
Billings, Marshall	17	New York
Blanchard, Elijah	42	New York
Budd, James	22	New York	Boatman
Button, Elias	38	New York
Buys, Henry	29	New York	Fisherman
Case, George	21	New York
Case, John	21	New York
Clark, David	67	Massachusetts	Boar Builder
Clark, Hiram	28	New York
Clark, Munroe	17	New York
Cleaveland, Horace	66	Vermont	Fisherman
Cleaveland, Isaac N.	43	New York	Fisherman
Cleaveland, James B.	41	New York	Fisherman
Cook, William H.	34	New York
Cushman, Wiliam	62	England	Fisherman
Degan, Charles	49	New York	Lighthouse keeper
Dekay, Henry	36	New York
Doviel, Charles	25	New York
Doviel, Henry	35	New York
Edwards, C.G.	34	New York	Deputy Customs Collector
Field, Horace	21	New York	Boatman
Finch, John	29	New York
Fowler, George	28	New York	Boatman
Garlock, Frank	17	New York
Garlock, George C.	40	New York	Fisherman
Garlock, James G.	43	New York
Grewkie, John	48	Germany
Herron, Eugene	19	New York
Hunter, William	64	New York
Hutell, William	43	New York
Lloyd, John	50	New York
Lyman, Philander	41	New York	Fisherman
May, Nathan	44	New York
May, Peter	26	New York
Morley, Nat	28	New York
Mull, Minard	22	New York
Odell, Esbau	21	New York	Boatman
Rogers, David	54	New York	Shipbuilder
Rose, Philander	57	New York	Ship carpenter
Scott, Robert	45	New York	Fisherman
Sepper, George	22	New York
Shaver, Morrison	21	New York	Boatman
Shirts, Miles	27	New York
Smith, John	30	New York
Stebbins, James	51	England
Teeter, George	36	New York
Van Duzen, Thomas	26	New York	Boatman

It is interesting to note that for Sodus Point, the number of maritime occupations peaks during the 1860 U.S. Census.

The third excel spreadsheet is a list of Pultneyville Maritime Occupations according to the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Census.

Maritime Occupations at Pultneyville

Town of Williamson, Wayne County, N.Y.

From 1850 U.S. Census

(Sailors Unless Otherwise Noted)

Name	Age	Where Born
Gould, James B.	28	New York
Holling, Andrew	37	New York
Lloyd, Joseph H.	17	New York
Nichols, Harvey	17	New York
Palmer, John	30	Canada East
Russell, Richard	29	New York
Smith, John M.	21	New York
Smith, Russell	25	New York
From 1860 U.S. Census
Barnell, Zends	30	New York
Brewer, Britton B.	35	New York
Cottrell, George	27	New Jersey
Curtis, George T.	50	Steamboat engineer
Ferguson, James	28	New York
Fish, Deblincourt	20	New York
Fleming. Francis	22	New York
Fleming, James	28	New York
Fleming, Melvin M.	17	New York
Lloyd, Henry	27	New York
Hansun, William	21	New York
Palister, William	18	New York
Sheffield, John	20	New York
Smith, Rupell	32	New York
Throop, Washington	49	Mariner
Tompkinson, Samuel D.	40	England
Todd, Edward	36	New York
Todd, James	30	New York

The fourth excel spreadsheet is a list of Pultneyville Maritime Occupations according to the 1870 U.S. Census.

Maritime Occupations at Pultneyville

(From 1870 U.S. Census, Town of Williamson, N.Y.)

(Note: All sailors unless otherwise noted)

Name	Age	Where Born
Allen, John	17	New York
Bunnell, Zenas	40	New York
Burtis, Warfield	20	New York
Cooper, Albert	25	New York
Hinalf, Jacob	67	Holland	Retired sailor
Holliing, Armine	30	New York
Morse, Charles	42	New York
Pallister, Melvin	30	New York
Smith, William	20	New York
Todd, John S.	48	New York
Throop, Horatio N.	62	New York	Retired steamboat captain
Throop, Washington	60	New York	Retired steamboat captain