“She was laden with pease [sic] and some wheat, all in bulk,” John Winthrop wrote at the time, “with about two hundred West India hides and a store of beaver and plate, so as it was estimated in all at five thousand pounds.”. No debris or wreckage was ever found. Gave thanks to God in prayer, His claim to fame did not come until more than 200 years later, when the poet The following letter summarizes this most grievous incident: He was the captain of the first ship built in the new world, which left New Haven with a valuable load to make money for the colony in England. Take them, for they are thine!". 1644 — THE PHANTOM SHIP As early as 1644 Theophilus Eaton, Stephen Goodyear, Thomas Gregston and perhaps other merchants at New Haven entrusted the construction of an ocean-going vessel to John Wakeman, Joshua Atwater, Jasper Crane and Richard Miles. Then suddenly, the ship’s masts appeared to snap, and the ship rolled and capsized pitching the passengers and crew into the sea. He had sent this Ship of Air. The ship carried saleable goods: peas, wheat, hides from West India, plate and beaver pelts. And under his breath said he, That is here set down in rhyme. When, steadily steering landward, A ship sailed from New Haven, And the keen and frosty airs, That filled her sails at parting, Were heavy with good men's prayers. 1661. As a sea-mist in the sun! 2 (Journal Publishing Co., Meriden, CT, 1902). A joyous rumor spread around the village that their ship had been spotted emerging from the clouds and under full-sail, heading for home — even sailing majestically into the prevailing breeze which was out of the northwest. “This ship is so crank and walty In the mid 1630’s,the Massachusetts Bay colony was a strong economic hub in the New World. The Phantom Ship. And under his breath said he, This put the people to praying About 1636 – Birth of daughter Hope, born abt 1636, married first – Herbert, second William Cheney. And blown away like the clouds. To save time and money, they decided to build their own ship to transport goods. About 1638 – Birth of son Deliverance (the only son), born abt 1638. died after 1662, without children The Phantom Ship. Save them!” After being towed three miles out of the ice-filled harbor stern-first (a bad omen), the ship was found to be unstable, or “walty,” in the choppy Long Island Sound. Those on shore were said to have recognized their friends on deck. And her sails were loosened and lifted, Pieces of the ship seemed to break off. In 1644, a group of New Haven merchants created the “Shippe Fellowship Company” and hired a Rhode Island shipbuilder to construct an ocean-worthy ship to enhance their prospects of establishing an on-going trade with England and the West Indies. And her sails were loosened and lifted, Once the ship made its three mile journey out to the choppy ocean waters, it rolled badly in any amount of swell. A ship was seen below, She married Shubael Painter abt. ), COOKE, Lionel Scarlett “Bill” & Evelyn Bernadette (Beers), McCARTHY, Walter Pearson & Mariana (Machen), ADAMS, Numa Pompilius Garfield & Osceola Marie (Macarthy), LIST OF THEATER CREDITS FOR OSCEOLA MACARTHY ADAMS (aka OSCEOLA ARCHER), BEERS, William Henry “Harry” & Bernardette Claire (Martin), COOKE, Alfred Lionel & Bessie Ann (Scarlett), MACHEN, August William & Anna Louisa “Nan” (Baumgartner), McCARTHY, Francis Wilbert “Frank” & Ida Virginia (Jackson), Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, MACARTHY, Charles Hannibal, Julia Ann (Johnson) & Katherine (Dowdell), BAUMGARTNER, John Joseph & Margaret Ann (Hayden), BEERS, George Washington & Caroline E. “Carrie” (Stults), COOKE, Alfred Henry Davis & Ann Selina (Paine), MARTIN, David, Emilie Justine (Lemoine), and Selena (Cawthorn), BEERS, John Edwin & Abigail Stow (Potter), LEMOINE, Louis Francois & Virginie Francoise (Laporte), MACHEN, Augustine Ulysses & Agatha (Kuijk), PAINE, Richard, Louisa (? An hour before the sunset And the hulk dilated and vanished, Years later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem “The Phantom Ship” about the event, which includes the lines: A portion of the “Vision of the Phantom Ship,” painted by Jesse Talbot in 1850. And the pastor of the village The Phantom Ship. In Mather's Magnalia Christi, Of the old colonial time, May be found in prose the legend That is here set down in rhyme. But in those days, family waved goodbye to their loved ones, and hoped to see them back in a few months. The ship’s master, George Lamberton, an experienced mariner, predicted many times that the “walty” ship would “prove their grave.” But, the “Great Shippe” finally sailed into the icy mists of Long Island Sound. Grandfather was Thomas Gregson that was on this ship. Hanging tangled in the shrouds, And the ships that came from England, “This ship is so crank and walty A ship sailed from New Haven, And the keen and frosty airs, That filled her sails at parting, Were heavy with good men's prayers. In the following year Lamberton’s widow, Margaret, married Deputy-Governor Stephen Goodyear, whose wife also perished on the “Great Shippe”. And thus her tragic end. if it be thy pleasure”– They built or had built a ship in Rhode Island (about 150 tons) to be used in trade with England and other countries. Many watching from the harbor saw a human figure on the bow, sword raised and pointing to the sea, just before the ship, ragged, broken and haunted, rolled over on her side and disappeared into the mists. But, another group of wealthy and well connected Londoners founded a town in Connecticut and called it New Haven. Were heavy with good men’s prayers. About 1642 – Birth of daughter Desire, baptised 14 Mar 1641/42, marr. What in his greater wisdom On a humid June afternoon, heavy thunderstorms descended upon New Haven harbor. In 1642 fifty families settled at the mouth of Schuylkill River. And the pastor of the village This ship was never seen and never heard of again. About 1637 – Move to America He had sent this Ship of Air. hides, and peltry (raw undressed skins) and manuscript writings of John Davenport at New Haven and Thomas Hooker at Hartford. And the keen and frosty airs, 1640 – Birth of daughter Mercy Lamberton Painter – baptised 17 Jan 1640/41 Thus prayed the old divine– Nor of Master Lamberton. London, England DISCLAIMER: Whereas the editors believe the data reprinted herein from internet and print sources to be accurate, readers should rely solely on the bibliographical references for research. Gave thanks to God in prayer, Lamberton was convicted in a court in New Sweden (Delaware) of “trespassing, conspiring with the Indians.” The colony got no assistance from its New England neighbors and the project was abandoned. Entrusted with a cargo of wheat, peas, hides, beaver and peltry and manuscript writings of John Davenport at New Haven and Thomas Hooker at Hartford, about the middle of January, 1646, the vessel ploughed its way through three miles of ice in New Haven harbor and tackled the stormy Atlantic. Then fell her straining topmasts, Thank you for so much for all the information. (Mercy Lamberton Painter – Isaac’s 9th great-grandmother) And the ships that came from England, And the keen and frosty airs, This “Great Shippe” was to be captained by George Lamberton, a merchant and sea captain from London, who was one of the early settlers at New Haven. Scrapbook Your Family Tree © 2020. Right against the wind that blew Who sailed so long ago. The ship was never heard from again. About 1644 – Birth of daughter Obedience, baptised 9 Feb 1644/45, married Lt. Samuel Smith The ship disappeared in 1646, and its fate is the theme of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Phantom Ship". Linda Lucas Everett Washington. "To bury our friends in the ocean,