The "Massasoit" was a fishing schooner, built in Salisbury, Mass. 1 Dec 1868. Vessel number 90,005
She was named after the Indian Chief Massasoit, from the region of Massachusetts
 

A one deck, two mast schooner, or the "Billethead " design.
Registered owner - McKenzie, Hardy & Co. (William McKenzie, Samuel and Thomas Hardy)
Valued at $3000, and insured for $2746 by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company, with $1069 additional on outfits in the same office.

Master - Captain Charles Wallace Bond
(Previous Masters included Theodore Parsons, and CC Cahoon)

Tonnage - 73.63 Tonnes
Length - 75 feet
Width - 21 feet 6 inches
Depth - 7 feet 7 inches

Believed to have sunk in Summer 1882 after striking an Iceburg off Prince Edward Island, Canada
Loss of 5 lives, and vessel. (Described in book "History of Lunenburg", Nova Scotia, Canada)
Lost:
   George Graves, of Chester, N.S., leaving a widow and one child.
   James Graves, of Chester, N.S., leaving a widow and one child
   Henry Graves, of Chester, N.S., leaving a widow and one child
   Benjamin Nass, of Chester, N.S., leaving a widow and one child
   Thomas Barry, leaving a widow
 

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