Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Obear, Zebulon |
Related Records
-
27866 - Book, Account
Account book of the Schooner Abigail. It was owned by Silas Stickney (1/4 share), Zebulon Obear (1/4), Robert Rantoul (1/4), Andrew Peabody (1/8), and Ebenezer Smith, Jr.(1/8). They paid James Kimball, Joseph Lord and Annie Smith $1200.00 for the schooner. The book gives detailed accounting of the costs and payments to the vessel owners.
Record Type: Archive
-
27866A - Book, Day
Day book with a tally of money earned and spent by the Schooner Abigail. It keeps a list of customers, crew, harbors, merchandise and supplies brought on by customers and owners. The captain of the Schooner Abigail is Zebulon Obear. The Schooner Abigail was purchased on August 7, 1800 for $1200 in Beverly MA. The purchasers were Silas Stickney (1/4 owner), Capt. Zebulon Obear (1/4 owner), Robert Rantoul (1/4 owner), Andrew Peabody (1/8 owner), an...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.315 - Receipt
1800-1801 final settlement of money owed to Silas Stickney by Ebenezer Smith Junior, Robert Rantoul, Zebulon Obear, and Andrew Peabody on 5 February 1801. The money owed is for barrels of tar and wharfage for the Schooner Abigail and cargo. Dates list payments in cash. The dates start on 12 August 1800 through 5 February 1801. The total came to $841.55.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.318 - Invoice
1800 invoice for the Schooner Abigail lists sundry merchandise being sent to the West Indies by (1/4 share each) Silas Stickney, Zebulon Obear, Robert Rantoul, (1/8 share each) Andrew Peabody, and Ebenezer Smith Junior. Merchandise is consigned to Master Zebulon Obear for the trip to the West Indies, for sales, and the return on the account of the shippers/ owners. The total of merchandise was $1,892.06. This inventory acknowledges that the i...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.319 - Receipt
1801 handwritten receipt between Zebulon Obear and Robert Rantoul against the Schooner Abigail for nine bolts of duck, wharfage and his wages for himself, totaling $606.50. This was written in Beverly on 5 February 1801.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.320 - Account
A handwritten account between Silas Stickney and company and Zebulon Obear lists the expenses ("Dr" in left column) and profit ("Cr" in the right column) made by the Schooner Abigail after it had returned from Cape Francois on the island of Hispaniola. The total cash the schooner came back with was $3090.19. The document lists the expenses the ship incurred on its voyage.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.371 - Receipt
1800 receipt from Abner Chapman to Captain Zebulon Ober for the repairing of two compasses for the Schooner Abigail totaling $0.67. The date of bill is September, 1800.* Abner Chapman received payment from Robert Rantoul on January 1805. *The date of bill may be the 4th of September, 1800 but it is illegible.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.372 - Receipt
1800 bill of lading written by Captain Zebulon Obear of the Schooner Abigail. He lists the cargo items on the schooner while anchored in the harbor in Beverly on 1 September 1800 before leaving for the West Indies. Obear lists the cargo to be sold in the West Indies. The items mentioned are two boxes of cod fish, two casks of bacon, ninety-four hog tongues, thirty hogshead of shanks, eighteen bundles of hogshead hoops, 6500 rough hogshead staves...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.374 - Invoice
1801 account of the additional charges on the Schooner Abigail voyage not estimated in settlement. First bill was owed by Ebenezer Smith for Zebulon Obear's expenses of Protesting Act at Turks Island and money borrowed by Captain Obear on the account of owners. This is also a bill for the amount owed by Silas Stickney for his bill of interest on Henry Thorndike's note of hand.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.375 - Agreement
1800-1801 final settlement of the Schooner Abigail between the owners. The total cost came to $3,502.595. The balance paid to each party is as follows: Silas Stickney, one fourth owner: $875.65. Zebulon Obear, one fourth owner: $876.74. Robert Rantoul, one fourth owner: $2127.02. Andrew Peabody, one eighth owner: $482.75. Ebenezer Smith, Jr., one eighth owner: $437.82. This was signed in Beverly 5 February 1801 and all parties received...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.376 - Receipt
1800-1801 list of items and their cost dating from August 7, 1800 to October 22, 1800 for the Schooner Abigail. This was a bill sent to Robert Rantoul totaling in the amount of $283.75. Items varied such as meat, rum, hooks, nails, etc. The second half of the document is a list of cash paid for items needed for the schooner and cash paid to Henry Thorndike, William Adams, Livermore Whitterdge, J.B. Allen, Joseph Eaton, William Fielder, and Tho...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.377 - Document
1800 promissory document obliging $1,200 dollars for the Schooner Abigail to be paid in ninety days or pay interest after the month it is to be paid to either Joseph Lord or James Kimball. This was created 7 August 1800. $1,050 of the amount paid on November 7, 1800 in Beverly. $150 was paid in full in Beverly on 10 November 1800. Attested by William Lang.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.378 - Receipt
1800-1801 receipt for the final settlement for the voyage of the Schooner Abigail to Livermore Whitterdge Jr, Henry Thorndike, Thomas Pickett, Robert Haskell John Trask, Josiah Gould, and Goodwin. The total came to $1,091.71. This was a bill against Robert Rantoul, Silas Stickney, Andrew Peabody, Zebulon Obear, and Ebenezer Smith, Jr. on February 15, 1801.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.379 - Bill of Sale
1800 bill of sale for the Schooner Abigail sold by James Kimball of Boston, and Joseph Lord and Ammi Smith of Ipswich on August 7, 1800 to Robert Rantoul (1/4 owner), Silas Stickney (1/4 owner), Zebulon Obear (1/4 owner), Andrew Peabody (1/8 owner) and Ebenezer Smith Junior (1/8 owner). The Abigail was built in Warren Rhode Island in 1789. It was issued a Certification of Registry in Boston (No. 256) on September 19, 1799. Thomas Melville, Sur...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.381 - Receipt
1800-1801 receipt written by Ebenezer Smith, Jr. for final settlement against the Schooner Abigail for supplies, packing materials, and cash paid to Archelaus Dale, and Appleton & Baker, charged to the owners of the schooner. Charges listed date from August 13, 1800; August 22, 1800; and September 2, 1800. Robert Rantoul paid the bill on February 15, 1801. The total came to $284.32.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.382 - Receipt
1800 receipt for goods and services for the work and repair done for the Schooner Abigail billed by Thomas Pickett in Beverly on August 29, 1800. It was billed to Zebulon Obear and paid for by Robert Rantoul on December 11, 1800. The total came to $319.00.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.384 - Receipt
1800 receipt for the dockage of the Schooner Abigail and cargo from 12 August 1800 to 2 September 1800 ($.25 per day x 20 days totaling $5.00) and supplies for the maintenance of the schooner by William Adams to Zebulon Obear and Silas Stickney dated 1800 in Beverly. The total came to $11.40.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.392 - Invoice
This bill is for the detailed iron work done on the Schooner Abigail by Daniel Wallis on September 2, 1800. It is addressed to Captain Zebulon Obear. It was paid by Andrew Peabody. The total came to $25.40.
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC007.399 - Letter
1800 document leaves orders for Captain Obear on behalf of Silas Stickney, Robert Rantoul, Andrew Peabody, and Ebenezer Smith Jr. It is dated September 1, 1800. The first orders are the outline of the voyage. Obear was to go to Hispaniola first, then to Jamaica. If he still had cargo then he was to go to other islands or ports. He was also told to fish while on his voyage. The second orders are the minimum prices he should receive for his t...
Record Type: Archive
-
FIC014.258 - Document
Shipping papers, a formal agreement between the Master and crew for a specific foreign voyage, in this case between Zebulon Obear and the crew of the Schooner Britton of Beverly to the West Indies.
Record Type: Archive
