Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Edwin Jenny OTHER NAME(s): Sometimes seen as Jenney or Jenna, also E. Jenny OFFICIAL NO: - REASON: Storm DATE OF LOSS: June 1848 LOCATION: Lake Erie, 12 miles above Long Point Cut RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: at Mt. Clemens, MI - 1837 OWNER(S): B. B. Jones & J. Chamberlin MASTER: - TONNAGE: 82.37 LENGTH: 70.00 ft BEAM: 21.11 ft DEPTH: 6.10 ft CASUALTIES: 0 SURVIVORS: not stated 19 Nov 1842 - Dragged anchors and went ashore below Point Abino, a little above Frances Mills. Upbound with stone. Capt. Davison. 2 June 1844 - sunk near Cleveland after being run into by the steamer Chicago. Bound for Buffalo with 340 barrels of flour and 2,440 bushels of corn. Must have been raised as she appears in later reports of vessel movements and tonnages. 7 Dec 1844 - Schooner E. Jenny, Capt. Davison reported as ashore and gone to pieces after a Lake Erie gale. Shown on Port of Buffalo arrivals and departures throughout 1848. June 1848 - Ashore and went to pieces 12 miles above Long Point Cut, Lake Erie. The Buffalo Directory, Tonnage on the Lakes, 1849 lists the schooner Edwin Jenna 82.37 tons, as (dead). ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 1848 & 1849 Directory of Buffalo, Tonnage on the Lakes, 1849 Albany Evening Journal, 8 June 1844 New York Herald, 9 December 1844 New York Herald, 23 November 1842