Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2012, 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. =========================================================================== NAME: Franklin REASON: foundered in storm OTHER NAMES(s): - DATE: October 10, 1820 LOCATION: Lake Erie, off Grand River TYPE: schooner HULL TYPE: wooden BUILDER: - OWNER: P.V.S. Hamot MASTER: Capt. Charles Hayt TONNAGE: - LENGTH: - BEAM: - DEPTH: - CASUALTIES: 4 SURVIVORS: - Erie, Oct. 21 MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK - It is with extreme regret we have to record the loss of the schooner Franklin, Capt. Hayt, belonging to Mr. P.V.S. Hamot of this place. When the gale commenced on Tuesday the 10th inst. she was lying at anchor at the mouth of Grand River, where she had stopped to discharge some merchandise she had on board for Hamot & Tracy of Painesville. She was seen to put to sea about 8 o'clock on Tuesday night, and was discovered Wednesday about twelve miles below Grand River, apparently stationary. That evening her was found on the beach, and a number of salt barrels came ashore, together with her companionway, binnacle and pump. On Wednesday night she went to the bottom, and, painful to state, all her crew have found a watery grave. She was discovered on Friday the 13th, by Capt. Eaton, of the schooner Rachael. She is about three miles from shore, near where seen on Wednesday, in ten fathoms of water; stand erect, with her top-mast out of water. Her cargo consisting of Salt and Merchandise, is supposed to have been worth between four and five thousand dollars. The crew consisted of Capt. Charles Hayt, formerly of Boston, Mass.; Daniel D. Morton; James Bothel; and Robert Cory. None of the bodies have yet been found. Capt. Hayt has left a wife and four children, who reside in Mill creek township, in this county. ======================================================================== Sources: "Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes", by Dana Thomas Bowen Detroit Gazette, November 3, 1820