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"about Whaling first in New England.
"an Old man Came from Long Island, one Loper a Dutchman that had been used to Whaling att Long Island - came to Barnstable and to Cape Codd or Barnstable Bay then abounded in Whales and my Grandfather first fixt out with old Loper a whaling in ye year about 1680. Old Loper Was Accounted a Sort of a Wizard. then after some time ye Cape Men Learnt ye Nanctucket Men to be Whalers.
"About the year 1716 Capt. Henry Akins of Cape Codd Went out a whaling In schooner of Col. Serjeant of Cape Ann With Whale Boats to kill Whales on ye Banks or ocean."
His journal recalls his ancestry back to a George Gorham (Not Ralph). The rest is incredibly accurate and very interesting reading.
