Person:Philemon Stacy (1)
Philemon Stacy
b.1743
d.Abt 1777
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Nov 1724
  1. William Stacy1733/34 - Abt 1802
  2. Philemon Stacy1743 - Abt 1777
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Philemon Stacy1743 - Abt 1777
  • W.  Mary Rand - 1829
  1. Mary Stacy1774 - 1847
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Facts and Events
Name Philemon Stacy
Gender Male
Birth? 1743
Christening[2] 17 Apr 1743
Marriage to Mary Rand
Education[2] 1765 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesM.A. from Harvard
Occupation[2] 1767 Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Stateskeeping school
Death[2] Abt 1777

Philemon was a 1765 graduate of Harvard College. In 1777 he sailed with 130 other seamen on the privateer Gloucester. After sending two loads of seize cargo back from Newfoundland, the ship and its crew were never heard from again.

References
  1.   Child, Christopher. "Mary (Stacy) Pierce Now Found", in New England Ancestors
    Vol. 10:33 , Winter 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lemonds, Leo L. (Leo LeRoy). Col. William Stacy, revolutionary war hero: cordwainer, minuteman, prisoner of war, pioneer. (Hastings, Nebraska: Cornhusker Press, c1993)
    p.13.

    Philemon Stacy, son of Nymphas and Hannah (Littlehale) Stacy, bp. 17 April 1743
    Graduated from Harvard 1765 with an M.A. (Thesis: "The most Villainous Men Retain a Sense of Virtue.")
    began keeping the Gloucester school in 1767
    January 14, 1772, he married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Rand
    "His school being closed by the war, he signed on to the privateer GLOUCESTER, a new vessel with eighteen carriage guns and a complement of 130 men. They sailed in July, 1777, sent two prizes back from Newfoundland, and were never heard of again."

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