"… Capt. Storer served as a private in the War of the Revolution, until its close. He went to sea, and became master of a vessel; made several voyages to China; succeeded to his father's business as shipbuilder, and at the same time carried on mercantile trade. In the latter he was unsuccessful, and again went to sea. In 1811, on a voyage to China in the ship 'Huntress,' which he commanded, he was lost, with his son Nathaniel, his nephew Thomas Bontecou, Jr., who was his mate, and all hands. The vessel was owned by John Jacob Astor, and had loaded with seal fur in the Pacific, and started on her way to China, but was never heard from."
