Captain
Thomas
Worth
Born in Marthas Vineyard, Dukes, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Jethro Worth Esq.
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Mayhew) Worth
— married
4 Jul 1822 in Edgartown, MA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 30
in Pacific Ocean, Mutiny of The Globe
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jan 2015
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Biography
He was captain of the whaleship Globe, of Nantucket, Massachusetts. The ship was active between 1815 and 1828.
Samuel B. Comstock, a 22 year old boatsteerer (harpooner), was the instigator of the mutiny, which occurred on January 26, 1824, near Fanning Island, 900 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands. Captain Worth, and three other officers were killed.
Sources
- Gibson, Gregory; Demon of the Waters, The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe. Boston, New York London: Little, Brown & Company, 2002.
- Mutiny of the Globe on Wikipedia
- Captain Thomas Worth at Find A Grave
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