Lawson Thomas (aft. 1760 - 1821)

Born after 1760 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay

Died 20 Jan 1821 before age 61 in Died at Sea

Biography

The Whaleship Essex

" Survivors 3 BOATS that left Henderson Island:

Capt. Pollard's and his boat carried

Lawson Thomas,

Charles Shorter

Isaiah Sheppard,

Samuel Reed,

Owen Coffin (Pollard's cousin),

Barzillai Ray, and

Charles Ramsdell.

They ran out of food on 21 January. ,

Thomas died on 20 January and the others decided they had no choice but to keep the body for food. Still,

Shorter died on 23 January,

Sheppard on 27 January, and

Reed the next day." ^[1]

As per the records of the crewmen, he was known to be a native of Nantucket, however :there is nothing found for a Lawson Thomas.

The year of birth is guessed at how old he might have been, maximum age, when they sailed in 1819.

Sources

1. ↑ Nathaniel Philbrick, In The Heart of the Sea, The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

• Essex on Wikipedia