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Whaleyville Name 5 years 11 months ago #2648

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According to my family history research on the Whalley/Whaley/Wale family that came from England to Maryland, Whaleyville is named for Captain Peter Whaley and his family. According to a source, he "had varied and successful interests which included ownership in a general store, boarding house, hotel , blacksmith shop, saw, grist and carding mill, lumbering and coastal shipping and also in effect, the only banker of the area/ bnut it was in the shingle trade and coastal shipping that he was most successful. He harvested cypress and cedar trees, especially the former, over a wide area even above Delaware and processed them into shingles then in great demand in Philadelphia and New York City. He owned and operated his own schooners as did his father before him to reach the ports. His craft were said to have used Sinepuxent inlet when it was open for navigation . A lengthy account of one of his ships, The Wren at Gentique ( Chincoteaque )on December 16, 1833 was reported by letter by Capt. J.D. Baker, ) Dear Sir, have the misfortune to tell you that we got blod (blown) ashore.He gave details of the mishap, offered suggestions and asked for help. Dr. Reginald V. Truitt and Les Callete, Worcester County Maryland's Arcadiapp. 572 -573"

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