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| Birth: | 1835 in Sackville NB |
| Death: | 1891 in Barbados, West Indies (monument in Sackville Rural) |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | John W. Towse b. 6 Jun 1804 in Garton, Yorkshire |
| Mother: | Lucy Rogers Stiles b. 1816 in Hopewell, Westmorland |
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Individual:
Ships Database:
Master's Name: Towse, Elisha Stiles
Certificate Number: 54
City of Birth: Hopewell
County: Albert, New Brunswick
Source Reference: Memorial University, St. John's, NFLD
Ships associated with Captain Towse:
ALBERT EDWARD Nationality: Canadian Registered: 1860 City: Port Elgin, New Brunswick
Rigging Style: Schooner Hull Material: Wood Remarks: Wrecked at Richibucto Bar, New Brunswick in 1873.
MARY E. PURDY Nationality: Canadian Constructed: 1863 City: Sackville Rigging Style: Barque
Gross Tonnage: 288 Hull Material: Wood Foundered at sea on January 6, 1865
CHARLIE WOOD Nationality: Canadian Constructed: 1864 City: Sackville Rigging Style: Barque
Wrecked at Campobello, New Brunswick on December 20, 1872
OTACILIUS Nationality: Canadian Constructed: 1873 City: Sackville Rigging Style: Brigantine Tonnage Net: 231 Re-registered at Cork in 1895. Sold to M. Fleming, Youghal, Ireland on October 11, 1883.
GEORGE G. ROBERTS Constructed Date: 1861 City: Sackville Rigging Style: Brigantine
Gross Tonnage: 161 Hull Material: Wood Owners: Amos Ogden, Mariner Wood
HERBERT Constructed: 1883 City: Sackville Rigging Style: Brigantine Gross Tonnage: 217 Hull: Wood
Sold foreign. Registry closed December 2, 1896
Sackville in the 1860s - Things that I Remember
by Willard Wry (1934 - ?)
In the 1860s, extensive shipbuilding was carried on in Sackville. Messrs. (Mariner) Wood and (Amos) Ogden were building, also Christopher Boultenhouse. Down at Westcock, Mr Henry and sons were also building and at Wood Point, Mr Charles Barnes, Clifford and Henry Atkinson built one or more schooners.
Messrs. Wood and Ogden built the following Barks: Onaway [ 1 877] commanded by Cptn. Wilmott, Kwasind commanded by Cpt n . Charles Moses, Siddartha (1880] commanded by Cptn. Will ia m Sprague. There was also a brig called the Herbert. She was commanded by Cptn. Elisha Towse.
Starting at Crane's Corner, the land laying south along Ma i n Street to where the Miller block stands, also along Bri dg e St., just beyond the Cape Railway was owned by Mr. Hen r y Allison, as a farm, and contained only one small buildi n g except the home and a schoolhouse occupied by Mr. Gra y a s a beauty parlor. That portion of land between Mr. Woo d and Son's store and Squire Street, running north to th e marsh , was occupied and I think owned by Cptn. Towse an d later s old to Dr. Weldon, who owned and occupied it fo r a number o f years.
I have a memoir written by Frank Towse, son of my great-gr a ndfather Master Mariner Elisha Towse. Frank was not likely ever a sea captain; he served on his father's ships, fi rs t as cabin boy, then as able seaman. The memoirs contai n fr equent mention of Sackville, Westcott (Frank's spelling, i e Westcock), Elisha's ship-building partner Mariner Wood, the cargos to and from Caribbean, Great Britain, etc.
In 2000, we drove out around the water's edge road, and I knew where Elisha's home had been. The reason there was pasture, where there used to be a dock, is that the Tantramar changed its course, so I've been told.
Gail Browne
Elisha Stiles TOWSE (AFN: 1N4X-VXX)
Born: Abt 1835
Sackville, Westmoreland, Nb
Died: 17 Jun 1891 Barbados, , , B.W.I.
Buried: Westbury Cem., , Bridgetown, B.W.I.
Regarding the burial of Elisha in Barbados - I have been t here twice and photographed the tombstone (NB red granite ) ; Grace also had seen it and sent me a black & white photo. Captain of the Brig "Otacilius"...While in Newfoundland in 1995, I went to the Maritime Museum and found a LOT of info on Elisha and his ship "Otacilius" - have copies of some crew agreements, etc.
Gail Browne
birth records:
-TOWSE, LAURA GERTRUDE to TOWSE, ELISHA STILES and BEN N E T T , MARIA ELIZABETH 1863 11-16 SACKVILLE WE
-TOWSE, GRACE CAMPBELL to TOWSE, ELISHA STILES & BEN N E T T , MARIA ELIZABETH 1876 08-21 SACKVILLE WE
Hutchinson Directory, 1867:
Towse, Elisha - master mariner - Sackville
Elisha Stiles TOWSE
Born: 1834
Sackville', Westmorland, 'New Brunswick
Father: John TOWSE
Mother: Lucy R. STILES
Elisha Stiles TOWSE
Spouse: Maria Elizabeth BENNETT
Marriage: 11 Oct 1859
Brooklyn', Kings, 'New York
Ship Masters http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/BASIS/vessel/public/master/
Name: Towse, Elisha Stiles
Certificate Number: 54
City of Birth: Hopewell
County: Albert
PROVINCE: New Brunswick
Country of Birth: Canada
Source Reference: Memorial University, St. John's, NFLD
1861 census, Sackville Parish
Elisha Towse, 27, native, Master Mariner, Methodist
Mirah, 22, English, Episcopalian
James A., 4, native
Frank, 1, native
1871 census, Sackville Parish
TOUSE:
Eliga 36, born NB, Ch of Eng, Master Mariner
Mirrima 31, b England, Ch of Eng
Frank, 10, born NB, Ch of Eng
Lora, 7 "
Hattie, 2 "
Frederick, 1 "
(where is Charles?)
1881 census:
Elisha S. TOWSE M Male English 46 New Brunswi c k Sea Captain Methodist Canada
Mariah TOWSE M Female English 41 England C h urch of England
Laura TOWSE Female English 17 New Brunswic k S tudent Church of England
Frank TOWSE Male English 20 New Brunswick Se a man Church of England
Hattie TOWSE Female English 13 New Brunswi c k Church of England
Fred TOWSE Male English 10 New Brunswic k C hurch of England
Charles TOWSE Male English 8 New Brunswi c k Church of England
Grace TOWSE Female English 5 New Brunswi c k Church of England
Clarence TOWSE Male English 2 New Brunswi c k Church of England
Rural Sackville Cemetery:
= Harriet M. 2nd d/o the late Capt. E.S. & Marie E. Tows e d . 1 June 1900 ae 31 yrs
= Capt. E.S. Towse, of Sackville, NB d. at Barbados, W.I . 1 8 June 1891 ae 56 yrs
= Marie E. w/o Capt. E.S. Towse d. 28 Oct 1886 ae 46 yrs
James W. 16 Sept 1864 - 29 Mar 1868
Charles F. 22 Aug 1868 - 25 Mar 1885
David 22 July 1871 - 20 Dec 1903
Parish of Sackville, ref. #095-2: Family of Eliga & Mi r r i m a Touse (sic)
Inscription of family cemetery monument reads, "Capta i n E . S . Towse of Sackville, N.B. died at Barbados, W.I . J un e 1 8 , 1891, at 56 years."
He had been sick in hospital for some time states a di a r i s t.
Records of the Church of England. churches of St. Ann's,
Westcock, St. Stephen's, Second Westcock Hill, and S t . P a u l's,
Sackville, in the Parish of Sackville, Westmorland C o . , N . B.
(Mount Allison Archives Accession 8712, Items 1/1/ 1 a n d 1 / 1/20
Debra Cohig:
There's a little handwritten page attached to that letter Grace wrote to Ken, listing Capt Elisha's children. Abo ve t he list she says:
Dad--Frank Ernest Towse-Captain m. Minna Florence Smith - - both of Sackville
Frank--oldest
Laura--
Frederick--lost at sea
Charles--
Harriet
Grace
Seward--died in infancy
Clarence
there's a bracket around the children's names, saying "children of Capt Elisha Stiles Towse"
[Brøderbund Family Archive #118, Ed. 1, Canadian Genealo g y Index, 1600s - 1900s:
Individual: Towse, Captain Elisha
Event: Living
Year: 1871
Place: Sackville
Province of record source: New Brunswick
County of record source: Westmorland
Source: New Brunswick Directory for 1871
per McAlpine's Directory, 1871:
Sackville: Elisha Towse, Master Mariner
From The History of Sackville, by W.C. Milner
CHARLES DIXON
The following paper was read before the Chignecto Historical Society on 9th July 1892, at the celebration on the Dixon homestead of the 120th anniversary of the landing of Charles Dixon at Sackville, by his grandson, James D. Dixon, Esq.:
To the ridge of land upon which we stand belongs perhaps as much of historic interest as any spot in Sackville. Upon it once stood a row of tenements erected and inhabited by the Acadian French. As the French gained access by water conveyance to the country threading the various rivers and streams in boats and small vessels, and as at this point the upland extends to the river which, with a single exception it does not do upon the whole length of the Tantramar, thus affording exceptional facilities for landing. I deem it more than probable they first landed and commenced their occupation of Sackville at this point. The marsh land to the Eastward now called the Dixon Island marsh, to the extent of 200 acres and upwards was reclaimed, occupied and cultivated by them from which they derived their principal means of support. Traces of these tenements were distinctly visible 50 years ago...
One hundred and twenty years have passed since Charles Dixon, one of the first of the Yorkshire immigrants, who were induced to come to Nova Scotia by the influence of Lieutenant Governor Franklyn, arrived and settled upon this farm, with his family consisting of his wife and four children. ..Mr. Dixon found a refuge for his family in the Fort a couple of weeks, and (then purchased) the property upon which we are assembled to which he removed his family on the 8th of June, 1772. The property consisted of 2,500 acres in all, 186 acres of which was marsh, nearly all of which was dyked and 35 acres of improved upland. There was also a farm of 200 acres... The balance of his purchase consisted of 2000 acres of wilderness land nearly 700 of which lay on the lower Fairfield road to the south-west. .. A house and barn stood upon the property very near where the house of the late *Captain Towse now stands.
from The White Fence (Tantramar Heritage Society newsletter) #4
The 1850s was Sackville port's busiest decade with 32 ships constructed. The Sarah Dixon built by Charles Dixon in 1856 was the largest at 1,468 tons. Between 1868 and 1872, the single largest com- modity brought into the port was flour shipped from New York, Boston and Philadelphia. 1880 was the busiest year for ships leaving Sackville: 53 vessels departed including 5 for Britain, 10 for the Caribbean, 16 for the Mid-Atlantic states and 22 for New England? Think of this when you look toward Sackville from Westcock, especially the location of the old port where the Ram Pasture is today.
from Some of the Conditions that Existed as I Remember Them as a Boy.
by Willard Wry (1934)
In the early 1860s... shipbuilding was carried on quite extensively. Messrs. Wood and Ogden were building, also Christopher Boultenhouse and down at Westcock, Mr Henry and sons were also building and at Wood Point, Mr Charles Barnes, Clifford and Henry Atkinson built one or more schooners.
Messrs. Wood and Ogden built the following barks under the guidance of Mr Edward Ogden: the Onaway [1877] commanded by Cptn. Wilmott, the Kwasind commanded by Cptn. Charles Moses, and the Siddartha (1880] commanded by Cptn. William Sprague. There was also a brig called the Herbert. She was commanded by *Cptn. Elisha Towse.
Rural Cemetery, York St, Sackville, NB ...Elisha S Towse 1835-1891
Body buried in the Westbury Cemetery, Barbados:
Inscription on stone: In Loving Remembrance of Capt. E. S. Towse of Sackville N.B. Died at Barbados W. I. June 18, 1891 aged 68 yrs. Erected by his sorrowing children.
TOWSE, E S
Born: --
Died: Jun 18 1891
Aged: 56 Years
Birth Place: --
Death Place: --
Notes: of Sackville NB died at Barbados W I
Cemetery: Sackville Rural, Westmorland County
Cemetery Location: York st. Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co. NB
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