c 1883-1885
Bermuda - United States, Martinique, Nova
Scotia
John Hiram Paynter Patterson's father was a seafaring man and the
young JHP went to sea when 17 yrs old (c1883). He shipped in the brig Alfred
with the late Captain Herbert Young, and as a young boy on board followed
the sea, making 15 voyages between Bermuda and the United States, with
occasional trips to Nova Scotia and one voyage south to Martinique. In fair
weather the trip to the United State and return would take from 4 to 6 weeks,
but often the sailing ships would encounter rough seas or at times would lay
becalmed on oily smooth waters. When he was 19 (c1885)... he stayed ashore...
reference:
The Bermudian Magazine, Nov 1945
"Personalities Roundabout" John Hiram Paynter Patterson
by Mary Louise Herkes
