Index to New London Whaling Masters

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Allen, Charles Edmund
Allen (Allyn), Isaac
Allen, William H.
Allyn, Christopher

UNTIL THIS INDEX IS COMPLETE, PLEASE SEE THE REST OF THE LIST IN THE FOREWORD.

Introduction to New London Whaling Masters
Index to New London Whaling Masters

SOURCES
Genealogical Sources
Genealogical information in these entries was drawn from a variety of online research databases, including:

Ancestry.com
FamilySearch
GenealogyBank
Newspapers.com
Find A Grave

Historical newspaper databases were particularly useful for locating notices relating to voyages, maritime incidents, and personal information about whaling masters.

Whaling and Maritime Sources
Information relating to vessels, voyages, and maritime careers was drawn primarily from research tools available through the Mystic Seaport Museum research portal:

American Offshore Whaling Voyages Database (AOWV)
Connecticut Ship Database
New London Crew Lists

The American Offshore Whaling Voyages database is also available at whalinghistory.org.

Understanding the Identifiers
The American Offshore Whaling Voyages database assigns unique identifiers to individuals, vessels, and voyages. These identifiers are cited throughout the entries.

AM#### — whaling master (individual)
AS#### — vessel
AV#### — voyage

These identifiers allow researchers to locate additional information within the AOWV database and related resources.

Published Works Frequently Consulted
Several published studies of the American whaling industry were consulted regularly in compiling these entries, including:

Alexander Starbuck, History of the American Whale Fishery
Barnard Colby, For Oil and Buggy Whips: Whaling in New London
Robert Owen Decker, The Whaling Industry of New London

Abstracts of whaling logbooks compiled by Dennis Wood, available through the AOWV database, were also used when available.

Additional Sources

Other primary and secondary sources are cited within individual entries where relevant. Many of the books and reference works used in compiling these entries are held in the collections of the G.W. Blunt White Library at Mystic Seaport Museum.

Voyage dates should be considered approximate, as surviving records occasionally differ.