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UNDER the BLACK HORSE FLAG ~Nnals of the Weld Family and Some of Its Branches UNDER THE BLACK HORSE FLAG ~nnals of the Weld Family and Some of its Branches BY ISABEL ANDERSON, L1rr. D~ (Mrs. Larz Anderson) WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Ut:bt l\ibet.sibe ~res~ Qtamlltibgt 1926 COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY ISABEL ANDERSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ilrf:Jt B.fbtrsibt ~rtss CAMBRIDGE • MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. , ..-L r ~ ...... ~ ·\?' :. _,./ ..- . ' . < ~ • U~DER THE BLACK HORSE FLAG Under the Black Horse Flag Preface THIS book is written for the f amity, and also, per­ haps, for those who love the sea, for my grand­ father's firm, the William Fletcher Weld Company, outlasted most of the merchant ship-owning houses in Boston, and after the Civil War it had the largest sailing fleet in America. The Black Horse Flag, which flew above his clippers, was a familiar sight to sailors, and many of his vessels were famous for their speed and general seaworthiness. The largest and swiftest of them all was the Great Admiral. At first I planned simply to collect and bind the logs of these clippers, but, finding that the greater portion of them would be of interest only to mari­ ners, I decided merely to use extracts. I have drawn as well upon family papers, which include both Weld and Anderson documents and my father's naval journals during the Civil War. These papers and logs opened up vistas of the Orient, the Barbary Coast, the Spanish Main, and pirates of the seven seas. When clippers no longer made white the ocean, the Black Horse Flag did not disappear, but flies to-day from the masthead of the yachts owned by different members of the Weld family. Of the earlier matter in the book, much of it gives hitherto unpublished historical material, and some - of it, I hope, may be of value because of its details of contemporary life. Regarding the inclusion of fam­ ily affairs, I am reminded of Sir Francis Bacon's . VI Preface words, 'It is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold a f am­ ily which has stood against the waves and weathers of time.' Most of the people herein spoken of are now gone, and it seems due to their public spirit and their place in the community that these records should be preserved on paper for their own family, or for those who care to read about them. Conte1zts I. THE EARLY WELDS 3 II. PIRATE DAYS 15 III. THE FOUNDER OF THE FLEET 30 IV. KINSMEN AND KINS"\,VOMEN 40 V. THE SEA MADE WHITE 50 VI. THE PASSING OF THE FLEET 78 VIL ANNALS OF THE WELD STEAMERS 85 VIII. MY FATHER'S BOYHOOD 89 IX. 'DAMN THE ToRPEDOEs! Go AHEAD!' 100 X. PosT-WAR CRUISES 130 XI. FURLING Hrs SAILS 151 XII. THE ANDERSONS OF 'GOLDMINES, 168 XIII. YACHTING 189 XIV. A CRUISE IN THE ORIENT 194 xv. UP THE COAST ON ROXANA 214 XVI. THE ISLES OF DEVILS 226 XVII. NASSAU AND THE LAST OF THE PIRATES 235 APPENDIX 263 Illustrations UNDER THE BLACK HORSE FLAG Frontispiece LULWORTH CASTLE IN DORSET, THE HOME OF THE WELDS IN ENGLAND 4 THE OLD HOMESTEAD ON WELD HILL 12 WILLIAM GORDON WELD AND HANNAH MINOT WELD 16 STEPHEN MINOT 20 SHIP JASON, COMMANDED BY WILLIAM GORDON WELD 24 WILLIAM FLETCHER WELD 30 WILLIAM GORDON WELD, 2D 42 CAROLINE GODDARD WELD 46 SHIP HUMBOLDT 54 SHIP ENOCH TRAIN IN A TYPHOON IN THE CHINA SEA 60 SHIP GREAT ADMIRAL 66 SHIP SAILOR Boy 78 GEORGE HAMILTON PERKINS 90 THEODORUS BAILEY 100 THE SURRENDER OF THE CONFEDERATE RAM TEN- NESSEE 124 U.S.S. HARTFORD 152 RICHARD C. ANDERSON 172 ROBERT ANDERSON 178 COLONEL NICHOLAS LONGWORTH ANDERSON 182 X Illustrations y ACHTS HERA, MAGIC, WANDERER, Ai~D GITANA 190 SCHOONER YACHT LOITERER IN JAPANESE WATERS 194 HOUSEBOAT ROXANA 216 ANN BoNNY AND MARY READ, Two WoMEN PIRATES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 250 FARRAGUT'S ERRONEOUS DIAGRAM DATED MAY 6, 1862 282 FARRAGUT'S AMENDED DIAGRAM ACCOMPANYING LETTER 283 Under the Black Horse Flag UNDER THE BLACK HORSE FLAG • • • CHAPTER I · THE EARLY WELDS THE first member of the family of Weld to stand out clearly against the shadowy background of time is William Weld, who was High Sheriff of London in 1352, in the reign of Edward the Third. Although his descendants seem mainly to have settled in Eaton, in the County of Chester, one of them, Sir Humphrey Weld, Knight, had returned to London by the end of the sixteenth century and had become, like his ancestor, also Sheriff, and later, in the year 1602, the Lord Mayor of London. As such he must have seen Elizabeth hold court, have witnessed the sailings of Sir Walter Raleigh, he must have ex­ ulted in the defeat of the Armada, and perchance sat with the gentry upon the stage at the first perform­ ance of ' Hamlet.' His grandson, Humphrey Weld, Esquire, pur­ chased Lulworth Castle in Dorsetshire about 1641. It had been built by the Earl of Suffolk, a mansion of three stories with a circular tower at each of its four corners. Terraces and cloistered walks. sur­ round it; Ionic pillars flank the front door, and above them are placed two statues of ancient Romans in their togas. On either side of the pillars are niches 4 Under the Black Horse Flag in which stand allegorical figures of Music and Painting. Above the arms of Weld with a wivem and the motto, 'Nothing without Providence,' are properly blazoned. It is an interesting and historic place. Some ex­ cellent family portraits remain, among them paint­ ings by Sir Peter Lely. King James was entertained there in 1615. In 1665, when London was devas­ tated by the Great Plague, King Charles the Second, accompanied by the Duke of York and the ill-fated Duke of Monmouth, made a short stay under its roof. George the Third paid it more than one visit, coming twice with the Queen and three Princesses and again with five of the Princesses and the Prince of Wales. Sir Robert Peel, one of the Secretaries of State, occupied the Castle for a time, King Edward VII visited it, and in recent years it has been rented by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Gloucester. The Welds of Lulworth were Catholics. One of them conferred upon the Jesuits a tract of land at Stoneyhurst, where they established the Roman Catholic College, so well known under that name. Another Weld became a priest after his wife's death and later was made a Cardinal. Monks and nuns are frequent in the genealogical records. My uncle Wil­ liam Gordon Weld once visited Lulworth and told us that the owner was a peculiar old gentleman and not very sociable. He retired to a monastery and died a few years ago. The castle is now occupied by one of the family, Weld Blundell. Apparently, however, a branch of this family were Pur:tans, one of whom, the Reverend Thomas Weld, LUL\VORTH CASTLE IN DORSET, THE HOME OF THE \VELDS IN ENGLAND The Early Welds 5 had been educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and settled as Vicar of Terling, \tVithem, Essex, where four sons were born to him. In the latter part of 1629, ·Laud, afterwards Archbishop, the great enemy of the Puritans, began his persecution. Thomas Weld was excommunicateq. and charged to depart, evidently to his deep indignation, for his friend, the Reverend Thomas Sheppard, writes: . 'Mr. Weld and other ministers consulted together whether it were best to let such a swine root up God's plants in Essex.' But the wisest thing for the Reverend Thon1as Weld to do under the circumstances was to get into Scotland and from there escape to New England, 'it being impossible to leave direct without being arrested, it discovered.' The two clergymen, Shep­ pard and Weld, had already resolved upon this course, when, being in the neighborhood of the church where Laud was preaching1 they drew near, probably out of curiosity, to listen. Laud, coming out of the church suddenly, found Thomas Weld standing upon churchly territory, a.thing which he had no right to do because he had been excomn1uni­ cated. The Archbishop challenged the Puritan and, in an interchange of angry words, accused him of intending to go to New England, and Weld instantly admitted it. 'Hereupon he was committed to the Puirsuivant and bound over to answer it at the High Commission on a bond of 100 marks.' He managed to escape, probably by forfeiting his bond, and with him sailed not only his brother, Cap­ tain Joseph Weld; but Joseph's wife, one son and three daughters, and John Winthrop, later Governor 6 Under the Black Horse Flag of the Plymouth Colony. Suffolk, England, was the early home of all of them (the earliest date to which the ancestry of the American line can be traced with certainty is that of John Weld of Long Melford County, Suffolk who died in 1551) and no doubt the long friendship of Governor vVinthrop and Thomas Weld had begun in their-English youth. There ,vere some sixty-five men who sailed on the ship William and Frances from London, March 9, 1632, although the clearance list at the Custom­ House only gives the names of about twenty. l\1in­ isters and men of position and prominence were not allowed to leave England, and could only make their way out of the country secretly.
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