Herald of Freedom, June 23, 1790.
SURNAMES.
In the Cambridge Chronicle of Saturday, Auguſt 1, 1772, is an advertiſement ſaid to have been taken from the Canterbury Journal, which beggars the liſt of ſurnames lately enumerated:
"Mary Scaredevil, widow of the late William Scaredevil, of Maidſtone, does, by the aſſiſtance of the Almighty, intend to carry on the buſineſs of Whiteſmith, and hopes for the favors and recommendations of the gentlemen and ladies whom the late William Scaredevil had the pleaſure to ſerve, which will be gratefully acknowledged by their moſt humble ſervant,
MARY SCAREDEVIL."
Salem Gazette, Nov., 1805.
Launching of the "Grand Turk."
Thurſday laſt being a very pleaſant day, great numbers of people aſſembled to ſee the launching of the large and beautiful ſhip from Mr. Derby's wharf. They were, however, diſappointed in the pleaſure they expected, by her ſtopping when ſhe had run about half her length: and all the efforts which could be made were ineffectual in getting her off at that time: the next day, however, with the aid of proper apparatus, and the aſſiſtance of the people aſſembled, ſhe was again put in motion, and gained the water.—The name of The Grand Turk is revived in this ſhip, heretofore borne by a ſhip belonging to Mr. Derby, remarkably ſucceſsful as a privateer in the late war, and which was ſome time ſince ſold in India.