Collection Overview
Title: Simeon Weston, Sr. & Jr. Collection
Dates: 1801-1824
Creator: Simeon Weston Jr.
Repository: Drew Archival Library
Call Number: DAL.MSS.134
Accession Number:
Location: Fogg Archives Room
Quantity: 1 box
Language: English

Administrative Information
Access Restriction: Collection is open to researchers
Acquisition Information: Purchase, Marion Antique Auctions, 2020
Preferred Citation: DAL.MSS.134, Simeon Soule Sr. and Jr. Collection, Duxbury Rural & Historical Society
Finding Aid Prepared by Melyna Lemon (intern), 2021

Scope and Content:
The Simeon Weston Sr. and Jr. Collection consists of 19 items, including several logbooks, ciphering books, a navigation text, receipts, and notes spanning the years 1801-1824. Of particular interest is the logbook of Simeon Weston Sr. from 1801-1804 and a page from his last voyage in 1805. A navigation workbook contains practice exercises from Rev. John Mulham’s Navigation made easy and familiar to the most common capacity…

Biographical Sketch:
Simeon Weston Sr. (1780-1805) was born in Duxbury, MA to Asa Weston and his first wife, Jane Brewster. Simeon’s father was a shipwright who built a two-story home on Duck Hill. Jane Brewster was a descendant of the Pilgrim Elder William Brewster. Like many young men in Duxbury in the late 18th century, Simeon chose a career at sea, rising to the rank of first mate. He sailed in several merchant vessels, including the Maria (built in Duxbury and owned by Ezra Weston) and the Jubilee. His voyages took him to the Grand Banks, Canada, Liverpool, Savannah, and the Caribbean.

He married Deborah Baker in 1804. She was the daughter of Charles Baker and Deborah Williamson. Simeon and Deborah Weston had one child, Simeon Weston Jr. On August 22, 1805, while serving under Capt. Tredwell aboard the Sally Baker, Simeon Weston Sr. was swept overboard and died at sea.

Simeon Weston Jr. (1805-1825) was the only child of Simeon and Deborah Weston. His father died at sea two months before his birth. He was raised on the Marshfield/Duxbury line in the Crooked Lane neighborhood. From 1821-1823, he lived with Capt. Eben Fish (Acorn Street) and worked in his tannery. On July 5, 1825, he drowned when his boat capsized in the Cut River during a squall.

Series List:
Series I – Simeon Weston Sr. Papers (1800-1805)
Series II – Simeon Weston Jr. Papers (1821-1824)
Series III – Business Papers (1818-1824)
Series IV – Miscellaneous, n.d.