Charles Doggett Cole

While researching the source of the name "Charles Doggett" given to the famous brig involved in the naming of “Old Glory" (See the story at this link http://tdcweb.com/projects/stories/old_glory.htmhttp://tdcweb.com/projects/stories/old_glory.htm) and the transportation of the Bounty mutineers to Pitcairn Island. Jim Doggett has come up with what appears to be a reasonable hypothesis.

On Jan. 13, 1831, the day that it set sail under Captain William Driver, the Brig, Charles Doggett was registered to John W., Nathaniel and Richard Rogers. The Rogers brothers apparently bought the brig from it’s original owner Charles Cole, but did not rename her.

The vessel was originally named the Charles Doggett. Using the names Doggett, Merritt (builder) and Charles Cole (owner), in the vital records of Cohasset (where she was built), Hingham (which split off from Cohasset) and Scituate shows that these families all have ties to Scituate.
The scenario, conceived by Jim Doggett, is that the origin of the name "Charles Doggett" for the brig, comes from the first and middle names of "Charles Doggett Cole" grandson of the original owner of the vessel, Charles Cole, Sr., originally of Scituate and later of Boston. Charles Doggett Cole; b. Sept 30, 1823, was the eldest son of Charles Cole, Jr., b. Scitulate, Mass., May 4, 1799; d. Stamford, Conn., Sept 5, 1884 and his wife, Mary Alline Doggett, he was born 23 Sep 1823 in Boston. Charles D. Cole may have been the eldest grandchild of Charles Cole, Sr. The brig was launched in 1826, when the grandson was only two to three years old. A proud grandfather with a considerable fleet of vessels may well have named a new ship after his grandson, particularly if he was the first.

Mary Alline Doggett was the only surviving child of Noah Doggett of Boston and his first wife, Ruth Lyne. Noah Doggett was the son of Capt. Noah Doggett, Sr. and wife Mary Alline of Boston. Capt. Doggett was the son of Samuel Doggettof Marshfield, later of Boston, and was the great-grandson of the immigrant, Thomas Doggett of Marshfield. Samuel Doggett was the first of that line to engage in the shipping trade, and his youngest son, Capt. Noah Doggett, followed him in that business. Capt. Noah lost his fleet of vessels during the Revolution and after the War became a merchant in Boston. His son Noah was a wealthy building contractor and real estate investor in Boston, and the Cole and Doggett families were of similar social status and undoubtedly traveled in the same circles of society.

I am sure there must be a “Cole” out there who can confirm or refute the link back to Charles Cole, Sr. Any help would be appreciated.

Pete Daggett, (Paraphrasing the work of Jim Doggett, who actually did the research)

Also, thanks to the Peabody Museum in Salem, who came up with the identity of the original owner of the vessel.