Merchantman Betsey ~ July 29, 1772

The Edinburg Evening Courant 

"The Betsey, Leadbeater, from North Carolina to London, is totally lost in Otterock River, near North Carolina."

Sloop Fancy ~ Abt. September 1772

The Pennsylvania Packet, Philadelphia, PA, 5 October 1772

Sloop Sally ~ 4 May 1772

Edinburg Evening Courant
Scotland, July 25, 1772

"Captain Hunt, in the sloop Sally, from New York to Charles-Town, was cast away the 4th of May, on Cape Look-Out shoals, 10 leagues from land. The vessel and cargo are entirely lost, with seven persons; the rest of the people, with much difficulty, got safe to shore, 15 in number; in the boat, after being in her 15 hours. The Captain was once knocked overboard, but with much difficulty was got in."

GALE OF 1 SEPTEMBER 1772

During a gale on 1 September 1772, the sloop Jenny was one of 14 large merchantmen totally lost near the Ocracoke Bar. The Virginia Gazette, dated October 8 (below), lists the captains of some of the vessels as: Captains Clarke, Pearce and Carter from Edenton, Captain Hill from Virginia, Captain Dove from Connecticut, Captain Pender from New Bern and Captains Conway and Thomas from New York. The South Carolina and American General Gazette of September 28 reported "... that seven vessels out of eight who were lying at Ocracoke were entirely lost in the late gale of wind." Other reports say that nearly 50 people perished.