A possible early participant in the fishery from the Wheadon family is recorded in the John Davis accounts. Edward Thurman makes a payment to J. Wheadon in 1741. Edward may have been assisting Samuel Thurman with wrapping up the John Davis’ business affairs.
In the Ruck accounts:
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