In 1785, Benjamin and Lydia Mayhew of Chilmark had a deaf son named Benjamin. Later, they had four more deaf children. By 1824, three other Chilmark households the Smiths, Luces, and Tiltons would also have deaf children. Though Martha’s Vineyard had a well-established deaf community in the 18th century, these parents reported that […]
As a born-and-bred Manhattanite, boats were not part of my life. Moving here full-time, it seemed, much to my surprise, that everyone around me talked about boats an awful lot. After writing an article for this paper about Featherstone Center for the Art’s 2018 “The Art of Boat Building,” and also about Gannon & Benjamin […]
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He was known by everyone as “Charlie Bell” (and in his Vineyard property deeds as “Charles A. Bell”), but that, it turns out, was just his alias. “Charlie was a sight to behold,” recalled the late Stan Lair of Vineyard Haven, “strolling the Main Street with a derby hat and cane, light-colored spats, and a […]