Umm??? (boarding a 14 y/o on a cargo bark to Long Island, NY, does not equate to being "shanghaied)..." More likely, he was getting out of town before the authorities drafted him (age 14 was draft age in the Azores).
Looks like you have enough info w/ Sag Harbor, NY, name chg, wife's name, and yr of marriage, to start your research. If he lived in Sag Harbor his entire adult life, it may be all you need to get that branch started.... perhaps he listed his date, and place of birth, possibly even his parents, on his marriage application. shang·hai (shăng-hī′, shăng′hī′) *tr.v.* *shang·haied*, *shang·hai·ing*, *shang·hais* *1. *To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him. *2. *To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities. ------------------------------ [After *Shanghai*1, *from the former custom of kidnapping sailors to man ships going to China*.] ------------------------------ *shang·hai′er** n.* American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 5:05:44 PM UTC-4, R Mac wrote: > > Later moved to Sag Harbor, NY and changed name to Silvey. Married > Catherine McLain 1864. Any information would be appreciated. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
