He sailed on an old whaling shipped purchased solely to go to the gold rush in California. A series of letters from Albert Jagger to his wife tells of going around the Cape and their mining of gold in San Francisco and Sacremento, CA. The ship was the Sabrina - the letters were from 3/29/1849 thru 10/5/1851. The Sabrina was a whaler, owned by Charles T. During, Captained by Capt. Vali, 416 tonnage, sailed the NW Coast. Sold in 1847 to the Southampton-California Mining & Trading Co.
From "Water Mill, the history of a Long Island Town, 1644-1994"; 'An old whaling ship came in handy in 1849 when news of the California Gold Rush reached the East End. A group of 60 men, including some from Water Mill, decided to seek their fortunes and formed the Southampton-California Mining and Trading Co. They purchased the Sabrina, an old whaling ship, issued stock certificates, and set off. Many of these men died in California. Those that returned came home with adventurous tales but little gold."
George H. had his first dig in Deer Creek then 15 miles away at Bear Creek. His last dig known was at Feather River.
George Hubert was quite successful in the gold fields and returned home to marry Frances Mary Jagger. She did not want to return West, so he built a farm (107+ acres) in Brookhaven on Burnett Lane off Beaver Dam Road, then called 'Fireplace'. George Hubert on April 8, 1871 was appointed as Overseer of Highways by the Town of Brookhaven in the County of Suffolk, to serve in and for the Road Districts until the next town meeting or till others are appointed. He also served in this position October 3, 1876 and October 9, 1879.
He was a farmer and died of cronic Bright's Disease. We do not know where he is buried, possibly in Woodland Cemetery.
From a letter from the present owner of 325 Beaver Dam Road - Mrs. Karen Rowley.
"We would have loved showing you the house, which we don't think has changed much in all these years, except of course plumbing, heating & and obviously an improved kitchen." " Our information was that relatives of his lived in this house until sometime in the 40's." "..1 know that one of them was a Miss Hand, who at the time we bought the house (1961) worked at the Post Office here in Brookhaven. She was rather elderly then, or at least I thought so, and unfortunately I didn't ask her much about herself or her family. Such a pity! She is now dead." "...We also had understood that these relatives had come upon hard times, and that Oliver Wellington had bought this house at a tax sale - perhaps sometime in the early 30s - and that he let these relatives live here until they died." ".....One of our babysitters I had when the children were young (a Mrs. Valzora Murdock Barry) remembered coming here with her pail for milk, from the milk shed, which is now attached to the back of the house by a little breeze way." " One outhouse is still back in the woods. And we are aware that there had been a barn at some time, as the burnt locust posts and some stones are back at the edge of the woods."
1823 - 1893 (70 years)
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