The following section contains brief biographical information on ship masters and their vessels in the Samuel Watts Collection. We have reproduced this information, largely unedited, from sources found in the Collection. However, the reader is reminded that no clear criteria exists for which vessel is represented or what sources were used to compile this list.
| Anderson, Rasmus B., Sr. | Ship VALCLUSE | Captain in 1852 until he was lost overboard on November 28 on passage from Liverpool to New Orleans |
| Anderson, Rasmus B., Jr. | Ship H.S. GREGORY | Captain in October 1875 |
| Anderson, Rasmus B., Jr. | Ship SNOW & BURGESS | Captain from 1879 to January 1885, and Apr 1889 to October 1890 when the vessel was sold |
| Balano, ? | Ship H. L. RICHARDSON | Captain in December 1880 |
| Balano, James W. | Schooner F. L. RICHARDSON | Captain from December 1879 to June 1884 |
| Balano, James W. | Schooner JOHN K. SOUTHER | Captian from June 1884 to June 1888, until the vessel went aground in the Bahamas |
| Balano, James W. | Schooner MABEL JORDAN | Captain from May 1890 to June 1893, until she was rammed and sunk by a steamer in Philadelphia harbor. Captain only had time to save his watch and his chronometer |
| Balano, John H. | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain in 1884 |
| Balano, John H. | Schooner F. L. RICHARDSON | Captain from Jun 1884 to Nov 1888, when all hands were lost in a storm on trip from Turks Island to Boston |
| Barker, ? | Schooner SARAH FISH | Captain in 1884 |
| Barstow, ? | Schooner NEVIS | Captain in 1853 |
| Barter, A. William | Schooner JOSEPH SOUTHER | Captain in 1888 |
| Barter, A. William | Schooner GRACE BRADLEY | Captain in 1892 |
| Barter, Hiram William | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain in January 1880 |
| Barter, Hiram William | Schooner JUNE BRIGHT | Captain from 1885 to 1888 |
| Bickmore, Henry | Schooner JOSEPH W. FISH | Captain in 1864 |
| Briggs, ? | Brig ONOLASKA | Captain in 1880 |
| Brown, ? | Ship CYRUS WAKEFIELD | Captain in Mar 1893 when he died on board in New York |
| Brown, George W. | Schooner NEVIS | Captain from March 1857 to Jan 1860 |
| Brown, John N. | Ship KENILWORTH | Captain in Jan 1867, and May 1868 |
| Brown, John N. | Ship JANE FISH | Captain from September 1868 to July 1877 |
| Brown, William Ballard | Ship SNOW & BURGESS | Captain from January 1885 to April 1889. Also the son of John N. Brown |
| Burgess, Eban | Clipper STEPHEN CROWELL | Captain in July 1856 |
| Carney, George | Ship LORETTO FISH | Captain in September 1874 |
| Chadwick, Alton D. | Schooner HERNY SOUTHER | Captain from July 1890 to October 1890 and October 1891 to the sale in Oct 1894 |
| Chapman, James | Ship ST. JOHN | Captain on her launch in 1869 |
| Colson, Albert B. | Ship R. D. RICE | Captain from October 1891 to May 1893 |
| Cook, Josiah W. | Schooner WILLIAM J. LERMOND | Captain from October 1893 to Jan 1894 on one trip. His regular vessel was Schooner REBECCA MOULTON |
| Creighton, ? | Schooner SUSSIE M. PLUMMER | Captain in April 1892, February 1894, and January 1898 |
| Curling, Sanders | Brig ALMIRA | Captain in 1845 |
| Curling, Sanders | Ship JOHN & LUCY | Captain from November 1854 to January 1855 |
| Curling, Sanders | Ship S. CURLING | Captain from January 1855 to February 1859 |
| Davis, T. | Brig CLARISSA | Captain from 1848 to November 1854 |
| Dizer, John | Ship MONTPELIER | Captain in November 1869 |
| Dizer, Samuel | Barque ELLIOT | Captain in March 1849 |
| Dwyer, William | Schooner SARAH FISH | Captain from May 1868 to March 1869 |
| Eaton, ? | Ship JOHN & LUCY | Captain in March 1858 |
| Emerson, John B. | Ship L. B. GILLCHREST | Captain from June 1872 to September 1876 |
| Emerson, John B. | Ship JOHN T. BERRY | Captain from September 1876 to January 1880 |
| Emerson, John B. | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captain from August 1880 to the vessel's sale in October 1880 |
| Fales, W. | Ship MARY & ADELINE | Captain in 1859 |
| Fales J. T. | Schooner ELBRIDGE SOUTHER | Captain from 1883 to November 1889 |
| Fales, J. T. | Schooner BENJAMIN C. FRITH | Captain in 1895 and August 1896 |
| Fales, O. Harvey | Barque LEONIDAS | Captain from 1869 to February 1873 when all lives were lost in Lat. 48º 10' N, Long. 6º 30'W after vessel was abandoned with 3 feet of water in the hold. |
| Farnham, Ebeneza | Schooner MARY AUGUSTA | Captain in 1842 |
| Fiske, Moses H. | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captain from 1874 to May 1876 |
| Fountain, Barnabas | Brig MONROE | Captain in 1842 |
| Francis, F. | Schooner HENRY SOUTHER | Captain in September 1886 |
| Fyler, ? | Schooner GRACE BRADLEY | Captain in March 1891 |
| Fyler, ? | Schooner NELSON BARTLETT | Captain for one voyage in 1891 |
| Flyer, James T. | Schooner HORACE O. BRIGHT | Captain in June 1885 |
| Flyer, James T. | Schooner ELBRIDGE SOUTHER | Captain from April to July 1891 |
| Gamage, Julius G. | Schooner MATTIE E. EATON | Captain, unknown dates |
| Gates, Miles S. | Barque LEONIDAS | Captain from July 1868 to 1869 |
| Gilchrest, Albert | Schooner J[OHN] ELLIOT | Captain from October 1866 to January 1868 when the vessel burned in Galveston Harbor. |
| Gilchrest, G. | Ship EDWARD O'BRIEN | Captain in 1863 |
| Gilchrest, Cornelius | Brig ST. GEORGE | Captain in 1845 |
| Gillchrest, Raymond | Ship VAUCLUSE | Captain in 1851 |
| Gillchrist, Alden | Barque LILLIUS | Captain in August 1846 |
| Gillchrist, George | Barque LILLIUS | Captain in 1840, 1844 and 1845 |
| Gillchrist, Levi B. | Ship STATESMAN | Captain in 1842 and 1844 |
| Gilmore, Charles M. | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain from 1888 to the sale of the vessel in 1888 |
| Gilmore, Charles M. | Schooner THOMAS R. PILLSBURY | Captain for one voyage in October 1889 |
| Gilmore, Charles M. | Schooner HENRY SOUTHER | Captain from May to July 1890 |
| Guilford, ? | Schooner WILLIAM FLINT | Captain from 1878 to 1881 |
| Harding, Henry E. | Barque KATE HARDING | Captain from October 1869 to October 1875 when he was discharged by Samuel Watts for drinking and "keeping vessel in port for his own gratification." |
| Harrington, J. S. | Brig THOMAS & EDWARD | Captain in 1854 |
| Hart, Levi | Brig ONOLASKA | Captain in 1876 |
| Henderson, Dunbar | Ship MONTEBELLO | Captain in 1865, 1869, and 1871 |
| Henerson, Jabez | Schooner SARAH FISH | Captain from July 1867 to May 1868 |
| Henry, John B. | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captain from June 1876 to July 1878 |
| Hewes, ? | Ship JOSEPH GILLCHREST | Captain in 1852 |
| Hewes, William | Ship SAMUEL WATTS 1st | Captain from October 1858 to March 1859 |
| Hewes, William | Ship BARNABAS WEBB | Captain from September 1859 to the vessel's sale in September 1963 |
| Hewes, William | Ship H. L. RICHARDSON | Captain from August 1866 to March 1869 |
| Hewes, William | Ship SAMUEL WATTS 2nd | Captain in May 1872 |
| Hibberd, Isaac Norris | Ship CYRUS WAKEFIELD | Captain from May 1887 to September 1889 |
| Hodgman, David I. | Ship JOSEPH FISH 2nd | Captain from January 1876 to September 1876. |
| Hodgman, David I. | Ship LORETTO FISH | Captain from 1878 to April 1883. In 1878 Hodgman and his officers were tried for cruelty to the crew and were acquitted in San Francisco. |
| Hodgman, David I. | Ship CYRUS WAKEFIELD | Captain from April 1883 to June 1884. |
| Howard, Daniel H. | Schooner WILLIAM FLINT | Captain from December 1863 to May 1866. |
| Howard, Daniel H. | Barque LEONIDAS | Captain from May 1866 to July 1868. |
| Hughes, William | Schooner MARY AUGUSTA | Captain in September 1846 |
| Hupper, Joel H. | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain in October 1876 |
| Hupper, Joel H. | Schooner C. W. LEWIS | Captain from January to December 1880 |
| Hupper, Joel H. | Schooner HENRY SOUTHER | Captain from 1884 to September 1886, March 1888 to August 1889, September 1889 to May 1890 and October 1890 to October 1891. |
| Hupper, Sidney G. | Schooner GRACE BRADLEY | Captain in 1873, July 1879, February 1880 and May 1880 |
| Hupper, Sidney G. | Schooner WILLIAM J. LERMOND | Captain from January 1886 to 1889, December 1891 to October 1893, and January 1894 to October 1900 |
| Hupper, Sidney G. | Schooner MILES M. MERRY | Captain from October 1900 to April 1902 |
| Hyler, Halvah A. | Ship LORETTO FISH | Captain from April 1883 to the vessel's sale in March 1884 |
| Hyler, Halvah A. | Ship ALFRED WATTS | Capatin from December 1885 to September 1887 |
| Hyler, Halvah A. | Ship CYRUS WAKEFIELD | Captain from August 1890 to March 1891, and March 1893 to the vessel's sale in May 1894 |
| Hyler, William McNeil | Brig ST. GEORGE | Captain in March 1849 |
| Hyler, William McNeil | Ship SAMUEL WATTS 2nd | Captain in October 1870 |
| Johnson, ? | Ship ALFRED WATTS | Captain from September 1887 to October when the ship and all hands except 2 were lost in a hurricane in the North Atlantic. |
| Johnson, F. H. | Ship LEVI G. BURGESS | Captain from November 1884 to the vessel's sale in 1887 |
| Jordan, ? | Barque SUNBEAM | Captain in August 1867 |
| Jordan, O. | Ship LEONIDAS | Captain in December 1834 |
| Jordan, Newell ("Newt") Blake | Barque MARTHA McNEIL | Captain before the vessel's sale in 1883 |
| Jordan, Newell ("Newt") Blake | Ship JOHN T. BERRY | Captain from January 1880 to 1883 |
| Jordan, Newell ("Newt") Blake | Ship R. D. RICE | Captain from Janary 1884 to October 1891, and May 1893 to the vessel's sale in July 1894. |
| Keen, William G. | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain from November 1884 to 1887 |
| Keen, William G. | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain in 1889 |
| Keen, William G. | Schooner ELBRIDGE SOUTHER | Captain from August 1893 to September 1894 |
| Keen, William G. | Schooner BENJAMIN C. FRITH | Captain from September 1894 |
| Kelly, William Jr. | Ship MONTEBELLO | Captain in 1875 |
| Leland, Frank | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain in December 1888 |
| Lermond, William J. | Ship SAMUEL WATTS 2nd | Captain from March 1876 to 1880 |
| Lermond, William J. | Ship JOSEPH B. THOMAS | Captain from Jul 1884 to 1899 |
| Lermond, William J. | Schooner JOSEPH B. THOMAS | Captain from 1900 to 1908 |
| Lermond, William J. | Schooner WASHINGTON B. THOMAS | Captain in 1908 for her first and only voyage when she was wrecked. Lermond's young wife drowned and he was badly injured. |
| Levensaler, Caleb | Ship STATESMAN | Captain in 1841 |
| Levensaler, Caleb | Ship MONTEBELLO | Captain in 1866, and 1869 |
| Levensaler, Joseph G. | Ship GENERAL BERRY | Captain from December 1868 to the vessel's sale in May 1874. |
| Maies, William H. | Schooner MARY DELPHINA | Captain from December 1857 |
| Masters, William | Barque MARTHA McNEIL | Captain in 1869 |
| Mathews, ? | Schooner BESSIE E. CREIGHTON | Captain in August 1894 when he died of yellow fever in a hospital in Trinidad. He was attended by Capt. Sidney Hupper of the Schooner WILLIAM J. LERMOND. |
| McClay, Alex | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captain from 1872 to 1874 |
| McIntyre, J. Warren | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain from March 1880 to 1884 |
| McIntyre, J. Warren | Schooner GRACE BRADLEY | Captain from 1885 to 1888 |
| McIntyre, Lewis | Barque ELLIOT | Captain in 1851 |
| McNeil, J. P. | Schooner ELBRIDGE SOUTHER | Captain from September 1894 to his abandonment in January 1895 when he went ashore at Cayo San Felipi, Cuba. |
| Mehan, Francis | Ship S. CURLING | Captain from February 1859 |
| Mills, Harvey | Brig THOMAS & EDWARD | Captain in 1847 |
| Mills, Harvey | Ship JAMES NESMITH | Captain from 1852 to November 1855 |
| Mills, Harvey | Ship SAMUEL WATTS 1st | Captain from November 1855 to October 1858, and April to August 1859. His wife, Sarah died aboard in June 1858 of "gastric fever." |
| Mills, Harvey | Ship COLONEL ADAMS | Captain from 1860 to February 1862 and March to September 1864. |
| Mills, Harvey | Ship H. L. RICHARDSON | Captain from November 1865 to August 1866 |
| Mills, Harvey | Ship MONTPELIER | Captain from September 1867 to November 1869 |
| Mills, Harvey | Ship ELIZA MCNEIL | Captain from May 1871 to October 1872 and January 1873 to November 1874. |
| Mills, Warren F. | Ship ELIZA McNEIL | Captain from October 1872 to January 1873 and in November 1874 |
| Mills, Warren F. | Ship HARVEY MILLS | Captain from the ship's launch in 1876. |
| Mitchell, George A. | Barque FRANKLIN | Captain in 1850 |
| Morse, ? | Ship MARY & ADELINE | Captain in 1855 |
| Morse, ? | Ship M[ARY] I. CAMPELL | Captain in January 1861 and 1864 |
| Morse, Alvin s. | Ship S. CURLING | Captain in May 1867 and December 1868 |
| Morse, Lucuis K. | Ship COLONEL ADAMS | Captain in September 1864 to April 1871. He reluctently "tolerated" Howard Van Norden as the British Flag Captain when the vessel was under the British registry in 1864 during the Civil War. |
| Morton, William J. | Ship H. L. RICHARDSON | Captain in 1876 |
| Morton, William J. | Ship ELIZA McNEIL | Captain from February 1878 to the vessel's sale in 1882 |
| Morton, William J. | Ship ABNER I. BENYON (ALFRED WATTS) | Captain from December 1883 to December 1885 |
| Morton, William J. | Ship CYRUS WAKEFIELD | Captain from March 1891 to March 1893 |
| Mowat, Henry | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captian from April 1879 to August 1880 |
| Murphy Joseph | Schooner HENRY SOUTHER | Captain in October 1894 after the vessel's sale |
| Nelson, ? | Ship VAUCLUSE | Captain in June 1863 |
| Newhall, William, Jr. | Ship JUVENTA | Captain from July 1862 to June 1863. He was first mate when Capt. Wm. Young died of small pox on January 22, 1862 on the way to the Orient, and was given command in Shanghai. |
| Oliver, ? | Ship EDWARD O'BRIEN | Captain in April 1868 |
| Palmer, E. C. | Ship ELIZA McNEIL | Captain in July 1875 |
| Palmer, E. C. | Ship H. L. RICHARDSON | Captain from December 1879 to December 1880 |
| Patten, James W. | Ship MONTEBELLO | Captain in 1865 and 1866 |
| Pendleton, Richard P. | Schooner WILLIAM FLINT | Captain in 1882 |
| Pillsbury, A. F. | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain from January 1868 to July 1888 |
| Pitcher, Harrison A. | Schooner THOMAS A. PILLSBURY | Captain from March 1876 to October 1889 |
| Post, Thomas M. | Schooner WILLIAM FLINT | Captain from May 1866 to 1868 |
| Ranlett, Charles E. | Barque SUNBEAM | Captain in 1863 |
| Rivers, ? | Schooner ANNIE BLISS | Captain during the summer of 1879 |
| Robinson, Edwin A. | Ship ALFRED D. SNOW | Captain from launch in 1877 to November 1878 |
| Robinson, Richard, Jr. | Ship RICHARD ROBINSON | Captain from launch in 1854 |
| Seavey, Alfred L. | Schooner CATHIE C. BERRY | Captain in 1879 and from 1880 to December 1884 |
| Seavey, Alfred L. | Schooner HORACE O. BRIGHT | Captain from December 1894 to April 1895 |
| Seavey, Alfred L. | Schooner HENRY SOUTHER | Captain for one voyage in August 1889 |
| Seavey, Alfred L. | Schooner ELBRIDGE SOUTHER | Captain from November 1889 to April 1891, July 1891 to January 1893, and April to August 1893, when he was killed by a falling block in a bad storm, and was buried at sea. |
| Seavey, Leonard H. | Schooner Elbridge Souther | Captain from January to April 1893, and brother of Albert Seavey. |
| Shaw, Charles H. | Schooner JOSEPH W. FISH | Captain in June 1861 |
| Shaw, Charles H. | Schooner FANNIE K. SHAW | Captain in 1867 until his death in Havana in February 1868. |
| Simmons, Aaron W. | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain from February 1880 to May 1881 |
| Singer, ? | Barque CATHERINE | Captain in 1857 |
| Singer, William | Ship ALICE COUNCE | Captain in August 1858 and December 1860 |
| Smalley, Joshua | Schooner J. H. COUNCE | Captain in 1846 |
| Smith, William H. | Schooner CATHIE C. BERRY | Captain from December 1884 to 1887 |
| Smith, William H. | Schooner GRACE BRADLEY | Captain from 1888 to March 1891 |
| Smith, William H. | Schooner MARTHA T. THOMAS | Captain in 1891 and 1892 |
| Snow, Ambrose | Ship LEONIDAS | Captain in October 1844 |
| Spear, Arthur | Ship EDWARD O'BRIEN | Captain in 1868 |
| Stackpole, Frederick W. | Ship JOSEPH FISH 2nd | Captain from November 1866 to December 1875 and September to November 1876 |
| Starrett, Earl | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captain in 1869 |
| Starrett, Henry A. | Ship LEVI G. BURGESS | Captain in 1880 to 1884 |
| Stilphen, Newell | Ship BOLINA | Captain from October to November 1857, when she wrecked in a hurricane on one of the Berry Islands off Nassau. |
| Turner, John S. | Schooner JOSEPH W. FISH | Captain in 1869 |
| Turner, John S. | Ship JANE FISH | Captain in January 1878 |
| Turner, John S. | Ship H. S. GREGORY | Captain from December 1879 to October 1880 |
| Turner, John S. | Ship JOSEPH B. THOMAS | Captain from November 1881 to July 1884 |
| Turner, J. W. | Schooner HATTIE TURNER | Captain from 1872 to 1875 |
| Van Norden, Howard | Ship COLONEL ADAMS | Captain from 1863 to 1864. He was the British Flag Captain when the ship was under the British registry during the Civil War. Capt. Lucius Morse complained that he drank and incited the crew to disobedience. |
| Vesper, Peter | Ship MARY & ADELINE | Captain in 1852 |
| Vesper, Peter | Ship VESPER | Captain from 1855 to July 1856, when she sank in Long. 33º W. The Captain, his wife Em, and the crew were in ships's boats for five days before being rescued. |
| Vesper, Peter | Ship MARY O'BRIEN | Captain in December 1856 and April 1866 |
| Wall, Aaron S. | Brig G. W. LAWRENCE | Captain from 1848 to February 1854 |
| Watts, ? | Ship STATEMAN | Captain in 1840 |
| Watts, ? | Ship LEONIDAS | Captain in 1843 and December 1856 |
| Watts, ? | Schooner GRACE ANDREWS | Captain in Jun 1889 |
| Watts, Afred | Ship JUVENTA | Captain from November 1853 to November 1855. He is Samuel's brother. |
| Watts, Afred | Ship BARNABAS WEBB | Captain from December 1856 to April 1859 |
| Watts, Afred | Ship GENERAL McCLELLAND | Captain from launching to sale in 1862 |
| Watts, Artemus W. | Schooner NEVIS | Captain in 1846, he is either the nephew or cousin of Samuel. |
| Watts, Charles | Brig EMELINE | Captain in September 1854 |
| Watts, Edward | Brig EMELINE | Captain in 1849. Edward is also the father of Edward A., Frank and Seymour. |
| Watts, Edward | Ship COLONEL ADAMS | Captain from August 1862 to March 1864 |
| Watts, Edward | Barque Pactolus | (launched in 1865) |
| Watts, Edward | Schooner FANNIE K. SHAW | Captain in June 1868 |
| Watts, Edward | Ship LEVI B. GILLCHREST | Captain in December 1869 and from September 1876 to September 1882 |
| Watts, Edward A. | Schooner THOMAS FISH | Captain in 1872 |
| Watts, Edward A. | Schooner F. L. RICHARDSON | Captain in 1876 |
| Watts, Edward A. | Schooner LORETTO FISH | Captain from March 1878 to October 1880 |
| Watts, Edward A. | Ship H. S. GREGORY | Captain from October 1880 to February 1883 when the ship was abandoned 650 miles west of Fashnet. All hands were saved including the wife and son, Charles A. Watts. |
| Watts, Edward Brown | Ship KENDRICK FISH | Captain from November 1867 to August 1868. Edward Brown is the son of Alfred Watts. |
| Watts, Edward Brown | Ship ABNER I. BENYON (ALFRED WATTS) | Captain from March 1876 to February 1881. He drank heavily and was not employed by Samuel Watts after February 1881. He was in Kansas City by 1886, but was very free with his advice about how vessels should be handled and had complaints about the shipmasters. |
| Watts, Edwin | Ship James Nesmith | Captain from November 1859 until the vessel's sale in November 1863. Edwin was the son of William Watts. |
| Watts, Edwin | Ship JOSEPH GILLCHREST | Captian in January 1864 |
| Watts, Edwin | Schooner J[OHN] ELLIOT | Captain from September 1865 to October 1866 |
| Watts, Edwin | Ship LEVI B. GILLCHREST | Captain from December 1866 to June 1872 |
| Watts, Edwin | Barque MINNIE WATTS | Captain in 1883, when the vessel went down near Cape Horn with all lives lost including Edwin Watts' wife and elder son. |
| Watts, Frank E. | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain from 1884 to 1885 |
| Watts, Frank E. | Schooner JOSEPH SOUTHER | Captain from August 1886 to March 1887 |
| Watts, Frederick E. | Barque KATIE HARDING | Captain from April 1880 to January 1881 |
| Watts, Frederick E. | Schoooner DAVID H. RIVERS | Captain in 1897 when he was lost overboard in the Channel off the English coast. |
| Watts, George | Brig MONROE | Captain from 1845 to 1846. George was no Samuel's brother. |
| Watts, James | Barque CATHERINE | Captain in 1847. James was the son of the George who was Samuel's brother. |
| Watts, James | Barque GLEN AVON | Captain from 1863 to August 1864, when Confederate privateer TALLAHASSEE sank the vessel. All were saved, including James Watts wife, Betsey. |
| Watts, James | Ship MONTPELIER | Captain from November 1864 to September 1868. Betsey Watts wrote all of her husband's correspondence. |
| Watts, James, Jr. | Ship JOHN T. BERRY | Captain in January 1884 to October 1887 starting at the age of 20. THe vessel was lost in a storm off Austrialia. James Jr. and 15 others survived six days in a longboat, landing in New South Wales. The other longboat with 12 crew members was lost. |
| Watts, John R. | Ship JAMES NESMITH | Captain from November 1855 to November 1859 |
| Watts, John R. | Ship SAMUEL WATTS 1st | Captain from November 1859 to December 1863 |
| Watts, John R. | Ship GENERAL BERRY | Captain from December 1863 to December 1868 |
| Watts, John R. | Ship LORETTO FISH | Captain in October 1869 |
| Watts, Joseph W. | Schooner LORETTO FISH | Captain from October 1880 to Januray 1881, when the vessel broke up on the shore of Long Island, N.Y. |
| Watts, Joseph W. | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain in May 1881 |
| Watts, Joseph W. | Schooner JOSEPH SOUTHER | Captain from 1884 to August 1886 and March 1887 to September 1887 |
| Watts, Joseph W. | Schooner NELSON BARTLETT | Captain from September 1887 to 1895 |
| Watts, Joseph W. | Schooner MARTHA T. THOMAS | Captain in 1895 and from May 1897 to May 1898 |
| Watts, Joshua | Schooner MARY AUGUSTA | Captain in July 1852 |
| Watts, Robert T. | Schooner Carrie Melvin | Captain in December 1865 |
| Watts, Samuel | Brig HECTOR | Captain from 1836 to February 1838, when she was wrecked off Gay Head. This was Samuel Watts' first command. |
| Watts, Samuel | Brig ANN MARIA | Captain from February to August 1838 |
| Watts, Samuel | Brig JEFFERSON | Captain from August 1838 to June 1840 |
| Watts, Samuel | Brig MONROE | Captain in September 1840 |
| Watts, Samuel | Brig CLARISSA | Captain from 1841 to 1843 |
| Watts, Samuel | Barque ELLIOT | Captain 1843 to 1846 |
| Watts, Samuel | Barque FRANKLIN | Captain from October 1846 to December 1847 |
| Watts, Samuel | Barque PARIS | Captain from January to November 1848 |
| Watts, Samuel | Brig McMAINE | Captain from December 1849 to May 1850 |
| Watts, Samuel | Ship JAMES NESMITH | Catian from May 1850 to 1851 |
| Watts, Samuel | SHIP FRANKLIN KING | captain from 1851-1853 |
| Watts, Samuel | Ship WESTERN EMPIRE | Captain in 1853. This was his last command. |
| Watts, Samuel 2nd | Schooner JOSEPH SOUTHER | Captain from 1874-1880. Samuel 2nd was the nephew or the grand-nephew of Samuel. |
| Watts, Samuel 2nd | Schooner NELSON BARTLETT | Captain in 1881, 1884 and 1886 |
| Watts, Samuel 2nd | Schooner SIDNEY G. HUPPER | Captain in the fall of 1887 to September 1888, when the vessel was dragged ashore on Turks Island and was a total loss. |
| Watts, Samuel 2nd | Schoooner CHARLES L. DAVENPORT | Captain from February 1890 to December 1898 |
| Watts, Seymour | Ship LEVI B. GILLCHREST | Captain from September 1882 to the sale of the vessel in 1885 |
| Watts, Seymour | Barque PACTOLUS | Captain in 1892 |
| Watts, W. H. | Ship SEBASTIAN CABOT | Captain from 1864 to 1869 |
| Watts, William | Brig OLIVE BRANCH | Captain in December 1840. William was the brother of Samuel. |
| Watts, William | Brig CLARISSA | Captain from 1843 to 1848 |
| Wheeler, O. | Brig ONOLASKA | Captain in 1870 |
| Wilcox, John F. | Schooner FANNIE K. SHAW | Captain from February to June 1868 |
| Willey, Jehoboth W. | Schooner NELSON BARTLETT | Captain from July 1893 |
| Willey, M. K. | Schooner JOSEPH W. FISH | Captain in June 1868 |
| Willey, M. K. | Schooner LORETTO FISH | Captain in May 1870 |
| Willey, Walter B. | Schooner ANNIE BLISS | Captain from December 1879 to the sale of the vessel in February 1880 |
| Willey, William J. | Schooner THOMAS FISH | Captain in January 1869 |
| Willey, William J. | Schooner ANNIE BLISS | Captain in 1871 and from 1872 to 1874 |
| Willey, William J. | Schooner MARY A. POWER | Captain in November 1872 |
| Willey, William J. | Ship ALFRED D. SNOW | Captain from November 1878 to January 1868, when all hands were lost when the vessel was wrecked on Waterford Bar, Ireland. |
| Young, Gideon | Brig EMILY | Captain in 1848 |
| Young, Gideon | Ship JUVENTA | Captain from November 1855 to September 1858 |
| Young, Gideon | Ship JOSEPH FISH 1st | Captain from January 1859 to May 1863, when the vessel dissapeared after leaving Rangoon, with Giedeon Young's wife Julia, aged 31, and son Frederick, aged 8, aboard. Captain Young was 35 at the time |
| Young, Gleason | Ship JANE FISH | Captain from December 1879 to the sale of the vessel in September 1882. Gleason was the son of Gideon Young. |
| Young, Gleason | Ship CYRUS WAKEFIELD | Captain from June 1884 to May 1887 and February 1889 to August 1890. |
| Young, Gleason | Ship R. D. RICE | Captain for one voyage in February 1888 |
| Young, James | Barque MUTUAL | Captain from 1860 to the sale of the vessekl in October 1863 |
| Young, James, Jr. | Schooner F. L. RICHARDSON | Captain from 1873 to 1875 |
| Young, William | Ship JUVENTA | Captain from October 1858 to January 1862, when he died of smallpox on board and was buried at sea. |