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Everett J. Edwards
EVERETT JOSHUA EDWARDS (August 10, 1871 - March 17, 1950) was a shore whaler of East Hampton, Long Island. He was born and raised in Amagansett, L.I., which his ancestors helped settle in the 1680’...view moreEVERETT JOSHUA EDWARDS (August 10, 1871 - March 17, 1950) was a shore whaler of East Hampton, Long Island. He was born and raised in Amagansett, L.I., which his ancestors helped settle in the 1680’s. He married Florence W. Huntting in 1892 and the couple had a daughter, Jeannette (born 1893) and son, Clifford (born 1895). Everett J. Edwards died in East Hampton in 1950, aged 78.
JEANNETTE EDWARDS RATTRAY (July 28, 1893 - May 21, 1974) was a local newspaper publisher and historian of East Hampton, Long Island. She was the daughter of shore whaler Everett J. Edwards and his wife Florence W. Huntting.
After initially teaching kindergarten in her hometown of East Hampton, she decided to become a newspaperwoman and took a correspondence course. In 1925 she married Arnold Rattray and began writing regularly for the local newspaper, The East Hampton Star. She eventually bought the paper with her husband in 1935 and inherited it following his death in 1954. One of their three children, son Everett, became editor of The Star and Jeannette contributed a weekly column titled ‘Looking Them Over’ for more than 50 years: a mélange of conversationally written bits about East Hampton residents, people who once lived here, village lore, personal reminiscences, accounts of her travels, opinions on various matters and notes on the numerous social parties she attended.
She was the author of several books on East Hampton history, including ‘Up and Down Main Street,’ about the village’s stately homes; ‘Ship Ashore!’ about marine wrecks off Montauk; and the ‘Perils of the Port of New York,’ which describes shipwrecks in and near the city since 1614.
Jeannette died on May 21, 1974 in East Hampton, aged 80.view less
Books by Everett J. Edwards
Whale Off!: The Story of American Shore Whaling [Revised Edition]