MARY JANE

Capt. Josiah Remick first built the schooner Mary and then the schooner Jane. He finally built a brig which he named the Mary Jane. All were named for his daughter Mary Jane, born in 1797. Under the cover of every fog, hundreds of barrels were smuggled between Canada and the Maine coast during the Embargo of 1807. The Mary Jane, laden with contraband, was intercepted by a cutter dispatched to halt its escape from Bath. Despite the cutter's attempt to block it, the Mary Jane escaped, exchanging gunfire before disappearing downriver.