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Hatt, Fenwick, 1860-1924
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Fenwick (Fennie) Hatt was born in 1860 in Port Medway, Nova Scotia, to Simon Hatt and Rachel Sophia Hiltz. While he was at sea, probably prior to 1883, he kept a notebook of ballads popular with sailors. In 1885 he left the sea and set up a firm in Liverpool making ironworks for sailing vessels. His forge was the scene of chantymen's contests. He was married to Elizabeth Cullington and died in 1924. His songs were later collected and published as Sea Songs and Ballads from Nineteenth Century Nova Scotia: the William H Smith and Fenwick Hatt Manuscripts, edited by Edith Fowke (Folklorica Press, 1981).