 He and Michael eventually in 1789 set up their own shipyard on the east bank of the Acoaxet River, in the new town of Westport which had been carved out of Old Dartmouth.He continued to build ships for the next 25 years.Also his brother-in-law, Michael, and sister, Mary, who had married in 1772, had seven sons between 1773 and 1793, and many of those sons became crew members and captains on the ships owned by their father and uncle.