Capt.Franklin N. Van Brunt and the schooner C.C.Colgate left port sometime before 1869 and never returned.  His wife was Emily Aseneth Norton the daughter of Nelson Norton of Brookhaven. The Captain as well as his wife,  Louis Grant Van Brunt (their son age 6) were on the boat with the additional people listed below.
    The C.C.Colgate was outfitted in 1867 at the Albert Thomas shipyard in West Haven ,CT.

1.  FRANKLIN N.6 VAN BRUNT  (JACOB BERGEN5, JOHN4, JACOB3, JOHN2, RUTGERT1) was born March 14, 1834, and died 1869 in died in ship wreck.  He married EMILY ASENETH NORTON (NELSON17, RICHARD16, BRYAN15, TIMOTHY14, JONATHAN13, NATHANIEL12, NATHANIEL11, JONATHAN10, NATHANIEL9, GEORGE8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6, RICHARD5, JOHN4, JOHN3, SIMON2, JOHN1) daughter of NELSON NORTON and ELIZABETH ROBBINS was born January 16, 1833, and died 1869 in lost at sea.

Children of FRANKLIN VAN BRUNT and EMILY NORTON are:
2. i. FRANK BUDD7 VAN BRUNT, b. October 22, 1858; d. September 23, 1923.
3. ii. WILLIS DALE VAN BRUNT, b. August 21, 1860; d. April 13, 1944.
 iii. LOUIS GRANT VAN BRUNT, b. August 20, 1863; d. 1869.
 
 

2.  FRANK BUDD7 VAN BRUNT (FRANKLIN N.6, JACOB BERGEN5, JOHN4, JACOB3, JOHN2, RUTGERT1) was born October 22, 1858, and died September 23, 1923.  He married ELIZABETH MCMANUS.  She was born August 06, 1863 in Povidence, Rhode Island, and died December 10, 1940 in Holyoke, MA.

Child of FRANK VAN BRUNT and ELIZABETH MCMANUS is:
 i. NELSON NORTON8 VAN BRUNT, b. December 01, 1888.

3.  WILLIS DALE7 VAN BRUNT (FRANKLIN N.6, JACOB BERGEN5, JOHN4, JACOB3, JOHN2, RUTGERT1) was born August 21, 1860, and died April 13, 1944.  He married JENNIE WICKS.  She was born January 15, 1856, and died January 22, 1936.

Children of WILLIS VAN BRUNT and JENNIE WICKS are:
 i. ?8 VAN BRUNT.
 ii. ? VAN BRUNT.
 iii. ? VAN BRUNT.
 iv. ELMER VAN BRUNT.
 v. ? VAN BRUNT.
 vi. ? VAN BRUNT.
 vii. ? VAN BRUNT.