The singer, Margaret Hallett, lived in Gloucester when she was young and later moved to Lubec, where she remained for most of her life. She was 83 at the time “The Schooner E.A. Horton” song was collected. Her father composed a number of songs, including that one.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplerartists/1030/thumbnail.jp