Drowning at sea 1840s

[cecilia]

Richard Robinson, born 10 Nov 1803 married Henrietta Hudson (born 2
Aug 1803)

My great-uncle listed him as having drowned at sea along with his
sister Isabel's husband W H Terry.

W. H. Terry's son and grandson were Wlliam Henry Terry, so I suspect
those were the names of Isabel's husband.

Looking at censuses for Isabel (born 1795; remarried in 1843 to John
Middleton) it seems W. H. Terry fathered children from 1829-1841.

Is there anywhere that might lead me to more information about the
drowning of Isabel's first husband and brother - when/where/what
ship?

[john]

Post by cecilia
Richard Robinson, born 10 Nov 1803 married Henrietta Hudson (born 2
Aug 1803)
My great-uncle listed him as having drowned at sea along with his
sister Isabel's husband W H Terry.
W. H. Terry's son and grandson were Wlliam Henry Terry, so I suspect
those were the names of Isabel's husband.
Looking at censuses for Isabel (born 1795; remarried in 1843 to John
Middleton) it seems W. H. Terry fathered children from 1829-1841.
Is there anywhere that might lead me to more information about the
drowning of Isabel's first husband and brother - when/where/what
ship?

I assume the Middleton-Terry marriage is the one in Whitby Jul-Sep 1843?

Have you looked at

Yorkshire County Records Offices

British Newspaper Archive

https://www.crewlist.org.uk/about/fishingvessels#Crew

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/merchant-navy-ships-records-crew-lists-musters-and-log-books/

The only similar death at sea (sailing from Grimsby, drowned off Spurn
Head) I have was in 1879 and I found the information in a newspaper and
then GRO Marine Death Indices (1846 to 1902) and related records

[Charles Ellson]

Post by cecilia
Richard Robinson, born 10 Nov 1803 married Henrietta Hudson (born 2
Aug 1803)
My great-uncle listed him as having drowned at sea along with his
sister Isabel's husband W H Terry.
W. H. Terry's son and grandson were Wlliam Henry Terry, so I suspect
those were the names of Isabel's husband.
Looking at censuses for Isabel (born 1795; remarried in 1843 to John
Middleton) it seems W. H. Terry fathered children from 1829-1841.
Is there anywhere that might lead me to more information about the
drowning of Isabel's first husband and brother - when/where/what
ship?

Local newspaper reports?
Inscription on headstone on family grave ?
Have you checked the deaths indexes (if 1837 on) in case it was a
drowning within coastal waters which was recorded in the usual
registers?

[MB]

I don't think this is him

Newcastle Courant - Friday 11 February 1848
On the 6th inst., aged 78, Anne widow of Mr Richard Robinson, mariner ;

[Chris Pitt Lewis]

Post by cecilia
Richard Robinson, born 10 Nov 1803 married Henrietta Hudson (born 2
Aug 1803)
My great-uncle listed him as having drowned at sea along with his
sister Isabel's husband W H Terry.
W. H. Terry's son and grandson were Wlliam Henry Terry, so I suspect
those were the names of Isabel's husband.
Looking at censuses for Isabel (born 1795; remarried in 1843 to John
Middleton) it seems W. H. Terry fathered children from 1829-1841.
Is there anywhere that might lead me to more information about the
drowning of Isabel's first husband and brother - when/where/what
ship?

Wikipedia contains vast lists of shipwrecks organised by date. Go to the
page "Lists of Shipwrecks" and scroll down to "lists by date" to find
links to monthly pages. As you have narrowed the date range to 1840 (the
last child could be posthumous) to 1843 it would be a possible though
tedious task to read through and see if anything likely leaps out.
Generally only names of ships though, not crew.