NL GenWebEarly Newfoundland Historical SnippetsInteresting reading about the bygone era of our ancestors.Transcribed and contributed by David Anstey, November 2021. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be errors. Please check and compare with original sources.Descriptive
catalogue of the charters, minute books and other documents of the
borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis : A.D. 1252 to 1800 :
Archives.
Class VI. Harbours, Shipping, and Commerce.
----- *This likely was Edward Tucker of the Society of Friends at Weymouth, merchant adventurer. Edward Tucker & Co. Or Richard Tucker. Was this Edward Tucker the later owner of the ship "Robert & John"? Or his son Edward Tucker? 1675 Scheme of the Fishery. Richard Tucker in a Weymouth Sack vessel "Swallow", 50 Tons, 9 Men, at Carbonear. *Dorset Quaker Circuit marriages. 1702. Samuel White of Poole, Dorset, mariner, the son of Samuel White of Poole. Wed Sarah Tucker of Weymouth, daughter of Richard Tucker. In 1703, his brother William White, son of Samuel, wed Joan Bennett of Weymouth. *Sarah Tucker was a sister of Edward Tucker. Samuel and Sarah White's youngest daughter, was Love white. Richard Tucker's eldest daughter was Love Tucker. Richard Tucker had a sister Rachell Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1700-1750. Peter Wilson Coldham. Genealogical Publishing Company Inc., Baltimore. 1992. Jan 20 - Feb 4, 1718. Shippers by the "Robert & John" of Weymouth, Mr. Thomas Wilson, bound from Weymouth for Ireland, Newfoundland and Virginia: Edward Tucker, George Randell. ( PRO: E 190/907/17 )( Possible Bonavista, early Notre Dame Bay interests? ) In 1725 the Convoy Commodore Captain and temporary Governor, Robert Bouler/Bowler whipped two Englishmen working for Joseph Randall of Poole, Dorset. Whom had disturbed George Skeffington's Fishery. Whether George Randell the Weymouth shipper, was any relation of Joseph Randall, Society of Friends merchant, of Poole, Dorset? It is seen that the marriage related merchant families of White of Poole, and Tucker of Weymouth; both of Society of Friends persuasion, were involved the early Newfoundland Fishery. Mobility can be seen in the early Newfoundland schemes of the Fishery for varying reasons. If no "room" remained in the Harbor, the Admiral then could not assign any. And the visiting ship had to go to another Harbor for "room". In times of war and conflict, vessels stayed in Convoys and groups, to the degree possible. The Dutch and French threats often interrupted the normalcy of resident livelihood. As the Pirate threat sometimes did. Vessel captains from England visited harbors in Newfoundland designated by the merchant or charterparty. In plural cases, different harbors were visited over time, by the same vessels and or captains, as the early Schemes of the Fishery, clearly show. Some captains/crew/passengers eventually settled in a certain harbor, or community, of more recent attachment. Consider in general that the "early" Newfoundland residents shipped in "one of only a few" candidate vessels, pertaining to a given community. ----------------------------------------- Acts of the Privy council of England 1619/1621. Page 177. On April 11, 1620, the Privy Council of England heard a petition from the Treasurer and Company of the Newfoundland Plantation. Since no iron ore mines had yet been found in Newfoundland, the company petitioned to obtain leave to transport iron ore, stone, and cinders, from England to Newfoundland. To enable the company’s planned ironworking at Newfoundland. Permission/license was given to export annually from the date of this order, one thousand tons of the said materials, and also necessary instruments to perform the ironworking. Provided the company made only bar iron. And not to abuse the grant by casting it into any kind of ordinance whatsoever. On April 25th, 1620, a 2000 Pound bond was given his Majesty by the Company, as Security against the casting of ordinance in Newfoundland. -------------------------------------------- A History of Bristol and Gloucestershire. Brian Stanley Smith, Elizabeth Ralph, Darwen Finlayson, 1972 - Bristol (England). Page 52. "In 1613 Guy returned home..Two years later John Barker, Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol, bought land at Harbor Grace and made a successful colony at Bristol Hope." The annals of Bristol in the seventeenth century By John Latimer ... Latimer, John, 1824-1904. Pages 67 & 68. "A renewed attempt was made in 1618 to further the colonization of Newfoundland, Some Bristol merchants obtained a grant of land there from the London and Bristol Chartered Company, and resolved on the establishment of a settlement, to be called "Bristol Hope", apparently not far distant from Guy's little colony at Sea Forest. The project, however like its forerunner, was abandoned after a few years' trial." -------------------------------------------- In his Oct 16, 1630 Will, merchant Thomas Davis of St. Leonard’s, Bristol; mentions his 1/12 part Adventure in the Bristol's Hope Plantation. What other folk had shares in the early 1600's Bristol's Hope/Harbor Grace plantation? It appears John Barker, John Gonning, Richard Long, and Andrew Charlton had early 1600's Bristol shared interest in the Harbor Grace plantation. Per the 1636 Indenture as referenced below here. *In 1628/9 John Barker and Richard Long owned the "Charles" of Bristol, 260 Tons. Captain Martin Pynne. Also, John Barker and others owned the "Joseph of Bristol, 150 Tons. Captain Philip Saunders. The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686. Peter Wilson Coldham. 1988. Servant Name, Servant's Place of Origin, Servant's Destination, Servant's Ship, Servant's Date of Indenture, Term in years, Agent's Name/occupation. Philip Saunder, Newfoundland, Jacob, February 10, 1677, 9, Abraham King. The business Ledger of Anthony Varder of Bedminster, Bristol, mentions a Phillip Saunders. -------------------------------------------- Partnership agreement between Richard Long, Andrew Carlton, Francis Creswick, Mary Barker and John Gonning. (Library and Archives Canada) Date:1636. Reference:MG18-F29, R2251-0-7-E, Volume number: 1 Found in: Archives / Collections and Fonds Item ID number: 104673. Context of this record: Partnership agreement between Richard Lang, Andrew Carlton, Francis Creswick, Mary Barker and John Gonning. Location of originals note: Original of photocopy with the Gosling Library, St. John's, Nfld. Dates of creation note: Photocopied 1962. [Gosling Library] Feb 18, 1636/7, Indenture between Richard Long & Andrew Charleton, of the one Part. And Francis Creswick, of the other Part. ( Via this Indenture, the parties being merchants of Bristol, were each to have 1/3 ownership in the Bristol Hope Plantation, at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. [ Within this Indenture, mention is made of a January 23, 1636/7, Indenture. By which Richard Long and Andrew Charleton had obtained 1/2 of the ownership of the Bristol Hope Plantation, at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. From Mary Barker, widow of John Barker; and John Gonning. Richard Long and Andrew Charleton had obtained the other 1/2 ownership of the Bristol Hope Plantation, by "former right and conveyance". ] This 1636/7 Indenture document has largely not been in the public eye. -------------------------------------------- Thus, on February 18, 1636/7, the Bristol Hope Plantation at Harbor Grace, came under the ownership of three Bristol merchant partners. Richard Long, Andrew Charl(e)ton, and Francis Creswick. These being major Bristol merchants, their intermarriage being closely knit. One could then properly assume the earlier Bristol Plantation shares were held by folk like Governor Robert Hayman; Bristol merchants, Thomas Davi(e)s, John Barker, and others. Ownership evolving with time. Shares were common, during centuries of early English/British financial dealings, in ships and colonial plantation Adventures. Via legal implements such as Charterparties and Indentures. Circa 1630, merchant John Gonning held shares in approximately 1/3 of all Bristol ships. In the 1800's, the Newfoundland Government commonly registered vessels, usually under a scheme of ownership, of 64 shares. What investors held shares in the Bristol Hope Plantation, at Harbor Grace? Richard Whitbourne held a share in William Vaughan's Colony at Renews. Robert Hayman held a share in the Guyana Adventure, per his PCC Will, probated on November 17, 1638. Robert Hayman, ( bap. 1575, Woolborough, Newton Abbot - deceased October, 1629, Oyapock River, Guiana ). An extract below of the November 17, 1628, PCC Will, of Robert Hayman. Which was probated on January 24, 1633, at London. PROB 11/163/48. "Being bound by God's leave to Guyana in America, to settle a plantation there." "Whereas there is a Charter Party betwixt me, Robert Hayman; and one Francis Gore; Matthew Brett; Robert Hunt; and diverse[others]; for continuing a plantation in Guyana in America aforesaid. And whereof of all parts, it is conditioned that the sole provenance and profit thereof shall be divided into Twenty-Five parts. Whereof twelve parts thereof, are to be to me, Robert Hayman; my Executors, Administrators and Assignees. As by the Deed Indented, more plainly may appear. Being likewise left in trust in the hands of the aforesaid doctor Arthur Ducke[Chancellor of London]. Who will bequeath it to my said Cousin Thomas Mitchell and make him my Executor, Administrator, and Assignee thereof. To take thereof what profit soever shall be made thereby, to his own use, he having adventured Sixty Pounds of the said money, with me in this Voyage. Yet my Will is, and I desire him to see it performed, that these other of my friends who hath likewise adventured several sums of money as he well knows, be there paid at three times their adventure, according to agreement, which he likewise knows." On the 17th of November, 1628, he then being bound to Guyana in America to settle a plantation there, Robert Hayman made his Will. On Jan 24th, 1632, a commission was issued out of the Court of Canterbury to a certain person [his Cousin/Nephew, Thomas Mitchell of Long Ashton, Somerset], who had monies owing to him by Hayman, to administer the goods, debts, chattels, etc., of him the said Robert Hayman. *It is characteristic of some early English/British Wills, that relations are not clearly distinguished. The language in the legal last will and testaments of the era, being used in more loose terms. And there are plural cases wherein it is left up to the reader, to determine whether a named Cousin; was indeed a Cousin, a Nephew, etc. The term Kinsman is sometimes used. Again, leaving the reader to figure out the exact nature of the marriage relationship. Whether a brother in Law, etc. John Barker's June 13, 1636, PCC Will; doesn't specifically state he had shares in the Bristol's Hope Adventure, in Conception Bay, Newfoundland. His PCC Will probated on June 13, 1636, mentions "all his Adventures beyond the Seas". This undoubtedly included Bristol's Hope, at Harbor Grace. While John Barker "may" have voyaged to the Conception Bay Fishery; he was of too advanced a social and financial life, to have settled in Newfoundland. And it may be unlikely, that he had any close relatives settle, in early Newfoundland. Servants? *In his March 26, 1636 Will, John Barker names a Bristol servant, Edward Payne. Edward Payne in his 1639 PCC Will, names a brother Henry Payne. Robert Hayman's Quodlibets, 1628, lately come over from New Britanola old Newfoundland, composed at Harbor Grace, celebrates the virtues of settlers like E. Payne, Rowley, and Poyntz. Page 18. 114. To my honest Bed-fellow the privately Charitable, discreetly Beneficial, Master Edward Payne, Merchant of Bristol. Piein is Greek, to drink: Pain, French, for bread: With Paine (God says) with these we shall be fed. Yet without Payne, many these needfuls gain, Only by thanking God, and Master Payne. *Completing the circle in a manner of speaking. At the Bristol's Hope Plantation. John Barker, major owner; Robert Hayman, governor; Edward Payne, hands on subcontracting merchant and servant, to elite merchant John Barker. ( Bed Fellow - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor. ) Could these early Paynes of Bristol, have been any relation to the Henry Pynn/Payne of 1675 Conception Bay, Newfoundland? ------------------------------------------------------ Here for posterity, is a transcription of the PCC Will of John Barker, Merchant, Alderman of Bristol, Gloucestershire. John Barker’s Will was made on March 26, 1636, and probated on June 13, 1636. PROB 11/171/340. In the name of God Amen, The Six and Twenty Day of March: Anno Domini One Thousand Six Hundred, Thirty-Six, And in the eleventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Charles I. I John Barker, merchant, one of the Aldermen of the City of Bristol, being in reasonable good health, and of sound and perfect memory, Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, In manner and form following. That is to say, First and principally I Commend my Soul to the mercy and grace of the blessed Trinity, hoping for Salvation only by the merits of Jesus Christ my Redeemer. And my Body I commit to the Earth, to be buried decently without any pomp, in St. Walburgh's Church in Bristol. As near to the crypt of my Dear Parents and wife, Deceased; as conveniently it may be. And touching such Worldly Estate as God of his great mercy hath lent me, I Dispose thereof as followeth. Imprimis: I make and ordain my now Loving wife, Mary, to be Executrix of this my Last will and Testament. And I give unto her the sum of Five Hundred Pounds in current English money as a token of my thankfulness to her for her Love, and observance unto me at all times, and for her care, and pains already taken in the education of my children, and to be continued unto them as they shall Deserve. Item: I give to my wife all my Household stuff and plate which I shall have in my House at Alderley at the time of my death, and the one half of all my plate and Household stuff, which I shall have at the time of my death in my Dwelling house in Bristol, and in my farm house at Brislington, which Legacy I will she shall quietly enjoy besides what I assured to her before our intermarriage either by way of Jointure or otherwise. But I except out of the said plate, two Silver flagons, and a Silver washing Bason, which I give to my son Andrew Barker. Item: My Will is that my wife shall During her Life hold and enjoy all such Land in Saltmarsh, in the County of Gloucester, which I hold by any Lease or Leases, she paying herefore the yearly Rent of Sixteen Pounds at two feasts in the year ( Viz ) the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Michael Archangel, or within ten days next after either of the same feasts by equal portions to be paid, the first payment hereof to commence at that of the said feast as shall first happen to come or be next after my decease. Item: I give and Devise to my son John Barker, and to his heirs and assigns forever My Manor of Southmead with all the rights, members, and appurtenance thereof in the Parish of Westbury Upon Trym in the said County of Gloucestershire. Item: I give and Devise to my said son John Barker, and to his heirs and assigns forever, my house in Small Street within the City of Bristol aforesaid wherein my son in Law John Gonning, merchant, Do now dwell. With all and singular the appurtenance thereof in such manner as the said John Gonning now enjoyeth the same. And I do will and charge my said son John Barker that he claim not any of the rooms by me taken from the same house, but to enjoy the same only as now the same is. Item: I give and bequeath to my said son John Barker the sum of Five Hundred Pounds to be paid In form following ( that is to say ) Two Hundred Pounds thereof at the end of one whole year next after my decease, and Two Hundred Pounds more thereof at the end of two years next after my decease, and the other Hundred Pounds thereof at the end of three years next after my decease. Item: I give to my said son John Barker the one half of my plate and household stuff which at the time of my death shall be in my Dwelling house in Bristol, ( except the flagons and bason before given to my son Andrew ), or Two Hundred Pounds in lieu thereof, at the choice of mine Executrix. Item: I give and bequeath to my said son John Barker his Executors, administrators and assigns, one Annuity or yearly Rent of Twenty Pounds of good and lawful money of England. To be issuing and going out of my farm of Brislington, and to be paid at the two feasts aforesaid by small portions the first payment thereof to commence at that of the said feasts as shall first happen to come or be next after my Decease, and to have continuance during all such terms as I shall have to come in the said farm at the time of my wife’s decease. And I will that my said son John Barker his Executors and administrators and assigns shall have power to distrain in the said farm, and the Land thereof belonging for ye said Annuity, or yearly rent of Twenty Pounds, if the same shall at any time be behind unpaid by the space of Ten days after the same ought to be paid. And all the said farm of Brislington, and all Land and appurtenance thereto belonging Charged and chargeable with the said Annuity, or yearly Rent of Twenty Pounds. And with distress therefore as aforesaid, and all such estate, right, title, term, and interest, which I shall have therein to come at my wife’s decease, I give and bequeath to my said son Andrew Barker, his executors and administrators and assigns. Item: I give and bequeath to my said son Andrew Barker, the other half of my plate, and household stuff which shall be in my said farm house at Brislington aforesaid, at the time of my decease. Item: I give and Devise to my said son Andrew Barker my farm of Piln Inn with all and singular Land and appurtenance thereto belonging, and all other my messuages Land, tenements, and hereditaments situate lying and being in Saltmarsh in the County of Gloucester, whereof I am possessed or seized, of any estate of Inheritance in possession, or remainder, To have and to hold the said farm of Piln Inn, and all my said messuages, Land, Tenements, and hereditaments in Saltmarsh aforesaid with the appurtenance to the said Andrew Barker, and to the heirs of his Body lawfully to be gotten, and for default of such heirs, to my son John Barker, and to the heirs of his Body lawfully to be begotten, and for default of such heirs, to my right heirs forever. Item: I give and Devise to my said son Andrew Barker my now Dwelling house in Small Street in Bristol with the appurtenance and the rents therewith blessed in such manner as now the same is by me enjoyed, and my garden, and Lodge at Michael Hill within the suburbs of the said City, To have and to hold my said Dwelling house, and my said garden, and Lodge to my said son Andrew Barker, and the heirs of his Body lawfully to be begotten, and for default of such heirs to my said son William Barker and to the heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten, and for default of such heirs to my right heirs forever. Item: I give and bequeath to my said son Andrew Barker my Lease of Birchwood in the parish of Brislington aforesaid, and all my estate right title term and interest therein. Item: I give and bequeath to my said son Andrew Barker the said rent of Sixteen Pounds by the year payable by my wife out of the said Lease in Saltmarsh as aforesaid with power to Distrain therefore if the same be unpaid at any time, and I give also unto him all the said Leases, Land, ground, and premises held by Lease in Saltmarsh aforesaid, and all my right, title, terms, and Interests therein to come at my wives Decease. Item: I give and bequeath to my said son Andrew Barker the sum of Five Hundred Pounds of lawful money of England, to be paid within three years next after my decease unto the Orphan Court of Bristol, to his use, and he to have the benefit thereof from thenceforth toward his maintenance unless my wife shall within the said Three years give good security to the said Court for the payment thereof at his age of one and Twenty years, and Five Pounds per Cent per. And in the meantime, and as touching his maintenance in the meantime, I will that my wife shall maintain him at her charge During the said Three Years. Item: I give and bequeath to my son William Barker my Sixteenth part of the Lease of prisage in Bristol, but my will is that out of the profits thereof, there shall yearly during the continuance of the same Lease paid to the Incumbent minister of St. Walburgh aforesaid, the sum of Fourteen Pounds per and quarterly to be paid if the said Incumbent minister shall preach a catechizing Lecture in the said Church on every Lords Day During the continuance of the said Lease, and not otherwise. Item: I give and bequeath to my son William Barker, the sum of Four Hundred Pounds in current English money, to be paid unto him at his age of One and Twenty years. Item: I give and bequeath to my Two Daughters that are unmarried ( Viz ) Ann and Edith, the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds apiece in current English money to be paid to them severally within one year next after their respective Day of marriage, or age of one and twenty years which shall first happen. And I will that my said daughters shall have their maintenance from mine Executrix until their portions shall grow Due as aforesaid. And my will is that if either of my said sons William or Andrew shall Die before his said portion of money to him given as aforesaid, shall be due to him from the same portion of money of them so Dying, shall accrue to the survivor of them. And that if both of them die before either of them shall attain to his age of One and Twenty years, then I will that their said portions shall be equally divided amongst my five younger daughters, or as many of them as shall be then living. And also, my will is that if either of my said Two daughters that are unmarried shall Die before her portion shall grow Due as aforesaid, that then the portion of her so Dying shall be equally Divided amongst the other four of my younger daughters, or as many of them as shall be then living. Item: I give to my Daughter Cox Twenty Pounds, and to her son John Cox being my Godson, Twenty Pounds, besides the Five Pounds given to him as a grandchild. Item: I give to every one of my grandchildren which shall be living at the time of my Decease, Five Pounds apiece. Item: I give to my Cousin Doctor Barker of Salop, Ten Pounds, to be paid within One year next after my Decease. Item: I give to my servants Sibell Pritchard, and Jane Prowt(Prout), Twenty Pounds apiece; and to my servant Christian Hopkins, Ten Pounds. Item: I give to my servants Joseph Taylor, John Fisher, and John Barker, Twenty Pounds apiece. And to such as at the time of my Death shall be mine Apprentices as seamen, and to all other my servants which I shall have with me at the time of my Death, Three Pounds apiece. Item: I give as a token of my love to the reverend father, the Lord Bishop of Bristol, Twenty Pounds. To Doctor Chetwind, Dean of Bristol, Ten Pounds. To Mr. Richard Towgood, Vicar of St. Nicholas in Bristol, and to Mr. John Tilladams of St. Walburgh, and to Mr. Richard Standfast of Christchurch, Five Pounds apiece, and to all other the Incumbent ministers within the said City of Bristol, Forty Shillings apiece. Item: I give to my Dear and loving friends and kinsman, Mr. William Willis of Trowbridge, Esquire; Mr. Andrew Charleton, Merchant, late Mayor of the City of Bristol; Mr. William Slapton, Esquire; Mr. Richard Long of Bristol, Merchant; Mr. William Guys of Gloucester, Gentleman; Mr. William Blanchard of Katherine, Gentleman; Mr. Richard Aldworth of Bristol, Mercer; my Brother Thomas Barker of Bristol, Merchant; my son John Barker; my son in Law Mr. John Gonning; Mr. Gervase[ aka Jervase/Jarvis ] Yeamans; Richard Lock(e); and Matthew Rogers; William Yeamans, Notary Public; and to my late trusty servant Edward Payne of Bristol, Merchant; to each of them Ten Pounds, and Forty Shillings to buy rings for them, and their wives, as tokens of my love. Desiring every of them to be helpful and friendly to my wife and Children, as occasion shall require. Item: I give to the Poor People of the several parishes following, ( that is to say ) Marshfield, Wooton under Edge, and Alderley in the County of Gloucestershire, Five Pounds. To the Poor of each parish to be Distributed by the Direction of my wife within one year next after my decease. Item: I give and Devise to the Feoffees of the Messuages, Land, and Tenements belonging or reputed to be belonging to the parish church of Temple within the City of Bristol, and to their heirs and assigns forever, One Annuity or yearly sum of Four Pounds, Six Shillings, and Eight Pence of lawful money of England to be issuing and going out of my Messuage or Tenement in Temple Street within the said City, wherein Edmund Elliott now Dwelleth. To have, take, prove, retain, and enjoy the said Annuity to said Feoffees, their heirs and assigns forever. At four feasts or terms in the year next to fall ( that is to say ) the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, the Nativity of Saint John Baptist, Saint Michael Archangel, and the birth of our Lord God. By small portions to be paid upon several trusts and confidence, that they, the said Feoffees, their heirs or assigns, or the churchwardens of the same Parish for the time being. Shall cause a sermon to be preached in the said parish church of Temple, on the first Lord's Day in every month forever, for the better instructing of the people of the same parish in the way of God. And I will that the first payment of the said Annuity shall be made at that of the said feast, as shall first come next after my decease, and the first of the said sermons on the first Lord's Day next after such first payment made. And my desire is that the same sermons shall during the joint lives of Mr. Knight and Mr. Tilladams, be performed by Mr. Tilladams. And I will that the said Feoffees shall distrain for the said Annuity if the same be prepaid by the said space of Ten Days at any time after the same ought to be paid. And also, my will is that if the preaching of the said Lecture shall be neglected at any time, after the time of the commencement thereof as aforesaid, and not performed in three months together, unless it be for that the said Annuity, shall not be paid, nor can be recovered, That then the said Annuity shall cease. Item: The said Messuage or Tenement in Temple Street aforesaid charged with the said Annuity and Distress in form aforesaid, I give and Devise to my son John Barker, and to his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and Devise to my said wife, my son John Barker, and my Brother Mr. Richard Long, and their heirs and assigns forever, my Two Tenements in St. Peter's Parish in Bristol, that are now in Lease to John Newton, Carpenter: my Two Tenements in Temple Street in the occupation of John Smithwick, Taylor; and Thomas Wood, Weaver: my Two Tenements in St. Phillips's Parish within the said City that are in Lease to William Cox, Rough mason, with all and singular their and every of their appurtenances. To have and to hold the said Six Tenements last mentioned, with all and singular their and every of their appurtenances, and the rent, returns, and services thereof. Unto the said Mary my wife, John Barker my son, and Richard Long, their heirs and assigns forever, upon trust and confidence. And to mine intent and meaning is that they the said Mary my wife, John Barker my son, and Richard Long, and their heirs shall within Three years next after my Decease cause the Inheritance of the said Six Tenements, and the rent, returns, and services thereof, and also the sum of One Hundred Pounds in current English money, to be Distributed by mine Executrix to be Settled to good uses of perpetuity within the said City of Bristol, such as to my said wife and to the said John Barker and Richard Long, or any two of them, or the survivor or survivors of them shall seem fittest. Item: I give to the Company of the Military yard in Bristol the sum of Ten Pounds. Item: My will is that my wife shall with all convenient speed next after my decease, cause all my Adventures then upon the Seas, or beyond the Seas, to be assured the charge thereof, to be paid out of my personal estate. Item: My will and meaning is that if through any misadventure or loss my personal estate shall fall short to pay, and Discharge all my Legacies given by this my will, that then what wanteth shall be raised by a proportionable abatement, and Deducted of the Legacies and portions hereby given to my wife, and to my sons and daughters. Item: All the rest of my goods, cattle, chattels, household stuff, and other personal stuff whatsoever not herein before given, or bequeathed, ( my debts and Legacies being paid, and funeral expenses discharged ), I give and bequeath unto my said wife. Whom I have appointed Executrix of this my will as aforesaid. On whose wanted love and care for the support and good education of my children I do thesely depend, next to the providence of the Almighty. Having had good and real experience of her fidelity for many years already. Item: My will is that if any of my sons shall in any sort seek or go about to avoid or impeach this my will, or any legacies or portions thereby given, then I will that all Legacies hereby given to such disobedient son shall be void, and not paid to him. Item: My desire is that my wife shall not be compelled to put in any security into the Orphan's Court touching any matter contained in this my will, during the time that she doth live my widow. Item: I give to the three children of my Brother Thomas Barker that are now living, the sum of Twenty Pounds apiece. Which I will shall be paid by my Executrix into the Orphan's Court in Bristol. Within three years next after my decease, and be paid to the said children when they shall attain their respective ages of one and twenty years. And I will that if any of them die before that age, his or her part shall remain to the survivors or survivor of them. And that if all the said children die, and none of them attain that age, then all the said sum of Threescore Pounds to remain, and be paid to their father, my said Brother, his Executors and assigns. And also, I will and appoint that mine Executrix shall pay and allow forbearance for the same Threescore Pounds from the end of one year next after my decease till the same shall be paid into the Orphan Court as aforesaid, which forbearance, and all benefit made of the same Threescore Pounds after the time of payment thereof into the Orphan's Court, and till the same shall grow due as aforesaid, I will shall be paid those parents of the said children toward their maintenance. Item: I give to my honest and trusty late servant William Chetwind of Bristol, Merchant, the sum of Five Pounds as a token to buy rings for himself, and his wife. In witness whereof I have put my hand and Seal, the day and year first above written. John Barker. This is the last will and testament of the said John Barker contained in these Seven sheets of paper, to every one whereof he hath subscribed his name. And sealed and acknowledged the same, the day and year of the date above written, in the presence of Edward Payne, Samuel Farmer, Joseph Tayler, John Fisher, & Francis Yeamans. Probated at London by Marie Barker, Widow, and relict, of John Barker. *John Barker (1584-1636) of Bristol, merchant and his first wife Elizabeth (d. 1625), daughter of William Spicer of Exeter, merchant. *John Barker's second wife Mary, the daughter of John Fownes of Bristol, merchant; and widow of Matthew Rogers of Alderley (Gloucester). ------------------------------------------------------ John Gonning, baptized in 1599, wed Elizabeth Barker, daughter of John Barker Sr., merchant; on Feb 13, 1625. Andrew Charlton wed Joyce Barker, another daughter of John Barker Sr. Andrew Charleton's PCC Will. probated on Dec 24, 1646, mentions his shipping and adventures. Also names his brother, Richard Long. Richard Long wed Mary, another daughter of John Barker Sr. Joice Charlton's PCC Will probated on March 21, 1651, mentions her share of her husband's shipping, adventures, etc. In 1639, merchant John Gonning occupied a tenement in Small Street, St. Walburgh, Bristol; which was owned by John Barker. ( John Slade, the Poole, Dorset - Newfoundland merchant; occupied his father in Law's, John Hayter's Tenement at Poole, Dorset. ) ------------------------------------------------------ *An extract of Edward Payne's 1639 PCC Will. Also Widow Mary Long's 1661 PCC Will, below. Including a few lines re: Henry Pynn. August 12, 1639, PCC Will of Edward Payne of Bristol. PROB 11/181/32. - mentions his sister Margaret Langley, Widowed. Whom had daughters Judith and Elizabeth Langley. - names his Master, Mrs. Mary Barker, Widow; whom he hopes will care for his Niece Elizabeth Langley, in lieu of his prior servitude. - mentions his Niece Elizabeth Payne, daughter of his brother, Henry Payne, deceased. Elizabeth is under age 21 Years. - names his Cousin Thomas Payne of ___? Longbridge. Whom had sons Samuell and Walter Payne. - names his Cousin Robert Payne of Gloucester. Whom had a "little" son, Edward Payne. Godson to the testator. - names a Godson Edward Payne, son of Peter Payne/Paine, Cordwainer of Bristol. - names Godson Edward Payne, son of Edward Payne of Redcliffe Hill, Bristol. - names Godson Anthony Payne of St. John's Parish. - names his Nephew Daniel Baker. - mentions his free lands at Exon, Devon. Bequeathed to his Nephew Edward Baker. - Will made on August 25, 1638, and signed by Joseph Taylor. - Probate granted to the Nephew, Edward Baker, on August 12, 1639. In his Will Edward declares: "I hope my Mistress Mrs. Mary Barker will take care for her [ his niece Elizabeth Langley, daughter of his sister Margaret Langley, Widowed. ] education and portion as her adopted Daughter, for the Service I have gratis performed these many years to my Deceased good Master [ Mr. John Barker ] and herself." "To my niece Elizabeth Payne Daughter of my brother Henry Payne Deceased, I bequeath Thirty Pounds Sterling, to be paid her at the age of one and twenty years..." ------------------------------------------------------ *A Philip and Grace Payne had a son Anthony Payne baptized on June 14, 1694; at St. Nicholas Parish, Bristol. *Henry Payne/Paine/Pynn of Harbor Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland; held family connections at St. Nicholas Parish, Bristol. Lloyd's List Oct 21, 1752; Edition. The "Musketta", Captain Pynn; & the "Augusta", Captain Thrall; from Bristol at Newfoundland. Oct 27, 1753. The "Musketta", Captain Waldron; from Bristol at Newfoundland. Jan 11, 1755. The "Nancy", Captain Heighington; at Naples, from Newfoundland. Jan 7, 1758. The "Fanny", Captain Pinn; at Lisbon, from Newfoundland. *****July 22, 1758. The "Swift", Captain Coughlan; at Alicante, from Newfoundland. ( Jeremiah Coughlan. ) LLoyd's List Nov 3, 1752 edition. Arrived at Lisbon, from Newfoundland, the vessel "Musqueta", Captain Waldron, and "Mariana", Captain Farwell. *A Captain Waldron had also voyaged for Thomas & John Pike, and Young Green, of Poole, Dorset. Henry Pynn earlier captained the "Sea Nymph". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PCC Will of Mary Longe, Widow of Bristol, Gloucestershire. Dec 17, 1661. Widow and Executrix of the late Richard Long, former Alderman of Bristol. PROB 11/306/515 Mentions her brother Thomas Barker. "Item: I give unto my Maid Servant Margery Butts ( if she shall be living with me at my Death ) Three Pounds in money over and besides her wages." ------------------------------------------------ Memorials of Exmouth. 1885. Page 16. Advertised at Plymouth, Devon; on July 23, 1636. The "Patience" of Topsham was taken ( by the Turks ) two days after her setting out on a voyage to Newfoundland. Page 17. Henry Stafford died Aug 10, 1748, at Exmouth, Devon. His father was John Stafford. This family were prosperous Exmouth merchants, who did much trading with Newfoundland. *1675 Fishing Ships Census, Bay Bulls, Newfoundland. John Stafford in the "Elizabeth", out of Topsham. ------------------------------------------------
Bristol Record Society's Publications. Vol XIX.
Upon
reading this day the humble petition of Richard Long, John Taylor,
and John Gonning, of the City of Bristol Merchants, Owners of the
Ship Mary Rose of the burthen of 180 tons, Showing, that the
petitioners have for many years together adventured unto the
Newfoundland [Harve de Grace/Harbour Grace] and those Western parts
the said ship and diverse others in Fishing voyages which Fish they
have carried into Spain and returned wines into England,
Page 239. 324.
March 1, 1655. Newfoundland-Spanish Trade. Calendared.
British
Record Society Publication. Volume 6. 1935. The Deposition Books of
Bristol. Volume 1. 1643-1647. Edited by: Miss H. E. Nott. Pages
142/143.
*Year 1724. A small fishery year. Conception Bay shipped 11,000 quintals of dried cod, in 4 vessels. ---------------------------------------------------- In 1637, all prior grants were annulled and superseded by one to the Duke of Hamilton, Sir David Kirke and others, on the ground that the earlier grantees had abandoned the country “leaving divers of our poor subjects in the said province living without government.” The Business of Slavery - Chapter 9
*****On
Nov 13, 1637, the grant to Sir David Kirk and others for
Newfoundland, undoubtedly infringed on the Bristol Hope Plantation
business.
------------------------------------------------ Acts of the Privy Council of England. (Colonial) Volume 1, 1613-1680. 1908. Page 255. Whitehall, June 14, 1639. The Adventurers for the Plantation of Newfoundland are allowed, on payment of the usual customs duties, to transport thither the several provisions hereafter mentioned. 23 butts containing 39 quarters of Wheat. ( 9.75 Tons to wheat. ) 15 butts and 2 Puncheons containing 28 quarters of Malt. ( 7 Tons of Malt. ) 5 Puncheons and 1 hogshead containing 59 bushels of Pease. ( 472 Gallons of Pease. ) 2 Puncheons and 2 hogsheads containing 39 bushels of Oatmeal. ( 312 Gallons of Oatmeal. ) 2 hogsheads containing 600 weight of cheese. ( 672 Pounds of Cheese. ) 2 Rondletts containing 27 Gallons of sweet oil. 4 half firkins of ordinary Soap. 1 Rondlett of Castle Soap. 3 firkins of butter. 1 Rondlett containing 2 bushels of Mustard seeds. ( 16 Gallons of Mustard Seeds. ) 2 Boxes containing 26 dozen of Candles. 2 Hogsheads of wine Vinegar. 2 firkins of small Nails. ------------------------------------------------ *The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660. Peter Wilson Coldham. Genealogical Publishing Company Inc., Baltimore. 1988. Page
209.
The air of Newfoundland agrees with all God's children except Jesuits and Schismatics. ( CSPC ) Page
213.
APC: ( Acts of the Privy Council of England, 1613 - 1631. H. M. S. O. 1921 - 1964. ) These 100 passengers of the ship "Charles" of 1640; would have been required, if the ship was to be loaded with dried cod fish at Newfoundland. "The complement of fishermen needed" to load the vessel heading to market, with a lading of Newfoundland dry fish and train oil. English wares were delivered to the American Colonies. Then cheaper produced American necessaries for the Newfoundland Fishery, were laded in the American Colonies. The vessel proceeded to the Newfoundland Fishery. When the lading of Codfish and oil was completed by the fishermen/passengers/ships company, the vessel heading to market in Europe. And subsequently brought fruit, wine, etc., back to the English home Port. Lloyd's Registers reveal that a ship’s crew for a vessel 200 to 250 tons, consisted of between 12 and 14 men. 14 men 2may have dried 600 Quintals of cod in a season. This would not have been close to a lading, for the "Charles" of Bristol in 1640. 100 Passengers may provide 4000 Quintals. Resulting in a lading of dried cod, for the "Charles". One may conclude the larger Atlantic traversing ships in the early 17th Century, carried "many passengers out to the Newfoundland Fishery, and back home again". The few Planter Settlers eventually overwintering, being but a very small portion of the total passengers. ( Logistics called for manpower, to produce the dried cod fish. ) *Acts of the Privy Council of England (Colonial), Volume I, 1613-1680, 1908. Pages
273-278, reveals plural vessels like the "Charles" as above
mentioned. Being laded at Bristol, etc., to go to New England,
Virgina, etc., with provisions and passengers. Thence to
Newfoundland for codfish, to a fish market, and back to the home port
with wines, fruit, etc.
Page
689, relates the 1673 Privy Council Petition of Peter Edwards and
Thomas Butler, Planters of Newfoundland, while embargoed at Bristol.
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first English conquest of Canada: with some account of the earliest
... By: Henry Kirke.
During Sir David Kirke's government of Newfoundland, he offered every inducement to colonists to settle in the island, so that before the year 1650 more than three hundred and fifty families were located in different parts of the island. After his death a petition was addressed by the inhabitants to the Lords of Trade and Plantations, applying for some local governor and magistrates who should decide disputes and prevent disorders amongst them; but their sensible request was opposed by the merchants and shipowners in London and Bristol who were interested in the Newfoundland trade; and, strange to say, their opposition was successful. *Note: Masters, Servants, and inhabitants, were distinguished in early Newfoundland. Masterless by-boat keepers and planters, largely constituting the inhabitants; were frowned upon by West County Merchants and the English Crown. Master-Servant status was acceptable to the English Crown's Newfoundland "migratory" Fishery. Masterless inhabitants whom were no longer traversing the Atlantic Ocean by freight or hire, did not constitute a "nursery of seamen" for the English/British Navy. The London and Bristol Newfoundland merchants did not want to lose their livelihood, to an established, inhabited, Colony. ------------------------------------------------------ In 1642 John Varder and Anthony Codner were Churchwardens at St. Marychurch Parish, Devon. In this role they would have been responsible for arranging to send parish boys, poor folk, etc., to the Newfoundland Fishery. Was there any connection to Anthony Varder of Bedminster, Somerset; and Bay Roberts, Newfoundland? ------------------------------------------------------ The Cambridge history of the British Empire: The Growth of the new Empire... By John Holland Rose. Chapter 5, pages 126... page
131:
------------------------------------------------------ By the very early 1650's, the long parliament of England sent commissioners out to look after the Newfoundland Fishery. The era of early colonies at Newfoundland came to an end, and was relegated to history books. Governors gave way to Commissioners/Naval Commissioners. Captain Whitburne earlier had been commissioned in 1615. ------------------------------------------------------ Colonial
Chronology: A Chronology of the Principal Events ... Henry James
Robinson · 1892.
------------------------------------------------------ Catechism
of the history of Newfoundland: with an introductory chapter on ...
By William Charles St. John.
------------------------------------------------------ Planters,
Paupers, and Pioneers: English Settlers in Atlantic Canada. By:
Lucille H. Campey. Page 192.
------------------------------------------------------ The journal of James Yonge, 1647-1721, Plymouth surgeon. 1963. James
Yonge, Plymouth Surgeon, visited Newfoundland in 1663, in the
"Reformation". Monday, April 4, ...came for Renews Harbor.
"We found no ship there, but divers possessors. We presently
hired a sloop from a planter, and sent the mate with divers men,
along shore, to get possessions, as they call it. The manner is
thus: they put a man on shore at every harbour and at last, according
to their turns, they take the best place they can of all their
possessions. There were 4 at Renews before us. Only one stuck
there, which was Mr. Thomas Waymouth of Dartmouth, who kept 18 boats,
in the "Dorcas". So our master resolved to be his vice
admiral. Besides us, there fished Mr. Thomas Hammett of Barnstaple,
with 12 boats, Mr. Francis Martyn of Plymouth, 4 boats, Mr. Scott of
Barnstaple, 6 boats. The planters were Mr. John Kirk, 3 boats.
Richard Pooley, 1 boat. Richard Codner, 1 boat. Mrs. Gilder, 3
boats. And James Kelling, a two man boat. Thomas Waymouth was
Admiral. Young agreed with Edward Cutt, Weymouth's surgeon, to share
the workload between them. "The houses are made of of a fryth
of boughs, sealed inside with rinds, which look like planed deals,
and covered with the same, and turfs of earth upon to keep the sun
from Raning them." "Boats had five men, three to catch
fish, and two to save them."
Page
112. Feb 23, 1668/9. James Yonge sailed Plymouth to Newfoundland,
with Christopher Martin of Plymouth, in the 100 Ton ship, "Marigold".
Mr.
Christopher Martin in the "Marigold" of Plymouth, 18 boats,
90 men. ( Admiral ). ( *Called "My Lord" ).
1669
Planters and Interlopers, in St. John's.
Mark
Bickford, 3 boats, 15 men. Interloper.
In
1670 James Yonge sailed to Newfoundland in the "Marigold",
Christopher Martin commander. In company of two other masters, both
named James Cuttiford.
Ships
that fished in St. John's, 1670.
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A
History of Newfoundland from the English, Colonial and Foreign
Records. By: D. W. Prowse. Page 196.
John
Carter, Poole, Dorset, Mayor, during 1675 and 1677.
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1/360/74
28 August 1667. These documents are held at Plymouth and West
Devon Record Office. Contents:
Depositions
by John [Cutt], Nicholas Luce, Thomas Pitcher, Richard Parker,
Christopher Selman, all of Dartmouth, Devon, mariners, Thomas Fowles
of St Marychurch, Devon, mariner, Thomas Cruse of Ashprington, Devon,
mariner, Gabriell Viddomas of Berry Pomeroy, Devon, mariner, touching
Newfoundland and the fisheries thereof, taken at Totnes, before Sir
Edward Seymour, Sir William Courtney and Sir Thomas Reynell, John
Hall, Thomas Boone and Gilbert Eveleigh, Esqs, Commissioners.
John
Cutt, a Dartmouth mariner, testified in 1667, that from 1612 to 1622
as many as 80 ships had annually sailed from Dartmouth to
Newfoundland each spring.
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(
The London Gazette, Issue 1617, page 1. May 16, 1681 edition. )
Falmouth,
Devon. May 12, 1681. The 9th
Instant Put to sea the “Elizabeth” of this place, John
Clay, Master, bound for Newfoundland.
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The
council book of the Corporation of Kinsale, from 1652 to 1800. 1879.
July
25, 1682. Fishermen found a ship floating off Dungarvan, Ireland.
The vessel belonged to Mr. William Martin of Plymouth, bound to
Newfoundland. The vessel had been taken by the Turks who quitted
her.
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Letter
from the Custom House in London, to Sir Edmond Andross, Governor of
New England. 1686/7.
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Records
of the First Church of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1632-1789.
Boston. 1880.
Page
41.
On
Jan 28, 1653, Sir David Kirke requested his brother James Kirke to be
the sole manager of his Estate after his decease. And to take care
for his wife and children.
Will
of Sir Lewis Kirke of Savoy, Middlesex
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The
British Empire in America. Containing The History of the Discovery,
Settlement, Progress and present State of all the British Colonies on
the Continent and Islands of America.
In
Two Volumes. London. 1708. Subsection: The History of Newfoundland.
Page
1802.
Extract
of William Cock's letter:
*Note:
Two men boats, are distinguished from Shallops. At Port de Grave,
1708; boats and skiffs/shallops are distinguished.
*Christopher
Cox of ?Christchurch, Hampshire?, at Barrow Harbor and Salvage,
Bonavista, 1675.
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The
English marriage Acts did not extend to early Newfoundland,
geographically lying "beyond the seas".
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The
manuscripts of the House of Lords; new series, volume 5. 1702-1704.
London, 1910. Pages 332/3.
1703.
And whereas the salt employed in this fishery [Newfoundland] is
chiefly supplied from Portugal,
By
the report of 2 French deserters, the French this winter have 1500
Men at Placentia, and 12 months provisions.
Page
68.
*A
not so considerable year fishery. Occasioned by the War with the
French. There were 2,402 inhabitants in Newfoundland, in 1702.
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The
Boston News-letter.
At
break of day on Sunday Morning the 21st of January last, our Harbor
was beset with about Six or Seven Hundred men, vix. French Soldiers,
Inhabitants and Fishermen from Placentia. Some Acadians as
Pessemequady and Port Royal, and Canadians from Quebec and places
adjacent, and 50 New England Eastern Indians, with Easecombuit their
Captain/Chief, all under the Command of Monsieur Subercase Governor
of Placentia; who made the whole Harbor Prisoners of War in two hours
time, excepting the Garrison which was the Fort & Castle. The
Enemy the night before, lay near the Harbor in the Snow that was 6
Foot deep on the ground, and durst not make any Fires for fear of
being discovered; Monsieur Subercase being wet and cold gave orders
in the Morning at the first Attack to give no quarters, and
accordingly they killed all at the first houses they came to: But
the Canadians and Indians withstood Monsieur Subercase and gave
quarters for a Season. The Enemy sent the Women and Children about
142 into the Garrison: They laid Siege to it five Weeks time, there
was not a man that got into the Fort but three, and about 17 that got
from the Southside of the Harbor into the Castle: In the Fort were
only 40 men under the Command of brave Captain Moody, who behaved
himself most valiantly, and in the Castle were 12 Soldiers and the 17
Inhabitants under the Command of Mr. Latham. Monsieur Subercase took
a Child and barbarously cut its throat, and sent it by a Soldier with
a Message to the Garrison, That if they did not Surrender to him, he
would so serve all therein, and the Prisoners that he had taken; upon
which Captain Moody bid the Messenger be gone else he would shoot
him, replying to Monsieur Subercase's Message, That both himself &
the men of the Fort & Castle were resolved to die with their
Sword in hand ere they Surrendered; Captain Moody plied the Enemy so
with great Guns, Bombs and Mortars, that there was killed of the
Enemy with their own Confession between 180 and 200 men; And on our
side, there was but two men killed in the Garrison, and one at the
Castle, but there was killed about 30 and Captured of our men about
130 at our Harbor and other places. The Indians Murdered 7 men at
Torbay, and the French barbarously Murdered 6 more because they could
not carry so great a burden 6 Miles through the Woods as the Enemy
would have them. The Enemy finding they could not take the Fort and
Castle, they burnt all the houses here but 5 and the Church, and went
back to the Southward burning and demolishing all where they came:
They burnt all Ferryland and hove the Salt out of Doors. Monsieur
Subercase gave orders to the Indians and Canadians to cross over the
Land to Conception Bay, Trinity and Bonavista, and there to burn and
destroy all where they came. But after the French departure from St.
John's Advice was sent to Carboniere and other places and the
Inhabitants of Carboniere got upon the Island with most of their
effects, and having 5 Guns they were supplied with Ammunition and
Small Arms from the Garrison of St. John's and defended themselves.
But the Indians burnt all their Stages and Boats. And we hope the
other places did also secure and defend themselves from the Enemy.
Monsieur Subercase sent back several of the Prisoners but carried
with him the most of the able Fishermen.
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St.
John's Newfoundland, July 20, 1705.
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Monday
May 20 - Monday May 27, 1706.
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Catalogue
of manuscripts and rare books. Myers & co., booksellers, London.
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1724.
Samuel Hunt, Master of the Merchant Venturers Society of Bristol.
His son Stephen Hunt later voyaged to Newfoundland?
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*Examples
of mid 1700's bills of exchange, involving Newfoundland
residents/fishermen, ship captains/merchants, and Rhode
Island/Massachussetts merchants.
Page
58.
Page
124.
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Maritime Provinces of British North America and the American ...
1941.
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Journal
of the Commissioners for trade and plantations ... v.14 yr.1776/1782.
London. 1938.
Lloyd's
Register, 1778.
"Lively",
Snow, 120 Tons, 13 Men. Captain J. Kirby, London to Jersey. For:
Patriarch & Co. Built in France in 1756.
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Lloyd's
List Dec 5, 1777, edition.
Lloyd's
List Dec 10, 1777, edition.
Lloyd's
List July 28, 1775, edition.
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York Journal, July 6, 1775. Provincial Congress, New-York, July 5,
1775.
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Boston Gazette And County Journal. Monday, October 9, 1775, edition.
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Lords
Commissioners, Admiralty, to Vice Admiral John Montagu, March 20,
1777.
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A
Letter to DeGruchy & Fiott of London, 8 November 1777. From;
Messrs. Ventura Gomez de la Torre & Barrena, of Bilbao.
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Phillip
Ge Gruchy and John Fiott, London business partners. In 1797
surviving partners included John Phillip De Gruchy and Phillip Gavey.
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Libels
Filed in the Massachusetts Maritime Court, July 16, 1778.
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Journal of Transactions and Events, During A Residence Of Nearly
Sixteen Years On The Coast Of Labrador, Vol 3, page 48, 49, 50,
Voyage 6
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