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|Person=John Webber
|First name=John
|Last name=Webber
|Occupation=Mariner
|Mariner occupation=Master
|Training=Not apprentice
|Citizen=Unknown
|Literacy=Signature
|Has opening text=John Webber
|Has signoff text=John Webber
|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
|Language skills=English language,
|Res street=Limehouse
|Res parish=Stepney
|Res county=Middlesex
|Res country=England
|Birth year=1622
|Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate,
|Deposition date(s)=Oct 22 1657
|Has infobox completed=Yes
|Has synthesis completed=No
|Has HCA evidence completed=No
|Has source comment completed=No
|Type of ship=Merchant ship
|Role in Silver Ship litigation=None
}}
==Biographical synthesis==
John Webber (b. ca. 1622; d. ?). Mariner.

Master of the ship the ''Guift'', owned by Captaine William Poole. In New England at some time prior to his deposition.

Resident in in 1657 in Limehouse in the parish of Stepney.

==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
Thirty-five year old John Webber deposed on October 22nd 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty, He ws exdamined on a libel in the case of "Poole against Paris and company".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.132r]]</ref>

The ccase concerned the delivery and payment for materials transferred from the ship the ''Guift'' (Master: John Webber) to the ship the ''Triall'' (Master: Mr Rogers) at Puscataway in New England, to enable the latter ship to sail to Barbados.

John Webber stated that near the harbour of Puscataway, but on the high and open seas, William Poole "did deliver and cause to be delivered to the said Mr Rogers and his men to the use of the said shipp ''Triall'', six tonnes of iron bound caske, one hundred and a halfe of new cordage worth, foure hundred weight of junck and a parcell of new canvas, all which hee knoweth for that hee this examinate was then master of Captaine Pooles ship".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.132r]]</ref>

==Comment on sources==

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 |Training=Not apprentice
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 Thirty-five year old John Webber deposed on October 22nd 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty, He was examined on a libel in the case of "Poole against Paris and company".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.132r]]</ref>
-The ccase concerned the delivery and payment for materials transferred from the ship the ''Guift'' (Master: John Webber) to the ship the ''Triall'' (Master: Mr Rogers) at Puscataway in New England, to enable the latter ship to sail to Barbados.
+The case concerned the delivery and payment for materials transferred from the ship the ''Guift'' (Master: John Webber) to the ship the ''Triall'' (Master: Mr Rogers) at Puscataway in New England, to enable the latter ship to sail to Barbados.
 John Webber stated that near the harbour of Puscataway, but on the high and open seas, William Poole "did deliver and cause to be delivered to the said Mr Rogers and his men to the use of the said shipp ''Triall'', six tonnes of iron bound caske, one hundred and a halfe of new cordage worth, foure hundred weight of junck and a parcell of new canvas, all which hee knoweth for that hee this examinate was then master of Captaine Pooles ship".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.132r]]</ref>
 ==Comment on sources==

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 |Has opening text=John Webber
 |Has signoff text=John Webber
-|Transcription image={{#transcription-image: }}
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 |Language skills=English language,
 |Res street=Limehouse
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 |Res country=England
 |Birth year=1622
 |Deposition start page(s)=HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate,
 |Deposition date(s)=Oct 22 1657
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 ==Evidence from High Court of Admiralty==
-Thirty-five year old John Webber deposed on October 22nd 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty, He ws exdamined on a libel in the case of "Poole against Paris and company".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.132r]]</ref>
+Thirty-five year old John Webber deposed on October 22nd 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty, He was examined on a libel in the case of "Poole against Paris and company".<ref>[[HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate|HCA 13/72 f.132r]]</ref>
 The ccase concerned the delivery and payment for materials transferred from the ship the ''Guift'' (Master: John Webber) to the ship the ''Triall'' (Master: Mr Rogers) at Puscataway in New England, to enable the latter ship to sail to Barbados.