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==Biographical synthesis==
 
==Biographical synthesis==

Latest revision as of 16:58, November 4, 2016



John Whittey
Person John Whittey
Title Captaine
First name John
Middle name(s)
Last name Whittey
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Master
Associated with ship(s) ffreeman of London (Master: John Whittey)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Captaine John Whittey
Has signoff text Jne Whittey
Signoff image (Invalid transcription image)
Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street
Res parish Allhallows Barking
Res town London
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1621
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age 36
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
Interrogatories page(s)
Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.560v Annotate
Chancery start page(s)
Letter start page(s)
Miscellaneous start page(s)
Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
Interrogatories date(s)
Deposition date(s) Feb 14 1657
How complete is this biography?
Has infobox completed Yes
Has synthesis completed No
Has HCA evidence completed No
Has source comment completed No
Ship classification
Type of ship Merchant ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

John Whittey (alt. Whitty) (b. ca. 1621; d.?). Mariner and master of the ship the ffreeman of London.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-six year old Captaine John Whittey deposed on February 14th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation.

Whittey stated that he knew another ship, the William, and that he had sailed with his own ship, the ffreeman from London to the James River in Virginia, in early 1655. There he saw the ship the William in April 1655. He also saw the ship the Seaven Sisters arrive in the James River in January 1655.[1]

Further deponents testified in the High Court of Admiralty on behalf of John Whittey (alt. Whitty). These included thirty-one year old Robert Holding of Stepney, who was the quartermaster of the ffreeman.[2], forty-two year old Morgan Jones, who was a mariner and cooper of the ffreeman[3], and thirty-three year old Edward King of Limehouse, a mariner and boatswain of the ffreeman[4]

In a separate case, a series of depositions were made by members of the ship the Mary, carrying coals from Newcastle, which had fallen foul of the ffreeman (Master: John Whitty) in the river Thames. For example the deposition of Samuel Browne of Aldborough, Suffolk, who was the boatswain of the Mary, made on November 24th 1654 in the case of "Robert Yaxley George Blowers, Arthur Blowers and companie owners of the shipp the Mary of Alborough against the shipp the freeman. John Whitty Master and her tackle and ffurniture and against Thomas delabarr and others"[5]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/71 f.561r
  2. HCA 13/70 f.511r
  3. HCA 13/70 f.510v
  4. HCA 13/70 f.513v
  5. HCA 13/70 f.29r