Henderijck Backer
| Henderijck Backer | |
|---|---|
| Person | Henderÿch Backer |
| Title | |
| First name | Henderÿch |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Backer |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Saint Peter (Master: Henderÿch Backer) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Hendrick Backer |
| Has signoff text | Henderÿch Backer |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | Dutch language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Enkhuizen |
| Res county | |
| Res province | Holland |
| Res country | United Provinces |
| Birth year | 1591 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 63 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.393v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Jan 11 1654 |
| 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 | Herring busse |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Henderÿch Backer (alt. Hendrick Backer) (b. ca. 1591; d. ?). Mariner.
Residen in 1654 in Enkhuizen in the province of Holland.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Sixty-three year old Henderÿch Backer deposed o January 11th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined o interrogatories on behalf of Ryley and company in the cause of "Ryley and company against the shipp or herring busse the Saint Peter, (Hendrick Backer Master)".[1]
The case concerned the seizure of the ship the Saint Peter (Master: Henderÿch Backer) en route from Oudenell in Norway to Amsyterdam. The ship was owned by her master, who had a one sixteenth share, and an Enkhuizen merchant namedv, who owned the remaining fifteen sixteenths of the ship. The ship's lading consisted of spars and deals laden in Norway.[2]
