John Webber
| John Webber | |
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| Person | John Webber |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Webber |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Guift (Master: John Webber) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Webber |
| Has signoff text | John Webber |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1622 |
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| First deposition age | 35 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.132r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Oct 22 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 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 was examined on a libel in the case of "Poole against Paris and company".[1]
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".[2]
