George Meade

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George Meade
Person George Meade
Title
First name George
Middle name(s)
Last name Meade
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Carpenter
Associated with ship(s) Isaac (Master: William Thomas)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Marke
Has opening text George Meade
Has signoff text Triangle as a marke
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
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Birth country
Res street
Res parish
Res town Plymouth
Res county Devon
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1600
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Probate date
First deposition age 58
Primary sources
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Personal answer start page(s)
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/72 f.263r Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Mar 22 1658
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

George Meade (b. ca. 1600; d. ?). Mariner.

"He well knew the shipp Isaack and was carpenter of her the voyage in question".[1]

Resident in 1658 in Plymouth in the county of Devon.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Fifty-eight year old George Meade deposed on March 22nd 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on "Interrogatories for perpetuall remembrance of the matter touching the shipp the Isaack whereof William Thomas was Master, and her ladeing cast away by meanes of a certayne shipp called the Saint Jacob (whereof John Clason was Master) her running fowle upon the Isaack at sea".[3]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/72 f.263r
  2. HCA 13/72 f.263r
  3. HCA 13/72 f.261v