John Baretson
From MarineLives
| John Baretson | |
|---|---|
| Person | John Baretson |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Baretson |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master's mate |
| Associated with ship(s) | Saint John of London (Master: Mathew Merrill) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Baretson |
| Has signoff text | Symbol |
| 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 | Wapping |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1613 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 41 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
| Personal answer start page(s) | |
| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/68 f.556r 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) | Jan 24 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Baretson (b. ca. 1613; d. ?). Mariner.
One of the master's mate of the Saint John of London (Master: Mathew Merrill). A second master's mate of the same ship, Robert Marriott, also gave evidence in the High Court of Admiralty in the same cause.
Resident in 1654 in Wapping in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-one year old John Baretson deposed on January 24th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Mathew Merrill in "A Busines of Examination of witnesses concerning the shipp the Saint John of London of which Mathew Merrill is master promoted by the sayd Merill against all that pretend title or interest in the lading of the sayd shipp".[1]
