John Clarke (b. ca. 1630)
| John Clarke (b. ca. 1630) | |
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| Person | John Clarke (b. ca. 1630) |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Clarke |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Quartermaster |
| 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 | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Clarke |
| Has signoff text | Simple marke |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1626 |
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| First deposition age | 29 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.512r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Sep 21 1655 |
| 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 Clarke (b. ca. 1626; d. ?). Mariner.
A quartermaster of the ship the ffreeman (Master: John Whitly). There were three quartermasters on the ffreeman, all three of whom deposed in this cause.The other two quartermasters were Robert Holding and Edward Rossiter. Of the three quartermasters only Robert Holding , aged thirty-one, of the parish of Stepney, was literate.[1] Edward Rossiter, a forty-eight year old mariner and quartemaster of Limehouse, signed his deposition, as did John Clarke, with a simple marke.[2]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-nine year old John Clarke deposed on September 21st 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty.[3] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Delavall and Company in the cause of "Yaxday (sic) against Delavall and others".[4]
After recounting the events of the ship the Mary falling foul of the ffreeman as the ffreeman went down towards Gravesend, John Clarke stated that he had been "paid all his wages save 30 s which he saith is stopped out of the same and the like out of the wages of others of the ffreemans company for certayne tobaccoes which appeareth by the boatswaines booke to be laded aboard the ffreeman in Virginia and were nor found aboard her at her unladeing at London".[5]
