John Larkin
| John Larkin | |
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| Person | John Larkin |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Larkin |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Quartermaster |
| Associated with ship(s) | John and Ambrose (Master: Robertt Church Junior) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Larkin |
| Has signoff text | John Larkin |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1599 |
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| Death year | |
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| First deposition age | 55 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.150v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Dec 9 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 Larkin (b. ca. 1599; d. ?). Mariner.
Quartermaster on the ship the John and Ambrose of London on a voyage from Archangell in Russia to London.
Resident in 1654 in Limehouse.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty-five year old John Larkin deposed on December 9th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of John Thomas in "The clayme of John Thomas for 141. bundles of redd Russia hides saved and preserved out of the John and Ambrose whereof Robert Church was master lately cast away nere Colchester".[2]
John Larkin stated that he had been one of the quarter masters on the Ambrose and John at Archangell and had assisted in the stowing of the bundles of Russia hides.[3]
Comment on sources
1695
PROB 11/427/104 Will of John Larkin, Mariner of Wapping Whitechapel, Middlesex 17 August 1695
- Relative of John Larkin, of Limehouse, mariner?
