Johon Tomsen
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| Johon Tomsen | |
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| Person | Johon Tomsen |
| Title | |
| First name | Johon |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Tomsen |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Catherine (Master: Johon Tomsen) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Thompson |
| Has signoff text | Johon Tomsen |
| 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 | Shadwell |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1635 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 21 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.210v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | May 29 1656 |
| 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
Johnon Tomsen (b. ca. 1635; d. ?). Mariner.
Master of the ship the Catherine, a ship of eighty tuns burthen. Resident in 1656 in Shadwell.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-one year old Johon Tomsen deposed on May 29th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined "On the behalfe of Henry Baldero, William Harris and John Shephard English merchants touching the shipp the Catherine, John Thompson master."[1]
The Catherine was bought by Henry Baldero, William Harris and John Shephard at Rotterdam in March 1656 from a Mr Lambert Schaep, and cost 3000 guilders. Johon Tomsen (despite his curious spelling of his name) claimed to be an Englishman, and to have been the ship's master ever since she was purchased.[2]
