Robert Herenton
| Robert Herenton | |
|---|---|
| Person | Robert Herenton |
| Title | |
| First name | Robert |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Herenton |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Bosun, Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Robert Herrington |
| Has signoff text | Robert Herenton |
| 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 | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1619 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 36 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.251r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Jan 29 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
Robert Herenton (b. ca. 1619; d. ?). Mariner.
"He hath knowne the shipp the Johns Adventure arlate ever since she was built, which was about 4 or 5 yeares since (as he best remembreth) in New England, for that he this deponent did belong unto her as Bosen of her at the rigging of her, and that during the time arlate videlicet in the yeares 1651 and 1652 he this deponent did belong unto her the said shipp."[1]
"Being bozen of her in the yeare 1651 and gunner of her in the yeare 1652".[2]
Resident in 1655 in Wapping in the parish of Stepney and for the last twenty years (so since ca. 1635).[3]
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-six year old Robert Herenton deposed on January 29th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the case of "Dell against Kilvert and Company".[4]
