Thomas Chevers
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| Thomas Chevers | |
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| Person | Thomas Chevers |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Chevers |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Oporto Merchant (Master: Thomas Chevers) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Thomas Chevers |
| Has signoff text | Tho Chevers |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Limehouse |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1631 |
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| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 28 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.92r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Mar 9 1659 |
| 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
Thomas Chevers (b. ca. 1631; d. ?). Mariner.
Master of the ship the Oporto Merchant.
Resident in 1659 in Limehouse.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-eight year old Thomas Chevers deposed on March 9th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined in the case of "Rowland Hill John Hill and Company owners of the Oporto Merchant. Thomas Chevers Master against Sir James Drax Knight Richard higgins Tho: Kendall, James Wych and Robert Welding merchants in particular and all others in generall that have or pretend to have any rights, titles, or interest in the goods wares and merchandizes lately brought in the sayd ship to this port from the Barbadoes in a cause of damage and average".[1]
