Thomas Wills
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| Thomas Wills | |
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| Person | Thomas Wills |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Wills |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Boatswain |
| Associated with ship(s) | Margaret (Master: Robert ffox) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Thomas Wills |
| Has signoff text | Tho: Wills |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Shadwell |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1610 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 44 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.117r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Sep 4 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
Thomas Wills (b. ca. 1610; d. ?). Mariner.
Boatswain of the ship the Margaret (Mastr: Robert ffox).
Resident in 1654 in Shadwell in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Forty-four year old Thomas Wills deposed on September 4th 1654 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the case of "Captaine Benjamin Crandley Arthur Bayly and companie owners of the vessell the Margaret of which Robert ffox is Master against the vessell the Mayfflower of which William White was master, and her tackle and furniture and againe the said William White."[1]
