William Bird

William Bird

William Bird
Person	William Bird
Title
First name	William
Middle name(s)
Last name	Bird
Suffix
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation	Merchant
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training	Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen	Unknown
Literacy	Signature
Has opening text	William Bird
Has signoff text
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
Res parish	Little Saint Helens
Res town	London
Res county
Res province
Res country	England
Birth year	1628
Marriage year
Death year	1698
Probate date	March 26, 1698
First deposition age	31
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
Personal answer start page(s)
Allegation start page(s)
Interrogatories page(s)
Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/73 f.345v Annotate
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Act book date(s)
Personal answer date(s)
Allegation date(s)
Interrogatories date(s)
Deposition date(s)	Sep 21 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	N/A
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation	None

Biographical synthesis

William Bird (alt. Birde) (b. ca.1628; d. ca.1698). Merchant.

Resident in 1659 in the parish of Little Saint Helens, London.

Resident in Homerton in Hackney in 1666 hearth tax return, with 18 hearths."

Described as a merchant of Hackney in his will proved on March 26th 1698.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-one year old William Bird deposed on September 21st 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on the third article of an allegation containing twenty-one articles on behalf of Edward and John Bushell in the case of "The Brazeele frigot"

Comment on sources

1666

"London Hearth Tax: 16666:

Hackney Hommerton

...William Bird 18 hearths...

...Edward Bushell 11 hearths"

1698

PROB 11/444/363 Will of William Bird or Birde, Merchant of Hackney, Middlesex 26 March 1698