William Carter
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| William Carter | |
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| Person | William Carter |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Carter |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Gunner |
| Associated with ship(s) | Hopewell (Master: George Case) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | William Carter |
| Has signoff text | William Carter |
| 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 | 1634 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 24 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/70 f.326v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | May 30 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
William Carter (b. ca. 1634; d. ?). Mariner.
Gunner on the Hopewell in late 1654.
Resident in 1655 in Shadwell.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-four year old William Carter deposed on May 30th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Isaac Lawrence and company in "A busines of Examination of witnesses (as perpetuam memoriam) promoted by Isaack Lawrence and company} owners of the Hopewell of which George Case is master against all that pretend tytle or interest in the ladeing lately brought home in the sayd shipp from Scanderoone to this port of London touching certaine stormes which the sayd shipp mett with in her passage betweene Scanderoone and London aforesaid".[1]
