William Welch
| William Welch | |
|---|---|
| Person | William Welch |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Welch |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Carpenter |
| Associated with ship(s) | King of Poland (Master: ffrederick Johnson) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | William Welch |
| Has signoff text | William Welch |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth parish | |
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| 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 | 22 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.249r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jun 14 1656 |
| 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 Welch (b. ca. 1634; d. ?). Mariner.
Carpenter of the King of Poland (Master: ffrederick Johnson).
"Being carpenter aboard the sayd shipp the voyage in question and seeing the sayd tobaccoes laden".[1]
Resident in 1656 in Shadwell.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-two year old William Welch deposed on June 14th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Thomas Allen Anthony Peniston and company in the case of "A Busines of examination of wittnesses on the behalfe of Thomas Allen Anthony Peniston and company owners of the shipp the King of Poland whereof ffrederick Johnson is master) against John Wright Jasper White Perient Trott Thomas Tomlinson John Butts Richard Chandler and George Watermann."[2]
The case concerned the King of Poland which was bound in June 1655 from the Bermudas to Viirginia and then to London. Tobaccoes were laden aboard the ship at both the Bermudas and Virginia.[3]
