Aged forty, admitted 14th November 1822. This poor fellow was a
respectable agriculturist in Devonshire, near Plymouth: but the severe
losses he sustained obliged him to give up the concern, when he became
deranged, owing to his failure in business. It is impossible to
describe the variety of wild ideas he entertained. He called himself
a sailing master, captain, admiral, general, in fact, almost every
thing in turn; was very noisy by day, and had very restless nights;
swearing and cursing, and calling to sailors aloft and below. He was
utterly insensible to his own situation, and even the calls of nature.
His health was in a very precarious state when he was admitted, which
generally declined till the 15th of January 1823, when he paid the debt
of nature.
He was of a respectable family, and was remarkable as a good moral man;
sober, industrious, and discreet in every particular. He has left a
family.