6 yards 1/2 branch and Streaked stuffe
6 coates for men
1 stuffe pa. briches and dublet
3 pa. cloath briches
1 old dublet
1 girles petticoat
2 pa. Irish stockings
3 pa. childrens hose
1 woe. boddy of a gowne
1 pewter candlestick and socket
5 boyes hatts
17 yards blue linnon
one perriwig
2 white tiffeny[18] hoods
2 pa. gloves
12 yards stuffe in 2 p'ces
3 bands[19] 1 laced
5 yards searge
2 pa. sleeves
2 small p'ces diaper filleting
4 yards 1/4 searge
1 gr. and 11 doz. buttons
4 yards striped stuffe
3 doz. thread laces
6 yards shalloune[20]
a parcell of thread about 1/2 ld.
1 childes silke cap and a little parcell of silke and severall
other small things.
[Footnote 18: Tiffany, thin transparent silk.]
[Footnote 19: Collars.]
[Footnote 20: Woollen stuff used for linings.]
* * * * *
1 kettle }
1 pott } left on board
1 stuepann }
26 Iron potts
25 Iron long bolts
6 chaine plates with dead eyes[21]
10 Iron bound dead eyes
7 wood axes
6 pump speires
12 small boltes
17 Iron clamps
1 bagg of 2d. nayles
2 baggs of 4d. nayles.
2 pruneing hookes for gardens
8 musquets (1 noe lock)
5 Iron hinges for ports
80 great speeks[22]
2 pintles
2 good Irons
1 top chaine
3 great rings
1 basket of sheathing nayles } halfe full each.
1 basket of 40d. nayles }
1 fiz gigg[23]
4 hookes
1 shovel
12 small rings
1 poope lanthhorne
1 Iron mill with 2 winches
1 cross cutt saw
2 chaine bolts more
2 pumpe Irons
2 table hookes
1 shirk hooke[24]
2 dogg Irons
2 doz. of 8 Inch blocks
1 doz. of 6 Inch blocks
1 doz. of 4 Inch blocks
11 blocks of 6 and 4 Inch
1 doz. of 5 Inch blocks
7 of 14 Inch blocks
1 topsaile sheete block
3 double table blocks
17 dead eyes
9 pump uper boxes
10 dito lower
5 blacking barrels
8 small glasses
1 wach glass
4 cumpasses
12 sk. twine
about halfe a barrel of powder
8 yards of canvas
2 pa. Stilliards without peises
3 small baggs of 2d. nayles (in a bagg)
1 dipsey lead[25] 18 lb.
2 pistalls
1 carbine
1 p'ce Leather
1 small fouleing peece
3 straw hatts
3 cables and 2 hallsers
4 anckors (sheet, best bower, small bower and kedge)
5 Iron gunns
The Ship _Providence_ and standing rigging with long
boat and Skiffe.
[Footnote 21: Wooden blocks for extending the stays.]
[Footnote 22: A speek was a large nail; a pintle, then as now, a
rudder-pin.]
[Footnote 23: A kind of harpoon.]
[Footnote 24: Hook for sturgeons; dog-irons were probably fire-dogs.]
[Footnote 25: Deep-sea lead (for sounding).]
In Obedience to a Warrant Comeing from the County Court held in Boston
the 30th day of Aprill 1673, Unto us whose names are hereunder
written, for to take an Inventory of the Estate and goods in the Shipp
_Providence_ of Falmouth, lately arived in Piscataqua River, etc., and
to Render an acco't thereof unto the present Deputy Governor by the
7th of May, wee haveing accordingly done the same (as time would
afford) Doe Signifie Unto the Honourable Deputy Governor, that the
before mentioned particulars are the whole, that to our certaine
knowleidg is come (in the said shipp) and that, according to the
wrighting at the beginning hereof, they are Secured in the said Fryers
hands and the shipp well mored in the harbour at the Great Island in
Piscataqua River.
NATHANIELL FRYER.
May the 5th, 1673. HENRY DERING.
_34. Examination of John Johnson. May 5, 1673._[1]
[Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 18.]
The examination of John Johnson steersman of the frigott
_commonwealth_, Capt. Cornelius Lincourt Comd'r.
December the 15th their stile[2] they came out of Flushing in the
above sd Frigott with 20 gunns and ninety six men and boys, bound from
Flushing to the Canarie Island, and in their way they tooke a Londoner
bound from Malaga laden with fruit, which they sent to the Groyne,[3]
and the men they putt on shore at the canaries. from the Canaries we
sailed to the Cape de Verd Islands and from thence to Barbados, where
they tooke a small French sloope, and from thence we sailed to the
Capes of Verginia and in our way we mett with the _Providence_ of
Falmouth, which ship we tooke on the 15 day of Aprill, our Stile,[4]
in the latitude of the capes, about 30 Leagues to the Eastward. it
being a stormy night they drive away under a maine course to the
northward. for 2 days afterward they stood in againe to the capes but
could not see their frigott, so then we stood away for the Groine, and
meet with a small Londoner bound for Verginia, who came abord on us
for water, and we took the men being 5 and putt them in to the hold,
then he that was Master of the ship went on board the Londoner and
those men with him, whome the Londoner carried away, so then we
followed them but could not overtake him, so the night following the
English that were upon Decke conspireing with them in the hold, in the
morneing they tooke the ship from us, and brought us to Piscataqua.
[Footnote 2: _I.e._, new style, which the Dutch used.]
[Footnote 3: The name then used by the English for Coruna, in
northwestern Spain.]
[Footnote 4: April 5, O.S. See documents 32 and 36.]
Taken in Boston 5 May 1673 before
JOHN LEVERETT, Dep. Gov.[5]
[Footnote 5: John Leverett was deputy-governor 1671-1673. Two days
later, May 7, 1673, he was elected governor, and so continued till
1679.]
_35. Declaration of Edward Bant and Others. May 8, 1673._[1]
[Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 12.]
A Declaration of some Occurrents that happened to us in our late
voiadge from London in the Ship _Barkely_ of the saide port, Nicholas
Prynne Commander, intended for Virginia, Anno 1672/3.
On the twelfth Aprill 1673 being in saide Ship about the Lattitude of
the Capes of Virginia about 80 Leagues distant, wee saw a sail towards
Evening, and being in want of provitions, seeing her to be a Fly
boate,[2] made towards her and came up with her about Eight a clock
and hailed them asking them of whence theire Ship. they answered of
Falmoth. wee ask't them from whence they came. they answered from
Virginia, and called mee by my name and asked mee how I did. wee asked
them what places they loaded at. they answered, in Petuxin River.[3]
wee told them wee wanted some provitions. they answered us if we would
hoise out our Boate and come on boarde, they would spare us water and
other provitions what they could. in order thereunto wee did soe, and
I being desired by the Master and Merchant[4] to goe on board with the
Boate to Endeavor to gett what provitions I could, our Marchant who
was the owner also desired mee to stay, and hee and the Doctor would
goe with mee as soon as they had sealed theire letters. Our Master
not having ended his writing the marchant desired him to goe on board
with us also and to finish his letter there, and accordingly with
three more Seamen wee went on board saide Ship, and when wee came
there founded severall Dutchmen on board who had the Command of her,
they having lately taken her from the English. the Ship was called the
_Providence_, belonging to Falmoth, Thomas Radden having been lately
master of her. the saide Dutchman Surprized six of us and kept us
prisoners and sent one of our Company with three Dutchmen on board our
Ship, who lay by us till the next morning. then the Dutch Commander
comanded our Ships' Boate to come on board his Ship againe, which
accordingly they did, hee promising our merchant to take out our goods
and to give us our Ship againe, in order whereunto hee provided one
hogshead of bread to have given us as hee saide and tooke our marchant
with him and went on board our Ship, and about halfe an hour after our
Ship made sail and Steered to the westward: and then the Dutch men put
us who formerly belonged to her down into the hole and made sail after
the saide Ship for about two houres, and seeing they could not come up
with her stood on theire course againe to the Eastward, and by
receiving advice from those Englishmen that were at liberty were
combined together for them to make way for our coming up and soe to
rush out upon the Dutchmen at once and to Subdue them, for the
rescueing of ourselves and Ship, which with god's blessing wee
Effected, without loss of life or bloodshed to any, and then agreed
among our Selves to come away with saide Ship to New England, which
accordingly wee did and after Eleven days passage by reason of
contrary wind and foggy weather arrived in Piscataquay River on the
23th Aprill 1673.
[Footnote 2: A small swift ship of Dutch pattern (originally _Vlie
boot_).]
[Footnote 3: Patuxent River, in Maryland.]
[Footnote 4: _I.e._, supercargo.]
EDWARD BANT, Mate.
JOHN RESSELL.
JONAS LEWIS.
Att a Court of Assistants on Adjournment the 8th May 1673, Edward
Bant, John Russell and Jonas Lewis deposed in Court that having
subscribed their names to this declaration that it was the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth:
As Attests EDWARD RAWSON Sec'ty
_36. Declaration of Henry King and John Champion. May 8, 1673._[1]
[Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 10.]
A Declaracion of some Occurrents that happened us in our late voiadge
from Falmouth intended for Virginia in the Ship _Providence_ of
Falmoth, Anno 1672/3, Thomas Radden Commander.
About the 12th November 1672 wee sailed from Falmoth in the aforesaid
Ship to Plimouth for convoy and there lay till the 15th January
following, when wee sailed under convoy with a fleete of about 90
sail. our convoy went with us about 80 Leagues to the Westward of
Silly,[2] then with about ten sail more were parted from the fleet and
were making the best Emprovement of winde and weather to gaine our
port till the 4th Aprill following, when wee between the houres of
four and six in the morning saw a Sail upon our weather quarter. wee
made what sail wee could, hee giving us chase, in about two houres hee
came up with us, showed us Dutch colours, comanded us by the lee and
to strike our Topsaile and ancient:[3] wee seeing of him to bee a man
of War of Force could make no resistance against him, did accordingly:
then the Capt. himself came aboard of us with twelve Dutch men more,
showed us his Commission Signed by the Prince of Orange, for the
taking of English Ships: the Capt. was named Cornelius Linquoint and
commanded the Ship in English called the _Commonwealth_, of 20 peice
of Ordnance. then hee tooke our master, merchant and ten seamen more
out of our Ship and left seven of us aboard and soe went aboard his
man of war againe and ordered the Dutch Steersman, whome hee left
with Eleven Dutchmen more on board of our Ship, to Steere after the
man of War, and in case wee should bee parted by weather to Saile with
our Ship to the Groyne in Galecia, as the said Steeresman informed
mee: the same night following wee lost the man of War--the said Capt
having told mee that if wee kept Company while the next morning hee
would take the Goods out of our Ship on board the man of war and give
us our own Ship againe, but having lost Company of him in the night,
wee bore up the helme to the Eastward, intending for the Groyne, as
the Steersman informed mee. having plied too and againe 6 days hoping
to meete with the man of war againe, two days after wee bore up wee
saw a sail which made towards us, being about 3 Leagues from us.
betweene six and eight aclock in the evening they came up with us, and
hailed us asking whence wee were. The Dutch Steersman, standing with a
laden pistol presented to my breast, commanded mee to answer them in
those words he should dictate to mee, bid mee answer them, of Falmoth,
and to tell them wee came from Petuxine River in Virginia, and if they
wanted anything if they would hoise out theire Boat and Come aboard
wee would supply them, upon which they hoised out theire Boat and the
Master, Merchant, Mate, Doctor and two seamen came on board in the
Boate, and after they had entred our Ship the Dutchmen Surprized them
and sent three Dutchmen on board theire Ship and the Ship staied by us
all the night. next morning the Dutchmen intending to goe on board
commanded the said Shipps boats on board, who came accordingly, and
the Dutch Skipper went on board the aforesaid Ship intending to take
out her goods and put on board of our Ship, as hee saide, in order
whereunto hee tooke the merchant along with him. about halfe an hour
after, the said Ship made sail and steered to the westward. wee in our
Ship making Sail followed them between two and three houres, and
finding wee could not come up with her left our chase and stood to the
Eastward againe, there being five Englishmen belonging to the saide
Ship prisoners in our Ships hold. about six houres after, the same
day, wee Englishmen that were at liberty, by writing to them in the
hold, conspired together with them to lett them come up and soe to
rush all out together upon the Dutch men and if wee could Subdue them
to rescue ourselves and Ship, which accordingly with gods' blessing
wee effected without any loss of life or shedding of blood and soe
intended to New England, being afraide to goe for Virginia leaste wee
should meete the man of War againe and being unable to carry the Ship
home for England, and after eleven days lying at Sea by reason of
foggy weather and contrary windes wee arrived at Piscataquay in New
England aforesaid being 23th Aprill 1673.
[Footnote 2: The Scilly Isles, off the southwesternmost cape of
England.]
[Footnote 3: Ensign.]
HENRY KING, Mate.
JOHN CHAMPION, Bosson.[4]
[Footnote 4: Boatswain.]
At a Court of Assistants held at Boston on Adjou't, 8th May '73, Henry
King, John Champyn and John Sennet deposed in open Court that this
Declaration is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
As Attests
EDWARD RAWSON, Secty.
Portlidge bill of Wages due to the Company belonging to said Ship
_Providence_ is as followeth:
L s.d.
Henry King, Mate, at 55s. per mo.,--4 mos., 5 days-- 11. 9.2
John Champyn, Boatswaine, at 36s. per mo.,--4-1/2 mo., 5d. 8. 6.2
John Jorey, Carpenter, at 3 [pounds] per mo., 4-1/2 mo. 13.10.0
John Sennett at 28s. per mo., 3 mo., 5d. 4. 8.6
John Burley at 28s. per mo., 4 mo., 5d. 5.16.6
George Taylor at 28s. per mo., 3-1/2 mo. 4.18.0
Richard Gross[5] at 20s. per mo., 4 mo., 5d. 4. 3.4
-------
52.11.8
[Footnote 5: The margin adds, "sick aboard."]
8 May 1673.
It is ordered that the seamen above shall be allowed and payd their
severall wages (according to their Portlidge bills here Given in) by
Mr. Fryer, he taking their receipts of the several seamen. As Attests,
EDWARD RAWSON, Sec'y.
_37. Petition of Thomas Raddon. June 10, 1673._[1]
[Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 7.]
To the Hon'rble the Governour and Magistrates Assembled in Boston,
The humble request of Thomas Raddon is that whereas the authority of
this Jurisdiction hath taken care to secure the ship _Providence_ of
Fallmouth in old England, wich was brought into Piscataway by
reprisall and the Cargo in her, whereof I the said Thomas Raddon was
shipped Master by the owners to performe a voiage to Virginia and from
thence home againe, for which care I doe in the behalf of myself and
owners returne humble and hearty thanks to your worships.
And whereas the Providence of God soe ordering that I am now come
myselfe, my humble request is that your worships would bee pleased to
give orders that the said ship and Goods may be speedily delivered
unto your petitioner, that soe I may (with Gods blessing) proceed in
my intended voige for the benefit of my imployers according to my
obligation, and your petitioner shall ever pray for your worships
prosperity.
THOS. RADDON.
In Boston this 10th of June, 1673.
This was presented to the Hono'ble Jno. Leveret, Esq'r, Gov., the 11th
of June 1673. As Attest EDWARD RAWSON.
The Governor and Magistrates having perused the Certificate and
finding that Tho. Raddon above, being now arrived, and the rest of the
company that was took out of her, was the Master of the said Ship
_Providence_, ordered the Secretary to signify to Mr. Nathaniell Fryer
that they advise him to deliver the said ship and what was in her to
the said Tho. Raddon, Master, for the use and benefit of the owners,
he discharging the charges formerly advised to. As Attest. EDW.
RAWSON, Secret'y.
THE _ST. ANTHONY_.
_38. Examination of John Tooly. June 17, 1673._[1]
[Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 17.]
It was my Chance to be in Lesbon and wanting a woage[2] I shiped my
slefe [selfe] A board of a portungal buelt ship, Mr. Orchard
Commander, but some five dayes After it plesed the Almyty God to take
him out of the woarld, and when that wee was Agoing to bury him I
heard the men that was in the boate to helpe Rowe him over the water,
for the portugeses would not suffer us to bury him in Lesbone, say
that thay would have A Ship Are Longe, but I did not know how, not
then, and some one day thay went into the house[3] for thay Could open
the Locke of the haches when thay plesed and drawed wine of the
Marchantes and soe sate doune to geather to drinke, and I being near,
thay not deming of it, I heard them say that thay would asay[4] it all
at once, and Liquise[5] that thay would Rune away with the ship, soe I
disclosed it to the Master and the Marchant for our Marchant had gone,
another master, which was Capt. haddockes second mate, which was then
Comander of the Engles[6] ship Lying in Lesbone Rever, John Terry by
Name, soe thay tooke three of them and put them in presone at Lesbone.
it was the boatswane and two men more, but by Resone that one willam
forrest which was Aboard that Gave the suprecargo Mr. John Pane fare
words, the suprecargo would not sufer him to be put in to preson, but
that hee should Goe the woage, and because thay Could note Geete
another Carpenter thay would not put the Carpenter in to preson, but
that hee should goe the woage Lyquise, soe the Master John Terry shipd
two men more in there Romes which ware English men, Edmun Cooke and
John Smith, and Afterwards hee shiped 2 Duchmen whose names I know
not, and wee ware bound for newfoundland for a sacke,[7] but when wee
had been about A weake at sea these two men, namly Willam forrest and
John peket the Carpenter, perswaded the other two Engles men, Edmun
Cooke and John Smith, and one other Engles which was a board and the
two Duch men, to surprise the Master, the suprecargo and Mate, a
portungall boy and I, and soe to Rune away with the ship. And waching
thare Oppertunity when the Master and the Marchant was a slepe in the
Roundhouse, the Mate A Riting in the Cabing, and I was at helme, the
Carpenter came into the sterege and cauled the [said?] Edmun Cooke and
John Smith out of thare Cabing whare thay ware aslepe, and soe thay
went forward togeather into the forcasell and immeadly thay Came Aft
agane, the two Duchmen and willam forrest, the Carpenter and Edmun
Cooke, John Smith and the other Engles man. soe the two Duchmen and
the Englesman that is not named came into the sterege. the other fower
wente up upon the Quarterdecke and surprised the Master and the
Marchant where thay ware a slepe in the Round house, and the other
three sayed to me that if I did offer to stere I was a dead man. soe
the Mate hering that in the Cabin where he was a riting salied out of
the Cabing in to the sterege. soe thay tooke hould of him and throed
him upon his back and soe held him and would not suffer him to ster.
soe I rune doune the scutell which was in the sterege and hede my
slefe amounge the sayles betweene deckes, for I heard the Master and
the Marchant Cry out most petifully. soe I thought to my slife when
thare pasene[8] was over that I mite perswaed them to save my Life.
soe thay bound the Master and the Marchant and Carryed them forward
upon the forcastell. but presenly after thay Loused them agane and put
them in to the Greate Cabing all togeather, and would suffer but one
to Come upon the deck at a time. the Master and the Marchant profered
them that if thay would thay would take a drame of the botell and set
doune and drink frinds and that all things should be forgoting, but
thay would not Exsept of there profer. soe I went upon the deck and
desyred them that thay would be plesed to Lend us a sayle, for thay
tould us that thay would hoyst out the boate and Give us some
provisones and tourne us to shift for our slevs. soe wee desyred to
beare up the helme for to put us As neare the Land as thay Could. soe
[_torn_] some 2 howers. soe thay Gave into the boate All neceesaryes,
as provisons, wood, water and Lequers, with a sayle and mast and ores,
A grapnall and grapnall rope, sayle nedles, twine and pame[9] for to
men[d] the sayle. Soe Will Forrest, walking upon the Quater deck with
a backe swoard[10] in his hand, Commanded the boat to be hoysted out
and all those forenamed nesessarys to be got in to her, with a Compas,
Quadrant and a plat,[11] and soe Comanded the Master, the Marchant and
the Mate and the portuges boy in to the boate. John Tooley and
Allexander[12] ---- would have gone into the boate with them, but thay
would not suffer us to goe [_torn_] Master saed [or] asked them
[_torn_] that thay would keepe us but thay would not harking unto them
and would not Let us goe.
[Footnote 2: Voyage.]
[Footnote 3: The house or cabin on the after-deck.]
[Footnote 4: Assay, attempt.]
[Footnote 5: Likewise.]
[Footnote 6: English.]
[Footnote 7: Plunder.]
[Footnote 8: Passion.]
[Footnote 9: A sailmaker's palm, which serves the purpose of a
thimble.]
[Footnote 10: A sword with one edge.]
[Footnote 11: Chart.]
[Footnote 12: Wilson. The name can be supplied from the _Records of
the Court of Assistants of Massachusetts Bay_, I. 12.]
John Tooley gave in this upon examination as a true narrative of the
transaction in the Ship _Anthony_ when she was surprised by forest and
Pickard, etc., he the sayd Tooley being of the age of Twenty years or
thereabouts.
Before us JOHN LEVERETT, Gvr.
EDWARD TYNG.
WILLIAM STOUGHTON.
John Terry, M'r, being present when this was spoken by John Toolly
before the Govn'r, Mr. Ting, Mr. Staughton and Major Clarke on 17 June
'73, being Asked whether what John Toolly had declared was the truth
the said Terry Ansed he acknowledged the same to be the trueth: As
Attests
EDWARD RAWSON, Sec'ty.
19 of November 1673.
This examination of John Toollys being Read in the Councill with the
Acknouledg'mt of the Master John Terry that it was the Trueth, The
Councill ordered his dischardge from further attending: and that the
Secretary Give him the signification thereof to the said John Toolly.
As Attests,
EDW. RAWSON.
The Examination of Jno. Tooly marriner of Ship _St. Anthony_:[13]
[Footnote 13: A marginal note reads: "Pres[en]t, Govr., Capt. Gookins,
Mr. Russell, Mr. Danforth, Mr. Tynge, Mr. Stoughton, Mr. Clarke", all
of whom were at this time members of the Court of Assistants. An
endorsement reads: "Toolly Examination taken 17:9:73," _i.e._,
November 17, 1673.]
What is your name?
Jno. tooly, borne nere norwich.
He saith that he was at Helme when the Rising was.
How long was it after you came to sea.
Ansr: about a weeke.
Who rise first or the manner of their Rising?
the Carpenter having a handspike in his hand called to forrest, who
with the two Dutchmen came forward with Cooke, etc.[14]
[Footnote 14: John Smith and Edmund Cooke were condemned to death for
their share in these acts of piracy, but were pardoned by the General
Court, December 10, 1673. _Records of Massachusetts Bay_, vol. IV.,
pt. II., p. 573.]
_39. Examination of William Forrest. October 20, 1673._[1]
[Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 15.]
Newport one[2] Road Iland.
[Footnote 2: On.]