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Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Active |
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| Active | Commander Benjamin Ellinwood |
| Armed Brig | 6 May 1780- |
| Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine |
| Commissioned/First Date: | 6 May 1780 |
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| Owners: | Job Prince, Jr. and William Creed, of Boston, Massachusetts |
| Tonnage: | 120 |
| Battery: | Date Reported: 6 May 1780 Number/Caliber Weight Broadside 10/ Total: 10 cannon/ Broadside: 5 cannon/ Swivels: |
| Crew: | 6 May 1780: 25 [total] |
| Description: |
| Officers: | (1) First Mate John Hammond, 6 May 1780-; (2) Second Mate Thomas Butman, 6 May 1780- |
| Cruises: | (1) Beverly, Massachusetts to Göteborg, Sweden, 10 July 1780- |
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Comments:
The 120-ton1 Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Active was commissioned on 6 May 17802 under Commander Benjamin Ellinwood3 [Ellingwood], of Beverly, Massachusetts.4 She was listed as being armed with ten guns and having a crew of twenty-four men.5 Her Continental bond ($10000) and Massachusetts bond (£4000) were signed by Ellinwood and by Job Prince, Jr. and William Creed (both of Boston).6 Prince and Creed were listed as the owners,7
On 10 July 1780 Active sailed for Göteborg, Sweden from Beverly. Just before sailing a list of the crew was taken, which indicates some of the officers of the vessel. John Hammond (born in Marblehead, but residing in Beverly) was listed as First Mate, and Thomas Butman (of Beverly) was listed as Second Mate.8
1 Howe, Beverly Privateers of the Revolution, 405
2 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 66. In Howe, Beverly Privateers of the Revolution, 405, it is noted that the petition is dated one day earlier, 5 May 1780.
3 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 66
4 Howe, Beverly Privateers of the Revolution, 405
5 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 66. In Howe, Beverly Privateers of the Revolution, 405, twenty-five men are listed in the crew.
6 Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 66; Beverly Privateers in the Revolution, 405
7 Howe, Beverly Privateers of the Revolution, 405
8 Howe, Beverly Privateers of the Revolution, 405
| Revised 14 September 2008 |
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