Batchelor [Batchelder, Batcheldor]

Schooner	Commander John Hays
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner	26 February 1778-

Commissioned/First Date:	26 February 1778
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Owners:

William Shattuck et al of Boston, Massachusetts

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Date Reported: 26 February 1778 Number/Caliber  Weight     Broadside 8/ Total: 8 cannon/ Broadside: 4 cannon/ Swivels: six

Crew:

26 February 1778: 41 [total]

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Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Batchelor [also spelled Batchelder and Batcheldor] was commissioned on 26 February 1778 under Commander John Hays [Hayes] of Boston, Massachusetts. She was listed as having a battery of eight guns and six swivel guns and as being manned with a crew of forty men. Her $5000 Continental bond and £500 Massachusetts bond were signed by Hays and William Shattuck and John Shattuck of Boston. Her owners were listed as William Shattuck and others of Boston. A bond not to enlist soldiers of the Continental Army was also signed.¹

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¹ Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 77