Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

30 August 1775

Place of Capture:

Cranberry Island, Massachusetts [Maine]

Captor:

Massachusetts militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

West Indies

To What Port:

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Cargo:

West India goods [rum, sugar, molasses]

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Goldsborough, Massachusetts [Maine]

Into What Port:

Goldsborough, Massachusetts [Maine]

Date Arrived:

1 September 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This schooner was one of two vessels captured 30 August 1775 by militiamen from Deer Island, under command of Captain Joseph Patrick, on suspicion of trading with the British. She was taken at Cranberry Island, removed to Frenchman's Bay, and then to Goldsborough. The captors petitioned the Massachusetts government for further instructions concerning her on 20 September 1775. The House of Representatives referred the petition to a committee for consideration the same day. She is mentioned in Ivory Hovey's petition of 26 September to the Massachusetts General Court.

[NDAR, II, 160, 209-210, 227, 228, 236-238, 278-280, 303-304, 322-323, 323, 387-388, 399-400]

Revised 2 December 2008