Name of Vessel:

Agatha

Master of Vessel:

Wilson

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1775

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

Grenadines, British West Indies

To What Port:

[Portsmouth], Virginia

Cargo:

Rum

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

5 January 1776

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Agatha (Wilson), owned by Shadden & Co. of Norfolk, Virginia (John Shedden of Norfolk, Robert Shedden of Portsmouth, and John Syme of Smithfield) sailed from Virginia in August 1775 for the Grenadines, where he loaded rum for himself, Christopher Calvert, Jr., the supercargo, and Isaac Wilson of Portsmouth, Virginia. Agatha was captured on her return, possibly by Virginia Navy Schooner Liberty (Captain James Barron). She was at Hampton on 30 December 1775. Robert Shedden was determined to have violated the Continental Association by the Virginia Convention. The convention ordered the sloop and part of the cargo sold on 5 January 1776.

[NDAR, III, 150, 875]

Revised 10 August 2009