Name of Vessel:

Molly

Master of Vessel:

Conyard

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

[17] December 1775

Place of Capture:

Pagan Creek, Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Captor:

Virginia militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Norfolk, Virginia

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

1 [prize crew]

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Vessel captured by one of Dunmore’s Fleet tenders and Caesar, a black pilot placed aboard her to take her into Norfolk. Conyard bribed Caesar to run her into Pagan Creek, where the militia took charge of the vessel.

[NDAR, III, 163-164]

Revised 10 August 2009