Name of Vessel:

Peggy

Master of Vessel:

Haynes

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1775

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Vincent’s, British West Indies

To What Port:

Norfolk, Virginia

Cargo:

Rum and sugar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Maximilian Calvert

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Peggy (Haynes) was laying at Hampton on 30 December 1775. She was bound from St. Vincent’s to Norfolk, Virginia, with a small amount of rum and sugar. She was owned by Maximilian Calvert, a firm patriot. No further information is available, as to who detained her, but it may have been Virginia Navy Schooner Liberty (Captain James Barron). This is almost certainly the schooner of Calvert’s that was purchased in 1776 for the Virginia Navy.

[NDAR, III, 309]

Revised 10 August 2009