Name of Vessel:

Sally

Master of Vessel:

John Van Emburgh

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

24 December 1775

Place of Capture:

Boston Bay, Massachusetts

Captor:

Continental Army Schooner Warren

Home Port:

Perth Amboy, New Jersey

From What Port:

Lisbon, Portugal

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Wine

Tonnage:

70

Battery:

Crew:

6

Owners:

Peter Barberie of Perth Amboy, New Jersey

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Marblehead, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

25 December 1775

Date Tried:

17 April 1776

Date Sold:

[about] 25 May 1776

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Sally (John Van Emburgh) was en route to New York when captured by HM Frigate Niger near Bermuda, early in December 1775. A prize crew of six was put aboard and she was ordered into Boston. She parted company with Niger on 21 December. Vessel was taken while Warren was commanded by Winborn Adams, on Christmas Eve. Libeled 26 February 1776. She was sold about 25 May 1776 for £1475.4.9, but captors only realized £150.5.9 because of the rules regarding shares and recaptures.

[NDAR, II, 1255-1256 and 1256 note; III, 253 and note, 318-319, 979 and note, 1066 and note; V, 252; Clark, GWN, 231, 232]

Revised 10 August 2009