Name of Vessel:

Jane

Master of Vessel:

John Le Coutuer

Rig of Vessel:

Snow

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1778

Place of Capture:

 

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington

Home Port:

From What Port:

 

To What Port:

 

Cargo:

 

Tonnage:

150

Battery:

 

Crew:

 

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

 

Into What Port:

 

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

9 March 1779

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Bennington (Commander William Tuck) was at sea in December 1778. She captured the 150-ton snow Jane (John LeCoutuer), which safely got into port. She was libeled on 15 February 1779, with her trial set for 9 March 1779.

[Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 79; The Providence Gazette; And Country Journal, Saturday, January 16, 1779, datelined Boston, January 14; The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, Monday, February 15, 1779]

Posted 11 November 2009