Name of Vessel:

Nelly

Master of Vessel:

John Robinson [Robertson]

Rig of Vessel:

Brigantine

Date of Capture:

26 February 1776

Place of Capture:

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brig Yankee Hero

Home Port:

From What Port:

Whitehaven, England

To What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Coal, cheese, provisions

Tonnage:

180-200

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: [British Transport] Brigantine Nelly (John Robinson or Robertson), 180 or 200 tons, was captured by Massachusetts Privateer Brig Yankee Hero (Commander Thomas Thomas) while en route to Boston with a cargo of coal, cheese and provisions, from Whitehaven. Nelly had had a short passage f rom England. She was sent into Newburyport, where she was libeled on 11 March 1776 and tried on 28 March 1776. The master was paroled to return to England soon after. He returned home in a small schooner with other paroled captains, departing Squam on 14 May 1776 and arriving at Whitehaven on 10 June.

[NDAR, IV, 136 and note, 157 and note, see letter 280 and note [identification of capture in note is incorrect], 296-297 and 297 note [Identification of captor of the Jenny in the note is incorrect], 534 and note; VI, 418-419]

Revised 10 August 2009