Name of Vessel:

Peggy

Master of Vessel:

Charles Thomas

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

30 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Hempstead Harbor, Long Island Sound, New York

Captor:

Continental Army Sloop General Schuyler

Home Port:

From What Port:

Long Island, New York

To What Port:

Cargo:

Wood

Tonnage:

25

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Norwalk, Connecticut

Into What Port:

Fairfield, Connecticut

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

2 September 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 25-ton sloop Peggy (Charles Thomas) was one of two small wood sloops captured by Continental Army Sloop General Schuyler (Captain David Hawley) on 30 July 1777. The other prize was the sloop Ann (Ezekial Bishop). Both were libeled on 10 August 1777 in Fairfield County Court, with trial set for 2 September 1777.

[NDAR, IX, 703-704, 730-731]

Revised 20 January 2009