Name of Vessel:

William

Master of Vessel:

James Webber

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[July] 1777

Place of Capture:

[Off Newfoundland]

Captor:

Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Fanny and Massachusetts Privateer Brig General Mercer

Home Port:

From What Port:

West Indies

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

40

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Boston, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

[September] 1777

Date Tried:

7 October 1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The 40-ton schooner William (James Webber) was a West Indies vessel, a part of the homeward bound West Indies convoy. She was captured, probably in July 1777, somewhere off Newfoundland, by the Massachusetts Privateer Brigantine Fanny (Commander John Kendrick) and the Massachusetts Privateer Brig General Mercer (Commander James Babson). She was ordered to Boston. She was libeled there, by Babson only, on 18 September 1777, with trial set for 7 October 1777.

[NDAR, IX, 575-576 and 576 note, 592-593 and 593 note; X, 15-16 and 16 note]

Revised 20 January 2009