Name of Vessel:

Nancy [Nance]

Master of Vessel:

Walter Hatch

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

6 June 1775

Place of Capture:

Dartmouth (Buzzard’s Bay), Massachusetts

Captor:

Joshua Davis and militia

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Nantucket, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Corn, flour, pork

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Elisha Downs

Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Into What Port:

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Date Arrived:

6 June 1775

Date Tried:

[Released]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Nancy (or Nance) was carrying a large cargo of provisions for Nantucket Island when she put into Buzzard's Bay on 4 June 1775. When Colonel Joshua Davis of the Massachusetts militia, who was then returning from a mission to secure excess provisions from Nantucket, heard of the arrival he set out to secure the vessel. Davis ordered Hatch to place the sloop in Dartmouth on 6 June, where she was secured. Presumably the vessel was later released.

[NDAR, I, 610, 618]

Posted 3 June 2008