Name of Vessel:

Hope

Master of Vessel:

Amos Hillier

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

7 June 1778

Place of Capture:

Near Point Judith, Rhode Island

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Schooner Chatham

Home Port:

From What Port:

[West Indies]

To What Port:

Cargo:

West Indies goods

Tonnage:

60

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Connecticut

Into What Port:

Connecticut

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

14 July 1778

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Schooner Chatham was at sea in June 1778 under Commander David Brooks. She captured the 60-ton schooner Hope (Amos Hillier) on 7 June 1778. She had a cargo of West Indies goods and was captured near Point Judith, Rhode Island. Chatham was sent in to Connecticut and tried and condemned on 14 July 1778.

[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During The Revolution, II, 65]

Posted 22 March 2010