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American Prizes November 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Billy [Billey]
Master of Vessel:
Elias Warren
Rig of Vessel:
Brigantine
Date of Capture:
[November] 1776
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Ranger
Home Port:
From What Port:
To What Port:
Cargo:
Tonnage:
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
17 December 1776
Date Sold:
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Massachusetts Privateer Schooner Ranger was commissioned on 25 September 1776 under Commander Peter Roberts of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Roberts is sometimes referred to as “Roger Robbins” in contemporary records. She was at sea in the fall of 1776 and captured at least one prize, perhaps in November 1776, the brigantine Billy [Billey] (Elias Warren). She was taken in to Newburyport. Billy was libeled in the Massachusetts Maritime Court of the Middle District on 28 November, and tried on 17 December 1776. On 31 December, in a list of prisoners, her mate is listed. Her master, Elias Warren, petitioned for release on 23 January 1777.
[NDAR, VII, 637, 1023-1024; Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, 249; The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser [Boston], Thursday, November 28, 1776]
| Posted 10 August 2011 |
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