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American Prizes October 1776 |
Name of Vessel:
Kitty and Nancy [Kelly and Nancy]
Master of Vessel:
William Pennock [Pinnock, Reodret]
Rig of Vessel:
Schooner
Date of Capture:
[October 1776]
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Massachusetts Privateer Schooner General Putnam
Home Port:
From What Port:
Nova Scotia
To What Port:
Cargo:
Fish, oil, wine
Tonnage:
90, 95
Battery:
Crew:
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Salem, Massachusetts
Into What Port:
Salem, Massachusetts
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
22 November 1776
Date Sold:
3 December 1776
Action:
No
Recaptured:
No
Comments: The schooner Kitty and Nancy (William Pennock [Pinnock]), 95 tons, was outward bound from Nova Scotia with a cargo of fish, oil and wine. She was captured by the Massachusetts Privateer Schooner General Putnam (Commander Stephen Mascoll) about September 1776, and was brought into Salem, Massachusetts. Kitty and Nancy was libeled in the Maritime Court for the Middle District on 4 November 1776, and was tried on 22 November 1776. As the Kelly and Nancy (Reodret), she was reported as lost in the London papers on 27 December, and taken into Massachusetts. An advertisement appeared on 7 November for the sale of her cargo at Salem on 19 November. On 25 November the sale of the schooner was advertised, with the schooner listed as 90 tons. She was said to be Bermuda built of mahogany and cedar, and “a prime Sailer and well found.” The sale was to be held on 3 December 1776.
[Faibisy, A Compilation of Nova Scotia Vessels . . ., in NDAR, X, 1201-1210; The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, Monday, November 4, 1776; NDAR, VII, 70-72 and 72 note, 274-275, 809-810]
| Posted 5 September 2011 |
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