Name of Vessel:

General Burgoyne

Master of Vessel:

John Smith

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

3 September 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloop Abigail

Home Port:

From What Port:

New York, New York

To What Port:

Lloyd’s Neck, Long Island, New York

Cargo:

[Ballast]

Tonnage:

90

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Connecticut Privateer Sloop Abigail (Commander Ackley Riley) captured, on 3 September 1777, the 90-ton sloop General Burgoyne (John Smith). She was bound to Lloyd’s Neck, Long Island, New York to collect fuel for the British army in the city. She was libeled on 10 September 1777 and condemned.

[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During the Revolution, II, 47-48]

Revised 9/21/08