Name of Vessel:

Nancy

Master of Vessel:

Joseph Bennet

Rig of Vessel:

[Schooner]

Date of Capture:

3 April 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

From What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

To What Port:

Cargo:

Rum, salt, dry goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: [Schooner] Nancy (Joseph Bennet) was captured by HM Frigate Daphne (Captain St. John Chinnery) on 3 April 1777. She was bound from St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies, with a cargo of rum, salt, and dry goods. This is possibly the schooner Nancy for which prize money was paid at New York, New York in March 1778.

[NDAR, VIII, 1053-1063; The New-York Gazette; and The Weekly Mercury, Monday, March 16, 1778]