Name of Vessel:

John

Master of Vessel:

Ezekiel Woodbury

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[15 January] 1778

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Antelope and HM Sloop Diligence

Home Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Cargo:

Bale goods, iron

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner John (Ezekiel Woodbury), was en route to the foreign West Indies from Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of bale goods and iron. She was captured by HM Frigate Antelope (Captain Charles H. Everitt) and HM Sloop Diligence (Commander Thomas Davey) about January 1778. The date of capture is arbitrary, and could have been in February. John was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies, and tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, XI, 448-453]