Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Samuel Williams

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

31 July 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the Virginia coast

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

From What Port:

Sinepuxent Bay, Maryland

To What Port:

Saint-Domingue

Cargo:

Tobacco, staves

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Tybot, Douglas & Co.

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Into What Port:

St. Augustine, East Florida

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: The schooner Polly (Samuel Williams; owned by Tybot, Douglas & Co.) was bound from Sinepuxent Bay, Maryland to Saint-Domingue with a cargo of tobacco and staves. On 31 July 1777, off the Virginia coast, Polly was captured by HM Frigate Daphne and sent into St. Augustine, East Florida.

[“List of Vessels seized, destroyed or retaken by the American Squadron between the 25^th of October 1777, and the 28^th of September 1778, according to the Returns received by the Vice Admiral the Viscount Howe, exclusive of those seized or destroyed by His Majesty’s Ships in Chesapeake Bay, and on the Parts of the Coast of North America to the Southward thereof, of which a Return was made on the 23^rd of April 1778,” in The London Gazette, Saturday, November 21, to Tuesday, November 24, 1778]