Name of Vessel:

William and Anne [William and Mary]

Master of Vessel:

Edward Howe

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

7 July 1777

Place of Capture:

120 miles northeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Amazon

Home Port:

From What Port:

Oporto, Portugal

To What Port:

St. Petersburg, Russia

Cargo:

Sugar, oil, lemons, wine

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

3 [prize crew]

Owners:

Howe and Rogers

Prize master:

Prize crew:

[6]

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

Deal, New Jersey

Date Arrived:

[1 August] 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

Yes

Comments: Brig William and Anne [William and Mary] (Edward Howe) had been captured by Massachusetts Navy Brigantine Freedom, about 15 to 20 April 1777, and ordered into New England. She was owned by Howe and Rogers. On 7 July 1777 she was about 120 miles northeast of Cape Ann, Massachusetts when she encountered HM Frigates Amazon (Captain Maximilian Jacobs) and Orpheus (Captain Charles Hudson). William and Anne was captured by Amazon without resistance. She was bound from Oporto, Portugal to St. Petersburg, Russia, with sugar, lemons, wine and oil. Three men were removed to the Orpheus and she was sent to New York with HM Frigate Milford, escorting a convoy through the area. The prize master, on approaching New York, ran her ashore at Deal, New Jersey, near Sandy Hook. The Americans promptly recovered the cargo, and, presumably the prize crew.

[NDAR, VIII, 800-802; IX, 231 and note, 231-232, 240, 703-704; “The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]