Name of Vessel:

Molly

Master of Vessel:

William Wallard

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

21 June 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Milford

Home Port:

From What Port:

Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire

To What Port:

Cargo:

Fish

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

James Hickley

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[burned]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Molly (William Wallard), owned by James Hickley, was en route from the Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire on a fishing voyage, with some fish aboard, on 21 June 1777. She was captured by HM Frigate Milford (Captain William Burnaby) and burned.

[“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]