Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Abraham Hawlings

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

3 June 1777

Place of Capture:

[Off the New Jersey coast]

Captor:

HM Tender Ballahoo and HM Schooner Tender General Washington

Home Port:

From What Port:

Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey

To What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

Cargo:

Lumber

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Joseph M’Cullor

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: Sloop Polly (Abraham Hawlings) was owned by Joseph M’Cullor. She was bound from Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey to St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of lumber. On 3 June 1777, at sea, she was captured by HM Frigate Rorbuck or one of her tenders. She was sent in to New York, New York.

[“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]