Name of Vessel:

Smiling Molly

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Eskridge

Rig of Vessel:

Date of Capture:

[June] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

[unknown]

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

1777

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Smiling Molly (Thomas Eskridge) was a captured by the British in 1777. She was sent into New York, New York and tried and condemned there. Speedwell is described in the court records as an American merchant vessel.

[HCA 32/452/14/1-29]