Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Elkanah Hathway [Hathaway]

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

28 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Daphne

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

St. Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies

Cargo:

Rice, naval stores

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Hathway & Co.

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 (Elkanah Hathway [Hathaway]) was owned by Hathway & Co. Polly sailed from Charleston, South Carolina on 27 May 1777, bound for Sint Eustatius, Netherlands West Indies with a cargo of rice and naval stores. On 28 May 1777 Polly encountered HM Frigate Daphne (Captain St. John Chinnery) and was captured. Polly parted company from the Daphne in a strong gale. She was still missing five months later. She eventually turned up at New York, New York, where she was tried and condemned.

[NDAR, IX, 123-124, 192-195; “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; HCA 32/424/24/1-5]