Difference between revisions of "William Otter"
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Latest revision as of 16:46, November 4, 2016
| William Otter | |
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| Person | William Otter |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Otter |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Providence of Boston (Master: William Otter) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | William Otter |
| Has signoff text | Will: Otter |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
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| Res parish | |
| Res town | Boston |
| Res county | Lincolnshire |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1624 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 32 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.443r Annotate |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Dec 22 1656 |
| How complete is this biography? | |
| Has infobox completed | Yes |
| Has synthesis completed | No |
| Has HCA evidence completed | No |
| Has source comment completed | No |
| Ship classification | |
| Type of ship | Coal ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
William Otter (b. ca. 1624; d. ?). Mariner.
Master of the coal ship the Providence of Boston in Lincolnshire.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-two year old William Otter deposed on December 22nd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on behalf of Thomas Lawe and William Cooper in the cause of "Thomas Lawe Wm Cooper and company owners of the Providence of Boston against a certaine shipp called the Samuell of London whereof William Lee is Master and against the sayd Lee in particular and all others in generall".[1]
The ship the Providence of Boston in Lincolnshire was sunk at sea after a collision with another coal ship, the Samuel of London.
