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Abraham Greaves
Person Abraham Greaves
Title
First name Abraham
Middle name(s)
Last name Greaves
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Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation Shipwright
Secondary shorebased occupation
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Associated with ship(s)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text Abraham Graves
Has signoff text Abraham Greaves
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Language skills English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street Limehouse
Res parish Stepney
Res town
Res county
Res province
Res country England
Birth year 1614
Marriage year
Death year
Probate date
First deposition age
Primary sources
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/72 f.459v Annotate
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Act book date(s)
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Deposition date(s) Aug 13 1658
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 Shore based trade
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

Abraham Greaves (alt. Graves, Mr Abraham Graves) (b. ca. 1614; d. ?). Shipwright.

Resident in 1658 in Limehouse in the parish of Stepney.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Forty-four year old Abraham Greaves deposed on August 13th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in teh case of "Bland Bathurst and Company against the Exeter Merchant and against Woodfin and company".[1]

Abraham Graves stated that he knew the ship the Pilgrim (Master: James Watkins) and that in 1655he had had the ship in his dock in Limehouse. Graves installed a "new navell hoode" and did other repairs to her which she was in need of. At the time Graves noticed that her hoodings were "wrought an inch from the stemme on each side soe that the sea might have free passage in the rest". Graves went on to say that "hee heard some of the company of the Pilgrim say that shee had bin in that condition in the voyage from whence shee was lately returned, for that they could and did soe the sea come in at her hoodeings".[2]

When the Pilgrim was brought into Abraham Graves' dock in May 1655 it was to be navel hooded, but not newly sheathed. However, "after search made by this deponent and his servants they in the new calkeing of her found her to nee much worme eaten and soe worme eaten that there was a necessitie of sheathing of her, which was accordingly done".[3]

Graves then turned to the necessary reparis to the Pilgrim after the accident with the ship the Exeter Merchant coming foul of her. Graves minimised the damage to the Pilgrim in his testimony, saying that the damage was restricted to the Pilgrim breaking her bowspritt, costing perhaps £5. He was, however, testifying on the behalf of Thomas Woodfin, one of the parties to the dispute.[4]

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/72 f.459v
  2. HCA 13/72 f.459v
  3. HCA 13/72 f.459v
  4. HCA 13/72 f.460r