Thomas Yeomans (b. ca. 1636)
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| Thomas Yeomans (b. ca. 1636) | |
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| Person | Thomas Yeomans (b. ca. 1636) |
| Title | |
| First name | Thomas |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Yeomans |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Mate, Purser |
| Associated with ship(s) | Peace (Master: Thomas Grove) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Thomas Yeomans |
| Has signoff text | Thomas Yeomans |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1636 |
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| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 23 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/73 f.99r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Mar 11 1659 |
| 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Thomas Yeomans (b. ca. 1636; d. ?). Mariner.
"Hee was mate and purser of the said ship the Peace the voyage in question".[1]
Resident in 1659 in Wapping.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-three year old Thomas Yeomans deposed on March 11th 1659 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel in the cause of "Wood against Grove".
Thomas Yeomans was able to reproduce the dates of the voyage with great accuracy and certainty, "being one of the sayd Groves mates and alsoe purser of the sayd shipp during the sayd voyage, and keeping a journall of the tyme of her departure upon the sayd voyage and of her returne to London".[2]
