Jan Polo
| Jan Polo | |
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| Person | Jan Polo |
| Title | |
| First name | Jan |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Polo |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Passenger |
| Associated with ship(s) | Hope |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Jan Pollo |
| Has signoff text | Jan pollo |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | Dutch language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
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| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | |
| Res town | Flushing |
| Res county | |
| Res province | Zeeland |
| Res country | United Provinces |
| Birth year | 1605 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 51 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.126r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Mar 29 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
Jan Polo (b. ca. 1605; d. ?). Mariner.
Resident in 1656 in Flushing in Zeeland.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty-one year old Jan Polo deposed on March 29th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "Hance Rauce of Quinsborough Harrison and others".[1]
The case concerned the ship the Hope carrying clapboard, hemp and deals. Jan Polo came a passenger on this ship from Elsinore, and witnessed a horrendous storm which damaged the ship off the Norwegian coast. She ws delayed due to the need to seek repairs and new provisions, and was forced by cross winds to put into fflackery and then Newcastle in December 1655.[2] Taking on board a pilot, the ship then sailed for London in a small convoy, but off Harwich stuck fast on the sands called the Middle ground and abandoned the vessel.[3] Jan Polo claimed that the damage to the ship and her lading from the various mishaps was of his sight and observance "not by or through the negligence or default of her master and company who did all of them doe their respective dutyes with great diligence".[4]
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