John Comin
| John Comin | |
|---|---|
| Person | John Comin |
| Title | |
| First name | John |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Comin |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Shipwright |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | |
| Associated with ship(s) | |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | John Comin |
| Has signoff text | + |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
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| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping Wall |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1632 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 25 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.574r Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Apr 13 1657 |
| 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
John Comin (alt. Comyn) (b. ca. 1632; d. ?). Shipwright.
"Hee this deponent is by trade a shipp carpenter".[1]
Resided in 1657 in Wapping Wall in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-five year old John Comin deposed on April 13th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on behalf of Matson in the case of "Matson against Naylor".[2]
John Comin stated that in May 1656 he was asked by Elizabeth Matson to view and repair a lighter called the Ellen and Anne. Elizabeth Matson was then and still is the owner of the lighter. The lighter had been damaged by a ship running foul of her near New Crane in the River Thames. Comin reported that he and other carpenters who viewed her found her to be "very much bruised and crushed both in her outwards and inward workes and diverse of her futtocks and navel tymbers broken downe". John Comin helped repair the damage. Supposedly the lighter was a new lighter, not more than two to three years old, and had been a staunch and strong vessel before she was damaged.[3]
