John Hawker

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John Hawker
Person John Hawker
Title
First name John
Middle name(s)
Last name Hawker
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Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Master's mate
Associated with ship(s) Samuell (Master: William Lee)
Training Not apprentice
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Citizen Unknown
Literacy Marke
Has opening text John Hawker
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Language skills English language
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Res parish Saint Mary Matfelon alias Whitechapel
Res town London
Res county Middlesex
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Res country England
Birth year 1614
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First deposition age 42
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.498v Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Jan 22 1656
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Has infobox completed Yes
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Ship classification
Type of ship Coal ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

John Hawker (b. ca. 1614; d. ?). Mariner.

Master's mate of the ship the Samuell (Master: William Lee).

Resident in 1656 in the parish of Saint Mary Matsellon alias Whitechappel.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Forty-two year old John Hawker deposed on January 22nd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty.[1] He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "Lane Cooper and company owners of the Providence of Boston of which William Otter was master against the Samuell of London and against Lee the master of her".[2]

The case concerned the ships the Samuell (Master: William Lee) and the Providence (Master: William Otter). The two ships came from Newcastle on September 30th 1655 towards London. Off of Scarboorugh the two ships were in a collision together".

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/71 f.498v
  2. HCA 13/71 f.497v