John Thaxton
| John Thaxton | |
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| Person | John Thaxton |
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| First name | John |
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| Last name | Thaxton |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Boatswain |
| Associated with ship(s) | Mary and Joyce (Master: Phillip Stafford) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | John Thackston |
| Has signoff text | John Thaxton |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Stepney |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1634 |
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| First deposition age | 24 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.450r Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jul 20 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Thaxton (b. ca.
Boatswain of the ship the Mary and Joyce in 1657.
Resident in 1658 in Wapping in the county of Middlesex.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-four year old Thomas Thaxton deposed on July 20th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Walker Wall Slater and Walgrave in "the clayme of John Walker William Wall Thomas Slater and John Walgrave for their wynes first laden aboard a certayne shipp called the Mary and Joyce (whereof Phillip Stafford was master and afterwards the same being by the enymyes of the Commonwealth seized, were put aboard a} certayne shipp called the Elizabeth (whereof Isaack Nicholson was Master) and were afterwards retaken by the Bryar ffrigott, in the imediate service of the State and Commonwealth of England".[1]
Thomas Thaxton stated that "by reason hee this deponent was boatswaine of the Mary and Joyce the voyage in question hee knoweth that shee sett syle from Gravesend in the latter end of July 1657 with severall goods wares and Merchandizes in her bound for Tituan Sally Santa Cruz and other parts and thence to the Canarie Islands there to lade the wines and thence transport them for this port of London".[2]
