John Whittey
| John Whittey | |
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| Person | John Whittey |
| Title | Captaine |
| First name | John |
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| Last name | Whittey |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | ffreeman of London (Master: John Whittey) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Captaine John Whittey |
| Has signoff text | Jne Whittey |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res street | |
| Res parish | Allhallows Barking |
| Res town | London |
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| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1621 |
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| First deposition age | 36 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/71 f.560v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Feb 14 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 | Merchant ship |
| Silver Ship litigation in 1650s | |
| Role in Silver Ship litigation | None |
Biographical synthesis
John Whittey (alt. Whitty) (b. ca. 1621; d.?). Mariner and master of the ship the ffreeman of London.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-six year old Captaine John Whittey deposed on February 14th 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation.
Whittey stated that he knew another ship, the William, and that he had sailed with his own ship, the ffreeman from London to the James River in Virginia, in early 1655. There he saw the ship the William in April 1655. He also saw the ship the Seaven Sisters arrive in the James River in January 1655.[1]
Further deponents testified in the High Court of Admiralty on behalf of John Whittey (alt. Whitty). These included thirty-one year old Robert Holding of Stepney, who was the quartermaster of the ffreeman.[2], forty-two year old Morgan Jones, who was a mariner and cooper of the ffreeman[3], and thirty-three year old Edward King of Limehouse, a mariner and boatswain of the ffreeman[4]
In a separate case, a series of depositions were made by members of the ship the Mary, carrying coals from Newcastle, which had fallen foul of the ffreeman (Master: John Whitty) in the river Thames. For example the deposition of Samuel Browne of Aldborough, Suffolk, who was the boatswain of the Mary, made on November 24th 1654 in the case of "Robert Yaxley George Blowers, Arthur Blowers and companie owners of the shipp the Mary of Alborough against the shipp the freeman. John Whitty Master and her tackle and ffurniture and against Thomas delabarr and others"[5]
