Mark Bennet
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| Mark Bennet | |
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| Person | Mark Bennet |
| Title | |
| First name | Mark |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Bennet |
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| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Foremastman |
| Associated with ship(s) | Gilbert (Master: William Croford) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Mark Bennett |
| Has signoff text | Mark Bennet |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Greenwich |
| Res county | Kent |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1632 |
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| First deposition age | 25 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.151v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Oct 6 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
Mark Bennet (b. ca. 1632; d. ?). Mariner.
Foremastman on the ship the Gilbert on voyage from Barbados to London in 1656.
Resident in 1657 in Greenwich in the county of Kent.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Twenty-five year old Mark Bennet deposed on October 6th 1657 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of John Cobb, Mathew Jennings and others, mmariners of the ship the Gilbert in the case "John Cobb, Mathew Jennings and others mariners of the said shipp the Gilbert (whereof William Croford is master) against the sayd shipp and against Gilbert Keate, Jonathan Keate and Company".[1]
Mark Bennet stated that he "was shippt aboard the Gilbert arlate as a ffore=Mast man at the Barbadoes for her homeward voyage".[2]
