Thomas Pickett
| Thomas Pickett | |
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| Person | Thomas Pickett |
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| First name | Thomas |
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| Last name | Pickett |
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| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | One of the Company |
| Associated with ship(s) | Jane and Elizabeth of Poole |
| Training | Not apprentice |
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| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Marke |
| Has opening text | Thomas Pickett |
| Has signoff text | X |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
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| Res town | Poole |
| Res county | Dorset |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1618 |
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| First deposition age | 33 |
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| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/65 f.108v Annotate |
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| Deposition date(s) | Nov 23 1651 |
| 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
Thomas Pickett (b. ca. 1618; d. ?). Mariner.
One of the company of the ship the Jane and Elizabeth of Poole in Dorset.
"One of the said shipps company for all the time aforesaid, and ffor tenn yeares last past att the least".[1]
Resident in 1651 in Poole in the county of Dorset.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-three year old Thomas Pickett deposed on November 24th 1651 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of George Scutt and company in the case of "The Claime of Geo: Scutt the elder George Scutt and Company for the shipp the Jane and Elizabeth of Poole and the tackle furniture and apparell and lading of ffish in the same taken by a Jersey man of warr and carried into Jersey".[2]
Thomas PIckett stated that George Scutt the Elder and George Scutt and company were the owners of the ship the Jane and Elizabeth. The ship set out from Poole on a fishing voyage to Newfoundland and back to England. Having taken on a lading of ship, she was surprised on her return voyage by a Jersey man of war.[3]
