William Otter

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William Otter
Person William Otter
Title
First name William
Middle name(s)
Last name Otter
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Occupation Mariner
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation Master
Associated with ship(s) Providence of Boston (Master: William Otter)
Training Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
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Citizen Unknown
Literacy Signature
Has opening text William Otter
Has signoff text Will: Otter
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Language skills English language
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Res town Boston
Res county Lincolnshire
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Res country England
Birth year 1624
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First deposition age 32
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Deposition start page(s) HCA 13/71 f.443r Annotate
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Deposition date(s) Dec 22 1656
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Has infobox completed Yes
Has synthesis completed No
Has HCA evidence completed No
Has source comment completed No
Ship classification
Type of ship Coal ship
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation None


Biographical synthesis

William Otter (b. ca. 1624; d. ?). Mariner.

Master of the coal ship the Providence of Boston in Lincolnshire.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

Thirty-two year old William Otter deposed on December 22nd 1656 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on a libel on behalf of Thomas Lawe and William Cooper in the cause of "Thomas Lawe Wm Cooper and company owners of the Providence of Boston against a certaine shipp called the Samuell of London whereof William Lee is Master and against the sayd Lee in particular and all others in generall".[1]

The ship the Providence of Boston in Lincolnshire was sunk at sea after a collision with another coal ship, the Samuel of London.

Comment on sources

  1. HCA 13/71 f.443r