William Smith (b. ca. 1636)
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| William Smith (b. ca. 1636) | |
|---|---|
| Person | William Smith (b. ca. 1636) |
| Title | |
| First name | William |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Smith |
| Suffix | |
| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Master |
| Associated with ship(s) | Richard (William Smith) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Guilielmus Smith |
| Has signoff text | William Smith |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
| Birth street | |
| Birth parish | |
| Birth town | |
| Birth county | |
| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Ratcliff Cross |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1636 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 31 |
| Primary sources | |
| Act book start page(s) | |
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| Allegation start page(s) | |
| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/76 f.296v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
| Personal answer date(s) | |
| Allegation date(s) | |
| Interrogatories date(s) | |
| Deposition date(s) | Nov 2 1667 |
| 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
William Smith (Guilielmus Smith) (b. ca. 1636; d. ?). Mariner.
Master of the ship the Richard in 1667.
Resident in 1667 in Ratcliff Cross in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Thirty-one year old William Smith deposed on November 2nd 1667 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation in the cause of "ffranciscus Eglesfeild Jacobus Whitehall et aly con navem [?XXXX] vol [?sup] voiataui The [?Mathew] ejucq et cetera et bona in eadem et con Ricardium Radley Thomam Deloe Jolien Sawyer et Rganam Sawyer mercatores civitatis London pro interresse et cetera".[1]
