John Mitchell [Captain HMS WARWICK]; 2 December, 1708


A List of Masters, Names of Fishing Ships, with the State of their Fishery at Ferryland, 1708

Great Britain, PRO, Colonial Office, CO 194/4 (78iii), c. 257v- 260, see 258.
CNS microfilm. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.


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Extract from "A List of Masters, Names of Fishing Ships, with the State of their Fishery in Newfoundland, 1708"

[Caplin Bay and other southern harbours were not listed separately and may have been included here]


Commanders Ships' Names Home Port Burthen [Tons] Men Guns Boats Train Vats Fish [Quintals] Train Oil [Tons] Destination
William King, admiral EXCHANGE GALLY Bideford 60 33 1 6 1 1500 9 Bideford
John Try, vice admiral OWL FRIGATE Bristol 150 37 12 6 2 1500 9 Virginia
Robert Brooks BETTY Bideford 70 32 2 6 1 1500 9 abroad
John Strange DIAMOND Bideford 100 28 5 5 2 1250 7 abroad
John Harris BIDEFORD MERCHANT Bideford 130 38 12 7 1 1750 10 abroad
Humphrey Bryant LAMB Bideford 120 38 12 7 1 1750 10 abroad
John Darver MARY Ilfracombe 90 28 8 5 1 1250 7 abroad
George Stephens PEARL PINK Barnstaple 60 23   4 1 1000 6 abroad
Nicholas Barnes FORTUNE Barnstaple 40 26   5 1 1250 7 Barnstaple
James Jameson HOUBLON GALLY London 140 22 10 3 1 750 4 Leghorn [Livorno, Italy]
William Carter MOODY GALLY Topsham 150 19 6 3 1 600 4 Lisbon
Abraham Passmore ELIZABETH AND MARY Topsham 90 21 7 3 1 450 4 abroad
George Blackmore [?] Topsham 100 22 3 3 1 450 4 abroad
Henry Land MARY Topsham 60 12   2 1 300 3 abroad
Robert Holmes BRIGANTINE BEGINNING Salem, New England 70 14 2 2 1 300 3 New England
Samuel Cade ANN FLYBOAT London 200 18   6 1 1000 6 3/4 abroad