[Captain] Stafford Fairbourne; 11 September, 1700


An Account of the Fishery etc. at Ferryland and Caplin Bay in the year 1700

Extract from "An Account of the Fishery etc. at Newfoundland in the year 1700"

Great Britain, PRO, Colonial Office, CO 194/2 (16i), 45-53, see 46-47.
CNS microfilm. Transcribed by P.E. Pope.


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Ferryland

Number Byeboats 5
Number Byeboat Keepers [and servants] 26
Number Train Vats -
Number of Inhabitants 166
Number of Stages [Planters' and Ships'?] 29
Number of Planters' Boats 24

Caplin Bay

Number Byeboats -
Number Byeboat Keepers [and servants] -
Number Train Vats -
Number of Inhabitants -
Number of Stages [Planters' and Ships'?] 4
Number of Planters' Boats -

[Ferryland]

Ships' Names Masters' Names Burthen [tons] Men Guns Whereto Belonging Where Bound How Laden Adventurers' Boats


TERRA NOVA Andrew Foardland 250 108 14 Plymouth uncertain - 20

INDUSTRY Thomas Maugler 100 26 - Plymouth Straights [Mediterranean] fish 5

PATIENCE Peter Small 70 22 1 Bideford Straights [Mediterranean] fish 4

MARY John Filmore 80 18 - Topsham uncertain - 3

BETTY GALLEY Richard Wicky 130 37 14 Barnstaple uncertain - 7

JAMES James Baily 80 9 6 London Cadiz fish 2

ADVENTURE Phillip Upcodd 120 34 14 Bideford uncertain - 6

GOLDEN LION John Tucker 160 44 12 Barnstaple uncertain - 8

WATERFORD GALLEY Peter Fewings 200 70 16 Waterford Leghorn [Livorno,Italy] fish 12

EXPERIMENT Henry Perrin 70 12 - Bideford uncertain - 2

FIDELLITER Edward Williams 60 21 - Bideford Lisbon fish 4

OWNERS DESIRE Thomas Slaughter 46 6 - Barnstaple England train [oil] 1


[Caplin Bay]

Ships' Names Masters' Names Burthen [tons] Men Guns Whereto Belonging Where Bound How Laden Adventurers' Boats


KATHERINE Henry Clarke 45 22 - Plymouth Cadiz fish 4

ROSE Thomas Kenward 70 30 - Plymouth St. Sebastian fish 6

JAMES AND THOMAS Abraham Peters 200 40 6 Plymouth Virginia ballast 6


ORANGE TREE Daniel Slade 100 13 - Plymouth Biscay fish 2