Jacob Sealley
| Jacob Sealley | |
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| Person | Jacob Sealley |
| Title | |
| First name | Jacob |
| Middle name(s) | |
| Last name | Sealley |
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| Spouse of | |
| Widow of | |
| Occupation | Mariner |
| Secondary shorebased occupation | |
| Mariner occupation | Common man, Quartermaster |
| Associated with ship(s) | Gilbert (Master: William Croford) |
| Training | Not apprentice |
| Is apprentice of | |
| Was apprentice of | |
| Had apprentice(s) | |
| Citizen | Unknown |
| Literacy | Signature |
| Has opening text | Jacob Ceelay |
| Has signoff text | Jacob Sealley |
| Signoff image | (Invalid transcription image) |
| Language skills | English language |
| Has interpreter | |
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| Birth parish | |
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| Birth province | |
| Birth country | |
| Res street | Wapping |
| Res parish | Stepney |
| Res town | |
| Res county | Middlesex |
| Res province | |
| Res country | England |
| Birth year | 1692 |
| Marriage year | |
| Death year | |
| Probate date | |
| First deposition age | 56 |
| Primary sources | |
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| Interrogatories page(s) | |
| Deposition start page(s) | HCA 13/72 f.234v Annotate |
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| Act book date(s) | |
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| Allegation date(s) | |
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| Deposition date(s) | Jan 18 1658 |
| 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
Jacob Sealley (b. ca. 1602; d. ?). Mariner.
Shipped quartermaster of the ship the Gilbert (Master: William Croford) on a voyage from London to Barbados and back, but after falling sick was replaced and served the voyage as a common man, but on quartermaster's wages.[1]
Resident in 1658 in Wapping in the parish of Stepney.
Evidence from High Court of Admiralty
Fifty-six year old Jacob Sealley deposed on January 18th 1658 in the High Court of Admiralty.[2] He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Keate and others in the case of "Bellinger against Keate and otehrs".[3]
Jacob Sealley stated that "hee as one of the company of the shipp Gilbert the voyage in question and was shipped for a quarter master, but falling sick in the voyage an other was quarter Master put into that place, and this deponent afterward served the rest of the voyage as a common mariner, but at the same wages which hee was shipped at as quarter master". Regarding his wages, "hee hath receaved all his wages for the voyage in question save twenty five shillings which as hee beleeveth is stopped by reason of the losse of the sugar in question".[4]
Sealley offered detailed opinions on the stowage of the sugar at Barbados on board the Gilbert. In response to an interrogatory he said that "sometymes merchants at the Barbados doe after the hold is full stowe goods aboard shipps betweene decks, but not when a shipp is soe deepe laden as the Gilbert was who had her hatch way filled up with her water and other provisions and goods as aforesayd".[5]
Comment on sources
1662
Beniamin Bellinger
"Will of Col. Benjamin Berringer/Barbados
This data is from "Barbados Records/Wills and Administrations/Volume 1/1639-1680" - page 29. Compiled and edited by Joanne McCree Sanders.
Berenger, Lt. Col. Benjamin of Bdos (also spelled Bellinger) RB6/15, p.10
Dep. 12 April 1662. Col. James Browne: "He took the deposition of Col. John Yeamans & Margaret Yeamans his wf, the relict of Lt. Col. Benjamin Berenger late of Barbados decd. The said wf has 4 cdn by Berenger: Mary Berenger, Symon Berenger, John Berenger & Margaret Berenger. He left his estate to his wf and cdn."
There is more data...one part notes that Berenger died in Jan 1660.
Note: the spelling of the name - Berenger - is as written in this document
Fran in SC"[6]
