P_10433_0425 – John Bertles
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Co-owner of five voyages between 1699 and 1702 and very probably of a sixth currently shown under Joseph Bertles. The will of John Bertles Fishmonger of London was witnessed by Roger Gathorne (q.v.), Richard Barret (q.v.) and Benjamin Chaunc[e]y (q.v.). John Bertles appears to have had connections in Bristol, where he inherited property under his mother’s settlement on her second marriage.
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First name: John
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Last name: Bertles
Aliases: Birtle, John
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Mary Burges
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The marriage settlement of Isaac Burges of Marlborough and Mary Bertles widow of Bristol dated 07/06/1673 identified her son as John Bertles. [Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, 9/19/122]. The identification of this man as the London slave-trader is cemented by the appearance in both the settlement and the will of John Bertles of William Brown[e] of Bristol/Frenchay.
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Sources: PROB 11/468/444 Marriage settlement of Isaac Burges of Marlborough and Mary Bertles widow of Bristol dated 07/06/1673, which identified her son as John Bertles, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, 9/19/122.
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Crossings (5)
24288 - Nightingale (1699 - 1699)
Role: Owner
24244 - Mary (1700 - 1700)
Role: Owner
20213 - Saint Winifred (1700 - 1701)
Role: Owner
15130 - Dolphin (1701 - 1702)
Role: Owner
24217 - Happy Return (1701 - 1701)
Role: Owner
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The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
John Bertles left all his real estate for life to his wife [given as Susanna in the probate], and then to his three daughters Mary, Sarah and Susannah, and after an unspecified sum to his wife [the will contains a blank], he left all his personal estate, including money from his partnership account and stock in waterworks, among his three daughters.
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