P_10433_1339 – Charles Hill of Charleston
Charles Hill of Charleston (fl. 1726-30), co-owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Glasgow to Africa and Charleston in 1726, and almost certainly the same man as the Charles Hill co-owner of a slaving voyage from Liverpool by the Pearl snow, also destined for Charleston, in 1730. Charles Hill of Charles Town was partner with his co-owner Andrew Allen (q.v.). The two men co-owned a merchant ship captured by a privateer off Charles Town in 1727.
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Last name: Hill
Aliases: Chas. Hill
Primary cohort: London
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Sources: 598. Memorial of loss and damage [880l.] sustained by Solomon Middleton, master, and Charles Hill, Andrew Allen and Capt. Robert Palmer, of Charles Town, owners, of the Betty and her cargo taken by a Spanish privateer off Charles Town 25th Aug., 1727. Deposition, signed, Samuel Wragg of London, merchant. Endorsed, Recd, (from Mr. Wragg) 22nd Dec, 1730. Copy. 1½ pp. Enclosed, 'America and West Indies: December 1730, 6-10', in Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 37, 1730, ed. Cecil Headlam and Arthur Percival Newton (London, 1937), pp. 381-389. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol37/pp381-389 [accessed 21 December 2022].
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Crossings (2)
25141 - Glasgow (1726 - 1727)
Role: Owner
16642 - Pearl Snow (1730 - 1731)
Role: Owner
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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