P_10433_1776 – Robert Poultney
Master Mariner of St John, Southwark. Captain of three voyages all destined for Jamaica by the Loretta between 1762 and 1765 for Hutchison Mure (q.v.), in the first of which he was shown with an ownership interest, and in the third of which he was replaced as captain by William Cowie, implying he died on the voyage. In a codicil to the will of Robert Poultney mariner master of the ship Loretta of the parish of St John Southwark, he left to his cousin Robert Gentile in Maidstone his ‘negro boy Cato.’ Cato has not been further traced to date; Robert Gentile, one of the common councilmen of Maidstone, died in 1820, in his 90th year.
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First name: Robert
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Last name: Poultney
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: PROB 11/923/122 New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register March 1 [Vol. 13] p. 380.
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Crossings (3)
75781 - Loretta (1762 - 1763)
Role: Captain-owner
77817 - Loretta (1765 - 1766)
Role: Captain
77099 - Loretta (1764 - 1764)
Role: Captain
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Date: 1766
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Occupation: Mariner (Labourer)
Captain of the Loretta slave-ship 1762-65.
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Town/City: Southwark (Surrey)
Courts: PCC
Will of Robert Poultney of St John Southwark mariner made 12/05/1764. He left £100 to his brother Henry Poultney and his residuary estate to his sister Margaret Poultney spinster of St John Southwark and made her his sole executor. In a codicil of 27th August [presumably also 1764] he left 'my negro boy Cato' to his cousin Robert Gentile of Maidstone.
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