P_10433_1993 – William Allen
Co-owner of two voyages and captain of a third by the slave-ship Samuel between 1717 and 1719 with Samuel Betteress (q.v.) of London, and possibly himself of Barbados. Tattersfield shows him as a ‘Barbados slave merchant’; Simon D. Smith however shows him as a London partner of Betteress.
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First name: William
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Last name: Allen
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: Tattersfield Forgotten Trade p. 209. S. D. Smith in Slavery, family and gentry capitalism characterised [Hugh] Hall Sr and Jr as 'agents for the city firm of Samuel Betteress and William Allen' and as correspondents of 'the London merchants Samuel Betteress and William Allen' (p. 14). The Chancery suit of Longbotham v Betteress of 1720 included William Allen among the defendants, alongside Joshua Anley, who appears to have succeeded Edmund Longbotham as the captain of the Samuel during its third and final voyage, C 11/732/6.
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Crossings (3)
76524 - Samuel (1718 - 1719)
Role: Owner
76500 - Samuel (1717 - 1718)
Role: Owner
76490 - Samuell (1716 - 1717)
Role: Captain
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