P_10433_2062 – Nicholas Cleare
Co-owner of two voyages by the Pretty Betsey from London to Africa and the Upper James River and Barbados respectively in 1735 and 1738, with John Boys as owner-captain. A third voyage, by the same ship with the same captain to Gambia and the Lower James River in 1736 has been inferred to have been at least part-owned by the same man. Given as Nicholas Clase and Nicholas Cleare, but probably the London wine merchant Nicholas Clare of St John Southwark whose will proved in 1742 shows him as shipowner but does not directly link him to the salve-trade. Nicholas Clare was an Elder Brother of Trinity House, but revoked his legacy to Trinity House in a codicil to his will.
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First name: Nicholas
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Last name: Cleare
Aliases: Clase, Nicholas
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Sources: PROB 11/716/379
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Crossings (2)
76860 - Pretty Betsey (1735 - 1735)
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76572 - Pretty Betsey (1737 - 1738)
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Will of Nicholas Clare of St John, Southwark merchant made 03/07/1741. He left his niece Susanna Lee half his stock of wines and the whole of his stock of bottles and equipment belonging to his wine trade. He left her husband Edward Lee his 1/4th share in the ship Elizabeth of which he [Lee] was master, on condition that Susanna and Edward Lee provide a comfortable maintenance to Clare's sister Ruth Paul. He left to his nephew Edward Paul his 1/8th share of the ship John of which Edward Paul was master. He left personal effects to a range of relatives, £100 and £25 for mourning to his brother John and £50 to his sister Frances Hill. He left £20 to the poor of the Trinity Corporation of which he was a member, a legacy revoked in a codicil without explanation, and £10 to the Society of Masters of Merchant Ships meeting at the Well in Eastcheap for the widows of masters now or late of the Society. He left his residuary estate to eight named nieces, grand-nieces, and grand nephews.
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