P_10433_2380 – Abraham Coleman
Co-owner of a voyage by the Indian Queen with ‘Robert Baselock’ (q.v., under Robert Bostock) to West Africa and Kingston in 1743. London shipbroker. Abraham Coleman ‘legal broker’ was shown in 1731 selling a ship named Duke of York. Abraham Coleman ship broker was party to litigation with several parties e.g. Roger Shuller (q.v.) and others concerning ‘ship accounts’ as early as 1705, and again in the mid-1720s, e.g. with George Hatley. The 1746 will of Abraham Coleman Glover and Citizen is almost certainly of this man.
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Last name: Coleman
Aliases: Coleman, Abe
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Sources: London Gazette 27 November 1731Issue:7043Page:2 shows him as 'legal broker' selling a ship named Duke of York. PROB 11/745/316; the will gives his wife as Margaret, while Abraham Coleman had married Margaret Braine c. 1699. C 6/345/58. C 11/767/25 Description: Short title: Coleman v Hatley. Document type: Bill and answer. Plaintiffs: Abraham Coleman, broker of London. Defendants: George Hatley, Thomas Mercer, James Bailey and William Hewes. Date of bill (or first document): 1727.
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77259 - Indian Queen (1743 - 1744)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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