P_10433_2603 – John Hay
John Hay was co-owner of a slaving voyage from London to Cape Coast Castle and Kingston by the Diligence in 1784. A man of the same name was captain of a slaving voyage by the Boyne in 1788, and of three slaving voyages (two from Boston) for Gilbert Ross (q.v.) and others between 1768 and 1774. The will of John Hay of Tokenhouse Yard proved in 1805 showed him as formerly of Boston. This man was the husband of Katharine Farnham Hay, whose account of her passage though American and British lines to reach him in New York City in 1778 survives: their marriage in Newburyport Massachusetts in 1774 is consistent with the early three voyages but the association with the later two is more speculative.
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First name: John
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Last name: Hay
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: Le Blanc, Ondine E., and Katharine Farnham Hay. "The Journal of the "Rebel Lady": Katharine Farnham Hay's Account of Her Trip to New York City, 1778." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 109 (1997): 102-22. Accessed May 5, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25081130. John Hay is described in the article as 'a British ship captain and probably a merchant in the West Indies trade.' PROB 11/1427/147.
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Crossings (5)
77979 - Pallas (1768 - 1768)
Role: Captain
81037 - Diligence (1784 - 1785)
Role: Captain-owner
80620 - Boyne (1788 - 1789)
Role: Captain
25037 - Mill (1774 - 1775)
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25265 - Mill (1772 - 1774)
Role: Captain
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Occupation: Mariner (Labourer)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Courts: PCC
Will of John Hay of Tokenhouse Yard and late of Boston made 05/11/1804. He appointed three London tradesmen as executors, and left his entire estate after £5 each to his executors to his wife Catherine Hay, then residing in North America.
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