Bonders: Mungo Mackay and Samuel White, merchants, major part of the owners, and Thomas Snoden, mariner all of Boston.

Witnesses: Edw[ar]d Holyoke, Tho[ma]s Oliver.

M. A., 139, 161 (Bond not to enlist any man in New
England outside of Massachusetts).

[1783] HANCOCK, Sloop. Guns, 10.

Commander: James Southard.

Note. Probably the same vessel as those of 1777 above. Rochester's Official Bi-Centennial Record. 1879 (Address of N. W. Everett), 42: "Also a ten-gun sloop, named the Hancock, owned by John Carver, Nathan Bassett, and others was fitted out from this place [Wareham] as a privateer, commanded by James Southard."

1775 HANNAH, Schooner.

Sept. 2

Commander: Nicholson Broughton.
Washington's Fleet.

1779 HANNAH, Schooner. Guns, 6.
Commander:

Note. On the Penobscot Expedition and destroyed to prevent capture. Seems to have been an armed transport.

M. A., 145, 42a, 199, 201; Weymouth Hist. Soc. (No. 1: 1881), 57.

1780 HANNAH, Brigantine. Guns, 8; Men, 20. Commander: William Haydon.

Feb. 26

Dec. 28

Bond: Continental, $10,000; State, £4000.

Bonders: William Hayden [signed Haydon], mariner, principal; Leonard Jarvis and Joseph Russell, of Boston, sureties.

Owners: Jarvis & Russell, merchants.

Witnesses: Willia]m Seymour, B[enjami]n Jarvis.
M. A., vi, 91, 94, 171, 90.

1780 HANNAH, Brigantine. Guns, 8; Men, 18.
Commander: Samuel Gill, of Connecticut.
Owners: Leonard Jarvis and others, of Boston.
C. C. 196, VI, Io7; M. A., 171, 32I.

1776 HANNAH AND MOLLY, Schooner. Tons, 25; Guns, 8 swivels; Men, 13.

July 31

Commander: Agreen Crabtree.

Bond: State, £2000.

Bonders: Agreen Crabtree, mariner of Frenchman's Bay,
Lincoln Co., Timothy McDaniell, merchant of Scar-
borough, Cumberland Co., and Francis Shaw, jr., of
Gouldsborough, Lincoln Co.

Owner: Agreen Crabtree.

Witnesses: John Taylor, Nicholas Dike.

M. A., 139, 124 (July 31, 1776), 141 (Aug. 29, 1777.
Bond not to enlist any man in New England outside
of Massachusetts), 165, 477 (July 30, 1776. Petition);
Min. Sup. Court, 7, 16.

1780 HANNIBAL, Ship. Guns, 24; Men, 130.

Sept. 8

Commander: Jeremiah O'Brien, of Newburyport.
C. C. 196, VII, 2; M. A., 171, 269.

1779 HAPPY RETURN, Snow. Guns, 4; Men, 20.
Commander: Samuel Davis.

Nov. 24

Bond: Continental, $10,000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Samuel Davis, mariner, principal; Justus Bel-
lamy and Lavis Sisson, of Boston, sureties.
Owners: Davis & Benson, of Boston.

Witnesses: Lavis Sisson, Simon Davis.

M. A., vi, 44, 45, 171, 31.

1780 HAPPY RETURN, Sloop. Tons, 75; Guns, 6; Men, 12. Commander: Ichabod Halloway.

Apr. 17

1776

Aug. 8

Petitioner: Peter Guyer [signed Geyer], of Boston.
M. A., 171, 128.

HARLEQUIN, Schooner. Guns, 8; Men, 60.

Commander: John Tucker.

Bond: Continental, $2000.

Bonders: John Tucker, principal; John Gardner, jr., and
Benjamin Goodhue, sureties - all of Salem.

Owners: John Gardner, jr., and partners.
Witnesses: Andrew Cabot, Michael Hearn.
M. A., vi, 118, 159, 1, 7, 165, 37.

1777 HARLEQUIN, Schooner. Guns, 10; Men, 60.
Commander: James Dennis.

June 3

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bond not to enlist New Englanders other than those of Massachusetts

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HANNAH AND MOLLY HARLEQUIN

165

Bonders: James Dennis, principal; Richard Derby, jr.,

and Jerathmeel Peirce, sureties all of Salem.

Owner: Jerathmeel Peirce.

Witnesses: John Adams, Will[iam] Harris.

M. A., vi, 112, 167, 3.

1777 HARLEQUIN, Schooner. Guns, 10, and 16 swivels; Men, 55. Commander: Agreen Crabtree.

Aug. 22

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bonders: Agreen Crabtree, mariner, of Frenchman's Bay,
Lincoln Co., Benjamin Hichborn, of Boston, and Daniel
Ilsley, of Falmouth, Cumberland Co.

Owners: Agreen Crabtree and others.
Witnesses: John [?] Austin, James Hughes.
M. A., vi, 9, 167, 171.

1777 HARLEQUIN, Schooner. Guns, 10; Men, 60.
Commander: Francis Bowden Dennis.

Nov. 12

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £500.

Bonders: Francis Bowden Dennis, principal; Jerathmeel
Peirce and John Leach. Place not stated.
Owners: Jerathmeel Peirce and John Leach.

Witness: Fitch Pool.

M. A., vi, 93, 95, 168, 7.

1778 HARLEQUIN, Schooner. Guns, 9, and 8 swivels; Men, 40. Commander: Charles Hamilton.

Aug. 4

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Charles Hamilton, mariner, principal; William
Shillaber, and Eben[eze]r Beckford, sureties - all of
Salem.

Owners: William Shillaber and others.

Witness: D[aniel] Hopkins.

M. A., vi, 52, 53, 169, 59.

1779 HARLEQUIN, Sloop. Guns, 4; Men, 10. Commander: Caleb Hopkins.

Mar. 16

Bond: Continental, $5000; State, £4000.

Bonders: Caleb Hopkins, mariner, principal; Mungo
Mackay and James Billings, of Boston, sureties.

Owners: Mungo Mackay and others.

Witnesses: Laz[aru]s Goodwin, Josh[ua] Billings, jr.
M. A., vi, 117, 120, 170, 16.