May 24

1781 ROBIN HOOD, Ship. Guns, 14; Men, 60.
Commander: Sargent Smith, of Cape Ann.
Owners: Stephen Higginson and Daniel Sargent, of
Boston.

1781 Oct. 31

C. C. 196, XIII, 55; M. A., 171, 396; Boston Gazette, May 6, 1782: “Last evening arrived here a letter of marque brig, mounting 14 carriage guns, laden with coffee and cotton, prize to the letter of marque ship Robbin-Hood, Capt. Smith, of this port."

ROBUST, Ship. Guns, 12; Men, 25.

Commander: Jonathan Tucker, of Salem.
C. C. 196, XIII, 56; M. A., 172, 55.

1781 ROCHAMBEAU, Ship. Guns, 6; Men, 18.

Oct. 16

Commander: Jonathan Parsons, of Newburyport.
C. C. 196, XIII, 57.

1782 ROCHESTER, Boat. Guns, 4; Men, 20.

Apr. 15

Commander: Stephen Morton, of Boston.
C. C. 196, XIII, 58; M. A., 172, 131.

1778 ROEBUCK, Schooner. Guns, 10; Men, 50.
Commander: William Gray.

Oct. 26

Bond: Continental, amount not stated; State, £4000.
Bonders: William Gray, Elias Hasket Derby, and Na-
thaniel Silsbee.

Owners: Elias Hasket Derby and others, of Salem.
Witnesses: Bartholomew Putnam, John Gardner, 3d.
Note. In the bond the name is written Roe-Buck.
M. A., VII, 9, 10, 169, 269.

1779 ROEBUCK, Ship. Guns, 12; Men, 80.

Aug. 3

Commander: Jonathan Felt.

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

Bonders: Jonathan Felt, mariner, principal; Elias Hasket
Derby and Nathaniel Silsbee, of Salem, sureties.
Owner: Elias Hasket Derby.

Witnesses: Joseph] Grafton, Mansfield Burrel [Burrill].
M. A., vi, 349, 350, 170, 299, 448.

1780 ROEBUCK, Ship. Guns, 14; Men, 90.

Oct. 9

Commander: Gideon Henfield, of Salem.

C. C. 196, II, 52; M. A., 171, 288; Boston Gazette,
July 1, 1782 (Captured Oct. 16, 1780); Felt 11, 269.

1781 ROEBUCK, Boat. Guns, small arms; Men, 16.

June I

267

Commander: Philip Crandal, of Falmouth, Cumberland
County.

C. C. 196, XIII, 59; Mar. Court Rec., 62.

1781 ROMEO, Sloop. Guns, 10; Men, 15.

Mar. 6

Commander: John Grimes, of Boston.
C. C. 196, XIII, 60.

1781 ROMULUS, Brigantine. Guns, 14; Men, 25.
Commander: Joshua Grafton, of Salem.
C. C. 196, x111, 61; M. A., 171, 327.

Jan. 10

1781 ROMULUS, Brigantine. Guns, 14; Men, 25.
July 12 Commander: Joseph Waters, of Salem.
C. C. 196, XIII, 63; M. A., 171, 428.

1782 ROMULUS, Brigantine. Guns, 14; Men, 20.
Nov. 20
Commander: Thomas Palfrey, of Salem.
C. C. 196, x111, 62; M. A., 172, 233.

1779 ROSETTE, Brigantine. Guns, 10; Men, 40.
Commander: Jacob Dunnell.

May 14

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

Bonders: Jacob Doniels [signed Dunnell], mariner, prin-
cipal; Shrimpton Hutchinson and Nath[anie]] Green-
ough, of Boston, sureties.

Owners: William and Godfrey Hutchinson, merchants.
Witnesses: Francis Bryant, Isaac Davis.

M. A., vi, 353, 354, 170, 102.

1776 ROVER, Sloop. Guns, 8, and 10 swivels and 2 cohorns; Men, July 12 50.

Commander: Simon Forrester.

Bond: Continental, $5000.

Bonders: Jacob Ashton and Joseph Sprague, merchants,
and Simon Forrester, mariner — all of Salem.

Owners: Jacob Ashton, and Joseph Sprague.
Witnesses: D[aniel] Hopkins, Jno. Molineux.
M. A., vII, 41, 165, 421; Emmons, 161.

1776 ROVER, Sloop. Guns, 8; Men, 45.

Bonders: Abijah Bowden [signed Boden], principal, and
Joseph Sprague, surety.

Owners: Joseph Sprague & Co., of Salem.
Witnesses: Andrew Cabot, Joshua Dodge.
M. A., VII, 39, 159, 80, 166, 37.

1777 ROVER, Sloop. Guns, 8; Men, 50.
Commander: John Mitchell.

Oct. 8

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

Bonders: John Mitchell, principal; John Derby and An-
drew Cabot, sureties.

Owners: John Derby, Andrew Cabot, and others, of
Salem.

Witnesses: Joseph Sprague, Jona[than] Goodhue.

M. A., vII, 21, 22, 139, 146, 167, 319.

1779 ROVER, Sloop. Guns, 10.

Commander:

Note. On the Penobscot Expedition and captured
by the enemy.

Williamson, History of Maine, 11, 470, 476; Wheeler,
History of Castine, 38.

1780 ROVER, Brigantine.

June 30

1781 May 28

Dec.

I

Commander: Adam Wellman.
M. A., XL, 78.

ROVER, Ship. Guns, 24; Men, 100.

Commander: James Barr, of Salem.

C. C. 196, XIII, 68; M. A., 171, 398; Almon's Remembrancer, XII, 158, 159 (Rover captured by the British frigate Medea); Felt, 11, 272; Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., XXVII (1890), 136–139; Boston Gazette Jan. 28, 1782: 'Capt. James Barr, in a brig belonging to Salem, was taken on his homeward bound passage from the West Indies, by the British fleet which sailed from New York in November last, and carried to Barbadoes."

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1781 ROVER, Schooner. Guns, 6; Men, 20.
Commander: Elijah Ayer, of Machias.
Owners: Samuel Sharp and others, of Boston.
C. C. 196, XIII, 67; M. A., 172, 72.

1782 ROVER, Schooner. Guns, 10; Men, 30.
June 14 Commander: Thomas Mogridge, of Salem.
C. C. 196, XIII, 70; M. A. 172, 174.

1782 ROVER, Schooner. Guns, 6; Men, 30.

Aug. 27

Commander: Levi Young, of Martha's Vineyard.
Owners: Lemuel Williams and others, of Dartmouth.
C. C. 196, XIII, 72.

1782 ROVER, Schooner. Guns, 12; Men, 40.

Commander: D[aniel] Needham.
Emmons, 161.

1783 ROVER, Schooner. Guns, 2; Men, 20.

Jan. 29

Commander: Nicholas Melzard, of Marblehead.
C. C. 196, XIII, 69; M. A., 172, 287.

1782 ROVER GALLEY, Schooner. Guns, 4; Men, 25.
Commander: Lemuel Carver, of Dartmouth.
C. C. 196, XIII, 73.

Mar. 3

1777 ROYAL AFRICAN, Snow. Guns, 14.

Commander: Miles Baker.

London Chronicle, Apr. 22, 1777 (See Black Eagle).

1778 ROYAL LOUIS, Sloop. Guns, 10; Men, 35. Commander: John Moulton.

Oct. 9

1779 Jan. 18

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

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Bonders: William [signed John] Moulton, mariner, principal; Philip Moore and

-, sureties.

Owners: Philip Moore and others, of Boston.
Witnesses: John Marston, Briggs Hallowell.

M. A., VII, 32, 33, 139, 134, 218, 169, 209; Independent
Chronicle, Dec. 3, 1778: "Monday arrived the Priva-
teer Sloop Royal Louis from Nantucket, where she
was drove ashore in one of the late storms. She was
bound to Newport, having, with a brig which sailed
from hence with the French fleet, been taken by a
British ship of war. The Brig, 'tis said, has since
arrived in that port."

ROYAL Louis, Sloop. Guns, 8; Men, 20.
Commander: John Willson.

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

Bonders: John Willson, mariner, principal; William Shattuck and John Shattuck, of Boston, sureties.

Owners: William Shattuck and others.

Witnesses: James Perkins, Stephen H. Gray.

Note. The sloop's name is written Royal Lewis.
M. A., VII, 15, 16, 169, 416.

1779 RUBY, Brigantine. Tons, 90; Guns, 6; Men, 15. Commander: John Babson.

Nov. 12

Petitioners: Ebenezer Lane and Daniel Sargent.
M. A., 171, 21.

1781 RUBY, Brigantine. Guns, 4; Men, 15.

Apr. 9

Commander: Benjamin Webber, of Boston.
Owners: John Babson, of Newburyport, and others.
C. C. 196, XIII, 79; M. A., 171, 363.

1781 RUBY, Armed Vessel.

1781

Aug. 9

Commander: Jonathan Nutting.
Boston Gazette, Apr. 30, 1781.

RUBY, Brig. Guns, 6; Men, 20.

Commander: Solomon Babson, of Newburyport.
C. C. 196, XIII, 77; M. A., 171, 449.

1782 RUBY, Brig. Guns, 6; Men, 21.

Sept. 16

Commander: Solomon Babson, of Newburyport.
C. C. 196, XIII, 78.

1781 SACO Bов, Schooner. Guns, 3; Men, 35.

May 22

Commander: Solomon Coit, of Saco.
C. C. 196, XIV, 12.

1779 SAILOR'S DELIGHT, Brigantine. Guns, 8; Men, 50.
Commander: Benjamin Bates.

Dec. 20

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

Bonders: Benjamin Bates, mariner, principal; Benj[amin]
Jepson and Eben[eze]r Woodward, of Boston, sureties.
Owner: Ebenezer Woodward.

Witnesses: William Doggett, Thomas Phillips.
M. A., v, 178, 181, 171, 47.

1782 ST. MARY'S PACKET, Ship. Guns, 12; Men, 30.
Aug. 7
Commander: John Leach, jr., of Boston.
C. C. 196, XIV, 68.

1782 ST. PATRICK, Brigantine. Guns, 10; Men, 25.
Commander: Phillip Thrash, of Newburyport.
C. C. 196, XIV, 71.

Apr. 8

1778 ST. PEX, Schooner. Tons, 45; Guns, swivels.
Commander:

Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., XLIX, 106 (MS. Auctioneers' Sales
Books in Essex Institute): "Sept. 17, 1778. Sold by