April 1778
Saturday 4
Do [Heneago]1 NbW 5 Lgs
at 5 AM saw a Strange Sail to the Southward TKd and gave chase at Noon fired 5 Shot at her to bring her too sent a boat on board her
North Part Heneago NWBW 6 Leagues
Light Air & Clear Wr at 2 PM the Boat Returnd took the Chase a Prize sent a Petty Officer & 4 Men to Carry her down to Jamaica2
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/457, part 5.
1. That is, Great Inagua I., Bahamas.
2. Schooner Martha & Mary, William George, master, sixteen tons burthen, bound to St. Eustatius with a cargo of rice. “A List of Vessels taken by His Majestys Squadron under the Command of Sir Peter Parker at Jamaica between the 3d March and the 21st June 1778," UkLPR, Adm. 1/240.
