Interogatories answered by John Darrel late Master of the Brigantine Phoenix -
Interog.
When where and by whom was the said Brigantine taken what is her Tonage, from whence and to what Port was She bound, what are the Contents of her Cargo, and who are the owners of the said Brigantine and her Cargo? —
Answr
The said Brigantine her Appurtenance and Cargo upon the Seventeenth Day of October AD: 1776 being upon the High Seas in Lat. 35 North Lon 56, 1 was Captured and taken by Job Pearce Commander of and the Officers and men belonging to the private Sloop of War called the Greenwich, the said Brig is of the Burthen of 150 Tons, She was bound from Quebec to the Island of Grenada her Cargo consists of about 970 Quintals of dry Fish and 175 Empty Ship Casks, the said Brig belongs to the Owners mentioned in her Register 2 the Cargo belongs to Tod and Magill, and Alexander Ellis and Company Merchants in Montreal in the Province of Canada.—
Jno Darrell
Sworn to in Providence Novr 1: 1776 Before me John Foster Judge in Prize Causes
1. Admiralty Papers, vol. 9, R.I. Arch.
2. The Register, dated Custom House, Bermuda, November 7, 1774, lists the owners as Benjamin Lightbourn, Edward Parker, Daniel Atwood, Joseph Hinson and John Darrell, Admiralty Papers, vol. 9, R.I. Arch.
