I have produced this index to aid my own studies of Dorchester Merchants who used the port. [ jump to LOCATIONS - SHIPS] NAMES: Arthur, Captain John - 16, 20 Babbidge, Gregory - 39 Babbidge, Jeremy (1631) - 17 Babbidge, widow - 19 Baldwin, Thomas (tailor) - 15 Bales, G - 45 Baylis, C - 45 Beere, R (collier) - 38 Berry or Bury, Richard (ship Fellowship) - 32, grocer of Dorchester 41, Blackford or Blatchford, Family - 39 Blackford, or Blatchford J (ship Francis) - 44 Blackfood or Blatchford, John (ship Hopewell 30 tons) - 31 Blackford or Blatchford, John (ship Hopewell 40 tons) - 31, ship Great Katherine - 32, Blackforde, or Blatchford John (ship Content) - 31 Blackford or Blachford, John (son of William) - 35, 39, 46, 49 Blackford or Blachford, R [Richard] - 43, ships James & Swallow 44, ship Sarath 45, ship Pelican 45, Blackford or Blatchford, William (merchant clothier of Dorchester) - 35 Bond, O [Onesiphorus](ships Ann & Swallow) - 44 Bond, Samuel (recorder) - 16 Bragg, Sir John - 50 Bright, William - 20 Bushrod, Richard (Merchant of Dorchester) - 40 Butler (carrier from Upwey) - 16 Butcher, John (Johan) - 22 Charytie, William (ship Elenor) - 31, 37 Churchey, George (Royalist merchant capital burgess, bailiff 1637, Mayor 1639) - 16, 17, 22, 44, 45, 46 Churchey, James - 16 Collins, William (ship Hopewell) - 31 Cooper, Nicholase - 19 Coothes, J (of Dorchester) - 35 [Note:- Probably John Cooth Clothier of Dorchester died 12th Oct 1633 William Whiteways Diary and his will proved 16 May 1634] Cornew, Nicholas (ship Margaret) - 31 Cornish, Gabriel - 14, 40 Cuttance - 50 Cuttance, Edward - 49 Cuttance, Henry (now of London) - 14, 21, 31 -ship Truelove, 32 -ships Swift, Ark & Hopewell, 42 Damon, John - 21, 31 ship Hopewell 40 tons, Darby, John - 34 Darby, William (Mercer) - 39, 40 Dashwood , F - 44, 45 [Note:- Probably Francis Dashwood son of Edmond [Edmund] Dashwood (1588-1643) a Mercer of Dorchester who married a French woman in Caen on 27th July 1634] Davis, William (ship Desire) - 31 Dennis, Jonas - 49 Dennis, Thomasyn (widow) - 20 Derby, William (Mercer) - 39, 40 Devenish, Roger (glasier) - 15 Drake, Sir James - 50 Drake, Sir John - 49 Drier, Elizabeth (ship Desire) - 31 Erle, Sir Walter (MP) - 15, 40 Fippen, David (carpenter) - 20 Flory, George (grocer) - 14, 21, 39 Freak, John (ship Leopard) - 32 Fry, John (glasier 1634) - 15 Gallott, John (ship Pilgrim) - 31, 37, (ship Hopewell) 32, Gardner, J - 45, 47 Gardner, John (ships Phoenix & Content) - 32, 49 Garlard (plumber) - 34 Geiar or Gier, David (Mayor) - 13, 35 Geiar or Gier, Family - 13, 37 Geiar or Gier,, James (Mayor 1656)- 13, 14 Geiar or Gier,, Thomas (Mayor & MP) - 13, 46 Geiar or Gier, Waltham (ship Sara) - 37 Gibs, Henry (shopkeeper), 20 Gould, J - 35, 44 Gould, James (of Dorchester) - 35, 45 Gould, John - 45 Gyre or Gier, David (ship Sara) - 31, (ship Caramouchy) - 32 Gyre or Gier, Thomas (ship Elizabeth)- 32 Harrison, Richard - 21 Hearne, Captain James (Gov of garrison) - 16 Hill - 37 Hill, R - 38 Hills, J - 45 Hodder, Edward (grocer) - 14 Hodder , John (mercer) - 14 Holman, A - 45 Holmes, William (ships Sara & Pilgrim) - 31, 37 Hutchins - 16, 42 James, James (ship Samuel) - 32, 35, 47 James, John (ship Hopewell 40 tons) Jennings, Hannibal - 22 Jones, Inego - 50 Kirtch, William - (ship Star) Ledoze, Thomas (ships Swift & Ark) - 32 Lime, J - 38 Lindsey or Linsey, Edward (of Weymouth) - 42, 44 Lockier, John (Merchant) - 13, 21, 32 ship Phoenix, Lockier, Thomas (son of John) - 13 Lockier, Thomas (uncle of John) - 13 Maddocks, John - 16 Major or Maior, Henry - 49 Major or Maior, Robert - 35, 49 Mansel, Sir Robert - 48 Middleton, Robert - 21 Minard, Nicholas (carpenter) - 15 Mitchell, Mr - 22 Mitchell, Bernard - 17 Mitchell, Henry (ships Seahorrse & Abigall) - 32, 35, 39 Moule Henry Joseph - 11, 16, 17, 26, 43 Napper, Gerard (MP) - 15 Newman, Robert (Kings man) - 50 Now, Frank - 34 Perkins - 49 Pettifitz - 49 Pitt, John - 34, 43 Polhill, Thomas (ship Margaret) - 31 Pollard, Steven - 24, 25 Reape, (widow) - 25 Reape, William (Clerk, died 1654) - 24 Reynolds, John (tailor) - 15 Rashley, John (fuller) - 15 Rives, J (ships James, Francis and Rotterdam) - 44, 45 Rose, Henry (chandler, churchwarden at Melcombe, bailiff 1645, alderman 1649, a Royalist) - 14, 39 Rose, T (of Weymouth) - 35 Rose-Troup, Biographer of John White - 51 Russell, Henry (ships Samuel, Shuttle, Francis, & Content) - 32, 35, 39, 44, 45 Salenesne or Salleneuve, Peter - 31 Ships Judith & Truelove, 49 Sambourne, Richard (of Dorchester) - 35, 44, 45, 46 [Note:- See preamble to William Blachford of Dorchester] Sampson , Thomas - 37 Samuel, W - 43 Samways, J - 44, 45 Simpson - 37 Skinner, William - 22 Slatcher, William (miller 1650) - 22 Stride, John (clothmaker) - 14 Swetman, John (clothmaker) - 14 Town, Mr (clerk) - 22 Tizer, Henry (tenant) - 22 Wall, John (capital burgess) - 22, 31 (ships Hopewell & Fortune), Wall, R - 38 Wall, Richard (ships Hopewell & Fortune) - 31 Walthams Family -13 Waltham, Henry (Councillor, bailiff, mayor, treasurer, alderman merchant trading in cloth) - 13, 35, 44, 46, 47 Waltham, Henry (son of Henry?) - 13 Waltham, Henry (ship Eleanor) - 31, 37 Waltham, Thomas (brother of Henry) - 13, 35, 42, 44, 45, 46 Waltham, William (ship Elizabeth) - 32 Ward, William - 22 Watts, Joseph - 34 White, John - 51 White, (pirate) - 46 White, Robert (ship Great Katherine) - 32 Whiteway (of Dorchester) - 35 [Note:- William Whiteway the elder (1570-1640) and William Whiteway the younger (1599-1635) both Merchants] Whiteway, G - 45 Woods, Brian (town beedle)- 19 Wright, Richard (ship Shuttle) - 32 LOCATIONS: Aldernay - 29 Algiers - 48 Alicante - 29 Amsterdam (Hollnad) - 28 Barfluer (France) - 28,29, 34 Barnstable - 43 Barry (Wales) - 38 Bordeaux (France) - 28, 29, 30, 39, 49 Boulogne (France) - 28, 29 Bristol - 43 Burton - 30, 39 Caen (France) - 28, 29, 30, 34 Calais (France) - 28, 29 Chard - 38 Charmouth - 33 Cherburg or Cherbourg (France) - 28, 29, 30, 42 Chideock - 33 Conquest - 29 Cork (Ireland) - 28, 30 Crosdick - 28, 29 Dartmouth - 50 Dorchester - 35, 39,41, 43, 49 Dover - 28, 34 Drogheda - 28 Dublin (Ireland) - 28, 30 Exeter - 43 Falmouth - 50 French Ports - 27 Gibraltar - 48 Guernsey - 28, 29 Harfleur - 29, 42 Holland - 27 Horne - 28, 30, 33 Ireland - 27, 28, 32 Izendy (Izinac) - 29 Kinsale - 28, 29, 30 La Rochelle (France) - 28, 29, 50 Lanmon - 29 Limerick (Ireland) - 28, 29 London - 29, 30, 41 Lyme Regis - 33, 43, 50 Marseilles (France) - 28 Massachusetts - 29, 39, 40 Melcombe Regis - 11-51, Morlaix (France) - 28, 29, 30, 33 Nantes (France) - 29 New England - 28, 30, 33 Newcastle - 37, 38 Newfoundland - 28, 29, 38, 39, 40 Newhaven - 28, 29 Oleron or Olderon - 28, 30 Ostend (Belgium) - 29 Plymouth - 50 Poole - 28, 33, 48, 50 Portland - 50 Portland Roads - 28 Quimper - 29 Roscoff - 29 Rouen (France) - 28, 29 Sallee - 48 San Sebastian (Spain) - 29 Spain - 26 St Lucar - 28, 29 St Marlo (France) - 28, 29 St Martins - 29 Sunderland - 37, 38 Swanage - 33 Virginia (New England) - 29, 33, 39, 40, 41 Wareham - 33 Waterford (Ireland) - 28, 29 Wexford (Ireland) - 29 Weymouth - 11-51 Weymouth Roads - 29 Wyke (Regis) - 22 Younghal - 28, 39 SHIPS: [Weymouth Port - tonnage of ships leaving the port in 1625 page 30: Survey of ships belonging to the port taken 11 March 1628 - pages 31/32] Abigall (70 tons) - 30 Abigall (100 tons) - 32 Amnity (30 tons) - 30, 40 Anne - 39, 45 Ark (50 tons) - 32 Bamfield - 34 Bonaventure (80 tons) 33 Caramouchy (25 tons) - 32 Christian - 13, (80 tons) - 32 Content (50 tons) - 31 Content (40 tons) - 32 Corymuch - 13 Desire (30 tons) - 31 Diligence - 30 Dragon - 13, (100 tons) 33, Eleanor (30 tons) - 31, 37 Elizabeth - 13 Elizabeth (90 tons) - 32, Fellowship (35 tons) - 30 Fellowship ( 40 tons) - 32, 33 (New England), 40 Flowerdeluce - 44 Fortune (of London) - 30 Fortune (50 tons) - 31 Francis (of Chebourge) - 30, 33, 44 Garland (20 tons) - 30 Garland (100 tons) - 33 Gift of God (120 tons) - 14 Grace (15 tons) - 30 Grace (of Plymouth) - 41 Great Katherine (80 tons) - 32 Happy Endurance (20 tons) - 40 Hope (of Oleron or Olderon) - 29, 30, Hope - 33 (1625), 34 Hopewell - 30, 39 Hopewell (25 tons) - 32 Hopewell (30 tons) 31 Hopewell (40 tons - 2 ships at sea) - 31 James - 43 Joan - 30 John - 37 John & Francis (20 tons) - 30 Judith (40 tons) - 31 King David - 13 Leopard (240 tons) - 32 Little John - 42 Margaret (60 tons) - 31 Mary (80 tons) - 33 Mayflower (18 tons) - 30 Mayflower (45 tons) of Weymouth - 50 Neptune of London - 41 Pelican - 45 Peter (50 tons) - 31 Peter (40 tons) - 40 Phoenix - 13, 39 Phoenix (35 tons) - 32 Pilgrim (100 tons) -31, from Newfoundland 34, 37, Rebecca (30 tons) - 30 Recovery of London - 40 Robert & John - 13 Rotterdam - 44 Sara (90 tons) - 31, 37 Samuel (50 tons) - 32 Sarah (100 tons)- 13 Sarath - 45 Seahorse (80 tons) - 32 Shuttle (30 tons) - 14 Shuttle (40 tons) - 32 Star (from Sunderland) - 37 Supply (of Weymouth 25 tons) - 30, 33 Swift (110 tons) - 32 The Flower (40 tons) - 14 The John (of Burton) - 30 Thunder - 41 Trinity - 39 Truelove (60 tons) - 31 Valluke - (of Horne) - 30, 33 William (25 tons ) - 30, 37 Willing Mind - 39 |