No 57. Captured ship: Providence of London (master Jacob Calloway, otherwise Callaway,...

No 57.

Captured ship: Providence of London (master Jacob Calloway, otherwise Callaway, of Weymouth or Bermondsey).

History: an English merchant ship (9 men and 2 passengers, built in England), bound from Jamaica to Amsterdam, laden with logwood, including consignments made by Jewish merchants David Gomes and Salomon Gabay in Jamaica; seized on 13/23 June 1672 in Cowes road, Isle of Wight, after coming in there the same day.

Allegation and claim (undated) of Solomon Gabay and David Gomez (otherwise Gomes) of Jamaica for goods in ship Providence (10 pp).

Both are residents of Jamaica and subjects of England, traders in logwood and other merchandise to England, Holland and several other places; they sent letters to George Willoughby of London, their agent there, that the ship was to clear at the Isle of Wight, but with the same options for the destination port as previous, depending on the international situation.

Exhibits:-

• 1/ letter (in Portuguese) of Gabay and Gomez (Jamaica) to [George] Jorgue Willoughby (London) via ship Delegersa, with instruction to insure the logwood, 6/16 March 1672;
• 2/ letter (in Portuguese) of Salomon Gabay and Davyd Gomez (Jamaica) to George Willoughby (London), advising of lading (including 1 tun for their servant, Abraham Ereira, 28 March 1672.
• 3/ insurance policy raised by Willoughby on said cargo for Gabay and Gomez, 6 June 1672, specifying destinations as Isle of Wight and London, registered 25 June 1672.

See also HCA 32/1951/24; HCA 24/147/55 and HCA 24/147/56.