Description:

SMV Muster rolls, 1748-51. 1750-51, number 232. John Quaqua / Quaco, black sailor, free man.

The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors Hospital Fund (insurance).

The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.

Date: 1748-51/1750-51

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers

Object ID:232