Hi I am still not sure how Nicholas Pocock is/was related to Martha Pocock. Will accept some additional research to show the same, even though the two Pocock families lived in close proximity - Bristol. Keith Rees Aus -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bernice pegler Sent: Saturday, 8 September 2012 7:43 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&S] Fwd: Maritime painting set to fetch thousands -- articleinThe Post A descendant of Nicholas Pocock was Martha Pocock who married Henry Mills Grace in 1831 and they are the parents of W G Grace the famous cricketer. Bernice From: "Nancy Frey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 12:44 AM Subject: [B&S] Fwd: Maritime painting set to fetch thousands -- article inThe Post > Hi again, > > After bookmarking the two sites for future reference, I did a google > for the ship mentioned - ie The Lloyd of Bristol. Here's the URL that > popped up: > > http://discoveringbristol.org.uk/browse/slavery/page-of-log-book-of-ship-llo yd71/ > > Looks like I nailed it on the head -- Pocock was a SLAVER!!!!! > > Regards, > > Nancy Frey > Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nancy Frey <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: [B&S] Maritime painting set to fetch thousands -- article > in The Post > To: [email protected] > > > Hi Josephine, > > That's a really fabulous painting. The information on Pocock was > enlightening as well. The article says: > > "By 1766, he was in command of Richard Champion's ship, Lloyd, and he > made six voyages in her to South Carolina." > > In all probability, he was doing the 'triangle route' which took goods > to Africa, picked up slaves, delivered them to South Carolina, and > brought back tobacco to Bristol. It might be worth looking for his > log books in connection with my searches for the ancestors of American > who knew they descended from slaves. > > Thanks for posting this information. > > Regards, > > Nancy Frey > Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message