This from another list...Char ----- Original Message ----- Subject: 17th Century Ships to Virginia Betw. England & Virginia : 17th c 1670/71 ROBT WIGGINER master of PROSPEROUS 1677 THOMAS SMITH master of LEGHORNE MERCHANT GEO SWAN master of INCREASE ZACH TAYLOR master of AUGUSTINE JN WARNER master of FRANCIS OSWOULD (sic) WHEATLEY master of LOVE ABR WHEELOCK master of GOOD HOPE HEN CREEKE master of HANNAH THOS ARNOLD master of HENRY & ANNE BARTH KEDGER master of UNITY - PAGGON master of ELIZABETH & SARAH FRAN PARTIS master of CONSTANT 1689 JAMES BRIAN master of THREE BROTHERS JOHN HOWELL master of SHIELD TIMOTHY KEYSON master of WILLIAM JOHN RICHARDSON master of ENDEAVOUR JOHN YOAKLEY master of NEW HOPEWELL 1698/99 JOHN PRETTYJOHN master of MARY & ELIZABETH Other vessels: OWNERS ADVENTURE CONSTANT BURTHEN CROWN MALLEGA VIRGINIA FACTOR MERCHANT'S CONSENT RAPHANOCK ZEBULON GOLDEN FORTUNE HOPES ENCREASE EDWARD AND ANDREWS DESIRE MARYGOLD HOPEFULL SUCCESS and, more realistically, INDUSTRY ! For any listers who may not know about this resource, many more names online at The Library of Virginia site - "Virginia Colonial Records" searchable database - look up under ship name or personal name, many shown as "master" others as "merchant" (of course, sometimes the individual concerned was both). Found two marvellous references to my mariner in this database and now have copies of the documents concerned. Sources for the references above include London Port Books (PRO), Orders and Instructions of Admiralty, Exports of English Merchants etc. http://eagle.vsla.edu/colonial/index.html should take you straight there, if any difficulties go to the Library's main page www.lva.lib.va.us/ and then to "Digital Library Collections" then "Virginia History & Culture", then to "Virginia Colonial Records Project". R Researching GADSDEN in West Indies esp Barbados/Charleston South Carolina/England esp London 17th & 18th c and in Waterford Ireland 1820s-50s; also BELL Solway Firth area Cumberland 18th and early 19th c Cape and Natal from mid 19th c___________________________________________________________ Get more from your time online. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com