Staplehill I would consider Staplehill's ship as a priority study; it will perhaps suggest Devon as Larrabee's roots. It is well known that Aldred (not Alfred) Staplehill was involved in the Newfoundland trade out of Dartmouth by 1641/42 and perhaps long before that date. In 1641 I am not certain if this is Aldred Sr or Jr and it is just a jaunt down the coast from Newfoundland to Barbados or to New England. Aldred Sr seems to have been born in 1580 at Exeter, son of Gilbert, and Aldred Jr was born in Dartmouth. Alexander Staplehill, Sr and Jr were also involved in Newfoundland adventures c1642 likewise Gilbert Jr., 2 named John, 2 named Thomas all out of Dartmouth. They were no strangers in the New World. in St Saviour's Church, at Dartmouth, there is a brass effigy of Gilbart Staplehiil, once Mayor of the town. He died 15th February, 1637.

Hi Gion Here is a URL to a petition (on a Newfoundland genealogy website) about "Turkish Pirates" activity. It was signed by about 1000 people from Devon who were probably somehow active in the Newfoundland fishery c. 1642. It seems to have been circulated and signed before they left Devon for the fishing season. It appears that the submitter, Thomas Cole, has done some research to identify where in Devon these people came from. http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cole-Documents/dartmouth-harbour-gathering-1642.shtml Regards Ed Barbour -----Original Message----- From: Gion Tobac Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:05 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Greenfield LARRABEE Staplehill I would consider Staplehill's ship as a priority study; it will perhaps suggest Devon as Larrabee's roots. It is well known that Aldred (not Alfred) Staplehill was involved in the Newfoundland trade out of Dartmouth by 1641/42 and perhaps long before that date. In 1641 I am not certain if this is Aldred Sr or Jr and it is just a jaunt down the coast from Newfoundland to Barbados or to New England. Aldred Sr seems to have been born in 1580 at Exeter, son of Gilbert, and Aldred Jr was born in Dartmouth. Alexander Staplehill, Sr and Jr were also involved in Newfoundland adventures c1642 likewise Gilbert Jr., 2 named John, 2 named Thomas all out of Dartmouth. They were no strangers in the New World. in St Saviour's Church, at Dartmouth, there is a brass effigy of Gilbart Staplehiil, once Mayor of the town. He died 15th February, 1637. ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gion and Ed, This is quite interesting to me. I believe I started this thread with a speculation about Devon being the place of origin of Greenfield LARRABEE, and it has turned into a more general discussion about transatlantic shipping in the 17th century. I am now exploring some documents relating to mid-17th century shipping from Bristol (after someone pointed out that Bristol or ports on the North Devon coast were more likely than south coast cities like Plymouth and Falmouth to be involved in transatlantic commerce) and I have found a reference to "Turkish pirates" off the coast of Portugal. That rather surprised me, because I was under the mistaken impression that the Turks had stayed within the Mediterranean Sea. I want very much to take a look at the site you mentioned to see his methodology and his results. I haven't quite synthesized the Bristol documents yet, but I believe the master of the 1647 ship from Barbados that ran into a spot of trouble in Connecticut, where Greenfield LARRABEE is first mentioned, namely Steven Reekes, is mentioned a couple of years previously in a Bristol document. At that time he was master of another ship engaged in the Barbados trade from Bristol. David Langenberg Newark, Delaware, USA On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:03 AM, edbar wrote: > Hi Gion > Here is a URL to a petition (on a Newfoundland genealogy website) about > "Turkish Pirates" activity. It was signed by about 1000 people from Devon > who were probably somehow active in the Newfoundland fishery c. 1642. It > seems to have been circulated and signed before they left Devon for the > fishing season. It appears that the submitter, Thomas Cole, has done some > research to identify where in Devon these people came from. > > http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cole-Documents/dartmouth-harbour-gathering-1642.shtml > > Regards > Ed Barbour > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gion Tobac > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:05 AM > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DEV] Greenfield LARRABEE > > Staplehill > I would consider Staplehill's ship as a priority study; it will perhaps > suggest Devon as Larrabee's roots. It is well known that Aldred (not Alfred) > Staplehill was involved in the Newfoundland trade out of Dartmouth by > 1641/42 and perhaps long before that date. In 1641 I am not certain if this > is Aldred Sr or Jr and it is just a jaunt down the coast from Newfoundland > to Barbados or to New England. Aldred Sr seems to have been born in 1580 at > Exeter, son of Gilbert, and Aldred Jr was born in Dartmouth. Alexander > Staplehill, Sr and Jr were also involved in Newfoundland adventures c1642 > likewise Gilbert Jr., 2 named John, 2 named Thomas all out of Dartmouth. > They were no strangers in the New World. in St Saviour's Church, at > Dartmouth, there is a brass effigy of Gilbart Staplehiil, once Mayor of the > town. He died 15th February, 1637. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is a wonderful bit of work with thanks to Thomas COLE and to Ed for bringing this web-site to our attention. I notice Edward EDMONDS signed the petition. On the subject of Pirates, about 4-6 weeks ago this was mentioned on the List and interest was shown by me in Mary NOWELL whose son Michael SAUNDERS was taken by Pirates. I have since ordered her Doc from the DRO [out of interest only] and it arrived on the 28th Jan, I have since transcribed the Doc and sent it to Brian for Genuki but am not sure if it has been added to Genuki yet, as I know he has been busy. I hope to be able to see if any of Thomas COLE'S men are named in the Maimed Soldiers page [which covers Pirates] at http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/CourtRecords/QS128.html The Thomas FAGOE/JAGOE [ whose marriage I sent to the List as a stray] is I think mentioned and could be the son of Pasco. Marvelous how all of a sudden so many names jump out at one with names recently mentioned. Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "edbar" <edbar@nl.rogers.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 1:03 AM To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Subject: [DEV] Devon petition re Pirate activity - Newfoundland fishery > Hi Gion > Here is a URL to a petition (on a Newfoundland genealogy website) about > "Turkish Pirates" activity. It was signed by about 1000 people from Devon > who were probably somehow active in the Newfoundland fishery c. 1642. It > seems to have been circulated and signed before they left Devon for the > fishing season. It appears that the submitter, Thomas Cole, has done some > research to identify where in Devon these people came from. > > http://ngb.chebucto.org/Cole-Documents/dartmouth-harbour-gathering-1642.shtml > > Regards > Ed Barbour > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gion Tobac > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:05 AM > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DEV] Greenfield LARRABEE > > Staplehill > I would consider Staplehill's ship as a priority study; it will perhaps > suggest Devon as Larrabee's roots. It is well known that Aldred (not > Alfred) > Staplehill was involved in the Newfoundland trade out of Dartmouth by > 1641/42 and perhaps long before that date. In 1641 I am not certain if > this > is Aldred Sr or Jr and it is just a jaunt down the coast from Newfoundland > to Barbados or to New England. Aldred Sr seems to have been born in 1580 > at > Exeter, son of Gilbert, and Aldred Jr was born in Dartmouth. Alexander > Staplehill, Sr and Jr were also involved in Newfoundland adventures c1642 > likewise Gilbert Jr., 2 named John, 2 named Thomas all out of Dartmouth. > They were no strangers in the New World. in St Saviour's Church, at > Dartmouth, there is a brass effigy of Gilbart Staplehiil, once Mayor of > the > town. He died 15th February, 1637. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2247 / Virus Database: 3684/6553 - Release Date: 02/02/14 >