Thank you Peter, there is no Lady Blackwood in Farrinton's book, Lady Burgess is the first of the Lady ships ie Burgess, Campbell,Carrington, Castlereagh, East, Flora, Jane Dundas, Kennaway, Lushington, Melville, Nugent, Penryn, Raffles and Shore. I searched under Cockerill but there was nothing either. I'll keep looking for other references I did wonder why and HEIC ship would be over near Chile. Many thanks Caroline On 11/11/2011 12:15 PM, Peter Beeston wrote: > Rowan Blackman in "Ships of the East India Company" lists a a LADY > BLACKWOOD, 263 tons bm, built at Calcutta in 1821 for Cockerill& Co. She > was licensed by the HEIC under the system which existed after the Company > lost its monopoly of trade to India in 1813.

Also, there is no Dibbs in Farrington's other volume -"A Bibliographic Index of East India Company Maritime Service Officers" but I suspect this is because, serving in a hired ship, he was not such an officer. Cockerills were merchants in Calcutta. No doubt you have searched in Google Books for "ship Lady Blackwood Valparaiso"? Peter Beeston -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Gaden Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 1:06 PM To: mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] Capt John Dibbs Thank you Peter, there is no Lady Blackwood in Farrinton's book, Lady Burgess is the first of the Lady ships ie Burgess, Campbell,Carrington, Castlereagh, East, Flora, Jane Dundas, Kennaway, Lushington, Melville, Nugent, Penryn, Raffles and Shore. I searched under Cockerill but there was nothing either. I'll keep looking for other references I did wonder why and HEIC ship would be over near Chile. Many thanks Caroline On 11/11/2011 12:15 PM, Peter Beeston wrote: > Rowan Blackman in "Ships of the East India Company" lists a a LADY > BLACKWOOD, 263 tons bm, built at Calcutta in 1821 for Cockerill& Co. She > was licensed by the HEIC under the system which existed after the Company > lost its monopoly of trade to India in 1813. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Peter, I found a super article in Wikipedia but I'm not sure how much validating of that source I need to do... made for very interesting reading! Caroline No doubt you have searched in Google Books for > "ship Lady Blackwood Valparaiso"?

Can anyone help throw any light on my G-G-Grandfather Henry LAWS 1800-1880 1833 Master of Barque "Blanche" London - St.Kitts 1834 Master of Barque "Blanche" London - St.Kitts 1835 Master of Barque "Blanche" London - St.Kitts 1836 Master of Barque "Blanche" London - St.Kitts 1837 Master of Barque "Blanche" London - St.Kitts 1838 Master of Brig "William Fulcher" London - Nevis 1839 Master of Brig "William Fulcher" London - Nevis 1840 Master of Brig "William Fulcher" London - Nevis 1841 Master of Brig "William Fulcher" London - Nevis 1842 Master of Brig "William Fulcher" London -West Indies Pochley 1858-74 Master of "Barque "Nautilus" London - West Indies Blythe/Green 1875-83 Master of "Barque "Nautilus" London - West Indies Binney (the entries for years 1880-1883 in Lloyds registers is odd as he had died 1880) Can anyone tell me anything about his employer Blythe & Greene? There are earlier records on Lloyds List that refer to Captain LAWS Is there any way of confirming a link His son Robert Henry LAWS Master of the Barque "WOOLHAMPTON CASTLE" this ship was sold to Norway and renamed "Adonis" but beached at Tybee Beach, Savannah, Georgia, America. Is there any way of getting a report or a crew list for the ADONIS and her unfortunate accident. There is a tale in the family that another son Joseph LAWS also Master Mariner who lost his ticket for throwing a crew member overboard, and later went as mate to his brother, is there any way of proving or disproving this. I discovered in the LMA that Joseph had his ticket suspended one year for being drunk in charge of a vessel. John P Laws. (Member 674, of GOONS since 1984) registrar@lawsfamilyregister.org.uk Researching LAW, LAWES, LAWS, LAWSE worldwide since 1974.