Hi I have had a look in the Burnley Collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers, but Beavers come up far too often, as fur or for baiting! There are many. many books on privateers, maybe a way forward would be to order a few at your local library and scan the indexes. I think it's a whole field of research. Some of these are available as e-books- "Privateers" Ben Bova 1932 "Privateers and Pirates 1730-1830" Konstam and McBride 2001 "The privateers" Macintyre 1975 "The privateers" Henry Watson 1907, 1915 "Naval yarns- letters and anecdotes...pirates and privateers 1616-1831" William Long 1972 is there anything about him in the local archives? (I mean in Anglesea and I see you live a long way away!) Clare Oxford Uk Awaiting developments re hurricane. >Robert Beaver, born 1748, Aberfram, Anglesea, Wales was a successful privateer. The fortune he >made subsequently made a comfortable impact on future generations of my family. Please, can >anyone tell me the story/history of his captures. Your kindness in doing so would be most sincerely >appreciated. Warm regards to all the members of this great list, Colin Harrison --- in southwest Utah

Re the Beaver. Are we actually talking about Anglesey ? the biggish island off the NW coast ? Or is there a little place somewhere called Anglesea ? Without being picky, it helps to look things up when you spell them right. Then again, in 1748 the spelling of clerks could be erratic. Graham in Cardiff PS Equally awaiting the Great Storm. Shouldn't Rosalind the Fair have signed off with 'Apres moi le deluge'. On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 7:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I have had a look in the Burnley Collection of 17th and 18th century > newspapers, but Beavers come up far too often, as fur or for baiting! > There are > many. many books on privateers, maybe a way forward would be to order a few > at your local library and scan the indexes. I think it's a whole field of > research. > > Some of these are available as e-books- > > "Privateers" Ben Bova 1932 > "Privateers and Pirates 1730-1830" Konstam and McBride 2001 > "The privateers" Macintyre 1975 > "The privateers" Henry Watson 1907, 1915 > "Naval yarns- letters and anecdotes...pirates and privateers 1616-1831" > William Long 1972 > is there anything about him in the local archives? (I mean in Anglesea and > I see you live a long way away!) > > Clare > Oxford Uk > Awaiting developments re hurricane. > > >Robert Beaver, born 1748, Aberfram, Anglesea, Wales was a successful > privateer. The fortune he >made subsequently made a comfortable impact on > future generations of my family. Please, can >anyone tell me the > story/history > of his captures. Your kindness in doing so would be most sincerely > >appreciated. > > Warm regards to all the members of this great list, > > Colin Harrison --- in southwest Utah > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >