Hello Everyone I have been very successful in tracing The Ships & Voyages of my GG-Grandfather, CAPTAIN JAMES NEISH , who was a Free Mariner. Licensed by EIC (not actually an employee of the East India Company but would work as an officer on privately owned ships) active in the so-called "country trade" - i.e. trade in waters east of the Cape of Good Hope. He first went out in 1807 and Captained various Ships until about 1826 when he took Command of the SHIP FORT WILLIAM and remained with her until he retired from the sea about 1838 or 1839. The Fort William was, perhaps, the largest of the Country Traders and was (at least initially) owned by, or in part, by the celebrated Parsee businessman and philanthropist Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. My old Grandfather's connection with The Fort William was a close one as when he retired ashore and built his home in Broughty Ferry (Dundee), Scotland, he named it 'Fort William House' (now The Royal Tay Yacht Club). My quest is to find out what interest or shares in The Fort William James owned. I know the family had an interest as I found mention of his brother Thomas Neish selling his shares in 1840. I also find my James Neish having financial business dealings (of some sort) with Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy as late as 1842. My questions is - Is there ever a record kept of the division of shares and/or the dates when these shares are sold ? Much obliged Barbara Neish Bermuda