An Abbreviations Guide to the Keith Matthews Name Files

Dr. Keith Matthews (1938-1984), was professor of history at Memorial University. He initiated the establishment of the Maritime History Archive in 1971, as a repository for documents and collections of material relating to maritime history and culture in the North Atlantic region. His own research was focussed on the Newfoundland fishery and settlement from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Dr. Matthews began his research for the geographical region of the West of England, specifically in Devon and Dorset, collecting information on individuals, families and businesses involved in the Newfoundland trade. The Name Files contain information on those people and businesses. Dr. Matthews later expanded the scope of his research to include trades other than the fishery and people outside the West country who had Newfoundland connections. Thus, the Name Files also include information on people from London and Bristol, England, Ireland and the Channel Islands, as well as residents of Newfoundland. These files contain a wealth of information which is valuable to people tracing their Newfoundland ancestry, and for that reason the files are open for research.

In order to collect this information Matthews consulted a vast range of archival and published material. From this material he transcribed the information on any name or business associated either with the Newfoundland trade, or in some cases, the town which supplied the crews for the Newfoundland fishery. Each item of information is contained on a small strip of paper, which is filed by surname and subdivided by given name. For example, the name file on John Pike contains all the references identified by Dr. Matthews relating to anyone by the name of John Pike, between the years 1600 and 1850. The Name File collection consists of information on 7,300 surnames and occupies sixteen filing cabinets. Ideally, the Name Files should be entered onto an electronic database, but thus far, finances have not been available for this,

The format of the Name Files can be rather confusing. Matthews had developed his own form of abbreviations and syntax. This guide provides explanations for the majority of the abbreviations, some of which are references to the original sources which Matthews used in gathering the data.

Information on the slips is arranged in a more or less standard format. Matthews listed the surname first, followed by the date, then the source of information, the first name of the individual if known and finally the text of the entry.

Interpretation of the Name Files

In developing the files. Dr. Matthews devised a form of abbreviations and codes which sometimes provide problems for the user. An Abbreviations Guide, created by the Archive, listing the majority of the sources used, along with geographical and other references, is provided to assist with the decipherment of the entries in the Name Files.

On the following two pages are samples of original entries taken from different types of records followed by their interpretation.

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Court Records TAVERNER

1754 oct trinity ct Jacob one of his men jac fox abused jn night. Night to get 20/-d of fox wages. JACOB the brother of BEN

INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. TAVERNER; Date-. October 1754; Source-. Trinity Court Records; Notes'. Jacob Fox, one of Jacob Tavemer's men, abused John Night. The court ordered that Night is to get 20 shillings/no pence of Fox's wages. Jacob Tavemer is the brother of Ben Tavemer.

KEOHOE

1816 30 may stjns surr ct Pat sued for 108/-/- by trustees SHANNON/CO debt to pay INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. KEOHOE; Date-. 30 May 1816; Source: St. John's Surrogate Court Records; Notes-. Pat Keohoe was sued for 108 pounds sterling (no shillings or pence) by the trustees of Shannon & Co. and has to pay the debt.

Parish Registers BROPHY

1821 dec stjns re morgan of THE ROYAL OAK married bridget cunningham INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. BROPHY; Date-. December 1821; Source-. St. John's Roman Catholic Parish Records; Notes'. Morgan Brophy of the vessel Royal Oak married Bridget Cunningham.

GAWSE

1784 hg church wm married mary d offra shepherd Spaniards bay INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. GAWSE; Date-. 1784; Source-. Harbour Grace Church Records; Notes-. William Gawse married Mary Shepherd, daughter of Francis Shepherd of Spaniard's Bay.

GEORGE

1676 dec st saviours thos married hester bower

INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. GEORGE; Date-. December 1676; Source-. St. Saviours Parish, Dartmouth, Devon Parish Records; Notes-. Thomas George married Hester Bower.

WESTCOTT

1787 dec bishopsteign david buried

INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. WESCOTT; Date-. December 1787; Source-. Bishopsteignton, Devon Parish Records; Notes-. David Westcott was buried.

Shipping Records CHEVALIER

1753 mar adm 7/87 Chas "Union" 120/9/3/- guns jersey at lond - lis/nfid. INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. CHEVALIER; Date-. March 1753; Source-. Great Britain. Admiralty and Secretariat (Series 7). Miscellanea, volume 87; Notes-. Charles Chevalier is the captain of the vessel Union. She is 120 tons and is carrying 9 British men and 3 foreign men. She has no guns. She sailed from Jersey, is currently at London, and will depart for Lisbon and then for Newfoundland.

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1814 feb exon reg Jas w/t mcht withjn w goss andjn butler own racehorse bg 121 ton INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname-. GOSS; Date: February 1814; Source: Exeter Shipping Register; Notes: James Goss, a merchant of West Teignmouth, Devon, England, along with John W. Goss and John Butler, owns a 112 ton brig named Racehorse.

STRONG

1868 mere list Jas brixham owned Good intent o/n 9474 25 tons reg plymouth INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname: STRONG; Date: 1868; Source: Mercantile Navy List; Notes: James Strong, of Brixham, owned a 25 ton vessel named the Good Intent, Official Number 9474, Port of Registry, Plymouth.

Newspapers ADAMS

1865 13 nov morn chron Ann wife ofcapt HY ofdevon died 16 oct SHALDON native ofFERRYLAND INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname: ADAMS; Date: 13 November 1865; Source: Morning Chronicle (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland); Notes: Ann Adams, wife of Captain Henry Adams of Devon, England, died 16 October at Shaldon, Devon, England. She was a native ofFerryland, Newfoundland.

KING

1798 6jan lloyd list success cork fm nfid

INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname: KING; Date: 6 January 1798; Source: Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England); Notes: King, captain of the vessel Success, arrived at Cork from Newfoundland.

WESTCOTT

1802jan lloydiist swallow nfld-dtmth run down by Id duncan crew saved INTERPRETATION OF THE ENTRY: Surname: WESTCOTT; Date: January 1802; Source: Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England); Notes: The vessel Swallow, on a voyage from Newfoundland to Dartmouth, was run down by the vessel Lord Duncan. The crew were all saved.

General Interpretation Notes

For vessels voyaging from one place to another two methods of recording were used: [1] watfd-nfid = departed from Waterford bound for Newfoundland [2] watfd fm nfid = arrived at Waterford from Newfoundland

Another type of reference takes the appearance of the following example with varying numbers and monarch's names: e.g. 'according to 15 Geo III'

This means: in accordance with the Act in the 15th year of the reign of the monarch George III, (1775). One source which lists examples of this type of reference is the key to "Regnal Years (from 1509) with Chronological Index to Statutes" (as cited in the text) Guide to the Contents of the Public Record Office, Vol. I, pp. 195-199 and Vol. 2, pp. 340-346, revised and extended from the Guide by the late M.S. Giuseppi.

If you experience any problems deciphering the information contained in the files, please contact one of the Archive's staff for assistance.

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AB
Abbotskers Abbotskers Abra Addit Adm I
Adm7
 

Adm 8 Adm 36 Adm 68

Alex alicante Amb and

Antigua antwerp Ape Col apple apple apr archiv

arichat ash parish ashburton ashburton Ashcombe Ashcombe aug

aylesbear B 3/700 b ayres barb b/b b/v

B/vist meth B/vista B/vista Ang Baine Docs base Battle Hr

 

 

able-bodied seaman Abbottskerswell, Devon, England Abbottskerswell, Devon Parish Records Abraham

British Library Additional Manuscripts Great Britain. Admiralty. In-Letters (and Minutes), 1660-1934. Series I, Vol.xx

Great Britain. Admiralty and Secretariat. Miscellanea (includes Registers of Letters of Marque, 1777-1815) (Volumes 75-121 are Registers of Passes, 1661-1815). Series 7, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Admiralty. Registers, Returns and Certificates. List Books. (Disposition of Ships). Series 8, Vol. xx Great Britain. Admiralty (36). Ships Musters, Series 1, 1688-1808 (Muster Rolls of British Warships), Series 36, Vol. xx Great Britain. Greenwich Hospital. Accounts and Ledgers, Various, 1696-1865 (Seamen's sixpences). Series 68, Vol. xx Alexander Alicante, Spain Ambrose

Andrew (in reference to name) Antigua, Island of the E. West Indies Antwerp, Belgium

Great Britain. Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Appledore, Devon, England Appledore, Devon Parish Records, England April

Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published Lists. 1] Old Properties Early Residents, St. John's, 1780-1781

Arichat, Nova Scotia

Ashburton or Ashcombe, Devon Parish Records, England Ashburton, Devon, England Ashburton, Devon Parish Records, England Ashcombe, Devon, England Ashcombe, Devon Parish Records, England August

Aylesbeare, Devon, England Great Britain. Court of Bankruptcy. Files Buenos Aires, Argentina Barbados

Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Bay de Verde, Conception Bay, Newfoundland Bonavista Methodist Parish Records, Newfoundland Bonavista, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Bonavista Anglican Parish Records, Newfoundland Baine Johnston Mercantile Records (Newfoundland) illegitimate Battle Harbour, Labrador

 

 

bayleys cove Bayonne bdfd bdfd Beer Beer Bell Isle Bellas 438 Berry Berry

bg

bickington bickington Bilb

bird island cove Bird Let BK BIS

Bishopsteign Bishopsteign Blackauton Blackauton Blackhead

bit

bonne bay Bonner Journal

Bottom, FB bovey bovey Bradford Branscornbe Branscombe Bridport Bridport Brix Brix

Broad Cove bros Brsti

Brsti Journal Brsti Mirror Brsti Pres Brsti pteers

Brsti Trade BTI

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Bayleys Cove, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Bayona, Spain

Bideford, Devon, England Bideford, Devon Parish Records, England Beer, Devon, England Beer, Devon Parish Records, England Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland Bellas, author (p.438 book unknown) Berry, Devon, England Berry, Devon Parish Records, England brig (ship)

Bickington, Devon, England Bickington, Devon Parish Records, England Bilbao, Spain

Bird Island Cove, Newfoundland Thomas Street Bird Letter Book Benevolent Irish Society Bishopsteignton, Devon, England Bishopsteignton, Devon Parish Records, England Blackauton, Devon, England Blackauton, Devon Parish Records, England Blackhead, Newfoundland (1] north ofCarbonear or 2] East of St. John's) built

Bonne Bay, Newfoundland

Bonner and Middleton's Bristol Journal (newspaper, Bristol, England)

Bottom, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland Bovey Tracey, Devon, England Bovey Tracey, Devon Parish Records, England Bradford, Wiltshire, SE England Branscombe, Devon, England Branscombe, Devon Parish Records, England Bridport, Devon, England Bridport, Devon Parish Records, England Brixharn, Devon, England Brixham, Devon Parish Records, England Broad Cove, Newfoundland (now St. Philips) brothers

Bristol, England

Bristol Journal (newspaper, Bristol, England) Bristol Mirror (newspaper, Bristol, England) Bristol Presentments (Custom House Data), England Bristol Privateers and Ships of War. by Commander J.W. Darner Powell. (published Bristol, 1930) The Trade of Bristol in the Eighteenth Century. W.E. Minchinton (ed.) The Bristol Records Soc., 1957. Great Britain. Board of Trade. In-letters and Files, 1791-1863. Series I, Vol. xx

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Conception Bay, Newfoundland Conception Bay Anglican Parish Records, Newfoundland Newfoundland.  Conception  Bay Plantation Book <C0199/18>

Newfoundland. Conception Bay Surrogate Court Records Newfoundland. Conception Bay Court Records. Writs Commercial Daily List, 1838-1870 (newspaper, London, England)

Newfoundland. Central District Court Records Ionic Island in the Mediterranean Sea Chafe Sealing Book

chaldron, a unit of dry measure usually referring to coal a dry unit of measure Charleton, Devon, England Charleton, Devon Parish Records, England Agreement between shipowner and agent re charter of vessels Chimoque Christopher

Christow, Devon, England Christow, Devon Parish Records, England Chronique(s) de Jersey, 1814-1958 (newspaper, Jersey, Channel Islands)

London Chronicle, (newspaper, London, England) Churston, Devon, England Churston, Devon Parish Records, England Civitavecchia, Italy (chief port of Rome) Clement

County Kilkenny, Keinster, Ireland Great Britain. Colonial Office. General Series, 1574-1757. Series I, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Colonial Office. America and West Indies Correspondence. Series 5, Vol. xx Great Britain. Colonial Office. Barbadoes Misc. Shipping Returns. Series 33, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Bermuda. Shipping Returns, 1715-1820. Series 41, Vol. xx

Great  Britain.  Colonial   Office.   Canada Original Correspondence. Series 42, Vol. xx Great Britain. Colonial Office. Canada Shipping Returns. Series 47, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Colonial Secretary, Newfoundland. Series 194, Vol. xx Great Britain. Colonial Office. Entry Books, Newfoundland. Series 195, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Newfoundland Blue Books of Statistics 1677 - 1903. Series 199, Vol. xx Great Britain. Colonial Office. Conception Bay Plantation Book. Series 199, Vol. 18

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Great Britain. Colonial Office. P.E.I. Misc. Shipping Statistics. Series 231, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Colonies General Entry Books. Series 324, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Board of Trade. Original Correspondence 1654 to 1792. Series 388, Vol. xx Cockington, Devon, England Cockington, Devon Parish Records, England Coffinswell, Devon, England Coffinswell, Devon Parish Records, England Newfoundland. Colonial Records. Newfoundland Colonial Secretary. Outgoing Correspondence from Newfoundland Combe in Teignhead, Devon, England Combe in Teignhead, Devon Parish Records, England against (a person, event, issue, etc.) Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England Corfe Mullen, Dorset Parish Records, England Cork, Ireland Cornwall, England Comworthy, Devon, England Comworthy, Devon Parish Records, England Corunna, Spain

Courier (newspaper, Newfoundland) Cowes, N Isle ofWright, S. England Cranbome, Dorset, England

G. Crosbie, Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers, 1825-1890

Calendar of State Papers. Colonial, America and West Indies Calendar of State Papers. Domestic court book court records

culm (sic), a variety of Welsh coal Customs

Great Britain. Board of Customs and Excise. Account Books, 1814-1828. Series 36, Vol. xx

Great Britain, Board of Customs and Excise. Series 60, Vol. xx

hundred weight Daniel

Dartington, Devon, England Dartington, Devon Parish Records, England Dawlish, Devon, England Dawlish, Devon Parish Records, England Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries (Exeter) (Serial) Seaport in Kent, England Dean Prior, Devon, England

Dean Prior Parish, Devon Parish Records, England December Demerara, Guyana, South America

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Denbury, Devon, England Denbury, Devon Parish Records, England Devon and Cornwall Wills (Index to probated wills), England a quantity often (10) hides Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland Diptford, Devon, England discharged

Dittisham, Devon, England Dittisham, Devon Parish Records, England Dodbrooke, Devon, England Dodbrooke, Devon Parish Records, England Dorchester and Sherborne Journal and Western Advertiser (newspaper, Dorset, England) Dorothy

Dorset Administrations (Index), England Dorset County Chronicle (newspaper, Dorset, England) Dorset Historical Society, England Dorset Wills (Index to probated wills), England Downs, Anchorage off East Coast of Kent, England or Down, Devonshire, England Drewsteignton, Devon, England Drewsteignton, Devon Parish Records, England Dorset Record Office, England Dorset Record Office, England Dartmouth, Devon, England Dartmouth, Devon Parish Records, England Duckworth/Duckworth Papers Admiral Duff? Dunkirk, N. France Dunscombe, Devon, England Dunscombe, Dorset Parish Records, England Durweston, Dorset, England Durweston, Dorset Parish Records Great Britain. Exchequer. Devon Port Books East Teignmouth, Devon, England East Teignmouth, Devon Parish Records, England Sir Edmund Gosse, 1849-1928, author (book unknown) Edward

Effington, author (page 491, book unknown) (Trewman's) Exeter Flying Post (newspaper, Exeter, England) Elizabeth

Ely - there are a number of communities called Ely, in England

Exmouth, Devon, England Exeter, Devon, England

England. Devon. Exeter Town Customs Records Freeman's Exmouth Journal (newspaper, Exmouth, England) England. Devon. Exeter Shipping Register England. Devon. Exeter Town Customs Records

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folio (eg. folio 66) fishing ship or flagship Falmouth, Cornwall, SW England Falmouth, Cornwall, Parish Records, England Felix Farley's Bristol Journal (newspaper, Bristol, England) Faro, Portugal

Rick Farrell: Community Study ofMarystown (Mortier), 1983 C.R. Fay, Life and Labour in Newfoundland February

Fenley and Sheppard's Bristol Journal, 1804-(newspaper, Bristol, England)

Newfoundland. Ferryland Court Records Newfoundland. Ferryland Surrogate Court Records Fermeuse, Newfoundland Ferryland, Newfoundland folios

Figueras, Spain

firkin. Small barrel about 50 Ibs

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Brazil. Bahia, Shipping, 1853-1915. Series 271, Vol. xx Fordington, Dorset, England Fordington, Dorset Parish Records, England Fowey, Cornwall, England French Letter of Marque French Privateer

Francis (in reference to name) Francis

Index of Devon Wills by Edward Fry Fullham Papers (National Archives of Canada) Galway, Ireland

Garland Letter Book (Merchant of Trinity, Newfoundland and Poole, Dorset, England) Gaspe, Quebec

Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser (newspaper, Newfoundland, 1807-1924. Called Newfoundland Gazette from 1924 onwards)

General Evening Post (newspaper, Dublin, Ireland or London, England) gentleman Gibralter

Gijon, Spain (port) Gilbert

misspelling of Gijon, Spain Newfoundland. Court Records

Newfoundland. Surrogate Court Records. Southern Circuit Gosport, S. Hants, England Gravesend, Port of London, England Greenock, Scotland Greenspond, Newfoundland

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Greenspond Anglican Parish Records, Newfoundland Gregory

Great Canford, Dorset, England Great Canford, Dorset Parish Records, England Guernsey, Channel Islands

Joseph Gundry and Company Records Dorset Record Office D203/A47

House of Assembly Hamburg, Germany

HampshireChronicle, (1772-1830); HampshireChronicle and Southampton Courier, (1831- newspaper, Hampshire, England)

Gordon Hancock PhD Thesis or other publication Hampshire, England see Hamp Chron above Harburton, Devon, England Harberton, Devon Parish Records, England Harbour Main, Conception Bay, Newfoundland possibly Marmaduke Hart, Newfoundland merchant or W.J. Harte, Some evidence of trade between Exeter and Newfoundland before 1600. Transactions of the Devonshire Association, Vol. 64,1930 Havannah, New Hebrides, SW Pacific Ocean Hawkchurch, Devon, England Hawkchurch, Devon Parish Records, England Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Instance and Prize Courts. Instance Papers. Series V (1875 -1943). Series 20, Vol. xx

Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Libels, Pleadings, Business Transactions. Series 24, Vol. xx Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Letters of Marque, Bonds, etc., 1549 to 1815. Series 25, Vol. xx Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Letters of Marque, 1689-1814, & Declarations. Series 26, Vol. xx Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty. Instance and Prize Courts. Instance Papers. Miscellanea 1531 to 1888. Series 30, Vol. xx

Heart's Delight, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland Heathfield, Devon, England Heathfield, Devon Parish Records, England Hennock, Devon, England Hennock, Devon Parish Records, England Hezekiah

Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland Harbour Grace Anglican Parish Records, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

Harbour Grace Journal (newspaper, Newfoundland) Harbour Grace Methodist Parish Records, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

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Newfoundland. Harbour Grace Minute Book. Court Records Newfoundland. Harbour Grace Supreme Court Records Newfoundland. Harbour Grace Surrogate Court Records hogshead (unit of measure) High Street, Poole, Dorset, England Highweek, Devon, England Highweek, Devon Parish Records, England Great Britain. Home Office. Naval Office Lists 1791-1796. Series 76, Vol. xx Hunt, Roope Letter Book

included in Newman, Hunt & Company Papers: (Private, London, England) (Merchants of Devon and Newfoundland) Hunt, Roope, Teage, and Co. Oporto. Correspondence (1835.08.31)

possibly T.V. Hutchins, History of the Town and County of Poole (1788) Henry

llfracornbe, Devon, England Islington, Devon, England llsington, Devon Parish Records, England Ippleton, Devon, England Ipplepen, Devon Parish Records, England Great Britain. Board of Inland Revenue. Apprenticeship Books. Series I, Vol. xx

Great Britain. Board of Inland Revenue. Index to Apprenticeship Records. Series 17, Vol. xx Great Britain. Board of Inland Revenue. Series 23, Vol. xx Isaac

Isaac Lester, Poole and Newfoundland Merchant Diary lweme Minster, Dorset, England

lweme Minster Administrations, lweme Minster, Dorset, England Jacob January James

Jersey Sailing Ships, by John Jean (Sussex: Phillimore and Co. Ltd., 1982), which lists Jersey ships by ship and by captain Matthews photocopied the captains list. More information available on the vessel itself in the same book Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands Jersey Ship Registers, 1803 - 1930 Jersey Sailing Ships by John Jean (Sussex: Phillimore and Co. Ltd., 1982)

Journal of the House of Assembly, Newfoundland John

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John Jones Journal (MF-047 now catalogued as Notes [concerning the Dissenting Church of Christ at St. John's, Newfoundland, 1770-1794] (John Jones, 1737-1800, clergyman, born in Wales, formed a society which constituted the beginning of the Congregational Church at St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1775.) Joseph Joshua

The Newfoundland Mercantile Journal (newspaper, Newfoundland, 1816-1827) June July

Katherine

unknown (possibly William Keen, fl. 1737, Storkeand Gainsborough Correspondence; Commission and Commissionary, 1736, Justice of the Peace) Kenn, Devon, England Kenn, Devon Parish Records, England Kenton, Devon, England Kenton, Devon Parish Records, Enigand a sailing vessel with two masts co. Kilkenny, Keinster, Ireland Kilnaneave Parish, Tipperary County, Ireland? Kingsteignton, Devon, England Kingsteignton, Devon Parish Records, England Kingswear, Devon, England Kingswear, Devon Parish Records, England Kingsteignton, Devon, England Kingsteignton, Devon Parish Records, England Kingskerswell, Devon, England Kingskerswell, Devon Parish Records, England Londonderry Journal (newspaper, Londonderry, England) Lloyds List (newspaper, London, England) Great Britain, Privy Council, In the Matter of the Boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the Colony of Newfoundland in the Labrador Peninsula, Vol.4, part 9, (London, 1927) Labrador Boundary Documents Newfoundland. Labrador Surrogate Court Records Lamaline, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland Langton Matravers, Dorset, England Langton Matravers, Dorset Parish Records, England Lazy Bank, St. John's, Newfoundland (running northwest from 170 New Gower Street) Lord

Public Ledger and Newfoundland General Advertiser (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland) Leghorn, Italy London Evening Post (newspaper, London, England)

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Diary of Isaac and Benjamin Lester, Poole and Newfoundland Merchants licence

Lisbon, Portugal

Little Hemspton, Devon, England Little Hempston, Devon Parish Records, England Littleham, 6evon, England Littleham, Devon Parish Records, England Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England) Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England) refers to Lloyd's List. News of the...(vessel) Lloyd's Register (Owners). At one time there were separate registers for owners and managers Lloyd's Shipowners Register London, England

London Chronicle (newspaper, London, England) London Gazette (newspaper, London, England) London Packet (newspaper, London, England) Longfleet, Dorset, England Loveday, author (book unknown) Lower Town, Devon, England Lower Town, Devon Parish Records, England Liverpool Ship Registers Liverpool, England Lustleigh, Devon, England Lustleigh, Devon Parish Records, England Lympstone, Devon, England Lympstone, Devon Parish Records, England Lytchet Matravers, Dorset, England Lytchet Matravers, Dorset Parish Records, England Lytchett Minster, Dorset, England Lytchett Minster, Dorset Parish Records, England Miquelon

Society of Merchant Adventurers (London and Bristol, England)

refers to part of the John Munn Co. Collection. Specifically the Harbour Grace Customs Records, 1776- 1917 Originally collected/'owned' by Mack Lee, ofPlacentia Madeira, Portugal

Major, author (page 235, book unknown) (Malachi?) or Malborough, Devon, England Malaga, Spain March Margaret

Marldon, Devon, England Marldon, Devon Parish Records, England Marychurch, Devon, England Marychurch, Devon Parish Records, England Matanzas, Cuba

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F.W. Mathews, "Poole and Newfoundland," typed transcription of articles which appeared in the Poole and Parkstone Standard (April, 1936) May

merchant Mediterranean

Melbury Abbas, Dorset, England Melbury Abbas, Dorset Parish Records, England Shipping and Mercantile Gazette and Lloyd's List (newspaper, London, England)

Mercantile Navy List (Annual Register of British Registered Ships) Michael

William A. Miles, Political Register (London, 1779) Milford, Devon, England Milford, Devon Parish Records, England Miramichi, New Brunswick The Mirror (newspaper, London, England) Modbury, Devon, England Montevideo, Uruguay

John Moody, Newfoundland Military Commander Morning Chronicle. Later called the Chronicle (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland)

"When was That. A Chronological Dictionary of Important Events in Newfoundland Down to and including the year 1922." compiled by H.M. Mosdell, M.B., 1923. Mosquito, Conception Bay, Newfoundland Letter Book of John Munn (Merchant of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland)

Ships Muster Rolls, 1688 - 1808 (Admiralty 36) Newton Abbot, Devon, England Newton Abbot, Devon Parish Records, England Newton Bushel, Devon, England Newton Bushel, Devon Parish Records, England Newton Abbot, Devon Parish Records, England Newman Hunt Letter Books

Namier and Brooke. House of Commons. England Naples, Italy Nathaniel

Nautical Standard and Steam Navigation Gazette, 1846-1854 (newspaper, London, England) New Brunswick Blue Books Neath, England or Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales Nehemiah

Newcastle, England

Newman (Merchants of Dartmouth, Devon, England and Newfoundland)

Newman Journal. Robert Newman, of Devon and Newfoundland

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Newman Letter Book, of Devon and Newfoundland The Story and Origin of the Hunt, Roope & Company (London & Oporto), Newman, Hunt & Company (London) and Newman & Company (Newfoundland), published 1951 Newry, Ireland (shipping port) Newton Abbot, Devon, England Newton Abbot, Devon Parish Records, England Newfoundland. Census Records Newfoundland Express (newspaper, Newfoundland) Newfoundland privateer (a classification of a type of ship) Newfoundland Times (newspaper, Newfoundland) Newfoundlander (newspaper, Newfoundland) Northern

Newfoundland. Surrogates Court. Northern Circuit Newfoundland. Surrogates Court. Northern Circuit. Writs November near

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Gazette (newspaper, Nova Scotia) occupied October

Ogwell, Devon, England Ogwell, Devon Parish Records, England Okehampton, Devon, England Okehampton, Devon Parish Records, England Official number (number assigned to a vessel when she is registered) Oporto, Portugal Oostende, Belgium, seaport Otterbury, Conception Bay, Newfoundland owner

Poole Settlement Examinations. Dorset Record Office, England

Poole Settlement Examinations. Canford, Dorset, England Paignton, Torquay, Devon, England Paignton, Torquay, Devon Parish Records, England Pakenham, West Suffolk, England Pakenham, West Suffolk Parish Records, England Palma (or Palma de Mallorca), Spain Prerogative Court of Canterbury pounder (as in 5 pounder gun)

Prince Edward Island Gazette (newspaper, Prince Edward Island)

Prince Edward Island Official Ship Registry Penzance

Diary by Samuel Pepys or J.R. Tanner, Catalogue ofPepy's Mss, (Navy Records Society) Vol. IV, Aug. 28, 1675 a durable fabric of wool manufactured in England from the 16* century

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Peter

Port de Grave, Newfoundland Petty Harbour, Newfoundland Philip

Pictou, Nova Scotia

a small square-rigged ship with a narrow and overhanging stem, often used for the carriage of masts Placentia, Newfoundland Plantation Book (see CO 199/18) Plymouth, Devon, England Poole, Dorset, England England. Bristol Port Books Poole, Dorset, England

England. Poole County Council Records? Poole Settlement Records?

England. Poole Unitarian Parish Records England. Poole Vestry Accounts Poole, Dorset Parish Records, England England. Poole Rate Books Poole Anglican Parish Records, England England. Poole Apprentice Indenture Records Mansions and Merchants of Poole and Dorset, by Derek Beamish, John Hillier and H.F.V. Johnstone, Poole Historic Trust, 1976

same as Poole mansions above England. Poole Quayage Books

The Pope Transcripts of Chancery Records concerning Dorsetshire. Eleven Volumes, handwritten and including scattered, but interesting information on the Newfoundland Trade. Located: Dorsetshire County Museum, Dorchester Portugal

Great Britain. Exchequer. E 190, Devon Port Books Portugal Cove Parish Records, Newfoundland Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Portsmouth, Hampshire Parish Records, England Morning Post and Shipping Gazette (newspaper, St. John's, Newfoundland) Princess Elizabeth

for/on behalf of (a person, event, issue, etc.) Probate Court Records Protestant Returns provisions

Great Britain. Exchequer. E 190, Devon Port Books privateer

Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Public Ledger and Newfoundland General Advertiser (newspaper, Newfoundland) or (newspaper, Dublin, Ireland, 1774 only) Quidi Vidi, Newfoundland

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quintals, unit of measure = 112 Ibs (the standard measure for salt cod fish) Quebec

Quebec Gazette (newspaper, Quebec) Rampisham, Dorset, England Rampisham, Dorset Parish Records, England Roman Catholic registered

a vessel is re-registered at the same port register renewed 'denovo'

Great Britain. Board of Trade. (Certificates of Ship Registry) BT 107 and BT 108 Renews, Newfoundland

A Report of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor

National Archives of Canada, RG 4. Provincial and Civil Secretaries' Offices, Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East, 1760-1867

Ringwood, Hampshire, England Ringwood, Hampshire (Parish Records), England Richard

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Robert Newman, ofNewman Co.

Robert Newman Journal, Merchants of Devon and Newfoundland. Newman, Hunt and Company Records Robert

Richard Routh, office holder and judge, born at Bristol, England, emigrated to Salem, Mass. at the age of seventeen. He became collector of customs in Newfoundland in 1786 and chief justice of Newfoundland in 1798. Routh died at sea in 1801

St. Pierre

St. Pierre et Miquelon Stoke-in-Teignmouth, Devon, England Stoke-in-Teignmouth, Devon Parish Records, England Salcombe, Devon, England Salcombe, Devon Parish Records, England schooner (ship)

Scilly Islands off Land's End, Cornwall, England Seal Island, Labrador Seaton, Devon, England Seaton, Devon Parish Records, England Seddiac, New Brunswick September Seville, Spain

light vessel ofca. 25 tonnes Sherbome, Dorset, England Sherbome, Dorset Parish Records, England Sherbome Mercury (newspaper, Dorset, England)

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Lloyds Register of Shipping (Shipowners) Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, 1838-1884 (newspaper, London, England) Shelburne, Nova Scotia Shoe Cove, Newfoundland Sidmouth, Devon, England Sidmouth, Devon Parish Records, England Societe Jersaise. Bulletin annuel. (periodical, Jersey, Channel Islands)

Slade, Poole and Fogo. (Mercantile Records) Smyrna, seaport city in Turkey or Smyrna, Delaware Sojourner, a person who is not a permanent inhabitant of the community, a wanderer. Southampton, England Southampton Parish Records, England South Hampshire, England South Hampshire Parish Records, England sloop (eg: 40 tons, crew of 8) Calendar of State Papers Society for the Propagation of the Gospel St. Andrews, Scotland / St. Andrews, New Brunswick St. Aubin, France

St. George, Maine or St. George, St. George's Island, Bermuda

St. James Parish, Poole, Dorset Parish Records, England St. James Chronicle (newspaper, London, England) St. James Evening Post (newspaper, Dublin, Ireland) St. John's, Newfoundland

St. John's Anglican Parish Records, Newfoundland Newfoundland. St. John's Court Records. Assizes St. John's Congregational Church Parish Records, Newfoundland

St. John's Roman Catholic Parish Records, Newfoundland Newfoundland. St. John's Surrogate Court Records Newfoundland. St. John's Court Records. Writs Newfoundland. St. Mary's Surrogate Court Records St. Michaels, Island of the Azores St. Nicholas, Devon Parish Records. Formerly called St. Nicholas, now called Shaldon, Teignmouth, Devon, England St. Petrox Parish, Dartmouth, Devon Parish Records, England St. Saviours Parish, Dartmouth, Devon Parish Records, England

St. Saviours Parish, Dartmouth, Devon Parish Records, England

St. Thomas, Exeter, Devon Anglican Parish Records, England formerly called St. Ubes, or St. Yves, now called Setubal, Portugal

Stangate Creek, Kent, England Poole Evening Star (newspaper, Poole, Dorset, England)

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Start Point, SSW of Dartmouth, Devon, England Staverton, Devon, England Staverton, Devon Parish Records, England Stephen

Stoborough, Dorset, England Stoborough, Dorset Parish Records, England Stock Gaylard, Dorset, England Stock Gaylard, Dorset Parish Records, England Proceedings & Debates of the British Parliament Respecting North America, Vol. II, 1689-1702 edited by Leo Francis Stock, Washington 1924 Stoke-in-Teignhead, Devon, England Stoke-in-Teignhead, Devon Parish Records, England Stoke Fleming, Devon, England Stoke Fleming, Devon Parish Records, England Stoke Gabriel, Devon, England Stoke Gabriel, Devon Parish Records, England Stokenham, Devon, England Stokenham, Devon Parish Records, England Stour/Stower, Dorset, England Stour/Stower, Dorset Parish Records, England Stourpaine and Durweston are neighbouring communities in Dorset, both on the river Stour, NW ofBlandford Stowe Manuscript Item 463, British Library Stronsay, one of the Orkney Islands off the N. Coast of Scotland

Sturminster Newton, Devon, England Sturminster Newton, Devon Parish Records, England Sunderland, Durham, N. England

Newfoundland. Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Court Records servants

Swanage, Dorset, England Swanage, Dorset Parish Records, England Sydney, Nova Scotia Symondsbury, Dorset, England Symondsbury, Dorset Parish Records, England Great Britain. Treasury. Various, 1547-1874. 401 Volumes, etc. (includes 182 St. John's Naval Officers Returns, 1770). Series 64, Vol. xx Teignmouth, Devon, England Teignmouth, Devon Parish Records, England Terceira, island of the Azores Thomas

The Times (newspaper, London, England) co. Tipperary, Munster, Ireland

Reverend Philip Toeque, author of Newfoundland as it was and as it is, Toronto 1878 Torbay, Newfoundland

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Torbrian/Torbryan Torbrian/Torbryan tormoham tormoham Torquay Torquay totnes totnes Townstall Townstall Tpshm or Tpsrn Tpshm or Tpsm Train trapani Trepassey trieste trin reg Trin cust

Trin jour trinity trinity trinity ang trinity cen Trinity ct trist tucker rec bk

Tucker let Bkr

tumchaple tumchaple tv

Under Venice viana W/Teign W/Teign wait

Wareham Wareham waterfd city Waterford watergd weymth weymth

White Eve Post Wl

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