Compiled by Sara E. Lewis
From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

February 19, 1767 - Entered and Cleared, York River


Entered in the district of York river.

Jan 13. Hanbury, James Esten, from London, with European goods.
22. Peggy, Isaac Younghusband, from Liverpool, with European goods.
Feb 6. Marlborough, John Richards, from New York, with 2 hhds. of rum, 1 barrel of sugan, and 50 gallons of molasses.

Cleared.

Jan 13. Lucy, John Hearding, for Bristol, with 299 hhds. of tobacco, 40 tuns of pig iron, 8000 staves, and 2 hhd. of corn.
16. Sally, Thomas Lilly, for London, with 394 hhds. of tobacco, 14 casks and 1 box of ginseng, 4 hhds. and 8 casks of snakeroot, 3 hhds. of deerskins, 5 casks of copper ore, 20 tuns of pig and 10 tuns of bar iron, 15,000 staves, and 3000 feet of plank.
Feb 3. Murdoch, John McCunn of Glasgow, with 434 hhds. of tobacco, 26 tuns of pig iron, 14,000 staves, and 10 bags of cotton.
4. Rebecca, John Anthony, for Barbados, with 4300 bushels of corn, 175 bushels of pease, and 4000 shingles.