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by McNam1
Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:45 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: Press ganged crew on muster rolls
Replies: 11
Views: 13510

Re: Press ganged crew on muster rolls

To clarify the previous point: my thinking was not that the young men were rebels, but that they might have feared being thought so on first being taken aboard.
by McNam1
Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: Press ganged crew on muster rolls
Replies: 11
Views: 13510

Re: Press ganged crew on muster rolls

Yes, you’re probably right. I had been thinking that in the era — when the French supported Irish attempts at rebellion against the British more than once, above all in the rebellion of 1798 — the press-ganged men might not have wanted to be immediately identified as Irish Catholics (especially if t...
by McNam1
Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:48 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: Press ganged crew on muster rolls
Replies: 11
Views: 13510

Re: Press ganged crew on muster rolls

That’s very useful information, many thanks. It suggests that my search parameters should be widened, since if a British ship could be boarded the men could have been older and coming from the college in Stonyhurst after all. If it was an English ship, your point about both watches being required on...
by McNam1
Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:30 am
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: Press ganged crew on muster rolls
Replies: 11
Views: 13510

Re: Press ganged crew on muster rolls

Navclio wrote: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:25 pm I spent time writing a long reply and it was wiped out by the Web site when I tried to post it. Sorry. Good luck.
I'm very sorry (and disappointed) to hear that your reply was lost, but really appreciate the trouble you obviously took. Thank you.
by McNam1
Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:54 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: Press ganged crew on muster rolls
Replies: 11
Views: 13510

Re: Press ganged crew on muster rolls

Thank you so much for that very useful information. I am due to travel to the National Archives in Kew in a week to consult the Muster rolls for HBMS Indefatigable , which is why I was checking whether they were likely to include all crew members. I'm not sure that my ancestor was on the Indefatigab...
by McNam1
Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:21 pm
Forum: Naval Officers and Crew
Topic: Press ganged crew on muster rolls
Replies: 11
Views: 13510

Press ganged crew on muster rolls

Hi, can anyone confirm whether crew members who were originally press-ganged from another ship were included on muster rolls? I'm researching an ancestor who was a civilian passenger on a (possibly French) ship captured by a man-o-war commanded by Sir Edward Pellew c.1790s. The man stayed aboard as ...