The Province of the Massachusetts Bay by Order of Edward Stanbridge is Dr
1724
June 2d
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To Makeing of the Chaines for John Rose archer one of the Pyrats and the hire of a man to help fix him on the Gebbet att Brid [Bird] Island[2] | £12.10 |
per me
Robert Dobney
[1] Mass. Archives, vol. 63, p. 399. Dobney was a newcomer, admitted in 1715.
[2] "On Tuesday the 2d instant, were executed here, for Piracy, John Rose Archer, Quarter Master, aged about 27 years, and William White, aged about 22 years. After their Death they were conveyed in Boats down to an Island, where White was buried, and the Quarter Master was hung up in Irons, to be a Spectacle, and so a Warning to others." Boston Gazette, June 8, 1724. Bird Island, which has now disappeared, was a small island in Boston harbor, lying between Noddle's Island (East Boston) and Governor's Island, about a mile and a half from the town. Six days after the execution, Jeremiah Bumstead records in his diary, "My wife and Jery and Betty N.E. Hist. Gen. Reg., XV. 202.
124. Bill of Edward Stanbridge. June 2, 1724.[1]
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June 2d 1724 | The Province of the Massachusetts Bay to Edwd. Stanbridge, Dr |