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From: Dexter Kenfield <dkenfi...@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Revisiting -- Ship's Crew, 1748 - Full Muster Roll
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I read Howells (Ephraim) as an FM -- Ditto from two lines up. Son (or 
servant?) of George Howells, the ship's carpenter.

Dexter



On 5/8/2012 6:22 PM, Anne Chambers wrote:
> Dexter Kenfield wrote:
>> But would those "boys at sea of six or eight" be paid the same as the
>> rest of the crew? That was the case
>> here. All the FMs were paid 3.2.6 per month.
>>
>> Too bad they didn't have a column for age.
>>
>> Dexter
>>
>
> Minor meant under 21, - one of the boys (Howell) was a midshipman which
> means that he was probably quite a bit older than 6 or 8; the was
> probably true of Jenner as well - a 20 year old, while still a minor,
> would be a useful crew member and would be paid accordingly.
>