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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Blackburn | | | First names | Elizabeth | | | Death date | 1786 | | | Place of death | EICS Halsewell off Portland  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Jan 1786 | | | Page number | 75 | | | Detail | Historical Chronicle. 7 Jan. Mr. Meriton, 2d mate of the Halsewell outward bound Indiaman, R. Pierce commander, arrived this day at the India-House, with the melancholy news of the loss of that unfortunate ship on the rocks of S. Purbeck, between St. Albans Head, and Peverel-point, near Portland� [pages 75-76 gives a lengthy account]. The following is an authentic list of those passengers who were lost: Miss Eliza Pierce, Mary Ann Pierce, daughters of Capt. Pierce; Anne Paul, Mary Paul, nieces of Captain Pierce; Mary Hoggard, Elizabeth Blackburn, Ann Mansell. Two sisters of the wife of Mr. George Templar, who married a niece of Capt. Pierce, are also among the ladies who were lost. And a younger brother of Mr. Templar was also lost. |
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