Finding a mariner

[ptdrifter]

I have a possible relative listed as a mariner, in the late 1790s to early 1810's. Does anyone know of any resources where I can find out more info on his career and whereabouts?

[Ashtone]

https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/the-6-best-websites-for-tracing-your-merchant-navy-family-history\

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/merchant-navy-ships-records-crew-lists-musters-and-log-books/

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https://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/military/how-find-royal-navy-service-records

[ptdrifter]

Thanks Ashtone
I'll shall look at both those links.

[Bookbox]

Both the links given above are for the Merchant Navy. Bear in mind that your man may have been in the Royal Navy, especially in the period 1790-1815, when England was at war with France.

What sources do you have that describe him as a mariner, and where did he live?

[ptdrifter]

He was called John Baptista Bush. B abt 1766 . He lived in Stepney and Shadwell. He was listed as a Mariner in his children's baptisms and also he appears in Old Bailey records as a mariner. (He bailed the person involved)

[brigidmac]

Check " deaths at sea "

This often includes deaths in other countries

I've forgotten how to find the section but it is on ancestry

[ptdrifter]

Thanks Brigid
I found his burial on 14 Aug 1833 in Wycliffe Congregational Church. I am trying to find his whereabouts in specifically 1815 to see if he could be  the father of one of my ancestors.

[JMB1943]

Bear in mind that “mariner” was also routinely used to describe a coastal fisherman.

Regards,

JMB

[martin hooper]

Seaman was the term usually applied to Royal Navy sailors.

Martin