John Nelson - Master Mariner.
| SEAMANS TICKET NO 56,941 - MASTERS CERTIFICATE 70,345 DATED 9/8/1852 | |||||
| Born 2nd May 1791 - Died 1st September 1866 Whitby | |||||
| SHIP | PORT SHIP BELONGING TO | TONS | CAPACTITY | TRADE | SERVICE |
| VALIENT | WHITBY | 336 | APPRENTICE | GREENLAND & TRANSPORT | 1804-1810 |
| VALIENT | WHITBY | 336 | SEAMAN | TRANSPORT SERVICE | 1810-1811 |
| ROYAL NAVY | 1811-1817 | ||||
| DUKE CHARLES | LONDON | 400 | SEAMAN | TRANSPORT SERVICE | 1817-1818 |
| MAGNET | SCARBROUGH | 300 | SEAMAN | AMERICA TRADE | 1818-1819 |
| POINONA | WHITBY | 84 | SEAMAN | COASTING | 1819-1820 |
| VALIENT | WHITBY | 336 | SEAMAN | GREENLAND TRADE | 1820-1824 |
| VOLUNTEER | WHITBY | 340 | SEAMAN | GREENLAND TRADE | 1824-1828 |
| SOPHIA | WHITBY | 55 | MATE & MASTER | COASTING | 1828-1842 |
| LADY RIDLEY | WHITBY | 46 | MATE | COASTING | 1842-1844 |
| CERES | WHITBY | 34 | MATE | COASTING | 1844-1848 |
| ALERT | WHITBY | 46 | MATE | COASTING | 1848-1851 |
| FOWLER | WHITBY | 35 | MATE | COASTING | 1851- |