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A Royal Navy dockyard officer, acting as a 'leader', or foreman, of a gang of workers. In 1696 the Navy Board directed the employment of one Quarterman for every twenty shipwrights and caulkers.
Date from | Date to | Holder | Source |
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1779/08/21 | 1780/08/05 | Joseph Maddock Rated Pro Quarterman | ADM 29/8 |
1785/01/08 | 1786/01/23 | John Best | ADM 29/8 |
1787/02/15 | 1787/04/24 | William Reed Rated Acting Quarterman | ADM 29/8 |
1787/04/25 | 1797/01/02 | William Reed | ADM 29/8 |
1796/07/01 | 1798/11/05 | John Hooker | ADM 29/8 |
1798/11/06 | 1818/12/31 | John Hooker Rated Quarterman 1st Class | ADM 29/8 |