Samuel Barrow

Samuel Barrow was born on 22 March 1675 in Hope Mansell, Herefordshire, United Kingdom. 
In 1692, he joined the British Army as an Ensign. In 1694, he made Lieutenant. In 1696, he made Captain. In 1699, he made Major. In 1703, he made Lieutenant Colonel. 
In 1706, he bought a plantation in Clarence Town, Bahamas and began trading slaves. In 1712, he bought the Yoruba Gally which was built in London by Edward Morgan and used it to ship slaves from Africa to the Caribbean. He hired Lawrence Searle as its captain. In 1717, the ship was captured by a pirate: Armando Villanueva. 
In 1717, he had a son: Thomas Barrow. 
He died naturally in 1747 in Clarence Town.